New Gods of North America

The next morning, after everyone got up,

Wayne looked at Captain Harvey, who seemed to have slept well last night, and couldn't help feeling a little playful.

Come and see,

There's a Muggle here, let's isolate him together.

Judging from the situation last night,

Dr. Lecter should also be an experienced Beyonder. Although his specific field is unknown, there is no hostility between them at present.

And this Captain Xavi,

He will be knocked down before his opponent uses his ability, so he probably doesn't know much about this aspect.

So after a simple breakfast,

After everyone decided on the route, the four-wheel drive vehicle sped up a little and went ahead.

Inesa followed this time.

On the one hand, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to observe Wayne's performance.

This will then be used to determine if Wayne has any bad habits or deficiencies that might put him in danger during the "hunt."

Only then can we make targeted comments and suggestions.

on the other hand,

I also wanted to share some extraordinary knowledge with Wayne.

So at this time in the carriage,

Teacher Inissa's small classroom is currently teaching:

“If there is an opportunity, then the first step of hunting is to observe the other party’s habits and preliminarily confirm the other party’s territory.

“Usually, after reaching Level 2 and officially entering the Extraordinary world, Extraordinary people will have a preliminary understanding of their own abilities through spiritual intuition.

"Some Beyonders have a clearer understanding of their abilities. They understand the specific details and shortcomings of their abilities, and can understand how to make full use of them through thinking and practice. Some Beyonders only have some superficial concepts, just like birds know how to fly but have no understanding of physics.

"Starting from reaching the 2nd level, all extraordinary people will truly obtain the corresponding extraordinary abilities in their field. The number varies, but generally speaking, it is better to have two or three initial abilities at the beginning.

"Abilities in the same field usually have some common characteristics. However, when it comes to specific abilities, some are easier to identify, such as the obvious 'Abyss Alienation' or 'Divine Rejection', while others are not so easy to identify.

“Because each Extraordinary makes different ‘choices’ when upgrading their rank, the specific combination of each Extraordinary’s abilities and the specific rank of their qualitative change are also different.

“To make a specific judgment, you still need to accumulate experience through more hunting. It is impossible to explain it clearly in a few words, but just like the difference between birds, fish, or cats and dogs, it is relatively easy to identify the general field.

"For example, the 'holy' realm will reject or assimilate other realms, the 'darkness' realm will erode and corrode everything equally, and the extraordinary forms of the 'abyss' realm are mostly deformed and distorted."

Teacher Inissa paused for a moment when she spoke here:

"Do you have any questions about this part?"

"Me, me, me," Lina, who didn't have to attend the class but insisted on attending it, raised her hand first. "The School of Life Studies has a special research topic on the characteristics of hidden areas. I want to ask, how would you hunters judge people like them?"

Inesa said without hesitation:

"For a Beyonder who has hidden his domain characteristics, we have to judge based on his behavior.

"If they are relatively stable and abide by the rules, we can usually remain friendly and not investigate too deeply. Otherwise, we can usually make a judgment by examining the corpse or analyzing the characteristics of the extraordinary materials."

Good fellow,

You hunters kill those who are considered "unstable" or "disobedient", right?

Wayne thought about it and then proposed a specific case question:

"Like Dr. Lecter last night, how should we view his field?"

Inessa thought for a moment:

"I made a rough observation last night. The ability used by Dr. Lecter seems to have the function of 'hiding' or 'concealing'. That's why Lina said that Peter almost fought with him.

“This is when we can use the process of elimination – mutually hostile fields may exhibit similarly opposite characteristics.

"Conceptually, qualities like 'hiding' or 'hiding' are the opposite of 'holy' and 'abyss', which need to demonstrate their presence, so they usually occur in their hostile territories.

"So we can preliminarily judge that he is most likely in the three areas of 'death', 'darkness', and 'knowledge or wisdom'. With a small probability, it may also be a special 'order' or 'life'."

Inissa paused for a moment before continuing to tutor Wayne:

“The enemy-friendly relationship between domains can also be preliminarily judged from this.

"Since he could be 'Darkness', 'Death', 'Knowledge, Wisdom', or 'Order', 'Life', then we can directly consider finding an opportunity to attack the 'Divine' and 'Nature' who are hostile to these areas.

“As for other areas, we need to continue to observe to avoid wasting our efforts.

"Of course, the hostile relationship between domains and the enemy relationship between individuals or organizations are not necessarily completely consistent. It depends on the actual situation.

"Under special circumstances, people who are enemies in different fields but have a good personal relationship can become partners. Conversely, people who are in the same field can also be mortal enemies."

Wayne digested it a little.

Nod,

really.

After that, we walked for another half day.

The few of them officially entered the hilly area with relatively steeper terrain.

The original "small path" has become a "mountain road".

"From here, we are relatively close to the gang's hideout."

During a short break at noon, Captain Harvey took out a map with marked marks on it:

"If we continue along the mountain in that direction, we may encounter members of the gang on the road. There may be sentries or guards along the way.

"To be on the safe side, should we hide the carriage first, then change horses and continue on our way?"

Wayne thought what he said made sense.

So he was about to nod in agreement, but then he heard some objecting opinions.

"No."

Those who raised objections were Lina and Dr. Lecter.

Lina's opinions seemed to be filled with the experience of an "outlaw":

“Since it is a hidden den for the gangs, it is a safe area for them to distribute stolen goods or live temporarily.

"There are quite a few gang members here, and this place is relatively remote. So they probably need to use horse-drawn carriages to transport stolen goods or daily necessities such as alcoholic beverages. Therefore, the entire journey to their hideout can probably be traveled by horse-drawn carriage.

"We should still take as much equipment as possible and continue to approach. We shouldn't change carriages so early."

Wuhu,

After the last experience, Lina seemed to have contracted the "fear of insufficient firepower".

Dr. Lecter's advice seems equally empirical:

"We will drive over there in a horse-drawn carriage. If we accidentally run into gang members, we can pretend that there are their accomplices in the carriage and get closer to them before taking action.

"But if we change the horses, the people and weapons will look too conspicuous and they will all be easily recognized."

Hmm...

If you think about it carefully, if you want to trick the bad guys, it seems that the bad guys' ideas are more effective.

Learned it.