The situation in the hospital was not much different from what Ash had imagined. Devlin was indeed in the emergency room, occupying only a bed and nothing else.
Fortunately, the command vehicle was accompanied by a small combat force as an escort. Under the threat of guns and uniforms, the area was quickly cleared.
"Jimmy, can you turn around? I have something to ask him."
Ash said to Jimmy who was standing next to the bed. Although Jimmy was very curious about how Ash was going to ask someone who was obviously in a coma at the moment, he still turned away obediently.
The miraculous light belonging to the Church of Karim appeared in Ash's hand. This kind of miracle that teaches without discrimination is just suitable for agents like Devlin who do dirty work.
In the milky white light, Devlin, who had been unconscious for an unknown length of time, finally woke up.
Ash had already observed Devlin's eyeballs moving under his eyelids, but he couldn't see Devlin opening his eyes.
"Okay, it's me. Now that you're awake, open your eyes. There's no one else now."
After hearing Ash's words, Devlin slowly opened his eyes and scanned the surrounding environment.
After moving some distance towards the head of the bed, Devlin leaned on the head of the bed and asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
Ash turned away with a finger, and Jimmy, who was listening to the conversation here with his ears straightened, said: "I don't know! Until today, your little brother found me, and he still relied on the reckless behavior of attacking the military blockade."
Looking at Jimmy's ears that kept turning away and wanted to hear the gossip, Ash said helplessly: "Okay Jimmy, you can turn around now. Devlin has something to ask you."
"Mr. Devlin has been in a coma for thirty-two days, as of today."
Jimmy counted the days from the day of the car accident to today.
Devlin saw the clothes on Jimmy's body and asked, "Jimmy, are you wearing my clothes?"
Hearing Devlin's question, Jimmy was a little embarrassed and at a loss. He lowered his head and said, "Yes, Mr. Devlin, I will take it off and return it to you."
"No, Jimmy, remember what I told you? The remaining ten percent is in your heart. I left a set of the same clothes in your wardrobe. Can you bring it for me?"
Jimmy Tang, after hearing what Devlin said, said in surprise: "Okay, Mr. Devlin, I'll bring it to you right away. Don't worry, I'll drive very quickly."
After Jimmy finished speaking, he rushed out the door, causing a flurry of excitement in the hospital along the way.
"You just gave it to him like this. Lasseter has been coveting your equipment for a long time."
Ash's words were full of ridicule. Hearing Ash's hug for Russell, Devlin smiled and shook his head and said: "I gave Russell a set, but he kept hiding it and never wore it."
After saying that, Devlin asked Ash in a serious voice: "Ash, I found out something big. Do you know about vampires?"
Vampires? Isn't this what Ash is cleaning up? Why did Devlin mention these things again?
"I found out that a group of vampires, relying on their Hagui brothers, are preparing to release some kind of virus into the drinking water, but I didn't find out what the reason was."
After hearing Devlin's information, Ash was a little confused. Dropping a virus? Wasn't he summoning the Blood God? Why was it different from his own information?
"You mean, vampires are going to put viruses in drinking water?"
With Ash's unconvinced skepticism, Devlin could only explain hastily: "Yes, they bypassed the CDC's detection system and used insect water striders to drop them at the end..."
Devlin's eager explanation made Ash couldn't help but interrupt him and said: "Stop, I understand what it means, but the news I have here is that the vampires are preparing to use their vampire Bible "Book of Erebus" to summon the Blood God
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Ash introduced the situation he had investigated to Devlin. After the two parties communicated, they found that the other party's intelligence and his own were completely in two directions.
The only intersection between the two cases is that the subject of the investigation is a vampire.
"And I have reached the last moment here. The vampire may have obtained the last fragment to summon the blood god."
After explaining his current actions to Devlin, Ash was also wondering if he had also forgotten something.
But Devlin and Ash were in this ward, and when Jimmy Tang brought the new tuxedo, they didn't come up with any key information.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he could only take it one step at a time. After changing his clothes, Devlin called his subordinate's phone number and prepared to forcibly detain the drinking water producer Dietrich Banning to see if he could
What useful information can I get from him?
On Ash's side, he continued to clean up the vampires, compressed their living space, and forced them to converge toward the center. Then the two sides would work together to kill these restless guys in one go.
After both parties agreed on their goals and respective tasks and responsibilities, they parted ways at the entrance of the hospital.
When Ash returned to the front line, he found that more than half of the cleanup work had been completed. Most of the vampire gathering places on the note given by Martha had been cleared by the Control Bureau.
But in these cleared vampire gathering places, there is not a single human blood bag. This kind of thing is completely inconsistent with vampire common sense, making Whistler's brows come together tightly.
The mission went smoothly but also encountered obstacles. The operation of clearing out the house and killing the vampires was extremely smooth. Most of the vampires left behind were cannon fodder with little combat experience. The obstacles were due to the fact that so far no valid survivors had been caught and could not be interrogated.
Any valuable news.
This kind of action continued until sunset, without any progress.
After the last vampire gathering place was cleared, Ash scratched his head in annoyance.
Things have completely changed now. The vampires who were purged did not show any reaction. Even their mouthpieces, the Hagui tribe, did not express any public opinion about this act of purging their boss.
Even on the Internet, except for some videos of the Control Bureau's actions taken by people standing outside the blockade, no positive or negative news has been circulated.
The atmosphere was so depressing that Ash could only let the soldiers rest on the spot and resupply ammunition. He was not prepared to let the Control Bureau's fighters leave the central area of NY and return to Long Island.
And now, there are no clues about Blade's whereabouts. Whistler has tortured several vampires to death just to find out the whereabouts of his disciples.
Everyone was blindfolded and could not hear any news.
Just then, Ash's phone rang. It was writer Cassel.
"Casel, I'm busy. Our entertainment night is tomorrow night. Don't worry I won't miss it. I can even bring Stark with me and let him lose everything at the card table..."
Ash's tone was a little impatient. Fortunately, Stark wasn't around, otherwise he would have to punch Ash twice.
"No...Ash, that's not the case. I have important information that may be useful to you."
Cassel’s intelligence? From various dramas in his previous life, Cassel can indeed see and hear different information, which brings different solutions to Beckett’s investigation.
Now Cassel said he had important information, which made Ash interested.
"I'm patrolling with Beckett today. You have to know that today is her patrol day at the police station. The detectives on vacation have to take over the work of the patrol officers. Let them not forget their previous grassroots work..."
"Casel! Is this the important information you mentioned?!?"
"No, no, of course not. There is a neighborhood where Beckett didn't receive any calls to the police today. Even the entire police station didn't receive any related calls. This neighborhood used to be a high-crime area..."
Ash had a sudden enlightenment at this moment. It was difficult for anyone to get out of the dark situation under the lamp without anyone else's guidance.
The vampires occupied a block, gathered most of the manpower, and sealed off the place. Only two or three small characters were left in the previous scattered gathering place, so that no one could obtain relevant information, and the clean-up personnel were asked to do it for safety. These gathering places cannot simply be abandoned just in case.
And because of the special nature of vampires, anyone whose blood is sucked by a vampire will become his lackey. Although the lower the hierarchy, the weaker the vampire's abilities are, but as long as he becomes his own ghost, who will care about those small things, not the big deal. Let the vampires at the bottom work harder and take a few more bites. Anyway, these guys are eager to improve their lives.
"Casel, you are really a big help!"
After understanding the reason, Ash re-ordered the troops to start moving towards the location provided by Kassel.
When he first entered this community, the vampire taught Ash a lesson.
IED, improvised explosive device, is a roadside bomb in layman's terms. It is a simple and powerful explosive device. It is usually a method of asymmetric warfare.
This method of guerrilla warfare was used on Ash. The leading Stryker wheeled armored vehicle was hit head-on by a roadside bomb.
This 19-ton combat vehicle was completely turned over from the side, and fell to the side of the road with its legs in the air.
Violent smoke and dust covered the entire road at the same time, and the heat and smoke generated by the explosion also hindered the observation of infrared equipment and heat sources.
The simplest explosion can block the progress of an entire team. But fortunately, only the lead vehicle was affected by the explosion. If the middle of the convoy was attacked, the entire team would be in a situation where they had no time to take care of themselves.
In the communication channel, the soldiers in the lead vehicle were still reporting their own situation. The AMPV tracked armored transport vehicle, which was following the lead vehicle, used the R800S remote-controlled weapon station above its head to tentatively drop 30mm ammunition into the smoke.
Under Ash's order, all soldiers regarded this place as a fighting zone, and there was no fighting zone for civilians.
Since it is a battle, the firepower projection must be fierce to make the enemy unable to raise its head. Indiscriminate bombing is the right way. No one wants to have a tactical interlude with those fast-moving vampires.
The sound of roadside bombs woke up the entire sleeping NY. The roar of fire accompanied by the 30mm automatic cannon in the night woke up those who had gone to bed early.
A few blocks away, the operation on Devlin's side is coming to an end. They are now parked at the private residence of drinking water producer Dietrich Banning, looking for traces of him.
"Lasseter, blow this place up for me, didn't you hear? Ash's side has already started using 105mm long-range howitzers!"
Everyone present silently sped up their hand movements, except Jimmy Tang, who was seeing the scene for the first time and was a little at a loss.
"Found it, here!"
One of the searching agents found a hidden combination lock next to the swimming pool. The others immediately brought decoders, plugged them in and waited for the results.
Amidst the sound of gunfire not far away, the swimming pool was slowly opened from the bottom, and a staircase extended downward into the darkness.
Devlin sneered and said: "Play with me, where is the fire truck? It's your turn!"
A fire truck requisitioned from Ash, loaded with garlic essence, parked next to the swimming pool.
The fire hose was thrown directly into the darkness along the stairs, and someone seemed to make a suspicious voice in the darkness.