Chapter 26: Jerusalem
In the early hours of the morning, at 01:15, the foggy white rose neighborhood.
A woman with brown curly hair rolled up her trench coat, took a breath of hot air into her hand, and complained in her mouth: "The temperature difference between day and night is too big, I am still wearing a shirt during the day, and I have to add clothes at night, I really want to end this damn patrol mission quickly, go home, drink a glass of hot milk, and then hold my pillow to sleep, staying up late is the number one enemy of beauty, isn't it, Befa~"
Another woman is meticulous with a flashlight in her hand, her long straight hair hanging down to her waist swaying as she walks, her melon seed face, thin lips, willow eyebrows, double eyelids, high nose bridge, slightly dark red pupils, obviously very Western-looking, but with an oriental-style black long straight hair, anyone who sees it can't help but let out an exclamation of 'oh hoo'.
"Alright, don't complain Susan, patrol well, and in two days it will be the other people's turn to be on the night shift." Belfati replied, reassuring her companion, knowing in her heart that Susan, although she usually likes to be lazy, is not just complaining about these words now, she may also be afraid.
It's natural to be afraid, and the White Rose neighborhood has recently had a series of disappearances, and the next day the disappearance will turn into a serial murder case.
Since no contact with the supernatural powers was found, and initially suspected to be man-made, the Midwinter Police Department took over the investigation of these serial cases, but just a few days later, the police officers disappeared one after another, and then the bodies were found, and finally had to be reported to apply for a joint investigation by the Knights.
While Belfati and Susan were not full members of the Order, and their current title was Cadet Knight, they had participated in the operation as an intern, having not yet graduated from the Royal Academy, and this was now roughly the equivalent of a vacation internship for college students.
This kind of dangerous mission was originally not their turn to do, but Belfati ran into trouble on the first day of joining the Knights, and was punished for bumping into her superiors, she was not convinced, so she proposed to have an honor duel with the other party, the other party was a silver knight of the transcendent second order, so for the sake of fairness, the shackles were used to suppress the power.
Then Belfati won......
Although he won, he also got into a big disaster...... By the way, Susan was also angry that she was late for the first day, and they were sent to the Queen's Quarter to patrol the night shift, without even a first-order transcendent accompanying them.
When she took the initiative to apply, she was even more embarrassed and ridiculed, and the other party smiled and said that her duel victory was about it, and after talking eloquently, she came to the conclusion that this kind of trivial matter will not be difficult for you.
Belfati did not regret her actions, her so-called trouble was just that she did not salute the noble knights, and was made difficult by the other party in every way.
Although she did not regret it, she could not help but feel disappointed in the knights, who were now full of class solidification and almost reduced to the captivity of the nobility.
How much she once longed for glory as a Knight of the Round Table, but now how disappointed and sighed.
A cold wind blew out.
Belfati was slightly stunned, shook his head, and retracted some of his thoughts.
After three days of patrolling, nothing was found...... If it is really artificial, there is a high probability that there is no guts to attack the members of the Knights.
"It's foggy, let's speed up, Susan."
She spoke, but received no response from her friend's distinctively nasal voice.
"Susan?"
Looking back, there was no one behind her.
The white fog gradually rose, and in the darkness, the light could not penetrate the white fog, and there was no one behind it.
Belfati held her breath.
Alone in the streets in the middle of the night, this thick white fog, this strange neighborhood, this eerie atmosphere......
She secretly said badly.
The current situation cannot be inferred by common sense, is it really that he was targeted by the other party and regarded as a hunting target?
She immediately grasped the weapon hanging from her waist, a knight's sword...... However, because she has not yet stepped into the transcendental, this knight's sword does not actually have a blade, it is a spare item borrowed from the knights, and no one's name has been engraved on it, so naturally it will not be opened.
So her real certainty still comes from the pistol she carries with her, the P299 pistol, with a caliber of 9mm, a magazine capacity of 12 rounds, and an effective range of 50 meters.
Firearms are basically one-hit kills against people, and as long as they are not transcendental, a single bullet can send the offender to their God.
If it's really transcendent, you'll have to use this knight's sword, or just run away without looking back...... Although it may not be possible to run away.
Belfati gritted his teeth and carefully observed his surroundings, since he had lost his way, the best thing to do was not to move around.
"This white mist ......"
She began to think that the appearance of the fog might have something to do with her sudden loss, but the fog in the middle of winter was a perennial fog.
She suddenly heard footsteps, turned around and raised the muzzle of her gun and shouted, "What people! ”
Through a layer of white mist, she noticed the sound of footsteps coming from an alleyway, and the sound of leather shoes tapping on the ground was very rhythmic.
The other party didn't make a sound, just walked out of the alley plainly.
Belfati also stepped back cautiously towards the rear, keeping his distance.
Still not sure who the other party is...... Is it the enemy, the transcendent, or the ordinary?
Without figuring it out, she didn't dare and couldn't shoot at will.
Soon, the back figure walked out of the alleyway, through the thick white fog, appeared in the sight, because the moonlight was dim, the fog was thick, she was a little unable to see the other party's face for a while, only noticed that he was wearing a capable suit to set off his tall and slender figure, the suit was embroidered with some lines that she didn't recognize with golden silk threads, as if it was some kind of text, the other party's right hand held a civilized staff, the top of the staff was a golden lion's head shape, and the hand holding the cane was clean and slender.
The visitor exudes a unique and transcendent temperament all over her body, giving her the first feeling of mystery and the second feeling of being very charming.
This outfit is very much in line with the aesthetics of Westerners, but I don't know what it looks like......
No, no, what are you thinking? Is this the time to care?
Belfati lowered the muzzle of the gun fifteen degrees, she didn't smell blood from this person, she instinctively felt that he didn't look like a murderer, but the other party came from a mysterious background, and he didn't look like an ordinary person who was lost, and ordinary people would not hang out in the white rose neighborhood in the middle of the night in a formal suit.
"Who are you?"
She continued to keep her voice low, trying to show that she was calm enough instead of acting like a frightened little girl...... Although she has only just reached adulthood this year, she is still a freshman at the Royal Academy.
"Hmph..."
Belfati heard a low grunt in the other person's throat, nasal with the mellow voice of an adult, a unique voice that made her eardrums feel as if she was being killed by a horse, and her scalp instantly tingled, as if an electric current was running through her back, and she almost ignored what the man said.
"I didn't expect to meet a lady here, and I didn't expect that the lady I met was actually ......"
The young man took a step forward, through the white mist, his handsome features like jade in the moonlight, and he smiled and greeted: "Good evening, Miss Jerusalem." ”
Belfati's gaze was in a trance for a moment.
If it weren't for the inappropriate scene, if it wasn't for the first time that the visitor was coming, she would have wondered if she was on a date now, and not here for the night patrol.
And Jerusalem ...... Who's that?
Do you know me? If so, why is it called by another name?
"Ahem...... I'm sorry. ”
The young man coughed dryly and took the initiative to apologize: "Should I call you Miss Tifa?" ”
"Who is Tifa?"
Belfati's muzzle dropped thirty degrees again, aimed at the opponent's knee, and she corrected with a strange look: "My name is Belfati Lockhart Hydra." ”
"Belfati ......"
The young man held his chin and carefully looked at the other party's cheeks: "Isn't it Tifa in reverse?" ”
Belfati's face turned red after being looked at for thirty seconds, first he looked away and then looked away, and finally raised his gun unbearably: "Staring at a lady is not the behavior of a gentleman!" ”
The young man smiled and raised his hand: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's too similar, it's wrong...... If you look closely, the similarity is very high, but it's really not the same person. ”
"The same person?"
"The Jerusalem of my heart." The young man sighed and laughed at himself: "Maybe I will never have the opportunity to see each other again in my life." ”
Belfati's heart jumped: "What do you mean ......?"
The moment she asked, she suddenly saw the young man's face change, and immediately grabbed her wrist.
"What are you going to do!"
"Get out of the way!"
With the sound of a misfire, Belfati was pushed away, and the moment she fell to the ground, she saw the back of her original position, one hand tore through the white mist, and the claw-like blade stabbed directly into the young man's location.
In an instant, it was submerged in the end, and it was disemboweled.
The young man with his outstanding temperament immediately fell to the ground, his chest burst, and he saw that he could no longer live.
And the murderer of the attack let out a strange laugh, creaking like a madman, he was very tall, half-squatting and still a height of one meter five.
Belfati looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't react for a while, but after reacting, he immediately aimed at the attacker and pulled the trigger, but all the bullets were submerged in the white mist and missed.
Good speed.
How can this monster look so much like the ripper in the shadows! However, the ripper is a shadow species above the second order, and it is not something that he can deal with, and this one should not seem to be of the second order, otherwise there is no need to dodge bullets at all.
Once again, she sensed the deadly attack, and before she could even express her guilt for the man who had just saved her life, she took a quick glance at where he had fallen to the ground, and then drew the knight's sword at her waist.
Bell Bell ——!
Several successive impacts struck, and she resisted, but very reluctantly.
Belfati's swordsmanship is also one of the best in the same class, but this monster doesn't have any swordsmanship, relying on pure speed and strength, in the white mist, she can't see the opponent's position clearly, and she can't judge the trajectory of the shot and the route of attack, she can only stand the knight's sword for passive defense, and her physical energy is constantly consumed.
If it doesn't go on like this, I'll ......
Will die......
The moment the thought came to mind, her arm trembled for a moment, and at the same time, the xenos that had attacked in the darkness had already pounced on her, and the white mist was torn apart.
There was a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth, and the knight's sword flew out of his hand and fell to the ground.
Without defense, at this moment, she could almost smell the rotten breath of death.
Instead of closing her eyes, she raised her hands, unwilling to wait for death even though she knew she would die.
The sound of hurried footsteps was like the beating of a drum, tuk tuk tuk ......
The next moment, a right leg rose into the air and kicked directly on the side face of the xenomorph, and it flew out on the spot with Xuan'er, hitting the wall on one side, as if hearing a crisp bone cracking sound.
Belfati was stunned, she almost collapsed on the ground, and looked at the young man who had reappeared in sight in surprise, only to feel unbelievable.
He was obviously pierced through the chest by a blade, and his heart should have been torn apart, why was he still alive?
Bai Yu tore open the collar, pulled down the tie, and then wrapped it around the back of his hand, tied it into a simple fist belt, and immediately flicked the civilization staff in his hand, which instantly changed into a spear with a black shading golden lion.
Dropping his somewhat obstructive trench coat, he dragged his spear as he walked towards the xenomorph.
"You're tired of killing me thirty-seven times?"
"How dare you attack the Jerusalem lady in my heart!"
"If I don't raise your ashes today, I'll change your surname."