My days as a landlord in Gotham

(Jiu)

"Father Alexander, I'm an agent of the Special Biological Management Office, so you understand what I want to know."

Li Lei admitted part of his official duties to Father Alexander, "According to our investigation report, Father John has very close ties with evil magical creatures such as vampires, werewolves, black wizards, and necromancers; and Father John is still using this The church as a means of concealing its secrecy.

If Father Alexander does not want to see this church with a great past and glorious history reduced to an existence that everyone despises, then should the priest show 100% sincerity? "

"John is so trusting in his affairs that even those around us can see it. He actually thought that his secret could be kept hidden forever."

Father Alexander said with a sad face, "Those priests who know his secret either choose to fall with him, or keep silent like me, and the rest will disappear one day.

Yes, gone.

Although John told us that they were transferred to other churches, I know that those people did not go to those churches at all.

Even those churches mentioned by John have long since ceased to exist, and are now just some ruins or ruins. "

Speaking of this, Father Alexander muttered words, as if he was praying for those companions who unfortunately disappeared.

"John was a kid who grew up in our church, which was relatively wealthy at the time, so we had our own orphanage and retirement home.

But by the time John was 12, the church was running out of money, so we had to disband our orphanage and nursing home.

The government sent people from welfare institutions to take over our orphans and children and transfer them to other places for resettlement.

At this time, John's father came.

Rather than sending him to a welfare institution, the government certainly hopes that John's father will take over John's custody.

But a year later, John escaped to us, and he was bruised and bruised.

According to his description, his father was a drunk and a drug addict, and the reason why he was willing to raise John was because the government would increase his subsistence allowance funds, so he took John back to the broken trailer that was his home.

When receiving relief money every month, John's father would exchange the money for alcohol and drugs, and only at this time, John could eat some fresh food.

At other times, John's father, who was suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction, would whip John non-stop and force John to go begging.

What happens to a pretty kid in a depraved neighborhood?

God, I don't want to even imagine.

When John came back, he was not only fractured and bleeding from multiple organs, but the doctor even said that he might die in the next moment when he was treating him.

What is even more outrageous is that John, who is under the age of 14, is also infected with syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other diseases, and his private parts show serious signs of abuse.

In order to cure him, Father Robin had to sacrifice his dignity to beg.

After more than a year of treatment, John was finally free of all injuries, but the psychological trauma could not heal.

He didn't want to go to school, and he didn't want to be in contact with anyone. He locked himself in his room and read the Bible all day long. All this changed drastically when he was 20 years old. The introverted and depressed John disappeared and replaced him. John the Merciful.

John at that time was brave and compassionate, he dared to go into the darkest communities to preach, he dared to embrace and listen to the drug addicts and whores.

Inspired by him, the community has become better and better.

Even the Pope has heard of his name, and some hope the Pope can canonize him.

As Father Robin grew older, Father John began to take over the management of the church.

To be honest, when Father John started taking over the church, he had everyone's support.

Because of his inspiration, more and more people will come to the church to participate in activities, and we get more and more fundraising.

But soon someone noticed that Father John was strange. Simply put, the fundraising was a bit inappropriate.

What Father John said about this is that we need to help other people, and he has also provided many donations to charities.

His approach made some clergy dissatisfied, because our own church has not been repaired, and there is no extra money to donate.

But those who questioned were expelled from the church by Father John. He believed that these people violated the purpose of our church.

Of course, his approach and statements have been approved by most people.

But soon, we begin to discover that Father John is in touch with mysterious people who seem to have an aversion to church icons and crosses.

So the church began to leave messages about Father John, but those who sent messages were gradually expelled from the church by Father John for various reasons or applied for transfer.

Gradually, we all stopped talking about Father John in public, and his behavior became more and more excessive. "

"Father Alexander, what I want to know is, do you know what the collusion between Father John and those mysterious people is?

Or do you know if they have any other secret bases? "

Li Lei asked impatiently, he was not very interested in these experiences.

"John is a very cautious person, so doubts about him are always guesswork by a few people, and no one can be sure of anything."

Father Alexander said, "I just know that most of the charities he assisted are pocket organizations. Here is their roster. I hope it can be helpful to you."

Father Alexander stood up and took out some papers from under his bed.

"That's all I know.

You have to understand that I'm just an old priest after all, and there's very little I can do. "

"Father Alexander, I am very grateful for your sacrifice."

Li Lei took the papers.

He read the above content with his glasses, and at the same time sent it to Hamada Hiroshi and others not far away through the signal transmission equipment.

"Please believe that I will solve these problems as soon as possible.

Father Robin will be back soon, before that, please try to protect yourself. "

After bidding farewell to Father Alexander, Li Lei left the church.

"Xiaohong, do you have any preliminary investigation results on the address that was sent to you just now?

Our investigation target tonight has to be revised, because the church may hardly be John's secret base.

After all, this is a church affiliated to the Catholic Church. If John goes too far, the Holy See will probably be alarmed.

Our current targets are those institutions that have close ties with John. Compare which addresses may become bases. "

"I'm still comparing here. I just retrieved the design drawings of each building from the archives of the city government."

Hamada Hiroshi replied in the headset, "However, two-thirds of these institutions are leather bag institutions, and they are probably used for money laundering.

Some of the remaining organizations are indeed real charities, and they have existed for a long time. I checked their financial status a little, and I can basically rule out their doubts.

The more doubtful thing now is St. Mary's Charity General Hospital, which used to be in this church.

But because of the poor management of the church, the hospital was owned by the Chicago Baptists.

The headquarters of the General Hospital should not have too many problems, because it was built after 2000.

I not only have their architectural drawings, but also the supplementary drawings of their subsequent renovations, so there should be no major problems.

What makes me more curious is the former site of St. Mary's Mercy General Hospital, which has been converted into a hospice center, which is the largest hospice institution in Illinois.

This center is quite famous, by the way, Father John is also one of the center's volunteer pastors. "

"That's basically certain."

Li Lei said.

Father John needs a lot of dead people, so where else can there be more dead people than a hospice, except a hospital mortuary?

Moreover, according to the map sent by Hamada Hiroshi, the hospice center also has its own mortuary and funeral home for the family members, relatives and friends of the deceased to mourn.

Unlike other places in the hospital, the hospice center basically does not have an emergency room, because most of the patients who come here sign a "no rescue agreement"

Because for them, the pain of their disease is far greater than the joy of survival.

Or the diseases they suffer from cannot be solved by modern medicine, and any actions of doctors are just to improve their quality of life.

Therefore, for the patients who come here, they are actually prepared in their hearts, and they plan to spend the last period of their lives here.

But what made Li Lei feel disdainful was that there would be someone here with evil intentions against them.

"die"

It is a very complicated question, involving religion, philosophy and science, but no subject dares to say that it has the right to "death"

I understand.

Some people say that death is living elsewhere, and the dead self looks at the shore where he once lived; some people say that death is the beginning of another great adventure, as if time has begun again in another place... While these claims may have served to comfort the survivors, none of this is even a hypothesis.

And when Li Lei looked at the hospice center in front of him, he had an inexplicable thought.

If death is another train that human beings are about to catch, then is this care center like a waiting room in a station?

People gather here, people come and go, some people leave, some people leave... a noise that never ends.

The architectural style of the entire hospice center is warm and simple, which makes people feel like home.

The interior decoration is also warm, bright and relaxing, and the beautiful flowers and fresh fruits make people feel the vitality.

The doctors and nurses here are not wearing that white uniform, but a warmer and sweeter candy color.

But even so, the occasional life monitor alarm is still reminding you.

"Sir, it's past visiting hours.

If you are an escort, could you please show your card. "

Just when Li Lei was in a daze, a voice sounded from behind Li Lei.

Li Lei turned around and saw a girl in a pink uniform.

"Sir, if you are a visitor, you must leave now; if you are an escort, please show your escort card.

How are you, sir?

Do I need someone to come over and talk to you? "

Seeing Li Lei's dazed and somewhat numb expression, the girl thought that Li Lei had just lost a loved one.

In addition to helping patients go to their final adventure quietly and comfortably, hospice centers also have an important role to help these living people who are about to or have just lost their loved ones to find a way to release their hearts.

In the face of death, human emotions always go through "denial"

,"anger"

,"negotiation"

, "depression"

and "accept"

five stages.

Only when people have gone through the first four stages can they truly say goodbye to their departed relatives with a smile.

"It's okay, just let me stand for a while."

Li Lei said lightly, "I just need to be alone."

"Okay sir, if you need help at any point you can go to the counseling room and talk to a therapist.

Or you can come to the nursing station and talk to me, I have delicious chocolate, which can make you feel lighter. "

said the girl.

"Thank you."

Li Lei thanked the girl, and the girl left obediently.

She knew from her training that this person needed their own space to vent their emotions at this point.

However, Li Lei didn't need space to vent his emotions, but wanted to investigate everything here.

It's just that when I first came in, I was impressed by the atmosphere here and unknowingly released the invisible state.

So Li Leiyou re-entered the invisible state, and he walked slowly through several rooms with flowers on the doors.

Judging from the content I just obtained, if the door is pasted with flowers, it means that the patient in the room has been gone for a few days.

Yellow flowers indicate that it may be in the next week or two; orange flowers indicate that it may be in the next week; and red flowers indicate that it may be in this day or two.

Li Lei passed by the rooms with flowers, and he clearly felt that the life force of the people inside had been terribly exhausted.

The person lying inside may be an old man or a child; maybe he is surrounded by his family and friends, and he is walking towards the next journey in the arms of love; but maybe he is abandoned by everyone, just waiting here quietly for death kiss.

Li Lei walked slowly through these rooms, and then saw several people in light green uniforms pushing a cart away from the emergency room.

The people in the car have been covered with white cloth, while the people behind the car are crying silently.

"We will temporarily send him to the funeral home next door, if you have friends and relatives who need to be notified."

A person said with a rather regretful tone, "Or if you have your church or funeral home, we can also arrange it."

"no thanks.

Just leave him here.

He likes being here very much and said that he hopes to finish his final journey here. "

Li Lei did not continue to listen to their conversation, but walked towards the nearby morgue.

The morgue was extremely quiet at this time, only the two staff members at the door were watching TV boredly.

Li Lei ignored them and went straight in.

"Did you see someone just walked in?"

One of them suddenly said, "Could it be that I'm blind?"

"Don't scare people, okay?"

Another said tremblingly, "I warn you, this mortuary is very evil!

If you talk nonsense, be careful to be found! "

While warning the person who just spoke, he checked the doors and windows again.

He deliberately straightened the cross placed behind the door, and at the same time looked at the crucifix hanging in the room, and prayed for a while before calming down.

"Fortunately, our holy images and crosses are very effective, I warn you that it is best not to go out tonight!"

"Don't go out, what if I have to go to the bathroom?"

The person who just started talking complained dissatisfied.

"Young man, your kidneys are not good at such a young age, and you can't hold back your urine?"

The other guy teased, "There's a toilet under the bed, use that!

Don't be disgusted, I don't have to scare you.

People have really gone missing here, and I don't want you to do the same. "

Leaving aside the fact that the two guards were scaring each other there, Li Lei had already entered the morgue.

In fact, the mortuary is not as scary as outsiders think, simplicity and quietness are the characteristics of this place.

Of course, due to the need to preserve the environment, the temperature in the mortuary is very cold.

Coupled with the pale light, people feel even colder.

Even with such a low temperature storage, there is still a faint smell of corpses coming out.

Fortunately, the exhaust system here is very powerful, so the smell is not unbearable.

"If it wasn't for this accident, where would we need to hide in this ghost place?"

Just as Li Lei walked quietly through the mortuary, a voice suddenly sounded.

Li Lei took a closer look and found that it was a vampire complaining there.

"Stop complaining."

Another vampire comforted, "It's not bad if we can escape this time.

It's not like you don't know that their current weapons have completely restrained us.

It was said before that they need to mobilize the army, but now their law enforcement is wrong and they have such a large combat effectiveness.

But don't worry, after tonight, we don't need to hide anymore. "

"You trust that person that much?

He is not only human, but also a priest!

He and us vampires and werewolves are sworn enemies, and now we actually choose to stand with him.

Isn't this too ironic? "

The vampire who started talking said.

"Shut up, idiot!

Do you know how powerful someone is now?

Not only the patriarchs of our vampires in Chicago compromised, but even the chiefs of the werewolf tribe also chose to compromise.

And those dark wizards and necromancers. "

The vampire who looked a little older taught, "If you want to die, find another way, don't provoke him!"

The two vampires stopped talking, and Li Lei was also lurking in a corner watching the morgue.

Before long, he saw werewolves, trolls, goblins, etc. coming here one after another.

After a while, Father John came in surrounded by dark wizards and necromancers.

Li Lei then followed closely, and they walked towards the depths of the mortuary.

There is a secret door in the depths of the morgue. After the secret door is opened, there is actually a large space behind it.

Although this space is simple, there is a seat in front of the space.

There is only such a seat in the whole space, and the representative meaning of the seat is self-evident.

Li Lei walked quickly to the area where the seats were, and Li Lei sent the address to Hamada Hiroshi, signaling them to support here immediately, and at the same time ordered them to dispatch people from the office to deal with Father John at any time.

"Friends, welcome to this moment that will determine our destiny!"

As soon as Father John spoke, the originally noisy space immediately fell silent.

"I know that many of you don't know me, and even hate me.

Yes, I am a Catholic priest, but I am definitely more than a Catholic priest.

Like you, I hate this society and want to take revenge on this society!

I have seen the hypocrisy and greed of human beings, so I think God did something wrong back then!

Since he used floods to wash away the evils on this earth, he should completely eliminate the greatest 'evil', that is, human beings.

He should not have arranged for Noah's Ark, let alone arranged for a white dove to bring Noah that tender green olive leaf!

Since God is not willing to do it, let us deal with the present together!

Before sunrise, I will use my spell to awaken all the dead, and we will form a combined army to drive out all humans in Chicago.

But Chicago is only our first step. Our goal is to drive all humans out of the North American continent.

The future North American continent will belong to us, belong to us with magic! "

"Father John, what I want to know is, is everything you promised us true?"

A werewolf stood up and asked.

"Of course, what I promised you will be given to you.

I can swear by the holy ring on my hand! "

Father John raised his right hand, and the orange gemstone on the ring was shining brightly.

"You will all get the exclusive zone belonging to your race; and the neutral zone and non-neutral zone outside the exclusive zone will be left to our joint assembly to decide.

This will be our paradise! "

When Father John was shouting excitedly, Li Lei seized the opportunity to cut off his finger, and got the orange gemstone.

Li Lei put away the orange gems in the gem box, and then appeared.

"Father John, I am sorry to interrupt your illegal assembly.

In accordance with the "Regulations on Registration" and "Administrative Measures" issued by the Special Biology Management Office, many of you present will face prosecution or even imprisonment, right? "

Li Lei's mage's robe fluttered gently, and the magic wand in his hand was shining brightly.

As long as mages and wizards can understand, Li Lei's wand is accumulating strength, ready to deal with the next person who rushes up at any time.

"Father John, regarding your crimes, I hope you can truthfully confess, at least we can give you a decent trial."

"Who are you?

Are you a mage too?

Why do you want to serve humanity? "

Father John looked at Li Lei puzzled.

"Whether it's a mage or a wizard, aren't they all human beings?

As for the vampires and werewolves, aren't they also close relatives of humans?

Perhaps only trolls, elves and humans have no biological connection at all, and the rest, even giants, are inextricably linked with humans.

So why can't I help humanity? "

Li Lei asked Father John rather amusedly, "What makes you think that magical creatures are superior to humans?

In terms of combat effectiveness, the current magical creatures may not be opponents of human weapons, right?

In terms of viability, after such a long time, it is enough to prove that human beings can continue, right? "

"I know you!

You are Li Lei, and you are the director of the Special Biological Management Office! "

One vampire screamed, "You're a mage!

This is ridiculous!

What would you do if you let the news media know about it? "

"I won't do anything."

Li Lei said calmly, "Many mages in the management office are serving humans.

Human beings have also accepted the existence of white wizards and holy mages, and are also recognizing each other's identities.

If you think that your tricks can also stir up internal strife among human beings, isn't it too ridiculous?

Since those old guys from the Supreme Council hid, the rest of you really don't have much ability.

Well, I will give you a chance to surrender, I hope you will not mistake yourself! "

Li Lei had already heard Hamada Hiroshi's reply through the earphones. They had already evacuated all the people from the hospice center, and they were already waiting outside the door.

And the agents of the Operations Department of the Management Office have joined forces with the local Chicago police to put the neighborhood under martial law, and even the National Guard is coming here.

This early morning in Chicago is destined to be restless, and some media that work all night have already shifted their focus of reporting to this side.

And some magical creatures here also received such news.

"Your troops have already surrounded us outside. Is this the opportunity you gave us?"

"If you cooperate, then they are only here to arrest you; but if you choose to resist, then they are here to destroy you."

Li Lei said calmly, "Your hands are more or less stained with human blood, so do you have any misunderstandings about human resistance and revenge?

Or do you think it's normal for you to kill people, but it's wrong for people to kill you? "

Li Lei's question silenced the audience, because everyone seemed to think so.