North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 490

Hughes asked Jimmy to drive behind him, and the two drove to a small church in Brooklyn.This is a very inconspicuous small church, but it looks a bit old, and the door of the church was closed when Hughes and the others came.

Hughes knocked on the door, and a very low door opened. Hughes and Jimmy bowed their heads and entered the church. The person behind the door closed the door without speaking, and led them to the foyer behind the church.

There was a middle-aged white man wearing a priest's uniform sitting here in the lounge, holding a Bible in his hand, seeing Hughes and the others coming in, the priest put away the Bible and got up and came to Hughes: "Good evening, Hughes. Who is this?"

Hughes: "Jimmy, our agent, is the one who was working on the previous case."

Priest: "Welcome, both of you, please sit down."

Hughes sat next to the priest, and Jimmy sat next to Hughes without speaking.

Hughes: "Father Harris, may I begin?"

Father Harris nodded: "We had already investigated the previous case, and we found the same wraith afterwards, and completed three exorcisms. But according to our judgment, the results of those three exorcisms were not satisfactory. , the situation of the three wraiths is very consistent, all of them possessed and drove people to kill and support them.

The fact that they recur and behave consistently means that they are from the same source, which should be somewhere in New York. If you want to eradicate this situation and prevent it from reappearing, you must find their source.

And your previous inferences are likely to be correct. Wraiths may not be complete bodies. They don’t have impulsive attacks like other wraiths. Instead, they will leave after leaving the human body. It’s like something similar to a clone. , their source is likely to be a wraith with special abilities like splitting. "

Hughes: "And what about your investigation?"

Father Harris: "I haven't found it for the time being. In fact, there is basically no difference between people possessed by vengeful spirits and normal people. There is no way to distinguish them when they don't appear, so I can only ask you to investigate."

Hughes looked at Jimmy: "Jimmy?"

Jimmy: "Father Harris, how did you find out about the few cases you dealt with?"

Father Harris: "Two cases were reported by believers after they discovered that their relatives and friends were behaving abnormally. However, there was no abnormal change in them themselves. Instead, they suddenly became indifferent and cold-blooded, as if they were different people."

Jimmy: "Is it just becoming indifferent? Is there any special situation?"

Father Harris: "They all hurt other people, but there is no direct evidence."

Jimmy nodded: "Is there a recorded location? If they are from the same source, there should be a certain pattern of occasions."

Father Harris: "I can give you the address."

Jimmy: "One more question, how did you get rid of them?"

Father Harris: "We have exorcisms."

Jimmy: "That is to say, if you are not sure, you can come to see you for an exorcism ceremony to be sure, right?"

Father Harris: "No, the exorcism ritual consumes a lot of energy for us, so we can't use it frequently. This kind of judgment standard is not good."

Jimmy: "I see, Hughes, I'm fine."

Father Harris: "I want to remind you that after the wraith escapes from the host, it will not actively attack the people around it, but will quickly escape, which is invisible to ordinary people, but the main body of the wraith we speculate may have Attack ability, if you find it, you must be careful."

Father Harris took out a small bottle from a wooden box next to it, "Using this high-concentration holy water to apply on the upper eyelid can detect the abnormality of the wraith for a short time, no more than 5 minutes, please do not use it frequently."

Hughes reached out to take it, "Is there anything else?"

Father Harris: "We only know so much. In fact, this kind of wraith itself is not very harmful. The biggest problem is that it will affect the host and cause more damage, so I can only ask you to investigate."

Hughes nodded and handed the holy water bottle to Jimmy.

Father Harris: "Then I will leave first, and I will leave the rest to you two." After speaking, Father Harris walked out of the lounge.

Hughes stood up, shook his head at Jimmy, and the two left the church.Standing by the car, Jimmy asked, "Hughes, how do we deal with this matter?"

Hughes: "Just pay attention, there is no need to investigate specifically."

Jimmy: "Well, there is no way to investigate this. There are more than 600 murders in New York a year, 15 gun-related cases, and more than [-] crimes of various types. There is no way to judge which cases are caused by this kind of host. .”

Hughes nodded: "So don't worry, just come and have a face-to-face meeting. The bottle of holy water is well preserved, I know you can see the wraith directly, you don't need this, but this bottle of holy water can save lives under special circumstances."

Jimmy: "Okay, so what do we do now?"

Hughes: "Go back and rest."

Jimmy nodded, got in the car and left the church, returning to his apartment in Manhattan.

What Hughes said just now has already explained that calling Jimmy this time is just to give an explanation to the church. It is estimated that the church said something during the telephone consultation and asked Hughes to help them pay attention to relevant matters, so he called Jimmy.

It seems to be very face-saving for the church, and they specially transfer people to take over their requirements. In fact, they don't want to do anything at all, it's just going through the process.

During the day, Jimmy recalled the case he handled at the beginning, and also checked the case from the system. He killed a wraith at that time, but he ran away in front of him. Later, because the case report could not be written, he had to Inform Hughes.

Since Hughes meant that he only needed to come and go through the process, then Jimmy didn't need to pay too much attention to Ryan's case, and he didn't need to take over. There were too many cases of homeless people's deaths without results.

But Jimmy is not at a disadvantage. Although he was delayed from work, he has harvested a small bottle of high-concentration holy water. This is the first time Jimmy has gotten this thing. If you know how to use this thing, it is good to keep it.

Jimmy resumed his normal work day, and it was in standby mode. He also talked with Nia at night. The number of murders in New York has not increased too much recently, and their police department has resumed almost normal working frequency. , much better than before.

Chuck is about to retire. He has served NYPD for nearly 30 years. When he retires, Nia will almost take over their team.

There are people on the top who are easy to handle, and Nia went too far smoothly. It is much smoother than others to become a regular patrol officer within the shortest time allowed by the rules, and then participate in the assessment to become a police detective. Many people may not be able to handle the police detective in two or three years. Assessment, even application may not be approved.

Jimmy sat in the office and looked at the information. As before, he checked the existing cases in the system when he was free, accumulated experience and lessons in handling various cases, and could consider problems from multiple angles when handling cases to avoid problems or missing clues.

The phone rang, and Jimmy glanced at it and picked it up, "Ruiz, what's the matter?"

Ruiz: "Do me a favor and go meet someone with me."

Jimmy: "Now? Where?"

Ruiz: "Wait for me downstairs and take my car there."

Jimmy: "Okay."

Picking up the hanging suit and putting it on, Jimmy left the office. Of course, he still carried the three guns with him, which are standard equipment for Jimmy when he goes out.

Downstairs, Jimmy saw the Saabban parked on the side of the road, the driver's window glass was lowered, and Ruiz waved to Jimmy inside.Sitting in the co-pilot, Jimmy asked, "Hey, new car, when did you change it?"

Ruiz: "It's been a while, and we have a batch of new cars arriving one after another." Ruiz waited for Jimmy to put on his seat belt, and he started the car and left Federation Square.

Jimmy: "Very good. Look at the panel of the police lights and sirens. Are these cars equipped with hidden lights and sirens as standard?"

Ruiz: "Well, at least I have this one. If you want it, go to Dunn and apply."

Jimmy: "I'm definitely going to have one. It would be great if I could add a crash bar."

Ruiz: "You're overthinking. The person we're going to meet later is Tamara O'Connor, female, Italian, owner of the Deadly Daffodil Club."

Jimmy: "Huh? What background?"

Ruiz: "Camora, there was a shooting in a club in Brooklyn the night before yesterday, and some customers called the police, but when NYPD arrived at the scene after the incident, they didn't find any dead bodies or blood. They should have disposed of it.

Behind that club is the Honor Society. I found Petra Reski, who is in New York yesterday, and he didn’t deny it. He just pointed out that the person who did the work needs to say hello to the other party today. "

Jimmy: "Ah, you're really busy. Why don't we let them handle their affairs? There's no need for us to get involved, right?"

Ruiz: "If they were safe, they wouldn't have so much trouble, but the problem is that the other party, Tamara O'Connor, just arrived in New York, and she has some disputes with the Honor Society. Now it seems that they will not be so troublesome. Do business quietly and make money."

Jimmy: "So it's just to say hello this time? Don't you take two back?"

Ruiz: "They handled it very cleanly, without evidence."

Jimmy: "Then they don't have to admit it at all when you go."

Ruiz: "They know what I mean, they just called you here for insurance."

Jimmy: "Okay, I hope you don't talk about it."

In fact, the FBI has more or less information on gangsters everywhere, or many gangsters have very complete information on the FBI, including gangsters, key personnel, etc., but without direct evidence, there is no way to kill them in the official process. They can only rely on deterrence to limit their behavior and scope of activities, so as to prevent them from affecting ordinary people and social order.

This is unavoidable, and only when they commit suicide and cause major incidents, or obtain direct evidence after a long period of time, will they catch them all in one go.

Ruiz drove all the way to the Upper East Side, and stopped in front of a building that looked a bit old. Jimmy took a look. There were quite a lot of people inside, but there was no sign on the outside of the building.

Jimmy: "The Deadly Daffodil Club without a sign? An underground membership-only club?"

Ruiz nodded: "Yes, the club is not open to the public, but they are legally registered and have complete procedures. Get out of the car."

Jimmy and Ruiz got out of the car, adjusted their suits, walked to the door wearing sunglasses and rang the doorbell.

A person walked inside and opened the door, wearing a suit who looked like a security guard: "Sorry, it's not time for business yet."

Ruiz: "FBI Special Agent Kirk Ruiz, Jimmy Young, we're looking for Tamara O'Connor."

Security: "Sorry, I don't know the person you're talking about. We haven't reached business hours yet, please come back in the evening." After finishing speaking, the door was about to close, Ruiz put his hand on the door, "You want us to bring search warrants and SWAT Do you want to come together? Go and inform her. "

The security guard frowned, "Please wait at the door."

Ruiz let go, the security closed the door and walked inside. Jimmy saw him go all the way to an office in the back, said something to the people inside, and then returned to the door, and a person in the office came out , sitting on a curved sofa against the wall in the hall.

The security guard opened the door: "Please come in."

Ruiz and Jimmy entered the hall, and a woman sitting on the couch stood up, waiting for them to pass.

A very beautiful and attractive Caucasian woman, with long brown hair scattered, looks like she should be over 40 years old, and you can see obvious crow's feet.

Ruiz walked over and shook her hand: "FBI, Kirk Ruiz."

Tamara smiled and said, "Welcome, Tamara O'Connor."

Ruiz and Tamara sat on the curved sofa, and Jimmy stood not far from Ruiz, with his hands crossed on his stomach, observing the club environment left and right.

There were several people here before, and Tamara waved to them when she came out of the office. These people all entered the passages and rooms next to them, and there was no one in the hall except the security guard who brought them here.

Tamara looked at Ruiz: "Excuse me, is Agent Ruiz looking for me?"

Ruiz: "Two days ago, there was a fight at the EY Club in Brooklyn, and I was told that one of the parties was your man."

Tamara: "Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

Ruiz: "Just to say hello, this is New York, not Italy, don't bring your conflicts here."

Tamara's expression changed a bit, but she quickly returned to her smiling state: "I think you may have found the wrong person. I'm just the manager of this club. I don't have any conflicts with anyone else."

Ruiz: "Your club has not been open for a long time. I think maybe you are not familiar with New York. It is better to do more market research, so that the club's business can get better and better, instead of closing down quickly at a loss."

Tamara: "Thank you for your suggestion, I will consider it. I have work to attend to, and if there is nothing else, I will leave."

Ruiz stood up: "This is the first time we have met, and I hope to meet again in the future. Goodbye, Ms. O'Connor."

After speaking, Ruiz turned around and left, and Jimmy followed Ruiz and left.

After reaching the door, the security guard behind him quickly closed the door. Jimmy turned his head and took a look. The people who avoided before had returned to the club lobby and continued to tidy up, while that Tamara returned to her office and picked up the phone. .

Ruiz: "Jimmy, get in the car, let's go back."

Jimmy nodded, got in the car and left.

(End of this chapter)