Chapter Volume 3, Human, Non-Human Killer 10: Non-Humans and Humans Together, Raise Their Heads and Believe (1/2)

Volume 3, Human, Non-Human Killer Chapter 10: Non-Humans and Humans Together, Raise Their Heads and Believe

Translator: Raylight (proofread by Trespasserby, Rose, C/E edited by Doza, lucathia)

June 3, 2110, Drizzling

I was fired.

I thought that the little young master… Once again, I had showered someone with unwanted affection.

“Melody-jiě” was just a way of addressing me.

Hateful, it’s just so hateful! What’s the meaning of firing me with tears in your eyes? You’re undoubtedly the one who wanted to fire me—don’t make it look like I’m the one leaving you!

Little Young Master… What are you doing now? Are you still crying? No, right?

Mr. Stone flew over the building swinging his claw, knocking down a large section of the railing on the rooftop, along with slabs of concrete. The debris fell to the ground and made a loud crash. Although no one was injured, it became the gong for the war to begin.

Black shadows started pouring in from all directions, attacking any human who held a weapon. Those with stronger firepower were targeted first, so the Church naturally bore the brunt of the attacks, followed closely by the police.

Naturally, neither group would sit obediently and let itself be attacked. Everyone began fighting back with their massive firepower. In that moment, the scene really looked like a battlefield. Gunshots and explosions sounded non-stop, interwoven with screams and cries of agony. Occasionally, even rocks and glass from broken windows fell from the sky.

In the chaos, Yue Gang, with his gun in one hand, grabbed the young master with his other. He called out to Melody and me, “Quick, come with me!”

I shouted at him hurriedly, “Yue Gang, do not bother with us. Get the police to retreat immediately! They must not open fire on the non-humans!”

Yue Gang looked stunned. I grabbed hold of both his shoulders and screamed into his ear, “Make the police retreat now!”

Yue Gang froze for a moment and then turned around and yelled, “Retreat! Protect the civilians and retreat! Do not open fire! Let’s go!”

This is good… The non-humans were not specifically targeting the police or civilians, as long as neither was attacking them. I doubted that the non-humans would want to turn the city into a ghost town. The non-humans who had chosen to live here would absolutely not want to destroy the place they called home.

As of the moment, there was nothing more we could do. It would be best to leave quickly.

“Where is the young master?”

Melody rolled her eyes at me and said unhappily, “Didn’t you see him being dragged away by Yue Gang? He probably wanted to take the young master with him as they retreated! Let’s go… Ah!”

Melody looked behind me, and her expression morphed into shock. I immediately turned to look. A battle between a non-human and a Church member was blocking the path of Yue Gang and the young master. At the same time, numerous rocks were falling from the sky… Yue Gang turned around and hugged the young master, trying to use his body to shield him.

If it were only the young master, he might accept getting injured to conceal his identity. However, Yue Gang was there. He definitely would not let someone next to him get injured, or even worse, die for the sake of not revealing himself.

As expected, the young master raised both hands up high, preparing to deflect the rocks… and also preparing to reveal his identity as Dark Sun.

In the next second, the rocks were intercepted. However, it was not by the young master’s hands! It is…

Dragon Peace! He used his entire back to shield them from the rocks in the young master’s stead.

The young master looked shocked. He stared at Dragon Peace with his head raised, as though he were about to say something. Thankfully, Dragon Peace cut him off before he could say anything. He picked up the young master and Yue Gang, and with a few large strides, caught up to the retreating policemen and civilians. After he threw them both into the retreating crowd, he marched back into the fray.

However, he seemed to be at a loss as to what to do next. He looked at the chaotic battle between the Church and the non-humans, seemingly torn between which side to join.

I empathized with his plight. I did not know what to do either. Apart from allowing the non-humans and the Church members to fight it out until someone from either side took the initiative to retreat, there seemed to be no end in sight… But by then, how many corpses will litter this plaza?

Must non-humans and humans fight until only corpses remain before they are willing to let the other side go?

“Charles!”

Melody’s shout called me back to my senses. I focused my vision and noticed two bullets. I could even tell that they were explosive bullets. Once they hit an object, they would explode into fragments. They were one of the most lethal types of bullets to humans. With a tiny slide step, I moved a mere ten centimeters to the side, allowing the bullet to harmlessly fly past me.

“Wow!” Melody gasped in admiration, but then asked in suspicion, “Did you dodge a bullet just now? How could you be so fast… Or did you not move at all, and the bullet’s trajectory was merely off?”

Before I could answer, Dragon Peace rushed over with leaps and bounds to shield Melody and me from more bullets.

“Thank you.” I thanked him sincerely, not only for blocking the bullets but also for protecting the young master earlier, so he did not have to reveal his identity as Dark Sun.

While covering us, he lowered his head to ask, “What should we do?”

I looked up at Dragon Peace and said with an indifferent smile, “This time, even the heroes cannot resolve this. You do not have to be bothered about it. Neither the Church nor the non-humans are innocent civilians.”

Dragon Peace kept his head lowered to look at me. His tone seemed disapproving when he said, “This is Sunset City.”

This is Sunset City? I felt a little perplexed, but I could still understand that Dragon Peace did not wish to be a bystander. Therefore, I suggested, “Then, let us go and help the civilians retreat first.” Although there should not be many civilians left.

Dragon Peace thought for a moment and nodded his head. However, just as we were about to go around searching for civilians, a thunderous roar suddenly came from the sky.

“Stop, all of you!”

Dragon Peace and I stopped simultaneously and raised our heads toward the source of the voice… Dark Sun was standing on the roof of a building, his silver hair shining beneath the moonlight. He was not alone; First Wind was standing beside him, his cape fluttering in the night wind.

Anceo immediately roared, “Look now, that boy has nothing to do with angels. He is Dark Sun!”

“Nonsense!”

I looked over and realized that Yue Gang had run back, dragging the young master by the hand. The young master looked very afraid, and tears were even rolling down his cheeks. Yue Gang shouted at me unhappily, “What are you doing? Waiting for death here? Your brother was being noisy about coming back for you!”

Dark Sun and the young master appeared at the same time?

“Dark Sun should be DSII right?” Melody whispered.

I looked at the crying young master and then at Dark Sun on the rooftop and shook my head in disagreement. “No, I do not believe so. I do not know when he switched, but…”

“Dark Sun is the young master.” Melody continued, muttering, “The little young master would never pick the boring side. He would rather fight until he is covered in blood than stand on the sidelines obediently.”

“Dragon Peace!” Dark Sun shouted down, “Defeat the non-humans!”

Dragon Peace raised his head to look at Dark Sun and First Wind. He roared in reply and started attacking the closest non-humans… excluding Melody and me, of course.

Dark Sun squatted down, picked up a rocket launcher at his feet, and took aim at the plaza below.

“What is the young master planning?” Melody shouted in shock, “He’s not trying to bomb all of the humans and non-humans here together, is he?!”

No, the young master definitely would not do that. However, what exactly is he planning?

At this moment, a pair of giant bat wings appeared behind Dark Sun. Dark Sun merely turned his head slightly and simultaneously pushed First Wind away. Instead, he himself was sent flying from the roof by Mr. Stone. He did not open his wings, but continually grabbed onto things within his reach to break his fall down to the plaza.

Mr. Stone still refused to let him go. Once again, he flew over and hurtled down at top speed, wanting to stomp him to death with his feet. With a roll, Dark Sun avoided the attack. However, his situation was still perilous as Mr. Stone continued attempting to stomp on him.

“Hero of humans, I forbid you to hurt non-humans! Scram! This battle has nothing to do with you.”

Dark Sun rolled left and right, constantly evading his attacks. However, he refused to let go of the rocket launcher in his hands. Finding an opening, he seized it and leaped. He immediately followed with a slide step and sidestepped some distance away from Mr. Stone’s feet, then turned to look at him.

Mr. Stone froze and asked, “You are a vampire?”

“Whether I am human or non-human is not important.” Dark Sun coldly replied, “I merely wish to stop this foolish war.”

Mr. Stone opened his eagle beak wide and screeched, “It’s the Church who started the battle first. They stepped onto our territory and attacked the non-humans!”

“Indeed.” Dark Sun lifted the rocket launcher. He did not take aim, but merely fired at random, both near his feet and far away. Strange bullets the size of fists were shot out continually, but they did not explode. Instead, they erupted into large clouds of white smoke.

“Therefore, they have to pay a price. However, their crimes were not lethal, thus the price to be paid cannot be death.”

After Dark Sun finished speaking, he threw away the rocket launcher in his hands and began attacking the non-humans. However, he was weaponless and actually fought barehanded against the non-humans. On top of that, he was even using slide steps to move around constantly.

His slide steps had evidently confused Mr. Stone, who seemed unable to determine whether he was human or non-human.

At this point, the Church members started coughing loudly, and their tears flowed non-stop. It seemed that they had practically lost their ability to fight.

What exactly happened? I was extremely puzzled.

“It’s tear gas.”

I froze and looked to the side. At first, I did not recognize who had spoken because of the strange mask on his face. However, right after that, I recognized from his attire that he was First Wind.

“Vampires are not afraid of tear gas, right? Good. I only have one gas mask.” First Wind’s voice came from behind the mask, sounding especially strange. He continued, “The tear gas will take care of the Church, and we will deal with the non-humans. In short, beat up both sides! That is what Dark Sun said.”

Melody and I glanced at each other and said at the same time, “Agreed! We will help out too.”

First Wind nodded and said, “However, you have to follow me first. Solitary Butterfly is sniping targets from afar… Don’t worry, the projectiles are just strong tranquilizers. I’ve heard that they’re also very effective against non-humans. Thus, we have to let her see that you are comrades, so she won’t shoot the two of you down.”

I quickly nodded my head and followed First Wind. He no longer held his extremely lethal energy whip, but a single tonfa. He grasped the tonfa in his left hand and started his attack against the non-humans.

“Dark Sun said that he can dislocate their joints with his bare hands and rob them of their ability to battle. Therefore, he does not need any weapons. When the battle ends, he will help those non-humans reconnect their joints.”

As he spoke, First Wind jumped up and hit the back of a werewolf’s head with his tonfa, knocking him unconscious. He continued helplessly, “However, I am unable to do that. So, I can only say sorry to these non-humans and give them a large bump on their heads. Hopefully none of them will get concussions.”

“It is, at least, better than encountering Dragon Peace,” I said with a stifled laugh. Dragon Peace was a lot rougher than First Wind. He would usually throw a punch or a kick and send the opponent flying. Not only would their heads swell, they might even break a bone or two.

“That is true.”

First Wind nodded, spun beautifully, and dodged an attack from a non-human. The non-human turned around, wanting to pursue First Wind. However, he was smacked on the back of the head by Melody. Still, he struggled to try and get back on his feet, but Melody grabbed his hair and whispered fiercely in his ear, “This old lady here is Melody, an eighth generation vampire. I’ll see if you dare to crawl back up!”

The non-human lay down obediently and stopped moving.

First Wind had just ended combat with another non-human. He turned around and, seeing how the non-human was already lying on the floor, praised Melody, “Well done!”

“Thank you,” Melody replied in a polite tone that I had never heard her use before. Her reply seemed a little coy as she asked, “Mr. First Wind, could I trouble you with something?”

“Of course,” First Wind smiled and answered. “Although I do not know what it is, how could I refuse a lady?”

Melody excitedly said, “When you are free later, could I have your autograph?”

“As you wish,” he answered with a smile.

I wonder, if Melody were to discover that First Wind is Ji Luo Chu, would she be angry to the point of murder? I remember her saying that she doesn’t need an autograph from someone she sees every day. Although she technically doesn’t meet with Ji Luo Chu every day, she does often accompany the young master to the studio for photo shoots…

Now is not the time to be bothered over such matters. I should go and deal with the other non-humans. After I called out to First Wind, I shot a glance at Melody. She seemed to have no intention of leaving and was asking First Wind bashfully, “I can’t defeat the non-humans on my own! Mr. First Wind, could I follow you?”