Order 01: Vampire Hunter

Vampire Hunter (バンパイア・ハンター,) is the first chapter of Hellsing: Volume 1, and the overall first chapter of the Hellsing manga created by Kohta Hirano.

Summary
Within the village of Cheddar, people have gone missing one by one. Suspicious of the Village's Pastor, they were soon proven correct and because of the elite Police Officers they've sent there has gone missing each time, the London Police is forced to call upon the Hellsing Organisation to handle the job. The head of Hellsing, Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing came and announces that the suspect is a vampire, and so; will do what she can to prevent any more damage, so she sent in... another vampire.

Synopsis
Alucard, within the forest of the Cheddar Village gazes at the moon. However is then snapped back to reality by someone at the Hellsing Organisation who asked him about his status via microphone. He then looks down upon the houses of the village before apologizing, saying that he was moongazing and that he was distracted by it. The Hellsing member then tells Alucard to keep it together as he's the only one they can count on, to which, Alucard fully knows about this but he says that the night is just nice.

Past
In a small village in Northern England by the name of "Cheddar," came a lone Vicar; a rather odd Vicar, made his way to the church of this "sleepy" village. However, he would almost never go out during the day as if he hated the sun or some sort, but on the most, rare occasions that he did go outside; it was either cloudy, rainy or in the middle of the night while wearing a robe with a hood which concealed his eyes. But just then, suddenly a week later, a boy on an errand to a neighboring village was gone; leaving only a shoe behind. Then, more and more people started to go missing in the next ten days, resulting in ten villagers gone missing.

Because of this, the villagers were cast into a pit of dismay. Fortunately, someone managed to escape from the kidnapper's grip to a nearby house and testify to a policeman.

He said that the man who attempted to kidnap him was a "Vicar standing there in the darkness," and at first, it was too dark to tell, but when the moon broke through the clouds; he could clearly see that the Vicar had a blood trickling from his mouth. So out of fear, he ran away. Later due to this, a couple of policemen were sent to investigate and question the Vicar of the Cheddar Village, along with a couple of suspicious villagers. But unfortunately for them, evening was giving way to night; as they were questioning the Vicar, the Vicar then leaps at the policemen; biting him on the neck with such force and killing all the villagers that was with him.

Present
Two days later, due to the incident and the policemen not responding; the London Police quickly got involved with the situation. But no matter how many officers they sent, all of them does not give any response back; meaning that they were killed. Because of how dangerous this situation is, they decided to call upon an elite force: the Hellsing Organisation. Without delaying, the head of the Hellsing makes her way to Cheddar, which an armed police officer guarding the tent would then lead her to the commander of the Police Department.

Much to his surprise, the head of the Hellsing Organisation is a female person. But without further ado, he asks about the village while sweating. Smirking, Sir Integra states that his worries are at an end, and from now on; this is a job for the Hellsing Organisation. The London Police Commander explains that just about three hours ago, they lost contact with a unit they sent in, and believes that she's seen the image by the camera they took; so he asks about what type of creature is this.

Sir Integra claims that they are ghouls, and the village is brimming with them. Confused, one of the armed forces asks Integra about what a "ghoul" is, which Sir Integra says that it's the cause of a vampire attack to victims who are not virgins, then says that they're just zombies under the control of a vampire, then anticipates that a vampire is residing in the village, which shocked the Police Commander. Not believing a thing, he calls everything Integra said "occult" and "gibberish," stating that they would never believe something like that, but Sir Integra says that she does not particularly care if he does not believe in that but it's the truth, and that their work here is done anyway.

Explaining the origins of the Hellsing Organisation, Integra says that they're up against a monstrosity as a vampire in that village is manipulating the ghouls, and no matter how many troops they send, all they'll be doing is offering them a meal. Pulling out a cigar from a pack of cigarettes, sliding it onto her mouth; Sir Integra smiles and says that if someone kills the vampire, then it would eradicate the ghouls they've created, and Hellsing will do the honors. Assuring the Police Commander that Hellsing's got this, Sir Integra says that one of their men is a special anti-vampire expert, and he's already on his way to Cheddar; it should be over in a few hours. Speechless, the Commander asks about what kind of "bloke" is he, which Integra then introduces him to Alucard, and when it comes to monsters, especially vampires, no one is more experts than him.

Walking through the forest with a smile, Alucard looks at the moon and says that it's a great night. "The kind of night that makes me want to suck some blood." A survivor by the name of Seras Victoria managed to escape from the Vicar's grip, but had to watch her men get eaten alive. Traumatized, she runs wanderlessly through the dark forest of Cheddar; not knowing where she's going whatsoever. But then, she sees that the Vicar is in front of her, to which, Seras instantly aims her pistol at him; then shoots. Suddenly however, the Vicar dodges it and leaps straight towards Seras; holding her arms and staring at her. Explaining that guns won't do a thing, the Vicar states that a gun could never kill a vampire, and now it's her turn to become one of his many ghouls.

Explaining that all he ever wants are devoted slaves, the Vicar says that he won't even make her a vampire with free will, and because there probably aren't virgins at her age these days, he explains that he will first rape her; then take his time drinking her. In the end, she would become one of his ghouls. Terrified for her life, Seras screams. Suddenly from behind, Alucard appears; declaring that he's had enough fun, much to the Vicar's shock. Alucard says that youngsters these days are so common, and asks about what had ever happened to moral values, then states that the Vicar is no more than a town punk.

Taking offense to this, the Vicar in response asks Alucard what he is; which Alucard then introduces himself as an agent who takes out the trash for the secret service Hellsing; a hit man for the likes of him (Vicar). Mocking him, the Vicar laughs and mocks him, then commands his ghouls to kill him as he snaps his fingers. Suddenly, Alucard gets barraged by a storm of bullets non-stop, with shotguns, assault rifles, pistols, ect. Half of his face gets blown away and even his arm was torn off. The Vicar then stops the ghouls, and watches Alucard's corpse falls as he laughs hysterically, mocking the so-called hitman. Then suddenly, he hears a laugh. A laugh coming from the dead body.

Mists approaches Alucard and heals his body slowly, and the pool of blood on the grass too approaches Alucard to heal his wounds while saying what the Vicar said earlier: "Guns won't do a thing," and that they're useless and could never kill a vampire. Before saying "That is Ordinary guns." Regenerating fully, Alucard stands up and pulls out a huge pistol with a long barrel much to the shock of the Vicar, then he aims it at him. While it seems like Alucard would kill the Vicar to put an end to this massacre, Alucard took his time and instead aims at his ghouls; killing them one-by-one simultaneously as both the Vicar and Seras watches. Confused about why would a vampire side with humans, the Vicar asks his motivations for siding with humans, which Alucard states that if "little turds" like him keep going on these rampages out of urge, this becomes a problem for vampires as humans would go extinct if he keeps on doing this, but then states that he can't disobey the humans without explaining on why he can't do so.

Explaining what type of ammunition the pistol he uses, uses, Alucard states that there are no FREAKs around who can eat these rounds and come back for seconds; then tells the Vicar to just die. Suddenly, the Vicar cowardly hides behind Victoria, stating that she's the only survivor and tells him to just let him go, and he will spare her. Smiling, Alucard asks if the girl is a virgin, which confused both the Vicar and Seras once again. Alucard once again asks if she's a virgin, which makes Seras nervous. Then orders her to answer him, which Seras hesitantly confirms that she is. Then, she was shot through the chest by Alucard's pistol. The bullet penetrates and also hits the Vicar, letting go of Seras. Taking the chance, Alucard charges his right arm, before rushing towards the fallen Vicar and impales him through the heart with his hand; killing him as the Vicar's corpse turns into dust.

Now that he's finished, Alucard turns around to see the victim; apologizing, stating that it's the only way. Then, he asks about what she'll do as Alucard smiles. Back at the tent, Sir Integra sees Alucard and congratulates him, asking him about the outcome. Alucard, carrying Seras, states that there are no survivors and that the Vicar's dead. Confused as Alucard's clearly carrying a person that's alive, Sir Integra asks Alucard about this, which the Police Girl then states that she's dead. Realizing this, the Police Commander freaks out; so does Integra then asks Alucard about what he did, which Alucard states that he couldn't help it and apologizes. Sir Integra states that they're back where they started.

Characters

 * Alucard
 * Pastor
 * Sir Integral Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
 * Men in Black
 * London Police Commander
 * Seras Victoria

Organizations

 * Hellsing Organisation
 * London Police

Trivia

 * The chapters name, "Vampire Hunter," is based upon a game titled "Darkstalkers," which is known in Japan as "Vampires."
 * Alucard's design is way different from future chapters of the Manga. Here, he looks like the main character from the series Trigun, Vash the Stampede. Specifically the iconic red coat and the classic orange glasses.