New Gods of North America

After checking the overall battle record, there were four prisoners in the corridor.

Two of them were guards of Georgeberg Church. Wayne had seen the characteristics of the "murderer's" control ability in them before. For example, their eyes would glow with golden light, and their abilities would cover a "range" when used.

As for the other two people, they were church members who had just been affected by the other party's ability and had not yet been confirmed to have fully recovered.

One was a man brought from the Cathedral by Tom Hagen,

The other one was also from George Berg’s local church, but he seemed to be mainly responsible for the work at the “old police station” and was not considered a member of the “church”.

Fortunately, only one of them managed to pull out the gun, but it was quickly taken away, so the damage caused to each other in the melee in the corridor was not too great.

Earlier, gunshots were heard outside the corridor.

Following the search, they found that there was also a guy here who seemed to have the ability to control others. When he was found to be behaving abnormally, he had already completely controlled the other two people in their group.

The "first shot" was fired by this guy after he realized that he was being targeted by Inissa and Lina.

So his situation was the worst. He was shot back by a bolt-action rifle at close range.

There were two bullet holes in the side abdomen. Although the spine was not injured, I don’t know whether my kidneys can be used again in the future.

The other two were fine. They didn't seem to have any injuries and probably didn't need to be hospitalized. They were probably knocked down by Peter.

When Willy reported what happened to Wayne, he seemed to still be a little frightened:

"I originally thought that Miss Lina would be the type who would be more brutal when she took action, but I didn't expect Miss Inessa to be so...direct and decisive when she took action."

Wayne shrugged.

Oh, Willy, you haven’t seen it. The Wendigo in Blackrock Town became “all over the ground” after meeting Inissa.

So Wayne took the opportunity to scare the kid, "Willy, have you ever seen ketchup?"

Willy nodded. "Of course I have. Mr. Parker always makes ketchup as a condiment when he makes fish and chips."

Wayne patted Willy on the shoulder:

"So this person's luck is already good. Before in Kanx State, a monster tried to attack Inissa, but ended up being beaten into a tomato sauce.

"The monster broke into pieces and dyed a large area of ​​grass red. Imagine the scene."

Willy shrank his neck a little.

Then when he looked at Inissa, who was still calm in the distance, his eyes were full of awe.

…

Although the real culprit's actions tonight should be considered "unsuccessful\

,"But in this way,

The number of people who could use the "Murderer" ability increased to at least five at once.

Moreover, they all looked exactly the same - the Carter family that had formed a gang before, the family members were all close relatives, and their extraordinary abilities were not similar to this extent.

It can basically be determined that they are from the same source.

"Wayne, you mean to say that you think their extraordinary abilities are exactly the same?"

After listening to Wayne's opinion, Tom Hagen couldn't help but ask back to confirm it again.

Wayne nodded.

Although so many "murderers" suddenly appeared, it shows that the real murderer behind the scenes has deeply infiltrated George Berg Church.

However, the increase in the number of samples of the "murderer" is not entirely a bad thing for the case itself.

At least at this point, we can try to roughly define the real culprit behind this.

For example, those who have been confirmed to be able to use the "murderer" ability are all church members who live or work in Georgeburg Church on a daily basis.

In addition to the preliminary speculation that the murderer's main purpose was probably to target the church,

This may also imply that the real murderer behind the scenes needed to spend some time "preparing" when planning this case.

Wayne tried to offer Tom Hagen some useful speculation:

“Even with so many of us here openly to guard, the real culprit behind the scenes still launched the attack tonight.

"I would guess there are two possibilities: one is that this 'ritual' seems to be really important to the murderer, so he may be confident or arrogant, or he may have to take risks, but he still tries to continue to advance the case as planned; the other possibility is that after the arrangement is completed, no matter what the real murderer thinks, the case will be carried out by the 'accomplices' according to the originally planned steps, and he himself can no longer control it."

Tom Hagen thought for a moment, "If you were asked to bet, which one would you bet on?"

Wayne thought about it:

"Neither. But according to my guess, if the real culprit found that this attack was ineffective, he should either seize the opportunity to launch another attack, or consider temporarily 'silent', or quickly escape."

Tom Hagen snapped his fingers. "I see what you mean."

…

After that, everyone stayed up till dawn.

After returning to the "old police station", except for the "captives" who were in trouble,

The remaining church members who were originally responsible for the security of Georgeberg Church, after being notified in advance, also cooperated and went into prison to undergo "isolation and investigation."

The jail in the "Old Police Station" has been remodeled and no longer has a "big room".

They were all solid single cells with so-called "four walls" and only doors and vents.

Pastor Bazzini, who stayed in the "Old Police Station\

,"When listening to the report, he seemed a little surprised by the personnel changes, but he still looked calm:

"If all the people directly related to the church are quarantined for investigation, what will happen to the daily operation of the parish?"

Tom Hagen looked like an honest subordinate who said, "I've already arranged it."

"It's just a short-term temporary measure. You should know that this is in compliance with the law. And I applied to the cathedral for additional personnel last night. The relevant personnel should all arrive before noon today, and the operation of the diocese will not be affected."

"What about today's sermon? Today is the day for believers to worship," asked Pastor Bazini.

Tom Hagen apparently had a plan for this:

“The personnel responsible for strengthening security will come faster and will probably be at the church before the sermon begins.

"We confirmed before leaving the manor that no deaths occurred in the manor yesterday. Including the servants in the manor and all the attackers, no strange outsiders died in the manor.

"Although judging from the time, even if the real culprit had the so-called 'ritual', he probably didn't complete it, we will still strengthen the security of you and the church today. Don't worry, we won't let any accidents happen during the normal sermon."