The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

Li: Next to Eternal Life Technology?

艾蔻：Bingo！离那里确实不远，我把定位发给你（卫星定位39°53'32.6"N 75°10'12.6"W）

Li: Thank you very much.

Aikou: You're welcome. I'll continue scanning other suspicious areas.

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"What's wrong, Li?" Kate asked Li Shanze, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the Chevrolet Suburban, with both hands on the steering wheel. "Please be patient. We'll leave once Charlie finishes her meditation."

Under Charlie's witchcraft guidance, after using holy light to thoroughly purify the profane ring, Kate's slave contract loosened a little, and she no longer had the urge to call her master.

Therefore, her discussions with Li Shanze began to become less secretive.

"I just feel that all the accusations are pointing to that immortality technology. Is this just a coincidence?" Li Shanze sighed and said out all the conclusions he had come to from his previous thinking.

Kate raised an eyebrow. "Calvin Hope and Officer Sean are indeed some kind of witchcraft puppets, but who says that Eternal Life Technology is the only witchcraft group in Philadelphia? Although they are indeed the most suspicious."

"The so-called virtual Saint Vivian, her studio's offline address comes from Eternal Life Technology... I won't ask where your information came from. I assume it's that hacker lady again, but that doesn't prove anything."

"As for the senator's wife, Miranda Hamilton, there's no way her death could have been caused by a blood curse... Why is Grey so certain? How did she know? Was she emotionally stable last night?"

"Of the several you listed, only 'Don Juan' is the security director of Eternal Life Technology. The others are merely suspicions, but there's no concrete evidence."

"My people have been investigating Eternal Life Technology these past few days. If I have any clues, I will share them with you in a timely manner."

Kate spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner.

After the slave contract was weakened, she was able to refute Li Shanze point by point, which really allowed her to vent her anger.

Although she no longer had any subjective ill feelings towards Li Shanze, the previous repression still made her feel suffocated.

Therefore, now the great knight of the church actually feels quite proud.

Li Shanze frowned. "So you think these are all just unfounded fantasies? Are there no suspicions about Eternal Life Technology?"

Kate's lips curled up. "No, I'm just saying there's no definitive proof for any of this. We're heading towards Cybernic Parkway right now, aren't we? Let's get to the bottom of this. The fact is, immortality technology is pretty suspicious."

So you're just trying to provoke?

Li Shanze was furious. He slapped the control console so hard that he almost made a new spider web on the dashboard.

"Are you treating this conversation like afternoon tea at the Law School Debating Society, Agent Mackenzie? My friend is missing, and I'm worried. I'm sharing information with you out of kindness, but what about you? What are you doing?"

Although the slave contract had been weakened to a certain extent, it was not truly abolished. The furious master shouted loudly, and the contract naturally played its role.

Kate subconsciously lowered her head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Master, I——"

"Wait, what did you call me? Master?" Li Shanze waved his hand and interrupted the church's knight with interest.

Kate showed an expression as if she was about to face a disaster, and her face looked extremely ugly, but when she called out the word "master" with her own mouth, Li Shanze's authority as the master was undoubtedly greatly strengthened.

So she could only lower her head and say, "Yes, Master."

Li Shanze narrowed his eyes and looked at Kate, whose face was pale, suspiciously. He couldn't figure out what was going on.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized, "Oh, so you were under the spell of the Eye of Blasphemy?"

"Yes Master."

"What spell exactly is it?"

"Yes, it's a slave contract, Master." Kate's face flushed red, not sure whether it was because of anger or shame.

Li Shanze suddenly became interested: "So, you are my slave girl?"

"Yes, Master." These words seemed to be squeezed out from between teeth.

Li Shanze suddenly understood why Kate had been so easy to talk to. It seemed that this slave contract made it impossible for Kate to lie to him or refuse his request.

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"Only Charlie knows, no one else. Master." Kate felt her face burning.

The Grand Knight of the Church simply wanted to step on the accelerator and crash into the Philadelphia Police Headquarters building, but unfortunately the slave contract prevented her from having such an impulsive thought.

How could she not see that Li Shanze was deliberately looking at her embarrassed look for fun?

I retract my previous statement. Li Shanze is definitely not a good person! He is the extremely evil cannibal king!

Li Shanze rolled his eyes. "So, last night you and Xia Li were actually discussing how to get rid of this slave contract, right?"

"Yes Master."

"Is there any way?"

If there was a way, would I still be humiliated by you in the car?

"No, Master."

Li Shanze's smile grew wider. "No, that's wonderful. What do you think, my dear little slave girl?"

If Li Shanze hadn't thought that Charlie would finish her meditation and come to the car at any time, he would have reached out and pinched Kate's chin.

"Yes, yes, Master." He gritted his teeth.

"Don't tell Charlie I know about this. Got it?"

Li Shanze admired with great interest the ashamed, angry and embarrassed look of this great knight, who was outstanding in both figure and appearance. The anger he had felt at being argued with by Kate disappeared in an instant.

"Yes, master." Under Li Shanze's aggressive gaze, Kate blushed and almost exploded.

"Don't call me Master in front of other people from now on. You don't want to reveal the fact that you are a slave girl to others, right?"

Li Shanze slightly cooled down the volcano that was about to erupt.

"Yes, master." Kate couldn't help but look at Li Shanze. Facing Li Shanze's malicious gaze, she lowered her head quietly, but her face became even redder.

"Okay, calm down, Kate." Li Shanze continued to calm down. "Next, we have to rescue my friend. You are still the FBI agent and the Grand Knight of the Church, and I am still the FBI Special Counsel. Do you understand? I don't want anything to go wrong with this rescue. If there is anything, we can talk about it after we rescue the person."

After saying that, Li Shanze stopped paying attention to Kate and lowered his head to play with his mobile phone.

"Yes, I understand, Master," Kate whispered.

The Chevrolet fell silent. After a while, Charlie opened the back door and got in. "Sorry to have kept you waiting. I've been meditating for a while and now I'm finally refreshed! Now I can fully use my witchcraft!"

Kate nodded, picked up the intercom, and pressed the button: "Go!"

Then she stepped on the accelerator, and the black Chevrolet shot off into the twilight.

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121 Shadow Philadelphia

Kate drove the Chevrolet with an air of revenge and resentment, as if she wanted to die together with Li Shanze in the passenger seat.

The tires of the Chevrolet Suburban sent up two sulfurous sparks on Fifth Street, and Kate jerked the steering wheel like she was tightening the knot on a gallows.

In the rearview mirror, the revolving lights of several police cars turned the marble building that once housed the Liberty Bell into a disco ball.

Screaming sirens are terrorizing the entire city of Philadelphia as the sun sets.

Even during the evening rush hour, the cars on the road still wisely gave way to the reckless queen.

They fled in panic, like gazelles on the savannah avoiding a hunting lion.

Li Shanze looked at the reckless Chevrolet Suburban, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but pull his seat belt. He felt relieved after confirming that there was no problem with the seat belt.

"Drive slower, drive slower." Li Shanze warned.

"I'm concerned for the safety of Ms. Grey Hamilton and Ms. Angie Novak," Kate replied, but still eased off the accelerator slightly.

With the excuse of "needing to cover up in front of others", even Kate can be selective in giving orders perfunctorily.

Charlie remained silent. She thought that Kate had to hurry up because her meditation took too long.

Li Shanze had no choice but to try to divert Kate's attention: "I say, haven't you found any problems with Eternal Life Technology in the past few days? Can't you let the team investigating Eternal Life Technology search nearby?"

"Hmph, it's interesting to say that after the team we sent out to search these days, Eternal Life Technology seems to be a clean high-tech company. They couldn't find any traces of witchcraft." When she said this, Kate's expression became even more unhappy.

"Furthermore, Eternal Life Technology is a large wizarding group spread across the Federation. Investigating them requires withstanding pressure."

"After nearly a week, they couldn't find anything. Naturally, the investigation team had to return home in defeat."

The FBI's Special Affairs Division investigated for nearly a week, but they found nothing, not even a trace of witchcraft...

Li Shanze scratched his chin.

At this moment, Kate swerved the steering wheel again and turned east onto Market Street.

"Including the witch doctor you mentioned, the bronze chariot, the illusion, and the time-space gel, my people couldn't find anything when they went to test it."

"Humph, it's a clear wizarding group, but we can't find any trace of it. This actually speaks volumes."

Li Shanze now feels that Kate drove the car so dangerously not only because he discovered the secret she had been trying to hide, but also because she could not wait to turn the immortality technology upside down.

"And that McGee from the Philadelphia branch of the Eternal Life Group, does he think I can't tell he's a wizard just because he's wearing a suit and tie? He didn't even bother to disguise himself."

"I'd like to see if he can exert political pressure now that the senator's daughter has disappeared near his wizard tower."

Kate's FBI badge scraped jagged sparks on the steering wheel as the Chevrolet Suburban roared south onto Highway 95 like an enraged armored wolf king.

Kate's eyes were sharp as a sword, and she stepped on the accelerator as if she was loading a shotgun.

"Agent McKenzie, the Pennsylvania State Patrol says you're driving almost as fast as the helicopters they have patrolling overhead." A voice came over the intercom.

"Deputy Director Clark, Senator Hamilton's daughter mysteriously disappeared on her way to Washington. I suggest you pray earnestly to God that Miss Grey Hamilton is still alive."

Kate's tone was full of sarcasm.

"Otherwise, it is hard for me to imagine how the senator, who lost his wife and daughter within two days, would express his anger."

The intercom fell silent.

After a moment, Deputy Director Clark's voice rang out: "Okay, Agent McKenzie, please do everything possible to rescue Ms. Grey Hamilton."

After that, the intercom fell silent again.

"Everything possible, ha!" Kate gave a sarcastic smile. "I left Mickey at Quantico when I flew to Philadelphia. I even took my lance with me when I withdrew the team investigating Eternal Life Technology a few days ago. I wonder if Deputy Director Clark regrets this now."

Then, she opened the drawer of the car and took out a silver-plated Colt M1911 pistol. "Now, this is the only thing we can use. Use all your strength?"

"What is this?" Li Shanze asked curiously.

"The consecrated Colt M1911 'Confessor,' equipped with exorcist bullets, is incredibly effective against those wizards who prefer to hide in cities—of course, this is the boasting of the Vatican's Seventh Department's Exorcism Equipment Section."

Kate's tone was filled with both sarcasm and helplessness.

"In fact, it's not nearly as good as my lance."

Kate stepped on the accelerator, and the Chevrolet accelerated again. The iron-gray waves of the Delaware River surged and roared on the left, like a wolf following its king.

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"Where is this, Angie? Is this still Philadelphia?" Grey couldn't help but shrink back in the back seat of the stopped Lincoln.

"I don't know, Gray, I don't know." Anjie frowned. "I just noticed a crack in the shadow and wanted to hide here temporarily from that bastard. I didn't expect it to be completely different from the time I hid in the shadow before..."

The extended Lincoln had come to a complete stop, turning into a silent lump of iron.

Under Angel's command, after driving into this strange shadow area, the attacked driver finally died. His chest was pierced by the wiper, and the smell of blood quickly filled the small space of the Lincoln car.

In stark contrast to Philadelphia at sunset, the sky here is already dark, with only occasional light.

"Look at the sidewalk!" Gray suddenly grabbed Anjie's wrist.

Where the homeless tents should be, three bronze mannequins are kneeling, welding railroad tracks, their welding guns spewing out paper scraps instead of sparks.

Distorted jazz music came from outside the car, coming from the broken fire hydrant on the street corner - the water formed a saxophone shape in the air, but what was gushing out was crude oil with a rusty smell.

The jazz music was accompanied by a grotesque electronic synthesizer sound, but the lyrics were: "Whoever commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death."

"Leviticus, Chapter 20, Verse 10," Gray said uneasily. "It was one of my mother's favorite verses."

"What the hell is this place!" Anjie complained irritably. She looked down and took out her phone. There was no signal. "Do you have a signal?"

"No." Gray lowered her head, her expression obscured by the night and the veil, making it impossible to identify.

She pulled a small women's pistol from her handbag and quickly loaded it.

"Why are you still carrying a gun?" Anjie asked in surprise, "Aren't we going to a funeral?"

"Because we'll pass by Eternal Life Technology on our way to the Philadelphia airport, I wanted to try my luck and see if I could run into the bastard who killed my mother." Gray smiled and turned on the safety. "Now it seems that my luck is not bad?"