New Gods of North America.

Chapter 433 Accident
The next day, Wayne continued to identify the pastors. Relying on the authority of the cathedral, he checked the pastors' basic information and resumes, summarized various information, and then conducted various "heart-to-heart talks".
Lina also took advantage of the morning, noon and evening meal delivery to take people to get information from exorcists of different factions. Even the little loli Emma and Willy were pulled out as auxiliary tools to "lower their guard."

In the evening, the investigators met to summarize the situation and arrange follow-up. At this time, everyone had already received the newspaper to be published tomorrow and confirmed that the missing person notice had been published.

Starting from that evening, the number of people secretly following Mackenzie Reeve increased dramatically, and even the detective agency got hold of several uniforms of the college security guards.

Since there are exorcists from the church present, although most of the detectives are "fallen" registered with the church, they still don't use their extraordinary abilities if they can.
Guys like Damon MacCready, Peter, Liam and others who are not clear about their identities are not qualified to go out and run around. They all stay at home.

So this guy Lina is not only taking advantage of the situation, but also taking the lead in "not doing his job properly".

"It's past 12 o'clock now. All the bets on what will happen before midnight are win. Anyone else want to continue betting? You can also bet on whether there will be any problems after dawn."

In a small building that was temporarily requisitioned quietly in the college, Lina gathered people to place bets in a room that looked dark from the outside. Now she saw that she had already harvested more than ten dollars.
Next to them, under the kerosene lamp with a shade, were some exorcists who were on standby or taking turns to have supper, as well as Doug and Seth who were constantly trying to get inside information.

The salary of church staff does not seem to be high in this era, and there are many rules and regulations. However, since food and accommodation are provided and the work is stable, they are actually relatively "well-fed and well-clothed".

Especially for the exorcists fighting on the front line, most of them have simple living habits and basically do not need to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation. They seem to have good foundations, and as long as they are not afraid of the church, they are simply prime targets for scammers.

For example, Lina took the opportunity of delivering midnight snacks to stay and refused to leave. She seemed to be casually inviting people to make bets. There were many exorcists who could easily take out US dollars.
It's just a "casual bet" for entertainment purposes, one or two dollars per person or a little more, which is probably enough to feed an ordinary working-class family for a while - for the detective agency, it's probably just a small recovery of the cost of the "free meal".

Wayne quietly stretched out the telescope from the window, and from time to time he and the exorcists stared at the dormitory where Macon Reeve was currently living. Occasionally, he glanced at a big tree farther away, where the Inesa team was squatting in another direction.
The team led by the hunters seemed more serious. During the mission, there was no laughter or joking around. It seemed that they didn't eat or drink and didn't talk much.

Because he was familiar with the local exorcist department, under the guidance of the detective agency, Wayne deliberately created a relatively relaxed atmosphere.

The main hope is to infect the other exorcists mixed in, so that it will be easier for the detective agency to gather more information.

Apart from the current investigation mission, there are not many opportunities for the detective agency to be able to work "openly" and "fight side by side" with other pastors' men.

Led by Lina, who looked innocent at the moment with big wavy blonde hair, the agents started to ask questions, pretending to be curious about the "brother unit", and asked questions that seemed unimportant and irrelevant, but which might be useful after being summarized.

As time slowly passed 2 a.m., the lights in a small room outside suddenly went out. When Wayne's people noticed it, they quickly made a silent gesture.

The exorcists on standby or on rotation immediately stopped chatting, put down what they were holding, and went back to their designated positions to be on guard.

After a while, an exorcist who was responsible for the outer perimeter security came into the small building wearing the uniform of the academy security personnel.

Sure enough, there is a new situation:

"A carriage entered the academy and just stopped in a small forest over there. In order to avoid alerting the other party, we deliberately sent away the academy's security personnel and did not conduct any inspection."

There were not many people left in the room at this time. After confirming the location on the map, Wayne and Lina exchanged glances silently, and the latter sneaked out with two agents. Doug chased the owl out of the window, and then stayed with Seth to avoid being held back.
Wayne opened up his vision of simple lines and walked out of the back door into the shadows with a team of exorcists, ready to act.

The night continued to be silent as if nothing had happened, and nothing unusual was noticed here. After about ten minutes, the owl that was circling silently and gradually flying lower suddenly "cooed" twice from somewhere in the distance. A small light spot rose rapidly, and a trail of light flashed in the night sky. The owl directly changed from "circling" to "fluttering" in the air, and then fell crookedly into the tree canopy beside it, looking like a "plane crash".

"Bang!" A dull gunshot rang out, sounding like Inissa's special bolt-action rifle.

"stop!"

"do not run!"

The silence and the night were soon broken, and shouts and some bright lights appeared around the take-off point of the "small light spot", and then quickly began to move farther away.
The lights in several nearby student dormitories also lit up one after another, and vague human figures could be seen flashing in the windows.

When Wayne rushed over, he found Macon Reeve unconscious on the spot.
There was blood on the grass nearby, but there were no wounds on his body, so he was not the one who was shot.

The exorcists who had arrived earlier were still making noises far away, and seemed to be chasing after the others.
After Wayne confirmed that Macon Reeve's breathing was still roughly stable, he planned to leave him to the exorcists behind him to deal with, while he went to reinforce the "vanguard".

……

“Why are so many people injured?”

When it was about to dawn, Tom Hagen was listening to the exorcist's report in the church, and his eyes turned to Wayne next to him.

Wayne was also helpless about this. The guy named Anton Chigurh had extraordinary abilities that were similar to guns.
In this era, practical bulletproof vests have not been invented yet, and large shield armor has been retired. Exorcists are better at dealing with "evil spirits" or "corrupted people", and they are at a disadvantage against guys using extraordinary "silenced firearms".

Especially since that guy was in the "holy" realm, many of the exorcists' emergency measures would be less effective when used on him.

Fortunately, the guy used "extraordinary abilities" instead of real guns. Although it was silent and had a fast firing rate, special lamps such as candlesticks in the hands of exorcists could also have an effect on it. Some things called "guardian emblems" also played a certain role.

So even though six people were "injured", no one died.

At least not yet.

Tom Hagen calmed down a bit, "At least they didn't let him get away... Just now you said you caught him in the city?"

Speaking of this, Wayne didn't know whether to be speechless or thankful.
The guy was very familiar with the situation in the academy and acted decisively. Wayne and Inissa were in a bad position, and when they rushed over, the other party had already mounted his horse and completed the initial acceleration.

Then there was the road racing scene of the era, with a horse running in front and several carriages chasing behind.
During this period, people in front and behind were shooting at each other, and the weapon special effects seemed to be from a different era, which made Wayne feel like he was using old thermal weapons to fight aliens.

Finally, the guy escaped from the academy and turned into the deserted road section of Georgeburg at night. He even turned around and "biu" at an intersection. It seemed that he was going to take the opportunity to turn into an area with relatively complex roads in an attempt to shake off the pursuers.
Then Wayne saw a drunk suddenly appear with a rapidly rising scream, driving the carriage without brakes in time and crashing into him...

(End of this chapter)