Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 69 "Thirsty for Blood"

Walking out of "Carvey Watch Shop", Angel, whose property has shrunk by one-third, was choked by the industrial waste gas with excessive particulate matter in the Oak District, and then he recalled it, feeling aggrieved by forced buying and selling in his heart.

But touching the iron box containing the magical item in her arms, she comforted herself: This is a magical item transformed from the Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7, and the potion formula of Sequence 9 is more than 100 pounds!
Knowledge is money, she finally understood the meaning of this sentence.

Moreover, from the effect of the magical item, she also confirmed one thing: the Extraordinary characteristic fused with the revolver, that is, the Extraordinary characteristic released when Cole died, is indeed a "witch".

The enhanced attack with flames is obviously a "witch"'s Extraordinary ability. Unfortunately, Cole died out of control due to a failed promotion, which caused the Extraordinary characteristics to be polluted. There must have been some problems in the process of combining the two, so that the weapon has only two abilities, and the negative effects are very difficult.

Thinking of the magical item "waiting to be fed" in his arms, Angel felt dizzy.

Before leaving, she asks Kavi if she can "feed" magical items with the blood of common animals, and gets an answer that disappoints her.

"It consumes spirituality, and the blood it absorbs needs to be rich in spirituality to eliminate the negative effects. If you can find the blood of an extraordinary creature, you can use it naturally, otherwise there is no point in using more ordinary animal blood. Human blood is the easiest to obtain, blood rich in spirituality, and it is the best if it is the blood of extraordinary people."

"How much blood is enough? How do I know, you can only try it yourself until it eliminates the current negative state. But don't try it with me, don't die in my shop."

If chicken blood and duck blood cannot be used, then only the blood of extraordinary creatures can be considered, but extraordinary creatures are not Chinese cabbage, so how can they be easily found?
Looking at the main ingredients required for various potion formulas, you can see that the precious blood of extraordinary creatures is priced in milliliters.

Ordinary people's blood can be found, such as going to the hospital to steal some spare blood... In this era, there is already the technology of preserving and transfusing human blood, right?
If it doesn't work, use your own blood, but you have to carefully test how much it needs, lest you die from excessive blood loss before using the magical item.

If you like blood so much, I'll call you "thirsty blood"...

Angel thought bitterly, clutched the box containing "thirsty blood", and left the golden road.

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It was dusk when we returned to the "Silver Bullet Detective Agency", where the Nighthawks team was stationed in Enmat Port.

Angel looked at her pocket watch. Since she had taken a detour to the hospital when she came back, she had already been out for more than 4 hours. Although Clement, the captain of the Port of Enmate team, was not at the station, and the other nighthawks who came to support them would not mind their own business, she still felt a little guilty.

Well, just a hint of it.

Holding "thirsty blood" like a thief, she walked through the hall on the first floor, faced the strange gazes of the other Nighthawks who were passing the time in the hall, returned to the room 306 assigned to her on the third floor and locked the door tightly, and she was relieved.

The room Daly assigned her was on the side facing the street. When you open the window, you can see the bell tower of St. George's Church across the street. Even the decorative glass that has been eroded by the sea wind for many years is shining with colorful lights under the setting sun.

But at this moment, Angel didn't care to appreciate it at all. After carefully checking the airtightness of the windows, he drew the thick curtains, blocking the street view and the dim sunlight from the windows, leaving only the flickering gleam of the gas lamps.

After checking that the door lock was locked again, she took out the box that was almost warmed in her arms and put it on the desk. She also put down a set of bloodletting tools that she bought on the way back.

In this era, the initial concept of modern medicine has been formed. The ancient method of "bloodletting therapy" has been proved to be ineffective by many medical experts. However, in various areas that lack medical resources, traditional treatment methods still have a place. Even regular hospitals also have bloodletting therapy services and tools for sale.

Thanks to such a tool, she avoided the pain of cutting a vein to take blood.

Before returning to the station, Angel hadn't thought about asking ordinary people to get blood to feed "thirsty blood", but he finally gave up.

One is that it is easy to make a big noise and turn yourself into an urban legend like a "vampire", and you are guaranteed to be on the official blacklist of extraordinary people.

The second is that she can't be cruel. It's one thing to kill an enemy in battle, but it's another thing to randomly pick passers-by to do evil.

After inquiring at the nearest hospital, she learned that due to the lack of long-term blood preservation technology in this era, patients who need blood transfusion can only find people who are willing to donate blood on the spot, and take it now.

She could only settle for the next best thing, and bought a set of "bloodletting therapy" tools to be self-sufficient.

Carefully disinfecting her hands and tools with alcohol, enduring the pain, she used a metal needle with a rubber tube in her right hand to puncture the skin on the back of her left hand, piercing a vein on the back of her hand.

Watching his own blood flow out of the rubber tube drop by drop and drip into the transparent measuring cup, making a slight sound, Angel felt a little chilly in his body.

It is said that there is an ancient punishment that blindfolds the eyes of the prisoner, then cuts the blood vessels to let the blood drip into the basin. The fear of being unable to see with the eyes, the dripping sound from the ears, and the drop in body temperature caused by blood loss will make the prisoner feel near death.

Seeing her own blood flowing out of her body little by little and filling the glass, she suddenly understood the fear.

While thinking wildly, the blood in the measuring cup exceeded the 400ml line. Angel pulled out the needle, pressed the back of her hand to stop the bleeding, and then took the cup of precious blood to the iron box containing the "thirsty blood".

The hypothermia and rapid heartbeat after rapid blood loss made Angel shiver. The transparent glass in her hand shook, the blood reflected a dark red light under the light, and a fishy-sweet smell floated into her nasal cavity.

400 milliliters is about 10% of the blood in the human body, which is the maximum safe range for a blood donation. She is going to try this safe amount first, and if it is not enough, she does not plan to continue bloodletting.

The main purpose of Enmat Port is to participate in the joint operation of the Nighthawks. In case of excessive bloodletting, which affects the body and makes it impossible to participate in the follow-up missions, it will lose the face of the entire Tingen City team.

Lifting the lid of the metal box, the strong smell of blood gushing out from the gap instantly overwhelmed the slight fishy sweetness emanating from the cup of blood.She nervously looked in the direction of the door, wondering if the closed doors and windows could block the smell, even if it could be blocked for a while, she might be discovered by others soon.

Time was running out, Angel could only grit his teeth, lifted the lid of the box, and quickly poured the whole cup of blood into it.

The iron box was not big, and there was almost no extra space after putting down a revolver, but 400 milliliters of blood was poured into it without splashing a single bit, but was absorbed and swallowed by the pitch-black pistol in an instant.

As the blood was absorbed, the bloody smell in the room seemed to be pressed down, and it floated back into the iron box in just a few seconds. The faint sweetness of his own blood reappeared in Angel's nasal cavity, but it didn't take long for this smell to disappear without a trace.

The shiny black pistol in the iron box has changed from the mysterious carapace appearance back to the metal gun body, even the handguard of the handle is the same.But the material is not the original brass, but a very dark, almost black material. If you look carefully, apart from the luster of the metal reflecting the light, you can also see a dark red color on the gun body.

Like soaked in blood.

Angel quietly looked at the pistol that had changed greatly in appearance, waited for a few seconds, and seeing that there were no other changes, he dripped the last few drops of blood in the measuring cup on the gun body, and the blood splattered down the gun body without being absorbed.

Only then did she feel relieved, and reached out to hold the handle of the gun. The cold surface and thick body of the gun gave people a special sense of security.

The negative effect of "thirsty blood" was finally lifted under the pouring of Angel's blood, and it became a magical item that she could use normally.

This revolver is the same 0.45-inch caliber as the one used by Angel at first. It is loaded with five rounds. After long-term use of low-quality bullets and lack of maintenance, Cole threw it in the corner after the hammer was damaged. Unexpectedly, after the accident combined with the Extraordinary characteristics that did not know how many sequences it included, even the damaged hammer was automatically repaired.

Angel looked at the rifling. Although it was still in a used state, it was already in good condition compared to Cole's other revolver, which had almost worn out rifling. Considering that the material had changed and the hardness had increased significantly, there should be no need to worry about the rifling wear in the future.

Without hesitation, she took out the 0.45-inch revolver from the holster on her waist, took out the bullets and put them into the magazine of "thirsty blood", put the old revolver in the suitcase and put it away.

From now on, "thirsty blood" will be her main weapon.

With a "snap", she closed the magazine, resisting the urge to test the power of the shot, and put the gun back into the holster on her waist.

It would be better to go to the shooting range another day and try again. Shooting randomly at the Nighthawks' station, even if they are not caught as moles, it will make other people mistakenly think that there is a battle and cause unnecessary riots.

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Taking all the star crystals in the luggage and returning to the first floor of the "Silver Bullet", Angel found that the sunlight outside the window had completely disappeared, replaced by crimson moonlight gradually covering the ground.

It turns out it's been so long...

The Pulitzer Harbor duo who were still in the lobby when they came back in the afternoon had disappeared. Rupert Norman, the tuberculant man, Storne said, got a pipe from somewhere, and was sitting in a corner, unpacking the cigarettes one by one, and pouring the shredded tobacco into the pipe, leaving the table full of shredded tobacco residue.

Daly was talking with a strange man, when she saw Angel coming down the stairs, she stopped the conversation and walked straight over.

"Just as I was thinking about where you were, you appeared, and there happened to be a mission... What's wrong with you, your face is so pale?"

Is the blood loss so obvious?

Angel stretched out his hand and looked at his nails. The nail bed was indeed whiter than usual. It seemed that he had lost 400 milliliters of blood, and the impact on himself was already visible to the naked eye.

Daly stared at Angel's slightly pale face, seemed to understand something, suddenly realized and asked in a low voice:
"You came to that?"

(End of this chapter)