New Gods of North America.

Chapter 381: Stop
After the chaos in the middle of the night subsided,
The surroundings returned to calm again.

At this time, the area around the detective agency had become a mess.
It is so fancy that it looks like the demon cave where Tang Monk and his disciples have just accumulated "merit".

Some of them are still "normal", except that they have sprouted dense tentacles all over their limbs, like a bunch of "earthworms" finally breaking out of their cocoons.

Some of the guys are considered "quite human-like", and the better one is a "tree man" whose flesh and blood have partly become "woody" and "succulents" have begun to grow on his head.

Some of them are no longer recognizable as vertebrates.
A relatively extreme example is a ball of "bubble" that keeps overflowing and expanding while still moving, spewing out dense, corrosive foam all over its body. When it stops moving, it solidifies into a sponge-like shell.
To find special materials, you have to use a shovel to dig, and you can occasionally dig out some live "little leeches" from it.

Although Wayne had seen a lot of weird guys before, such as the "Gray Wolf", "Slender Ghost" and "Mushroom Man",

But it was indeed the first time I encountered so many "monsters" gathered together.

Although Wayne had anticipated that the people at Cohen Pharmaceuticals would probably gradually bring out their best efforts,

But why are there so many weird things at the bottom of their boxes...

According to Lina,
These guys must have all lost control.

Some guys become violent after losing control, but others just want to flee the scene as quickly as possible and become dull and insensitive.

Compared with the improvement in combat power, the negative impact they cause on people on the spiritual level is even more serious.

Anyway, I met the members who had never seen this scene before.
Now they all seem a little frightened.

There should be ten "people" coming to attack this time. After all, there are only so many extraordinary materials that can be found.
The trick of "counting heads" has become less reliable. As the extraordinary power evaporates and fades, some corpses will appear a little more "normal", begin to disintegrate or rot quickly, and are still vaguely within the scope of forensic research.

However, there are also some bones and flesh that have almost turned into "soup and water", or have become the so-called "unsolved mysteries of nature". It feels like they should fall under the jurisdiction of the federal "Environmental Protection Agency" which has not yet been established at that time.

The scene was still filled with a very stimulating "smell".
Part of it was from the sense of smell and touch. The pile of "foam" and the remains of the "worm man" smelled particularly disgusting, at least like walking next to a septic tank that had just been stirred up.
The other part comes from the "restlessness" of the spiritual power in the body. Wayne can't quite describe it. He feels a bit like he's experiencing "bungee jumping" or a "roller coaster."

The peripheral members nicknamed "Airflow" continued to "blow the wind" on the side.
Wayne now walked over to a guy who looked completely normal by corpse standards.
Looking at Lina, who was covering her nose with a handkerchief, rummaging through his body.

These guys tonight were not "monsters" as soon as they came. Although Wayne joined the battle a little later, he still witnessed a complete "transformation" process -

There was one guy who was shot several times and fell to the ground. When he got up, his eyes began to shine. Then he fought for a while before gradually becoming "quite human-like".

Combined with the pile of empty medicine bottles found at the scene, it seems that something was directed at them and caused them to lose control.

After all, it was Cohen who made the "drug".

For those who have played Resident Evil, this association is not difficult.

The only enemy who hadn't "transformed" was the guy the two of them were examining.
It's possible that he didn't want to transform. Wayne just happened to be on the roof and shot him in the head with a standard move. He probably delayed others from taking their medicine.

“It looks like this is it.”

Lina quickly pulled out a bottle of the same type from the corpse. The potion inside looked like whiskey mixed with coffee grounds. Wayne observed it for a while with a simple line vision. The lines in the potion were composed of...

Seems familiar?

……

The damage to the detective agency from tonight's attack was not great.

The opponent's strategy this time was to "concentrate forces and attack one point", so after the detective agency intercepted the attack in time, it did not encounter the situation of "being attacked from both sides" or "attacking from multiple points".

With more people on night watch, they can observe all directions in a timely manner. Relying on the traps set in advance and their familiarity with the environment, they can wait for the enemy to tire themselves out and do their best to suppress the enemy outside the courtyard wall.
Owl's airdrop skills were also put to the test for the first time in actual combat. He quietly threw a piece of high explosive with an extended fuse behind the opponent, and the effect was quite good.

Although there were cases of "throwing it a little too early, causing the enemy to dodge in time" and "being impolite and hitting someone's head directly", the error was negligible and it was considered to have entered the stage of "official deployment".

Even the stupid owl was unwilling to touch the "big bomb" that Wayne had "charged" and made, and it fluttered so hard that its feathers fell off.
This forced Wayne to run behind the courtyard wall and serve as a grenadier.

But the detective agency gained

It doesn’t seem to work…

On the long table in the "canteen", a pile of extraordinary materials were placed there. Some of the extraordinary materials seemed to have "vitality" that could make people feel uncomfortable.
Wayne looked around at everyone and asked, "You don't want these extraordinary materials?"

Lina shook her head violently:

"These things are obviously contaminated. Those guys were out of control before they died. They may have left strange mental imprints or negative effects. Even if they are made into extraordinary items, I feel there may be side effects..."

The attitudes of the other agents were basically the same.
Some members seemed to have some ideas at first, but after hearing what Teacher Lina said, they chose to remain silent.

Compared to the church or strange hidden organizations, the wild extraordinary people's exploration in the extraordinary field mainly depends on their own "thinking" or "trying".
Therefore, Wayne, an extraordinary person who changed his profession halfway, has more knowledge in this area than many agents in the detective agency who were originally bounty hunters.

Because of this situation, the detective agency also teaches some basic common sense during class.

Or let everyone share their experiences with each other and then analyze them together.

Most of the extraordinary common sense was "brought over" by Inissa from the Hunter Association, and some was her own personal analysis. Her thinking was orderly and her logic was self-consistent, which made her sound more reasonable and convincing.

In addition, there are all kinds of strange knowledge points that Lina will talk about.
Although she is often a little incoherent, anyone who has seen or heard that she can summon the "wise sage" will not doubt her authority in this regard.

Well……

Wayne saw that no one wanted mustard and felt like he was "the only person in the village who ate mustard".
Obviously, these extraordinary materials seem to be absorbable...

At most, it is "temporarily indigestible".

(End of this chapter)