Natural enemies

It was still drizzling outside.Lily was still wearing the short cheongsam with her arms and legs exposed, and she sneezed as soon as she came out: "Oh, it's still a bit cold."

Gu Yi didn't speak.Lily sniffed and moved closer to him: "Open the umbrella."

Gu Yi pushed her away with one finger: "Stay away from me."

"Hey, what's your attitude? Can you be nice to ladies?" Lily lost her job after the disaster, she was inevitably a little impetuous, and she willfully pulled Gu Yi.

"Should I thank this lady for bringing a witcher to me?" Gu Yi asked seriously.

Lili felt the cold air emanating from his body, she immediately woke up, and quickly let go of her hand: "Yes, I'm sorry..." She was really in a daze, no matter who Gu Yi was, she couldn't afford to offend her. "Then what - I really don't know how I recruited such a person... I swear I didn't do anything! I don't know how he suspected me, and even suspected that I was a blood race..." This is really strange, she Does it look like Bloodline?

Gu Yi glanced at the thick foundation, bright lip gloss, and delicate smoky makeup on her face: "It's not your problem, he came here for something else. However, if you don't keep changing places , he probably won't doubt you." Lily's makeup is a little bit - but Haitian has a lot of people wearing this makeup, nightclubs, it's nothing more than this style.It's just that Lily has been in Haitian for six years, but her appearance has not changed, which makes people suspicious.

"Ah?" Lily froze for a moment, "Is that so?"

"Don't think that nightclubs are necessarily safe." Gu Yi said lightly.It is true that few people in this kind of place will deliberately inquire about their identities, but because of this, it is easy for people to relax their vigilance and reveal their flaws.For example, Lily was 23 years old when she first came here, and now she should be 29 years old six years later. If she is really an ordinary human being, how can she still be exactly the same as before?Not to mention that those who work in this industry will actually age faster than ordinary people...

"Oh—" Lily said convincingly, "I see, I will definitely pay attention in the future. But, you said he came here for something else...for what?" What brought this witcher here?

"What does the tattoo you see look like?" Gu Yi didn't answer, but asked a question first.

Lily flattened her mouth, but dared not answer: "It's a bird surrounded by thorns. It is said that the earliest history of this family can be traced back to the time of King Arthur, and there are members of their family among the Knights of the Round Table. However, they tend to act alone later on. , so everyone doesn’t know much about them, and they are generally called the “thorn bird” family. I heard that not everyone in this family is qualified to have the family emblem tattooed on their bodies, only exceptionally outstanding hunters who have been recognized by the family That's all right." That's why she was so frightened when she found out that Tang Shao had this tattoo on her body, and she resolutely refused to go out with Li Tianyi.

Gu Yi nodded slightly, but did not speak.Lili was a little dissatisfied: "That's it?" She had said so much, everything she knew, but Gu Yi didn't even have a comment?

"Oh——" Gu Yi thought for a while, "The Thorn Bird family has nothing to do with King Arthur, and none of its members have ever been knights of the round table. As for their family emblem—it's not an ordinary bird, it's an owl. Demon hunters are like night owls flying over thorns, they can hunt silently in the most difficult environments." So this family is actually not half a dime like the legendary birds that stick themselves on thorns and sing relation.

Lily stared, and muttered for a long time: "I shouldn't talk..."

The corners of Gu Yi's lips curved slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes: "Can you not talk?"

Lily shook her head immediately.It is okay to let her not eat, but not to talk.

"It's better for you to say less." When the rain got heavier, Gu Yi opened the umbrella, covered Lily under the umbrella, and said as he walked, "Just like today, even if you know something, you don't need to say it."

"Are you talking about the foreman?" Lily made a grimace, "I'm not wrong. She's going to get sick in a few days, and deducting my salary may not be enough for her to take medicine." She From nowhere, he took out a small crystal ball, twirled it between his fingers, and then disappeared again.

"Okay." Gu Yi didn't look at her crystal ball, "Go and find out if there are any foreign species coming to this city recently?"

"Exotic species?" Lily's eyes widened. "Since when have you cared about this? Besides—what kind of alien breed? It's ugly. Then what kind of product are you—" She swallowed the last word in time, "I Just go and inquire!"

Gu Yi nodded, expressing his satisfaction: "Let's go."

Lily's eyes widened again: "Aren't you going to take me back? I didn't bring an umbrella! At least take me to the entrance of the subway station?" Are you a gentleman!

"You won't be sick." Gu Yi said flatly, pointing to the front, "Call a taxi yourself."

"That will cost money..." Lily was heartbroken, "I just quit my job, and I have been working for nothing for a month..." Witches don't get sick, but witches also have to eat, dress, and house, so there are plenty of places to spend money!She lives far away, and it only costs five yuan to take the subway, but it costs dozens of yuan to take a taxi.Besides, at this time period, it is night driving, and it costs nearly one-third more per kilometer. Such a calculation makes my heart bleed.

Gu Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense with her: "Then you can take the subway by yourself, I'm leaving." Just as a taxi came, Gu Yi beckoned to stop.Lili was still hesitating whether to sit or not, but Gu Yi had put away the umbrella and sat in by himself.

"Hey, you—" Lily watched the taxi rushing away in front of her, splashing a few drops of muddy water on her shoe, and couldn't help being dumbfounded.Are you really leaving by yourself?This, this face turned too fast, right?In the bar just now, wasn't he very generous...

Gu Yi didn't care what Lili was thinking, in fact, he didn't have the energy to care about it now either.

"Jinsha Road Blood Station." After Gu Yicai reported the address, he suddenly lowered his head and covered his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Okay——" the driver pressed the meter and glanced at him in the rearview mirror, "If you are uncomfortable—there is a cleaning bag under the seat." Don't let him spit in the car.He often travels to this place, and knows that people who come out of Haitian are often a little "uncomfortable", either because they drink too much wine with the guests, or they go to bed too much—cough cough, I just don't know which type this person belongs to After all, the mouth also has many uses.But it's so late, why go to the blood bank?Donate blood late at night?

Gu Yi didn't know what the driver was thinking, in fact, he didn't even hear what the driver said - his ears were buzzing, and a burning sensation spread from his stomach, making him tear Coughing and choking heartbreakingly, until a mouthful of hot stuff was spit into the handkerchief.

"Sir, sir?" The driver was frightened by this coughing method and slowed down, "Do you need to go to the hospital?"

"No. I'm fine. Please drive quickly." Gu Yi closed his eyes and said, his voice was already hoarse.He was still hunched over in his seat, covering his mouth with one hand and holding tightly to the handle of his umbrella with the other.The street lights outside the car window came in through the rain curtain and passed by his hands—in just a few minutes, a piece of scorched black started from the ten fingers and spread to the palm of the hand, and the skin was cracked, like burnt charcoal.

The cold feeling spread from the handle of the umbrella to the palm of the hand, which made Gu Yi wake up a little bit.He straightened up slowly, opened his eyes and looked - there was a puddle of wine spit out in the handkerchief, stained with a hint of crimson.

"Are you all right?" The driver couldn't help but glanced in the rearview mirror again.Although I can't vomit, but this person's face is as white as a dead person, which is really scary.If you go to donate blood, can you get it out?

"It's okay, you can drive." Gu Yi still looked at the handkerchief.The car drove very slowly, and a beam of street lights just fell on the handkerchief and moved slowly.If someone with good eyesight takes these few seconds to observe carefully, he will find that the wine did not penetrate into the handkerchief immediately, but like boiling water, with tiny bubbles constantly appearing on the surface, and extremely A slight hiss.And that trace of crimson, like a fish in boiling water, is churning up and down, melting away bit by bit.It wasn't until the crimson color completely disappeared that the wine returned to calm, and was absorbed by the handkerchief like ordinary liquid.

Gu Yi folded up the handkerchief, stuffed it back into his pocket with some difficulty, took out another pair of gloves, and put it on slowly to cover the cracked skin.It is said that the four wine glasses were once collected by a cardinal, and now it seems that this statement is true.The cup he used to drink may have once been used to hold holy water. Although more than a hundred years have passed, this wine cup has contained many things, but the little light left when it was soaked by the holy water is still there. survived to this day.

For undead creatures, silverware is already annoying, and holy water is even more difficult to resist.Tang Shao's choice was very correct. If it wasn't for his special circumstances, he would be burned on the spot as long as he touched those wine glasses, and he couldn't even try to hide it.Speaking of which, Lily's luck is really good. If this cup is given to her, although she is not afraid of silverware, she will not be able to bear the holy water in her stomach.

Gu Yi closed his eyes slightly, enduring the pain that spread all over his body.In Haitian just now, he had mobilized special blood to temporarily suppress the damage of the holy water. Although he spit it out now, the scars it burned could not heal so quickly.Undead creatures are actually not afraid of the pain of the body, but the damage of the holy water is engraved on the soul-oh, if his current soul is still a soul...

Gu Yi didn't want to think about this soul issue any more.Leaning his head against the car window, Tang Shao's figure appeared in front of his eyes again.Even if you don't know that he is a demon hunter from the Thornbird family, you can tell that his skills must be good—his body is absolutely lean and powerful, which is different from practicing in the gym. Muscles coming out; not to mention that he still has calluses on his hands, which are the same as him to a certain extent.

It's not that Gu Yi hasn't seen a demon hunter in Shanghai for decades.But most of them are like casting a net, trying their luck everywhere, and catching what they find.But Young Master Tang obviously has a goal - what he wants to catch is a vampire, this is unmistakable.

Gu Yi couldn't help thinking of the frightened eyes on Haitian's back door and the news that Lu Ming mentioned.Young Master Tang should be aiming at that one, a serial killer of a different kind will indeed alarm the demon hunters.Fortunately, Young Master Tang had a clear goal, so Lily could get away with it.

But, will it be that guy?Gu Yi frowned slightly, trying his best to distract his mind, avoiding to "feel" the "washing" of the soul by the holy water - such a blatant murder must not be done by local residents, it must be an outsider, so he will be unscrupulous and not afraid Attracting the attention of the Witchers Guild, because he won't stay for long, passing like the wind, leaving troubles to others—oh, others of his kind.

But those eyes were too terrified, like a frightened bird, as if one more look from Gu Yi could scare half his life away.It stands to reason that his blood is special, and even the same kind can't tell his level. From the eyes of those eyes, he should only be regarded as an ordinary human being.If an ordinary human could scare it like that, would it be a serial killer?

Or, it was not the only outsider who came to Shanghai during this time.Lily had to inquire about this matter, and he couldn't be sure just by guessing.

And Young Master Tang, if he is really a member of the Thornbird family, then such a high-ranking demon hunter will come to Shanghai, and things will probably be serious.Gu Yi smiled wryly, the global village, the global village, and today's advanced transportation, the working place of the demon hunter is finally not limited to the west.At the beginning, he thought that he could live a peaceful life by returning to his motherland, but now it seems that this wish may be difficult to achieve.

The thorn bird family... Gu Yi tried his best to recall those sporadic news.As Lily said, members of the Thorn Bird family don't show up often, and only those who have reached the family's internal evaluation level can get that tattoo and become an official demon hunter.Unlike other demon hunter families, they don't pay much attention to the purity of blood. It is said that there was once a free hunter who joined the Thornbird family because of the appreciation of the patriarch at that time, and his descendants became a special branch.

However, this family was mainly active in Europe at first, and later spread to the Americas with colonization, but it almost never appeared in Asia.As a matter of fact, the Asian branch of the Demon Hunters Union hosted the demon hunting activities in Asia.It stands to reason that even if a target is suspected, they should be the ones to search and hunt. Why did a member of the Thorn Bird family come?

A throbbing pain interrupted Gu Yi's thoughts, but fortunately at this time, the taxi also stopped: "Sir, it's here."

There is a blood station ahead, but Gu Yi's goal is not there, but a snack bar two roads away.

The door of the snack bar was old and dirty, and there were still seven or eight people eating inside at such a late hour, surrounded by a big pot of braised pork, all dressed poorly.

When Gu Yi walked in, the boss was knocking on the countertop behind the cashier and talking: "I'll give you a good meal today, and drink more water tomorrow. You all know what to say after it's over. It's all voluntary blood donation. Tell me I missed--"

His words stopped abruptly with Gu Yi's movement of pushing the door, and he raised his head vigilantly.Gu Yi covered half of his face with his turned-up collar and walked over, put a stack of banknotes on the cash register, and lowered his voice: "I want two bags, in stock."