New Gods of North America.

Chapter 325 Old things
Not many people were invited to the dinner.

The priest Mace Tyrell that David Mills had talked about before was now sitting at the head seat at one end of the dining table.
Like an old villager who has never seen the world, he ate slowly while chatting with Inissa next to him:
"So Miss Inessa, you are now in the detective agency, dealing with ordinary criminals and wanted criminals all day long? Isn't this a bit of a waste of talent? Ah, Wayne, I don't mean to belittle your detective agency. You are actually doing quite well at the moment."

Reverend Tyrell seems to be more interested in Inissa and wants to recruit her. Wayne is basically just a by-product.
Pastor Bazzini was keeping a relatively low profile tonight, just accompanying Pastor Tyrell and saying a few polite words from time to time.

As for David Mills, he hardly spoke.

In fact, Wayne has met many "big shots" in the church.

So after being "escorted" by David Mills and Inessa to a rather luxurious manor house,
He had thought that he would meet another dignified, yet alert and wise old man tonight.

Well……

Well, this Reverend Tyrell of the Exorcist Association is indeed an "old man".
He was wearing a relatively comfortable-looking monk's robe, with white hair and beard, and looked to be in his sixties. He was overweight and bald, with only half a circle of "Mediterranean" hair left on the back of his head and temples, and he was still firmly guarding his hairline.

But Reverend Tyrell's temperament is completely different from Reverend Tywin, who is said to be of similar status.

If Priest Tywin looks like a "big shot" who is sharp-minded, efficient, serious and trustworthy,
Then this Reverend Tyrell was more like a street vendor that Wayne seemed to have seen somewhere before, making a living.

Not only does he look humble, he doesn't even seem to have any cunning.

After a little interaction, you can find that Reverend Tyrell is very humble when talking to people, and will cooperate with others with a smile. There seems to be a hint of flattery in his expression unconsciously, and he is like this to everyone.

There is a feeling that he has an honest temper, a weak character, and is not very smart...

If Wayne had to find a short sentence to describe it, it would probably be "He doesn't look like a king."

But he doesn't seem like a "bad guy" either.

As a result, Reverend Tyrell lowered his attitude, and Wayne's attitude also lowered accordingly.
This is a bit like when you encounter a pack of wolves in the wild, and you unexpectedly discover that the "wolf king" is actually a Husky. Don't worry about how he got to that position, but since the wolf pack recognizes him, it's best for a sensible person not to act presumptuously.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" may be a little childish for children.
But in the eyes of veterans in the workplace, this may be just right.

So Wayne followed Pastor Bazzini's example and served as a low-key guest by the side, watching more, listening more, and talking less.

There is one benefit to listening in on other people's conversations.

Many things that may be difficult to find out at ordinary times may pop out of their mouths at any time, especially when there are so-called "big shots" among the interlocutors.

As some details were gradually added in their conversation, Wayne finally learned the details of how Inissa was "arrested" by the Exorcist Association after she came to the American Federation.

Inesa was considered a "defector" to the Kingdom of Windsor. In the beginning, there was quite a group of people chasing her.
Even the route she gave from Windsor to Murray sounded a bit repetitive and circuitous.

At the beginning, it was just "escape and pursuit", and the two sides were still quite measured, tense but not "too exciting",
Finally, a group of people successfully set up an ambush in Maine where Inessa landed, trapping her in an encirclement. After setting foot on the New World, perhaps because a new group of people had changed, the other party's attitude changed dramatically.
Inesa's life or death probably no longer mattered. The more important thing probably became "Instead of giving potential enemies strength, it is better to destroy them with my own hands." So I began to plan to fight to the death.

It is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go.

Then, those people snuggled up to each other and "hit the road"...

Pastor Hake was a lucky man, as he happened to witness the scene when he was on vacation there. At that time, he was not a "pastor" but a logistics staff member of the Exorcist Association.
Then Reverend Hake went to report the crime.
Wayne estimated that the reactions of the local churches should be "What the hell? A dangerous guy has come?!" and "Hey, this guy is a suitable professional and he is from another place, so it's a good idea to let him go."
So the specific process is unknown, but the task of arresting Inissa was inexplicably led by Pastor Hake.

Inesha is a reasonable person. If someone tells her that this is murder, she will definitely not agree. If you dare to do it, she will resist arrest.
But by chance, Reverend Hake was a man who could only reason, and the reasons he gave were also very appropriate, "unknown identity", "degenerate", "there is indeed a huge danger",
After all, so many people died. Even if you were acting in self-defense, you have to cooperate with the local law enforcement agency's investigation, right?

Originally, according to the promise of the local church pastor, as long as the matter is thoroughly investigated, if Inesa does not have subjective malice, then it can be treated as reasonable self-defense.

As a result, the news was reported to higher and higher levels, clues were dug up and verified again and again, and it is said that it finally alarmed the local cathedral and the headquarters of the Exorcist Association.

Then Inissa found out that she had been tricked.

The pastor of the local church was honest enough to keep his promise. After roughly confirming the situation - among the dead, except for the friend who had picked up Inesa out of friendship, none of them were known to the townspeople - he notified Inesa in advance to flee.

But the power gathered at the Exorcist Association headquarters is not so easy to deal with.

The two of them avoided talking about the details of this aspect.
Inesa probably couldn't escape alive from the encirclement, but she didn't kill people or cause a river of blood.

The Exorcist Association seemed to have gradually confirmed Inessa's ability and attitude. At least Reverend Tywin and Reverend Tyrell, who knew about it afterwards, both seemed to recognize Inessa's ability.
In the end, both sides probably backed off, and Inissa was unwillingly "bound" and became a working girl in the Exorcist Association.

Reverend Hake unexpectedly accumulated contributions and qualifications due to the initial handling results, and many of his merits were added.

And Miss Inissa has a good impression of him. He is considered to be a more suitable "guardian" that the Exorcist Association can choose.
So they became partners unexpectedly.

Otherwise, according to Pastor Hake's previous resume, under normal circumstances, he would not be able to go directly to Blackstone Town, which was not too far from the time the city was established, and become a genuine church pastor.

——The wilderness of western America is still being gradually developed, and there are plenty of smaller or more remote pioneer towns.

Moreover, even in a "small diocese", it is not easy to be granted formal ordination.

Inissa and the Tyrell priest were talking about old times.

Wayne, Pastor Bazzini and David Mills listened with great interest while imagining things, and hardly interrupted.

Many of the details seemed to be the first time they had heard them.
Pastor Bazini felt that his attitude towards Inissa had changed because of this, and even the way he looked at Wayne seemed a little different.

(End of this chapter)