Chapter 61: The Hive
It's nearly noon.
The search was a thankless task, requiring a door-to-door search, and even with the Demon Hunter's team's supporting documents, the three of them could not gain any respect, but instead received a lot of blank eyes. Fortunately, it is a wealthy area, and although most of the residents are arrogant and distant, no one resists.
Of course, Levi was suspicious, and Michelle was afraid that he was expecting someone to resist.
"Boring, so boring!" she said, holding up the Evil God Candle and lighting a cigarette with the dark flame, taking a deep breath in obsession, "I thought the work of a witcher would be ......"
"Thrilling, exciting?" said Levi with a smile as she picked up her words, "I think most of the time, their work is tedious. Some people even like this kind of boredom, at least, boredom always has nothing to do with death. β
Alice didn't say a word, her cross pupils under her glasses were unfocused, and she looked like she was sleepwalking.
Crackle!
"Wake up!" Michelle leaned over and snapped her fingers in the girl's ear, "Wake up, you're working!"
"In a dream, you can even work!" Levi looked at this scene, crying and laughing.
"Miss Doragon, Miss Moore, why don't you rest here first?" he suggested with a gentlemanly demeanor, smiling, "There are two more left, and I'll be aloneβ"
"No need!" Michelle shook his head and interrupted him firmly, "Since it's work, you have to do your best, you can't do it half-heartedly......"
Levi nodded, no longer insisting.
Michelle's expression changed slightly, paused, and said, "Also, you can call me Michelle, don't always be 'Miss Doragon', it sounds too tongue-twisting." β
"This, okay?" Li Wei was stunned when he heard this, "You are a senior sister, will you ......?"
"Long-winded!" said Michelle, frowning, impatiently, "let you call it that, you just do it! You can call Candace directly, why can't you call me directly? I'm a year younger than her!"
"Understood, more...... Michelle. Seeing that Michelle was impatient, Levi immediately changed his words.
"You can also call me Alice. Alice said suddenly.
The two of them looked at her in unison, their expressions stunned.
Not to mention Levi, even Michelle doesn't know when the girl in front of her is awake and when she is asleep.
......
11 Champs Street.
The door was opened by a young man, not tall, with an ordinary appearance, wearing Sven's glasses, but his eyes were full of dark circles, as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
"Who are you looking for?" the man was suspicious and wary.
"We're from Thirteenth Demon Hunter Team, and we're tracking down a heretic, hoping to enter your house and search it. Levi was already familiar with the road, showing the supporting documents, and his words were as concise and clear as possible.
"Demon Hunters?" the man's face changed slightly, and he glanced back, "Yes, but please don't disturb my wife." Also, take off your shoes before entering. β
"No problem!" Levi nodded, and while taking off his shoes, he asked tentatively, "Your spirit is not very good?"
"The new house on the opposite corner ......" the man looked dissatisfied and sighed, "The construction party is non-stop day and night, and the noise is very loud, I have complained many times, but to no avail." Luckily, there was something wrong with the ownership of the land, and the city forcibly stopped it, so I could barely get a good night's sleep. β
During the chat, the group entered the door.
Levi looked around.
The family is not wealthy, it is only a small two-story building, the house is not big, but it is warmly furnished, the windows are bright and clean, even the corners are spotless, and obviously the housewife is very diligent.
"Do you want me to make a cup of tea?" In the bedroom, a young woman with not very beautiful but beautiful blonde hair came out, she was holding her belly and her belly was high and bulging, she was pregnant.
"No need to make tea, we are a demon hunting team, searching for heretics, and we are about to leave. Levi hurriedly stopped the other party and said in a polite tone.
"Oh, are there any pregnant women? I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Michelle immediately pinched out the cigarette butt and stuffed it back into the cigarette case, looking apologetic.
Levi walked around the room, and in the bedroom, he stopped.
Near the head of the bed, he saw a splash of dried blood.
"Oh, it's my blood ......," the blonde young woman explained with a wry smile, thumping her legs, "pregnant, with inconvenient legs and feet, accidentally fell and hit the wall." β
"Hit the wall, ma'am, you have to be careful, you may hurt the child. Michelle looked concerned and stepped forward to help the other party, and Alice also helped from the side.
"It's okay," the blonde young woman smiled and shook her head, "Since the last injury, I have rarely moved and I haven't gone to work, and I can raise ......my baby with peace of mind."
During the conversation, the three knew that the couple's surname was Smith and they were a newlywed.
Levi didn't say much, and continued to wait and see.
In the hall, he jumped up and stroked the beams, which were uneven and had rope marks, in the kitchen he took off his kitchen knife and looked at it, and fiddled with the jars of condiments, sniffed some bottles and jars, and even, when he went out, he looked back at the second floor and into the grass below, his fingers twisting on the dirt.
The three of them took their leave.
......
When the group had gone away, Mrs. Smith approached her husband and said in a flustered and pitiful tone: "The young man behaves strangely...... Did he see through something?"
"Get out of here, stay away from me!"
Her questioning was met with Mr. Smith's rage, and his face was full of disgust and hatred, and he actually kicked his wife Gao Long in the stomach and kicked her to the ground!
"You, why don't you die!
Mr. Smith cursed, Sven's mask had long been torn off, and he was like a mad beast, punching and kicking his wife frantically.
......
on the streets.
"Levi, did you find anything?" asked Michelle, frowning.
"I'm not sure...... Levi shook his head, his eyes wandering, "I'd like to come back when I'm done searching." β
"What do you want to see?" Michelle was even more puzzled, shaking the evil god candle in his hand, "You also saw it, it didn't react, the two are not disciples of the old gods." Are you thinking too much?"
"Maybe. Levi smiled and didn't refute.
......
Ten minutes later, the only two remaining houses on the Champs Street were also searched, and they still found nothing.
"Do you want to see that?" Michelle pointed across the road, to the half-built new house.
"Just in case, let's see. Levi nodded.
Cross the street.
There was a yellow cordon around the house, but there was no one guarding it, and the three of them ignored the cordon and went straight in.
The door was locked, but the window was unlocked, and the three of them climbed through the window to enter.
Inside the house.
"Oh?" Levi looked around, rubbing his fingers on the wall, and whispered, "It's pretty clean......
Contrary to what he expected, this was by no means a rough embryo, but a hardcover room, and the kind that also came with furniture. The room was clearly cleaned, the tables and chairs were clean and tidy, and there was no dust on the floor.
Holding the Evil God Candle, Michelle walked up and down the room, but found nothing.
This means that there are no disciples of the Old Gods here.
"Take a trip for nothing!" said Michelle.
Levi was also wandering around, sometimes knocking on the door, sometimes turning around in the shadows, with a lazy expression and an old look.
"Alright!" he beckoned to Michelle, "there's no one here, let's go!"
"Oh. Michelle nodded, and stomped downstairs.
After rendezvous with Alice, the three of them walked to the door.
Click! Click!
The sound continued, and the whole huge house, from the upper floor to the lower floor, the windows closed one after another, as if pushed by an invisible hand, and the doors also closed with a bang.
"Have you seen through it?" Levi was not surprised, his heart moved, and he said in a deep voice, "Prepare to meet the enemy!"
"Enemy?" Michelle was stunned, "where is the enemy?"
Alice's eyes flickered, and the focus returned to the cross pupil.
"The enemy is right in sight," Levi said in a deep voice, looking up, "this is the house." β
"Oh?" a hoarse female voice echoed in the empty hall, "Boy, you're very smart...... I don't understand, how do you see through it?"
"Are you an idiot for me? I don't know if I change my waistcoat? This house is nothing but a platter! Every room in it is a mirror image of a room in a nearby house. Levi pursed his lips and said sarcastically, "One more thing, the room is clean and smellless, either a pseudo-mother or gay." β
The house was silent, I don't know if it was too surprised or unable to adjust to the way Levi spoke.
"Levi, do you remember that we looked at the layout of each house?" Michelle looked surprised, "so many houses......"
"It's that you don't care, you don't care. Levi smiled bitterly, pointed to his skull, and said, "We are magicians, and our memory is beyond ordinary people. I think it's that you don't like to spend brain capacity on things that don't make sense. β
Michelle was asked, and said in her heart: "How can there be a magician who remembers the layout of every house he has been to except you?"
"I want to ask you too," Levi looked up, staring at the ceiling, "how do you know I've seen through you?"
"Your expression...... It's fleeting, but it's a vigilance. I'm very observant because I have a lot of 'eyeliner', after all, I'm a hive. The voice echoed, and the whole house suddenly changed!
The walls, ceilings, windows, tables, chairs, fireplaces, and everything in the room turned into finger-sized black-veined wasps, wriggling densely to form the outlines of walls, tables, chairs, and so on.
In an instant, the three of them were in a sea of wasps, and the high density of the swarm was tingling!
"Mimic bees!" the voice was unhurried, and the tone was vicious, "In addition to being good at mimicry, they are also very powerful......
One by one, the wasps wriggled and climbed, turned around, and their wings were already spread!
"Levi, don't you have a 'shadow jump'?" Michelle said with a solemn expression, "Flee immediately, blow the whistle, and gather the others." β
"It's useless. Levi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This house is a living thing, and I can't use their shadows...... Just now, I tried it in the shadows. Butβ"
He spun around and threw a dark ball of plasma.
He had been chatting with this room for so long, just for this "unstable activated magnetic storm"!
"Open soul communication and tell me what you are capable of. The moment he threw out the "Unstable Activated Magnetic Storm", Levi said in a deep voice, "From now on, listen to my command!"