Chapter 641

"Sit down quickly! It's not that I won't give it, it's that I don't have cash right now!"

Seeing that decadent man shouting, Professor Higgins hurriedly grabbed the other party's hand, wanting to make the other party sit down, obviously worried about attracting too much attention.

"Don't even think about it!"

That vampire shook off the professor's hand and even raised his voice:

"Hand over the money now; I won't believe your rhetoric. If you take the train and leave as soon as you go out, where am I going to find you?"

"I really don't have money for the time being, but someone will send money tomorrow."

The professor still wanted to persuade the other party, but the other party didn't appreciate it at all:

"I'll come find you at eight o'clock tonight; if you run away..."

He leaned over and whispered a sentence in the professor's ear, then got up and walked towards the outside of the hotel. But he didn't walk a few steps before turning back to look at the suitcase Professor Higgins was carrying, so he waved his hand at the professor, signaling him to follow.

The two walked out of the Sikar Hotel together. Xia De didn't follow immediately, but thought about leaving after drinking the apple juice in his hand. If he couldn't find them, he would give up his interest in this matter.

But before he finished the drink in his hand, another person came down from the stairs. It was Armand Bernhard, the uncle of the vampire uncle-nephew pair that Xia De had saved in the Land of Death.

Similarly, at the same time Xia De saw him, blood-colored mist condensed into a small bat above this Mr. Bernhard's head. And compared to the down-and-out vampire just now, Mr. Bernhard looked like an upper-class person at a glance.

He was probably attracted by the quarrel just now, or perhaps he had been paying attention here all along, which is why he also came down from upstairs and followed after the two left the hotel.

Xia De still sat still, as if all this had nothing to do with him. After finishing the drink in the cup, he set off to leave.

From afar, he saw Mr. Bernhard walking along the street to the east, but he didn't walk far before turning into an alley on the side.

Xia De hesitated and didn't follow in, but according to the terrain he had explored nearby last time, he took a big detour from the alley on the other side, passed through the narrow alleys between the dense apartment buildings, and wanted to take a detour to the front to see where the professor and the vampire who had walked out in advance had gone.

During this period, seeing that there were few people on the street, he "pulled" a new coat from the inside pocket of his overcoat to wear, "stuffed" the hat on his head into his pocket, and then "took out" a new hat to wear on his head. Finally, he hesitated and even put on a mask for himself.

But the result was very unexpected. In the end, Xia De saw Professor Higgins and that vampire in the garbage alley behind the Sikar Hotel. He appeared from the east side of the east alley, while Mr. Bernhard, who was walking very leisurely, appeared from the west side of the alley.

The two saw the scene in the alley almost at the same time. The elderly professor fell to the ground, while the down-and-out, blood-stained blonde middle-aged man was holding the suitcase that originally belonged to the Carsonrick linguistics professor, a wallet that clearly didn't belong to him, and a pistol; he was trying to escape from the crime scene.

"This..."

The down-and-out man noticed people appearing at both ends of the alley almost at the same time. After seeing Armand Bernhard on the west side, he turned around and ran towards Xia De, who was pressing his hat on the east side, with a look of horror, almost without any hesitation.

"Get out of the way!"

While running, he waved his pistol and scolded loudly. That appearance with blood on his mouth was indeed very terrifying.

Xia De raised his head, and the vampire also saw the mask on Xia De's face. But before he could think too much, he saw Xia De clap his hands together with a slap, and then separate them instantly.

A brilliant silver arc of light was pulled out from between his palms, and in the next second, it shot out, slicing the charging vampire diagonally into two neat halves. But after the body hit the ground, it only left a pool of blood on the ground before dissipating into a small group of flying bats.

That group of small bats flew towards the west end of the alley. After passing over Professor Higgins on the ground, they only flew for more than twenty meters before being forced to aggregate again, turning back into the appearance of the blonde, down-and-out middle-aged man in a cloud of blood mist.

"A racial talent of vampires? I remember they are very good at the power of flesh and blood..."

Of course, although the other party avoided this death by relying on the vampire's racial talent, when he aggregated into human form again, he was already almost unable to move due to serious injuries:

"Save me, Mr. Bernhard!"

Lying on the ground with difficulty, the blonde middle-aged man reached out towards Armand Bernhard on the west side of the alley. But the latter's face was very gloomy; he walked over in silence, and then unexpectedly stepped on the middle-aged man's head with his boots:

"I kindly helped you introduce a job, and this is how you repay me? Do you know what kind of trouble you've caused me? Don't you know what kind of mission I am shouldering when I come to this city?"

This was not the common language, nor was it any language Xia De had ever heard, but fortunately, he understood it. There was no great emotion in Bernhard's voice, but for an upper-class gentleman in decent attire to make such a move, he was obviously also angry.

Xia De also walked into the alley from the alley entrance, first picked up the suitcase, pistol, and wallet from a pool of blood, and then continued to walk forward, squatting down to check the situation of the Gray Glove agent "Professor Higgins."

It was a pity that he was already dead; the bite mark on his neck was the fatal reason.

"Sir, is this your friend?"

Stepping on the head of that down-and-out vampire, Mr. Bernhard asked Xia De, who had stood up, across half an alley.

"You could say that."

Xia De said softly. Although the two had met in the Land of Death, Xia De at that time was much more powerful than he was now. Now, Mr. Bernhard obviously didn't recognize him.

"Can I ask him a few questions?"

Xia De pointed to the vampire being stepped on, and Mr. Bernhard nodded:

"Of course."

"First, what did Professor Higgins entrust you to do?"

"Channeling! Channeling a corpse in the police station; we agreed on a price of 500 pounds! He paid 300 pounds first and promised to settle the remaining 200 pounds today!"

The weak vampire barely opened his mouth to speak.

This price was of course unreasonable in Xia De's view, but for ordinary people who could not contact mysterious powers, they could only accept it even if it was more money.

"What did he ask the soul?"

"I don't know; I'm only responsible for channeling and sending the soul away. I wasn't there when they were talking."

"Why kill him?"

"I owe a large gambling debt at the underground De Pai casino. If he didn't give me cash today, I would be in big trouble. I saw him holding that suitcase all day today, so I thought about exchanging the things inside for some gold pounds..."

Just as Xia De thought, the Gray Glove agent used the power of supernatural creatures to obtain information, but ultimately died because of this.

"How did he contact you?"

"I introduced him."

Mr. Bernhard, who was stepping on the head, said in a deep voice:

"Your professor friend and I both lived on the fourth floor of the Sikar Hotel and occasionally smoked together. The professor suddenly told me last week that his friend had passed away, but there were some secrets he hadn't had time to tell, so out of kindness, I introduced this guy. I didn't expect this to kill the professor instead."

The boots exerted force fiercely again, and the vampire being stepped on had almost no strength to moan.

"This gentleman, if you have no objections, I can give you some compensation."

Mr. Bernhard said politely.

This was not because this mid-tier vampire was afraid of Xia De, but because alien creatures like vampires are even more dangerous targets in the eyes of the True God Church than Academy sorcerers. Now, in broad daylight like this, they certainly couldn't fight in a busy area, so exchanging some compensation for keeping secrets was very worthwhile.

"Compensation?"

Xia De shook his head and pointed to the down-and-out middle-aged man he was stepping on:

"How about this guy's life?"

"Very fair."

The boots heavily crushed that head, and the body didn't even have time to leave any last words. Bernhard shook his head, took a small bottle from his pocket, and after sprinkling powder, the vampire's clothes and body actually slowly "melted" into the mud.

"I am an outsider and don't want to attract too much attention in this city. Since Kost broke the rules, I think it is his due end to pay the price with his life."

Xia De nodded, raised his head, and looked at the bedsheet hanging on the clothesline above the garbage alley. He flicked his hand lightly, and the silver light cut the clothesline, letting the bedsheet drift down, just covering the body of Professor Higgins on the ground.

He squatted down pretentiously, kept folding the bedsheet, then picked it up, rolled it into a ball, tied a knot, and carried it on his back.

This was to prevent the other party from seeing the details of the 【Toy Making】 spell:

"Then, Mr. Vampire, I think you can also see that what Professor Higgins did was also not clean, so this matter ends here. I have no interest in you, and you should not reveal this matter to anyone."

"This is very fair."

Mr. Bernhard nodded:

"I brought my nephew to this city and have no intention of conflicting with local forces. This matter ends here."

But Xia De reached into his pocket again, took out a roll of banknotes sealed with a paper strip, and threw it far away. The rolled-up banknotes crossed the sky of the garbage alley and were steadily caught by Armand Bernhard.

"The 200-pound channeling balance, I paid it for the professor."

Xia De said.

In this way, he could feel at ease and regard that suitcase as his own thing, because he had already paid for it.

The middle-aged gentleman in a black top hat smiled and didn't refuse this huge sum of money, but put it into his pocket. Then he took out a business card, held it between his fingers, and flew it to Xia De, an action completed with the help of the basic spell 【Moving Objects】 and superb technique:

"After this kind of thing happened, my nephew and I can't live here either. We will move to live with our own kind in this city who have forgotten what decency is. If you have any needs, you can come to this address to find me. I think no one will refuse one more friend."

"Yes."

Xia De glanced at the business card and found that it was a local red wine winery. The business card did not belong to Mr. Bernhard but should belong to the vampires living in this city. After putting the business card into his pocket, the two nodded to each other, and then tacitly left from both ends of the garbage alley.

Except for the pool of blood on the ground and the sparrow standing on the clothesline, no one would know what had just happened here.