Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 321 Doubt is Enough

Chapter 321 Doubt is Enough (Second Update!!)

into the eye.

The photo appears to be taken from a candid angle.

But the photo is very clear.

His face was pale, his eyes were slightly red, and there was a mark in the middle of his right eye. If you didn't look closely, you would think that his right eye had been split in half.

"This is Bruce."

"I am very sure."

"His right eye was once slashed by a sharp blade. Fortunately, the eye was not injured, but it was left with a scar."

George pointed to the photograph Hawke was holding and said with certainty, "That's why I secretly reopened the Andrew Chloe case."

Speaking of it.

George paused, then looked curiously at his daughter and prospective son-in-law sitting at his desk: "Now it's your turn. How did you find out about this case? There are no more than six people who know that I reopened it."

Hawke met George's questioning gaze and shrugged.

Although he really wanted to tell George that a secret is no longer a secret once a second person knows it, let alone six people.

but……

He wasn't very good at lying, so after thinking about it, he chose to remain silent.

Gwen, who was standing nearby, changed the subject: "So what happened next, Dad? What else did you find out?"

George glanced at his prospective son-in-law, who was shrugging, then looked at his obedient daughter, who was trying to change the subject.

In fact, ever since he became a vampire and witnessed Hawke's incredible power, he knew that the wild boar his little cabbage had brought back from the wild was not as simple as it seemed.

but……

Ever since George learned that Hawke had bought a house on Palm Street, he had a vague feeling that Hawke was not so simple.

But since the IRS didn't bother Hawke, he naturally had no reason to bother him either.

The most important thing.

Gwen was very happy.

George could tell that his daughter was genuinely happy every time she came home, not just pretending.

and so!
This is enough.

My daughter is very happy.

His wife was also very satisfied.

Since the IRS didn't bother them, George had no reason to rush to find out Hawke's secret.

Just like after the vampire incident in the first half of the year.

Hawke didn't say.

Gwen didn't say anything.

He didn't say anything, and the three of them tacitly understood each other. As a veteran detective, especially after learning that vampires really existed in this world and that he himself had become a vampire, he knew very well that this world was not as simple as it seemed.

Hawke is not as simple as he seems.

but……

His daughter seemed to have known from the beginning.

This is enough.

George watched his daughter change the subject for Hawke, smiled inwardly, and followed Gwen's lead to change the subject as well.

He would do anything to find out if his own daughter didn't know.

But Gwen knew that was the end of it.

George then opened the drawer again and took out some more photos.

Hawke and Gwen each took a few.

However, the person standing in the center of all these photos is the same person, the Detective Bruce that George is certain should have died in the line of duty ten years ago.

wrong.

He should be called Vampire Bruce now.

Among these photos, some show Bruce the vampire alone, while others show him with his accomplices.

In those photos, some people were circled in red by George.

Gwen looked up at George with curiosity.

"Dad, the people inside the red circle..."

"They're all vampires."

George said this, then pulled a photo from Gwen's hand and pointed to the man standing with Bruce the vampire in a corner of the bar: "This is Andor, the patrolman from back then."

Gwen frowned as she looked at the man in the photo, who appeared to be in his early twenties, following the direction George was pointing.

"Wasn't he burned to death?"

"It's obvious that he faked his death."

"..."

Hawke, sitting to the side, thought of another detective.

"That Giorno."

"He is not."

"Isn't he?"

"No."

George shook his head and looked at Gwen: "I checked, Giorno retired five years ago and now lives in Jersey City. He does look much older, and he was hospitalized a few years ago for a broken arm."

Gwen breathed a sigh of relief.

Hawke looked at George without saying a word.

Because he always felt that there would usually be a twist at the end of such statements.

really.

"but……"

George changed the subject, looking at Hawke and Gwen: "Last week, Hale found a case related to an old case in the 21st Precinct and went to Jersey City to visit this Giorno. When Giorno turned around to pour tea, he secretly took a picture of the back of Giorno's right ear, which seemed to have a mark similar to the Blood Servant."

Gwen was shocked.

Hawke smiled.

Look.

He was right.

Gwen snapped out of her shock and gasped, “There were only three people in total. Bruce and that patrolman Andor became vampires, and the only survivor, Giorno, is also a blood servant related to vampires.”

As she spoke, Gwen glanced at Hawke with some curiosity.

It seems to be saying...

Are you sure you've provoked an angel?

But this feels like you've stirred up a hornet's nest.

Hawke met Gwen's gaze and frowned as well.

Angel.

vampire.

next second.

Hawke came up with something that could connect vampires with angels.

Blood God.

It was that scene that Hawke initially mistook for a Mephistopheles trap, only to discover in the end that it was a scheme orchestrated by Jehovah to sow discord.

To paraphrase Mephisto

Madora, the Goddess of Blood, had been possessed by Jehovah's men long ago.

But George knew nothing about the Blood God. Therefore—

Hawke looked at George.

“Deacon Frost’s Blood Servant?”

"No."

George shook his head, pulled out a piece of paper, and drew a symbol resembling the letter K on the white paper.

Hawke frowned as he looked at the letter K on the paper.

George looked at Hawke.

"Do you remember?"

"No."

Hawke shook his head, then smiled at George's seemingly disbelieving gaze and said, "Vampires are such low-class creatures. For me, focusing on them is nothing more than a waste of time."

This is not meant to be disrespectful to vampires.

This is a fact.

After becoming a Bronze Saint, he no longer took vampires seriously.

The same applies to silver, which gained face and benefits.

at the moment!

He is gold.

He condensed his own timeline, awakened his seventh sense, and is known as the Saint Seiya closest to God.

The "gods" here do not refer to the various gods in Marvel who are comparable to mortals in terms of divine bodies.

It is the Supreme God!

Odin of Asgard.

Zeus of Olympus.

Once he awakens his eighth sense and unleashes his own cosmos, let alone vampires, even dimensional gods like Mephisto will feel that watching them is a waste of time.

"but……"

As George was about to ask a question, Hawke changed the subject, looking at George and saying, "But I know someone who should know."

George smiled and shook his head: "If you're talking about Catherine, then there's no need to ask, because I've already asked her, and she doesn't know."

Yes.

George meets Catherine, the vampire queen.

This is normal.

After all, George's Sun Ring was given to him by Catherine, and Catherine is also Gwen's friend.

The most important thing.

After George becomes a vampire, it is Gwen who asks Katherine to help George learn how to be a vampire who hides among humans, and how to control his constant urge to drink blood.

Speaking of which, among the six people George just mentioned who knew he was reopening these cases, Catherine was one of them.

He became the detective's first partner, and is now Ben Ulrich, a retired journalist.

In fact, it was Ben Ulric who said that George was able to see Bruce, who should have died ten years ago, in the vampire bar this time.

Recently, the 21st Precinct has received several reports of homeless people going missing.

Ben Ulric suspected that the vampires who had been silent for a while after Dickon Frost's death had come out to cause trouble again.

Sure enough, the vampire bar secretly revived at some point.

George went to the bar after receiving Ben Ulric's message and that's how he found Bruce.

The only people left who knew the truth were his right-hand men.

Hale and Mahoney, two elite detectives from the 21st Precinct.

As for the other one, he was a friend of George's from the headquarters who had known him for many years.

Reopening an old case requires authorization from the General Administration of Customs.

This is about procedural justice, and George has always been a defender of procedural justice, so naturally he wouldn't lead the way in undermining the process.

Far away.

Hawke chuckled as George spoke of Catherine.

“I’m not talking about Catherine.”

"Who is that?"

"The progenitor Klaus!"

Hawke smiled and looked at Gwen: "Call Klaus."

He did not save Klaus's phone number.

Gwen saved it.

After all, he rarely uses his own phone, so it's easier for Klaus to reach Gwen by calling her.

Reminded by Hawke, Gwen also remembered the progenitor Klaus, took out her phone, and called him directly.

soon.

Klaus's slightly roguish voice came through the phone.

"Klaus Michaelson".

"Hawk."

Hawke took the phone, said hello, and then briefly described the symbol K that George had drawn on the white paper: "Do you know which family this blood servant symbol represents?"

Klaus thought for a moment on the other end of the phone, then uttered the name of a family.

"Covinus!"

"The family residence is located at the Château de Covinus, a suburb of Paris."

"A self-important pure-blood family."

"After the Pureblood Council of New York was defeated by the Blades, it is said that the Covinus family attempted to take over New York City."

"But this is just hearsay, and it's irresponsible."

“After all, I’m not from their ethnic group.”

"Thank you."

"Need not."

Hawke then hung up the phone, and, meeting George's gaze, smiled slightly: "Thanks."

He already has a lead.

Next, it's time to find the Covinus family and have a good chat about the story that happened in a certain alley twenty years ago.