Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle 2: Yue Gang, the Strongest of the Weakest (1/2)

Volume 4, The Lost Files of the Ancient Castle Chapter 2: Yue Gang, the Strongest of the Weakest

Translated: Raylight (proofread by elisa & Trespasserby; C/E edited by Amgine & lucathia)

The four of us played the game together, only fifty times in total. An Xiang Ye, you alone won thirty-something times. What’s going on? This is only a dice throw and betting on whether it’s big or small. It’s only a matter of luck and doesn’t require any skill.

An Xiang Ye, as expected, you are an alien!

However, not winning even once might be even more formidable than winning thirty times…

Dell-gē, you’re also an alien, right?

I called the ambulance, and afterwards, I tried standing up again. This time, I finally succeeded, but both my legs still felt a little strange. It felt as though I had just run an extremely long distance and was a bit shaky as a result.

“Master Endelis, are you well?”

I turned around and saw that Curtis’s expression still held traces of alarm and doubt. I believed that a smile would be able to calm him down, but I was not able to smile. As such, I could only give up, and I asked him directly, “Are you hurt?”

Curtis shook his head and answered, “I have contacted the family. Madam Sadina is extremely furious right now. She is very worried about you and wishes to speak with you.”

He passed over the cell phone, and the moment I received it, an anxious shout came over, “Charles? Cousin?”

I promptly answered, “I am here. Do not worry, Curtis is fine too.”

Over the phone, Sadina let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, I looked about, slightly worried. At first glance, I noticed Dragon Peace was currently moving a large piece of debris from the tower. Dell was also moving about in that area. It seemed like they were looking for survivors. However, I did not see any sign of the young master, and even Melody was gone without a trace. Instead, I saw Briar at Curtis’s side. She was sprawled next to him, looking extremely frightened with tear tracks on her cheeks.

As soon as she spotted me, she jumped into my open arms. As I patted her back, I asked, “Bri, where are the young master and Melody?”

Briar said softly, “Ah Ye-gē and Melody-jiě went over to the plane. They told me not to look…”

I immediately looked toward the plane that had broken into three pieces. However, due to the far distance and the smoke permeating the air, I was unable to see where the young master and Melody were at all. Though sounds of explosions rang out from time to time, I believed that with their abilities, they would probably be fine.

I gently rubbed the back of Briar’s head. One reason was to console her. The other was to bury her face in my chest so as to prevent her from seeing anything unpleasant.

“Cousin?”

I picked up the cell phone and said with some regret, “I am here. Sadina, I am afraid that the prospects for those who were on the plane are grim.”

“That’s not important. It’s okay as long as you are fine. You are the last Elysees. If anything were to happen to you, I really wouldn’t know how to tell your father and my deceased mother.”

Hearing that, I felt a little at a loss as to how to react.

“Also, you absolutely mustn’t go and try to rescue them. The plane crashing was definitely not an accident. It could have been caused by non-humans, and the plane crash might not have been able to kill them. Who knows, they might be waiting in ambush…”

Hearing this, I immediately tossed the cell phone to Curtis. At the same time, I ordered him, “Take care of Briar, and by all means, do not come over!”

Once Curtis took Briar into his arms, I immediately left the place using slide steps. However, using it merely once made my legs so shaky that I nearly fell over. Hence, I could only switch over to running.

On the way, there were scattered parts of the plane everywhere. When I reached the crash site, there was thick smoke filling the air with flames all around. Sounds of explosions still rang out from time to time. I could only shout, “Young Master? Young Master?”

Urgh…

Young Master? I looked in all directions and realized that the sound had most likely come from under a certain piece of debris. I anxiously pushed it away. Indeed, there was someone underneath it, but it was not the young master. This made me heave a sigh of relief, but I still felt a little nervous, for I still did not know if the young master had truly encountered an ambush.

However, I could not just abandon this person. He was someone from the Elysees family, one of my family members.

I carefully turned the man over and then dragged him out from under the debris. However, upon dragging him out of there, I realized that he had received major injuries on his left side. A large part of his left shoulder was sliced off, and his left hand was completely gone. As for his left leg, it was all broken starting from halfway down his thigh.

I felt rather regretful. Though this person was not dead yet, he probably would not live long. I looked at the clothes he was clad in, and though they were filthy and damaged, it was indeed the standard uniform of the Elysees family.

“Traitor…”

I froze and asked in confusion, “What?”

He turned to look at me, his gaze already losing focus. However, he opened his mouth and attempted to get the words out at all costs, “Family… there’s…. a traitor, cannot… let him…”

Suddenly, light footsteps came from behind me. I abruptly turned back, and at the same time, extended my nails.

“Charles?” The young master looked at me with a surprised face. Afterwards, he instead looked past me. “Eh? There’s a survivor… Oh no!”

The young master rushed over and took the person from my arms. He started to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him, but after doing so a few times, he stopped. Looking at the person’s injuries, he sighed and then slowly placed the lifeless body onto the ground.

“Young Master!” I quickly told him Sadina’s speculations in full detail.

The young master however shook his head, saying, “Judging by the landing that the plane made, even non-humans would find it difficult to survive. Even if they did, they would have received major injuries from it, so they wouldn’t be able to pull off an ambush. I went over to the cockpit of the plane just now. Even the pilot and co-pilot are dead, and moreover, I can’t find the black box.”

“Black box?” I froze.

“The plane’s conversation log. If I have that, I can roughly guess the reason for the plane crash.”

So that is how it is.

“Young Master!” Melody came running over.

“Are there still survivors?” Though the young master asked this, he did not seem to expect a positive answer.

As expected, Melody shook her head and said, “Only five corpses.”

“Oh. Thankfully, there didn’t seem to be that many people on the plane. I only saw ten corpses, and just now Charles also found another…” The young master paused for a moment, and then continued, “Another one who had just passed away. That’s right, Charles, did he tell you the cause of the plane crash?”

He said that there is a traitor in the family… This should have nothing to do with the plane crash, right? I hesitated for a moment, and then shook my head.

“Then, there’s no way around it.” The young master nodded his head, saying, “Let’s go. We’ll go and help Dragon Peace. There might still be survivors at the tower… Oh, I guess we don’t have to do that anymore. The ambulance is here.”

We slowly walked back to where the bus was. The entire place was in chaos, and the sounds of the ambulance sirens were blaringly loudly. Moreover, the ambulance showed no signs of leaving. It looked as if the ambulance attendants were currently covering the deceased with white cloths one-by-one, so it looked like there were no survivors at the tower either.

Other than the ambulance, three police cars also arrived on the scene. The police were interrogating Curtis. As for Dragon Peace with his huge stature, he had already vanished without a trace. Dell was holding hands with Briar, standing at one side.

Once the other policemen saw us, they dashed over and even surrounded us. There were about ten fully armed policemen who roared, “Who are you guys?”

“We are with them.” I quickly pointed to Curtis.

A policeman asked extremely disrespectfully, “Where have you guys been?”

“To the plane to see if we could be of any help.”

“To the plane? Don’t you all know that’s dangerous? It’s highly possible that another explosion will occur. You guys probably also damaged the crime scene…”

Under the situation where the policemen seemed like they really wanted to arrest us and throw us directly into jail, I could only take out my phone and dial Yue Gang’s number.

Once the call went through, Yue Gang’s unhappy voice came over, “What? This time, which one of you has gotten into trouble again? Once, it was your little brother being captured by werewolves. Another time, you were mistaken for a vampire. Did you forget to pacify Tai Sui this year? Go to church and say some amens for a bit?”

Tai Sui and the church seem to be from two different religions… Moreover, neither seems suitable for a vampire.

I gave a wry smile as I said, “This time, there are a few more people. Me, my little brother, my fifth sister…”

“I’ll be there immediately!”

After saying so, he hung up the phone. However, my phone’s ring tone sounded almost right after he did so. I picked up the call, and Yue Gang went “hehe” before he said, “I forgot to get the location from you. Your fifth sister… I mean, where are you all right now?”

I reported our current location, feeling a bit helpless. Yue Gang then hung up the phone on me once again. I only hoped that in a bit, Yue Gang would not cling too closely to Melody. If Melody were to become unhappy, I probably would not be able to guarantee his safety.

At this point, one policeman suddenly shrieked, “Eh? Y-You’re the angel, right?”

After that, everyone’s attention fell onto the young master. The young master started to panic and said nervously, “If you are talking about the advertisement… Yes, I am the model from ‘The Last Angel.’”

The hostility of the policemen greatly decreased in an instant, and everyone started to size up the young master curiously. Someone even asked, “Then, are you actually a guy or a girl? Right now, you look like a guy, but you really looked like a girl in the poster with the lipstick.”

The young master quickly clarified, “I’m a guy!”

“I told you he’s a guy!” A policewoman told the rest of the policemen proudly, and after saying so, she took out her purse. Then, she took out a stack of small cards from within her purse and passionately showed it to the young master. “Look, they’re your photos! I grabbed them off of the net. Could you please sign them?”

“Eh?” The young master seemed somewhat frenetic as he asked, “Sign? W-What am I signing?”

“What are you all doing?”

A roar rang out, and all the policemen froze. Then, they quickly reverted back to their straight-laced expressions, and all of them stood at attention. Following that, a policeman walked over. It was the policeman who had been interrogating Curtis a moment ago.

The policeman coldly surveyed the surroundings, and then asked in a rude tone, “What are you all doing?”

The policewoman forced herself to report, “Captain Xie Wei, it’s just that we suddenly discovered—discovered a celebrity!”

This captain of the police squad called Xie Wei looked even younger than Yue Gang. However, I believe that that should not be the case. It was just that Yue Gang simply did not care for his appearances at all. With his untrimmed sideburns, he looked much older than his actual age of twenty-eight. As for Xie Wei, he had a crew cut except for a slightly longer patch of hair on his left side that was even dyed a light purple. On top of that, he had a cool and composed face. An average youngster nowadays would probably say that he was very cool.

“Captain Xie Wei look, it’s him!” The policewoman pointed at the young master with a bit of excitement.

Xie Wei’s gaze shifted onto the young master, and the young master instantly smiled at him.

“Oh, you’re the fellow from the poster who looks neither like a man nor a woman?” Xie Wei gave a cold laugh and said, “However, the real person looks a lot more like a man than he does in the poster.”

The young master momentarily froze. At this time, Curtis, Dell, and Briar also came over. Once Dell walked to the young master’s side, Briar, who was holding hands with him, immediately jumped into the young master’s arms.

Briar buried herself in the young master’s chest and said softly, “Ah Ye-gē, I saw a dead person. It was so scary.”

The young master was a bit reproachful as he said, “Didn’t I tell you not to look and also not to raise your head?”

Briar seemed to feel truly wronged as she said, “It’s the police-shūshu who wanted me to raise my head. He wanted to ask me questions, but when I was speaking, I accidentally saw when I turned around.”

Hearing that, the young master gave Xie Wei a glare, and then lowered his head to comfort Briar, “Don’t be scared. I’ll protect you!”

I looked toward Xie Wei, feeling a little worried. He did not seem like a good-tempered person and probably would not drop the matter of the young master glaring at him.

As expected, Xie Wei’s face turned dark, but he actually did not act on it. He merely turned and roared at the policemen, “Hurry and go do what needs to be done! Li Wa! You’re responsible for searching them. If they have any fragments of the plane on them, then arrest them all and take them back to the police office!”

Li Wa was the policewoman who had recognized the young master. She answered “yes” in a loud voice, brimming with joy. Following that, she spent five minutes to search everyone else, but twenty minutes on the young master. Only when Melody said in a sarcastic tone, “Why don’t you just ask him to strip down for you to touch?” was she willing to stop her search.

Afterwards, Yue Gang arrived on the scene, and even had a bit of a conflict with Xie Wei. Yue Gang wanted to take us away, but Xie Wei wanted us to go to the police office and give a statement.

“Give a statement?” Yue Gang frowned and said, “I have never heard of people who saw a plane crash having to give a statement. Though this airport is small, there should be quite a few surveillance cameras. Shouldn’t watching those surveillance videos be enough? As for these people, just questioning them is enough. Did you question them already? If you already did, then I’m taking them with me! In the future, if there’s anything else you want to ask, then look for me. Anyway, these people are my bros and his family, so they’ll come when I call!”

Xie Wei remained silent. Looking at his expression, it seemed like he still did not want to let us go. However, Yue Gang ignored him and started talking to us without asking for permission, “There are so many of you, I can’t fit everyone in my police car. Do you all have your own car? If you do, that would be great. I’ll go with you all in the car, and let my partner drive the police car to clear the way. You guys must have gotten quite the scare, so hurry and go home to rest!”

Under Xie Wei’s hostile gaze, we returned to the bus. However, once we got on, we found Aren sitting inside. Upon discovering that there was someone already there, Yue Gang was also shocked, but he did not mention it and simply yelled to the others to get on quickly.

We sat on the bus, our positions exactly the same from when we first departed. Only this time, we had an extra person, Yue Gang. However, our mood was not relaxed and joyous like before.

“Sigh! Meeting a werewolf, being targeted by the Church, and now even witnessing a plane crash… Your family really is plagued with misfortunes!”

As Yue Gang spoke, he even rubbed the young master’s head vigorously and praised, “However, you don’t seem to be scared at all, Xiǎodì. You’re young but you sure have guts!”

“But Briar was scared.” The young master seemed extremely unhappy as he said, “Those policemen were actually questioning Briar next to a corpse!”

Hearing that, Yue Gang scratched his head and asked, “Are you okay, little girl?”

Though Briar nodded her head, her complexion did not look good. One could tell that she was pretending to be strong.

Yue Gang gave a cold snort and said, “Too bad I don’t know those guys well. If I knew them, I’d definitely give him a good whack on his head! Don’t they know how to do their job? Sheesh!”

“So, there are actually policemen you are not acquainted with?” I smiled as I said, “I thought that all the policemen in Sunset City were your ‘bros.’”

Yue Gang scratched his head and seemed to be having a headache as he said, “Argh! That’s the new squad that the superiors dispatched. I heard that it’s a special squad with strong firepower and incredible skills… However, they don’t know any of the rules at all! A few days ago, they even investigated a store that shouldn’t be messed with and nearly started a large conflict. How troublesome!”

A store that shouldn’t be messed with? Could it be…

“A new police squad?” The young master abruptly asked, “Why did they dispatch a new squad here?”

“Of course it was because of that incident last time at Evening Sun Plaza. The superiors said that the public order at Sunset City was lacking, so they dispatched more police officers here.” As he said this, Yue Gang’s face darkened. He spoke with disdain, “Do you know how they are describing that incident at places outside of Sunset City?”

This was something that I really did not know. In reality, other than the media reporting it in great detail on the day after the incident, nothing else about it seemed to have come up in the news since.

This was very unnatural. Regardless whether or not humans had already developed a faint notion of the existence of non-humans, at least they would still not treat a vampire’s existence as a matter of fact. However, at the Evening Sun Plaza that day, so many various types of non-humans had appeared directly in front of their eyes. This was definitely not minor news that would fade away after a day of reporting.

Slightly curious, the young master asked, “How do they describe it?”

“Two criminal forces clashed in Sunset City, sinking the citizens into so much despair that it caused mass hysteria, making them believe that a demon has appeared, and the apocalypse is approaching.”

Hearing that, all of our eyes turned wide. Yue Gang continued, “The superiors originally commanded the news of Sunset City to report it as such as well, but no one dared to report that. It’s too ridiculous! The reporter I know was nearly on the verge of tears. He said that if this were to be reported, the citizens would definitely die laughing! Thus, they decided not to report it, and to treat it as if that piece of news never existed.”

“Did the citizens not panic?” I asked quietly, “Regarding those races that should not have existed in the first place…”

“What is there to panic about?” Yue Gang gave me a strange look and said naturally, “Dark Sun is already flying about everywhere! So what if there’s another fellow who’s neither fish nor fowl and can fly?”

Neither fish nor fowl… Is he referring to Mr. Stone? I felt a little helpless, but the young master started laughing.

Yue Gang continued with another example, “Dragon Peace has also been running around since five years ago! Werewolves are even smaller than him. They just have a bit more fur!”

Aren showed a faint smile, and then turned to look out of the window.

“You want the citizens of our Sunset City to panic?” Yue Gang gave a “hmph,” and said proudly, “It really would take the apocalypse to make that happen!”

I said sincerely, “My sincere apologies, I have truly underestimated the residents of Sunset City.”

Yue Gang rolled his eyes at me and said unhappily, “You say it as if you don’t live here! Speaking of which, you and your family are the ones who are really daring! It feels like any crazy mishap could befall you! Listen to me and you can’t go wrong! These days—“

“Stay at home and shut the front door. If anything happens, give you a call, and keep it brief.” I continued his words for him and felt a little helpless as I said, “Yue Gang, if I followed your instructions, I probably would not be able to step out of the house for the rest of my life.”

Yue Gang rubbed his nose, but justified himself, “It’s not my fault. Who asked you to look like a useless weakling? Non-humans aside, I think even women can defeat you! If you don’t stay at home obediently and lock the doors, then I’ll have to come over and save you day and night. That’s really troublesome!”

“You really do understand him!” Melody praised Yue Gang.

The young master, Briar, and Dell broke into laughter together. I could only smile wryly at this.

Yue Gang looked out of the bus window and said, “We’re finally back in the city. I’ll continue to patrol with my comrades. You guys should go back home directly! Don’t create trouble for me again!”

Why did he have to look at me while saying that last statement? I have never created trouble before.

Dell patted my shoulder, feigning sincerity as he said, “èrgē, you must be obedient, and don’t create trouble! You must set a good example for your dìdi and mèimei!”

“Precisely!” Yue Gang even nodded his head.

The young master was laughing so hard he fell down into Briar’s lap, twitching non-stop.

After both the bus and the police car stopped at the curb, Yue Gang got off. I notified the young master, and then followed Yue Gang out the vehicle.