The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

The waves of the Yellow River rippled in my veins, diluting the sound of "The Star-Spangled Banner" ringing in the morning breeze of Philadelphia.

The Liberty Bell suddenly began to hum like pregnancy, and the bronze womb contracted to give birth to the new American holy child.

Li Shanze's irises showed cracks like Jingdezhen celadon, and fragments of the seal from the Shaoxing rice wine jar burst out from between his clenched teeth.

The historical essences that tried to assimilate him were now being regurgitated by him in the same manner as the Yangtze River estuary swallows up mud and sand - melting the bronze of the Liberty Bell into rivets for Zheng He's treasure ship, and transforming the cold copper rust into the cold light of the Longquan sword.

The Liberty Bell seemed to let out a wail of unwillingness. It seemed as if Li Shanze was just one step away from being forever branded with the moral imperatives of the founding fathers.

"Almost? No, damn, not even close! Just you guys?"

Li Shanze gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath.

The preamble of the Constitution on the palm of the hand finally receded, and they were no longer willing to be absorbed by Li Shanze.

It was rather the opposite, a huge force suddenly came to repel it.

Li Shanze took advantage of the situation to withdraw his hand and stood up.

When the wailing of the Liberty Bell finally dissipated into the garbage dump in the back alley, Li Shanze spat bloody saliva into his palm.

The greasy American flag wrapping paper happened to fall at his feet, and Li Shanze stepped on it and flattened it.

Then he kicked the Coke can that had rolled to his feet—America's holy chalice—back to the garbage dump where it belonged.

"I'd rather be a fucking expelled cannibal than a culturally stitched specimen of your America."

He cursed.

Then he turned around and looked at the four ladies with different expressions.

The rust of the Liberty Bell was still burning between his fingers. Li Shanze turned around and bumped into a web woven by four pairs of eyes.

At the naval dock in the morning mist, four women surrounded him in four different radii.

Charlie was the first to speak, her brow furrowed. "What happened, Li? What did the remaining wish power on the wreckage of the Liberty Bell do to you? The vampire ancestors of three hundred years ago were probably cleaner than you are now... I need to find a way to purify you..."

The witch lady held Li Shanze's hand, and the ruby ​​ring burned his fingers.

Li Shanze shook his head. "It's nothing. It's just that the power of the will on the wreckage of the Liberty Bell hasn't been completely consumed. I suggest you take a large piece of bronze back and study it carefully."

Anjie sneered and clenched her fists. "Yes, I really want to know if that virtual Saint Vivian still exists in this piece of bronze debris. I can't wait to get my revenge."

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you." Li Shanze shook his head again. "Although there is still a lot of power in the wreckage of the Liberty Bell, I'm afraid the Virtual Saint Vivian is gone."

"How did you know?" Anjie raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Although Li Shanze refused assimilation, resulting in a large amount of willpower being returned to the Liberty Bell, he did not gain nothing.

He intercepted a portion of the willpower and knew clearly that the virtual saint no longer existed in these willpowers - at least this saint had completely collapsed and turned to ashes in the torrent of willpower.

Feeling the warmth in his chest, Li Shanze smiled and said, "Well, how should I explain it? Anyway, I did absorb some of the willpower, so I know that the virtual Saint Vivian no longer exists in this Liberty Bell."

"Refusing mental assimilation may constitute the crime of 'cultural resistance' as stipulated in Section 23 of Chapter 7 of the Witchcraft Immigrants Act." The lawyer glanced at Kate and joked.

Li Shanze didn't know for a moment whether Grey was joking or serious.

It turns out that resisting brainwashing and assimilation is a crime?

Although this sounds ridiculous, it all makes sense when you consider that this is the United States.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not kidding." Gray winked at Li Shanze. "After coming into contact with another world, as a lawyer, I naturally came into contact with the laws of that world."

You are only eligible for that access because you come from a senator's family, right?

Li Shanze resisted the urge to complain. After all, Grey's mother had just been murdered, and Li Shanze didn't want to bring up her sad story.

Gray seemed to interpret Li Shanze's silence as suspicion, so she turned and pointed at Kate: "If you don't believe me, why don't you ask our FBI agents?"

The Grand Knight nodded. "Indeed, you have committed the crime of 'cultural resistance.' Furthermore, the Church has detected third-level witchcraft contamination."

Li Shanze pointed at Kate with his right index finger: "Really?"

Kate hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and held Li Shanze with her confessor. "Do you need me to do your last confession, Mr. Ogre?"

Li Shanze pointed at Kate with his right index finger again, looking tired, and sneered, "Okay, stop making trouble. What we need now is to drive back and get a good night's sleep."

The women, who had been nervous at first, relaxed immediately. Anjie's hand was on the gun, while Gray was ready to bail.

Only Charlie, who knew the true relationship between Li Shanze and Kate, understood that this was probably just a joke - the slave girl had no way of arresting her master.

However, looking at the nervous Ange and Gray, Charlie was still a little surprised.

Why are they so worried about Li?

The witch tilted her head.

Maybe it was because Li had gone to great lengths to rescue them, and they wanted to repay him?

Charlie felt like she had found the answer.

Kate bit her lip and said, "They can all go back and rest first, but you must go back with me to the FBI to report. I will issue a written statement stating that this is necessary to rescue Ms. Grey Hamilton."

"Okay, okay, I'll go back to the FBI with you." Li Shanze sighed helplessly.

129 Capabilities

The Chevrolet drove away carrying Charlie, Angie, Gray, and the fragment of the Liberty Bell.

"Are you satisfied now? I did exactly what you told me." Kate held the steering wheel with both hands, her chest heaving violently because of discouragement.

Li Shanze nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, Li Shanze did not convey so much information to Kate through his eyes, and his eyes were not pie charts.

He does this through language, or rather, hidden language.

This had to do with some of the willpower he had just absorbed from the wreckage of the Liberty Bell.

To be precise, the willpower he absorbed condensed into super powers.

The first amendment's index finger, also known as the index finger of free speech.

Lie Upgrade: Point your right index finger at any sentence on your phone (note: it must be a lie), making it a top 3 trending topic on Twitter. 1.8 automatically generated online comments, including 5% of them being from anti-fans. (To be unlocked)

"—In the paradise of information democratization, every lie has its own honor guard."

Truth Distortion: Point your right index finger at any sentence on your phone (note: it must be true), making it a recognized lie on Twitter. Only the most stupid conspiracy theorists would believe it is the truth. (To be unlocked)

“——The most luxurious behavior in the post-truth era is to tell the truth.”

Information cocoon: Use your right index finger to select a target, and the selected person will enter the information cocoon. When you deliberately speak to the person in the information cocoon, others cannot hear you.

"—There is freedom of speech, and so is the acceptance of speech. People have the freedom to be deaf."

Restrictions: The number of uses per day is limited to 3 times and cannot be accumulated.

Side Effect: Every time this ability is used, two investment suggestions from the Capitol Hill stock tycoon will be automatically forwarded at 3:33 am the next day.

The two important abilities used to confuse right and wrong were not unlocked. Li Shanze guessed that this was because he had not absorbed enough willpower.

Moreover, by absorbing this "unpurified" willpower - to be precise, he took the willpower of the Liberty Bell for himself, which meant "contaminating" them again - Kate and Charlie had already noticed the third-level witchcraft contamination.

If I continue to seize the power of will, I am afraid I will really become a terrifying devil in the eyes of ordinary Americans.

This "index finger of free speech" brought about by this third-level witchcraft pollution currently only has one unlocking ability: the information cocoon, and this ability seems to be only convenient for infidelity...

Li Shanze instructed Kate to send away Charlie, Angel, Grey and other FBI agents on duty with a pretext.

Now, the only ones left in this dirty alley were Li Shanze and his unyielding female slave.

"There's no one else here now, so you have to call me Master." Li Shanze said with a smile, and there was no trace of fatigue on his face.

"Yes, Master." The vein on Kate's forehead jumped.

Li Shanze smiled and pinched Kate's chin: "Don't be so unconvinced."

Although she realized that this day would come sooner or later when Li Shanze found out, she still couldn't help feeling angry when the moment finally came.

"Master, didn't we always work together happily? We, we once teamed up to defeat Bane Benjamin. I also helped you obtain legal status and arranged for you to join the FBI... Do you really have to enslave me?"

The Grand Knight tried to convince her master.

"But, isn't it because I became your master that you did this?" Li Shanze pinched Kate's chin and gently stroked her lips with his thumb.

Kate got goose bumps all over her body, but her breathing became faster unconsciously.

"Master, I——"

Kate wanted to explain something, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Li Shanze.

"I haven't forgotten how you treated me before I became your master, my dear little slave girl."

"You've put a gun to my head, haven't you? You've tried to use me to get yourself into trouble, haven't you? You've tried to bring this 'cannibal' of mine to justice, haven't you?"

Originally, Li Shanze did not intend to enjoy Kate so soon. His original plan was to use this slave contract to flirt with Kate, bully her into half-hearted submission, and then eat her.

But the Liberty Bell's attempt to assimilate and devour him just now made him feel an uncontrollable nameless fire in his heart.

In addition, Li Shanze insisted on not being assimilated, so he was considered to be "third-level witchcraft pollution", which also aggravated his anger.

This might be a total outburst of the anger that had been suppressed since crossing over, perhaps it was anger at being treated as a non-stigmatized ogre, perhaps it was revenge for crossing from a peaceful and tranquil country to a thrilling and exciting alien world, or perhaps it was a vent of anger.

"Get out of the car!" Li Shanze ordered.

"Yes, Master. But please, at least not in the garbage dump..."

The Great Knight had never felt so vulnerable and helpless, never felt so ashamed and confused.

She could only reluctantly and cautiously plead with her tyrannical master.

"If you don't get off the car now, I'll really take away your virginity in the garbage dump." Li Shanze got out of the car with a stern face.

Kate had no choice but to get out of the car obediently.

Fortunately, her worst nightmare didn't come true. Li Shanze pointed at the co-pilot seat and said, "You, go sit down!"

Then he opened the car door and got into the cockpit.

"Master, Master, I'm coming up - um." Kate had just sat down when Li Shanze grabbed her high ponytail and pressed it against his crotch.

"You know, Kate, I hate being pointed at with a gun, so I have to get revenge."

Li Shanze said jokingly.

"Every woman who has pointed a gun at me has licked my gun. Today it's your turn."

Li Shanze started the car while giving instructions.

As the Chevrolet Suburban rolled over the speed bump, the cold light from the dashboard just happened to shine over Kate's uniform button, which had been unbuttoned to the third button.

Li Shanze held the steering wheel with his left hand and wrapped the rosary of the Catholic knight around the gear lever with his right hand. The sandalwood beads tapped lightly on the leather cover of the Bible as the engine vibrated.

He brushed his fingertips across the back of Kate's neck, like a priest rebaptizing her.

"Don't use your teeth, my dear Kate, don't use your teeth." Li Shanze sighed and commented on her awkwardness.

He turned on the car radio, and the choir's hymns came from the speakers. The female knight's silver cross pendant rose and fell with the bumps of the car body.

Kate's crushed lipstick smeared blood on his spear, and the palm of her hand, which she used to hold the holy sword, felt hot, as if it was stuck on a hot metal safety pin.

Kate didn't know how long the car had been driving. She felt shy and angry, and her cheeks, ears, and neck were all covered with a layer of morning glow from the rising sun.

"We're almost at the FBI building." The master's gentle, irresistible voice boomed like thunder in her ears. "You don't want your colleagues to see you like this, do you? Hurry up, faster."

Kate had to speed up shamefully, and she felt that the frequency of moving her head was like knocking on the confession window in a confessional.

Li Shanze looked down at her trembling shoulders with the indifferent expression of someone reading a briefing. He gently stroked her messy high ponytail, and then she was greeted with a hot eruption.

That almost choked her, and she wanted to get rid of it, but the master's hand pressed on the back of her neck, holding her high ponytail and her proud head tightly, making her unable to move. The heavy and sturdy off-road tires made short groans as they scraped against the asphalt road.

"Remember to clean the gun barrel after confession." Li Shanze ordered lightly, his anger had subsided.

When she finally raised her head, gasping for breath, he pointed at the corner of her mouth and said, "The communion wine has been spilled. Don't waste it. Eat it all."

Kate glanced in the rearview mirror and noticed a brushed silver gleam at the corners of her mouth.

She was afraid of being discovered, so she quickly stuck out her tongue and rolled the communion wine into her stomach.

While Kate was tidying up her messy hair, Li Shanze gently buttoned her uniform and smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes.

His attitude had improved a bit, so he used a consulting tone instead of the arrogant and overbearing tone before and asked, "Where did you want to have your first time? In a car? In a hotel? In the FBI dormitory? Or somewhere else?"

"Lord, Master, will you marry me?" The great knight, who had begun to accept the fact, made his last effort.

"Ah, I'm afraid not. I think you can see in the FBI files that I'm married." Li Shanze pointed to the ring on his left ring finger and shook his head. "Even if I get divorced, I'm afraid I'll still marry Xia Li."