Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 328: Mojito (Silver Alliance Hierarch Commemoration for "The Sun and Moon in the Pot, the Universe in the Sleeve!")

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Mojito (Silver Alliance Hierarch Commemoration for "The Sun and Moon in the Pot, the Universe in the Sleeve!")

"What seems to have happened outside?"

Inside the Whisperer Bar, while mixing drinks, Zhong Shenxiu’s expression changed as he suddenly pulled a meatball from his pocket.

At this moment, the meatball, obtained from the overeater Dali and frightened by his Bloodline Power, began to slowly squirm on the surface, as if it were about to grow tentacles.

"Is it acting up?"

Zhong Shenxiu could sense that the meatball’s changes were not of its own accord, but rather stimulated by some external influence.

"It seems... something bad has happened?"

His spiritual intuition suddenly gave him a premonition.

After all, he was not a god, and even his mystical level was merely that of an "Ascendant."

Like Julie, who had an incident next to the bar, he naturally could sense something.

But if it was too far away, he would not be able to sense anything, only that his own spirit gave some warnings.

Even for people he did not particularly care about, these spiritual warnings were not very strong.

"It shouldn’t be Jones and the others, although I don’t hold them in high regard, they still have a blood relationship with this body, which is an important connection in mysticism..."

Zhong Shenxiu quickly ruled things out: "It’s not Julie either..."

"Could it be someone from my school, or perhaps Alice and Angel?"

At that very moment, as he thought of this, he saw Angel, who had left earlier, coming back.

She was still dressed in that pure white dress, her face adorable, like an angel.

"Could I have another cocktail? The Zodiac?"

Angel sat at the bar, giving Zhong Shenxiu a sweet smile.

"Of course..."

Zhong Shenxiu smiled, lifting his cocktail shaker.

"Besides the Zodiac, my favorite cocktail is actually another one, which I’ve named ’Mojito’!"

His palms became a blur of motion, retrieving white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint. His hands moved swiftly, quickly preparing two ’Mojitos,’ placing one in front of Angel.

"It has a refreshing taste, a light sense of detachment... It’s wonderful, drinking your cocktails, I would have no regrets in my life..."

Angel took a sip of the ’Mojito,’ a happy smile appearing on her face: "Just kidding! I’ve never even experienced a sweet romance yet..."

Though she was smiling, two teardrops had already fallen.

At this moment, Julie, who saw this scene, also sensed something was wrong: "You..."

In the next moment, under Julie’s horrified gaze, Angel’s body turned into a pale white, her outline gradually blurring and then vanishing in the blink of an eye.

"A spirit of resentment?!"

Julie gasped in shock.

"Ascendants whose souls have transformed cannot one hundred percent turn into spirits of resentment upon death, she certainly isn’t – merely a ghost who existed for a short time... Even so, her obsession couldn’t sustain such agency, it seems she was influenced by some high-ranking object."

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, picking up the other ’Mojito’ and taking a gentle sip, letting the refreshing detached taste slide down his throat.

"Wait a second..."

Julie’s expression changed rapidly: "The main issue isn’t that, Angel was fine when she left, how did she turn into a ghost?"

"It’s obviously because... she died!"

As the words were spoken, the scholarly-looking ’Holy Grail’ Charles, along with the masked Richardson, walked into the bar together.

Behind Charles, a vampire monster transformed by Macy stood quietly, like a tamed beast.

But Zhong Shenxiu was not looking at him; instead, he turned his gaze toward Richardson.

On Richardson’s palm lay a stark white bone shard, and tendrils of bloody lines were spreading across it.

Even Julie could distinctly sense Angel’s presence emanating from that piece of bone.

"Bone Key?"

Zhong Shenxiu pondered before speaking, "You are the mastermind behind the Skinning Club. Did you set up the club and select a large number of people to join just to sift through and find a suitable bearer for the Bone Key?"

"Yes, I am Richardson!"

The gentleman in the mask smiled and bowed slightly.

Charles, too, was smiling. He was dressed in an ornate robe that bore a complex chalice symbol, and he introduced himself, "Holy Grail Charles... I have brought the Blood Key!"

As he spoke, he reached out, his aged palm pressing against the chest of the creature behind him.

The creature, transformed by Macy, had a vacant look in its eyes, much like a puppet, allowing Charles to plunge his hand into its chest and extract a small, blood-red metal cup from its heart.

Julie suddenly felt nauseous at the sight.

She realized then how Richardson had come to possess that white bone shard.

Zhong Shenxiu felt even more so that, once both the Bone Key and the Blood Key were present, the meatball in his hand immediately became more active.

"Ritual of Blood, Meat, and Bone?"

He thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Who was it that implanted the ’Meat Key’ into the glutton Dali’s body?"

"It was ’Gourmet’ Sanier!"

Richardson said with a smile, "But we didn’t want him to join, so we chose some suitable opponents for him, such as... the city’s Age Warden, two archbishops from the Seven Difficulties Church, and the Special Affairs Bureau... In this regard, that little friend hiding outside has been a great help to us!"

’It’s over!’

Outside the walls of the bar, the apprentice investigator Long Ke’er, listening secretly, looked desperate as he saw several disgusting creatures surrounding him.

These were members of the Chasing Cup Sect, each having transformed into dogs with exploded heads.

Long Ke’er trembled as he pulled out a firearm, utterly clueless about which one to shoot.

"Idiot!"

Just then, a crisp female voice rang out, "I’ll hold them off for you; you go quickly and warn the Special Affairs Bureau!"

Not far away, Cadlyan was conducting a ritual, biting her teeth secretly, "How could I obtain the Holy Grail if more forces were involved and the waters muddied?"

...

The minor incident outside the bar couldn’t catch the attention of the three leaders at the moment.

Zhong Shenxiu sipped a Mojito, letting the meatball struggle in his hand but to no avail of escaping.

"I hadn’t expected that this city was also harboring a high-ranking follower of the Master of Black Blood. Indeed, the allure of mystical powers is the ultimate law... So then, let us three begin the ritual!"

Charles spread his arms, his voice tinged with excitement, "Let’s offer all the flesh and blood of this city to the Master of Black Blood, to summon the Holy Grail so that it may overflow with longevity blood!"

"The location for the sixth Blood Cup War is here?"

Nearby, the transparent Julie crouched in a corner, trembling, "Why am I so unlucky? No... why did I come back? My lord..."

"You are very clever!"

Zhong Shenxiu slowly finished his cocktail, "Hiding the three keys within different individuals, even isolating all probes... and then kicking out Gourmet Sanier, who might have been the strongest..."

"In fact, I personally am indifferent to the whole Blood Cup War; if you had done this in another city, I might have been pleased, as it would mean one more hunting target..."

As he spoke in terms the two ’Perfectionists’ couldn’t comprehend, he also thought of Angel’s last smile.

"But..."

Zhong Shenxiu’s tone suddenly turned chilling, "Do you know that this city is under my protection? Did you bother to ask me before causing trouble here?"

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