Chapter 173: Wine and Blood (Part II)
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, a table of people was slightly drunk, and the topics of small talk became more and more boundless.
From "Who is the first ** in Gensokyo", to "how to ransack the Red Devil Pavilion unknowingly", to "what kind of experience is it to wake up and grow chickens", in a word, are all topics of interest to ladies.
As the only male creature on the table, for the most part, Nalan only smiled and didn't speak.
He tries to be elegant, even though he is essentially a hooligan.
At this time, Reimu, who was already drinking red neck, suddenly slapped the table, raised his hand and pointed to the fire no Yanhua who was caught between the two big guys of Nalan Twilight and Ibaraki Hua's fan, and always cowered and didn't dare to squeak, and drank:
"You guy, where did you come from? Why don't you drink, do you have an opinion about us?"
Reimu looks like this, and it's clear that he is drunk and drunk. Although Yan Hua was more than ten years older than her, he really couldn't suppress this fourteen-year-old girl in terms of momentum, so he didn't know how to refute it.
"She's just an ordinary outsider, she just came here today, and she hasn't figured anything out, so don't embarrass her. ”
It was still Nalan Twilight next to her, smiling and relieving her. After he said that, he lifted the wine jug, filled it with a glass of sake, pushed the wine glass in front of Yan Hua, patted her on the shoulder, and said:
"A small drinking party, you can't be so restrained. Come, this cup is yours!"
"Thank you ......"
Yan Hua whispered a thank you, picked up the wine glass, and just took two sips, then fell on the wine table with a "bang" and didn't move. The wooden wine glass in her hand rolled to the ground, flicked it a few times, and the wine in it spilled her foot, but at this time, she was already unaware of it.
"Hahahaha......"
Seeing this, Reimu and Marisa, who were sitting opposite, immediately leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, clapping their hands and sneering:
"Half a cup won't work, it's too inferior!"
"All my walking mushrooms can drink Ze better than this!"
"Hehehe......"
Nalan Yu also echoed and laughed a few times, and the Hua fan on the other end looked at him with a rather surprised look. After the two of them had laughed enough, Nalan Yu said:
"Actually, you don't have to laugh at her drinking, the glass just now, if you drink it, you still can't stand it. ”
"What are you talking about?" Marisa glared at him, "I've drunk the same wine, the same cup, I don't know how many times!"
"That's your way of drinking, and what I poured for her is 'our way of drinking.'" As he spoke, Nalan Yu picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and said:
"Did you know that among us vampires, there is a special way of drinking called the 'Blood Moon'. ”
"When family and friends gather, when they get up, they often mix human blood with wine and quote it, and this way of drinking is called 'Bloody Mary'. And those who are more intimate than that prefer to drink the 'Blood Moon'. They do not use human blood, but drips their own blood into wine, drinks from each other's cups, and tastes each other's flavors for pleasure. ”
"I'm just, a little curious, what would happen if ordinary humans drank the wine of the 'Blood Moon'? You know, there's a ...... mixed with the blood of vampires."
Hearing these words, Reimu's expression suddenly became much more serious, as if the drunkenness just now was pretended. She gently slammed her glass on the table and said in a deep voice:
"Probably...... You're going to be a vampire, right?"
Nalan didn't say anything, just picked up the glass again and tapped it lightly with his little finger on the rim. This movement is swift and subtle, unobtrusive, but if you look closely, you will notice a slight anomaly.
He drank the glass of wine, then licked his lips and said with an intoxicated expression:
"I'll tell you the truth, I taste great. ”
"Really?" Reimu said coldly, grimacingly.
"Why don't you taste it?"
"No need, I still want to be human. ”
"Hehe......"
The atmosphere on the wine table, with Nalan Yu's completely unorganized behavior of playing cards, suddenly dropped to the freezing point. Hua Fan looked at the smiling Nalan Twilight, and the black-faced Reimu, and his heart was completely bottomless. If these two guys suddenly start a fight here, it's going to be over.
As for what kind of brain circuit does Nalan Twilight have, it would turn a human into a vampire in front of Reimu...... Hua Fan couldn't think about it at all, and of course, she didn't understand the need for that guy.
For her, the immediate priority is to prevent the situation from escalating further.
"Two, two!" Hua Fan smiled and said in a good voice, "Listen to me first! Everything must be divided into occasions and timings, if there are any grievances and disputes......
"Well...... Forget it!"
Before she could finish speaking, Reimu picked up the wine glass, tilted her neck and drank a glass, burped after drinking, and said:
"In principle, it doesn't matter to me whether outsiders love or die. Moreover, your little, just put money on me and told me to take care of it, and I don't bother to take care of it. However, I said ugly things ahead, how to play with fire is your own business, if you set the forest on fire...... When the time comes, don't blame me for not knowing how important it is!"
"Thanks for the reminder, I'll keep it in mind. ”
Nalan smiled lightly, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it. Seeing this, Marisa, who was sitting next to Reimu, burst out laughing, slapped Reimu on the back a few times, and said loudly:
"You're really like you, Reimu!"
"You're hurting me, idiot!"
In this way, the atmosphere is quite harmonious, only Hua Fan, who is trying to persuade him, is embarrassed by himself.
"Speaking of which, Hua Fan," Nalan Yu turned her head and asked her, "What did you just want to say?"
"No...... It's nothing. Hua Fan blushed, quickly picked up the wine glass, lowered his head and took a few sips of wine to cover up.
"Speaking of vampires, there's a recent incident that I don't know if you've heard of here. Nalan Yu said suddenly.
"What's the matter?" Reimu asked.
"Renli has been haunted again recently, and several villagers have disappeared one after another, and when they came back, their blood was drained and they died......
"Ahh
"You're the murderer, right?" Reimu beside her squinted at her,
"Huh?" said Marisa, pointing at herself with a confused expression, "How ......could I?" I'm a detective ......."
"Okay, don't say any more. ”
Nalan picked up a large piece of beef from her plate and shoved it into Marisa's mouth, completely gagging her mouth before continuing:
"Actually, on the way here, I discovered a very interesting detail...... Hua Fan, aren't you investigating this?"
"That's right. Hua Fan nodded.
"Then what will interest you next, in fact, I can always smell it after entering the village. ”
"What does it smell like?"
"The breath of death. Nalan smiled at her mysteriously, and then said:
"It's just a joke, in fact, it's the stench of rotting corpses, which wafts from the entrance of the village all the way here, and it always stimulates my nerves and lingers. Those of you who are not sensitive may not notice anything, but for me, even the smoke of barbecue and the aroma of aged wine can't hide the rich rancid smell. ”
"What do you think that means?" Reimu asked again.
It means that there are people in this village who have died, who have died thoroughly, but have not been found. "I don't know who it is, maybe it's the fifth victim, maybe it's someone else." But I'm pretty sure that there is a highly decomposed corpse hidden in this brightly lit street. ”
When Marisa heard this, she shuddered and asked:
"So, what are we going to do?"
When Nalan heard this, he just smiled, but did not answer her question. He picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece of spiced beef, put it in his mouth, and used his sharp teeth to tear the beef repeatedly until it was crushed.
"Tonight is cloudy," he said, "the moon is hidden." ”
"When the moon is dark and kills people, when the wind is high and the fire is set on fire. I have a vague feeling that something is going to happen tonight. There is no reason, it's just intuition, the instinct of an old vampire who is more than 1,200 years old, believe it or not, it's up to you to decide. ”
Outside the tavern, the night market is still very hot, but the drinks in everyone's cups have been completely cold.