[comprehensive] not human

The bandaged weirdo entered the room and put away the umbrella, revealing a pair of indifferent gray eyes: "I think we haven't seen each other for eight years, Sir Malcolm."

"You are..." Malcolm looked suspiciously back and forth between Stranger and Vanessa.Some kind of wonderful premonition appeared in his heart, and a handsome face from many years ago jumped into Malcolm's mind, making his eyelids twitch.

The bandages were spread out round and round, from the full forehead, to the straight bridge of the nose, to the tightly pursed thin lips.

"Ward Eves." Malcolm murmured the name of the young man in front of him.His appearance is also the same as before, that is the appearance of a 20-year-old young man.So much so that now that he and Vanessa are standing together, others will mistake them for siblings.

Malcolm remembered certain rumors in the neighborhood after Ward's disappearance, and couldn't help straightening up, leaning the back of his hand, sticking it to the holster under his clothes.

"You don't need to be nervous." Yan Bai saw his small movements at a glance, and looked away to show that he had no malice, "I'm here this time for Mina."

Malcolm's heart ached when he thought of his innocent daughter who was implicated by the mistakes of himself and the Vanessa brothers and sisters.With a wink to the servant, he raised his arm to invite Ward into the living room for a more detailed discussion.

There is a wall fire in the living room filled with various exquisite decorations.A Persian rug under the sofa in front of the fireplace.In the corner of the room, there is a huge floor-standing globe representing the identity of the master explorer.A display case by the window contains porcelain from China, goldware from India and some Latin American woodcarvings.In the middle of the living room was a huge round table, now covered with ancient tomes of dark lore and creatures.Yan Bai flipped through it briefly, and among them was a horror novel about the vampire Dracula written by some people.

"These are very useful reference materials." Malcolm explained when he saw Yanbai's actions.

"Then have you seen it with your own eyes?" Yan Bai's fingers slid across the cover of "Iben Ji".

Malcolm glanced at Vanessa, who was sitting on the sofa, holding a teacup, and smiled slightly when she saw him looking over, as if saying that he was asking you to see what I was doing.

"I've seen it." Malcolm cleared his throat. "Not only did I see it, but I killed one. It was sent to the underground autopsy. An experienced autopsy expert helped us examine the body and said it was not human. , the skin was covered with an exoskeleton, and inside the exoskeleton ... we found ancient Egyptian script written inside."

"What does that blood-sucking monster look like?"

"...The eyes are red and the mouth is full of fangs. He is extremely tall, at least two meters tall, but very thin. His whole body is hard, and he is safe from swords and guns. There is only a crack in the middle of his chest."

"The eyes are red and the mouth is full of fangs." Yan Bai murmured and repeated, "I assure you, although it is very similar to my current race, it is definitely not. At least my parents didn't tell me that we are still the same as the ancient Egyptian race." related."

Malcolm looked at him suspiciously, clearly not convinced.Or I can't believe that he just admitted so generously that he is not a human being now.

Yan Bai didn't care, and turned his head to look out the window: "The time is not very suitable, I will go out to investigate later in the evening. Do you mind?"

Of course Malcolm didn't mind, as one more helper would increase the chance of finding Mina.He was just worried about what to do if his daughter could not be rescued after being found. This worry had been hidden in his heart and he had never told anyone about it.Now he saw Ward Eves, who was not human but still sane, and his hope was rekindled.If Mina becomes like him, but just can't see the light and suck human blood, he thinks he can accept it.Malcolm, who has his hands stained with the blood of the natives, is no philanthropist, or even a ruthless invader, as he explores many dangerous areas.

"The person who kidnapped Mina is not of the same race as me, and I don't know what she will become." Yan Bai saw through his plan and reminded displeasedly.He had already learned the whole process of Pete's death from Vanessa, and in his opinion, Malcolm had an inescapable responsibility for Pete's death.It was he who brought his frail son to Africa.It is also he who throws away medicine and food in order to go further.It was he who abandoned his seriously ill son in order to survive alone.Pete begged him before he died, hoping that he would name the newly discovered mountain after himself, and Malcolm did not fulfill this promise.For the sake of his honor, he chose to put his son's dying pleas behind him and put his name on the mountain's name.Going deeper, Malcolm never paid much attention to Pete when he was a child, so that Pete risked his life to follow him to explore Africa in order to get his father's praise.

Yan Bai's memory went back to the time when he first came to this world, when Malcolm came back from his expedition that day, he warmly embraced his daughter and the Eves siblings, but treated his son politely and indifferently.The two of them hugged for less than three seconds and then quickly separated.Pete looked at Malcolm's lonely eyes at that time, and Yan Bai felt that he would never forget it.

Signaling Vanessa to go out, Yan Bai expressed that he wanted to talk to Malcolm alone.

Vanessa looked at Yanbai suspiciously, and left obediently.And before leaving, he closed the door intimately.

Yan Bai put the bandage in his hand on the pile of materials on the round table, and undid the top button of his collar: "I think we need to talk about Vanessa."

Malcolm licked his mouth, knowing that what should come will always come, he can only face it with full armor.

"You asked Vanessa to keep psychic to obtain Mina's location." Yan Bai said with certainty, what he said was not an interrogative sentence but a declarative sentence.

"……Yes."

"Have you thought about the consequences of that?" Thinking of the strong dark aura he noticed on his sister, Yan Bai's voice became colder and deeper, "You know that almost half of Vanessa's body is now in the dark world Yet?"

Malcolm slumped down on the sofa without saying a word, his face full of pain.

Yan Bai walked a few steps towards him, and asked forcefully, "Tell me, have you ever thought about what you would do if Mina couldn't be rescued and Vanessa fell into darkness because of it?"

"I……"

"Didn't you think about Vanessa? I discovered the relationship between you and my mother before Vanessa." Yan Bai ignored Malcolm's raised head in an instant, and continued with his astonished expression. Said, "I just don't want to destroy the friendship between the two families. However, after Vanessa made a mistake, you tortured her with the harshest punishment and the harshest words for her! She later entered the Do you know the madhouse!"

Malcolm's hands on his knees were clenched into fists, and he squeezed out an excuse through his teeth: "But, she did hurt Mina."

"Yes, this is from your perspective as Mina's father. Now, I am from the perspective of Vanessa's elder brother. I am very unhappy about this." Yan Bai looked down at Malcolm coldly. After returning to Mina, I will let Vanessa leave you. Prevent you from hurting her again."

"No, no, you can't do this!" Unexpectedly, Malcolm jumped up from Shafang in an instant.He waved his arms excitedly and retorted loudly: "You can't do this! You are already a monster, Vanessa needs a family!"

"But she doesn't need a family who will hurt her!" Yan Bai interrupted him sharply, "Rather than wait until she is hurt by you and goes crazy, or falls into darkness, I would rather my sister have no family!"

"Have you ever thought about her feelings?" Malcolm calmed down and asked Yan Bai, "Have you thought about it, you will leave eventually, and how should she face the world alone? I admit that I made a mistake, Both Vanessa and I made mistakes, so now we want to work hard to recover. I punished Vanessa severely back then, don't you think I'm not sad? I really treat her like a daughter!"

"...But this daughter will never be as important as the other biological daughter." Yan Bai stared at Malcolm's flushed face and said calmly. The beard on the man's face became harder and sharper because of his anger, as if Like a spear on a wild boar.The veins under his temples are bulging, his eyes are bloodshot—"No! If Mina really turns into a monster, I will kill her myself!"

As soon as these words came out, both he and Yan Bai were stunned.Malcolm didn't expect that deep down in his heart, he actually planned this way.

However, his words did change Yan Bai's opinion of him a bit.He squinted his eyes to examine Malcolm, and finally concluded: "We will know the answer when I rescue Mina back."

"..."

At night, Vanessa watched worriedly as her brother changed into clothes suitable for fighting, and wanted to dissuade him but didn't know where to start.No matter from what point of view, she has no reason to dissuade.

Seeing her hesitant to speak, Yan Bai smiled slightly, took her hand and bent down to kiss her: "Please give your brother some blessings, my girl."

His cold and soft lips fell on the back of Vanessa's hand, making her feel a little sad.So she stepped forward to hug her brother and buried her head in his chest: "Please come back safely, brother."

Yan Bai stroked her combed hair: "I will."

His voice was still echoing in the room, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.Vanessa withdrew her hugging posture, stood with her hands down for a moment, turned around and said to Malcolm who was hesitating at the door and didn't know whether to come in: "Don't worry, he will succeed."

Malcolm looked complicatedly at the place where Yanbai disappeared. This was the first time he saw what real non-human power looked like, and that speed even exceeded the range that his naked eyes could capture: "Mina just It's up to him."

Originally, Yan Bai only planned to collect information tonight, to explore one of the suspected locations given to him by Malcolm, or if he could meet the minions made by that monster and come out to hunt, that would be the best.However, he didn't expect that he would meet Lester.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed young fellow stood on the roof and stopped him, angrily shouting at him: "Where do you want to go?!"

Yan Bai wanted to get rid of him, but he had to admit that it had been a while since Lester had improved so fast that he could keep up with him.He had no choice but to stop and asked the pursuer: "What's the point of you pestering me like this? I have no obligation to stay with you all the time."

Lester, who was originally very proud of seeing him stop, immediately exploded with anger when he heard this sentence.His eyes turned red instantly, his fangs grew longer, and he threw himself on Yan Bai, trying to overwhelm him even though they were still on the roof.Yan Bai saw that this kid still wanted to turn his back on him, even if he was only born a week earlier, he was still his brother, how could he be so easily overwhelmed by him.The two immediately fought on the roof, and the roof tiles were knocked off by their actions.

Yan Bai pressed Lester down tightly, and shouted at him unsteadily: "I have something to do, I don't have time to play with you here!"

"I didn't play with you either!" Panting, Lester retorted loudly while staring at the other person's eyes that had also turned red, "You've already thrown me down once, so don't try to succeed this time!"

Yan Bai had a headache.Seeing the ring on his hand out of the corner of his eye, he stopped immediately: "What's the matter with this ring?"

It was the one he left for the butler before he left, and it was shining on Lester's thumb at this moment.

Lester took the opportunity to turn over, pressed Yan Bai under him, and smiled triumphantly.He showed his white teeth and smiled brightly, shaking his hands: "Thanks to this ring, I can track your breath. Why do you give your own things to a human?"

Yan Bai's face darkened: "You didn't kill him, did you?" Lester was lawless and willful. For him, this kind of thing was as natural as eating and drinking.

But this time, probably because of his words, Lester didn't kill him.He curled his lips: "I just knocked him out and threw him naked in the grass. Whoever asked you to give a gift to humans will not give it to me." He was quite aggrieved!

Yan Bai took a deep breath, feeling that he had nothing to say to the brat, turned over abruptly, pinched Lester's hands on top of his head, lowered his head and stared at him: "I don't care about what happened before. But this time I really have something to do, don't come to hinder me!"

Lester narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a moment, seeing that the anxiety on his face did not seem to be fake, it took a long time before he reluctantly agreed: "Okay."

Before Yan Bai had time to comfort him for being sensible, he heard him add another sentence: "But you can't leave me behind, I'm going too!"