"You okay? Want to rest a bit more?"
Seeing my condition, Adrian quickly understood why. He rushed over to help spread out my thick wings on the ground, letting them soak up the sunlight.
Sadly, this was too slow. Even with eight wings now, the magic recharge felt worse than a solar power bank. I figured even if I waited till dark, my magic might not even recover 10%.
"Forget it, we shouldn't stay here. Better leave soon."
After resting for about 10 minutes, I suddenly remembered and quickly stood up. I went to check on the vampires.
As expected, most of them were still breathing, just knocked out for now.
"These folks haven't been vampires for long. They should survive the purification without much problem. Whether there are side effects depends on their luck," Adrian sighed. This was partly why he hesitated to attack earlier.
As long as they lived, purified vampires are basically normal people. That's why I used the high-cost multi-purification spell. Hopefully, freed from vampire control, they'll find their way in life again.
Soon after leaving the abandoned factory and getting back to the street, we heard police sirens in the distance.
It was about what we expected. The government must have noticed a whole bus of people missing. They'd probably find the factory soon.
But we had to give up on finding Nicola. With vampires in the south part of city, if she was around, she wouldn't have let them grow so big.
More importantly, we had a new lead from Cyra.
"Ah... looks like we got a message!"
Just after leaving the military-controlled area, Adrian suddenly remembered to check his phone. He looked surprised and quickly showed me. "There's a notification! We didn't notice earlier, seems it came a while ago."
"Oh, from Cyra?"
It was indeed a reply from the "superpowered girl"! But she didn't say much, just sent an address: Room 714, Building 3, Tenda Flats, 33 Mubay Road.
"This place..."
Seeing the address, I was totally confused about what she was up to.
I remembered Mubay Road was far from downtown, in the suburbs. Was this where Cyra's family moved after being forced out?
If not, it was puzzling. This area used to be for relocated residents. Later, with more migrants coming in, most became shared rentals run by dodgy landlords. Usually, you wouldn't find empty rooms like we did before.
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As an angel with no name or ID in this world, she couldn't just rent a place normally like regular folks! So how did she manage it?
"Should we go there now?" Adrian handed me the phone. He didn't know much about this world, so he left the decision to me.
"Hmm... better wait till night."
Looking at the sky, it was still afternoon. Taking public transport to Mubay Road would take too long. It'd be faster to fly there after dark.
Though we secretly took down the vampire den without telling anyone, it affected a big area in the south. While eating dinner at a restaurant, we saw some breaking news on our phones.
"Good news! This afternoon, city police successfully busted an illegal den spreading Hepatitis A. 13 suspects were arrested, including 3 ringleaders! This criminal gang was largely responsible for the out-of-control Hepatitis A outbreak in the south. Experts say the spread of hepatitis is now effectively controlled. The southern controlled area may gradually reopen in the next day or two. We ask citizens to stay calm, not believe or spread rumors, and not panic unnecessarily."
This news was clearly meant to calm people down. H-country had never had area lockdowns due to disease before. All kinds of rumors and conspiracy theories were spreading online. Food-related disinfectant products were sold out in most stores.
The Shine Metropolitan government's announcement did help a bit. But after reading it, Adrian was worried things might not be so simple.
"Is this the vampires' only den in the city? I don't know much about vampire organization, but I've heard there are many levels under the ancestor. We met too few higher-ups. Did we miss something?"
"Probably not," I blurted out.
From what Supervisor Lofin said, he wanted to break through the lockdown before meeting us. So other parts of Shine Metropolitan likely weren't affected yet.
Plus, the city has cameras everywhere. If vampires were attacking people, someone would've reported it online! And in the next few days, there'll be citywide blood tests. They couldn't hide for long!
"That's true," Adrian agreed. After all, the two worlds manage cities very differently. A lot of his experience might not apply on Earth.
But there was still that ancestor vampire...
Thinking of that big fish that got away gave me a headache. He didn't show up when his base was attacked, so he probably wasn't in Shine Metropolitan then!
But finding him outside Shine Metropolitan would be super hard! He could go anywhere on this big Earth.
After dinner, we had nothing else to do until it got dark.
After a long journey, we finally reached 33 Mubay Road.
As I remembered, this area was much busier than other places. The whole district was on a hillside, so many streets had a three-level structure - upper, middle, and lower.
Some tall buildings seemed to have ground-level entrances, but up close, they were actually mid-level, with separate entrances for the top and bottom floors. Combined with shops, vendors, and a maze of stairs and alleys, the city felt like a 3D puzzle. Without phone maps, outsiders wouldn't risk exploring.
"Was this built to defend against invaders?" Adrian joked, looking down at the busy street below from the "cliff" edge.
We stood on the roof of Building 2 in Tenda Flats, with Building 3 seemingly within reach. But to get there, we had to descend to the street and enter Building 3 from the ground floor.
"Don't worry, it's just poor planning." I sighed, looking back at the busy road into the village. We had no choice but to take the stairs like normal people.
These old buildings didn't even have elevators. A regular person would be exhausted going up and down, but it wasn't a problem for us.
Luckily, the buildings in Tenda Flats weren't very tall. Standing in front of Room 714, I gently rang the doorbell. Instead of Cyra answering as I expected, after a long wait we heard someone's footsteps running to open the door.
"Who are you looking for?"
A chubby young man opened the door. He was surprised to see me and Adrian standing outside.
Who's this guy? I don't know him at all!
Just as I thought we might have the wrong place, the young man suddenly slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh right, Cyra's friends! Why are you so late? I almost forgot!"