"!!!"
Hearing what Shion said, Liz Baife suddenly became excited.
"You mean the vampire? The 'Vallachia Nights'?"
"Yes." Shion took a deep breath and nodded vigorously.
"How do you know that?"
"'Vallachia Nights'; real name is Zepia Eltram Oberon."
"Altram?"
"Yes, he is my ancestor and the sinner of the Eltram family. I have been tracking him for three years. Three years ago, I failed to defeat him. This time, I must—"
"Um, sorry to interrupt."
Before Shion finished expressing her determination, a weak voice was heard. It was Yumatsuka Satsuki.
"He's going to run away."
Shion and Liz Baife turned their heads and saw the killer, who should have been dying, suddenly get up from the ground and stagger towards the alley entrance. The three women were deep in the alley, and Liz Baife's fall just now had thrown the killer not far from the alley entrance.
"Oh no!" Shion reacted instantly, "He is the phantom of 'Tatari', not a human—"
If it was a human, Lizbeth's throw would be enough to deprive him of all his mobility. But the illusion created by "Valachia Night" was another matter. It was a collection of "rumors" and "malicious intelligence", and finally concluded. The entity that was manifested through Shiki's sealed memories was a polymer of spirit particles, and could not be measured by human standards at all.
If he is not completely destroyed, it won't be long before he recovers as before.
"Is this the time to say this? Chase!"
Without waiting for Shion to say anything, Liz Baife had already taken a big step forward.
"Oh, oh." Shion quickly suppressed the regret in her heart, and at the same time controlled the desire to explain, and rushed out at the fastest speed.
"Wait for me." May, who had no idea what was going on in this world, followed for some reason.
To say that they are keeping up is not quite accurate. The physical fitness of the three determines the gap between them.
Liz Baife is one of the top ten fighters in the church. Even though her weight including equipment exceeds 500Kg, her speed can easily break the Olympic record.
Shion is an alchemist from the Atlas Academy, skilled in alchemy, with average physical abilities, of course, average here is compared to knights like Lizbeife, but compared to ordinary people, she is still much stronger.
Finally, there is Yumizuka Satsuki, an ordinary person. Although he exercises regularly and is considered relatively strong among his peers, he is only relatively strong and does not meet the standards of an athlete, let alone compared with Shion and Lizzie Phoebe.
If they continue running at this speed, in less than ten seconds, the three of them will be far apart, and they will lose sight of each other in a minute at most.
However, this scene did not happen, because at the moment when the killer was about to escape from the alley, a person suddenly walked by the alley, a woman, a girl with beautiful long black hair.
"Get out of the way." The murderer roared and instinctively swung the knife towards the woman's throat.
However, there seemed to be more unexpected things tonight.
The seemingly weak girl's movements were even faster than the killer's. She raised her leg and kicked the killer's abdomen with her sandal-clad feet, knocking him to the ground. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water. Without years of hard training, it would be impossible to have such a crisp movement.
After knocking the man down, the slender girl seemed to react and looked at the killer lying on the ground with a puzzled look on her face: "I... was attacked? Wait, how did this attacker... "
Just as the girl was about to get closer to check, a boy wearing glasses ran over, holding two cans in his arms, and said as he ran:
"Akiha, I bought coffee, huh? Is there anything in the alley?"
Handing the coffee to Qiu Ye, the boy looked into the alley. Then, he saw a familiar face that he saw at least 200 days out of 365 days a year.
"Tono-san." The other party was obviously familiar with him as well.
"Yuzuka? Why are you here? And who are these two..."
After spending a long time with Orange, Shiki, Shinji and others, Shiki is no longer the newbie who knew almost nothing about the mysterious world in "Tsukihime". He has a good understanding of both the Japanese mainland and the Western mysterious world, and can easily see the abnormalities of Shion and Lizbeif.
"Tono-san, is this the real Tono-san?"
Mayu asked timidly, while Shiki looked confused.
"Why do you ask? Is there a fake me?"
"Brother." Akiha beside him pulled at the corner of Shiki's clothes and pointed at the ground.
There was a person there, dressed the same as Shiki, with the same hairstyle, no, even his face was exactly the same - this person just raised his head and looked at Shiki.
"Huhu, I didn't expect to see you here, what's going on tonight?"
Shiki was stunned at that moment.
Qiu Ye asked, "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my brother?"
"Impersonating? I'm not impersonating. I'm your brother." The murderer wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and got up from the ground.
"Shut up." Qiu Ye's expression turned cold in an instant, "I only have one brother, and you are not allowed to insult him."
"Oh, how heartless, Qiuye, I—"
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud "bang" and another kick.
"I told you to shut up!"
It was not a reflexive self-defense, but a whip-like kick mixed with anger. The killer held his stomach and fell to the ground.
"What a beautiful shot, worthy of being my sister, just like me—"
"You're looking for death!!!" The black hair moved without wind, and the ends of the hair turned from black to red, and the posture was just like in the local legend.
"Hongye's ghost!!!" May exclaimed, shuddering subconsciously, "It turns out that Miss Qiuye is-"
"Autumn leaves."
Shiki came to his senses by now and patted his sister's shoulder gently to calm her down before fixing his eyes on the killer.
"Who are you? And what is your connection with the recent events?"
"I am you." The killer coughed up blood and clenched the knife in his hand. "I am your sin, your unknown dark side, and your inner desire for blood and killing."
"Really?" Shiki said noncommittally.
"No matter how calm you appear, no matter whether you admit it or not, you cannot conceal the darkness and desire in your heart. I am its embodiment. Come, fight with me, liberate that desire, liberate your truest self!!!"
Although the killer's words were crazy, they carried a magical power that bewitched people.
Shiki involuntarily reached up to hold his glasses, as if intending to take them off.