Chapter 30: The Third Vampire

Fang Cheng normally ate at high speed, but never this fast.

Kanzaki Rin had barely managed to slurp a few udon noodles with her chopsticks before he emptied his entire bowl – broth included – while wolfing down grilled squid and takoyaki.

Even Kanzaki Rin, accustomed to his eating habits, gaped alongside the stunned stall owner.

“Why the rush? Nobody’s stealing your food…”

Wiping his mouth, Fang Cheng stood and shot her a look. “Quit stalling. It’s moving.”

“What do you… *cough*!”

The shock made Kanzaki Rin choke mid-sentence. By the time she recovered, Fang Cheng was already walking away. She hurried after him, pausing only to slap an Asian Yuan on the table. “Keep it.”

The owner inspected the bill and yelled, “Hey! This isn’t enou—”

But the pair had already vanished.

…

Back in their car, Kanzaki Rin revved the engine, steering toward Fang Cheng’s pointed direction.

“When did you detect the target?” she demanded.

Fang Cheng focused on tracing the blood-scent lingering in the air. “When we parked earlier.”

“And you still dragged me to eat?!”

“Eyes on the road,” he warned as she glared.

“Why not tell me immediately?”

*If I had, would you’ve paid for my lunch?*

He shrugged. “It wasn’t moving. Needed noodles to calm my nerves.”

“As if I’d believe that!”

Her jaw tightened. The bastard had tricked her into buying his meal while her own udon went cold.

Infuriated, she slammed the accelerator. The car lurched forward, tires screeching through narrow streets.

“Trying to get us killed?!” Fang Cheng braced himself. “Ease off!”

Reluctantly, she slowed. Fang Cheng’s sense of smell tracked the vampire roughly 800 meters ahead. One wrong move could alert it.

His detection range spanned a kilometer. As long as the creature stayed within that radius, Kanzaki Rin’s preparations would handle the rest.

During his three-day training, she hadn’t been idle – gathering equipment, planning contingencies, readying for battle.

The trunk of the car automatically opened a palm-width gap. Several bird-sized micro-drones immediately flew out, soaring over the vehicle toward the streets ahead.

These special forces micro-drones served only for reconnaissance, boasting silent operation and optical camouflage that made them nearly undetectable to ordinary eyes.

At Kanzaki Rin’s reminder, Fang Cheng retrieved a tablet from the backseat. The screen displayed real-time footage from the drones, along with 3D environmental models built from their scans – allowing precise monitoring of their surroundings.

Since Kanzaki Rin was driving, drone control fell to Fang Cheng. Fortunately, the simple interface required minimal instruction.

Guiding the drones using scent coordinates from his enhanced smell, Fang Cheng simultaneously monitored their car’s speed. Intensifying blood scent meant closing distance, while fading odor signaled separation – requiring intense concentration to balance.

The drones soon reached their destination, identifying multiple speeding vehicles as suspects. After eliminating crowded cars, they locked onto a black sedan containing only its driver.

The driver wore a baseball cap, sunglasses, mask, thick jacket, and gloves – even while gripping the steering wheel. Fang Cheng instantly recognized the vampire. Anyone dressed like this in daylight clearly had something to hide.

“Target acquired!” Fang Cheng activated auto-tracking on the sedan.

Kanzaki Rin kept her eyes forward. “Did it detect us?”

“Unlikely.” Fang Cheng studied the drone feed. “No signs of panic. Maintaining steady speed.”

Still, he had Kanzaki Rin slow down, exiting scent detection range. With drones locked on, relying less on his smell reduced exposure risk.

The vampire’s car left downtown, passing through towns before reaching desolate suburbs. Abandoned buildings lined the route – emptied of youth fleeing economic collapse and monster threats, now housing only elderly holdouts and homeless squatters.

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The lengthy drive lasted until sunset when the sedan entered an abandoned warehouse. Infrared-equipped drones followed silently.

Parking roadside, Kanzaki Rin and Fang Cheng watched the feed. The vampire opened his trunk to reveal a bound, gagged female high school student. Though she shrank back in terror, he dragged her out effortlessly.

Expecting bloody feeding, the pair instead saw the vampire haul her deep into the warehouse. Drones maintained distance – even silent and camouflaged, approaching too close risked alerting the creature.

After retrieving two food bags from his car, the vampire carried his captive to a locked warehouse room. Producing a key, he threw both girl and groceries inside before entering himself and relocking the door.

The brief door opening revealed a shocking sight – the room contained multiple captives. Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin exchanged glances. This wasn’t a simple feeding – the vampire was farming humans for sustainable blood supply.

Within two minutes, the vampire emerged dragging a shriveled female corpse – a blood-drained college student with papery white skin. He unceremoniously dumped the body in a stinking ditch outside, unconcerned about discovery.