517 Chapter 517: Stalker (1/2)

”You okay, Brother Richie?”

When I reached home, Adrian caught sight of my gloomy expression and hurried over in concern. I glanced at him somewhat wearily.

”Yeah.”

”I heard that there was a murder in the high school division today.”

”Yeah. Someone from another class.” I gritted my teeth. ”I told them the culprit, but nobody believed me. All because she had an alibi. I told them the so-calld alibi is a vampire, and they laughed me off. Said I had no proof.”

Well…I should have expected that, to be honest. How else were the police going to react? When I told them, ”Xu Wu Cheng is a vampire! If you don't believe me, check him out!” they only gave me a look of bemusement, and then told me to go home.

Nobody belived a single word I had to say. Not that I could blame them. I had no hard evidence. What was I supposed to do, get his blood or something? When I recorded the whole thing, Xu Wu Cheng and Ji Yan cleverly covered that up as a play. They covered their tracks so well that everyone would believe them over me.

”Senior Nan Gong Ji Yan is very popular in the high school division – she has been for the past year.” Melina had joined us, also looking worried. ”Of course everyone is going to defend her. She has quite a good reputation. And she is that Senior Nan Gong Zhao Yan's twin sister.”

Yeah, so what? That didn't change the fact that she was still a backstabbing bitch.

”Also, I heard a lot of my classmates comment on how good looking and popular Senior Xu Wu Cheng is. Most people will side with him.”

She didn't have to say ”over you, Sensei.” That much was clear enough for me, and she was sensitive enough not to twist the knife in my gut.

”Do you guys believe me?” I asked. Adrian nodded vehemently.

”Of course I believe Brother Richie! I know you're telling the truth!”

”I think Sensei isn't lying, but…”

On the other hand, Melina sounded skeptical. She hesitated for a moment, even as both Adrian and I stared at her, and then she sighed.

”…perhaps things aren't as simple as they seem. Maybe Sensei made a mistake or something?”

Well, she wasn't there to witness the actual event, so it was natural that she had her doubts. Not wanting to put her in an awkward situation, I decided to change the subject.

”Well, there's nothing I can do for now, so I might as well carry on with whatever I've been doing. Let's get back to training, you two!”

”Yes!”

The both of them responded enthusiastically, and for the rest of the night, I moved my mind away from the mess that I had gotten involved in.

*

That didn't mean I wasn't going to do anything, though. For the next week or so, I followed Ji Yan closely to ensure that she didn't attack any other innocent students. It turned out that I needn't had bothered because there were no further incidents after Jiang Xue Yang's death. Ji Yan had received enough blood from her master, Xu Wu Cheng.

In fact, my stalking was so noticeable that Xu Wu Cheng – otherwise known as Yi Tai – walked up to me one day.

”Are you stalking my Ji Yan? You seem…pretty obsessed with her.”

I glared at him, too tired to deny it. This bastard was the cause of everything, from Ji Yan's transformation to a vampire to Jiang Xue Yang's death. I resisted the temptation to attack him there and then. The teachers would come rushing over and stop me before I could kill him, and then I would be locked up and imprisoned. While I was stuck rotting in jail, this guy would be free to continue doing whatever he wanted. I couldn't allow him to provoke me into doing something so impulsive. He had the law on his side…for now.

Until I obtained hard evidence that he was a vampire, I could do nothing.

”You should stay away from her.”

”Why? Ji Yan will run wild if I do, and end up attacking her classmates when her thirst for blood becomes too strong.”

Glaring bitterly at Yi Tai and wishing I could slay him, I clenched my fists and swallowed my anger. Not here. Not now. Not until I got evidence. Aware of my predicament, Tai Yi chuckled scornfully.

”Oh, I know that you know. You've been stalking my precious servant to prevent that from happening, haven't you?”

I sighed in resignation. ”I will get the evidence and report you. I swear I will.”

”Go ahead, if you dare. Who will believe you? It will be your word against mine and Ji Yan's. After all, we just wanted to enact a little play.” Xu Wu Cheng threw his head and laughed. That excuse was the reason why recording this exchange would be rendered moot. As long as both of them insisted that they were play-acting, I couldn't use this as evidence against them. ”And besides, after your little stunt a week ago, your credibility isn't very high, I might add.”

I couldn't refute that. After the whole fiasco where I joined Kufa Van Peer in fighting the Chiropterans and saving Saya where I was slapped with house arrest for a week, my public image had taken a severe hit. I wouldn't say that I had become untrustworthy in the eyes of teachers and students, but at the very least they wouldn't believe me over two model students. More so when I was merely an exchange student, and considered an outsider.

Yi Tai was correct. I was cornered here.

”Your only option is to fight me,” Yi Tai gloated, his handsome face crinkling into a smile. ”But I wonder, do you think you can defeat me?”

Actually, I might. If I could summon all my Constellation spirits, then of course I would be able to crush him. Even a demonic vampire prince such as Yi Tai wouldn't be able to survive a nuke spell. The guy was pretty idiotic if he thought he could best me in a proper duel.