New Gods of North America.

Chapter 442 Leaving
The time on the pocket watch gradually approached midnight.

Teams that had been searching suspicious locations in the city returned one after another. Except for Wayne's team, only one other group found something that looked like a sealed object.

Well, including the old "Bible" that Wayne brought back, no one has time to study it carefully at the moment.
Simply discovering and confirming that they are "problematic" is sufficient to warrant temporary confiscation.

In fact, Wayne was also very curious about what these things could do. Anyway, according to his understanding, these seals looked quite "ordinary".

It was because the church was paying more attention to the heresy of light that so many people wanted to play with that "Mackenzie Reeve".

The previously contaminated holy emblem, after all, bewitched a few people to start committing crimes. The "ghost mirror" was a little more powerful, and Wayne himself was unknowingly fooled by it.

If these two things were put into horror-themed movies and TV shows, they could probably be made into a few series of movies or a few seasons of a TV series.

But they can actually not kill many people directly, and their efficiency is not high, at least not as high as some gangs in the West.

If Wayne were to plan it, he would definitely not choose these seals.
Although there were no time bombs in those days, one only needed to extend the fuse of the high explosives slightly and then connect it to the candle, which could be a crude detonation device. If the location was right, any explosion could fill up the hospital morgue in an instant.
Then have people do the same in places like bars in the city, simply set up a few or a dozen of them. It is simple, convenient, straightforward and efficient, and it is enough to keep local law enforcement officers busy and frightened all night long - no matter how powerful explosives are, they are easier to handle than extraordinary items.

David Mills, who had come back to report bad news despite having no harvest tonight, was choked upon hearing Wayne's idea and almost spit out a mouthful of cold coffee.
Tom Hagen, who was standing next to him, spoke ill of Wayne to David Mills in front of Wayne:
"See, this is one of the reasons why I planned to pretend to trade with the guy upstairs. If I really don't care, if they go crazy, they might be able to catch up with Wayne."

David Mills was also convinced. "After I finish this period of work, I think I need to seriously study the situation of their detective agency."

Inesa also brought a team to investigate the clues tonight. According to Wayne's opinion, they chose a place with a large number of people at night, which is a "bar" in layman's terms.
Such a beautiful silver-haired girl took the church members to the place where drunkards gathered at night, and said that there might be danger there and needed to be searched. Of course, it would easily attract some people who felt good about themselves or took the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction to deliberately cause trouble. After that, those people were naturally beaten by Connor, who was also a hunter.
Although the things were not found, all the people there dispersed tonight. In another sense, the risk was indeed eliminated.

So in David Mills' eyes, the three partners of the detective agency all had their own strengths tonight.
Wayne somehow found the escaped criminals and their belongings, while Inissa dealt with the "people who might be in danger" in advance.
Lina was relatively low-key. She brought along two children who were named by "Mackenzie Reeve" as suspected hostages. She was just pondering whether to tie high explosives to Emma's body. She felt that the little girl always needed to carry something with her when she went out to prevent the criminals from killing her.

If Damon MacCready, who was disguised as Willy, had not strongly opposed it after knowing it, this plan might have been secretly carried out by Lina and Emma, who found it interesting.

Wayne also felt that this was unreliable. Even if Emma could be "picked up" later, Macon Reeve's condition was obviously not right.

If we really want to blow him up, we might have to worry about him turning into an evil spirit and coming back to haunt us in our dreams.

What happened next was not too unexpected for Wayne. Tom Hagen finally agreed to the other party's trade request in time.

The genuine and pirated Willy and Emma were also ready and could get in the carriage to send each other away at any time.

Damon MacCready had already tried to chop off his hand, but his enlarged left arm was indeed very strong and the wound healed quickly. An exorcist priest checked his condition and advised him not to be impulsive.
Then Wayne realized that this guy had been seriously parasitized. It might be like picking off the mushrooms on the ground, which would only make the roots underground work harder to absorb nutrients, and then it might become more difficult to predict where the spores would germinate.

Whether he suddenly lost his hand, or his hand suddenly grew back, or he still has that "unicorn arm" like now, Damon MacCready's image is indeed suspicious no matter how you look at it.
But everyone can only play dumb for the time being. If "Mackenzie Reeve" does not object, then let the pirated "Willy" be his coachman.

After that "Mackenzie Reeve" was awakened again, the situation seemed to be getting worse and worse. Not only were his eyeballs completely black, but veins were bulging all over his body, and the saliva in his mouth seemed to have turned into black mucus. When he spoke, it was as if he had just rinsed his mouth with ink, and his teeth looked a little pale.

Wayne thought that the people possessed by demons in horror movies probably had their special effects makeup done based on this image.

After seeing the old "Holy Scripture" with problems, "Macken Reeve" also praised Tom Hagen. After all, he was from the Cathedral. He was able to find one of the Sealed Artifacts. He was much better than some of the local idiots.
But he was also very confident, saying that the church would definitely not be able to find all of them in a short time, and the transaction method was very simple, let him go first, and then he would send a letter back after leaving, informing the church where the remaining seals were hidden.

This is the main point of contention between the two people.

There was no way Tom Hagen would let Mackenree leave with the hostages without any protection. Of course, the other party did not trust Tom Hagen and said frankly that the cathedral would definitely arrange someone to follow him secretly.
So one side was anxious to leave, while the other side was worried that there would be chaos in the city. They argued with each other for a while, and finally when the two sides reached a deal, the condition became "as long as the carriage can leave George Berg's territory safely, he will tell the two little hostages the news of the other sealed objects."

While the two were pulling each other, Wayne saw Tom Hagen gesturing to the followers behind him.

Because he came back early to participate in the conspiracy this time, Wayne understood the meaning of his gesture. It probably meant that he was roughly sure that "Macken Reeve" at this moment had established some kind of "connection" with Pastor Pycelle.

It could be a so-called soul or evil spirit "possession", or it could be that it has some of Pastor Pycelle's memories, or it could be affected by some extraordinary level.

But it seems that some flaw was discovered and his identity was confirmed.

The local priests all came from good families, and in a sense, they were more traceable than those "homeless" gangsters.

Even if it is not "evidence", it can be a "handle".

When Mackenzie Reeve was unchained, he looked very weak and his heels could not leave the ground when he walked.
If it were a horror movie, the sound channel would suddenly become unusually quiet at this moment, which means that the next shot might suddenly give the audience a "shock".

Fortunately, he did not "turn over and crawl backwards on all fours."

Before getting into the most basic local horse-drawn carriage in a relatively normal manner, "Macken Reeve" looked at Emma, who seemed pitiful, weak and helpless in the carriage, and then looked at "Willie" who was already sitting in the coachman's seat holding the reins. His eyes seemed to move slightly.

But he didn't say much in the end. He just checked the situation inside and outside the carriage, turned back and reminded Tom Hagen and a group of people around them gloomily to "keep their promises", and then half sat and half lay in the carriage.

Wayne didn't expect that Damon MacCready could get away with it by lying sideways with only half of his body exposed.

When the carriage was a little further away, some people would split up and lead their teams to follow or take a detour in advance.

(End of this chapter)