Natural enemies

"Are you sure it's him?" In the shadows of the house, came a small voice of conversation.If someone passes by at this time and hears the sound and turns his head to look, he will find that there is no one there, only two bats crouching in the shadows.

"It's him. These days I often go to the Demon Hunters Guild, and I confirmed that he is carrying Xiao An's blood." Another bat replied, "I asked Ivan to follow him a few times, and he has been here twice. times, but every time Ivan walked in, it was difficult for Ivan to keep up."

"What is this place?"

"It seems to be the territory of a group of Bulgarian gangsters. I heard that it is a gangster, and they also trafficked people. I don't know what this James is doing in this kind of place, maybe he is looking for experimental materials..."

"Go in and have a look."

Here are a few old residential buildings. At this time, there are still people who have not rested. Not only the lights are shining through the closed doors, but also the sound of men and women laughing or throwing dice. Dare to come in easily.

James walked quickly, as if he knew his way, and went down the stairs.The stairs here were narrow and dark, so his speed slowed down. The bats flew too fast, making it difficult to keep up. Then the two black shadows at the stairs suddenly stretched, and Gu Yi and Andre both returned to their human forms.

There was not even a light in the stairwell, only the soft sound of James' footsteps in front, and went down two floors, and the sound suddenly disappeared.

Gu Yi held his breath and leaned against the wall. After an unknown amount of time, it seemed that James had confirmed that there was no one behind, and the footsteps sounded softly again.

Only then did Gu Yi stretch out his hand, and slowly pushed open the crooked door. The front was pitch black, and with the eyesight of the blood race, he could only vaguely see the outlines of some cars, as if it were an underground repair shop.

James seems to be very familiar with this place, and the sound of walking is as soft as a mouse gliding across the ground, and it is far away soon.If you don't catch up, I'm afraid you will lose it.So Gu Yi gently pulled Andre, and the two also stepped into the repair shop.

The repair shop is in a mess, large and small cars are here and there, most of them are missing arms and legs, and there are some parts such as tires and seats piled up nearby, which greatly affects the vision.

Gu Yi and Andre were only halfway there when Andre kicked a wrench under his feet, and there was a clang in the silent space, which spread far away.Almost at the same time, there was a rattling sound from behind, and when Gu Yimeng turned his head, he saw a gate was lowered in the darkness, with a bang that made the ground tremble.Then a little light came on and James stepped out from behind a car.

"We were fooled!" Andre yelled in a low voice.It was only when the lights came on that I realized that the place was closed on all sides, and there was only the entrance just now.And that gate looks like a very thick iron plate, even the vampires are not easy to open it.

Gu Yi pressed his shoulder to signal him to be quiet, and looked at James: "Where is Mr. Schiller?"

"What?" James was about to speak, but Gu Yi preempted him, the expression on his face changed slightly, "What did you say?"

"I said, Mr. Schiller can come out." Gu Yi didn't seem particularly nervous or panicked, as if he had expected this to happen a long time ago, "You set this trap, didn't Mr. Schiller show up? You alone , it seems that they still can’t take us down.”

James rolled his eyes. Just as he didn't know how to answer, a chuckle came from behind: "I'm here."

With this sound, another light came on, Gu Yi turned his head, and saw a wheelchair quietly parked there under the dim light. .He leaned against the back of the chair and smiled at Gu Yi very gently: "As expected of the person Jim likes, and as expected of the person who can steal the holy artifact from the blood clan. You have already guessed that it is me, right?"

"Not very early." Gu Yi smiled back at Schiller, "If you hadn't pushed Kant out so anxiously, I might not have suspected you."

"Sure enough—" Schiller sighed softly, "It was indeed a bit too hasty that time, but I didn't expect that you and Jim could escape from the hands of Patriarch Fanzhuo—no, you even And hurt him. I think it's the umbrella, right?"

He was leaning on an old-fashioned black oilcloth umbrella, and Gu Yi glanced at it: "I remember that Tang Ji handed it over to the Demon Hunters Guild for safekeeping."

"Oh, because some people suspect that another sacred weapon of the blood race is hidden in this umbrella—the butcher's knife." Schiller lifted the umbrella and put it on his lap to look, "Since everyone wants to see it, then Of course there is an opportunity to borrow it."

Gu Yi shrugged: "Actually, from this point of view, the Demon Hunters Union is no different from other organizations."

"It's inevitable." Schiller sighed deeply, looking very distressed, "You Chinese say that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. This sentence makes sense. Demon hunters are not Saints, of course, the Demon Hunters Union will not be a holy place. In fact, from the beginning of its establishment, there have been various problems-for example, it is difficult for demon hunters without family backing to succeed, for example, the allocation of resources is not good enough. To be fair, for example—in short, there are all kinds of problems you can think of here.”

"Because you found it difficult to get ahead, so you joined forces with others?" Gu Yi asked with a smile.

"Well, how do you understand." Schiller suddenly withdrew his smile, "You come from a family, and after you became a blood clan, you became the treasure of the Patriarch Fanzhuo. The hard work of climbing up from the bottom? The same flow? The upper layer is full of filth, so why should the lower layer be clean and flawless?"

"What's more, this kind of medicine is supposed to benefit mankind." Seeing that Gu Yi didn't answer, Shi Le showed a little smile on his face again, "Since your first emperor in China, didn't all the emperors of all dynasties want to live forever? It's the foundation of modern medicine. Aren’t the various measures also aimed at prolonging the lifespan of human beings? In this case, what’s wrong with me developing this medicine?”

"Since it's so noble, why was U9 banned in the first place?" Gu Yi asked flatly, "If you think you're benefiting mankind, why are you sneaking around? Besides, you want to kill Tang Ji, is it also for the benefit of mankind? "

"He knows too much." Schiller sighed deeply. "In fact, I admire him very much. He is an excellent witcher, with a clear mind, far-sighted vision, broad-mindedness, and extraordinary skills..." He breathed a sigh of relief Biao made a series of posthumous remarks, and then changed the topic again: "It's just that he also can't understand us. He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth like you. He has a family that allows him to get whatever he wants. He can be as calm as possible. Capital cleans itself—"

"Stop talking." Gu Yi interrupted him, "Stop making excuses for yourself, I'm sick of hearing it. Actually, do you really believe these words? You, Zhang Heng, Kant, all of you The same people, but when you kill these people who are 'struggling from the bottom up' like you, aren't you merciless?"

Schiller still smiled: "Zhang Heng, that man has no vision at all. He can only see money in his eyes, and he can't even see money clearly. As for Kant--that's helpless, if you didn't force him to It’s too urgent, and I don’t want to sacrifice him.”

"Then what about Hein?" Gu Yi suddenly asked, "Is Hein also helpless?"

"What did you say?" A crack finally appeared on Schiller's gentle mask, "What happened to Hein? Are you saying that you were suspected of killing their team members?"

"No." Gu Yi smiled slightly, "I'm talking about you killing Hein."

"Me?" Schiller laughed, "I killed Hein? What nonsense are you talking about? What's the point of framing me at a time like this?"

Gu Yi also laughed: "Are you framing? You made up the scene of encountering a ghost lamp, and I also framed it? Have you really seen a ghost lamp? If you did, you wouldn't say something like 'falling into a hallucination without knowing it' That's it. Let me tell you that when you are illuminated by the light of a ghost lamp, you will first feel dizzy and sleepy. This feeling is extremely strong, and it will never be 'unknowingly'. Therefore, you have never encountered a ghost lamp at all. , all of this is just a lie you fabricated after you killed Hein and the others."

Schiller's smile was a little distorted: "I killed Hein? Why did I kill him?"

Gu Yi replied easily: "Of course it is to get the soul ring."

The name of the soul ring spit out from his mouth, but Schiller was shocked: "You—"

"It's strange, why do I know?" Gu Yi smiled at him, "Actually, I'm just guessing. After I used the soul ring to control Hein and the others, it caused them to kill each other, and even I almost lost my sanity myself. After that, I took off the soul ring and buried it, hoping that no one will use it in the future. At that time, because of my injury, I didn't go far, so I dug a hole nearby. A few days ago I went to see it, the pit has been turned over, and the soul ring is gone."

The muscles on Schiller's cheeks twitched slightly, and he forcibly maintained his composure: "What does that have to do with me?"

"The soul ring was poached by Hein." Gu Yi said slowly, "He poached the soul ring and killed a companion who was still alive at that time, so no one knew about it. I checked His subsequent 'records', he has successively hunted high-level vampires or devils. It is these 'brilliant records' that allow him to gain a firm foothold in the Witcher Guild without joining the Thorn Owl family, and these prey , his fighting power is superior to his. Everyone praises him for his skill and resourcefulness, but in fact, it's all because he used the soul ring, right?"

Schiller was silent.However, Gu Yi didn't need his answer, and continued: "For you, Hein is actually a very good example. But you are indeed inferior to him in terms of force. Your strengths lie in layout and command. However, who Would an outstanding demon hunter be willing to obey the command of an inferior demon hunter? When you suffer from the fact that you can’t be as good as Hein, you find that he is not worthy of the name, but a cheat.”

Gu Yi smiled, not without sarcasm: "From your point of view, Hein only has force, but he doesn't have the ability to command, and you have, but you can't convince the crowd because your force is too low. If the soul ring is in your hands In your hand, your prestige has been improved, so you can play a greater role than Hein. So, you do it. And that blood hunt is just a scapegoat, and in your heart, you have never really accepted the alien species. You Praising Tang Ji for being broad-minded is actually just saying something against your will. In your heart, you don’t agree with his actions at all. Outsiders say that Tang Ji is as tolerant to aliens as you are, but he is really tolerant, and you are just pretending from."

He stared at Schiller closely: "You killed Hein, got the soul ring, you used it to control Kant, and made Komatsu crazy, and today, you want to use it against me, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't Don’t dare to face me alone. You were not very skilled when you were young, let alone now that you are old.”

Schiller subconsciously reached out and touched his chest, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly: "You are quite right. I have already said that you are very smart."

Gu Yi smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." He turned his head and looked at James, who had been stunned to the side, "How about it, what do you think in your heart? I also think that Mr. Schiller should kill Hein, kill Tang Ji, kill everyone who stands in his way?"

James really didn't know that Schiller had killed Hein. Now that he suddenly learned the truth, he was stunned.Now suddenly asked by Gu Yi on his face, he couldn't answer for a moment, he could only turn his head to look at Schiller in a daze, feeling that this person seemed to have changed a bit in his eyes.

Schiller sighed: "Why do you want to provoke him? Now, if he leaves me, will there be any good results?"

James moved his lips twice, and finally lowered his head and walked to Schiller's side.Schiller is right. He has done so many things with him. Even if he leaves Schiller now, those things he did before will not be erased. It plummeted.

The road has gone wrong, so I can't turn back, so I can only bite the bullet and go down.As long as Schiller can keep his promise to transfer him to the European chapter, he will start over there.As for Schiller—to be honest, they are already at this age, how long can they live?Now that all the new experimental materials are gone, Schiller's idea of ​​prolonging his life will probably come to naught. Maybe in another three to five years, he will be able to get rid of the shackles on his head and start a new life.

Gu Yi sighed: "If you make a mistake, you will be hated forever, and if you look back, it will be a hundred years."

The two lines of his poem were in Chinese, James couldn't understand them, but Schiller understood them, and smiled slightly: "The choice is yours. It's like you have already guessed that James is just a bait, but you still come."

"Yes." Gu Yi also smiled at him, "I really want to see how you can deal with me without the soul ring."

"Yeah——" Schiller sighed, "You have already prepared, and it will be difficult to control you with the soul ring. So, tell me, what should I do?"

When he said this, his eyes looked behind Gu Yi.Gu Yi shuddered suddenly, but before he could move, something cold pierced the back of his neck.

The figure suddenly disappeared on the spot, but in the next second, Gu Yi appeared again, only moving five meters away.He raised his hand with some difficulty, took off the syringe from the back of his neck, shook his body and looked at the person behind: "Andre?"

Andre's hand was still raised in the air, his face was pale and blue under the light, he licked his lips, but he couldn't say a word in the end.On the contrary, Schiller laughed: "Without the soul ring, I still have a solution."

"Why?" Gu Yi still stared at Andre.

Andre's throat moved up and down a few times, and he licked his lips again, but he still couldn't speak.Schiller smiled and explained for him: "It's actually very simple. Your blood is really good. If he can get your blood, he can improve his ability by a lot. Not your opponent? It seems impossible to find another good material like you."

"Is that so?" Gu Yi shook his body a few more times, his eyes seemed to be closed, but he forced himself to look at Andre, "Answer me."

"...Yes." Andre finally squeezed out a voice from his throat, "I'm sorry...but I need strength..."

"You need strength, so you want to attack me?" Gu Yi took a step back, leaning weakly on a scrapped car, barely supporting his body not to slide down, "I really thought that you once Everything I've said is true..."

"What I said is true!" Andrei became excited, "I really came to China to find you! I want to take you back to Russia, and we will live together forever! But, but you don't want to. You Abandoned me and chose that Tang Ji! Even, you still want to be an ordinary person! Do you know that your current bloodline is hard-won? Do you know how powerful you are? But you have to give up all of this! "

He was breathing quickly, watching Gu Yi's body slowly slipping to the ground, lowered his voice: "Since you want to give up, then, why not give it to me..."

"Okay, don't get excited." Schiller said to him with a smile, and then motioned to James, "Go and check."

"All the medicines have been injected." James broke away from Gu Yi's hand and looked at the syringe he was holding, then turned his head and nodded to Schiller, "I have already lost consciousness."

Andre took a heavy breath and stretched out his hand: "Give me the man."

"Don't worry." Schiller waved his hands gently, and James took out a pair of holy light handcuffs, and handcuffed Gu Yi's hands behind his back.

"What's wrong?" Andre was a little anxious, "Didn't it be agreed that he would belong to me?"

"Wait a minute, I still need him to be useful."

"What's the use?" Andre looked at him suspiciously, "Do you want to go back on your word?"

Schiller sighed: "Why? Don't I want your investment?"

Andre observed him vigilantly: "It's good if you know. Then give him to me quickly. I don't know how long this medicine will work on him. Besides, there is Tang Ji—this time he failed to I also lied to him, who knows when he will become suspicious—I want to change blood quickly, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

As he spoke, he walked towards Gu Yi while keeping an eye on Schiller.But instead of stopping him, Schiller made a gesture to James and asked him to back away: "Since you are in such a hurry, forget it, you can take him away. I will find a way with Tang Ji."

Only then did Andre relax, and bent over to lift Gu Yi up.Just when he straightened up, Schiller suddenly said, "Did you know? Xiao An ran away."

"What?" Andre raised his head in surprise, meeting Schiller's eyes.

Schiller's eyes were already a little cloudy, and it looked even more blurry under the dim light. At first glance, it seemed that even the pupils were hard to distinguish.Out of an instinctive reaction, Andre tried to see clearly, but the harder he tried, the more he couldn't see clearly. There seemed to be a vortex in Schiller's eyes, pulling him deeper and deeper...

The cold feeling made the hairs on Andre's back suddenly explode.It was almost his body's own reaction, he moved to the side.The vortex disappeared suddenly, and Schiller was still sitting there with a gentle smile. Andre lowered his head, and saw the tip of the silver knife protruding from his chest.

The feeling of numbness and burning exploded from his body at the same time, the knife sank down suddenly, and Andre made a tearing sound from his throat, and suddenly grabbed it back with his backhand.

The knife only cut three centimeters down and then stopped. James rolled backwards in embarrassment. His right arm was caught and rolled up, almost exposing the bones, and the wound was black and spreading rapidly.

James hurriedly took out a bottle of holy water and poured it on the wound. The holy water made a sizzling sound and white smoke rose.However, the bluish black on the surface of the wound was dispelled, but there was still remaining black, which continued to spread to the inside of his flesh.If this continues, even if he can wash off the corpse poison with holy water, a large piece of his arm will be lost.

A demon hunter is not a blood race, and his body cannot be regenerated. If the muscles and tendons on his arm are gone, the arm will be useless.James rushed to Schiller in a hurry: "Mr. Schiller, this—"

Schiller sat without moving, but shrugged his shoulders: "This poison is very powerful, and there is nothing I can do about it."

"You—" James' eyes suddenly widened, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting." Schiller put his hand on his chest, "You know too much."

"You!" James suddenly raised his left hand, but at this moment, Schiller had already opened the umbrella on his lap, and the bullets poured on the black umbrella surface at close range, like small stones thrown by a child, all Was easily flicked away.

What the hell is this umbrella!James' right arm was numb to the point of complete loss of sensation, and the numbness was still spreading throughout his body.Coupled with surprise, his movements couldn't help but slow down a bit.Just like that, the black umbrella suddenly expanded in front of his eyes, causing a slight pain in his chest.

The pain wasn't even noticeable, but he was like a punctured balloon, and all the strength in his body poured out from that breach.James lowered his head and saw that it was the tip of the umbrella that stabbed him in the chest.That thing seemed to be made of wood, and even the tip was not sharp at all, but it easily pierced his skin and inserted into his muscles.Moreover, this wood that should be lifeless is like a living thing, desperately sucking his blood...