Chapter 242 Vampire Revenge
After the undead killed a vampire in the Granser district a week ago, the Sheriff's Department and the Night Watch were on high alert, keeping a close eye on outsiders coming from Moses Port.
There is not much intersection between Moses Port and Innadri. The largest population movement is women from Newin Town and surrounding towns who marry out or migrant workers. If passenger ships or merchant ships from Moses Port dock in Newin Town, most people will not enter the city.
There are people from Moses Port who are looking for relatives and friends. There are always a few guests coming from Moses Port to visit relatives and friends every week, but most of them have clean identities - those who can afford the cost of visiting friends must at least have a relatively stable annual salary. The real lower class cannot travel far away at will, and their background must be clean enough.
The night watchman "persisted" for a week without finding anything unusual and gradually became lazy, but Agent Monk, who was in charge of the investigation at the Public Security Department, did not dare to slack off... He was still a "contract worker" and in order to ensure that his wife and children had a worry-free life he had to seek a chance to be "regularized", and of course he would not give up so easily.
It was also because of Agent Monk's persistence that he was able to discover the abnormality of Baron Norman and Ms. Hannah Connell at the first time - whether it was Baron Norman whose behavior was not in line with aristocratic customs, or the young and beautiful lady who dared to travel to other places accompanied by a male who was confirmed not to be a blood relative, there was something unreasonable about it.
Facts have proved that Agent Monk was right.
Before Jimmy, who had set out from Midtown, arrived in Southtown, Hannah Connell, who had left her accommodation, had already checked out of her room and left the deserted hotel area with her luggage.
After staying in the hotel area for only one night, Hannah Connell discovered that this was not a suitable place to rest... About 40% of the hotels were closed down, about 30% of the hotels went bankrupt (the sex industry was the main source of customers for the hotel industry in underdeveloped areas, and after the iron-fisted crackdown on the sex industry, the customer base of the hotel industry in inland small cities like Innadri has plummeted, making it difficult to survive), and the other 30% of the hotels that were open were also deserted.
On such a stagnant street, a strange young woman living here would be too conspicuous.
Hannah Connell didn't think her anthropomorphic disguise would be discovered, but it would be inconvenient for her to take action if she was surrounded by people just by going out.
As we walked out of the hotel area, there were more pedestrians on the street.
Hannah Connell walked slowly among the crowd and followed the flow of people enjoying the lazy winter atmosphere to the bar area.
The bar area is bustling with activity. Many small stalls have popped up in front of the affordable two-copper stores, ten-copper stores, delicatessens and other shops with long queues. Some farmers set up stalls to sell homemade corn wine, some stalls display fruits that are specially "preserved" in cellars and wheat straw in late autumn until winter, and some clever women hang their home-made handmade clothes, backpacks, hats and other items on the wall to sell.
Hannah Connell intentionally or unintentionally went into the crowded stalls, and soon the agent in charge of surveillance lost her trace.
When Jimmy arrived, the sweaty agent ran around the bar area twice but still couldn't find the out-of-town woman who should have been quite eye-catching in the crowd.
"This is troublesome. She even checked out of the hotel." Jimmy asked about the situation and began to sweat. "Has the man she was with been found? Is it possible for her to go find that man?"
"No, we only know that he should live in the South City." The agent who lost the man said nervously, "Deputy Chief, what should we do?"
Jimmy was actually very nervous. It was okay to make mistakes during normal missions, but mistakes at this time were very fatal. If the foreign woman was really a vampire, then they would be responsible for all the people she killed - even if their superiors did not hold them accountable strictly, they would not be able to get over it with their conscience.
"...Wait a minute." Jimmy suddenly had an idea. "Why did this woman stay in a hotel in the South City?"
"What?" The agent didn't respond.
"No, that's not right." Jimmy's face darkened. "This woman is a clerk in a high-end jewelry store. With her income, she can definitely live in a better neighborhood. She deliberately stayed in the South City Hotel District because she wanted to investigate the last vampire nearby!"
The agent finally understood: "You mean...Glanser Block?!"
The Granser District is located in the West City, separated from the South City by only the Mary Street Market.
And if you walk past the bar area and to the end, you will reach Mary Street!
"Go to Granser Street!" Jimmy said without hesitation.
Several people hurriedly entered the alley and ran to the Granser district in one breath. They then searched all five streets in the district and even circled the scenic lake twice... but found nothing.
"How could there be no one? Where on earth would that woman go?" Jimmy, who was so tired that he collapsed by the lake and gasped for breath, his mind was almost in a knot.
"Shall we go back and call for help to search the entire South City area?" the agent said breathlessly.
Nancheng District is so large and has so many streets that it would be impossible for just a few of them to search the entire place.
"Wait, let me think about it." Jimmy forced himself to sit up and pinched his eyebrows hard.
Among the people who came out of the former militia, Jimmy was the one who did the best... Not only did he become the deputy chief of the Security Department, but his annual income also tripled.
Jimmy didn't think that such good treatment was because he was better than others - he just valued his job more and was more willing to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors with all his heart.
When Walton and his group sneaked into Westham to cause trouble, Jimmy was the first to discover it.
"Vampires will not let their enemies go... The last vampire was killed by the undead... But the undead can be seen in the central city. If this woman is a vampire who came for revenge, why didn't she go find those undead?"
"Wait a minute - could it be that this woman didn't take the dead as her target for revenge?"
Jimmy's expression suddenly changed and he turned his head to look across the scenic lake.
They came around Fifth Street, and across the lake they could see the luxurious single-family villas owned by the nobles on Fifth Street.
"The target of vampire revenge is not the undead... Then - the person that woman wants to kill is someone from Viscount Darcy's family? Is it Bishop Jean?!"
Jimmy felt a chill and goose bumps appeared on the back of his neck, arms and back.
There is no point in taking revenge on the undead, they are simply impossible to kill!
The immortality of the Tarantan undead is no secret in Innadri!
Revenge on the black magician who summoned the undead... Jimmy felt that as long as the vampire was sane, he wouldn't do such a stupid thing.
In this way, the Darcy family who failed to "protect" a vampire, Bishop Jean who paid the reward for killing the vampire, and even the people in the city hall are the best targets of anger.
Walk north from the bar area, cross the small bridge over the artificial river that runs through the city, and you can see the inner city wall !
"Go back to Midtown!" Jimmy screamed at the top of his lungs.
Midtown, Sunset Boulevard.
This block is the most expensive area in the central city, and it also has . More than half of the nobles in the city have their mansions concentrated here.
At the end of Sunset Boulevard is the City Lord's Palace. About 300 meters east of the City Lord's Palace, separated by a baron's mansion and exquisite public gardens, is the residence of Viscount Darcy.
On the promenade lined with two rows of evergreen osmanthus trees, a young lady wearing a ribbon flat hat, a light green long skirt, a beige coat, and carrying a small and exquisite suitcase, was strolling leisurely.
There were no pedestrians on Sunset Boulevard. The nobles went in and out in horse-drawn carriages, and occasionally drove pneumatic cars speeding through the spacious streets. Even the butlers in charge of shopping often chose not to walk.
But the sidewalks of Sunset Boulevard are still carefully maintained. There are no fallen leaves in the flower beds under the trees, and the grass on the other side of the flagstone promenade is also neatly trimmed. Pampered ladies, butlers, and maids who do not engage in physical labor will appear on this flagstone path when they need a "healthier lifestyle" and increase their exercise slightly.
This young lady carrying the exquisite suitcase does not look like a noblewoman, but if you say she is a deacon or a governess of a family, no one will doubt it - she is dressed much more decently than ordinary people, and the skin on her hands and face is very delicate. The lower-class families who do rough work cannot afford a woman with such a good complexion.
When a shopping van passed by the promenade, the man in butler's clothes sitting in the van nodded politely to the lady.
The young lady showed no sign of shyness and smiled sweetly.
As the caravan drove away, the deacon in charge of shopping curiously asked the driver: "Whose family is that? I don't think I've seen him before."
"Maybe she is someone's newly hired teacher. Anyone who sees such a beautiful lady will be impressed. I will ask about her later." The driver said flatteringly.
Without any setbacks, Hannah Connell successfully appeared near Viscount Darcy's mansion.
She stopped at the south wall of Darcy's house, looked up at the three-meter-high wall, quickly glanced around to make sure there were no vehicles passing by, then raised her hand lightly and threw the exquisite suitcase into the wall with ease.
Then... Hannah Connell's whole body suddenly became blurred and distorted, as if it turned into thick black mist in an instant, and disappeared from the spot with a "bang".
The next moment, black fog appeared inside the wall and quickly condensed into the shape of Hannah Connell.
If Bishop Li Jean saw this scene, he would take out his scepter without hesitation to meet the enemy - this is the vampire's innate ability: atomization and teleportation!
When faced with a siege by multiple enemies, a vampire can transform himself into black mist or blood bats and escape far away.
If facing a group of night watchmen or priests whose numbers are small but whose every blow can cause real damage to the vampire, the vampire can use the method of instant atomization and then quickly cancel it, teleporting within a short distance, avoiding damage with this ghostly body method that only vampires can use.
Hannah Connell bent down to pick up the exquisite suitcase that had fallen into the grass, brushed off the non-existent dust on the hem of her coat, and walked calmly towards Darcy's mansion, which was no less luxurious than the city lord's mansion.
As she walked through the garden, which was carefully maintained by Darcy's gardener, two servants carrying buckets hurried in from the direction of the servants' quarters.
The two servants did not suspect the beautiful stranger who was walking calmly on the cobblestone path in Darcy's garden, and humbly made way for her when they passed by.
"Please wait a moment."
Hannah Connell stopped one of the servants and said with a smile, "I'm lost and can't find where the guest room is. Can you take me there?"
On the other side, Jimmy hurried back to the Midtown City Hall to report the loss of the target. Zhao Zhenzhen attached great importance to it and immediately ordered the officers from various departments to put down their work and cooperate with the investigation. Some people rushed to Sunset Boulevard for emergency martial law, and some people radiated from the hotel area to thoroughly search the South City area, looking for the suspected local man who was traveling with Hannah Connell.
The current City Hall's reaction speed and mobilization capabilities are not comparable to those of the Bartles family era. Soon, several teams of security guards patrolling the South City District and operators performing tasks around the South City District quickly rushed to the hotel area to join up.
When Hannah Connor sneaked into Darcy's house, the patrolling security guard found a dried corpse shaped like a skeleton in the back alley of the hotel where Hannah Connor stayed for the night.
The male mummy was wearing the same clothing as the man with an Innadri accent described by the hotel staff as being with Hannah Connor.
Operator Barton in the Brand Matrix saw the mummy with his own eyes, and Yang Qiu who was squatting in the City Lord's Mansion also "saw" it.
"Each one is more brutal than the other, these damn things." Yang Qiu cursed unhappily, exited meditation, and quickly issued tasks to online players.
It is impossible to ask players to look for vampires as diligently as the natives do, searching for a needle in a haystack.
It's not a question of whether or not they will be greeted affectionately about their ancestors, but rather that these players will not hesitate to abandon tasks that do not add entertainment to them - no matter how good the reputation of a game is, no one will be interested in tasks that do not generate revenue or are not fun.
But as long as the identity and movement trajectory of the vampire can be determined, players can be of great use.
After issuing the task, Yang Qiu scanned the anchor points in the matrix as usual.
In addition to the 3,000 anchor points steadily provided by players, thanks to the efforts of the national team (…), the anchor points provided by the inhabitants of the other world have also increased to hundreds.
After just a routine glance, Yang Qiu noticed something was wrong.
According to the time, Ms. Shirley should be working in the Civil Affairs Department of the City Hall. The anchor point is still there, but there is no view!
This lady is just as hardworking as the national team. She is often busy until late at night and it is impossible for her to be lazy and sleep in broad daylight - she has a problem!
