New Gods of North America.

Chapter 446: Life Refining
Wayne hid in the stairwell outside the basement and listened for a while.

Because "Mackenzie Reeve" regarded Emma as a rather ignorant little girl, although his words were not short, he did not actually elaborate on many theoretical and technical details.

But putting aside those overly profound parts, Wayne quickly understood what he was doing at the moment.

In short, due to the previous soul-swapping ceremony or some other reasons, the body of "Macken Reeve" was now rapidly declining or decaying. Therefore, compared to escaping from George Berg, the more urgent thing he needed to do after getting out of the control of the church was to stabilize his physical condition first.

According to his own opinion, the extraordinary power of the life field has special advantages in maintaining "life indicators".

No matter whether he would mutate into strange appearances or lose control, he had chosen the technical route called "life refining" in order to prolong his survival time to a certain extent.

Mackenreif also mocked the so-called "wild extraordinary people", believing that the practice of most wild extraordinary people directly absorbing extraordinary materials was quite stupid and inefficient, which was almost equivalent to "burning money to keep warm".
Wayne listened silently outside and felt a little offended.

Especially after hearing Mackenzie Reeve briefly introduce the process of the "Life Alchemy" ceremony he was going to perform, Wayne was even more amazed.

No,

It is necessary to use the Beyonders in the Life Domain who are still alive and kicking as the "main material", plus a set of Beyonders from all eight domains as "consumables". In addition, a magic array must be arranged to complete the ritual, which requires the blood, internal organs, bones of living people, and corresponding ritual materials, etc. as "preliminary preparations".
In the end, it is only "possible" to temporarily "stabilize" or "enhance" his physical condition, which sounds similar to relying on luck to draw a lottery.

Who is "burning money to keep warm"? !
You are such a double standard.

Wayne felt that he had an obligation to stop such extravagant behavior, although it would be somewhat impolite to intervene before the other party was ready.

But Wayne thought that if he put at least eight pieces of extraordinary materials in the detective agency, each partner could get one, and the rest could be used as season prizes in the arena, there would still be some left over.

We can't let him squander it so easily.

So Wayne initially determined that there were only "McKen Reeve" and his two accomplices in the basement, and there were three bad guys at the scene.
He gestured to Connor next to him, preparing to do something to make the other party "stop" his actions.

At this time, "Macken Reeve" had finished his story. Perhaps he felt that Emma was more cooperative, or perhaps he had a change of heart, so he suddenly asked the little girl if she had any last wishes, or if there was anything else she wanted to ask.

Lina seemed to have greeted Emma in advance. The little girl seemed very sensible at the moment. She directly put on an expression as if full of curiosity and asked about the sealed objects hidden in the city of Georgeburg.

The bad guys who are about to be killed seem to have a bad habit of "you are going to die anyway, so it doesn't matter if I tell you". After hearing the little girl's question, "McKen Reeve" actually started talking about the sealed objects.

This actually saved Wayne a lot of trouble. Originally, the reason why "Macken Reeve" was let out for a walk tonight was because the church needed to know the clues about the sealed objects in his hands. If he told the little Loli himself, the credibility would be higher than that of the interrogation afterwards, and it would also save the time wasted on each other.

Unfortunately, Mackenzie Reeve did not stop working completely. He was talking while working, so his speech speed seemed a bit slow.

When talking about those sealed objects, they don’t just mention all the locations in one breath. Basically, they talk about one thing first, talk about its possible origin and story, then talk about what function it can play, and finally say where it is placed.

Just like those salesmen who are always nagging but have poor salesmanship.
During this process, Emma pouted her lips as she was half-invited and half-stuffed into a sack by an accomplice, and then carried into the magic circle.

Although the other party seemed to have not seen Emma's extraordinary abilities, the "stuffing the sack" trick was a sure kill for Emma. Even Wayne felt that he had learned a folk remedy that could be used to deal with naughty children.

Fortunately, "McKen Reeve" had been talking to Emma about the sealed objects, so his companions did not spoil his fun and let the little girl's head stick out of the sack.

Damon MacCready's treatment was much worse in comparison. He was directly dragged by another accomplice to a symmetrical position at the other end of the magic circle. It looked like bartenders throwing drunkards out the door when they were off work.

According to what Macken Reeve said before, there are still a few key steps before the ceremony can be officially started. For example, the poor people next to him need to be "processed" a little bit more before they can meet the basic conditions for the ceremony.
Therefore, Wayne could only hide in the dark patiently, eavesdropping and counting, keeping himself ready to take action at any time, so as to cut in at the most appropriate time.

We must obtain as much useful intelligence as possible, while preventing these guys from causing irreparable harm to innocent people.

When it came to the seventh seal, two of Mackenree's accomplices, under his instructions, began to walk towards the potential victims in the corner of the basement with daggers in hand.
Wayne's bottom line tonight was almost "avoiding a bloody crime from happening in front of him." Although he hadn't heard all the information at this time, reality would never give people the best chance. So while the bad guys were busy with their own things and didn't seem to pay much attention to the entrance, he sent a "take action" signal to Connor.

"Don't move, you are under arrest!"

Conor didn't know where he learned it from. When Wayne suddenly jumped out at the entrance and shouted to attract the other party's attention, he rolled into the basement and found a nearby wooden barrel as a cover, forming a pincer attack with Wayne.

Putting aside the sickly "Mackenzie Reeve", the reaction of his two accomplices was very quick. Almost at the moment of turning around, both of them had guns in their hands.

"Boom!"

"boom!"

"clang--"

The sounds from different directions seemed to be intertwined at the same time.

Detective agencies are mostly collective actions, and some things are quickly rectified after they are discovered to be bad. For example, in a "many-to-many" scenario, it is easy for scattered soldiers to end up with "some people being targeted, while others are completely ignored".

Wayne and Connor attacked at close range according to the internal convention. One accomplice was shot in the chest and head by Connor, while the other accomplice was luckier. Wayne shot the revolver out of his hand, intending to keep him alive to record his testimony.

Almost as soon as the revolver fell to the ground, Wayne realized that he might have fallen into a trap.

It was obvious from the reactions of these two accomplices that they were not the type to handle guns, and the fact that they were able to hold guns in their hands in advance could only mean that the other party might have discovered Wayne and his group a long time ago.

So Wayne quickly turned the gun and aimed it at the "Macon Reeve" in the center of the magic circle.

(End of this chapter)