Chapter 10

In the bar, Messillon sits up straight while Bonuwa drinks with his head down. As soon as Oceania leaves, both of them stand up, relieved to escape the dreary atmosphere of their two-person world.

Oceania takes off his suit jacket and wraps the black cat inside it. He hands it to Messillon and says, "Take good care of it and don't touch it."

Messillon carefully holds the bottom of the suit jacket.

The black cat lifts its paw and tries to crawl out of the jacket, but Oceania uses his finger to push it back in, saying, "Stay in the room and don't run around. Don't forget that there's a dish called 'Italian-style roasted cat meat'."

Bonuwa, feeling neglected, can't help but interject, "I heard that during the war, because of hunger..."

Oceania interrupts him, "Many people think they're in a war just by rolling up their sleeves and throwing punches, some think they're African refugees after eating two meals of vegetables, and some think the whole world is queueing up to lick their pot just by picking up a recipe. You think this world is already strange enough, but it will only get stranger than you think."

Bonuwa struggles to digest this speech and finally asks Messillon, "What does that mean?"

Messillon holds the cat, which has become much more obedient, and says, "It understands, that's enough."

Bonuwa says nothing.

Leaving the bar, Messillon takes the black cat to the car, while Bonuwa is forced to take the driver's seat. Oceania waves goodbye to them, and Bonuwa pokes his head out and says, "Aren't you coming with us? Italy is dangerous at night, there are mafia here."

Oceania says, "That's Sicily."

"They wear shoes," Bonuwa replies.

"I have teeth," Oceania says, "I can bite anywhere."

...

Talking to vampires is the most boring thing ever! Either you have nothing to say, or they have nothing to say to you.

Bonuwa shrinks his head and starts the car in frustration.

Gothic church.

The cross stands tall on the spire, blending into the night. A cross-century oil lamp shines in front of the church, teasingly flickering in the playful breeze, blurring the figure that has come from afar.

Oceania walks up to the door of the church and pushes it open with his hand. The narrow shadow falls diagonally on the ground, pointing the way forward.

Directly in front, there is a tall cross with a faint golden glow above it. In the glow, there seems to be a bloated figure, but upon closer inspection, it appears to be nothing.

Oceania lifts his foot and slowly walks to the front row of the church bench, sitting on the left.

Suddenly, the piano in front and to the right begins to play a smooth and beautiful melody on its own.

Oceania nonchalantly rolls up his sleeve.

The dancing keys of the piano suddenly stop, and a soft and gentle voice echoes in the light on the cross, "Do not worry, do not be anxious. God hears the troubles of every person in the world, including yours. Your troubles will disappear in the future."

Oceania remains silent.

"So far, everything you have done has fallen into the eyes of God and received His approval. Your efforts have not been in vain. While seeking forgiveness for yourself, you have also gained a new life. "

Oceania raised her hand and pinched her brow: "I give up. It's unrealistic to expect you to be concise and save time on your own."

"If you like this style, I can also cooperate." The figure in the light was vague and intermittent. "I came to you for two things. One is to thank you for cooperating with Lilith's actions. The second is to hope that you will once again show your skills and rescue the witch who has fallen into the hands of the church and send her back to hell."

"It's not for free." Oceania said.

"Of course, as I said before, everything you do is in the eyes of God..."

"I don't care." Oceania interrupted impatiently. "After becoming a vampire, I have only seen the upright cross in the water."

"What you see now is the real one."

"There is not much difference from the inverted cross."

"The difference is huge. Don't you think the horizontal bar becomes lower when it's upside down, like someone's pants falling down?"

"..."

"Also, facing the ground, it's easy to get a headache."

"..."

"The most important thing is..."

Oceania interrupted, "We only have a business relationship." Refusing to cooperate with the church was not because of old grudges, but because the other party could not provide chips that would move her.

Safety? Stability? Peace of mind?

Apart from the church, who cares?

The figure in the light said discontentedly, "It's not a good habit to interrupt others."

"Even with unlimited life, I don't want to waste it on endless chatter."

"Chatter?" The figure in the light was greatly hit. "If you knew how much the Pope looked forward to my chatter, you would be ashamed of what you just said."

"That's the reason for the holy war between vampires and the church- extreme differences in aesthetics."

The figure in the light was silent for a while before saying, "Do you really think I talk too much?"

"I never lie to someone I dislike." Oceania said.

"But I always follow Raphael's style! Raphael is always so popular and has won over many believers! His worshippers are everywhere!"

"Did he show his face?"

"Of course! He is a people-friendly archangel! His noble and holy figure is everywhere!"

"There's a word in the human world called 'looks'."

"..." The figure in the light said a bit shyly. "Do you want to meet me in person?"

"I don't." Oceania realized her thoughts were led astray again and rubbed her temples. "I want to continue discussing our business relationship with you."

"Oh. I know you're going to hold me accountable."

Oceania said sinisterly, "Someone once told me that the sealed place is the safest place, safer than the tenth realm, absolutely foolproof. No one can get in or out.""Actually, I regretted saying that sentence soon after, because I suddenly remembered that after you put him in, he ran out with my help."

"..."

"But don't worry, he has been under my surveillance all along and will soon lie back down."

"Three days, I give you three days."

"Okay. Although other guys who escaped from the sealed land are threatening human safety, I can prioritize solving your problem and let you work at ease. I hope you will rescue the witch as soon as possible and send her back to hell."

"The fastest way to save her is to send a dream message to the pope."

"You think I haven't tried? I have been dreaming for almost a week! I'm still stuck in the phase where he asks me who I am every time we meet. Once I finally confirmed my identity, he kept asking me if I would become an angel after going to heaven? How many wings do I have? What affairs do I handle? Is Gabriel a man or a woman? Does Raphael secretly love Michael?"

"Raphael loves Michael secretly?" Oceania's ears twitched.

The figure in the light said excitedly: "Of course not! It must not be! The great Raphael belongs to no individual unit and must be a collective resource sharing!"

"..." Oceania couldn't help feeling sympathetic towards this people-friendly archangel.

"I'm sorry, I was too excited. What I meant to say was that Raphael is committed to beautifying the world and has no time for love."

So, is Raphael a perennial bachelor in heaven?

Oceania felt like he had glimpsed something.

The figure in the light restrained his excited emotions, and after a while, said, "I will handle the sealed land matter properly and give you an answer within three days. Please keep the witch in mind."

"Don't forget the content of our transaction. Sealing the land is just a temporary solution. What I really want is a thorough solution." Oceania's face remained expressionless, but his clenched fists betrayed his inner expectations and uneasiness.

He didn't want the other party to see his tension about this matter, so as not to be led by the nose, even though he was already being led now. So he tried his best to control his emotions and pretended to be calm.

"The vitality of the blood clan is very tenacious, especially the fourth generation..." The other party seemed to be fooled by his disguise and didn't notice anything unusual. "But I promised you that I will find a way."

Oceania looked at him firmly and said after a while, "Speaking of tenacious vitality, I met a second-generation in the sealed land."

"Second-generation blood clan? Wang Xiaoming?"

"It's Irland."

"Huh? Didn't the third-generation kill all the second-generation?"

"Not all of them." But the remaining one definitely wasn't Irland. "I'm sure I'm not nearsighted or delusional. The blood in his body does belong to the second-generation blood clan."

"...I will investigate it."

Oceania returned to the hotel room. The black cat was already asleep, or perhaps pretending to be asleep.

He picked it up and took it to the bathroom to take a bath together.

The black cat struggled impatiently for a few times, but couldn't resist, allowing him to clean it and blow it dry.

After this experience, it was completely awake.

Oceania changed his clothes, held it and jumped from upstairs, running in the night of Rome. The night breeze brushed past them.

Oceania changed his clothes and jumped from upstairs, holding it while running through the night in Rome. The night breeze gently brushed past them.

He stood on the arena in Rome, looking up at the sky and murmured, "I once stood here to participate in a duel against a tall and muscular opponent. All the audience cheered for him. I was like a clown standing opposite him, highlighting his heroism."

"Of course, in the end, I won."

"I knocked him down with one punch and stunned the entire arena."

"The blood boiled inside me, and I roared like a wild beast. I couldn't forget that feeling and chased after it for a long time."

"But happiness is short-lived. Extreme excitement is followed by extreme emptiness."

...

"I'm afraid of repeating the same mistake."

The next day, Oceania took the initiative to call Bonuwa.

Bonuwa was flattered and soon waited outside his door.

Oceania came out holding a cat.

The black cat's head was buried in his arms, only revealing its round buttocks. It wore a pink chain around its neck, and a cute cat head was hanging on the chain.

Bonuwa greeted it, "Good morning, little princess!"

Oceania said, "It's a prince."

Bonuwa instinctively looked towards its belly and was fiercely stared at by Oceania.

Oceania said, "When can I see the witch?"

Bonuwa said, "Anytime. How do you plan to deal with her?"

Oceania winked meaningfully, "Let her stay in a place where no one can find her."

Bonuwa smiled knowingly.

The place where the witches were detained was in an air-raid shelter underneath the village church. Various items were placed in the corners of the corridor, and it was unclear whether they were intentionally placed there for cover or if they were originally there. The witch was tied to a cross, with her hands raised and her legs together, her head hanging weakly as if in a stupor.

Tarek addressed this, "We used a large amount of sedatives."

Oceania's mood was somewhat complex as she responded, "So you're saying that in the absence of holy water, the sedatives took effect?"

Tarek explained, "To prevent irreversible damage from the holy water, we reduced the dosage."

"Tell me, what drove you to take on this hot potato?" He hadn't intended to wade into troubled waters, and naturally didn't care about their motives. But now that he was forced to get wet, and even his pants were not spared, it was necessary to figure out the ins and outs of the situation.

Tarek replied, "We consider the bloodsuckers to be allies, and the enemies of our allies are our enemies."

Oceania retorted, "You're getting old, don't let those sagging corners of your mouth spit out cheesy lines. It's like a skeleton doing the samba, giving people goosebumps all over."

Tarek ignored his sarcasm and said, "Every word comes from the heart."

"Be honest with yourself. The witch came to the human world with great fanfare, and you felt threatened. You were afraid that after they dealt with the bloodsuckers, it would be your turn, so you enthusiastically urged us... okay, don't frown, to 'cooperate' with us and get rid of them. Outside of the Breit Castle, Lilith was taken to the bloodsucker world, and the feud between the bloodsuckers and the witches came to an end. But unexpectedly, there was a fish that slipped through the net in the Strait of Magellan. To prevent her from wandering around and disrupting the peace of the human world, you captured her and claimed to give her to us, but in reality, you wanted to use our hands to solve the hidden danger in the human world. If we were foolish enough, we would still gratefully thank you!"