New Gods of North America.

Chapter 396 Testimony
After the battle here ended, the fight at the detective agency was almost over.

I don't know if the detectives are becoming more and more skilled. Although the two teams that attacked the detective agency tonight also obviously turned into various monsters, they seemed a little "green".
At least the average quality of the extraordinary materials doesn't seem to be as high as the batch that came last night.

When Wayne, David Mills and several members of the Exorcism Department rushed back to support, Doug was taking the time to interrogate the guy who was pulled back by Lina.

This guy seemed to be scared out of his wits. He said that he was a member sent by Cohen Pharmaceutical Headquarters and that he followed Mr. Baker to attack the detective agency tonight.

The purpose is to get rid of Wayne, the bastard who made Mr. Baker lose his dignity, and let the local church that secretly did bad things suffer.
However, they didn't expect that before the attack started, there was an explosion on their side, and Mr. Baker actually lost control.

No one wanted to refute or correct him, so they just kept asking questions based on what he said, hoping that he could reveal more information.

The main reason is that there are "official personnel" from the exorcism department present, who can serve as witnesses to prevent someone from saying later that the detective agency is making random accusations.

As for why they were in such a hurry to interrogate him, they didn't even take this guy to the cellar and hide him there.
It was because this guy had begun to "melt" gradually like a wax figure...

At this moment, even his hands and feet had turned into blood, and his whole body was "standing there" like a stick.
He himself still seemed unaware of the abnormality in his body, and thought that the people around him who were on high alert were cheering and interrogating him, so he cooperated even more in his confession.

The older members of the detective agency have all listened to Inesa's science courses.
I roughly understand that this guy has actually "lost control", but it seems to be a "relatively benign" loss of control at the moment.

After knowing what Wayne was curious about,
Doug used a relatively tactful way to try to ask the other party if he had touched anything strange tonight, or if he had eaten anything. For a benign out-of-control person, you should try to avoid letting the other party realize that he has lost control. Otherwise, whether the other party's sanity will collapse or not, you will probably have to fight again.
The other party said that everything was normal tonight. Mr. Baker had assured that this guy did not need to take any risks himself, he only needed to "watch" them act. Afterwards, regardless of success or failure, he would ensure that this guy would evacuate safely and in a timely manner.

This guy didn't take any medicine tonight, and his diet seems to be fine.

The only thing that made Wayne feel suspicious was that while this guy was waiting for the detective agency party to end, he sat in the carriage with Mr. Baker who was smoking a cigar for a while. He probably inhaled a lot of second-hand smoke.

Following Wayne's eye signal, Connor quickly took his men to look for it.

He wanted to ask more questions, but unfortunately this guy's mouth had gradually melted, so Doug could only persuade him to rest for a while and then take him to the police station to surrender tomorrow.

An exorcist priest quietly lit up two oil lamps, which were not known to be used for "observation" or for some other purpose.

Regardless of whether that guy was a believer in the Holy Spirit or not, they began to "see him off" silently with their mouths.

The situation has been preliminarily confirmed, and the scene has begun to be cleaned up.
There is no dispute about the detective agency's gains, but the ownership of the extraordinary materials just now is a bit problematic.

In a sense, the exorcism department is similar to the police. Once the action is taken, the corresponding things become the so-called "evidence" or "seizure" in theory.
Otherwise, the actions and injuries of the exorcists, as well as the consumption of the emergency magic circle, cannot be explained in the internal procedures and accounts.

Wayne then realized that even the so-called "professional equipment" such as magic circles in the exorcism departments of various places were very "localized" and had different configurations.
George Berg is a relatively "old" and "well-off" parish, so it would deploy emergency magic arrays on the front line that require a lot of extraordinary materials like the one just now.

It is equivalent to suddenly bringing out a cannon during a fight between police and criminals... The power is certainly not small, but the cost and corresponding risks are also not low.

In the end, Wayne didn't argue with David Mills about the few companions that were killed by the "ghoul" himself.
After returning, he will need to write a report and face his superiors. He can't afford to be punished again for this. It would be better for the detective agency to have "acquaintances" in the local exorcism department. However, Wayne still wants the extraordinary material of Mr. Baker who turned into a "ghoul".

After all, the blood clots found in the remains of the "ghoul" had been contaminated to such an extent that they smelled like some unknown Ganges River.
Moreover, there are still obvious signs of being out of control on it, and getting close to it makes people feel a tingling sensation on the head. Several exorcist priests felt that it had no value in preservation and suggested that it should be destroyed as soon as possible.

So David Mills's side was still reasonable, and the exorcists who lost money also felt relieved.

Everyone just cleaned up the scene and we’ll deal with the rest later.

It’s a pity that no remaining cigars were found at the scene, only an empty collector’s edition cigar tube, otherwise it could have been sent for identification.

……

At the detective agency, Inissa's condition still didn't seem to have fully recovered. After the danger was eliminated, she returned to the cabin.
Wayne picked up a lot of contaminated extraordinary materials, as well as a bunch that felt "unusual".

Lina still did not stop Wayne from committing suicide, but she drove Wayne to the grove outside the courtyard.

Then, based on her own assessment of the situation, she called several agents to guard the area in case Wayne lost control after eating and the detective agency would be unprepared.

Compared to this, Wayne was more shocked by the "way" in which everyone absorbed extraordinary materials.
Inissa's situation is rather special. Lina seems to like to feed it to Peter. The Hunter Association recommends that the method is to first make a corresponding potion.

But after listening to Doug and Liam, Wayne realized that except for some people with special extraordinary abilities,
For most wild Beyonders, the mainstream way of digesting Beyonder materials is to "eat directly".

Tom Hagen seemed to have said something similar before...

No wonder the agents looked so strange when they knew they were holding contaminated extraordinary materials to absorb.
After seeing the smelly blood clot left behind tonight, I became even more "awed" by Wayne.

Hey,
Only ghosts would eat this kind of thing, okay?!
There is nothing wrong with my taste buds!
Unfortunately, since Wayne often drinks holy water, the agents now seem to have a deep-rooted stereotype of Wayne's "taste" and "physical resistance".

So Wayne could only silently absorb a lot of extraordinary power that he couldn't directly digest. Although he didn't eat it directly, the taste he felt was indeed terrible. It can only be said that everyone's opinion is not "completely wrong"...

According to Wayne's own assessment, if all of these extraordinary powers were digested, it would probably be able to fill up the "blue bar" in his body.

Although the "blue bar" seems to have become a gas cylinder that can be continuously pressurized, even if it is now "full", it does not necessarily mean that it can be upgraded directly.
But he did not touch the slate fragment again this time, thinking that it would be better to drink holy water and digest it slowly, which might not put too much pressure on the "blue bar" all at once.
So as to avoid suddenly "exploding" again.

Last time, it was because he still had plenty of spiritual power in his body, and his self-healing ability quickly took effect after the explosion.

At this moment, the spiritual power that Wayne can directly use seems to be at its "bottom", and he needs to wait for it to recover slowly.
Otherwise, if it explodes again now, the result will be hard to predict...

(End of this chapter)