The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

Charlie didn't notice Kate's ugly expression, she was genuinely happy.

His good friend Kate was freed from the slave contract, and his lover Li Shanze would not be entangled by other women. This was simply double the happiness.

So, Charlie clapped her hands and asked, "How is it? Is this good news? Are you happy?"

Kate managed a slight curl of her lips.

"Yeah, I'm so happy."

…………

As soon as Li Shanze's leather boots stepped on the solid ground, he saw the light from the FBI Chevrolet's police lights twisted into an inverted cross in the witchcraft force field.

The Delaware River surged in the moonlight, thick as oil.

"You don't need Charlie to see that this place has been severely distorted by witchcraft."

Li Shanze shook his head.

He glanced at his phone which had no signal and put it completely into his arms.

It’s just that the environment around here has been completely distorted by witchcraft energy - at least this distortion is enough to deceive the eyes.

So Li Shanze frowned as he looked at the messy, distorted, and bizarre scene before him, and tried to ask, "Ella, can you find any trace of Anjie or Gray?"

Ella, who slept intermittently for nearly twenty hours a day and never seemed to get enough sleep, was awakened by Li Shanze's finger.

She rubbed her eyes drowsily.

"Ella sensed a little bit of Ange and Gray's presence. Ange and Gray are still alive. It should be in that direction."

The young lady pointed with her hand, then fell back on Li Shanze's shoulder and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing Ella fall asleep, Li Shanze had to temporarily put aside the question "How do you feel that they are still alive?"

Anyway, this answer made him feel relieved temporarily.

So, Li Shanze narrowed his eyes and looked at the distortion in front of him.

Before getting off the bus, Li Shanze forced himself to memorize the map, so he could recognize that the direction was exactly where Eternal Life Technology was located.

"I can only say that this is totally unexpected." Li Shanze said to himself.

Considering that the Delaware River was still flowing normally and not as viscous and stagnant as oil, Li Shanze concluded that this was an illusion distorted by witchcraft.

So he swallowed a crystal of internet celebrity and triggered the filter collapse.

Sure enough, the distortion of space became much lighter, and the bizarre changes returned to calm. Within ten meters, the cold water of the Delaware River was no longer sticky and stagnant.

On the asphalt road that originally looked like a wilderness, there were deep marks left by the violent friction of two tires, extending far into the distance in the direction Ella pointed.

Li Shanze felt that this was most likely left behind by the extended Lincoln that Angel and Gray were riding in.

So he took a tentative step forward.

"Wait, Li, don't be impatient!" Charlie's voice came hurriedly, "The space ahead is distorted. It's dangerous to move forward rashly!"

"Space distortion?" Li Shanze retracted his steps.

"Yeah, space distortion." Xia Li nodded at first, then became confused again. She frowned and felt it for a long time. "No, it's not space distortion, it's a crack in the shadow."

Speaking of the cracks in the shadows, Charlie breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great. Shadows are Anjie's specialty. I think she and Gray probably used the gaps in the shadows to hide. They should be fine for the time being."

A smile appeared on the witch lady's face.

Li Shanze nodded. Xia Li's analysis was consistent with what Ella had said before, and she seemed to be professional as well.

"Then, me?" Li Shanze pointed to his throat.

Charlie quickly waved her hands, "No, no, if you destroy the Shadow Rift without finding them, then Ange and Gray might not be able to come back."

Fortunately, I didn’t act rashly just now. Li Shanze nodded.

Then, Li Shanze saw Xia Li take out a stack of cards like a magic trick.

"Huh? Xia Li, what are you doing?" Li Shanze asked curiously.

"Tarot reading." Charlie spread the silk cloth on the hood of the Chevrolet Suburban and carefully shuffled the cards. "I have no idea what's going on in the shadow world, so I'm going to use tarot to see if I can find any clues."

"This is the first time I know you can tell fortunes with tarot cards." Li Shanze frowned. He thought Xia Li was only good at herbs.

Charlie said with a smile, "What witch can't tell fortunes? It's just a few different divination methods, such as crystal balls, palmistry, astrology, and tarot. I just happen to have mastered tarot divination."

"This fits the stereotype of a witch too well, doesn't it? Does a witch have to be able to tell fortunes? Can you also ride a broom?" Li Shanze complained.

By this time, Charlie had finished shuffling the cards. She said matter-of-factly, "Of course, why not? It's just that the broom handle is too thin, making it uncomfortable to ride. I prefer riding a vacuum cleaner or a robot vacuum."

A modern broom is still a broom. What era is it now? Are you still riding a traditional broom?

Li Shanze was completely speechless now.

Once again, he reminded himself, Americans live by stereotypes.

To be precise, Americans try hard to live up to stereotypes.

Therefore, their young talents particularly pursue so-called diversity and individuality.

This is actually about crying out for what you lack.

At this time, Charlie had already started to arrange the cards according to the Celtic cross formation.

"The Status Quo card, the Hanged Man, reversed. It means they are trapped."

Yes, they are trapped, aren't we here to rescue them?

Li Shanze felt that this divination was not much different from not having divination at all, and saying it was almost the same as not saying anything.

"Hidden factors, the Moon, reversed. The Moon reversed often represents hidden fears, confusion, or deception."

They were all trapped, and it would be strange if they didn't feel fear, confusion, or anything like that.

"Result, judgment, upright. Usually symbolizes resurrection, awakening, or final judgment. At least it's a good result." The smile on Charlie's face deepened.

Well, at least this divination can give people psychological comfort, and it cannot be said to be completely without merit.

Li Shanze also nodded. Who doesn't like to hear auspicious words?

"Challenge card, Devil, upright. It means they have a powerful enemy. Maybe it's the wizard who is hunting them..." Charlie frowned.

"Correction, respected Miss Witch, it's not wizards who are chasing those two ladies." A voice came from afar.

The demon relief on the tarot card Charlie pulled out suddenly glowed with liquid metal.

Caramel-colored swirls appeared on Charlie's fingertips, and blue-purple magical sparks burst out from the surface of the tarot card.

It looked like Charlie had already had a small battle with the voice.

Kate pulled out her Confessor and pointed in the direction of the voice. "Who is it?"

Thirty yards away, a figure appeared. It was an old man.

An old man in a tailor-made Savile Row suit was approaching slowly to the rhythm of the waltz.

His gray hair was neatly combed and he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

"Please allow me to introduce myself, ladies and gentlemen. I am McGee, the director of the Philadelphia branch of Eternal Life Technologies."

After Kate pulled out her gun, the old man stopped and saluted in an exaggerated manner.

124 Moral Judgment

Kate unceremoniously aimed the Confessor at McGee: "What makes you, a coward, willing to show up? Release Ms. Grey Hamilton and Ms. Ange Novak!"

"No, Your Excellency, Grand Knight." McGee, the elegant white old man, smiled calmly. "You are mistaken. I am just an honest businessman. Those two ladies are not trapped by me."

"I wouldn't mind pointing out the way to save them, and their true enemy. However, the premise is..."

McGee pointed to the Confessor in Kate's hand.

"You know, I'm too old to be frightened. Otherwise, I'll be forgetful."

As he said this, McGee looked at Li Shanze, as if he was certain that Li Shanze was the one who really made the decision.

Li Shanze felt that this McGee was the person who looked at him from afar in the dark on the Yongsheng Technology Building that night.

At least he didn't attack me that day.

"You'll only be qualified to negotiate terms after you release Grey Hamilton and Grey Novak, Mr. McKee." Kate remained unmoved.

"Ms. Grey Hamilton is the apple of Senator Hamilton's eye. I don't want to provoke the Senator for no reason." McGee shook his head and argued.

Kate's tone remained firm: "I'm afraid neither the FBI, the court, nor the Senator are willing to listen to your explanation."

"Well, well, I'll only offer my assistance to the best of my ability. Ladies and gentlemen, please help yourself."

After saying that, the well-dressed McGee snapped his fingers.

His entire body exploded with a bang, transforming into a sky full of mechanical crows.

Then, dozens of mechanical crows swooped down towards Li Shanze and his group.

The flying crows looked like a pot of boiling pitch.

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!

Li Shanze, Kate and Xia Li fired at the same time, and countless bullets shot out, scattering the flying mechanical crows.

The crows that were hit turned into exploded black feathers and reassembled in the drifting. Only the crows that were hit by Kate's exorcism bullets fell to the ground obediently.

"Don't waste your bullets! I'm trying to help! Calm down!" A crow made a mechanical, rusty sound.

Most of the mechanical crows that McGee exploded into were circling in place, stirring up a metal hurricane. Different witchcraft runes were engraved on the beak of each crow.

Then, the crows circled upwards in the air dozens of meters high, weaving the shape of the Tower of Babel and soaring into the sky.

Crow yelled, "You have to see what's going on on your phone!"

The crow tentatively tried to land on Li Shanze's shoulder.

Its temptation woke Ella up.

Ella looked at the crow listlessly, then suddenly perked up: "Hey, this crow is amazing. Li Shanze, let Master Ella take a good look at the crow!"

Li Shanze waved to Xia Li and Kate without smashing or driving it away.

During the landing process, the mechanical crow seemed to have sensed something. It circled around Li Shanze carefully for a long time, and then landed on the other shoulder where Ella was not.

When the crows landed on Li Shanze's shoulder, countless black feathers fell from the crows circling in the air, forming a swirling storm.

A pure bubble of data suddenly emerged from the center of the storm.

"Now, you can take out your cell phone." The crow said hoarsely.

Li Shanze took out his mobile phone half-believingly and was surprised to find that the screen of the phone was indeed lit up.

"Why did the power return under such a strong concentration of witchcraft?" Li Shanze asked curiously.

"Technological advancement, boy!"

The crow on my shoulder grinned and let out an unpleasant dry laugh made of metallic friction.

"Do you know how much we pay for living in modern cities and taking advantage of technology?"

"Oh, okay, then, what price should I pay for accepting your help?" Li Shanze said with a smile.

Li Shanze doesn't think there is a free lunch in the world.

Moreover, this wizard McGee went to great lengths to bring them here, and then went to great lengths to show them favor. It's hard to say what his real plan was.

Of course, Li Shanze still wanted to get his hands on this kind of "technological advancement." At least it would allow Xia Li to fully enjoy modern technology.

"Hahahaha, there's no need to be so vigilant. I'm willing to lend a helping hand because we have a common enemy. I hope you can help eliminate the Virtual Saint Vivian!"

A hearty laugh broke out from the crow's mouth.

"Our primary goal is to rescue people." Li Shanze said vigilantly, "I just need to rescue my friends."

"It doesn't matter. She's already come to Miss Grey Hamilton. Sooner or later, she'll come to you."

It seemed that McGee didn't care at all about Li Shanze's almost polite refusal.

Before Li Shanze could say anything else, his cell phone rang suddenly, the ringtone was deafening, and the caller was the hacker Echo Crowley in New York.

Since Li Shanze's filter had not yet collapsed, he did not think it was an illusion or a fake artificial signal, so he answered the phone.