New Gods of North America.

Chapter 409 Charity
To be honest, I have been attacked by various "ghosts and monsters" so many times in the middle of the night.

The members of the detective agency have recently become accustomed to the other party being a "newbie" first and then a "transformation", and they often go into the "second stage" mode.

Damon MacCready recently contributed a classic case.

When he was leading his men to lead the "first group", he quickly knocked down several of the other side's men, and then he was suddenly attacked by a big guy who had suddenly transformed himself after taking drugs, and his obviously mutated giant arm was cut off in half.
So Damon MacCready had to switch from "forward" to "defender" on the spot. It was only when Lina summoned the "Wise Sage" to deal with their group and then went over to support them that the defeat of the front line was avoided.

That is, Damon MacCready's polluted giant arm is quite special. Although it affects his image and will gradually increase the "corrosion" of his body, fortunately it can still regenerate.
He could barely afford this kind of loss, but the other agents could only learn from it and be prepared for the worst.

So after the warning shots were fired and the return shots were heard soon after, confirming that the other side did have the intention to attack,
Doug lit the high explosive with an extended fuse with ease, and had the owl carry it up and fly it to drop it.

Seeing this, several nearby agents who came forward to provide support all expanded the encirclement in tacit agreement.

This is to prevent the opponent from turning into a strange shape and suddenly launching an attack that is "unprecedented".

However, the overall quality of the two people who came tonight seemed to be significantly higher than those before.

One of the guys put his hand on the tree trunk next to him and poured spiritual power into it. The tree trunk was like a cancer cell spreading rapidly, and a lot of things that were hard to describe quickly swelled up.

Moreover, these things seem to be corrosive to a certain extent. The flowers and plants that come into contact with them quickly begin to wither, as if providing nutrients for those "cells".

It's a bit like a "cell proliferation demonstration diagram" that was played back after time-lapse photography.
Those foamy things quickly piled up into a loose tissue that looked neither hard nor soft and juicy, and then they relied on those foul-smelling foamy things to resist the impact damage of the explosion.

The other guy was even scarier.

This guy seemed to be able to form a circle of bubble film around his body, instantly wrapping the two of them inside and isolating them from the effects of corrosion.
Then, after withstanding the explosion, the "balloon" behind the cell wall was able to "bounce back". It soon swelled up and exploded outward with a "pop", scattering a lot of smelly "foam blocks" everywhere.

"Take cover!"

When Wayne saw it, he immediately gave a warning and hid his head behind the trunk of a tree.
Fortunately, those cell-like "foam blocks" seemed unable to continue to proliferate after being separated from the tissue. They began to corrode their surroundings and dissolve themselves, gradually turning into a strange-colored soup.

Alas……

Using this kind of thing to hit people is really disgusting.

After realizing that their actions had been exposed, the two guys quickly moved away from the direction of the detective agency's courtyard.

Wayne and the agents formed a large circle and kept shooting at targets in the center.
The two guys created piles of "bubbles" without any environmental awareness, as if they were quite familiar with the surrounding terrain. They retreated to a tributary, and finally a big bubble jumped into the river.

Unlike what is shown in many movies and TV dramas, the speed of a bullet will actually decrease rapidly after it enters the water.
Basically, as long as the water is deep enough to drown a person, it is difficult for a person to be injured by a bullet if he hides under the water.

The rivers near the detective agency are deep and shallow, but as long as they have been used for cargo transportation, they are basically not too shallow.

After trying to shoot into the water for a while, he threw a few sticks of high explosives into the water.
Although there were some splashes of water and some unlucky fish swam on their backs, no blood was seen and no one was seen floating up.

This time, no one was caught, so everyone had to go back home disappointed.

In the second half of the night, the two of them seemed to come again. No one saw them, but the alarm device on the river side of the courtyard was triggered.

After several tubes of explosives were used, the fine net still seemed to fail to catch the "big fish".

Wayne pondered for a moment and felt that the style of the people coming this time was different from the previous batches from Cohen Pharmaceuticals.
Not only are they more coordinated with each other, but their fighting intentions also seem different. If anything, they are somewhat similar to the three "roadblocks" we encountered on the way.

There is also a sense of cunningness, of "being at ease" or "waiting for the right opportunity".

Liam was asked to wake up the Cohen Pharmaceutical prisoner who was still recovering in the cellar, and confirmed again.
He didn't know all of the extraordinary abilities of his former colleagues, but based on the parts he knew, none of them were as good as tonight's.

He even said he didn't know the three "obstacles".

Unfortunately, two of the three "roadblocks" were crushed on the spot, and the other one was handed over to the local exorcism department. The detective agency didn't have any portraits, so there was no way to get the captives to identify their appearance.

So Wayne could only continue to blame Cohen Pharmaceuticals for the time being, wondering whether Mr. Baker had a successor.

……

After dawn, Wayne got on a van and headed to Richmond with Luke Matthew, who had not slept well the night before.

When we got to the cathedral, we went to see Tom Hagen first, as usual.
It seemed that this was the first time for Luke Matthew to enter the depths of the cathedral. He was not a very devout believer, but he unexpectedly felt that the atmosphere inside gave him a sense of "stability".
Wayne was already a rare person who liked the "taste of holy water", but even Wayne didn't like the burning sensation deep inside the cathedral.

So Wayne thought about the main areas occupied by the "Church of Light", and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Luke Matthew met the characteristics of a "target".

Unfortunately, Tom Hagen did not follow Wayne's advice, saying that before the matter was confirmed, it would be inconvenient for the Cathedral to arrange for people to control Luke Matthew and Macon Reeve.
Luke Matthew was just asked to follow the monks to do a "physical examination" first, and some lighter "purification" would also be carried out.

When Mr. Weissman came a few days ago, he only brought a list of the balance of more than 5000 US dollars, but the check for this part was not actually given directly to Wayne.

But Wayne didn't want to get involved anyway, so after explaining the reason to Tom Hagen, he handed over the list.

Tom Hagen didn't seem to expect that Wayne would do this, and he was a little surprised when he saw the list.
He said he would report the matter to Bishop Corleone, and then jokingly asked Wayne what kind of reward he hoped to receive.

I want extraordinary material in the field of "Death"!

When the time comes, let Inissa boil them all into injections and see who dares to cause trouble in the detective agency.

Unfortunately, worldly money can only be exchanged for worldly rewards, not to mention that the church is not a place for bargaining.
After some probing, Wayne finally came up with a relatively compromising idea:

"If possible, I hope the church can use the money to open some training classes to provide opportunities for believers who cannot find jobs to learn a skill."

Donations should, of course, be used for charity.

Tom Hagen thought this was a good idea, but he was still a little curious. "There doesn't seem to be much training that can help ordinary people find jobs. Even the church can only try to give poor children a chance to learn to read. What do you think about this?"

"I'm from Kansas. There are actually quite a few pastures in the west that can be used for breeding. The output and selling price of milk are not high at present, mainly due to the short shelf life. If we can tap into this market and make them all into cheese, I believe there will be room for profit."

"But judging by the price, the demand for cheese doesn't seem to be as high as you might think..."

"I currently have an idea. If the cheese is produced extra by the local church, I may be able to purchase unlimited quantities and sell them all. In this way, the church can not only provide relatively long-term and stable jobs for some devout believers, but the return on output may also be more worthwhile."

(End of this chapter)