Chapter 227: The Vampire Bar
July 1944.
The temperature is even hotter, and the gangsters who used to hide it tightly have also chosen to dress coolly, giving up the black coats and yarkes that represent their status.
The people in the streets are also filled with a fiery atmosphere.
But in Queens, New York, it's bitterly cold in the heat.
People walking on the streets are cautiously scanning their surroundings for fear that there are gangster gunmen hiding inside.
In recent days, the crazy behavior of the gang has greatly angered the local police and the public, but they have chosen to remain silent in the face of the muzzle of the black hole.
The Italian mafia and a large number of local gangs are scuffling, and there are shootouts every day, six days a week, from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.
When you wake up early in the morning, you can even see scattered bullet casings on the side of the street.
People are a little curious about what kind of enemy this gang is facing, and they even took out submachine guns, and according to the police's subsequent inspection, they are all gangsters' corpses.
It's scary.
A new force has emerged in the city.
From the port to the city, they can be found everywhere.
Late at night, Logan and Victor helped each other out the door.
"Hell, they don't know what to be afraid of?"
Victor complained that he rarely saw gangsters who would resist constantly, and that they had sharp teeth.
Logan touched his arm, there was a distinct tooth mark there, I don't know how it got it.
"Who knows! It could be some brainwashed warrior, and the Germans love to do this. ”
Logan gave his own explanation, and some strange fragments still flashed through his mind.
In the battle just now, the gang on the opposite side was completely fearless of life and death, with great strength and a certain recovery ability, full of fangs, and the Tong Kong was still showing a red light in the faint light.
Like mutants, but neither of them is sure.
"I think there's something strange about this."
Logan pulled out a cigar and put it to his mouth.
Victor turned around and asked, "You also think they look like mutants?" ”
Logan shook his head slightly, "If it's just one of them, it might be a mutant, but with such a large scale, I'm not sure." ”
"Then leave it to Luke to worry about, isn't he very smart?"
Victor covered his ribs and said, there were a few good players in the crowd just now, and the attack power was really not weak.
Hearing this, Logan nodded slightly, this is the case, and it can only be like this.
Logan looked back at the bar, which was littered with corpses, frowned slightly, closed the door casually, and walked off into the distance with Victor.
A few minutes after the two left, the corpse on the ground suddenly trembled, and a thin man with sharp teeth struggled to crawl into the sewer.
Inside Chinatown, Luke frowned and looked at the two.
"What's the situation? Met a mutant? ”
Victor shook his head, "It's not a mutant, it's a mutant nest!" ”
"All of them are not afraid of death, their strength is much stronger than ordinary people, they also have fangs and claws, and occasionally they can make harsh sounds."
Victor recalled.
"Are you two drunk?"
Li Shunsheng hugged his shoulders and smiled, but got Victor's fierce appearance with bared teeth.
"Boy! You'd better be smart! If it were you, you wouldn't be able to get out of that bar at all! ”
This kind of physical description, with sharp teeth and claws, is it a werewolf?
Luke looked at Logan, who was silent, and said, "Tell me what you think." ”
Victor also looked at Logan, hoping that Logan would agree with his words.
Logan said: "It's very difficult, it's very strong, and it's not afraid of death, unlike humans." ”
Luke raised his eyebrows, "New York still hides this special kind of people?" Didn't you notice it on a day-to-day basis? ”
Nami shook her head slightly.
Li Shunsheng smiled bitterly and said, "We can't even get out of Chinatown, let alone these." ”
Turner thought for a moment and said, "I've heard of this in Germany, when night falls, and a strange group of people come together to sing and dance, but it's always accompanied by bloody slaughter and human death. ”
"We call them vampires."
"Vampires?"
Logan and Victor were a little stunned, this name was really familiar, as if they had heard it somewhere.
"Really?"
Li Shunsheng was skeptical.
Turner shrugged his shoulders, "It's just a legend, and I haven't really seen it yet." ”
Luke was silent for a while, it was not unusual for the mutant world to have vampires, and it was more important to determine which type of vampire it was.
"Where's the bar?"
Luke asked.
Logan moved his arm and said, "Just off Fourth Street, at the end of the alley, there's a well-decorated bar, and Victor and I thought it was the headquarters of the Italian mafia at first. ”
Luke: "It's not impossible, the U.S. top brass sees the mafia as part of the peacekeeping, and I think there should be other forces." ”
"Shall we take a look, then?"
Li Shunsheng continued.
Luke nodded, "Go and see, there should be some discoveries." ”
The six immediately decided to go back and check, and the two pitch-black sedans slowly drove out of Chinatown and walked according to Logan and Victor's instructions.
In the trunks of both cars were classic typewriter submachine guns and various high-explosive grenades, which Logan and Victor brought out of the barracks.
The car slowly stopped, and Nami pushed the car door, pinned the katana around her waist, and reached out to help Luke get out of the car.
The crowd gathered at the door.
Logan: "This is it. ”
At this time, the sky was still a little dark, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Luke frowned slightly, the smell of blood here was a little too heavy, and Li Shunsheng and Turner had already covered their noses.
"Go in and have a look."
With that, Luke walked in first.
Pushing open the door, I thought I would see corpses all over the ground, but who knew that there were only large thick blood stains, and I couldn't even see the fragments of the corpses.
"It can't be!"
Victor was shocked.
"I flashed them last night!"
Victor strode up and down the bar, but there was nothing but blood on the ground.
Luke looked at Logan, who was also shocked, and obviously, he was also surprised.
"Someone has been here."
Li Shunsheng pointed to the footprints on the ground, and there was a long trail of drag that extended all the way to the door, and then disappeared at the mouth of the sewer.
"This trace is only one person, according to Logan and Victor, there should be dozens of people here, all moved from such a trace?"
Nami disagreed.
Luke pondered for a moment and said, "Victor and Turner chased along the sewers, be careful all the way, and chase after us after checking the bar." ”
"Good!"
Victor answered, grabbed Turner's arm and walked out.
Luke looked at Logan and asked, "Are you sure everyone here is dead?" ”
Logan was confused, nodded and shook his head, "I'm not sure, I drank a lot in the middle of the night." ”
"Have you seen the cellar?"
Nami asked, poking her scabbard into the ground.
Logan shook his head slowly, "I didn't know there was a cellar. ”
Luke smiled at Nami, who raised an eyebrow and nodded.
"Shall I take a look?"
Li Shunsheng saw Nami's meritorious service, so he hurriedly asked.
Luke shook his head, "No, you go and grab the weapons in the car, and a few grenades with you, and stand guard at the door of the bar, and the three of us will go down and have a look." ”
"If a stranger appears, kill them!"
Li Shunsheng nodded slowly, and then ran towards the car.
Luke glanced at Nami, who took the initiative to lead the way.
The three of them slowly descended down the hallway, and Luke asked, "Logan, were you and Victor bitten by them?" ”
Logan stopped, revealing his arm, "I was bitten before, but now it's fixed." ”
Nami also stopped, slowly clenching the katana in her hand.
Logan narrowed his eyes and looked at Luke and asked, "Will it hurt anything?" ”
Luke looked at Nami and motioned to continue walking, and the three of them moved again.
"It is rumored that after being bitten by a vampire, you will also become a vampire, and in the future, you will feed on human blood, and you will not see the sun all year round, lose your sense of taste, and have a dark heart."
"Doesn't sound good."
Logan said as he lit his cigar.
Luke patted Logan on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I'll go back and give you a check-up." ”
Logan smiled wryly and nodded.
"Is Victor alright?"
Logan shook his head, "I don't know, it's better to check it too." ”
Luke nodded slightly, looking at the candle flame on the wall.
The further down you go, the more cold you feel.
Runes that clotted with blood began to appear on the walls, and Luke stared for a moment, mostly prayer and ritual runes.
"Here we are."
Nami said, looking at the red cellar door in front of her.
Logan nodded, consciously walking ahead.
Nami pulled out her katana and held it to Luke's side.
The three of them entered back and forth, and a cold air rushed into their faces.
As far as the eye can see, there is a pile of boxy coffins, well, western coffins, and there are gold filigree lines carved in gold.
Moreover, most of them are hidden, with a puddle of blood on the ground.
Logan flicked his hands, popped out his bone claws, and slowly walked inside.
Luke followed behind Logan, looking at the dense coffins around him, and Nami followed suit.
"There's a lot of space here!"
Logan was a little surprised, this was beyond the area of this bar.
"Then don't go yet, open one and take a look."
Hearing Luke's words, Logan also stopped, stared at Nami, and stopped in front of a tightly covered coffin.
There were also spikes scattered on the ground and a lot of blood.
"That's it?"
Logan asked.
"Hmm."
Luke nodded and took a step back.
Nami and Logan work together to lift the lid of the coffin, revealing the pale man inside.
The man was dressed in a blood-drenched suit with three blood marks on his chest.
"I remember him, he was killed, but how did he end up here?"
Logan said with a little surprise.
"If you see his fangs, he should be a vampire."
Luke said, pointing to the man's fangs.
"Or then?"
Nami made a gesture to wipe her neck.
Luke shook his head slightly, looked at Logan, and said, "You go up there and meet Li Shunsheng, take down all the grenades, and we'll blow this up." ”
"Blown up?!" Logan was surprised, "This is downtown!" ”
Luke pointed to the pile of coffins in front of him and said, "If you don't do it today, once they leave, it will be almost impossible to gather." ”
"Then we may not have enough grenades!"
Nami also struggled.
"Pump out all the gasoline in the car, fill up the wood here, and act quickly before dawn."
"Okay, be careful."
Logan answered, not refusing, and quickly turned around and walked up.
Luke looked at Nami again and said, "Are you sure it's just one floor here?" ”
Nami's face changed, and she quickly knocked the ground with a knife, and there was a hollow sound.
After searching for a while, the two found the entrance to the tunnel under an empty coffin.
The entrance to the tunnel is damp and narrow, making it difficult for a normal human to pass through.
"Do you want to go down?"
Nami asked.
Luke shook his head, "No, just wait and fill it with gas." ”
Nami nodded, and the two of them discussed the vampire in the coffin again.
"They're tinkering?"
Just now, the man's body has begun to recover, and the scars on the surface have begun to scab.
"Maybe, after all, this is a legendary fantasy race, and there will always be some strange places."
Luke replied.
"Aren't you a fantasy wizard?"
Nami remembered that Luke had slapped her soul with a palm.
"There's always nothing wrong with being cautious."
Luke smiled slightly, there are a lot of vampires here, and they are related to Italians, and Luke has every reason to believe that some of the elders of the mafia are also vampires.
Who can resist nearly a thousand years of life?
After a while, Logan and Li Shun came panting angrily, carrying them on their backs.
"There wasn't enough gasoline in the car, so I asked someone to go to a nearby gas station and buy some of them, so no one would notice."
Li Shunsheng replied.
Luke nodded, Li Shunsheng was indeed very steady.
"Pour gasoline into that hole, let's clean the cellar a bit, and then hurry away, it's almost dawn."
Luke lifted a bucket of gasoline and poured it on the coffin beside him, the smell of gasoline mixed with the smell of blood, making it harder to breathe in the air.
The four of them quickened their pace, scattered the grenades and gasoline, and headed upstairs.
In front of the door, Luke glanced at the manhole cover that had not yet been closed, and said, "The two of them haven't come back yet?" ”
Li Shunsheng said in a low voice: "No, there has been no movement, our explosion here will not have any effect on them, right?" ”
"No, the sewer is going there, it has nothing to do with the bar."
Nami reached out and pointed to the manhole cover in the distance, which was numbered after this manhole cover.
"Alright, you can go back first, and I'll take care of the rest."
"This?"
Li Shunsheng hesitated, and when he saw that Logan and Nami both turned around simply, he could only smile and say, "Boss, pay attention to safety." ”
Luke bowed slightly, and the three of them drove away.
Luke waited a little longer, reached out and drew a red rune in the air, flicked his fingers, and the rune flew into the bar, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a raging flame.
Luke turned and walked into the mirror space, disappearing into the alley.
At the same time, the manhole cover was quietly closed.
The flames rose into the sky, it was early in the morning, people were still asleep, Xiao Nan, who had been prepared, stood at the corner of the street and looked at the fire, and expected it for a while, and then began to notify the fire alarm.
By this time, the flames had already dyed the morning glow red.