"Let's leave first. If it's really him, we have to change our plans."
She knew that person, the director of the Lia Port Public Security Department and the highest person in charge.
As long as it doesn't involve extraordinary events, it can be said that Benny Hoyland is the highest official on the surface.
"You go back first. When you are ready, I will go find you." After saying this, Annie walked away without looking back.
He is not the kind of person who puts his destiny in the hands of others, which is not in line with Joey's code of conduct.
After separating from Anne, he calmly headed to the Sheriff's Department.
In the office hall, he met Benny Hoyland as a private detective.
On the second floor of the Public Security Department, in the director's office, the two of them were sitting face to face, with fresh tea on the table.
Joey looked at the expression on the face of the Sheriff's Department Chief in front of him and knew exactly what he was thinking.
It's nothing more than measuring the authenticity of his identity.
His revealed identity is.
The private partner of the temple's senior investigator Nomu, the identity of the disciplinary priest Nomu is true and can be confirmed with a little investigation.
Another point is that Norm is dead, which makes it easier for him to fake his identity.
Moreover, the way the church governs is to check and balance each other and supervise each other, so that there will be no one-dominated situation.
After all, the land area of Las Vegas is too large. If we don't adopt this method, it will be easy for extraordinary people to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates.
Benny looked at the overly young Joey in front of him and asked seriously:
"How do you prove your identity?"
Joey picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and answered calmly:
"Nomu, the Church of Light Sequence 6 Punishment Priest, from Ishilandon"
"Due to some accidents, I accidentally learned the true identity of Mr. Noam, and worked with him to track down some things." When he said this, he deliberately paused for a few seconds and carefully observed the change in Benny's expression across from him.
"What's the matter?" Benny asked in a pretentious manner.
The slightly trembling eyelids betrayed his inner feelings, and even though it was only for a short second, Joey still captured it.
He withdrew his gaze imperceptibly and said softly:
"It may involve the sacrifice of Poseidon"
Joey's hand gently tapped the edge of the tea cup, with a distressed expression on his face: "I can't find Priest Nome right now. He said that if you can't find him at a critical moment, you can contact you at the Public Security Department. "
On the one hand, he told the other party that he had found something, and on the other hand, he perfectly explained the reason why he came to Benny.
"This is not something you, an ordinary person, can get involved in." The secret hidden in Benny is destined to make him unable to trust anyone easily.
Joey knew it was time to show his worth.
Thanks to Anne, he has a reasonable identity.
"Can I borrow your gun?"
Benny just glanced at him briefly and pushed the gun over without hesitation.
He is confident enough because this is the Sheriff's Department and he is a demigod.
The revolver has a total of 6 bullets.
Joey opened the magazine and took out a bullet, pushed the magazine back and fiddled with it gently.
He loved the sound of the magazine spinning.
When Benny was still wondering what Joey wanted to do, he suddenly pointed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger.
Da~
The expected sound of gunfire did not appear, but the sound of empty bullets jamming.
"Now, can you trust me?"
The pistol returned to Benny's hand, and he opened the magazine. There were 5 bullets in it and one was empty.
"One in six odds," he said uncertainly, "Gambler?"
Joey nodded naturally: "With his help, I became an extraordinary person."
Anyway, Noam died, so it was all on him. Joey was secretly pleased and praised the wisdom of this decision.
After learning that Joey was also a supernatural being, Benny's attitude changed subtly.
Benny didn't dare to act rashly and decided to stabilize Joey first.
Put yourself in his shoes.
He had always been timid about doing things in Port Lia because he didn't know who the other investigator was behind the scenes, and he had been tracking him down and back for a long time but could not find that person.
Instead, it gave Norm insight into his identity, which made Benny a little bit defensive.
"How many things has Noam found out?" Benny felt uneasy and even suspected that the person in front of him was sent by Noam to test him.
"Little brother, your name is..."
"Joy, Joey Creevey"
"I'm sorry!" Benny said with a sad expression on his face, "I don't know where Priest Nome is now."
While speaking, he added in his mind: Sequence 6 punishes the priests, they are lying to ghosts.
He didn't believe what Joey said at all.
In fact, what he didn't know was that Norm was indeed the one secretly supervising him.
The biggest reliance of inspection is not the real strength, but the concealment. No matter how strong the strength is, it will not help if the identities of both parties are not exposed.
"That's it." Joey looked gloomy and was about to leave: "Officer, I'll go back first."
How could Benny let him leave so easily.
hurriedly said:
"Don't worry, little brother! You see, since you can help Norm investigate the case, you must be very sensitive to the case. Right now, there is a very difficult case in the bureau..."
Joey retracted his position with a smile: "Oh~ Director, are you going to hire me?"
They say private detectives are money-hungry guys, and it's true. He complained disdainfully in his mind. On the surface, he said with a smile on his face:
"Of course, for talents like you, the Public Security Department will choose long-term cooperation and pay corresponding remuneration!"
Joey behaves like a philistine.
Cooperation was reached under the ulterior motives of both parties.
Benny immediately took Joey straight to the shipyard.
On a carriage driving to the pier.
Benny asked nonchalantly:
"Joy, how did you meet Priest Nome?"
There was no beating around the bush, Benny knew better than anyone how deep the murky waters of their circle were.
Hiding it would arouse Joey's suspicion, so he simply asked directly.
Joey naturally knew that this was a test from the other party.
He also knew that Benny would not believe his words and would definitely investigate his identity afterwards.
For these things, he had already thought of an excuse before coming to the Sheriff's Department.
"It's nothing, it can only be a coincidence. I am a student at Hawkins University, and Priest Norm is the school's censor. We met by chance."
He spoke in an understatement so as to be more authentic.
The examiner is indeed Norm's official identity at Hawkins University. Even if we check, we can't find any clues.
In the following time, the two communicated a lot, and Joey could respond just right, so that Benny could not find fault.
I walked around the shipyard and got some information about Chris.
Three generations of his family have been employees of the shipyard, and they have dedicated most of their lives to the shipyard.
Regarding Chris's extreme behavior, the workers around him shook their heads and sighed.
"Thank you for your cooperation!" Benny sent away the last visitor, turned to look at Joey, shook his head and sighed: "It seems that the facts are indeed as the previous investigators guessed, Chris is taking revenge on society."
Joey looked at the expression on Benny's face and thought to himself that the old fox is still testing.
He coughed lightly and denied Benny's point of view, appropriately showing the rigor of a detective.
"Wrong, when an incident occurs, what matters is the cause, process, and purpose."
"Now, the cause and purpose are generally clear, what about the process?" A sly smile appeared on the corner of Joey's mouth.
"Process?" Benny's eyes widened for a moment, and he completely ignored this.
Joey pointed to the revolver Benny had in his belt.
Benny followed his eyes and said suspiciously:
"Gun? What do you mean?"
Joey shook his head: "Do you think civilians have channels to get guns?"
"How is it possible? No matter which country it is in, gun control is a level 1 ban."
"Yes, there are some things that civilians cannot access. Where did Chris get his explosives?"
Benny frowned tightly, thought for a few seconds, and then said slowly:
"The amount of explosives required to blow up the factory building cannot be obtained in a short period of time even by the Sheriff's Department."
"Let's go, let's go to the next stop!"
"Next stop?" Benny looked at him in astonishment and asked, "Did you find any new clues?"
Joey said as he walked: "Family, friends, neighbors, life circle, these are all breakthroughs."
"The information you gave me shows that Chris's family members died of illness at an early age, and he is usually alone. If I remember correctly, there is a name written in the friend column, Gul Friedman."
"I know this man. He served in the Ninth Army of the Navy. He is very ordinary."
“You can’t tell whether ordinary people are ordinary or not until you meet them.”
Benny looked up at the sky and suggested, "Eat something first!"
Not to mention, when he mentioned it like this, Joey also felt a little hungry and nodded in agreement.
In fact, he was shocked when he saw the information about Chris.
Goole and Chris actually knew each other. They both worked at the Hamilton Shipyard.
Things became more and more confusing. When they got along before, it was obvious that the two were pretending not to know each other.
No, that's not right. It's very possible that except for me, the other eight people are connected. He thought of a terrifying possibility.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Joey and the two took a carriage and arrived at Gur Friedman's house.
Located at No. 18 Leavitt Street, it is a red two-story compound building.
Levitt Street again? Joey couldn't help but think to himself that there were quite a lot of things hidden in this street.
Benny, who was walking in front, was about to knock on the door when he heard a high-pitched soprano voice coming from inside.
Immediately afterwards, a girl with a face full of panic pushed open the door and rushed out, just in time to bump into Benny.
"What happened?" As he spoke, he motioned Joey to go in and take a look. At the same time, he comforted the girl: "Don't be nervous, we are from the Public Security Department."
"Police officer?" The girl's body was trembling. She raised her head with tears in her eyes and said in a choked voice: "Dead... a dead person."
She pointed her hand behind her, not daring to look back.
After appeasing the girl, he glanced around and saw that a group of lively people had gathered around him. He took out his ID and scolded: "The Public Security Department is doing business, there are other people waiting, please disperse."
"Who, please seal off the scene and maintain order?"
As the most prosperous commercial street in Leah, Livit Street is usually patrolled by security guards.
There happened to be two patrolling police officers heading this way.
. . .
Joey looked at Gul Friedman lying in a pool of blood with a solemn expression.
Benny came over and asked softly: "What happened? Why did the person die?"
"Where's that girl?" Joey asked.
"When I sent it back, she was the housemaid who came to serve her. She seemed to be frightened."
"Huh? Housemaid?" I seem to remember that Gul has a daughter, isn't it?
"Is there a problem? Don't worry, I've sent people to keep an eye on her. As long as she behaves abnormally, she won't be able to escape."
Joey shook his head: "It has nothing to do with her."
He didn't expect this to happen. Originally, he just wanted to use the power of the Public Security Department to gain insight into the purpose of Annie and others.
According to his speculation, controlling Gur first might force Anne to make some choices.
For example, tell him the 'real purpose'.
As for Gul Fredman's safety, he was not worried, because in Azrael's deduction, Gul died ten years ago.
Selling a dead person is not considered a violation of morality, and he has no psychological burden.
Now that he is dead, he feels a little regretful.
Thinking to myself: Someone is watching me? Otherwise, why would he have died just when I was about to find Gur?
Everything at the scene showed that Gur's death did not take long.
There is still a slight body temperature on the body.
Whether it was because the gecko had its tail docked or it was just a coincidence, nothing could be said now. He regretted contacting Benny, the chief of the Public Security Department.
"Joy, come here and take a look. Is there a line of writing on the ground?"
When they entered the room, both of them were careful not to damage the scene as much as possible.
Gur was lying face down on the ground, with a strange-shaped sharp object piercing his chest and piercing his back.
The blood stained the floor red, and the words Benny said were under his arm. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find it.
"42505991? A string of numbers, what does it mean?"
It's Fuldman's formula again. What are Annie and the others doing? When Joey saw this string of numbers, his heart beat uncontrollably.
On the surface, he pretended to be suspicious and said, "Maybe it's information about the murderer!"
"It's very possible." Benny nodded in agreement and carefully turned Gur's body over so that he was facing up.
"Don't move!" It was already too late when he said the words. He gave Benny, the chief of the Public Security Department, a speechless look.
No wonder the detectives in this world are so popular. After a long time, this is the Sheriff's Department's ability to handle cases?
Even the chief, Benny, handles cases so casually, one can only imagine what the state of the police officers underneath is like.
What Joey doesn't know is that existence makes sense.
In a world that advocates magic, people have solidified their thoughts, and their dependence on the supernatural and gods has become deeply ingrained.
The line of Gul is completely broken.
There were no signs of a fight in the entire room. The only strange thing, apart from a series of numbers on the ground, was the murder weapon.
"The murder weapon, is it a bit strange?" He stared at the strange weapon inserted into Gur's murder weapon with burning eyes.
"It's a bit weird." Benny also looked over curiously.
