The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

So Li Shanze listened patiently to Cyrus Morton's ramblings and did not take the initiative to ask how to deal with Archibald Drummond.

Sure enough, after rambling on for a while, Morton couldn't help himself and said, "If you want to defeat that devil's shame, you must first find a way to deal with Archibald Drummond."

"Otherwise, there's no way to completely purify the plague spreader, and that devil will still harm the world."

Do you think we are hot-blooded young people who get carried away easily?

Li Shanze felt a little amused, and then secretly pointed at Kate with his right index finger.

Kate nodded solemnly to Morton. "Thank you for the information, Mr. Morton. I will keep it in mind. We will set off for New Jersey now."

Then, Kate nodded to Li Shanze and Xia Li: "Li, Xia Li, let's go."

Then Kate picked up her lance, ready to sacrifice Alex first.

"Before we set off, let me purify this part of evil first." Holy light shone on her body, and she looked majestic, as if she was ready to bring down judgment at any time.

"Wait, wait!" As Li Shanze expected, Morton waved his hand to stop the group of people who were "excited".

"I can't bear to see you young men die in vain. It's not easy to deal with Archibald Drummond."

Morton tried his best to put on a kind smile, as befitting an elder. "I do have a plan. Would you be willing to listen to it?"

Author's words: I have something going on at home, so there will only be one update today. Please forgive me.

Thanks to Qianxiao Anran and Xiaopingguo112633 for their recommendation votes

256 Tracker

Li Shanze raised his pistol and pointed it at Cyrus Morton, smiling and saying, "Okay, don't forget, you are still our prisoner. You have no way to protect Alex Drummond."

Li Shanze becomes suspicious of Cyrus Morton's attempts to protect Alex.

However, Li Shanze did not doubt Morton's determination to get rid of Alex, but this protective attitude was somewhat contradictory to his behavior of watching Alex being caught.

Therefore, Li Shanze's main suspicion was that they had not taken any hostile actions against Morton during this period, so Morton now had to fulfill his contractual obligations to protect Alex.

Li Shanze raised his pistol just to give Morton a reason to continue slacking off.

"Ah, don't worry about that. I have always been very sensible in grasping the rules." Cyrus Morton obviously understood Li Shanze's intention, and he smiled happily.

Then, Morton looked at Li Shanze and explained seriously, "I really do have a plan to use this guy to lure out Archibald."

"Is it the so-called kidnapping?" Li Shanze was actually not that interested in Morton's plan.

Because Li Shanze didn't trust Morton that much.

First of all, Charlie and Morton do have some kind of "personal grudge" - although this is more of Morton's one-sided anger.

This situation of personal grudge made Li Shanze instinctively distrust Morton.

What's more important is that Morton's daughter Jennifer is very unreliable.

Since the daughter is so unreliable, most fathers are also unreliable.

Perhaps because Jennifer left such a bad impression on Li Shanze, Li Shanze quite arbitrarily believed that Morton's plan was likely to fail.

In Li Shanze's opinion, it would be better for Morton to honestly tell everything he knows and then act as a good thug.

Morton saw Li Shanze's disapproval, but still insisted, "Yes, disguising it as a kidnapping is the ideal solution."

"Especially since you guys actually eliminated the mercenaries and those two bastards from the Silver Nail Brotherhood, and even killed the fire elemental I summoned, this would be the perfect kidnapping scene."

Li Shanze shook his head. "I'm not concerned about these details, but why you decided that disguising it as a kidnapping was the best solution."

Morton looked at Li Shanze for a long while before he said helplessly, "Okay, okay, it seems that if I don't satisfy your curiosity, you won't be convinced no matter what."

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"I didn't expect that you would be convinced in the end." Xia Li held her cheek, leaning on the comfortable sofa in the RV, with a smile in her eyes, staring at Li Shanze who was driving the RV.

"At least after Morton explained the cause and effect, this does seem to be a mature plan, doesn't it?" Li Shanze shrugged and turned the steering wheel.

The RV now looked like an ordinary RV. It traveled under the moonlight, slowly driving out of the village shrouded in witchcraft and heading towards the highway to Philadelphia.

Jennifer, who was curled up in the corner, said cautiously: "Master, you, you don't have to care about what that old man said..."

Charlie waved her hand at Jennifer. "Okay, go take care of Alex. Don't let him get away."

Jennifer retreated timidly.

Li Shanze shook his head and laughed, "Everything on Alex that could potentially allow us to be tracked has been blocked and locked in an iron cage. Even if Kate pinched her nose and temporarily healed his injuries, he wouldn't be able to escape."

"And I've already set up surveillance and blockade arrays," Charlie added with a smile, then softened her voice. "I just wanted to find an excuse to get Jennifer out of the way."

Charlie was in a very good mood. There was an important reason for this. Although Kate had forced herself to have a room in the RV, she now had to drive her Chevrolet Suburban back to Philadelphia, so she was not in the RV at the moment.

After all, FBI agents cannot kidnap a citizen, but after going through certain paperwork and procedures, they can legally "detain" someone. Kate must rush back to handle the procedures.

It was a rare "housewarming occasion" - Charlie thought that since the RV was left to her by her teacher, it was her new home - Charlie didn't want Kate to be there to spoil the mood.

Now that she had successfully been alone with Li Shanze, Xia Li's mood naturally improved.

At this moment, Miss Witch leaned lazily on the sofa, listening to the roar of the RV engine, looking at the gentle night outside the window, stretched out a hand, pinched the corner of Li Shanze's clothes, and enjoyed the peace in a comfortable mood.

Li Shanze was also infected by Xia Li's emotions. He had a smile on his face and tacitly remained silent.

It wasn't until the lights of Philadelphia appeared at the end of the road that Charlie finally broke the silence.

"Since Mr. Morton said he wanted to let the incident ferment for a while, I still have a few days to go to the Paradox Library to review various documents and try to confirm every detail of Mr. Morton's description."

Li Shanze smiled and said, "I don't think you need to work so hard, Charlie. Even if Morton had some ulterior motives, they're probably gone now. Didn't you notice how awful the look on that remarkably youthful-looking old man's face was when Jennifer followed us into the RV?"

As soon as he said this, Li Shanze realized that he had said the wrong thing.

It is absolutely a taboo to mention another woman in front of a woman, even if Li Shanze's original intention was to persuade Xia Li not to take it so seriously.

As expected, Xia Li immediately changed into a half-smile upon hearing this: "So, you kidnapped someone's daughter and raised her like a bitch, and you're feeling particularly proud of it?"

However, after expressing her dissatisfaction briefly, Charlie decided to stop.

She quickly put away her smile and explained seriously, "No, I just want to verify the details and see if there are any gaps that can be filled."

"Moreover, I'm worried that Mr. Morton is no match for Archibald Drummond—perhaps all the details he painstakingly sought out were leaked to him by Archibald, who then guided him to do so."

"Since Archibald tricked him once and cost him half his life, there's no reason he wouldn't be tricked a second time."

Charlie was still quite polite. She would not say such words of distrust towards Morton in front of Jennifer, even though Jennifer looked down on her father much more than Charlie did.

At this time, the RV drove into the RV park in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Li Shanze opened the window and let the gentle evening breeze blow into the cab.

Along with the evening breeze, the voice of the RV park manager entered the cab: "Full hookup campsites are $65 a night, including a swimming pool and shuttle bus."

Li Shanze handed over the US dollars. The administrator nodded and looked into the cockpit curiously. He only saw Li Shanze, but not Xia Li who was leaning on the sofa and was blocked by Li Shanze.

The administrator handed over a ticket and left.

After closing the car window again, Li Shanze drove to a camping site and slowly parked the RV there.

After parking the car, he nodded in agreement to Xia Li, "I'm certainly not without some concerns about this. Well, I need to sort it out carefully and find out which link might have the problem..."

"First of all, it has to be a fatal strike, which leaves little room for error."

"According to Morton, Archibald Drummond is exceptionally cunning. Once the wrong soul container is destroyed, he will immediately use these mechanisms to hide and change locations, rendering the current location invalid..."

"And the key to a fatal strike is to find his most crucial laboratory, where the core soul container is stored—or, to continue using the stock company's terms, to strike at the most critical 'holding point' of his soul stock company..."

Xia Li smiled and came forward, holding Li Shanze's hand with one hand and rubbing Li Shanze's brow with the other hand: "Okay, stop frowning, and think about these things tomorrow. Why don't we go see where we live first."

Li Shanze nodded happily. After a whole day of hard work, he was already exhausted.

He stretched and yawned loudly.

"Okay, I'm tired too. We really should rest."

Then, he and Charlie walked towards the living area arm in arm.

Just as Xia Li was smiling and visiting the RV residential area with Li Shanze, the manager of the RV park was questioned by two people in long windbreakers.

"Mr. Administrator, we need your help. We are looking for someone."

"She has brown hair, wears a black classical dress, possibly a red fur coat, is named Charlie Butner, identifies as a woman, and is biologically a woman."

The person they were looking for was actually Charlie.

The manager of the RV park could tell from their attire that the two men were private detectives. He didn't bother to pay attention to them and turned to leave.

The private detective grabbed the administrator and quietly handed him twenty dollars: "Please think about this carefully, sir. This is very important to us."

The administrator thought blankly for a moment, then shook his head: "No, not at all."

"Are you sure you haven't?"

"I'm sure there aren't any, sir," the administrator said firmly. "You know, out of a thousand people who drive RVs, nine hundred and ninety-nine are biologically male. If there were any biologically female, I would definitely remember it."

"Okay... Oh, by the way, is there any place to park an RV nearby?" asked a private investigator.

"Well, everywhere," the RV park manager shrugged. "Pennsylvania's state forests and state parks allow free dispersed camping. Who knows where the person you're looking for is hiding in some remote corner of the Pennsylvania woods with a black bear. God bless that woman."

"What about Philadelphia?" the private investigator continued. "Does Philadelphia allow RVs to be parked?"

"Walmart, industrial areas, port terminal areas." The administrator knew these details well. "Temporary parking in residential and commercial areas cannot exceed two hours, and must be at least three meters away from fire hydrants."

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Administrator. If you find anything next, please call me." One of the private investigators handed his business card to the RV park administrator and promised, "I'll send you a check."

"I see, and I will if I find anything."

The administrator, who had already received a $20 tip, was in a good mood, and since there was also a verbal promise of a check, he agreed readily.

The administrator hummed a little tune and turned away.

The two private detectives looked at each other in confusion.

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257 Spring Returns

"Holy Mary! What should we do? Search all the forests in Pennsylvania?" One of the private detectives looked a little exasperated.

He threw away the lighter in annoyance, lit a cigarette, and started puffing away in the night breeze.

"No license plate number! No photo! No driver's license ID! No cell phone number to easily locate the vehicle! Nothing! Nothing!"

"I don't know what foolishly led you to take on such a job! My stupid brother! You are such a pig!"

The elder brother seemed even angrier than his younger brother, even using vulgar Italian slang.

"Did I really want to take such a ridiculous job? Enzo! Can you refuse that request? We finally established a good situation in New Jersey! Do you want to go back to Brooklyn in disgrace?"

The younger brother shot back angrily.

The brother called Enzo was startled: "Wait, Al, the one you are talking about is the one from Medicine Valley?"

Al kicked the trash can angrily. "What else? Do you think I want to take this damn job?"

Al took a deep drag on his cigarette, let out a long breath, spat, and continued.

"I just returned to your rented office this afternoon. The guy sitting behind your desk, playing with an exquisite pistol, asked me to check my car! What could I do?"

Enzo sighed. "Ah, the big shot said something and we have to rush all the way from New Jersey to Philadelphia. This is really a hell of a job. I haven't even had dinner yet! Give me a cigarette."

Al lit a cigarette for his brother, and the two brothers puffed away in dejected silence.

"Hey, wait a minute. Have you seen Claudia's Instagram?" Al, who was boredly scrolling through his phone with his head down, suddenly asked.

"Holy Mary! I'm on my phone, looking for that damn RV, looking for that damn woman! And you're just bored and scrolling through social media?" Enzo was furious. "How could a useless pig like you come out of the Vitali family!"

Al's cheek twitched, but considering his hungry older brother's irritable mood, he managed to hold it in.

After scolding his brother profusely, Enzo asked in a muffled voice, "What happened to Claudia? How is our little sister doing lately?"

"If she's unhappy at the airline and is being bullied, we can persuade her to come to New Jersey and help us. As her brothers, we won't let her suffer any injustice!"

"Bah, you crow's mouth! Claudia has such a glamorous life as a flight attendant, why would she be unhappy? She's having a much better life than us two gutter rats!" Al spat. "I saw she got a new phone and a bigger apartment recently. She probably got a raise."

Enzo rarely showed any anger, but only muttered in a low voice: "You are the rat in the gutter."

Hearing that Claudia was doing well, Vitali's eldest brother Enzo breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that his eldest brother was silent, Al took out his phone and said, "I saw her recent photos on Instagram. The address is Philadelphia, especially the photo she just posted. That means she is in Philadelphia now. What do you think? Should we go see her?"

"Don't we still have to find that damn RV and that damn woman?" Enzo was a little tempted, but still sighed.

Al urged, "Let's go visit Claudia, have a meal, and then leave. We can also investigate downtown Philadelphia while we're there. It won't take much time!"