New Gods of North America

As night fell, in the church of Georgeburg,

As the two people with the highest identities in the Holy Spirit Church within the territory of Georgeburg at this time,

Priest Tyrrell of the Exorcist Association and Priest Barzini, who was in charge of managing the parish, were listening to the report from David Mills, the head of the local exorcism department.

Churches that believe in the Holy Spirit, whether it is the Holy See, the Anglican Church of Windsor, or the Holy Spirit Church, all advocate that clergy should be poor and simple, but they do not reject the magnificent and exquisite decoration of churches, believing that this is both a part of the church's majestic and solemn holiness, and a reflection of the degree of piety of the local believers.

Due to the particularity of the Georgeburg parish, the magnificence and spaciousness of the parish priest's office far exceeded that of ordinary churches.

So at this time, the two priests were sitting on soft and comfortable sofas, with the report materials submitted by the local exorcism department in front of them, and even silver-inlaid ivory cups filled with wine at hand.

David Mills stood respectfully at a slight distance in front of the two priests, narrating the contents:

"According to the clues currently available, we have reason to suspect that the 'lucky coin' incident was a premeditated vicious criminal event. The criminal is a fallen person with rather special abilities, but the real purpose of the other party cannot be confirmed for the time being.

"Judging from the recent events in Georgeburg alone, the students and staff in the 'Academy' have been subjected to maliciously released 'contamination', and the safe in the Academy church was stolen and deliberately damaged.

"Earlier, Wayne Constantine reported to the police, suspecting that someone was trying to harm members of the Fisk family, and he himself was attacked last Wednesday.

"This evening, another incident occurred in the academy in which a contaminant holder attacked and injured someone. The victim was a young lady from the Fisk family who was studying at the academy, and the attacker was a young lady from the Russell family. We have already found the so-called 'lucky coin' on her.

"Assuming that the criminal's target is a member of the Fisk family, then the criminal is obviously quite audacious, completely disregarding the special status of the 'Academy' in the southern states or even in the entire America, and also not caring about the identity and status of the local tycoons in Virginia, so the probability of them being an independently acting drifter is higher.

"And if the criminal is not only targeting members of the Fisk family, then the criminal may be trying to create a hot topic event, deliberately disrupting the public order of Georgeburg. Combining this with the theft case at the Academy church, the criminal may be trying to challenge the authority of the local church. It is more likely that they are a member of a hidden organization."

Priest Tyrrell was so shocked by the content of the report that his eyes widened.

Always good at listening to advice, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Priest Barzini,

The latter expressionlessly picked up his cup and calmly sipped the blood-red wine in it.

After David Mills finished his report, a silence fell in the spacious office for a while.

After a while, Priest Barzini put down his wine glass,

He bowed slightly and respectfully turned to Priest Tyrrell, "Since it is a vicious incident, our parish will definitely deal with it with all our strength. Priest Tyrrell, what do you think?"

"Ah? Yes, I think there is no problem," Priest Tyrrell quickly made a statement.

So Priest Barzini began to issue instructions:

"The criminal has already endangered the stability of the academy and completely disregarded the safety of ordinary people, so the threat needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. In addition to the exorcism department, all local clergy who are allowed to be transferred are temporarily at your disposal, and they are also allowed to kill directly.

"If people from the Exorcist Association also participate in the investigation, we will also try our best to cooperate and not delay the opportunity due to mutual interference."

"Yes!"

"Go."

After David Mills left, Priest Tyrrell couldn't sit still:

"Is that Delphine LaLaurie crazy?! Driving a local tycoon's daughter to attack the daughters of a southern wealthy family, is she planning to provoke the entire southern upper class all at once?!"

Priest Barzini tried to comfort this predecessor, who was considered "easy to talk to" by many southern wealthy people:

"Originally, I thought her abilities were worth utilizing, and she could replace those exposed guys under Cohen Pharmaceuticals, assisting us in doing things that are inconvenient for us to come forward ourselves. But unfortunately, she doesn't understand the limits of what she's doing.

"Since she has absconded on her own and committed another crime, why not just deal with her this time? Just a wanted criminal, we can find suitable people again."

"I will have someone take care of it."

Priest Tyrrell took a pinch of snuff from an exquisite snuffbox, "I asked her to cooperate with the investigation into the inside story and intentions of Corleone's support for that detective agency, but she controlled people to secretly attack everywhere. Even if she had killed that kid from the detective agency, I would have at least felt that she still had room for forgiveness."

Priest Barzini smiled and echoed from the side,

He understood Priest Tyrrell's personality, and could pretend to inadvertently slight this incompetent predecessor, silently increasing his position in his mind, just like some leaders value those subordinates who occasionally contradict them more,

But he also knew that this predecessor's temper was not as good as it seemed on the surface, and was actually not much easier to get along with than Corleone.

......

Late at night,

Wayne and Ineisha first escorted Miss Ovilia back to the manor purchased by the Fisk family locally,

Then they listened to Doug's brief report on the latest situation he had learned from the exorcism department,

Then they returned to the dormitory to rest, intending to recharge their batteries and prepare to "intercept" after discovering the criminal's whereabouts.

As a result, his spiritual intuition suddenly gave a warning,

As if an extraordinary power was fluctuating not far from him,

Wayne suddenly woke up with a shudder(抖动: shaking).

Could it be that the criminal has been discovered and is fighting with David Mills' subordinates?

Wayne went to the window and looked out, and everything outside was calm and tranquil, not like someone was fighting.

"Knock, knock, knock."

At this time, there was a knock on the dormitory door. Wayne felt something was wrong, and while asking "Who is it?", he put on his pajamas and reached for his revolver.

Answering him was the sudden burst of door slamming. After two consecutive slams, the not-so-sturdy door of the dormitory was directly knocked open.

Wayne raised his hand and was about to aim, then quickly stopped.

Damn it,

Several familiar faces in the dormitory were rushing towards his dormitory like zombies, their eyes glowing with a pale blue fluorescent light, looking like ghosts in the dark.

And Wayne only saw a few familiar faces because the door frame of the dormitory and the corridor in the dormitory were so wide. After these guys rushed in, there were still people following behind them, and it seemed that at least half the floor had come over.

Downstairs in the dormitory, Delphine LaLaurie was frantically burning her spiritual power, recalling what Priest Pasiel had said after handing her the potion:

"Priest Tyrrell has suddenly changed his mind for some reason. Now they have abandoned the plan and intend to send someone to get rid of you.

"You really only have one last chance now. You help me solve the trouble, and I promise to let you leave America alive."