North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 689 Action Begins

Father Rodney's actions shocked Jimmy and the others. In fact, Jimmy only used his mind's eye vision when he picked them up and discovered that there were abnormal energy fluctuations on these two things. It was as if there was a circle of energy covering them. There was no I sensed danger, so I held it in my hand and called Father Rodney over.

Unexpectedly, he just shouted out as soon as he took it in his hand, and put the two small bags on the table, as if these things were dangerous, which was completely different from what Jimmy thought.

Jimmy: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Father Rodney stared at the necklace and ring, "There is something wrong with these two pieces of jewelry. They have very strong ghost power on them."

Jimmy frowned, "Does it affect people? I didn't feel anything when I held it just now." He looked at Nia: "Nia, did you feel anything when you got these two pieces of jewelry?"

Nia shook her head: "No, we found them by the lake. After we got them, we put them in the evidence bag. No one else should have touched them."

Father Rodney: "It may not necessarily have an impact on people right away, but it will not necessarily affect people over time, and the energy on them seems to be very sufficient, and it is impossible to be free from the existence of ghosts for a long time. Bennett, are you here? Did you find anything else by the lake?"

Father Bennett was on the side, and he said: "We were attacked once by the evil spirits in the lake, but they were repelled once and then they didn't attack again. We didn't see anything else by the lake."

Father Rodney: "Do you know what's in there?"

Father Bennett: "It's not certain yet. The legend given by the police is that three people died there decades ago, a couple and the wife's friend."

Rodney: "Such a strong energy, but these three people shouldn't be like this. There must be something we don't know. Jimmy, why are you here? Are you investigating the so-called ghost lake?"

Jimmy looked at Nia, who said: "We are here to investigate the case of the disappearance of three college students. According to the clues provided by the people in the hotel, they should be investigating the legend of the ghost lake. We also found what they left behind." Personal belongings and tents, they should have gone missing near the lake.”

Rodney: "It's very dangerous out there. I think our investigation may have to be suspended."

Nia: "We already have a lot of clues pointing there, can't you solve the problem there?"

Rodney shook his head and said nothing more. Jimmy stretched out his hand to interrupt Nia's words. He looked at Superintendent Porter standing next to him, then turned to Nia and said softly: "The wraiths there look very powerful, and Still in the lake, it should be difficult to get rid of them.”

Nia: "But now we are very close to confirming the death of three people. At least we should get some definite information..."

Father Rodney turned and walked to the altar, clasped his hands and began to pray. Nia also stopped. She reached out to hold Jimmy's hand and said, "Sorry, I just got a little excited."

Jimmy patted her hand and looked at Father Rodney. I don't know how the church usually deals with such known resentful spirits. Whether they leave them alone or eliminate or seal them, Jimmy has seen Rodney before. Father Denis and others are usually already fighting to expel and eliminate evil spirits, and have not understood the preliminary investigation and preparation work. No one knows what their decision is.

Father Rodney's prayer time was not long. After he finished, he turned to look at Jimmy and Nia, "Let's go to the scene tomorrow and take a look. Let's take a rest today."

Jimmy: "Okay, thank you, Father Rodney."

It can be seen that Father Rodney is really unwilling to do this. He can agree to go and have a look tomorrow, maybe for Jimmy's sake. As for Jimmy's previous guess about the church's response to such known ghosts, Choosing to destroy or seal, it seems that he is overthinking, and the people of the church also believe that doing more is worse than doing less.

Nia and the other two police detectives returned to the hospital. Although they were awake, they still needed to conduct a complete examination to determine if there were any other problems. Jimmy found a hotel nearby and booked a room, and then followed After asking around at the front desk of the hotel, I found a nearby gun store and bought three boxes of .44 Magnum bullets for spare use.

This time he went out to find Roland, not to handle a case, so he only had the weapons and bullets he always had with him, and did not bring his bullet bag. For convenience, he also bought a four-month clip and dismantled it after returning to the hotel. A box of bullets was first filled with bullets in the moon clip, and then the spare bullet positions on the holster were replenished. Only then was preparations finally completed.

Generally speaking, Jimmy can't use many bullets in a battle, but the water ball yesterday impressed him deeply. The water ball was not the main body of the wraith, but one of its attack methods. If he still used yesterday's method to shoot the water ball, His bullet consumption will be very high.

The next morning, Jimmy and Nia returned to St. Mary's Church. Father Rodney and Father Bennett were already praying in the church. Jimmy did not disturb them, but sat on the bench and waited.

Soon after their prayers ended, Father Rodney took several other priests to pack a few boxes, and then went out to Ghost Lake with Jimmy and the others. Of course, Superintendent Porter and the two policemen from yesterday also followed.

For others, the priest's exorcism may be just a legend and they have never seen it. The three of them are different. Yesterday they saw Father Bennett pop the water balloon emerging from the lake. This was not a movie, that water balloon Water droplets also touched them during the explosion.

Now the priests want to clean up the ghosts in the ghost lake. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They must participate. Even if they just watch from a distance, it will be a huge talking point for them in the future. They cannot miss the opportunity.

Several cars still stopped far away, and the path in front could no longer be driven on. Father Rodney and several priests were walking in front, carrying boxes. Jimmy, Nia, and two NYPD detectives were behind them. Porter The superintendent and two policemen were at the end.

When approaching the lake, Father Rodney stopped and looked at the people behind him, "OK, everyone, except for Nia Yang who needs to help us indicate the location, everyone else please stay away from the lake and help seal it off. Prevent citizens from approaching this place." Superintendent Porter obviously wanted to watch. He walked forward to Rodney: "Father, I think I'd better stay here. I need to understand the situation here, and I need to report it later. What happened here.”

Father Rodney shook his head: "Sorry, it may be dangerous here. You can stay away and watch, but you can't stay here. We may not be able to protect you. Thank you for your cooperation."

Superintendent Porter was a little confused, but finally nodded. He called on the others to turn around and leave, stopping dozens of meters away from Rodney and the others.

Father Rodney confirmed that everyone else had left, and only Jimmy and Nia were with them. Then he turned and walked to the lake, "Nia, where did you find the necklace and ring? Help me determine the location."

Nia nodded. She came to the place where she found the student tent before, and then walked forward to the lake, stopping next to a stone half buried in the ground. "The necklace was found next to this stone. At that time, a small part of it was already there." It was buried in the soil, and when I took out the necklace, I saw the ring underneath.”

Father Rodney knelt down and looked at the traces on the ground, "Okay, Nia, you also leave for a moment, stand with the people behind you, and try to stay as far away from here as possible."

Nia looked at Jimmy, who nodded in agreement with Rodney's statement, and then she turned and left.

Rodney watched Nia move away for a while before opening the box in his hand. There was a cross sign on the box, and he could tell it was something from the church. He took out a necklace and a ring from it and placed them on the stone. Then he spoke, "This necklace and ring definitely do not belong to the three missing students, but are related to the resentful spirits in the lake. They should not have been directly exposed to the sun before. The three students may have dug them out. After they disappeared, Nia found them while investigating here, collected them and put them on her body, and then they were attacked by ghosts.”

Jimmy: "Is there anything special about this necklace and ring?"

Rodney: "Well, it's possible that they are the objects that the ghosts cherish, or even the places where the ghosts hide. Okay, let's give it a try. Be alert!"

As Rodney took the necklace and ring out of the box, Jimmy clearly felt that the temperature of the air seemed to have dropped a little, but it was not obvious. If he hadn't been paying attention to various abnormal situations when he came to the lake, he would probably You won't feel the difference either.

He looked up at the lake. There was no wind today, the lake was very calm, and nothing unusual happened. However, he had already seen it once yesterday, and it would definitely not be so quiet today.

Father Rodney waved to the other priests, and everyone moved a little distance to both sides around their positions. After everyone was in place, Father Rodney took out a larger holy water bottle from the box and opened the cork. After pouring the holy water on the necklace and ring, there was a squeaking sound, and then something like smoke floated out of the necklace and ring, but the color was slightly lighter, looking like gray and white.

The necklace and ring were purified by the holy water, and the chain reaction was that the lake in front of them fluctuated again, and it was not far away from them, only about ten meters away.

Soon a humanoid ghost emerged from the lake and slowly came to the lake. Its feet did not touch the lake, and it just floated on the water towards Father Rodney and Jimmy.

It seemed that it had no special actions, but Father Rodney had no intention of letting it go and communicating with it. The cross in his hand had been replaced by an exorcism badge. When the ghost approached him, The prayers he muttered in a low voice stopped, and he held the exorcism badge in his right hand and pressed it directly on the ghost.

The ghost had no physical body. Father Rodney's hand fell directly into the ghost's body, but the holy light energy on the exorcism badge exploded directly into the ghost's body, causing the ghost to instantly collapse when he reached out to touch the necklace.

Jimmy looked at Father Rodney in surprise: "So simple?"

Father Rodney said with a serious expression: "No, something is wrong. This ghost is not our target. I made a big mistake. Maybe I shouldn't destroy it."

As soon as he finished speaking, and before Jimmy had time to ask why, the lake water fluctuated again, more violently than before. A huge mental pressure oppressed everyone. Several priests began to praise the Lord in unison and picked up their own exorcism tools.

"No!" A huge human-shaped water body rose from the lake. It raised its arm and pointed at Father Rodney's position. Several rotten corpses came out from the bottom of the lake, followed by several more covered with water plants and moss. Skeletons, it seems these are left behind by people who died in the lake before.

When they saw them, Father Rodney and Jimmy immediately took a few steps back. The movement of the corpse walking from the bottom of the lake to the shore suddenly changed from slow to fast, and it pounced directly on Father Rodney.

Father Rodney took back the badge in his hand, pulled out his dagger, used the Bible in his left hand as a shield, and swung the dagger in his right hand, fighting with the corpses. Obviously these corpses were not strong, but the dagger was a light weapon after all and could be scratched. It wasn't fatal enough. Father Rodney was still surrounded by them, but there was no danger yet.

Jimmy didn't fare well either, because he was standing with Father Rodney. The corpses and skeletons coming out of the lake obviously included him as a target. The skeletons behind him ran towards Jimmy, but their speeds were relatively different. Slower to give Jimmy more time to prepare.

"Bang bang..." This was Jimmy's first time dealing with such skeletons and dead bodies. Switching between his mind's eye vision and normal vision, he determined the weaknesses of these corpses in a short time. 1875 fired quickly, even though he was moving. For the skeletons in the target, most of Jimmy's bullets successfully hit their joints, scattering them to the ground before the skeletons were fully close, restricting their ability to move.

The reason why they are not eliminated directly is because these skeletons do have a lot of white spots on their bodies, but they are very scattered. They do not have fatal weaknesses like the people Jimmy encountered before, allowing him to aim and shoot. Now this kind of dismantling them The action plan of restricting movement and then destroying it bit by bit was the most appropriate combat plan he could think of in a short time.

Both 1875s were empty. Jimmy opened the magazine and released the empty shells. He took out two pre-installed moon clips from his pocket to change the ammunition, and then fired several shots at the skull on the ground, completely ending their war. ability to act until you can no longer see the weaknesses indicated by the white dots.

(End of this chapter)