New Gods of North America

The interrogation continued until dawn.

Although it is not possible to confirm whether Roy Stampler has been affected by extraordinary abilities because the "purification" has not been carried out,

But David Mills had already asked him almost everything about his own plans.

To put it bluntly,

Roy believes that Pastor Bazzini has shielded so many sinners who have "confessed", so he should also "atone".

But there is a subtle logical relationship here:

Roy first "saw" the "sins" of Pastor Bazzini, and then after gathering the seven sinners, he chose "arrogance" as the reason to convict Pastor Bazzini.

As for Roy's plan, he wanted to take advantage of Pastor Bazini's defenseless request during his break, use his extraordinary ability to control him first, and then judge him.

Wayne admired the parish priest in this respect.

Perhaps the parish priest can only comfort ordinary believers by quoting scriptures or using rhetoric.

Instead of giving different care like they do to certain "special believers".

However, as long as time or physical condition permits,

Most priests in parish churches try their best to be on call at all times. Whenever believers go to the church and need to confess to the priest or seek answers to their doubts, they can basically see the priest himself quickly.

Theoretically, it does not distinguish between winter and summer, or between day and night.

So even though Roy didn't have many plans for this, as long as he could be sure that Pastor Bazzini did not plan to go out on the "seventh day", the feasibility of this plan was actually quite high - even the murderer thought so.

The "seventh day" in the case was the day when the church gave sermons to believers.

Even if Pastor Bazini has something urgent to do, he will try his best to return to the church before the sermon begins.

Wayne thought about it a little bit,

If the pastor was found dead in the church hall when believers opened the door during worship, it would be explosive news. The news would spread throughout the city within a day and it would be impossible to cover it up.

But there are two things,

But even Roy himself didn't understand it, or couldn't explain it clearly.

The first thing is that the locations of several murders were too "precise".

Given that Roy himself didn't know that the locations of the murders could be connected by the sacred triangle symbol on the map, saying that this was a "coincidence" does seem unconvincing.

The second thing is the "enhancement" of Roy's own extraordinary abilities.

According to Roy’s own account, when he committed the crime for the first time, he was still an “ordinary person”. Then, as the case “developed” day by day, he gradually felt the “gift” of the Holy Spirit, and at the same time, he became more and more convinced of the correctness of his actions.

Wayne was a little envious when he heard this.

Why do I have to eat a lot of random stuff to increase my blue bar, while this guy can enhance his extraordinary abilities just by moving his hands?

Are those wanted criminals in the West not bad enough to be on the stage?

But when it came to the second point, even Inissa and Lina shook their heads.

At least in mysticism, some things are still "conserved".

Although some roles such as priests and priests do have their own special significance in mysticism,

But it doesn't mean that you can strengthen yourself by just killing a few people.

Either the corresponding conditions are already met, but a ceremony is still needed to complete the corresponding steps.

Or, they could obtain the "attention" of other higher beings by completing the ritual.

In Lina's words, "If extraordinary power is so easy to obtain, then people like the Truth Church would have ruled the world long ago, and there would be no place for other sects. Even for the evil gods, 'power' cannot be granted just by saying so."

Wayne thought about what he had seen in the cathedral before, so many extraordinary materials waiting to be used and exchanged.

I also think that the "conservation" theory is more reliable.

…

The sky gradually brightens.

According to the progress of the case, today should have been the "sixth day", which was the day when the body of the victim representing "greed" was discovered.

Wayne even went to the solitary cell to take a look at Mr. Schultz and found that the butler and bodyguard were guarding outside. The other party was snoring at the moment, so he should not be dead.

Then the "reply" from the cathedral came at this time.

There were more than 20 people coming, most of them were riding horses. Although they were wearing church uniforms, their movements were very uniform, which gave them a sense of "military" atmosphere.

Guarding in the middle was a church carriage.

At first, Wayne thought it was the Bishop himself who came.

But when the person in the carriage got off, Wayne found out that it was the treasurer of the cathedral, Tom Hagen.

Tom Hagen obviously has a better personal relationship with David Mills.

He greeted him as soon as he got off the carriage, and was not very enthusiastic towards Pastor Bazini who also came to greet him.

But when we got to the small meeting room,

Tom Hagen conveyed the bishop's order, but handed over the on-site command of the incident to Pastor Bazzini.

David Mills was also asked to "cooperate" and "obey".

David Mills obviously didn't understand this and even wanted to argue, but was suppressed by a look from Tom Hagen.

Wayne found this order not unexpected.

Even though Bishop Corleone disagrees with Pastor Bazzini on some issues, they probably think alike when it comes to matters concerning the "honor" or "dignity" of the church.

After all, Georgeburg is a relatively "special" parish in Virginia.

It is obvious that His Excellency the Bishop would not tolerate any major accident here.

At least in this matter, Bishop Corleone should not have to worry that Pastor Bazzini would go and give his life to the murderer.

Even thinking deeper,

If the accident finally happened, the bishop had given his support, and David Mills was just "cooperating\

,"Then Pastor Bazini will be the one to take the blame.

So after Tom Hagen officially announced the order, as several people left the small conference room one after another, Wayne moved towards David Mills, who dared not speak out.

I was going to put my arm around his shoulder and say a few words of comfort to him, and then the detective agency could leave.

This matter seems to be complicated and has no benefits.

It’s better to go home and have a good sleep.

Unexpectedly, Wayne was stopped by Tom Hagen:

"Huh? Wayne, where are you going?"

Wayne pointed in the direction of the interrogation room and said, "Our detective agency has already cooperated to catch the murderer. Go and 'purify' him, and then continue to look for clues, or you can strengthen the security for Pastor Bazzini. As long as we can get through these two days, this case should be closed?"

"Yes, that's true."

Tom Hagen put his arm around Wayne's shoulder. "But what the bishop actually said was that 'we' should cooperate with and obey Reverend Bazzini's on-site command. 'We' means me, David Mills, and your detective agency."

Hmm...

Wayne made a bitter face.

“Hahahahaha, you don’t have to make that expression.”

Tom Hagen patted Wayne on the shoulder and said, "I know there is a big commission now and they are looking for a suitable security company. And the bishop is considering whether to add your detective agency to the recommendation list - if your detective agency can produce convincing results."

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