New Gods of North America

After a brief tour around the town, Wayne and Inessa finally arrived around the town bank.

There are no walls around the town, so the criminals could come from any direction, and it is not realistic to set up ambushes everywhere.

After all, it was just criminals attacking, not a large army approaching.

The only place where we can be 100% sure that the criminals will approach is the bank.

The town bank is one of the landmark buildings in Black Rock Town and is also one of the few all-brick and stone buildings in the town, with two and a half floors.

——The extra half floor is a terrace, on top of which are three large triangular decorations made of bricks and stones. From a distance, it looks a bit like a "crown".

Both of them set their sights on the rooftop of the bank.

The position is high and the view is far, so the criminals will definitely come over here, and the large brick and stone decorations can also serve as cover.

Simply perfect.

How does the saying go - "Just set up a machine gun here and one man can control the whole street."

It’s a pity that there are no machine guns nowadays.

Wayne thought about it, and then discussed with Inissa:

"Why don't you snipe from up there with your gun, and then Lina and I will find a place to ambush you down there?"

"I think it's feasible." Inessa looked around. There were some wooden shops around the bank. "Can we use high explosives here?"

Wayne scratched his head and said, "If you can avoid using it, it's best not to use it. But we should still prepare it first. If it really comes to the point where it's necessary, we won't care about anything else and will definitely blow it up first."

"I see."

Inissa nodded, "Will we have help and reinforcements then?"

Wayne recalled what Uncle Benjamin had done before:

“In fact, most of the townspeople in the town have guns at home, but when criminals attack, the sheriff usually organizes a small number of people to fight back, and does not recommend ordinary townspeople to participate in the fight.

"Especially in attacks like this one that target private targets like banks, townspeople can volunteer to assist if they wish, but they are not obliged to protect other people's property. We usually remind townspeople to be prepared as early as possible, and then have them guard their homes with weapons.

"So the only people we have available, besides you, me, and Lina, are probably a few security employees of the bank. There might also be bounty hunters passing by.

"Unless the criminals start indiscriminately attacking ordinary townspeople, we can urgently call on all the townspeople to jointly resist. Otherwise, if we simply protect the bank, we may only get a small number of townspeople to volunteer to cooperate when we call for help."

Inessa seemed a little surprised:

"The style of your Western America seems to be quite different from the places I've been to. I thought that at least a considerable number of townspeople would volunteer to participate in the defense."

"It's a free country, that's what it is."

Wayne shrugged his shoulders and said, "In fact, in the block where we live, most of the neighbors are old townspeople. They will help each other defend the block, and there are even special block defense members.

"Everyone will also raise funds together to purchase public equipment and provide personnel subsidies. The overall safety will indeed be higher than other neighborhoods in the town - but we do not have the power to require all townspeople to do this."

"I see."

Inessa nodded slightly. "I think I understand a little bit. Why did some people in the Old World say that America's "Autonomy Act" could turn the New World into a paradise on earth, or it could turn the New World into a hell on earth."

…

Back home,

Wayne told Lina about their plan, and as expected, Lina expressed her desire to participate.

As for the rules of money sharing, it is still the same as before:

The bounty for ordinary wanted criminals is divided equally among everyone based on the number of people caught;

If the wanted criminal is confirmed to be a Beyonder, the bounty and spoils will be divided equally after deducting possible additional costs, but the honor of killing the criminal "Fallen" will go to Inissa.

Compared with the previous division,

Wayne's share actually became smaller, but Inissa and Lina were not from the small town after all, so they were willing to help and the price was fair.

It can be said that Wayne made a profit.

So the three of them looked at the terrain map and began to discuss specific tactics.

Then Wayne was quite surprised to learn about Lina's extraordinary ability - "activation".

"To put it simply, I can give inanimate objects a temporary false 'life' by injecting my own spiritual power. It looks like they are alive."

As Lina spoke, she took out a ribbon and held it in her fist.

then,

Wayne saw the ribbon in Lina's hand, like a worm, slowly "crawl" out of her palm.

Forehead……

The dead things that usually appear dead suddenly start to move on their own. It's unexpectedly scary to watch...

Lina seemed dissatisfied with the worm-like posture of the ribbon, so she slapped the ribbon flat on the table and repeated the previous action.

This time,

The ribbon was like a flexible snake. It first snaked around Lina's wrist, then suddenly turned its head and jumped from Lina's hand to the ground.

Then the ribbon twisted into an "S" shape on the ground, pushing itself forward, and quickly snaked under the sofa.

"You see, that's about it."

Lina spread her hands towards Wayne, "The animated object will have its own 'thoughts' and is not controlled by my thoughts. Even the same object may have a different state and personality each time it is activated.

"The activation time depends on the amount of spiritual power injected, as well as its own volume, mass and other properties. So this ability can be used to do bad things and cause trouble, but it cannot be used for fine manipulation."

"I see."

Wayne nodded, "I see."

Lina glared at Wayne:

"What do you mean by 'I understand'? I told you one of my abilities. According to convention, it is now your turn to tell me one of your abilities. This way, when we act together, we can cooperate with each other."

It turns out that among the extraordinary people,

Is there such an unspoken rule?

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "I can inject spiritual power into an object and make it explode. However, the detonation time must be set at the beginning, and the countdown for automatic detonation should not exceed 5 minutes."

In Wayne's view,

Of his three current abilities, the self-healing ability is directly linked to his life, so the fewer people who know about it, the better. He should try not to mention it if possible, and even if he does, at least the specific details of the ability should be kept secret.

His other kind of vision is a skill that can widen the information gap between the two sides in battle. It can be used to attack the enemy unexpectedly at critical moments, and it is also better to hide.

So if Beyonders usually reveal some of their abilities to each other,

Then Wayne chose to reveal his "bomb" skill.

After all, even if you don’t have this skill, you can just throw high explosives, right?