New Gods of North America

It was already late at night when they returned to town.

After sending Uncle Charlie home, Wayne and Inissa went straight to the town's church.

Lina didn't want to make her presence felt in front of the clergy of the Holy Spirit Church, so she went back to catch up on her sleep.

Wayne also had to pretend to be a Muggle in front of Pastor Huck, so he only said that he had found Dr. John, and expressed his shock at Dr. John's sudden "explosion".

As a professional, Inissa made detailed additional explanations:

"It has been basically confirmed that there are indeed hidden followers of the evil god in the Black Stone Town area. Among them are high-level followers who can use ritual magic, known as 'God's Messengers'. However, we only know that their understanding of extraordinary power has reached a certain level, but we cannot confirm whether they are Fallen for the time being.

"At the same time, we have discovered that the other party has used the power of the 'dark' domain to use believers to create occult 'bombs'.

"The exact number of 'bombs' is still unknown, but judging from the one on Doctor John, even if it is a single bomb, as long as it is detonated in a crowded place, the consequences will probably be quite serious."

Reverend Hake had just been pulled out of bed, still wearing his loose pajamas.

He was yawning at first, but after listening to the two people's reports, his expression became serious.

Then Pastor Hake pondered for a while, and finally chose to raise his head and look at Inissa:

"So what should we do?"

There was no expression on Inissa's face:

“First, clean up the areas that have been contaminated by the ‘bomb’ in a timely manner;

“At the same time, report the results of the current investigation to the Cathedral of Kankers City to seek manpower support;

"Then we will arrange for a check on the townspeople as quickly as possible to find any possible 'bombs' in time to avoid casualties."

After listening to this, Pastor Hake turned around and walked to the desk, took out a piece of letter paper, and said, "I understand. I will write the letter right away and send it out on horseback tonight. I hope that reinforcements from the church can arrive as soon as possible."

Watching Reverend Hake writing furiously, Wayne, who was bored, started talking about trivial matters:

"Oh, Reverend Harker, Dr. John mentioned your name tonight before he blew it up."

Reverend Hake raised his head upon hearing this, with a puzzled expression on his face, "He mentioned me specifically? Why?"

"I don't know."

Wayne looked innocent. "But he said that he has told the 'God's messenger' behind him about your insidiousness and cunningness. Maybe you need to be careful recently to avoid them retaliating against you."

Reverend Harker's pen quickly fell to the table, and he quickly picked it up again to avoid smudging the letter:

"My insidiousness and cunningness?! I only met him once. Why are they targeting me like this?"

Wayne shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe this is how the followers of the evil god are. They are naturally hostile to the pastors of the church."

Reverend Hake's hands were obviously shaking. After lowering his head and writing a few words crookedly, he raised his head again and smiled at Wayne:

"Wayne, are you interested in staying in the church for the next few days?"

Wayne shook his head. "In the next few days, Inesa and I have to hurry up and continue our investigation. We may not be able to stay in the church forever."

"What should I do then?" asked Reverend Harker.

Wayne thought about it, then pulled out a bundle of high explosives from behind his belt and placed it on the table:

"Or else, why don't you carry more weapons with you?"

…

After returning home, Wayne first rummaged through the trash can and caught the half-winged moth through the paper.

Then he went to knock on Lina's door.

"Who is it?" After knocking three times, Lina's voice finally murmured from inside.

"It's me, Wayne."

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then the door opened by itself.

Wayne looked inside and saw a kerosene lamp on in the room. Lina was still lying on her side on the bed, and the big spider Peter was crawling away from the door.

So Wayne took the half moth and placed it on the bedside table, "I still have half a moth here. Can you find the person who did this behind the scenes again?"

"The sage will only answer prayers once in a lunar cycle, and it has already been used tonight."

Lina's face was buried in the pillow, and she was mumbling.

Peter, on the other hand, reacted positively to the half-fluttering moth. After seeing Wayne put the things on the bedside table, he quickly crawled over with his long legs.

Peter moved closer to the half-moth, seemed to sniff it a little, then shook his head and crawled away.

Wayne was still not giving up. "Is there any other way to find that person?"

Lina frowned and raised her head slightly, took a look at the fluttering moth, and then quickly fell back:

"You don't have any spiritual power left. Even a sage can't help you locate it..."

Wayne wanted to ask more, but the puppet Parker had already stood up from the side to see him off.

When Parker became alive, he looked gentle and refined, with a professional smile on his face, "Sir, it is impolite to disturb a lady's sleep. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Okay.

Wayne came out from Lina's place honestly. At this time, Inissa seemed to have gone to boil water to prepare for a bath and was not in the room, so Wayne returned to his bedroom, lay on the bed and continued to think.

With Dr. John's departure, almost all the clues we have are gone.

The Zerg monster mentioned the word "plan" very clearly before, which means they must be planning something.

The next time the steam train comes will be four days later, and there is no telling how many criminals are gathering and waiting to rob the bank.

These foreigners are really good at making trouble.

It's just a pioneering town with nothing but land. What's the point of making a fuss about it?

"Wayne, a rookie like you, what do you know? I'm doing this for—"

What was it all about, Doctor John, you should have finished talking before you fell down!

Wayne was thinking about something in bed, then suddenly sat up in bed.

——The previous Wayne had been following the sheriff, Uncle Benjamin, for so many years, but he didn't notice anything unusual in Blackrock Town.

That may mean that, for them, there is really nothing abnormal.

The plague and missing bodies on the plantation pointed to the "slaves".

The infectious diseases that repeatedly spread in the mines were directed at the temporary workers hired - specifically, the illegal immigrants, indigenous peoples or escaped slaves living in the river valley.

But it seems that the only people who have never been targeted are the so-called "townspeople" and "free people".

Take Dr. John for example. He has lived in the town for a while. If he keeps killing people with his medicine, his reputation will not be as good as before.

In a pioneering town with nothing but land, what else could one do to stir up trouble?

Of course it’s for the land.

Wayne's expression gradually turned cold.

Oh,

It seems that there is really nothing new under the sun.