Wayne drove the town hall carriage in front, and Pastor Hake and Inesa rode beside him.
A church carriage that had been waiting on the roadside joined the team and followed behind Wayne.
After returning to Blackstone Town together, everyone seemed very happy.
The mayor was very happy-
After the young new sheriff took office, he quickly captured and killed a well-known wanted criminal with a bounty of up to $250.
The reason why the wanted criminal was arrested was just because he passed by Blackstone Town.
This not only reflects the mayor's wisdom and wisdom as the main recommender of the new sheriff, but also shows to the outside world that the righteous force to fight crime in Blackstone Town is still as strong as before, enough to dispel the safety concerns of potential new townspeople who want to settle here.
The current pastor of the Holy Spirit Church in Blackstone Town is very happy-
After nearly ten years of hard work in the Western Wild Parish, this former new pastor finally accumulated enough qualifications.
Received an appointment to a new parish in a big city on the East Coast.
Although Pastor Hake, who came to take over, seemed to have a strange misunderstanding of life in a small town in the West, since Pastor Hake himself was happy, he had no objection to it. Anyway, he would no longer have to carry a gun for self-defense every day.
Even the owner of the carriage shop was very happy-
Due to the tragic condition inside the carriage, the cost of repairing the awning and cleaning the carriage by the town hall this time was almost the same as the cost of buying a second-hand carriage.
As an old cowboy who has lived in the West for 20 years, the owner has long been immune to those red and white things.
As long as he puts in some work, he can earn an almost new carriage. He thinks this is much more cost-effective than transporting goods at the risk of encountering gangs.
——Only Wayne was not very happy.
Because after finding out that the holy water given to him by Pastor Hake can be used to identify "fallen people",
Wayne quietly took a sip when he went home to take a shower and change clothes.
The bottle was at room temperature when I held it in my hand, but after I drank the liquid inside, I felt it was hot and spicy.
If I use snail noodles to describe it, it is probably a little spicier than "medium spicy", but not yet "spicy".
According to Pastor Hack, as long as you can feel that it is not ordinary clean water after drinking holy water, it means that you have been possessed by evil spirits.
In other words, I do meet the two conditions of "evil spirit possession" and "body mutation" at the same time.
My "immortal body" is actually a fake!
It doesn't matter whether I "fall" or not,
but my self-healing ability may have an upper limit, which is very unhappy.
And it will be restrained by the church power of this world.
Even more unhappy.
As a person who always orders abnormal spicy food when ordering takeout,
Wayne thought of this and silently screwed the cap of the spherical bottle back.
It's not good to eat spicy food without eating.
This stuff is at least effective. Keep it for now. At least you can dip it into meat later.
…
After taking a shower and changing clothes,
Wayne followed Pastor Hake's instructions and went to the Holy Spirit Church in the town to find him.
At this time, Pastor Hake had changed into a simple black monk's robe, and a sacred circle triangle emblem representing the "Supreme Will" of the Holy Spirit was hung on his chest.
He looked a bit like a serious person.
In the candlelight,
Reverend Hake said with a serious expression:
"Wayne, after discussing with Inesa, there is something that concerns the personal safety of the townspeople. I have decided to tell you now and invite you to join us in a secret investigation."
Wayne first expressed affirmation and support, "As a sheriff, I am obliged to participate in matters related to the personal safety of the townspeople."
Then he looked at the dark environment around him:
"But... do we need to talk about things here?"
This is a small wooden house in a secluded place in the backyard of the church. It was originally used as a utility room. Reverend Hake said that there was something important, so Wayne followed him here.
At this time, most of the closed wooden house was dark.
And in the center of the wooden house, a morgue bed was placed.
Lying on it was the body of "Grey Wolf" Freddy.
It is said that people moved the body here after Reverend Hake requested to temporarily store the body here.
Strictly speaking, it is not the job of a church pastor to collect the bodies of dead criminals, but since Pastor Hake expressed his willingness to take over, no one objected.
After all, "Gray Wolf" Freddy is not a resident of this town, let alone a good person.
Although the town will pay some fees to those who help criminals collect the bodies, it can only be regarded as hard work fees at most, and they can't make much money.
However, because of this incident, Wayne learned a new knowledge today.
Before returning to the town, the body and claws of "Grey Wolf" Freddy had already changed back to the appearance of an ordinary person.
When Wayne first discovered this, he hurriedly told Father Hake and Inesa, but they told Wayne that this was a normal phenomenon. After the death of the fallen, the mutations in the body would disappear quickly.
Okay, I am not surprised.
So at this time, "Grey Wolf" Freddy, except for a few more holes on his body and unnatural purple bruises on his hands, was not much different from an ordinary corpse.
But then again...
In broad daylight, why should we close the door, light candles, and chat next to the corpse?
There are so many wildernesses in the West. If you are afraid of being eavesdropped, why not just find a hillside?
"This is a necessary sense of ceremony!"
When he heard Wayne's opinion on the conversation environment, Pastor Hake's expression looked more serious:
"Talking about things in such an environment can effectively deepen the impression of the content of the conversation. It was like this on the day I first joined the company, and I still remember the scene at that time."
Wayne was silent.
He could probably imagine what it was like when Pastor Hake went to work on his first day...
This kind of culture of playing with newcomers is not a good civilization.
Please don't pass it on.
Pastor Hake brought two stools over and motioned Wayne to sit down:
"Wayne, what I'm telling you now is a secret of the church. When you conduct the investigation, you must also conduct it in secret and cannot disclose it to others."
Pastor Hake paused, and after seeing Wayne nod, he continued:
"According to the news received by the church, there may be a group of cultists hiding in the Blackstone Town area, who are planning to conduct a large-scale bloody sacrifice in order to summon a powerful evil spirit.
"For a sheriff like you, it may mean that one or more bloody incidents are about to happen.
"Inesha and I were sent here to investigate this matter. If necessary, we can also seek support from the cathedral in Kanks City."
Wayne was really impressed all of a sudden:
"There are cultists in Blackstone Town? And bloody sacrifices are being performed? How come I don't know about this?"
As a two-in-one "local", Wayne really didn't feel any signs at all.
Reverend Hake was also slightly hesitant by Wayne's question:
"Actually... the church has not yet been able to confirm whether the cultists are really in Blackstone Town. But it has been confirmed that cultists once gathered in Blackstone Town on the East Coast."
Wayne tried to make a hypothesis, "Is there a possibility that Blackstone Town is the terminus of this steam train line? So if they want to continue to migrate westward, they must pass through Blackstone Town first?"
"Hahahaha, if that's the case, it couldn't be better," Reverend Hake laughed out loud, "Wayne, I like your optimism."
After Reverend Hake finished speaking, he reached out and patted Wayne on the shoulder, "But as the pastor of the parish and the local sheriff, we can only consider the problem from the worst perspective, right?
"Now in the entire Blackstone Town, there are only three of us who know about this matter, and we can only rely on us to investigate and confirm it together. "
Well...
I just like shooting...
If there is no way to guarantee that I won't die, I actually... don't want to risk my life for the foreigners.
While thinking this, Wayne nodded and agreed.
After all, if you want to get in touch with the so-called "extraordinary world", you can only start from Pastor Hake and Inissa.
And you should love what you do and do it as long as you are a monk.
If it doesn't work, then we will disband, and I will take my luggage back to Gao Laozhuang... ah, back to Huaguo Mountain.
Just don't go crazy.
After reaching a preliminary consensus, Pastor Hake clapped his hands and stood up:
"Okay, after talking about the digression, we should get down to business now."
Wayne was shocked.
Investigating cultists and large-scale bloody sacrifices can only be regarded as "digressions", so wouldn't the "business" be even more outrageous?
Pastor Hake patted his chest:
"Wayne, you don't know yet. When I was in the Exorcist Association, priests were good at dispelling evil spirits, and exorcists were good at dealing with mutated fallen people, but my job was the only one that no one could replace. "
It sounds very impressive...
Wayne asked carefully, "What was your previous responsibility...?"
"Collecting the remains and beautifying the remains!"
Pastor Hake raised his chin proudly, "It is all thanks to my superb craftsmanship that the remains of the victims and former colleagues can be so lifelike. Wayne, you can always come to me when you need it in the future."
Wayne:...
Thank you, I don't want to have such a need.