[Twilight] Believer

The killing of both sides caught the attention of the southern vampires and wanderers, and the hunters were cleverly designed to be the result of the Volturi's own handling. *The Volturi are the only power that Southern groups fear, because the South has been at war, endlessly, for centuries, without a truce.The groups there paid little attention to the human presence, like soldiers noticed a herd of cattle by the roadside - a catchable food.They hide from the Volturi to avoid the attention of the herd.

And last night's fight was the first battle after nearly a century of suppression, and the group wipeout was unexpected. They thought the Volturi would not notice.

This also brings convenience to the hunters' actions, and it seems normal for both southern vampires and Volturi.

Naoto Kudo, the commander-in-chief of the operation before parting, said: "From today on, you must not let yourself fall into the hands of the Volturi anyway." Everyone looked at each other's teammates with clarity in their hearts, and fell into the hands of the ruling vampire. In the hands of the Volturi of the ethnic group, it wasn't just himself who died, but all the hunters who had returned.

"Imagine a map of the Western Hemisphere with every human life marked as a little red dot. The thicker the red, the easier it is for them—those who exist in the manner of sucking human blood—to hunt without causing human death. attention. So they will fight for control of the thickest red dot."

Catherine was so engrossed in listening to Max's explanation of the purpose of their trip that she almost took out a notebook to write it down, and Max continued to polish her gun while casually saying, "Also, we—these are hunting vampires." He who exists—it is easier to hunt without the Volturi noticing."

Max's tone also became serious: "Remember we are just mortals, we have no super powers, no talents, all we have are weapons." Catherine couldn't help but start to put on a serious face, Max glanced at her, and joked: "Of course this weapon also includes ourselves."

Although she didn't know where the joke was, Catherine still smiled face-to-face: "You don't have to bend the corner to praise me for winning the hearts of vampires."

The two of them went to Brazil on a bus that stole across the border. The whole journey was [-] kilometers. The cabin was cramped and narrow. The only ventilation holes were pierced through the roof. When passing through the rainy forest, the rain poured down like a basin of water. .

Dozens of people shared the cramped air, and Max and Catherine escaped from the stinking carriage after struggling for half the distance. "Instead of pretending to be smugglers, we should pretend to be photographers of World Geographic magazine!" Max struggled to breathe the green air of a tropical country, and the rotting corpse-like smell kept hitting her sensory limits when she was sitting in it. , when she looked back at Catherine, who looked like nothing had happened, she couldn't help wondering: "Why are you doing nothing?"

Catherine tidied up the belongings of the two, and said with some pride: "I used to be a forensic doctor, and the smell we have been smelling just now is nearly 48 hours of death..." Before the words finished, Max vomited fiercely while holding the tree trunk.

"As you can imagine, we stayed with a dead man..."

"Stop it!" Max stopped Catherine, who was trying to play a prank, but the other party just shrugged innocently.God, she withdrew the idea of ​​being glad Catherine wasn't a novice.There is no way to reflect her advantages as an old employee!

Catherine took out a compass and raised her face to look for a way out. This place already belongs to the border of Brazil, but it is not yet clear where it is.Encountering wild animals in deep mountains and old forests is not scary, but what is scary is cannibal tribes and the like. She has never left the United States since she was born. All she knows about tropical rainforests is Hollywood movies except textbooks. At this moment, she is looking at the towering trees and listening to them. The symphony of many unknown insects made her heart beat like a drummer.

"Hey, pay attention to the sound of your heart, I heard it." Max managed to pull back a city, she finally recovered from the vomiting, took out the camouflage uniform, "Let's change into this, there is a camouflage in the backpack SLR camera props, take it out and hang it around your neck. Don’t worry, there won’t be cannibals here, if you mean vampires, there are plenty of them here.”

Catherine quickly put on the camouflage uniform, and controlled herself not to think about the scene when she and Ash performed the mission, because the simplicity at the beginning would further accentuate the difficulty in front of her.She missed his gaze and her time with him in Brooklyn terribly.It's a pity that it's all in the past, she can't waste time on sorrowing the spring and autumn.Catherine carried her bag and strode forward, and Max could smell her nostalgia and sadness for the past in the air, and she didn't make a sound to disturb, because Howard took her to the front step by step in the same way.

Max has worked hard to be a hunter like her parents, and Howard is a rare instructor, even though he left a mess in handling the relationship between the two of them, he is the benchmark of Max's teacher.

The city of Manaus is located in the heart of the Amazon forest, in the Amazon plain, at 3 degrees south latitude.It was a short distance from the urban area to the woodland, and Max rented a motorcycle with a fake ID card to drive Catherine to the destination. Catherine was carrying a simple tent with one hand, and fixed herself with difficulty with the other to prevent falling out of the back seat.

"Max... the industrial area ahead... why are we going there?" The wind blew Catherine's words into pieces. Max couldn't hear clearly with his helmet on and simply ignored it. The recent frequent disappearances in the industrial area seemed very strange. , the analyst signaled to her that there were blood races running rampant there, and she hoped that she would go to investigate.

And Max's idea is to use this to conduct Catherine's training class. There is nothing easier to learn skills than fighting in the wild. If you hunt in the city, you have a lot of scruples, so you can't let go. The tacit understanding of the two-person team Cultivation is of no use either.

Choosing a hidden tree to set up a camp presents a difficult problem for Catherine "how to pitch a tent on a tree". Come out, Catherine can start her classes tomorrow, what a rush, she thought.

It got dark very early in the rainforest, and the temperature difference between day and night was so large that it was impossible to live and keep warm. Catherine wrapped her coat tightly and had dinner, otherwise she would be hungry and cold.Max hasn't come back yet, so she can't help but feel a little worried, hoping that it's unfounded worry and not an old cat burning whiskers, no matter how skilled a hunter is, there are times when he misses, just like Ash.Once the surroundings were empty, she couldn't help thinking of him, like a sullen and hypocritical bitch, she wanted to slap herself without Max talking.

Catherine began to shift her attention slowly. She forced herself to think about the vampire who killed Ash. He had a childish face, bright red eyes, and the smug smile he used after killing Ash. Look around, trying to find Ash's accomplices.Where was she?Oh, remember, she was lying under the cover of the underground manhole, the dirty sewage covered her human breath.Thanks to the vampire's sense of smell that fails when exposed to water, she has a glimmer of life. Catherine can't forget that this glimmer of life was given to her by Ash.

Tears couldn't stop falling on the lines of the tree trunk. When Max climbed up the tent, he saw Catherine's old monk-like figure. If he hadn't heard Catherine's heartbeat, he would have thought that the vampire had taken her life .

Hearing the sound of Max's return, Catherine wiped her tears with her sleeves, and sat aside in embarrassment.Max threw an extra jacket in the luggage to her and said, "It's just a sudden drop in temperature, don't cry."

Catherine mumbled a few times and put on her coat obediently. Max took out the map of the industrial area, pointed to the area circled with a red pen, and said, "In the early morning, if he is not noticed by the other party, I will bring him here. Here Before, I just needed you to hide in the right place, and kill it with one blow if necessary." Then she handed the gun to Catherine, "Aren't you short-sighted?"

Catherine picked up the gun and shook her head. The candidate conditions for the field team members included the assessment of the use of rifles. Max continued: "Whether the position of sniper is suitable for you depends on tomorrow. This is not an exam but an actual combat. Stay calm and aim."

"After this training period, we will formulate a combat model. We must first understand each other's advantages..."

The two discussed in a low voice, and the low whispers were drowned in the cries of animals and insects until it was time to act.

——I am the dividing line that traces vampires——

Max's biggest advantage is her flexible running ability. This is an escape hunter who has been trained by her coaches in this direction since she was a child. The good intentions are fully revealed in her many subsequent actions.

She brought the vampire named Khaji all the way from the industrial area to the heart of the rainforest.

Max once made the vampires think they were of the same kind, because her speed was so fast that she didn't look like a human being.And the reason why she could do it was because she was good at using the vines she had tied to the tree early to step on the determined route in advance. As for leaving a traceable smell, she played with him between applause.

The teenage vampire had been sidelined for so long that he had been played so helplessly.

She didn't have a lot of time to investigate Kaji's talent, and none of the people who fell into his hands survived, so there was no way to know.

Max stopped by the big river next to the entrance of the woodland. She arched her body back and assumed a fighting posture. The African-American vampire laughed and said, "Another fool imitating a vampire and going mad!" He rushed over quickly, pale white fangs flashed from above Max, she pulled out the dagger on his back and plunged into his heart from his back. The decorative knife was drawn by her and it was another blow. The knife was fatal. What is puzzling is, where is Catherine who should have shot long ago?

At this time, Catherine's hand that pulled the trigger was trembling constantly, and it took a long time to fire the first shot, but unfortunately it missed, and when the second shot came, Max showed his mirror to stop her.

"What's going on?" Catherine's appearance was more than just frightened.

Catherine raised her head and looked into Max's caring eyes. She must look terrible now, trembling and pale. A slight gust of wind can make her fall. How to say, tell her the truth because she saw the murderer who killed her boyfriend And feel scared?

No, then she can't continue hunting!

But Max didn't continue to delve into Catherine's psychological activities. The warm wind blew a little breath that didn't belong to the tropical climate, and it felt more murderous than a vampire who just died.

Max picked up Catherine to remove their traces as quickly as possible, wiped off the fingerprints and took away the tent and tools: "It's the Volturi, let's hide first."