Volume 6, Heaven or Hell, Third Level: Market, Chaotic Bustle and Shouting Enthusiasm (2/2)

A visit to the police station truly seemed inevitable. Fortunately, only the TV wall was shattered, so the punishment should not be that severe, right?

I nodded and said, “Fine. Could you let me get the chicken meat I bought?”

Hearing this, Xie Wei froze for a second, “What meat?”

“Chicken meat. The meat for fried chicken.”

Xie Wei had a confused expression which quickly became an angry one. He roared, “Don’t think I’d give you a chance to grab weapons or call for backup!”

This time, I was the confused one. I quickly explained, “I just need to get my chicken meat. Chicken meat cannot even be used as a weapon.”

“Give it a break! ‘Getting chicken meat’ as an excuse? Isn’t this reason too stupid?! A vampire came to the market to buy chicken meat? Who would believe that shit!”

I really just want to grab my chicken meat. How do I make him believe me? If I do not take the meat, then dinner will not have a main dish.

“Take him to the police car!” Xie Wei roared to the armed force beside him.

All of the police officers pointed powerful weapons at me. Then, two police officers wearing heavy protective gear came up, used a long hook to hook onto my handcuffs, and then dragged me forward. This equipment is not bad. It can prevent physical contact between the police and non-humans.

A police officer said in a low voice, “Don’t struggle. This hook can release electricity at a high voltage. If you struggle even a little, the hook will automatically electrify you.”

…This is truly a very good design. Nearly all non-humans are afraid of electricity. Even the strongest of them just have higher resistance for electricity but no way to completely withstand high voltage.

Now I could only hope that Xie Wei just wanted to take me to the police station and not electrocute me directly.

“Wait!”

The police and I all froze. We turned our heads to look. The one who had shouted “Wait!” was actually a young man—the chicken vendor.

The chicken vendor suddenly shouted, “Charles is a good guy… E-Even if he is a vampire, he’s still a good vampire. He saved my life! Why are you arresting him?”

Xie Wei angrily roared, “Non-humans that have hurt humans should be taken back to the police station for interrogation!”

This was just like what the Church would say but a lot gentler. The Church’s Sin Elimination team would usually say, “Any non-human that has injured a human will be sentenced to death.” If it were a vampire, even if he had not hurt humans, he would still most likely be sentenced to death.

“The ones he hurt were criminals!” The chicken vendor angrily roared, “Where’s the logic in this if the police arrest those who protected innocent citizens! Are the police here to protect us or the criminals?”

Hearing this, Xie Wei’s expression turned worse, but he still did not have the slightest intention of letting me go.

“Li Qi.” I pleaded, “Could you keep the chicken refrigerated at your home? I will come back to retrieve it at your stall after a few days.”

I think there is no way to go back home and cook dinner today.

The chicken vendor—no, Li Qi—said miserably, “Charles! You don’t even know if you can come back out or not. How would you know if you can come back to get the chickens in a few days? Don’t lie to me!”

This expression of grief made it seem like I had been sentenced to death already, causing me to start to feel some fear. How do the police treat non-humans? I have only heard that the NC squad is specially used to deal with non-humans, but how do they “deal with” them after all?

“Everyone please think!” Li Qi shouted to all the vendors around, “Except for bargaining with you guys, has Charles done anything to you?”

B-Bargaining is also counted as a bad deed?

Li Qi jumped onto a random stall. He shouted to the grandmas and mothers below, “Charles saved me just now! But, you also have to thank him! If the criminals just now did seize us, who knows how many people would have died before the matter was resolved! Tell me, how can we let the police take Charles away? Of course we can’t!”

“Let him go! Let him go! Let him…”

His provocative words caused all the vendors to shout with him. The people of the market normally shouted and quarreled every day. Each of their voices was astonishingly loud and clear. This combined shout had the volume of an energized army singing a military hymn. The vibrations even hurt my eardrums a little, and my chest also vibrated with the rhythm of “let him go.”

Even though I knew Li Qi was an overly lively young man, I really did not expect him to have the bravery to go against the criminals and the police. Neither did I expect that… He would be willing to confront the police for a customer like me, who was even a vampire.

However, I could not let him do this, because I was certain I would be fine. I quickly shouted, “Li Qi! I truly am fine. Please do not…”

I had only said half of what I had planned before giving up because even I could not hear my own voice. My ears only heard Li Qi’s shouts, the vendors’ agreements, and the older women’s loud cries.

One side only had knife-holding vendors and basket-holding grandmas and mothers. The other side had the heavily armed, silent police force. This picture was completely disharmonized. I simply could not imagine the tragedy if they ever clashed against each other.

I turned to meet the police officers’ eyes, hoping they would receive my hint to take me away. However, all the police, except Xie Wei, avoided my gaze. Why?

“You foolish citizens!” Xie Wei roared, “Who do you think we are protecting?”

He even used the word “foolish.” Would this not make the situation much worse?

“Protecting the criminals, of course! Who else are you protecting?” Li Qi roared back.

Hearing this, Xie Wei’s complexion grew worse, his expression horrifying. Not only him, other police officers’ faces also changed. Some had faces red from anger. Some were dismayed and lowered their heads.

The conflict between both sides is worsening. If this goes on, the surreal scene of police officers and citizens killing each other in the marketplace might really happen. This is definitely not what I would want to see.

“Be quiet!”

I used my vampire ability Hollow Roar. Not only did it drown out everyone’s voices, it also made the whole site completely silent.

I turned to Li Qi and roared, “I am a vampire! I do not need a random person to interfere with my business!”

Li Qi was stunned along with the vendors, grandmas, and mothers. Seeing their expressions, my heart suddenly felt heavy.

Even with the acknowledgement of the existence of non-humans, even knowing that a passerby might be a non-human, there might still be a huge difference when seeing the actual horrific side of a non-human.

I turned my head to a nearby police officer and said, “Please take me away quickly.”

The police officer was surprised for a moment but then quickly took me to the car.

“Sorry, Charles!”

Surprised, I looked at the police officer by my side. He did not dare to look at me because of his guilt, but he did steal a glance at Xie Wei. Seeing that Xie Wei had not noticed, he then felt relieved.

I smiled, thinking, Going to the police station should be safe!

After being escorted to the car, the police car did not leave immediately because the police officers still needed to escort the men in black to the car as well. Also, I had broken their joints, so just moving slightly caused them to wail in pain. This gave the police huge headaches. Without any better options, they called an ambulance.

“I thought they had all died.” Xie Wei came into the car. He said, “You actually didn’t kill them! Why? A vampire, but still overflowing with compassion?”

I earnestly said, “I just thought that if I killed them, it would be very troublesome for me.”

Hearing this, Xie Wei frowned. He did not say anything further. He just gave an order to the two police officers sitting in front, “Drive.”

The car set off. As Xie Wei took off his helmet, he sarcastically said, “Don’t tell me you think Yue Gang will cover for you, so you let yourself be arrested?”

No, I did not think so. I just thought that the police would not go to the point of killing me.

“Don’t be stupid. He’s so angry he’d send you to the Church!”

The Church… The most that would happen is that Father Yue will just force me to eat dinner, right?

Xie Wei narrowed his eyes and growled, “Tell me! What were you doing at the market?”

I was a bit surprised and honestly said, “Buying groceries.”

Muffled laughter came from the front seats.

“What are you guys laughing at?” Xie Wei glared at the police officers in the front seats. He then said to me, “What groceries does a vampire buy? You guys only drink blood and don’t eat anything else!”

“Yes, but my household members need to eat.”

A police in the front seat could not resist turning around to meddle. “Charles is the Angel’s older brother!”

“What Angel. It’s An Xiang Ye!” Xie Wei glared at him and then doubtfully questioned me, “An Xiang Ye really is a human?”

“Yes, Ah Ye really is a human.”

Even though I answered, I believed that Xie Wei would not believe my words. Unexpectedly, he just uttered “oh” and did not ask further.

I looked at him curiously.

He frowned and asked, “What are you looking at?”

“You believe my words?”

“Of course not!” Xie Wei roared. He then grudgingly said, “I already found a lot of people to identify him. No one knew what kind of non-human he is. Probably human.”

I blinked. This is a little funny.

In the past, not having a human’s appearance or abilities would lead to being labeled as non-human. Now it has become “Because it is not non-human, it is human?”

I looked outside the window. It was near nightfall. In addition to the humans on the streets, there were many non-humans walking around. This made me relax. Even with both my hands handcuffed, I did not feel much obstruction.

“What generation are you?” Xie Wei suddenly asked.

I turned my head to him. I did not know how to answer. Do I answer honestly? But Xie Wei seems to have some understanding of non-humans. If I tell him I am a fifth generation, what reaction will he have?

“Forget it.” Xie Wei suddenly became disinterested. “You look weak. Yue Gang also said you’re weak. But you’re not that afraid of the sun, so you should be around tenth generation or higher. Are you over two hundred years old yet?”

“More than a hundred fifty years old.”

Xie Wei clicked his tongue, obviously relaxing quite a bit. Even his hostility decreased greatly. “You haven’t even reach adulthood yet. Wandering around so openly on the streets, aren’t you afraid of being exterminated by the Church?”

“Many non-humans live in Sunset City. The Church seldom comes here.” It would be best not to clarify that I have already reached adulthood.

“Many? Exactly how many non-humans live here?”

I paused a bit and then said, “Maybe around thirty thousand.”

“Thirty thousand?” Xie Wei jumped and almost bumped into the car’s roof. “Sunset City only has six million citizens. There are actually thirty thousand non-humans? Like that, humans and non-humans are at a ratio of two hundred to one!”

I quickly said, “This is only a rough estimate. I am not too sure. Non-humans do not go out to count their populations.”

“How is this possible?” Xie Wei still could not believe it. He said, “Other cities’ ratios are at least five hundred to one. The countryside is even a thousand to one. Daystar City even claims it has no non-humans! Sunset City is actually two hundred to one?”

That is why the Church never comes to Sunset City. Aside from the numbers, it is said that many legendary non-humans reside here. For example, Mr. Stone. Unless it were a huge incident, they probably would not even appear. Even last time when the Church invaded Sunset City, out of those legendary non-humans, only Mr. Stone made an appearance.

Maybe Poseidynne is one of those legendary non-humans?

It was just that I was not all that familiar with all things associated with non-humans. My honorable father had only helped me research vampires. He did not care about other non-human species.

Xie Wei frowned. He muttered, “If a war really started, how could Sunset City hold against thirty thousand non-humans!”

So he is worrying about this? I explained consolingly, “Non-humans are divided into many races. Different races have deep estrangement. They will not easily aid other races. So even an influential non-human cannot gather up more than a thousand non-humans. As you can see from last time, the Church sent so many people to Sunset City, and the non-humans who came out to fight might not have exceeded a thousand in number.”

Hearing this, Xie Wei relaxed a bit.

“Do not be so tense.” I comforted, “The non-humans would not want to destroy the city they live in.”

Xie Wei gave me a glance. He said angrily, “Who knows what those non-humans are thinking?” Then, he turned his head to look outside the window and did not speak to me anymore.

I also turned my head to look outside, wondering if the young master had caught the criminals yet. The young master let DSII be taken hostage while pretending to be him. Nothing would go wrong, right?

The young master is very strong. DSII is also very strong. There should be nothing to worry about. I should be worrying more about how to get myself out from the police station. This seemed more practical. Also, where should I go grocery shopping in the future…