Chapter III
Inside the house, seeing Blatter walk in, Jude, who had been hanging his head in the corner, slowly raised his face: "I know you will definitely come." ”
Without speaking, Blatter came up to him, sat down, and looked at him silently.
"Are you here to let me out?"
Blatter shook his head: "No, I won't do it, it's the result of your own choice." ”
"Good." Jude laughed, and he muttered, "You're finally a little bit like a real Blood." ”
Immediately afterward, his eyes suddenly became eager: "Listen carefully, Blatter, there is something I must tell you. ”
Sensing the change in Jude's expression, Blatter frowned, "Are you planning something?" ”
Jude suddenly became irritable: "Damn, can't you see it?" I have no hope, even if you let me go, it will only be a waste, I don't need your mercy. But if I have to die, then you are the only one entitled to know the secret. ”
Sensing that Jude wasn't playing tricks, Blatter stopped talking. By this time Jude had continued, "Listen, do you know why I have been planning to kill you? It's not because of the feud between the feast and the camarilla, but I have to, because only by killing you can I reach true wholeness. ”
"What!?" Blatter looked at him in surprise.
Looking into Blatter's eyes, Jude said word by word: "Our relationship is not just the literal word 'brother', we are one, twins divided into two." Two can only live one, this is already predestined from the moment we were made, brother..."
Unsure of whether he was shocked by what Jude said, or because of the "brother" he called out to him again, Blatter looked at him in astonishment, as if he didn't know how to react.
Jude couldn't help but laugh: "Surprised, huh?" Same as when I first found out. We are miracles, the result of the Bloodline's challenge to the Creator, but fate still played a huge joke on us, we should be one person, a perfect person, but now, it is divided into me and you. ”
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said slowly: "Now, kiss me, I will be one with you and become a complete individual." ”
"......" Blatter listened quietly, his expression unchanged, as Jude had said that it had nothing to do with him. It wasn't until a long time before he shook his head firmly: "No, I refuse." ”
"Why?" Jude was surprised.
Blatter said calmly, "Maybe what you said is true, but I don't want to do it. I'm Blatter, and that's it, I don't want to be anything else, even though that might be perfect. ”
Looking at Blatter in disbelief, Jude became angry: "You idiot, do you think it's noble to say that?" Can it satisfy your poor, meaningless self-esteem? I'm telling you, if you really want to save the entire Bloodline, you have to! ”
Without waiting for Blatter to speak, he continued: "You and I are each other's appearance, with the same essence, but with very different appearances, and this is also the basic relationship between the Demon Banquet and Camarilla. Listen, we are the essence of their ideas, so from the day you and I were born, the Demon Feast and Camarilla, which have existed for thousands of years, are destined to perish, so you and I become one, and it is also the moment when the blood clan reaches wholeness. ”
This time, Blatter could no longer turn a deaf ear to Jude's words, and he was surprised: "What did you say? ”
Jude looked at him sarcastically, "Why do you think the Demon Banquet will honor me as king?" For I am the hope they have been looking for for millennia, just as you are Camarilla's. Remember, Pared is by no means a disdain for you because of that pitiful affection, you are to Camarilla what I am to the Demon Feast. In other words, you are the most important tool for Pared to realize his ambitions! ”
"No... How is this possible, how can there be such a thing? Blatter was confused, not only because he had heard of an unprecedented secret, but also because Jude's words had erased the bonds that had existed in his heart for a long time. To Camarilla, to Parid, to the entire Bloodline.
Why am I so special? Now I understand, because I'm just a tool...
Blatter's confusion seemed to make Jude very happy, and he giggled, "Do you still need proof?" Then I tell you, these things you should have known as well as I did, but it is clear that Pared did not tell you. Otherwise, he should respect you as a 'king' now, brother." ”
"Say no more!" Bratt interrupted him with a loud shout.
Jude didn't stop at all, he continued to say in a mocking tone, "Didn't you always want to save the Bloodline? Or is it just a sign of your hypocrisy? If you and I can't become one, the Bloodlines will remain the status quo forever, which is why Camarilla and the Feast joined forces to create us in the first place, because the process was painful, but necessary. Especially in the current form, there is only one way to die if the blood clan continues to be divided. ”
"I'm not reconciled, but I've already lost, otherwise this great cause should not have been done by you who are indecisive. I have to say that your Chinese monster friend has extraordinary abilities, and it was he, not you, who defeated me. If you can have half the decision, maybe I'll be a little better..."
As he spoke, Jude looked at Blatter again: "Anyway, kiss me immediately!" ”
"No..."Blatter covered his head in pain: "It shouldn't be like this, you are my brother, the only person in this world who has the same physique as me, I can't do this..."
As he spoke, he raised his head, his eyes flashing with futile hope: "Let me let you go, maybe my demon-sucking sword can cure you..."
"Wake up, Blat!" Jude's eyes were full of anxiety and anger: "It's not a question of whether you want to or not, but you have to do it!" Do you want the Bloodlines to continue to divide and be wiped out by humanity in this stupid war? If you don't have the ambition to make the Bloodline the Lord of Everything, fine, you can not do it, it just represents your cowardice. But if you give up your only chance to save the Bloodlines because of those pathetic self-pity and watch vampires become a term of history, then you are a sinner and you will be forever cursed by me in the deepest part of Hell! ”
Blatter's face turned extremely pale, he trembled all over, and his inner struggle was clearly reflected on his face. Perhaps there has never been a moment when a choice has been so difficult and meant so much pain.
Seeing that Blatter was finally shaken, Jude shouted fiercely: "Blatter, hurry up!" Don't make me make senseless sacrifices, it's not worth it! Do you want me to be taken somewhere by Zhang Lie and become a guinea pig for experiments? If you really think of me as a brother, kiss me, abandon those senseless emotions, and become a real blood from now on! ”
Blatter closed his eyes in pain: "I have already decided to retreat, but I still can't escape after all..."
Suddenly, Blatter's eyes turned blood-red, the muscles on his face tensed, and the two vampire teeth in his open mouth were clearly visible. With a muffled roar in his throat like a beast, he threw himself on Jude and bit him on the neck.
His body shook suddenly, and Jude immediately smiled with satisfaction. Ignoring that Blatter was sucking his blood, he said slowly, "Let me tell you one last thing, you should know very well that the birthplace of our blood clan is in Romania. Do you know why the dragons will stick to Romania and not leave no matter how driven by humans? They're guarding something, and it's a sacred relic of our bloodline. Remember, it's very important, and retrieving the Bible of the Feast, combined with the Camarilla piece, will reveal to you the greatest secrets of our Kindred. Find him, Blatter ......"
Jude's voice grew deeper and deeper, and at last it became a whisper. At the same time, a hazy white light began to envelop the two of them, reflecting the entire room in a faint light and shadow, and the center of the light group was rhythmically closed and drummed like life, making a slight "bang" sound like auditory hallucinations.
At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and Zhang Lie walked in: "Blatter, what's the matter, I saw light in this room just now..." His voice paused suddenly, and he looked at Blatter who was biting Jude's neck in amazement.
Glancing at Zhang Lie with a triumphant smile, Jude whispered in Blatter's ear, "Whether you want it or not, from this moment on, you are no longer Blatter." Keeping this in mind, my... King. ”
As he spoke, a gust of night wind blew in through the open door of the cave, and Jude's body was like ashes, scattered with the wind, and soon disappeared completely.
As if he hadn't recovered from the shock he saw, Zhang Lie still looked inside the room and didn't speak. Slowly, motionless, Blatter shrugged and finally stood up.
From the outside, he didn't have any significant changes, his gaze was still so calm, as if the confusion and pain of the moment before sucking Jude had completely dissolved into him like a river flowing into the sea.
Turning around, Blatter's eyes were as if they were out of focus, and although he was staring ahead, he was blind to Zhang Lie. In the middle of the night, as if unconsciously, he rolled up the sleeve of his left hand.
"Brother Zhang Lie, that's?" Xiao Yu, who was next to Zhang Lie, immediately let out a low voice.
Zhang Lie nodded, indicating that he had also seen it. Blatter's entire upper left arm, at this moment, a dark red, complex pattern of the strange tattoo, although I don't know it, but Zhang Lie always feels that he has seen it somewhere.
"Blatter, what's going on?" Zhang Lie said in a deep voice.
Slightly stunned, it seemed that he had only come back to his senses at this time, and Blatter's eyes began to condense. Finally, he saw Zhang Lie and said like a dream, "I, I killed Jude." ”
For a moment, Zhang Lie showed an expression that was trying his best to suppress a certain emotion. Taking a slow breath, he said in a calm and trembling voice, "Why, I thought you knew how important Jude was to me. ”
"Yes, I know that." Brazz nodded.
"Then why are you doing this!" Suddenly, Zhang Lie's eyes widened, and he asked loudly with a thunderous roar.
His voice carried a terrifying outburst of suppression, and in an instant, it seemed that the whole world echoed with this roar. The whole room shook in unison, and the window glass shattered.
Xiao Yu covered her ears tightly, her face full of horror. But it's not because it's too loud, it's because of Zhang Lie's anger, what a terrible kind of power this is...
For the first time in so many years, she saw Zhang Lie out of control.
Blatter calmly faced Zhang Lie's anger, which made Zhang Lie even more angry. He gasped twice, and suddenly he screamed, and with a swing of his crossed arm, the wall on his right completely collapsed with a thud. Zhang Lie's eyes began to be bloodshot, and as a series of incantations silently came out, his palms began to burst into a blazing white light.
Blatter remained motionless, as if waiting for Zhang Lie's next move.
Glaring at Blatter viciously, Zhang Lie took two steps closer to him. In an instant, the blazing light in his hand slashed a shining trajectory in mid-air, and Zhang Lie shot at Blatter.
"No..."Xiao Yu covered her mouth tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.
In the face of Zhang Lie's slap, Blatter did not dodge or dodge, as if he intended to offset his guilt in this way. However, at the moment when this palm almost touched his body, Zhang Lie's wrist twisted.
"Ahh With a wild scream, he slapped his palm to the ground.
Rumble! There was a loud bang, and in an instant, it was like an earthquake, and the whole room shook. With a series of cracks, from Zhang Lie's palm, countless thick cracks spread throughout the room, crawling all over the walls and ceiling.
The next moment, the whole house collapsed, and countless cracked cement bricks and tiles fell like a rain of rain, and smoke and dust rose everywhere. Blatter still stood quietly, oblivious to all this.
Xiao Yu looked at the two of them worriedly, she didn't dare to speak, because she understood how heavy the blow just now was to Zhang Lie, and now there was no room for her to interject here!
Gradually, Zhang Lie finally calmed down a lot because he found an outlet for his anger, and his heavy breathing slowly calmed down. The breath that was suppressed was like a file scraping the air one by one.
Zhang Lie is Zhang Lie after all, even in the fury just now, he can still maintain the last shred of sanity. Therefore, he still did not make a move to Blatter after all.
When he got up, Zhang Lie no longer saw a trace of resentment on his face, but with something elusive: "Blatter, why did you do this?" You should know what it means to me to lose Jude. ”
After a pause of silence, Blatter whispered, "When you need it, I'll make amends." ”
"Then, I hope you remember what you just said..."A trace of complicated brilliance flashed in Zhang Lie's eyes.
At the same time, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he remembered where he had seen Blatter's tattoo.
It's the parchment scroll that was taken from the feast! On the parchment scroll filled with the intricacies of the Blood's intricate writing, there was one such mark at the very top. Zhang Lie didn't know what this meant for Blatter, but he knew very well that there must have been an amazing change in Blatter.
"Do you still need my help?" Blatter asked.
Zhang Lie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I needed to, but Jude is no longer there..."
Blatter nodded apologetically, "Then I'm going back." ”
After taking two steps, he suddenly turned around: "Zhang Lie, I still need you to give me something." ”
Zhang Lie felt that he had no strength to get angry, he just said helplessly: "Didn't you take enough from me tonight?" ”
Blatter said with some eagerness: "It's important to me, I hope you can..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Lie had already taken out the parchment scroll from his arms and handed it to him: "Take it, who told me to be soft-hearted?" ”
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lie knew what he wanted, Blatter was stunned for a moment, and then took it. Carefully squeezing the yellowed parchment, his eyes swept over the tattoo on the top that was exactly the same as his own, Jude's words sounded in his head again: It will reveal to you the greatest secret of the Bloodline...
"Why, why me." Blatter asked with difficulty in his heart: "Since birth, I have endured the pain of longing for blood, and the first one to suck it was my younger brother..."
It's a pity that no one can give him an answer.
Looking at him, Xiao Yu said worriedly, "Brother Blat, are you okay?" ”
Awakened suddenly, Blatter subconsciously shook his head; "Ah, it's fine. I'm really leaving. ”
"Precious." Zhang Lie patted him on the shoulder suddenly.
"The same goes for you."
Leaving these words, Blatter walked into the night without looking back.
"Blatter, one day in the future, I hope you can forgive me for what I did to you like me today..."Looking at Blatter's back gradually moving away, Zhang Lie said in his heart.