Hughes asked Jimmy to drive behind him, and the two drove to a small church in Brooklyn. This is a very inconspicuous little church, but it seems to be a bit old. When Hughes and the others came, the door of the church was already closed.
Hughes knocked on the door, and a small, low door opened. Hughes and Jimmy lowered their heads and entered the church. The person behind the door closed the door without saying a word and led them to the lounge at the back of 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. When he saw Hughes and the others coming in, the priest put away the Bible and stood up and came to Hughes: "Good evening, Hughes. Who is this?"
Hughes: "Jimmy, our agent, he was the one who dealt with the case before."
Priest: "Welcome you two, please take a seat."
Hughes sat next to the priest, and Jimmy sat next to Hughes without speaking.
Hughes: "Father Harris, may we begin?"
Father Harris nodded: "We had already investigated the previous ghost, and we found the same ghost later, and completed three exorcisms in total. But according to our judgment, the results of those three exorcisms were not the same. Ideally, the situations of the three wraiths are very similar. They all possessed them and drove people to kill people to support them.
The fact that they appear repeatedly and behave consistently indicates that they come from the same source, which should be somewhere in New York. If we want to eradicate this situation and avoid recurrence, we must find their source.
And your previous inferences are probably correct. Wraiths may not be complete bodies. They do not have impulsive attacks like other wraiths. Instead, they leave after leaving the human body, much like clones. , their source is likely to be a wraith with special abilities such as splitting. "
Hughes: "So how's your investigation going?"
Father Harris: "We haven't found anything yet. In fact, there is basically no difference between people possessed by evil spirits and normal people. There is no way to tell them apart when they don't appear, so I can only ask you to investigate."
Hughes looked at Jimmy: "Jimmy?"
Jimmy: "Father Harris, how were the cases you handled discovered?"
Father Harris: "There were two cases where believers reported the abnormal behavior of their relatives and friends. However, there was no change in them themselves. Instead, they suddenly became cold-blooded and seemed to have changed into different people."
Jimmy: "Is it just becoming indifferent? Is there anything special?"
Father Harris: "They all hurt other people, but there is no direct evidence."
Jimmy nodded: "Are there any recorded directions? If they come from the same source, there should be a certain pattern in their occurrence."
Father Harris: "I can give you the address."
Jimmy: "One more question, how did you eliminate them?"
Father Harris: "We have exorcisms."
Jimmy: "That is to say, if you are not sure, I can come to you and do an exorcism ritual to be sure, right?"
Father Harris: "No, the exorcism ritual consumes a lot of money on us and cannot be used frequently. This judgment standard is not good."
Jimmy: "I understand, Hughes, I have no problem."
Father Harris: "I want to remind you that after leaving the host, the resentful spirit will not actively attack the people around it, but will escape quickly. Most people cannot see it, but the main body of the resentful spirit we speculate may have Attack ability, you must be careful if you find it."
Father Harris took out a small bottle from a wooden box next to him. "Use this high-concentration holy water and apply it on the upper eyelids. You can temporarily detect the abnormality of the ghosts. It will not exceed 5 minutes at most. Please do not use it frequently."
Hughes reached out and took it, "Is there anything else?"
Father Harris: "We only know so much. In fact, this kind of ghost itself is not very harmful. The biggest problem is that it will affect the host and cause more harm, so I can only ask you to investigate."
Hughes nodded and handed the bottle of holy water to Jimmy.
Father Harris: "Then I'll leave first and leave the rest to you two." After saying that, 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 should we deal with this matter?"
Hughes: "Just pay attention, there is no need to investigate specifically."
Jimmy: "Well, there's no way to investigate this. There are more than 600 murders, 10,000 gun-related incidents, and more than 150,000 criminal incidents in New York every year. There is no way to tell which ones are the hosts of this kind of resentful spirit. Caused."
Hughes nodded: "So don't worry, just come over and have a look. Keep that bottle of holy water. I know you can see the resentful spirit directly. You don't need this, but this bottle of holy water can save lives in special circumstances."
Jimmy: "Okay, what do we do now?"
Hughes: "Go back and rest."
Jimmy nodded, got in his car, left the church, and returned to his apartment in Manhattan.
What Hughes said just now made it clear that he called Jimmy over this time just to give the church an explanation. It was probably because the church said something during the phone consultation and asked Hughes to help them pay attention to relevant matters that he called Jimmy.
It seems that they are giving the church a lot of face and specially dispatching people to take over their requests. In fact, they don't want to do anything at all. They are just following the process.
During the day, Jimmy recalled the eucalyptus he had dealt with. He also retrieved the eucalyptus from the system and took a look. He had killed a wraith at that time, but one escaped in front of him. Later, he could not write the eucalyptus report because of the eucalyptus. , could only notify Hughes.
Since Hughes meant that he just needed to come over and go through the process, there was no need for Jimmy to pay too much attention to Ryan's case, and there was no need to take over. There were too many cases of homeless people dying without any results.
But Jimmy was not at a loss either. Although he was delayed in getting off work, he still got a small bottle of high-concentration holy water. This was the first time Jimmy got this thing. He had only seen him use it before at Father Horton's in Dallas. Although it was not If you know how to use this thing, it's good to keep it.
Jimmy returned to work as normal, and it was in standby mode. He also talked with Nia in the evening. The number of murders in New York has not increased much recently, and their detective bureau has also returned to almost normal working frequency. , much better than before.
It's almost time for Chuck to retire. He has served in the NYPD for nearly 30 years. When he retires, Nia will almost take over their team.
There are people above who are easy to do things, and Nia's success is too smooth. He became a full-time patrol officer in the shortest time allowed by the rules, and then took the exam to become a police detective. It was much smoother than others. Many people may not be able to become a police detective in two or three years. Assessment, even if you apply, you may not be approved.
Jimmy sat in the office and looked at the information. As before, he checked the files already in the system when he had nothing to do. He accumulated experience and lessons in handling various files. He could consider the problem from multiple angles when handling the problem to avoid problems or omissions. clue.
The phone rang. Jimmy glanced at it and picked it up, "Luyinzi, what's the matter?"
Lu Yinzi: "Do me a favor and accompany me to meet someone."
Jimmy: "Now? Where?"
Lu Yinzi: "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 took the three guns with him. This was Jimmy's standard equipment when going out.
Downstairs, Jimmy saw the Saber parked on the roadside. The driver's window was lowered, and Luyinzi waved to Jimmy from inside. Sitting in the passenger seat, Jimmy asked: "Hey, it's a new car. When did you change it?"
Luyinzi: "It's been a while. We have a new batch of cars that are arriving one after another." Luyinzi waited for Jimmy to pull on his seat belt, then he started the car and left Federal Plaza.
Jimmy: "It's pretty good. Look at the panel of this police light and siren. Are these cars equipped with hidden police lights and sirens as standard?"
Lu Yinzi: "Well, at least I have this car. If you want it, go to Dunn and apply."
Jimmy: "We must get one. It would be great if we could add a crash bar."
Luyinz: "You are overthinking. The person we are going to meet later is Tamara O'Connor, a female, Italian, and the owner of the Deadly Daffodil Club."
Jimmy: "Huh? What's your background?"
Luyinz: "Camorra, there was a shooting in a club in Brooklyn the night before yesterday. A customer called the police, but when the NYPD arrived at the scene afterwards, they found no body or blood. They should have disposed of it.
Behind that club is the 'Ndrangheta. Yesterday I talked to their person in New York, Petra Reski. He didn't deny it, he just pointed out the person who did it. Today he needs to say hello to the other party. "
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Jimmy: "Ah, you're really busy. Why don't you just let them handle their own affairs? There's no need for us to get involved, right?"
Luyinz: "If they were more peaceful, they wouldn't have so much trouble. But the problem is that the other party, Tamara O'Connor, has just arrived in New York and has some disputes with the 'Ndrangheta. Now it seems they won't be so troubled." Do business quietly and make money."
Jimmy: "So you just went to say hello this time? Why don't you take two back?"
Lu Yinzi: "They handled it very cleanly, there is no evidence."
Jimmy: "Then they don't have to admit it at all if you go."
Lu Yinzi: "They understand what I mean. They just asked you to come here to add some insurance."
Jimmy: "Okay, I hope you guys won't break up."
In fact, the FBI has more or less information on gangs from all over the country. In other words, the FBI has complete information on many gangs, including gang bosses, key personnel, etc. However, without direct evidence, there is no way to kill them in official procedures. In many cases, They can only rely on deterrence to limit their behavior and scope of activities to prevent them from affecting ordinary people and social order.
This is inevitable. Only when they commit suicide and cause big things, or obtain direct evidence after a long period of time, will they ruthlessly catch them all.
Luyinzi drove all the way to the Upper East Side and stopped in front of an old building. Jimmy took a look and saw that there were quite a lot of people inside, but there was no sign on the outside of the building.
Jimmy: "The Deadly Daffodil Club doesn't have a sign? Is it a members-only underground club?"
Lu Yinzi 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 Luyinzi got out of the car, straightened their suits, walked to the door wearing sunglasses and rang the doorbell.
A man came inside and opened the door. He was wearing a suit and looked like a security guard: "Sorry, it's not business hours yet."
Ruinz: "FBI Special Agent Kirk Ruinz, 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 at night." After saying that, he was about to close the door. Lu Yinzi reached out and pressed on the door, "You want us to bring the search warrant and SAT Do you want to come together? Go and inform her."
The security guard frowned and said, "Please wait at the door."
Luyinzi let go of his hand, and the security guard closed the door and walked inside. Jimmy saw him walking to an office at the back, saying something to the people inside, and then returning to the door. A person from the office came out. , sitting on a curved sofa against the wall of the hall.
The security guard opened the door: "Please come in."
Luyinzi and Jimmy entered the hall, and a woman sitting on the sofa stood up and waited for them to pass.
A very beautiful and charming white woman with long brown hair. She looks to be over 40 years old and has obvious crow's feet.
Ruinz walked over and shook her hand: "FBI, Kirk Ruinz."
Tamara smiled and said, "Tamara O'Connor, welcome both of you."
Ruinz and Tamara sit on the curved sofa
On the top, Jimmy stood not far from Luyinzi, with his hands folded on his abdomen, observing the environment of the club from left to right.
There were several people here before. Tamara waved to them when she came out of the office. They all entered the passage and room next to them. Except for the security guard who brought them here, no one was seen in the hall.
Tamara looked at Ruyinz: "Excuse me, Agent Luyinz, do you want to see me for anything?"
Ruinz: "Two days ago, there was a conflict at the EY Club in Brooklyn. Someone told me that one of the parties was your people."
Tamara: "Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."
Luyinz: "Just saying hello, this is New York, not Italy, don't bring your conflicts here."
Tamara's expression changed a little, but she quickly returned to her smiling state: "I think you may have found the wrong person. I am just the manager of this club. I have no conflicts with other people."
Luyinz: "Your club has just opened not long ago. I think maybe you are not familiar with New York yet. It is best 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 still have work matters to deal with. If there is nothing else, I will leave."
Luyinz stood up: "This is the first time we have met. I hope we will have the opportunity to meet again in the future. Goodbye, Ms. O'Connor."
After saying that, Luyinzi turned around and left, and Jimmy followed Luyinzi and left.
When he arrived outside the door, the security guard who followed him quickly closed the door. Jimmy turned around and saw that the person he had avoided had returned to the club hall and continued to organize, while Tamara returned to her office and picked up the phone. .
Luyinz: "Jimmy, get in the car, let's go back."
Jimmy nodded, got in the car and left.
