Deep-Night Feeder

Night began to fall quietly.

An indescribable silence was quietly spreading through the enormous mansion.

The lights had already been turned off.

The human presence has also vanished completely.

At first glance, even if you told someone that this was a haunted house, they would definitely believe it.

"But there's nothing we can do about it, isn't there?"

Inside the room, Fang Li, with the window open and the lights off, gazed Fang Li the eerily silent manor in the darkness, talking to himself.

"Such a big house, with only four people living in it, it's impossible for it to be lively no matter what."

This is a phenomenon that has only recently emerged.

Originally, for the large and Tohno family, the mansion was not only inhabited by the Tono direct descendants, but also by many branch families and relatives, as well as the servants responsible for taking care of them.

The scattered houses around the mansion were also once inhabited.

However, after Tohno Akiha took over, this strong-willed girl drove all the branch families and relatives of the Tohno family away, leaving only Kohaku and Hisui.

The reason is as follows.

"Because I don't like it this way."

It's that simple.

Tohno Akiha seemed to despise these branch families and relatives who only knew how to claim kinship.

Therefore, after becoming the head of the family, Tohno Akiha took swift and decisive action to expel all the branch families and relatives.

Naturally, this behavior inevitably caused all sorts of problems.

Unfortunately, Tohno Akiha still carried it out regardless of the consequences.

This confirms what he himself said.

"Now that I am the head of the family, I have my own way of doing things."

Therefore, Tohno Akiha could simply ignore numerous criticisms and drive out the branch family and relatives because of a single "dislike".

Therefore, Tohno Akiha could invite an orphan who had been hunted by the Tohno family for years and was likely to harbor resentment and have ulterior motives, without hesitation, simply because of a reason of "disagreement," and even hire him as a butler and bring him here.

"Should we say she's naive or bold?"

Whether it's naivety or boldness, the current head of the Tohno family is indeed quite unique and exudes the authority of a superior.

Most people would be deeply attracted to such a beautiful and strong-willed girl, right?

Fang Li is also a carefree person, and he doesn't have any ill feelings towards a strong-willed girl like Tohno Akiha.

"Although it's still a bit too naive."

After leaving behind this sentence, Fang Li suddenly moved.

"Smack..."

With a soft thud, Fang Li's figure suddenly transformed into a gust of wind, flashing out through the window and into the darkness, like a crow merging into the night.

"Sand..."

In the manor, the trees planted in the courtyard swayed gently in the breeze.

Fang Li transformed into a ghostly figure and vanished from the Tohno family mansion in an instant.

This is the bustling city center, some distance from the suburban residential areas.

At this time, the number of people on the streets in the city center has decreased compared to the daytime, making the lively atmosphere less pronounced.

Fang Li arrived here without anyone noticing, blending seamlessly into the crowd. He strolled leisurely down the street, glancing up at a shop next door.

Outside that shop, there was a television set broadcasting the news.

And on television, this news was being reported.

"Recently, police discovered the body of a young woman in a side street in the town. The body was found in the morning, and according to preliminary investigations, the time of death was in the early hours of the morning, and the cause of death was massive blood loss."

Along with such reports, a news headline also appeared on the screen.

The title is like this.

————"A Series of Bizarre Murders"————

The report was conducted under such a headline.

"This is the eighth bizarre murder case this year. All the victims were young women, and the cause of death was massive blood loss. The blood in each victim's body was completely drained, and the modus operandi was exactly the same."

"Therefore, the police deduced that the perpetrator of these eight bizarre murders was the same person, but the identity of the perpetrator has not yet been confirmed."

"We hope that all citizens will actively cooperate with the police operation. If you find any unusual or suspicious persons, please notify the police immediately."

Fang Li paused briefly while looking at the news.

Many people around him were also watching this scene and started discussing it amongst themselves.

"Is this another serial killer case?"

"This is the eighth time."

"The murderer is so brazen, how come the police haven't arrested him yet? Isn't that a serious dereliction of duty?"

"There's nothing we can do; the killer might not be human."

"Were all the blood drained from the bodies of the deceased?"

"Could there really be some kind of vampire?"

"How could that be?"

Similar conversations to the one above kept coming from all around.

"A vampire?"

Fang Li pursed his lips and smiled in a somewhat ambiguous manner.

Besides Fang Li, there was another person mixed in with the crowd, who didn't say a word and just walked away silently.

Fang Li had noticed this person long ago.

Fang Li then stared at it.

A pair of Ice-Blue Demon Eyes quietly appeared.

The world around me became a patchwork, with crack-like lines spreading out incessantly.

The bodies of the pedestrians gathered around were separated by lines representing "death," as if they would shatter into pieces at the slightest touch.

No one would imagine that there is a terrifying monster right next to them who could tear them to pieces in an instant.

However, Fang Li ignored everyone around him and just stared at the person who silently left.

The person's body was covered with a terrifyingly dense network of Death Lines, like a spider web.

Is it him?

Fang Li followed without hesitation.

They crossed the street.

I walked through the crowd.

Finally, we entered a small alley.

Fang Li immediately spotted it upon entering the alley.

The pungent smell of blood.

"Huff... huff..."

Amidst the rapid, animalistic breathing, the man was now feeding on a blood-soaked corpse.

That's right, it's eating.

It was tearing at his throat.

The skin and flesh were torn apart.

They gnawed through the neck.

It was sucking blood.

If this doesn't count as eating, then what does?

"How filthy..."

At Fang Li's murmur, the other party stopped moving.

A pair of eyes devoid of any rationality turned to Fang Li.

Inside, there was madness and appetite.