New Gods of North America.

Chapter 342 Processing
At night, in Georgeburg's church,
As the two people with the highest status in the Holy Spirit Church in Georgeberg at this time,
Reverend Tyrell of the Exorcists Association and Reverend Bazzini, who is in charge of the parish, are listening to a report from David Mills, head of the local exorcism department.

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

Due to the special nature of Georgeburg Parish, the parish priest's office is more magnificent and spacious than that of ordinary churches.
So at this time, the two priests were sitting on a soft and comfortable sofa, with the report materials submitted by the local exorcism department in front of them, and even a silver-inlaid ivory cup filled with wine at hand.

David Mills stood respectfully a little distance away from the two pastors and narrated the contents:
"Based on the clues we have so far, we have reason to suspect that the 'Lucky Coin' incident was a premeditated vicious crime. The criminal is a degenerate with special abilities, but his true purpose cannot be confirmed for the time being.

"Just looking at a few recent incidents at Georgeburg, students and staff at the 'college' have been 'contaminated' by malicious agents, and the safe in the college chapel has been stolen and vandalized.

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

"This evening, another incident of a pollutant holder attacking and injuring someone occurred in the academy. 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 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 bold and reckless. He completely disregards the special status of the 'College' in the southern states or even in the entire United States, and does not care about the identity and status of the local wealthy people in Virginia. It is more likely that he is a vagrant criminal who committed the crime alone.

"And if the criminal is not targeting only members of the Fisk family, then the criminal may want to create a hot spot incident and deliberately disrupt the law and order in Georgeburg. Combined with the theft case in the college church, the criminal may be trying to challenge the authority of the local church. It is more likely that he is a member of a hidden organization."

Reverend Tyrell's eyes widened in shock at what he was told.
He, who was always good at listening to opinions, couldn't help but turn his head and look at Pastor Bazini.
The latter picked up the glass expressionlessly and calmly sipped the blood-red wine in the glass.

After David Mills finished his report, the spacious office fell silent for a moment.
After a while, Reverend Bazzini put down the wine glass in his hand.
He bowed slightly and turned respectfully to Reverend Tyrell. "Since this is a vicious incident, our parish will definitely do its best to deal with it. Reverend Tyrell, what do you think?"

"Ah? Well, I think there's no problem." Reverend Tyrell quickly expressed his opinion.

Then Pastor Bazzini began to issue instructions:
"The criminals have already endangered the stability of the academy and have completely disregarded the safety of ordinary people. We need to eliminate the threat as soon as possible. Except for the exorcism department, all local clergy who are allowed to be transferred are temporarily at your disposal, and you are also allowed to shoot them directly.

"If the people from the Exorcist Association are also involved in the investigation, we will try our best to cooperate and not waste time due to interference with each other."

"Yes!"

"Go."

After David Mills left, Reverend Tyrell became a little restless:

"Is that Delphine LaLaurie crazy?! She drove the daughter of a local tycoon to attack the daughter of a wealthy Southern family. Is she planning to bring down the hostility of the entire Southern upper class in one fell swoop?!"

Pastor Bazzini tried to comfort this senior who was considered "easy to talk to" by many wealthy people in the south:

"I originally thought that her abilities were worth using. She could replace those exposed guys under Cohen Pharmaceuticals and help us do things that are inconvenient for us to do ourselves. But unfortunately, she didn't know how to do things properly.

"Since she has absconded without permission and committed another crime, why not just get rid of her this time? She is just a wanted criminal. We can still find another suitable person."

"I'll have someone do it." Reverend Tyrell took out an exquisite snuff bottle and took a sip. "Ask her to cooperate in investigating the inside story and intention of Corleone's support for the detective agency, but she ended up controlling people to attack everywhere in secret. Even if she kills the guy from the detective agency, I still think she can at least be forgiven."

Pastor Bazzini smiled and agreed.

He knew Reverend Tyrell's character and could pretend to unintentionally neglect this incompetent senior and silently improve his own status in his mind, just as some leaders would pay more attention to those subordinates who occasionally contradicted them.
But he also knew that this senior's temper was not as good as it seemed, and in fact he was not much easier to get along with than Corleone.

……

Midnight,

Wayne and Inesa first sent Miss Olivia back to the manor purchased by the Fisk family locally.

Then I heard Doug briefly report the latest situation he had learned from the Exorcism Department.
Then he returned to the dormitory to rest, intending to conserve his energy and be prepared to "intercept" the criminal if he found any trace of him.

As a result, spiritual intuition suddenly gave me a warning.
It was as if an extraordinary force was emitting waves not far from him.
Wayne suddenly shook and woke up.

Could it be that the criminal had been discovered and started fighting with David Mills' men?
Wayne walked to the window and looked out. It was calm outside and it didn't look like there was a fight.

"Boom, boom, boom."

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Wayne felt something was wrong. While asking "Who?", he reached for his revolver in his pajamas.

What answered him was the sudden and violent banging of the door. After two consecutive bangs, the flimsy door of the dormitory was directly opened.

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

Lying trough,

There were several familiar faces in the dormitory, and at this moment, they were rushing into their dormitories like zombies. Their eyes were glowing with light blue light, and they looked like ghosts in the dark.

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

Downstairs in the dormitory, Delphine LaLaurie was burning her spiritual power madly, recalling in her mind what Reverend Pycelle had said after handing her the potion:
“For some reason, Reverend Tyrell suddenly changed his mind. Now they have abandoned their plan and are planning to send someone to get rid of you.

"You really only have one last chance now. If you help me solve this problem, I promise to let you leave America alive."

(End of this chapter)