North American Gunslinger Detective

Father Rodney and the others did not go back directly. Instead, they used some of the holy words and holy oil left in their hands to make several temporary altars from the surrounding small stones, and placed them on the lake shore according to certain rules. These operations cost A lot of time, but also for safety.

  Jimmy's words just now made Father Rodney understand that there is something in the lake, whether it is a wraith or another unknown object. In order to avoid accidents while they are away, some protection must be done, not only for the sake of what they will do tomorrow. What you do is also for the safety of others.

  After everything was dealt with, Jimmy and the others left the lake and left Ghost Lake with Nia and several police detectives.

  Nia and Superintendent Porter had already stayed away from the lake when the lake surface started to show abnormalities in the evening. They watched them from a distance and waited until it was over. It lasted for several hours. Their curiosity had reached the sky. The people in the church could still understand the exorcism, but Jimmy's continuous gunshots were very harsh. If this wasn't a remote place, someone would have called the police long ago.

  The key is that they knew that Jimmy did not carry a rifle, only a Glock and two revolvers, but his shooting speed was close to the shooting speed of a semi-automatic pistol, and the intervals between gunshots were very short, which was completely unimaginable. How he changed bullets.

  Nia was riding in a car with Jimmy, and she also curiously asked about their exorcism process. After all, it was night, and the little light from the car lights and flashlights was not enough for them to see the specific process behind. Jimmy He didn’t hide much. The main credit was given to Father Rodney and the others. The key point was the altar of imprisonment at the back. This was the first time Jimmy had seen it.

  In fact, Jimmy has participated in several exorcism rituals in the church before. He has only seen him perform ritual preparations similar to formations once at Father Horton's in Dallas. The subsequent times were basically personal demonstrations of power and recitation of holy words, using The power of the holy light strengthens or destroys evil spirits. This time they not only used an altar, but also a temporarily carved altar. This strange method of exorcism has more visual impact than what he can do with two shots.

  The protective barrier-like formation they deployed in the end was also eye-catching, but through these priests, Jimmy could probably tell that Father Rodney and Father Bennett were exorcist priests similar to combat experts. , while Antonio is similar to a mage, using more patterns such as formations to restrict and purify evil spirits. Comparing with them, Father Horton whom he met in Dallas should be the same as Antonio.

  Back at the hotel, Jimmy checked the time and asked Nia to take a shower first. He called Ruiz to ask for leave. Although the main force in this incident was Father Rodney and the others, after all, they were trying to help himself and Nia. Ya came here. You can't go back to New York to work before the matter is resolved.

  This weekend was so exciting. First he went to track down Roland's whereabouts, and then he searched for Nia. When he encountered such a mess, he didn't know when it would end. Now he could only ask for leave. Fortunately, the reason was quite sufficient. Something happened to Nia, so Jimmy had a reason to come to Rhode Island for business.

  Of course, it was indispensable to call Mark and others to tell them. These two unlucky guys, their boss was always absent from the office for no reason, and they were left alone just after they joined the company.

  The next day, Jimmy and the others came to the church again. Father Rodney and the others were already preparing today's ritual props, because to perform a purification ceremony on a small lake over [-] meters long, a huge amount of holy light energy was required. In fact, They discussed this issue while waiting yesterday afternoon, but because the cost was too high, everyone still rejected the plan.

  The reason why both the confinement altar and the protection altar need to be temporarily prepared is because they have no idea in what form the resentful spirits in the lake will attack them. Preparing the confinement altar in advance may cause energy loss and waste of materials. You must know that these drives The materials on the Demon Priest are not those sold on the street, they are also very precious.

  This time there were not that many people on the police side. Only Superintendent Porter came over, and the other two police officers went back to continue their duties. Jimmy pulled Superintendent Porter aside. He originally wanted to persuade him not to go there, so as not to cause any problems. After all, he had to face ghosts, not ordinary criminals. Superintendent Porter also had enough reasons. Rhodes After all, Father Ni and the others are doing the exorcism ritual on their side. There must be a local as a witness, otherwise there will be no way to explain the incident later.

  This reason was considered reasonable. Jimmy didn't insist anymore and agreed to follow him, but it was still the same as last night, waiting a hundred meters away with Nia and the others. It was up to them how much they could see.

  Arriving at the lake again, Nia and Superintendent Porter stayed far away, while Jimmy accompanied Father Rodney and they began preparations for the purification ceremony.

  Antonio opened his box and took out a wooden cross from inside. The four tops were wrapped in metal. The color should be gold or gold-plated, slightly dull, and the texture of the wood seemed to be old.

  He picked a stone again, carved grooves on it according to the cross, embedded the cross on the top of the stone, and then began to carve patterns and words around the cross. They were not English letters. Jimmy could not recognize them at all, but they were similar to those of Father Horton in Dallas. Similar words are used when setting up by the river.

  The carved formations are still filled with holy oil and holy salt. This altar took the longest time to make.

  After that, other priests took a few more stone slabs from the surroundings, carved simple patterns on them and put white candles on them, and then placed these stone slabs around the altar made by Father Antonio.

  The altar was ready, and everyone began to wait by the lake. Near noon, Father Antonio took out a rag from the box and wrapped it around his left wrist. He held a silver bowl in his left hand, poured holy water into it, and held it in his right hand. He was wearing a silver necklace with a silver cross on it. It seemed that none of these things were new, they were either antiques or they had been used by him for a long time.

  Arriving next to the altar he had made before, Antonio glanced at the other priests standing around the altar, and then began to sing the holy words of purification, "Holy light, please come to this land, burn out the evil with the holy fire, and use the holy fire to burn out the evil." The light purifies this cursed land and drives away all evil forces."

  As Antonio shouted the holy words, the surrounding priests also lit the white candles placed around them. Even at noon when the sun was at its strongest, Jimmy could still see the altar they made lit up with white light, dotted with stars. Energy light spots began to gather in the air and merged into the silver bowl held by Antonio. The holy water poured into it also began to glow.

  Soon after the prayer ended, Antonio walked to the lake and poured the holy water in the bowl into the lake. A light invisible to the naked eye spread on the lake, and soon the lake water began to fluctuate again.

  The frequency of the lake water fluctuations this time was even more violent than when the female ghost appeared last night, as if something was about to rush out. Antonio did not step back. Instead, he took a step forward and stood in the lake. He knelt in the water and put his left hand and the rag on his wrist in the water.

  A ghost did emerge from the lake. It was very large, far more powerful and solid than the female ghost yesterday. Only Antonio was in the water, and everyone else was on the shore. The ghost flew towards Antonio. Jimmy didn't wait any longer. "Bang! Bang!", two consecutive shots hit the largest white spot in the ghost's body. The ghost was shot. After a short burst, it suddenly exploded. Jimmy was still surprised. Is such a big ghost so weak? Before his surprised expression ended, the exploding ghost fragments suddenly changed. These fragments turned into smaller ghosts and rushed towards Antonio again.

  "Bang! Bang!..." After realizing that this guy can split, Jimmy once again aimed at the split little ghosts and fired. He fired both left and right revolvers and finally eliminated this round of little ghosts.

  He pulled his crossbody bag, which he bought specially to hold bullets. In addition to the four loaded monthly clips, there were dozens of scattered bullets inside.

  The magazine was replenished with scattered bullets, and the ghost fragments in the air gathered again into several small ghosts. This time their targets changed and flew towards Jimmy.

  This kind of ghost that can only move a little in the air is a living target. Jimmy fired the revolvers in his left and right hands again, scattering them again before they got close to Jimmy. This time he could only use the moon clip to supplement them. If the distance is too close, the ghost will recover very quickly. Just because there are more and more fragments, the size of the ghost will become smaller and smaller, and the number will increase. If this continues, problems will arise.

  Jimmy no longer cares about whether there will be any problems later. There are too many ghosts. This time he is completely letting go.

  "Bang bang..." The sound of gunfire continued. Jimmy fired the revolver at a fully automatic rate of fire. After shooting, he immediately used the last two clips to reload, and continued to shoot at the ghost in the air. The gunshots were almost uninterrupted, because Ghosts are all flying in the air, and Jimmy doesn't even have to consider the possibility of accidentally injuring the priests around him. He has rarely had such exciting moments.

  He unloaded the bullet, took back the left revolver, and took a handful of bullets from the bullet bag to replenish the right revolver. This time, he fired continuously with one hand, because the ghosts were not broken at the same time, and new little ghosts were generated in sequence, which was just enough for Jimmy. Replenishing bullets at the frequency of target shooting, shooting, replenishing bullets, shooting at such a frequency, his actions frightened the priest next to him who was unable to participate in the battle.

  Has anyone ever seen someone shoot a revolver at the rate of fire of a semi-automatic pistol? Jimmy's reloading method and frequency had exceeded their imagination. They had never thought that someone could empty the revolver in more than a second and then take another second to reload and continue shooting.

  Fortunately, 1875 was strong enough. There were only a few dozen loose bullets in Jimmy's bullet bag. The continuous shooting quickly bottomed out in just two or three minutes. Fortunately, the split body of the ghost behind seemed to have reached its limit. The basketball-sized ghost body did not split anymore. There were smaller and more ghosts, and the recovery speed was also reduced. Some ghosts even dissipated directly after being scattered.

  This also allowed Jimmy to slow down the frequency of his shooting. The recoil of continuous shooting put a lot of pressure on his right arm, and even the accuracy was reduced later.

  Finally, his left hand reached into the bullet bag. There were no bullets in it. Jimmy rolled on the spot and avoided a ghost that rushed towards him. "I have no bullets."

  There were not many ghosts flying in the air anymore. There were only five little ghosts. They did not land, but kept rushing towards Jimmy in the air. Jimmy just dodged left and right. When he couldn't avoid it, he used the 1875 in his right hand to hit the ghosts directly. , can also smash them open.

  Father Rodney and the others were stunned by Jimmy. They only reacted when they saw him dodging left and right. Several people rushed over, raising their weapons and exorcism badges, and killed the remaining few in a few seconds. The little ghost dispersed and disappeared in the air, and Jimmy was completely liberated. He looked up and down, left and right, to make sure there were no other ghosts, and then put the 1875 back into its holster.

  Who would have thought that three boxes of .44 Magnum bullets would be used up in one battle. Jimmy had never used so many bullets before.

  He held his right arm with his left hand and rubbed the arm muscles fiercely. This time it was really hurt. His right arm was very sore now, and his wrist was sore from the recoil force.

  Antonio was still in the lake. After the priests dispersed the last few ghosts, they also came to the altar behind Antonio. They all sang holy words and hymns. The faint holy light on the lake surface flickered. After a long time, Antonio finally stood He stood up and untied the rag from his wrist. The piece of cloth seemed to have been stained by something. It used to be the khaki color of linen, but now it has turned into a light black, which doesn't look like a good sign.

  Antonio placed the rag on the altar, took a bottle of holy water from the side and poured it on it. A white flame rose up and the rag burned out quickly. This looked a little abnormal, as if it was not holy water. But like gasoline.

  Antonio began to reclaim the cross on the stone altar and said to the others: "It's over."

  Jimmy walked over rubbing his right arm, "Father Antonio, is there anything else to do here?"

  Antonio: "No more now. The lake has been purified. Then we will find an opportunity to clean up the bottom of the lake and find out the ghost that may be inside. Don't worry about it for the time being. Even if it is at the bottom of the lake, it will not come back again." A resentful spirit has arisen.”

  Jimmy: "I understand, thank you for your hard work."

  Antonio: "I would also like to thank you for destroying that resentful spirit. I couldn't destroy it at the time, so I could only rely on holy power to defend it. Well done, Jimmy." (End of Chapter)