The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

She struggled frantically and looked extremely embarrassed.

The model who was still nestled in Cohen's right arm showed great professionalism. She tried her best to keep a smile on her face, tried her best to suppress the trembling of her body due to fear, and huddled in Cohen's arms reluctantly.

She quietly took Cohen's left hand and pressed it against her own ample breasts in an attempt to appease the tyrant's anger.

At this time, several lifeguards appeared from nowhere and hurriedly pulled the poor model ashore. After a rescue, they finally brought the unfortunate drowning man back to life.

Seeing the miserable state of the model and the soft touch of his hands, the big producer's anger finally dissipated a little.

Cohen was filled with questions. "This is clearly something that benefits everyone. The Church will gain influence, America will be appeased, and I can make money. Why would the Grand Knight refuse? Her all-out attack tonight should have already destroyed the ogre..."

In the eyes of well-informed individuals like Cohen, it was practically an open secret that the FBI had taken over the Ogre case in the United States. And for a great knight who had vanquished countless monsters and demons, personally taking action was perfectly normal.

As for the fact that the Great Knight suddenly went all out tonight, in the eyes of those in the know, it was certainly impossible that he had only eliminated the four car thieves reported by the police.

What kind of opponent is worthy of the full force of the Great Knight?

The conclusion is obvious, it must be the evil ogre who was killed by the knight!

In fact, after the news of the Great Knight's all-out attack spread quietly among the top brass, the Federal Ministry of Justice was already in jubilation, with people celebrating. The Attorney General had already asked his secretary to start writing a speech and was preparing to attend the press conference in person.

In this celebratory atmosphere, even if the greatest hero, the Grand Knight, rejected the seemingly all-powerful producer Cohen, it would naturally be just a harmless matter.

Although the well-informed producer Cohen understood the "real" reason why the Great Knight had gone all out, he naturally did not understand that the Great Knight Kate was now avoiding her master Li Shanze and wanted to stay as far away as possible.

If Kate had not used all her strength today and consumed too much energy, requiring rest, she would probably have left Fern Town with the "blasphemous object" overnight to find a way to purify it, in order to quickly escape the fate of becoming Li Shanze's slave.

However, producer Cohen could not understand the policewoman's feelings. He frowned and thought hard for a long time.

"Go, go check, find out what hobbies this great knight has and what he likes!"

After pacing for a few steps, Cohen simply began to give orders.

"Go! Call New York and ask them to prepare the manuscript of Mendelssohn's 'Matthew Passion' that I have in my collection!"

"Perhaps the Grand Knight would like to have a giant statue of Christ erected in her hometown, like the one in Rio de Janeiro?"

"Also, notify the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and tell them that after the Grand Knight has rested, they must invite her to the Glass Palace—No, forget it. Tell them that I want to visit the Grand Knight in person."

"As for the gift... go! Go ask the Uffizi Gallery! Ask them how much it would cost to donate Leonardo da Vinci's 'Annunciation' to the Catholic Church! There has to be a price!"

Producer Cohen gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind to invite Kate McKenzie to his show.

But Cohen's assistants all looked at each other in confusion.

That's Leonardo da Vinci's "Annunciation," one of Italy's national treasures. Even if they could afford that exorbitant price, would they be able to recoup the costs of the show? Producer Cohen, who usually talks about cost control, has changed his ways? Or is he suddenly interested in pursuing that great knight?

"What are you standing there for? What are you doing? Move!"

The assistant team's rare hesitation made Cohen, the autocratic producer, furious.

So, with a splash, the poor model leaning on Cohen's right arm could not dispel Cohen's anger and could not escape the fate of being kicked into the swimming pool.

037 Palace and Dream

The ambitious producer naturally could not have imagined that the cannibal Li Shanze, whom he learned from the source that he had eliminated, was actually living in his hotel.

Not having to eat the so-called white people's food made Li Shanze enjoy his meal to his heart's content.

Looking at Li Shanze's wolfing down of his food, the witch smiled and couldn't help but sigh that there was a reason why Li Shanze was regarded as an ogre.

After eating and drinking, the two began to stroll around the Glass Palace.

In Li Shanze's opinion, calling the Glass Palace a hotel or a filming base is just a cover for external publicity. In fact, it is more like a temporary palace.

The reason is simple. With only the population size and quality of Fern Town, a magnificent hotel like the Glass Palace would never be able to recoup its costs.

Li Shanze thought that this was probably some wealthy man who had a sudden whim to build a palace for fun.

The main structure of the palace is composed of huge glass curtain walls. These glasses have been specially treated to be both strong and transparent, reflecting the surrounding forest landscape, making the Glass Palace seem to be integrated with the surrounding environment.

During the day, the glass facade gleams brightly under the sunlight, like a giant jewel inlaid in the city. At night, the glittering glass palace looks like a miniature sun compared to the dim town of Fern.

At the center of the palace lies a vast central hall, boasting a spacious space and ceilings several dozen meters high. Topped with a massive glass dome, during the day, sunlight filters through the dome, creating a bright and warm atmosphere. At night, the hall's light becomes ambiguous and soft, making it a perfect place to gaze up at the stars.

In addition to the central hall, the palace also has several rooms with different functions, including a library, a gallery, a concert hall, and a cinema.

As for the rooms that can actually be lived in, according to Li Shanze's visual observation, they only occupy less than one-eighth of the volume of the Glass Palace.

The rooms on the ground floor are currently rented out to the production crew, but in the future they will house servants of ninety-seven genders.

The middle-level luxury suite that Guy is now lending to Li Shanze will be used by the palace owner's family and visitors in the future.

According to Li Shanze's observation, the palace's security force numbered over 300 people, not counting shifts - thirty times the number of police officers in Fern Town - and they guarded the palace owner's wealth closely, disdaining the chaotic world outside the palace.

"I don't like it here, Li. Everything here makes me feel uncomfortable." The witch lowered her voice and whispered to Li Shanze.

Even the beauty of a stroll with her beloved after dinner could not offset the discomfort that the palace brought to Charlie.

Li Shanze became alert and asked quietly with concern, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"Oh, don't worry, I just feel uncomfortable." Charlie shook her head. "I try to avoid listening to what these people say, but it's still full of filth and unpleasant."

Li Shanze felt relieved: "Then let's go back to the suite and get some rest."

"Yeah." Xia Li nodded gently, her heart rippled and her ears turned red.

The Glass Palace is currently the residence of the program team, so sexual intercourse is naturally taking place 24 hours a day. The witch's hearing is too sharp, so she can naturally detect countless dirty words that she cannot hear at other times.

These words naturally also excited the witch lady.

What if Li asks me to be with him...what should I do? He's married, and I, I, I have to wait until I'm married before I can sleep with him, right? Will he leave his wife and choose me? Should I, should I really persuade him to divorce his wife?

The witch lady, who received a classical education, was not contaminated by modern values ​​and was extremely traditional. For this reason, she was very worried and anxious.

On the one hand, she was entangled with Li Shanze's wife, and on the other hand, she was worried that she would not be able to refuse Li Shanze at all.

Before she knew it, Xia Li followed Li Shanze back to the suite. At this moment, her heart was in her throat.

Fortunately, as soon as he returned to the room, Li Shanze yawned loudly, and he looked unable to lift his eyelids.

"Sorry, Charlie, I wanted to chat with you some more, but I'm really tired. I'm going to rest now. You can pick a room you like. Good night."

After saying that, Li Shanze opened a room at random, fell onto the bed, and fell asleep immediately.

So all the witch's previous worries flew away into the sky.

Li Ke is so considerate! He must have noticed my hesitation and knew I wasn't ready, so he pretended to be asleep! He's such a gentleman!

Miss Witch left Li Shanze's room with a sweet smile on her face, feeling somewhat relieved.

"Alessia? Alessia! You damn female devil! Get out here!" Li Shanze in the dream was furious.

Li Shanze was not a gentleman at all. After he realized that Miss Witch was interested in him, he immediately decided to strike while the iron was hot and win over Xia Li tonight.

Unfortunately, as soon as he returned to the room and saw the furniture related to sleep, Li Shanze was attacked by an irresistible sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

In Li Shanze's opinion, this was naturally the work of that damn devil.

"Oh, don't call me so affectionately! Could it be that you missed me, my dear husband?" Alessia appeared in Li Shanze's dream with a smile.

"Hehe, I don't think anyone would miss you. Stop dreaming, Alessia!" Li Shanze sneered.

"I, I'm just dreaming now, aren't I?" Alessia covered her face with her hands, looking aggrieved, leaving Li Shanze speechless for a moment.

"You, you don't miss me, but I miss you! There are rumors everywhere that my dear husband is dead, killed by the sacred blow of that great knight. I am worried about you, so I rushed to see you!" Alessia continued.

Li Shanze quickly analyzed what Alessia said.

Putting aside her pretentious concern, at least Alessia revealed two pieces of information to me: first, my sleepiness this time was indeed a trick played by this damn devil; second, after Kate's powerful blow, some people outside thought I was dead.

Since Alessia could suppress her own photos and videos, she must be an upper-class person, so the people she associates with are naturally upper-class people as well - perhaps including senior American police officials and the FBI.

So, Kate came to Fern to deal with me—that's why everyone thought I was dead after her spectacular attack, not because she had achieved some other goal—then why did Kate actively make a deal with me? And she even took the initiative to help me out tonight. What is she trying to do with me?

Li Shanze couldn't understand Kate's intention for a moment.

But, no matter what, this misunderstanding can be exploited. It seems that it will be easier to whitewash my identity as an ogre...

Before Li Shanze could even feel happy for a second, the devilish woman Alessia continued to say in a delicate voice, "Fortunately, I refused to accept the rumors and showed my precious wedding ring to those who believed them! Thanks to my hard work in refuting the rumors, everyone now believes that my dear husband is still alive!"

So, despite your tireless efforts, those bastards are still hunting me down, right? You're doing this on purpose, right? Even though Americans can clearly tell I'm Asian, the police and FBI still see me as a cannibal. Is this also your doing?

Li Shanze was furious when he saw the female devil's artificial expression of "Look how well I did, praise me", as if asking for credit and reward.

"According to Article 33B of Section 28 of the contract we signed, you have interfered with my sleep without permission. I demand the abolition of our soul contract." Li Shanze suppressed his anger and said indifferently.

"But, but I'm just worried about you!" The female devil smiled calmly, "According to Section 473, Section 25A, you can't unilaterally tear up the soul contract under good faith."

"According to Article 23C of the Supplementary Clauses, I'm warning you once, Miss Alessia. After two warnings, I can cancel the soul contract." Li Shanze sneered, "And now, I ask you to get out of my dream."

Do you really think that because the situation was urgent and I didn't have time to look at the contract to find problems, I won't look at it again afterwards?

That long and boring so-called soul contract remained intact in Li Shanze's memory, allowing him to refer to it at any time when he had free time.

"Hmph, this time it's just as you wish." The female devil put away her smile, glared at Li Shanze hatefully, and disappeared from Li Shanze's dream.

Li Shanze didn't feel the slightest bit of joy from his small victory. In his opinion, the devilish Alethea's emotions all had a purpose, they were all performances. If you really believed her emotions, you would be fooled.

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038 Stolen

When Li Shanze fell into a deep sleep, Kate, who was exhausted both physically and mentally and wanted to rest early, was stopped by the bishop of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

"This is a good thing, sister. Just think about it. All you need to do is give a nod and stay in Fern Town to participate in the recording of the program, and then Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Annunciation" will return to the arms of God."

When the bishop explained the benefits to Kate, he selectively ignored the additional "donation" that the big producer Cohen promised to give him personally.

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you!" But she was troubled by his words and wondered what such a greeting could mean. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God..."

Although Kate had already memorized the Bible verses by heart, and was exhausted and just wanted to rest, the bishop directly quoted the Gospel of Luke at length. Kate still forced herself to stay awake and listened to the bishop's recitation with a pious expression.

However, the bishop had no intention of quitting. After reciting the prayer, he began to talk about the painting: "Although the architectural features in the Annunciation are drawn according to the rules of perspective, there is an interesting point in the painting: our respected brother Leonardo da Vinci made a mistake in perspective, which involves the arm of the Virgin Mary——"

Then the bishop was interrupted impatiently by Kate.

Kate shook her head and decided to send the bishop away early. "Alright, brother. I agree to meet with this pagan tomorrow morning at mass. Now, I'm going to rest."

"Ah! You really understand things. Well, I won't bother you anymore, sister. Good night." The bishop was overjoyed to hear Kate agree. After achieving his goal, he stopped bothering her and hurriedly left Kate's simple courtyard, ready to ask for credit and reward from producer Cohen.

"Dear Heavenly Father, I pray for your peace and protection. May I find rest and restoration in sleep. Please keep me safe from all fear and worry, and let me sleep peacefully in your love. Amen."

Kate breathed a sigh of relief. After seeing the bishop off, she said a simple bedtime prayer, placed the box casually on the bedside, and then lay down.

"Annunciation to Our Lady, six months after Our Lady was pregnant, the angel came to announce the good news..."

In her drowsiness, Kate seemed to see tall cypress trees, pale blue sky and rocks and flowing water in the distance.

Kate herself seemed to have become the Virgin Mary sitting at the door under the cypress tree, and she saw the angel of joy kneeling on the flower-filled meadow.

Kate saw the beautiful and dignified Virgin Mary herself in the angel's amber eyes, and realized that although her expression seemed calm, it was difficult to hide her inner excitement and joy of becoming a mother.

The angel kneeling on one knee holding the Madonna's lily fully demonstrates his piety and respect for himself.

What a solemn and sacred scene.

Looking at the scene before her, Kate felt infinite peace and joy in her heart.

However, Kate's joy did not last long, and the sacred and peaceful scene suddenly changed.

The originally respectful and humble angel suddenly changed and pounced on Kate, pushing her to the ground.

Only then did Kate finally see clearly that the person who disguised himself as an angel and attacked her was none other than the cunning ogre Li Shanze.

Damn it, this is another conspiracy of Li Shanze! Kate was shocked and angry. She tried to struggle and tried to resist desperately.

However, she sadly discovered that the ogre Li Shanze seemed to have infinite strength, pressing her firmly under him, making all the fighting skills she learned in knight training useless, and easily dissolving all her small resistance.

This is blasphemy! It is the deepest and most evil heresy!

Kate used all her willpower to resist the ogre's defilement. She could not accept the ogre's blasphemy against the Virgin Mary.

However, at this moment, in the greedy and irresistible black eyes of Li Shanze who was pressing on her, Kate found that she was no longer the glorious and loving Virgin Mary, but had turned back into herself, turned back into the female knight, her knight's robe torn to tatters.

Kate was stunned, and her last line of defense was lost. The great knight of the church was completely possessed by the evil and cunning ogre.

While Kate was feeling endless humiliation and defilement, the surrounding scenery also changed unconsciously. This place was no longer the green grass, beautiful mountains and clear water of Nazareth, but a dark and evil underground prison cell.

The prisoner in this underground cell is none other than Kate, the usually majestic knight.

Kate humiliatingly discovered that she was almost completely unable to disobey the orders of the evil master Li Shanze. She was manipulated by the evil and powerful ogre and forced to please him in a humiliating way.