Dean entered the courtyard in front of the hotel and saw the crowd divided into three waves.
Katie's brother and sister, whose eyes were red and swollen like peaches, were sitting on the bench on the left discussing their father's funeral. Professor Aiden and Patrolman Gonzalez were discussing the effect of sunlight on snake monsters. Ricky was walking around Santanica. Flattery, regardless of Seth's contemptuous expression around him.
The queen wore a pair of toad mirrors to cover half of her delicate face, revealing only her pointed chin and flaming red lips. Her red hair hung down on her shoulders. Her skirt was replaced by a black slim-fitting leather jacket and retro-style jeans, which enhanced her look. The perfect leg lines look fashionable and individual, not at all like an old woman born hundreds of years ago.
Dean guarantees that with her figure and temperament, her head-turning rate will be at least 90% when walking on the street.
"You're finally out, man!" Seth hurriedly came forward, glanced between Dean and Lena, and said with a smile, "Congratulations on your family reunion."
"Thanks."
"Dean, what are the arrangements for the next step? I want to go back to Texas tomorrow to see my wife and baby daughter, and continue patrolling at the same time." Gonzalez walked up, "I have been absent from work for too long, and I can't keep my job. "
"You've become a snake demon and you're still a patrolman?" Dean looked at him calmly, "I'll ask you a question, what will you eat when you're hungry in the future?"
The patrolman replied without thinking, "Just like ordinary people, hamburgers, steaks, tacos..."
"That's not enough. Although the snake demon can also eat normal people's food, it can't satisfy its hunger." Lena walked out from behind Dean and explained to everyone, "Unless we enter hibernation, we must eat intelligent creatures every day. If you don't drink the blood, you will become weaker and weaker, your mind will become more and more confused, until you die, or you will go crazy and eat your friends and relatives around you."
When Lena said these words, the bright sunshine seemed to suddenly hide behind the dark clouds.
Several snake monsters felt their hearts tremble.
Katie glanced at her nervous brother beside her, gritted her teeth and asked, "What is an intelligent creature? Does it have to be human? Can't it be the blood of chickens, cows, dogs and other animals?"
Santanica stood up and took over the conversation, "No, it must be fresh human blood or the blood of a humanoid creature."
Dean asked, "Is it okay to get a blood bag in the hospital?"
"Although the blood in the bag tastes terrible, it can meet the needs of our daily activities." The Queen explained, "But this is dead blood, does not contain soul, and cannot fill the hole in our soul. So we have to drink fresh blood once every seven days. The delicious taste of life, rich in life, sucks away their souls.”
"This is the price. We have inhuman strength, but we also have to endure inhuman desires. The reason why the blood sacrifice gang performs blood sacrifices in the temple every month is not only to satisfy the phantom snakes, but also to fill the hunger of their own souls, otherwise they will Crazy.”
"Even if he kills one person in seven days, he is an out-and-out serial killer." Seth said with a sullen face, "But I am a thief, not a pervert!"
"I don't want to kill people." Scott clenched his fists, and the excitement about power in his heart completely cooled down, leaving him feeling confused. Katie grabbed his hand with worry,
"Everyone, this is one of the reasons why I left you here." Dean clapped his hands, calling everyone's attention back, a light flashed in his eyes, "Let's all work together to find a way to solve the problem of food sources, so that it is safe and smooth integrate into society.”
Everyone felt relieved after hearing this, and Seth couldn't help but be grateful, "Man, actually you have done a great favor by taking us away from the temple. There is no need to continue to waste your time on us."
"This is not help." Dean shook his head and said seriously, "I released you five snake demons, and I can't let you lose control and become bloodthirsty monsters, endangering society and destroying order. I will kill you Get on track and then leave.”
Lena nodded in agreement.
Hearing this statement, Katie breathed a sigh of relief and fluttered her long eyelashes, "Put the monster on the right path? With great power comes great responsibility, Spider-Man?"
"Don't be fooled by appearances, little girl. He is much more ruthless than Peter Parker." Ricky shook his head and looked at Aiden, who had removed the crotch revolver, "Professor, you too, the rest has nothing to do with you. Aren’t you going to go back to university and continue teaching?”
The professor smiled at everyone and said, "I have just started a new research project. You snake demons are all my research subjects, so I want to stay."
Dean interrupted, "Okay, let's get back to the point. Let's talk about the blood source that meets daily life. This is easy to solve. You should be able to buy it by spending money in the hospital or buying it on the black market."
"I, we have no money." Katie raised her hand in embarrassment, "Jacob sold our house in our hometown during this trip, and the money was almost spent."
"I have 10 million bonds here. But Carlos died and there was no time to exchange them for money." Dean directly took out the box of handbag bonds in the space and looked at Santanica, "You have a way Exchange it?”
The queen shook her head, "I have been trapped in the temple and have never cared about money."
"We two brothers can try to exchange it with an old acquaintance." Seth and Ricky looked at Dean, "But the amount exchanged will have to be greatly reduced, at most we can get 70%."
"Seventy percent is fine, just exchange it and bring back the cash and US dollars, and then you won't have to worry about the source of the funds for the time being." Dean threw the box directly to Seth, who couldn't help but ask, "Man, this is Ten million, aren’t you afraid that I’ll take the money and run away?”
"Try it." Dean winked at Seth, "I will find you in heaven and hell."
Seth smiled dryly, "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. I am a thief, but I will never betray my companions as a matter of principle. I can make a phone call and I can resolve the deal in a week at most."
Gonzalez put his hands on his hips and frowned, "Discussing sinful money transactions in front of me?"
"What kind of crime?" Ricky glanced at him, "Don't be so hypocritical. You've already come this far, and you've already boarded our pirate ship. Why do you have any excuses?"
"Who is your accomplice?" Gonzalez rolled up his sleeves, "Earl's blood debt has not been settled yet, now?"
"Quiet, Officer Gonzalez. If you want to go back to visit your wife and daughter safely without going crazy and biting them, just listen to my arrangements." Dean stopped the quarrel with a simple sentence, "Let's discuss the most important item. How to get your weekly dose of live blood.”
Everyone looked stern.
The Queen of the Night was very energetic,
Dean circled around everyone, "I know that not long ago, you were just ordinary people, and you were repelled by killing people, let alone sucking blood, but you must suck blood to survive."
"If you resist eating and your bloodthirsty accumulation reaches a critical point, it will overwhelm your sanity like a wild horse and lead to even more tragic consequences."
"Instead of enduring until you lose control, it is better to train in advance, select targets, hunt, and then channelize desires and control yourself,"
"Wait, Dean, are you serious?" Scott looked in disbelief, "You alone teach us a group of snake monsters to hunt humans? It's like talking about some kind of goods."
This simply overturned his impression of the man in front of him.
"I not only kill monsters, but also people. I kill more than all the friends you know combined, but I am very particular about the targets I choose." Dean looked at this snake monster, just like watching the wild awakening. Soon, Kaiden, the werewolf who looked confused and green, said, "First of all, ordinary people and innocent people who are honest and responsible are excluded. Pregnant women are not selected, and children are not selected..."
"Do you understand? The only remaining targets are vicious murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and gang members who have done all kinds of bad things..." Dean looked at the Goko brothers emphatically.
"I once again officially declare that Richie and I are no longer involved," Seth raised his hands in surrender as if he was electrocuted. "You will never rob again, and please don't include us in your targets."
"Remember your promise." Dean nodded and explained more tactfully, "Killing these unprincipled, immoral, and psychopathic criminals is equivalent to maintaining social order, repairing the world, and working with the police. The work is almost the same. Is it too much for you to get a little blood and soul as a reward?"
Gonzalez, a serious police officer, fell silent upon hearing this.
The repulsiveness on Scott's face was obviously reduced, and he looked excited, "Yes, if you have to kill people and suck blood, then it must be to kill bad guys! The snake demon can also be a vigilante and a hero!"
"Put away your heroic dream, that is killing someone and is illegal," Katie clenched her fingers, her sweet face full of tangles.
"Why do supernatural beings need to consider too many laws and regulations?" Dean said with a sparse and normal expression, "As long as it does not violate the bottom line of human nature, it only needs to abide by the principles. Everyone, if there is no objection, how about dividing the work now?"
No one objected.
Lena looked at Dean giving orders and felt strange. This was completely different from the son she remembered.
But Dean pretended not to see her eyes and quickly made arrangements, "Seth, Ricky, go solve the bond exchange problem."
Seth put away his careless expression and shook his handbag, "Wait for our good news."
Dean took out ten bundles of American knives and handed them to the red-haired professor, "Aiden, Gonzalez, go to the local hospital and clinic to see if you can buy blood bags. If you have the opportunity, try to buy as many as possible. As we have done in the past few days, consumption.”
"no problem."
"Scott, Katie, stay and look after the house."
"Wait, Dean." Katie suddenly pursed her lips, "Jacob's body won't be preserved for long. Can I take him back to my hometown for burial first?"
"You can't leave for the time being." Dean turned to room 126 on the opposite side. From his God's perspective, he locked on a black body bag in the corner. A large area of crystal white frost suddenly appeared on the bag, turning it into a mass of ice. "Okay, I'll put Jacob The cloth was frozen again.”
"..."
Dean finally looked at Lena and the Queen of the Night, "You guys come with me to find a suitable 'target'. This is the border between Texas and Mexico, the world of cartels and gangsters. It's not easy to find some criminals and bastards." Disaster."
The Queen of the Night nodded, keenly captured a word, and sighed softly, "The U.S.-Mexico border? When I was transformed hundreds of years ago, the Texas you mentioned still belonged to Mexico, and the United States did not exist yet."
Seth rolled his eyes when he heard this and looked at Ricky, "Did you hear that? She is older than our grandmothers. You must like this kind of old woman."
Ricky's face stiffened.
"Stop joking." Dean emphasized, "Everyone, finish your work and meet back at the hotel before twelve o'clock tonight, or I will go find you personally."
…
Then everyone split up.
Lena affectionately held Dean in her left hand and her good sister Santanica in her right hand and left the hotel and walked onto the street, looking around.
Although Juarez is only a small border town, the bonded policy has attracted many Americans to open various factories here. Therefore, people from poor rural areas on the Mexican border have come here to work, providing cheap labor for these American factory owners.
The city has a population of more than half a million, and the living density is quite high. Low and simple dwellings can be seen everywhere. The population has been growing rapidly in recent years.
"Lena, you are not exaggerating at all. Any house on this street is more spacious, luxurious and sturdy than the home of our tribal leader back then." Santanica's face was full of curiosity. This house has been away for hundreds of years. In this world, she is dazzled by all kinds of novel things.
Lena stroked her red hair with a smile, "Juarez's architecture is average compared to the whole world. If you have the opportunity to go to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other big cities to see the high-rise buildings, you That will really open your eyes.”
"I will definitely go." Santanica took off her sunglasses to reveal her eyes, which were bloodshot. "I watched something called a TV in the guest room all morning. The world is indeed turned upside down compared to before."
"Queen of the Night, how long have you been staying in the temple?" Dean stopped at a telephone pole and glanced at the faces of the two women. Santanica lived for hundreds of years, but she was more than thirty years old. Together with the 20-year-old Lena, she looks even younger and more beautiful.
"I don't know exactly how long it took, but when I first entered the temple, the Aztec Empire had not yet been destroyed." The Queen of the Night said softly, "By the way, you killed the phantom snake and released me from the bondage. Yes My benefactor, you may call me Elsa.”
"Okay, Aisha." Dean pondered, "So, you have been locked up for at least four hundred years or five hundred years?"
"Well, I remember that decades after entering the temple, Carlos was a team leader under the adventurer Hernán Cortez who invaded Mexico on behalf of Spain, and then he went north to explore the land of Mexico and joined the Blood Sacrifice Gang for the sake of eternal life."
"There is such a connection, so Carlos, the invader, died too cheaply." Dean suddenly realized, "By the way, before you were transformed, your true identity was just an ordinary girl?"
Aisha shook her red hair lightly, "It's not ordinary. I was born at the dawn of the sacred cycle, when the stars and the sun were aligned. The high priest of our tribe believed that I had some kind of connection with the God of Dark Night, and respected me as Dark Night." Goddess, enshrine me in a temple and offer me gems and flowers.”
"Think of you as a saint?"
"Well, from the time I was born until I was eighteen years old, I accepted worship from many people and also had a group of believers." Aisha paused and turned her gaze to the two towering towers facing each other in the distance with gorgeous stained glass windows. Church, "The Blood Sacrifice Gang found me and forced me to become the lover of the Snake God, using my influence to recruit followers for the Phantom Snake. I will not agree to escape."
"They threw me into the temple, turned me into a snake demon, and was also a prisoner." Elsa's eyes were filled with hatred. "They brainwashed me, trained me to dance, and then asked me to teach other girls. In the past few hundred years, We dance for the Blood Ritual Gang, bringing the blood and souls of loss, confusion, and despair. And my reward is eternal humiliation and pain until you release me."
Dean finally understood why the queen went on a killing spree as soon as the phantom snake died.
Dancing for hundreds of years, the torture and pain would probably be worse than hell. Anyone else would be angry and crazy.
"It's all over, Elsa... No one can force you now," Lena stroked her back comfortingly, her expression was like comforting a daughter, "You are free, you can go wherever you want from now on." where."
"Well, I have a request. Since we are looking for a heinous criminal, can we first search all the strip clubs in Juarez?" Elsa hugged Lena tightly and looked at Dean, her long eyelashes Blinking, "I have deeply experienced the filthiness and filthiness involved."
Dean looked up at the gray weather, "No problem, but you have to change your clothes and don't dress so conspicuously."
(End of chapter)
