New Gods of North America

Several carriages stopped one after another outside a townhouse with a backyard.

This is now a middle-class neighborhood in Georgeburg, and the houses nearby all look similar.

——A brick and stone house of about three floors, facing the street in front, and usually with a stable or small warehouse in the backyard.

Compared to the heavy wooden house of Wayne's family in Blackstone Town,

The area of ​​these brick and stone houses cannot be said to be "too large", and the rooms inside cannot be said to be "too spacious".

But in American cities, factors that have a greater impact on housing prices, besides cost and area,

There are also so-called "locations" and "neighborhoods."

This area was once the residence of many "parliamentarians" during the colonial parliament period.

There are similar neighborhoods in Washington, DC today. Some relatively wealthy congressmen with longer terms usually buy or rent houses in such neighborhoods for the convenience of short-term residence during DC meetings. They may not look luxurious, but the security management in the neighborhoods is actually quite strict.

After Virginia's state government moved to Richmond, the residents here also changed.

Although the residents are no longer important politicians, the housing prices in this historic neighborhood are said to still be high.

It is a good choice for the middle class and the new rich to demonstrate their abilities and capital.

This time the victim,

Live in a house like this.

Wayne and his team followed the police to the study on the second floor, where the victim was kneeling in front of his desk.

He held a dagger in his right hand, stabbing his abdomen, and seemed to have "pulled it out" and "mixed it".

Then there was half-dried red and white transparent blood on the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and there were only empty holes in the eye sockets on his face.

There was an oil painting hanging behind the desk, but it had been taken down by the murderer.

On the empty wall, big words were written in blood.

Then in the center of the word, a half-new newspaper was punctured and hung on a nail. On it was a scandal about a lawyer who accepted bribes and caused his client to go bankrupt.

Bill Tench was no stranger to some of the local upper class.

He glanced at the newspaper and then at the victim's body:

“Although the truth of this news event seems to be yet to be investigated, the victim and the lawyer in the news were once colleagues in the same law firm, and the other party committed suicide more than two months ago because of the scandal.

"Before the scandal was exposed, the lawyer in the news was considered a 'rising star' in the local legal profession. It was said that he was expected to become a partner in their law firm. He was also recently engaged to a wealthy woman."

Hmm...

envy……

Wayne quickly completed his mental assembly of the events behind the scene, then turned his attention to investigating the scene.

Judging from the bloodstains, the time of the crime seems to be consistent.

At least the bloodstains haven't dried yet, so it should be later than the "evil boy" from yesterday.

After a little further questioning, it turned out that the victim had moved in not long ago and was currently living alone. He usually hired two maids who came to clean the house and take care of daily meals during the day, and there was also a coachman who was responsible for picking him up and dropping him off for daily work.

Today, a maid discovered the victim during her routine cleaning of the study.

After carefully checking the state of the body, there was nothing wrong with the knife-holding posture, and the eyes looked like they were dug by himself.

Even the writing on the wall seems to be different from the previous scenes...

Wayne looked at the victim's fingers and the blood on his body again.

The words on the wall,

Could it be that this gentleman wrote it himself?

At this time, Bill Tench took the police downstairs to question the reporter, and Wayne called Ryan over to "take pictures" of the scene.

Then several extraordinary people gathered together without any prior arrangement.

"Have you heard of any similar ceremony?" asked David Mills.

Wayne's question was preempted, so he continued to look towards Inissa and Lina.

Both of them shook their heads.

Inissa frowned and looked back at the scene:

“At first I thought this might have nothing to do with the ritual, but if the murderer in these cases is the same person, the murderer’s extraordinary ability seems to have become significantly stronger.

"The first three cases, and even the case at the manor yesterday, all seemed to be the work of ordinary people. Chopping with axes, tying with ropes, and torturing are all things that ordinary people can accomplish through violence or coercion.

"But in this case today, it's almost like the victim did it himself. He wasn't even tied up or trying to resist."

Lina nodded in agreement.

While taking out George Berger's map and charcoal pencil from her bag again:

“Based on some of the extraordinary people I’ve seen, even if they have extraordinary abilities like ‘control’ or ‘confusion’, it’s difficult for them to cause serious harm to themselves continuously.

"At most, you can control the target to shoot at you or make him fall from a height. You need to minimize the 'moment' that goes against your survival instinct."

After Lina finished speaking, she marked another location on the map.

Then continue to try to connect several locations using different mysterious symbols.

Wayne watched silently.

It feels like all the rituals in this world are inseparable from various mysterious symbols and related preparations.

However, Inissa and Lina's guesses were similar to Wayne's.

If the abnormal response of the "wise sage" was not directed at Lina, then the murderer of this series of cases should at least be an extraordinary person, or someone who is related to extraordinary powers.

David Mills stood beside Lina,

He seemed to have more questions to ask, but he looked at Lina gesturing at the map.

Suddenly there was silence.

Wayne and Inissa both noticed his reaction, and both pairs of eyes turned to him. Neither of them said anything, just waiting for him to express his thoughts.

David Mills thought for a while.

Finally he sighed and motioned for Lina to give him the charcoal pencil.

Then David Mills took the map and charcoal and spread them out for everyone to see.

The charcoal pencil started from the "Fatty's" house, drew an arc that was almost a semicircle, connecting to the manor of the "Evil Young Master", and then another arc that was almost a semicircle, fell to a new position.

Finally, David Mills added the final arc, connecting it back to the original "fat man's" home.

A mark similar to an interlaced "clover" appeared on the map.

At first glance,

It looks like a pattern composed of a large equilateral triangle and an inverted small equilateral triangle, although each of their sides is arc-shaped.

The small "inverted triangle" inside,

The three endpoints happen to be the "landlord's" house, the place where the "gangster" died, and the "lawyer's" house at this time.

David Mills was worried that Wayne and the others wouldn't understand, so he sighed and explained briefly.

"This is the original and most complete appearance of the Holy Triangle Emblem, representing the supreme will of the Holy Spirit's 'Trinity'."

No wonder Lina didn't think of this after thinking for a long time.

She wanted to take a detour even when passing by the church, so why would she think of heading in the direction of the church...

However, the "Holy Triangle Emblem", plus the seven original sins from the Holy Scripture...

It is really you Holy Spirit believers who have committed this sin.

Several people from the detective agency looked at the map silently.

This complex version of the sacred triangle emblem is composed of two "triangles" of different sizes, with a total of three vertices and three intersection points.

If you want to collect the seven deadly sins,

At this point, except for one endpoint of the "big triangle" that has not been filled in, the last remaining point, in theory, can only be the center point of the pattern.

There……

It is the parish church of Georgeburg…