Chapter Volume 7, The Second Step Toward the End: Father, Golden-Haired (1/2)

Volume 7, The Second Step Toward the End: Father, Golden-Haired

Translator: Raylight (proofread by Trespasserby & Minthe; C/E edited by Taffygirl13 & lucathia)

“What the heck are these!” Ezart roared, “I’ve seen plenty of zombies before, but what in the world are these?”

There was no way I could stop firing the machine gun in my hands. I was also extremely shocked by these enemies that had appeared from nowhere. They had such high agility and strength that if it weren’t for the strong firepower of our adventuring group, we would probably have been wiped out!

Most remarkable was the fact that they were not ugly in the least bit. They looked completely humanoid, with white skin, slender eyes, and perfect figures. Their movements were as elegant as those of dancers. Such beauty… Just like the night race recorded in “that book!”

“What exactly are you laughing about?” Ezart shot me a glare, but not once did he stop firing the machine gun. His combat abilities were extremely incredible—the large sum of money I’d spent to employ him was definitely not wasted.

This was unmistakably the right place, the place recorded in the book. The design on the cover was indeed a map, just simply too large in scale. If I had not specifically gone to measure and compare it, there was no way I could have located this place.

Thankfully, there are computers in this world. After writing a program, there is nothing in this world that cannot be measured.

Fortunately, I also have a good friend, a doctor with a keen sense of intuition, who managed to tell that this design was actually a map from the first glance.

There were many diagrams of genes in the book. If I’m guessing correctly, this place isn’t some ancient tomb, but a giant laboratory.

A biology laboratory!

Due to the fact that there were a lot of clothes to pick up and we were going to be running all over the place today, I decided to simply book Nitewalker’s service for the entire day.

While we walked into the church, I advised the young master, “Young Master, it seems you require a private chauffeur.”

The young master tilted his head and replied, “But I can drive!”

“Young Master, you are already a fairly famous model, and your singing career is going smoothly. Now that you are also going to star in a movie, it is highly probable that you will have to attend some formal ceremonies in the future. Having a chauffeur to drive you around would be more convenient.”

At this point, I abruptly remembered how Melody once predicted that the young master would become an international superstar. Judging from the current situation, it did seem to be developing in that direction. He had only been modeling part-time at first, then began to release albums, and became the city representative. Now, he was also going to appear in a movie. Really, life is unpredictable.

Putting my emotions aside, I lowered my voice and continued, “In addition, both you and ‘Dark Sun’ ride heavy-duty motorcycles and have similar hair colors, so it is likely that people might associate them together.”

“That’s true!” The young master tilted his head, and seemed uncertain as he asked, “Do you think Nitewalker will agree to be my chauffeur?”

Nitewalker’s driving was extremely dependable, and as a non-human, he would not be shocked even if the young master was planning to go and meet a non-human. Moreover, he could skillfully drive the car up the side of the building. Indeed, there was no one else more suitable than him to be the young master’s chauffeur.

“I can ask him on your behalf.”

The young master nodded and excitedly replied, “If Nitewalker is willing to, that would be great. Sitting in his car is really fun—Father Yue!”

The young master waved his hand vigorously at the person at the pulpit. There were only three people listening to the sermon, two of which were even a priest and a nun. There was also an elderly lady who did not appear to be someone who would recognize a currently popular model. This made me heave a sigh of relief. Thankfully, the young master’s arrival would not cause a commotion.

Seeing the young master, Father Yue decided to simply end the sermon early. Then, he called us into the house at the back.

Unexpectedly, Yue Gang was actually at home. He was currently in the middle of breakfast—no, he never ate breakfast. It was most likely his second late-night snack after his work, and he was probably planning to retire to bed after.

Upon seeing us, Yue Gang immediately swallowed the sandwich in his mouth and shouted, “Charles, Ah Ye, why did you two drop by?”

“I’m here to ask Father Yue some questions!” The young master happily exclaimed, and then turned and said, “Charles, didn’t you say that you have some business with Father Yue? You can go first!”

“Very well.” I nodded, and then confessed to Father Yue, “My sincerest apologies, I have lost the bible that you have bestowed upon me.”

Father Yue froze, and immediately questioned, “What about the cross?”

“It is here.” I swiftly pulled out the necklace resting on my chest.

“Shoot! You actually wear a cross?” Yue Gang burst into laughter. “Are you even a vampire?”

The young master was also laughing heartily at one side. Amid the laughter filling the room, I tried my best to maintain my calm and seriously explained, “I have already lost the bible. If I lose this one too, there is simply no way I could possibly make up for it. Wearing it makes me feel more at ease.”

Hearing that, Father Yue’s expression relaxed, and he said, “Then that’s fine. The cross is still here, and it’s best if you are willing to wear it! Anyways, the cross is more important.”

I could not help but feel a little puzzled by that, but the young master was one step ahead of me in asking. There was not a trace of laughter left on his face as he questioned, “What is so special about this cross? Why must Charles wear it?”

Father Yue frowned.

“Old man, you’ve got to explain this!” Yue Gang shouted, “Charles is my sworn brother. You had better not harm him!”

“Ah? Why would I want to harm Charles?” Father Yue looked a little distressed as he waved his hand, saying, “Actually I don’t know what it is either. I just managed to find out its general effects. It should be able to boost a vampire’s power, but as for what exact aspect it enhances, I couldn’t figure out no matter how much I searched.”

“Seriouslyyyyyy?” Yue Gang pointed his finger at his own father’s nose, and even dragged out the word.

“Of~~course!” Father Yue replied in a singsong, like a Beijing opera performer. After that, he earnestly replied, “I kept it for decades, but never met a vampire whom I would feel reassured handing the cross to. Since I finally came across a weirdo—I mean, a good and honest vampire, who else could I give this to if not him?”

Only then was Yue Gang satisfied. He turned to me and said, “Since my old man said so, then you should wear it! I believe my old man wouldn’t harm you.”

I nodded in agreement, though internally, I was still somewhat skeptical that a cross could boost a vampire’s strength. If that is true, then it would really be too ironic.

“May I inquire as to what kind of effects the bible has then? Would it be anything dangerous?”

Seeing how the bible had been taken away by a person as dangerous as Lieder, and he had even called to say that there were some very interesting things in the book, I felt extremely worried. If the bible could also boost one’s strength, that would not be good at all.

Father Yue shook his head. “Nothing much, it just has some diagrams of genes. Though the creatures with their genes recorded in those diagrams are indeed quite dangerous, to make one of those creatures is not a simple matter.”

However, Lieder is both rich and intelligent. He also has the help of medical staff such as Doctor Ni Cai. Perhaps it is not impossible for them to research and make one?

I told Father Yue my concerns, but Father Yue burst out laughing. “Relax, even if it’s the Sun Emperor, he would be unlikely to get very far in this research within such a short timeframe, let alone really make one!”

Is that so? I felt a lot more relieved.

“Oh, that’s right! Charles, I just got my salary today, just in time to pay you back.” Yue Gang took out a stack of thousand yuan bills from his jacket pocket and passed it to me.

“You borrowed money again?” Father Yue immediately pinched Yue Gang’s ear and roared, “This child, you are truly one of the MC squad, to think that you borrow money so regularly that it’s like a monthly routine!”

“It’s NC squad! Ow, old man, can‘t you be gentler? My ear’s about to fall off!”

After counting the money, I stated in puzzlement, “Yue Gang, you did not borrow so much from me.”

“There’s also the money that I owe the noodle shop. Help me pay them back the next time you go to the market—ouch, owww!”

“Very well.”

The young master laughed for a long while, before he then remembered that he had important business with Father Yue. He promptly said, “Father Yue, I have something to ask you about.”

Hearing that, Father Yue finally let go of Yue Gang’s ear. Yue Gang’s ear was as red as a tomato. Evidently, his father had not showed him any mercy.

“What is it that you wish to know?” Father Yue turned to face the young master, his expression switching from furious father to amiable Father.

“I want to know about Sin Simon.”

So that was what the young master wanted to ask about. Indeed, we could ask Father Yue regarding this topic. That had not occurred to me at all, despite being X’s friend of many years. Truly, which one of us is X’s friend now, the young master or me?

However, it could not be said that I did not care for my friend’s safety. In the past, while I was still in the Elysees family, I had used the power of the Elysees many times in attempts to stop the Church‘s hunt for X. Nonetheless, I would always be reprimanded severely by X for it, and he would threaten to cut all ties with me if I meddled further in his business. Over time, I had developed a habit of not poking my nose into his affairs.

Once he heard the name “Sin Simon,” Father Yue’s expression noticeably changed.

“I’m sorry, I can’t tell you.” He unenthusiastically continued, “Though I am not fond of the Church’s methods, I am ultimately still a priest. I will be able to tell you some minor things, but I cannot reveal the Church’s secrets.”

The young master evidently had not expected that Father Yue would reply as such. He momentarily started to panic, and apologized continuously, “S-Sorry, I didn’t know it was such a big secret. I just heard that Sin Simon was the person responsible for hunting down X, so I was a bit worried about it, and thought it would be good to ask you.”

An odd expression appeared on Father Yue’s face as he questioned, “You two already know that he is the person hunting down E.X.?”

“Yeah!” The young master nodded and gave an honest reply, “But we just know that he’s the person in charge of hunting X. Charles also said that Sin Simon is not a person but a position, a position that has been handed down many times.”

Father Yue rolled his eyes and retorted, “Then, you two already know it all!”

“Huh?” Both the young master and I froze at the same time.

“That is it!” Father Yue shrugged as he said, “The biggest secrets about Sin Simon are what you just said. The rest are just minor details.”

The young master blankly asked, “Is that so? I thought that there would be more to it!”

Father Yue thought it over, and then spoke, “Sin Simons usually will not act alone, for there is absolutely no way they can defeat E.X. on their own. Thus, they always act as a group. Moreover, they are often not ordinary humans. Usually, they are the strongest within the Sin Elimination Committee.”

“Not ordinary humans?” The young master asked in bewilderment, “Do you mean non-humans?”

“Usually they are not, but that is a possibility.”

That was certainly an answer out of my expectations. Though the Church was not at the point of killing non-humans on sight, they definitely would not treat them well. Likewise, most of the non-humans hated the Church. Yet it is possible that there are non-humans working for the Sin Elimination Committee?

Father Yue rubbed his chin, saying, “The ones I have seen before are all a bunch of weirdoes. As for how weird, they probably have anything you could imagine. By now, there might be humans with modified limbs who are practically half robot.”

“Old man! What exactly are you guys talking about?” Yue Gang, who was listening in, seemed very stunned. Judging from his expression, it appeared that he was starting to think of his own father and the young master as alien life forms.

“This is none of your business. Shoo shoo, go to sleep! Your dark eye bags make you the spitting image of a zombie. Don’t scare people when you’re on your night shift!”

Yue Gang scratched his face as he muttered, “What? There aren’t any zombies in this world!”

In a certain sense, vampires are also considered a type of zombie.

“Zombies are also a type of human, so why would there be no zombies in this world?”

Yue Gang snorted in disdain. “If I were to follow your line of reasoning, old man, then potatoes would be a type of human, too!”

Father Yue roared, “Didn’t I conceive you, potato-head?”

With a sandwich still in his mouth, Yue Gang rolled his eyes at his father. He then waved to the young master and me to bid us farewell, turned around, and left.

The moment Yue Gang left, Father Yue immediately advised the young master earnestly, “Ah Ye, you’d better stay out of E.X.’s business. In any case, he definitely isn’t weak; the Church hasn’t been able to do anything to him for the past thousand years. I’m sure they wouldn’t be able to do anything to him anytime soon either.”

When you say that, Father Yue, you do not seem like you are part of the Church.

Once the young master heard that, he turned to look at me.

The truth was, I was extremely elated that the young master was willing to help E.X. For a split second, I even thought: If the young master and I got the Elysees family and the Sun Emperor to work together, we might actually be able to stop the Church from pursuing E.X…

“Young Master, E.X. does not like asking others for help.”

Hearing that, the young master’s expression fell, and he nodded.

“Okay then!” The young master agreed weakly. Following that though, was a strong assertion, “But I’m going to go capture the criminals regardless, so it can’t be considered as helping E.X. He can’t reprimand me like he does with you, Charles, nor can he stop me by threatening to cut ties with me!”

“Understood, Young Master,” I answered with a smile.

After bidding farewell to Father Yue and Yue Gang, I walked out of the church and looked toward where the car was parked. Due to the fact that I did not know how long we would stay here, I had told Nitewalker that he could go off and rest after parking the car, and I would call him again.

However, Nitewalker had not left the area. Instead, he was leaning against the car with a bottle of mineral water in his hand. The moment he saw us walk out, he gave us a nod and opened the car door, started the car, and drove over to us.

The young master praised, “Nitewalker is really cool! His driving is also so handsome! It would be nice if he actually agrees to be my chauffeur.”