While the experiment was successful, Joey was also thinking secretly: Why do the two things fit so well?
"Is 'quenching' also related to that Poseidon?"
He summoned Azrael to inquire, and the truth was completely beyond his expectation.
'A bone from the sea' was Azrael's comment.
With the authority he currently holds, he can only perform deductions that are very similar to his goals.
Although the information is vague, it is enough to confirm Joey's guess.
"Perhaps I can find the answer from Maimaiti next time I meet her."
He has not forgotten that in Senagal, Nurmaimaiti sacrificed to the mythical creature of the Gate of the Abyss.
That thing looked like it came from the deep sea, and its status was terrifyingly high.
Maybe it's the Poseidon subspecies.
And the most important thing is that when the old black church was being destroyed at No. 3 Livit Street in Port Lia, Maimaiti appeared, albeit with a different face.
He had an intuition that Maimaiti and Teacher Freya might all be involved in Poseidon.
But you have to find these answers on your own.
. . . .
Early the next morning, the Sheriff's Department.
Due to frequent incidents recently, a lot of additional manpower has been deployed, and the office hall of the Public Security Department is crowded.
From a distance, he saw Director Benny Hoyland waving in his direction. The scene was so noisy that he couldn't hear what he was saying. He could only judge from the shape of his mouth that he was calling him over.
In the director's office, looking at the pile of information in front of him, Joey smiled bitterly and said: "Director, you are trying to tire me out."
"These are relevant information collected by the bureau, which may be able to help you." Benny said, his tone gradually became serious, and his eyes were deep: "We don't know when their next action will be, so we must do everything possible. Prepare"
Joey nodded in understanding.
The next period of time was like a sunny day after a heavy rain, calm and warm, without any further accidents.
Joey also naturally became a foreign affairs investigator for the Sheriff's Department, with a good salary. During this period, he also helped the bureau solve many cases, further gaining the trust of Benny Hoyland.
Until one day half a month later.
Joey was awakened by a knock on the door in his deep sleep. He opened the door and welcomed an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
Anne simply stayed at his house for a few minutes and then left in a hurry.
Not long after Anne left, the church bells that had not rung for a long time rang again, accompanied by a deep and deep male voice.
"I buried a bomb in Port Leah. If you haven't found it before 12 noon tomorrow, bury it with it."
This incident was different from the previous two. He did not ask civilians to destroy the Church of Light. It was more like a terrorist attack.
Sheriff's Department, Office of the Chief.
Joey looked at the expression on Benny's face and could roughly guess what he was thinking. He was just wondering whether this incident was related to the previous two.
Originally, the first incident and the second incident were now classified as two cases of different nature by someone in the bureau.
Joey coughed lightly and said, "Director, you don't have to worry so much. Just find the bomb before it explodes."
"You said it very easily, how do you find it?"
"It's very simple. You are overcomplicating things." Joey shook his head slightly and reminded: "If you classify the two cases together, they actually have one thing in common."
"What is it?" Benny Hoyland's eyes widened for a moment.
Joey stood up and walked to a wall. There was a plan of the city's topography of Port Leia.
Draw two circles on the map with a watercolor pen.
Benny looked up and subconsciously named the place: "Hospital, shipyard! What is their connection?"
Joey shook his head: "On the surface, there is no connection. If you think about it carefully,"
Benny frowned slightly, his face began to become irritable, and finally glared at Joey angrily: "You kid, don't show off."
Through this period of time together, the relationship between the two has become much closer.
I usually make little jokes to tease each other.
"I really don't know how you became the director," Joey complained with a smile on his face. When Benny was about to get angry, he hurriedly said:
"Ten or twenty years forward, both hospitals and shipyards will be the pillar industries of Port Lia, supporting most of the civilian population."
"The other party blew up the hospital first, then the shipyard, and so on. The next target range is actually very small."
As he spoke, he drew several more circles on the map, all of which were declining pillar industries.
After some analysis, two targets were finally selected.
Libraries and cooperatives.
"Which one will the target be?" Benny's eyes turned back and forth between the two. He paused for two seconds and said his guess: "The target is most likely to be cooperatives. Among all pillar industries, cooperatives are the most declining."
'Cooperatives' were once the most prosperous pillar industry in Port Lia, covering every aspect of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
His success lies in the remoteness of Lia Port and the lack of local resources. Before the Church of Light took over the island, the sea routes were monopolized by pirates.
The risk factor of transporting materials to and from ships is very high. The cooperative is a company with a sailing fleet and has a complete monopoly on the basic supplies of Lia Port, making him the richest capitalist for a time.
It was not until the Church of Light moved in and opened up safe routes that the cooperative gradually declined.
The point at which all of this changed was after the Church of Mechanism officially changed its name to the Church of Machinery and Knowledge.
Ten years ago, with the cooperation between the Church of Light and the Mechanical Church, a large number of advanced technologies were made public by the Mechanical Church, and a number of cutting-edge naval vessels were created.
With this, Senegal's status as a maritime hegemon has been unprecedentedly strengthened, and it has also opened up sea routes for remote islands like Port Lia, which are basically isolated from the world.
Joey said: "I think so too. No matter from which angle you analyze it, cooperatives are the most suitable target."
Benny thought for a moment and said, "Let's go there now and check all the suspicious locations before noon tomorrow."
Benny sent people to the places that Joey circled, and he took Joey straight to the cooperative.
The deployment of large quantities of explosives cannot be completed in a short time, and arrangements must be made in advance.
Benny's eyes gradually heated up, and he looked at the cooperative cooperative that was just around the corner. His excitement was palpable: "Wait a minute, follow me. If something goes wrong, you just run away. Do you understand?"
As he neared his destination, he didn't forget to tell Joey to be careful.
If the target can be found before the explosion and successfully stopped, this will undoubtedly be a shot in the arm among the restless civilians in Port Leah.
You know, the first two bombings caused panic among people. If the Public Security Department had not forcibly blocked the sea port, some people might have escaped long ago.
At that time, a lot of information will be leaked, and the church may send investigators to investigate.
Many things cannot withstand scrutiny. As long as you are careful, many things cannot be hidden.
And at this critical juncture, before finding the lost heart, Benny didn't want any surprises to happen.
Joey grinned and said, "Don't worry, I'm a professional when it comes to escaping."
When it comes to fighting, he doesn't dare to guarantee it, but when it comes to escaping, it's another matter. After all, he is studying the direction of escape.
Benny shook his head helplessly: "You should pay more attention to yourself."
The cooperative is a very old factory building with a large area, enough to accommodate thousands of people.
Joey followed silently, looking at the surrounding scenery with curious eyes.
"It looks like a farmer's market," he muttered silently.
Faintly, he felt like he was back in the original world. He looked at the independent stalls. Although they were empty, he always felt that they were filled with fruits and vegetables.
From the moment he stepped into the factory, his attention had never left Benny Hoyland.
According to the original plan, they would find out the clues in advance in the cooperative.
And successfully prevented the explosives from detonating in exchange for Benny's more trust.
The factory building has long been abandoned, and there is usually only one janitor.
Before the two of them got close, an old man with silver-white hair came out to greet them.
His body was hunched and his voice was muddy: "Who are you looking for?"
Benny took out his ID and briefly explained his identity. Then, under the leadership of the old man, the two entered the factory and started searching.
I walked around the first floor and found nothing.
Joey said: "How about I search separately?"
Benny nodded thoughtfully: "Be careful, if you find anything unusual, just scream loudly."
After they parted, Joey pretended to be nonchalant and started looking.
It wasn't until about ten minutes passed that he shouted at the top of his lungs.
Soon, Benny came over looking for the sound.
He asked anxiously: "What happened, where are the people?"
"No one" Joey shook his head and pointed in one direction.
Looking where his finger pointed, there was a complicated pattern carved on the ground.
"What is this?" He stretched out his hand halfway, and in a daze he seemed to hear someone shouting "Don't touch", but before he could hear it clearly, a deafening explosion exploded.
A strong energy shock wave swept out.
Thick smoke billowed, blocking the view for a moment.
The violent waves generated by the explosion instantly submerged Joey, and his clothes were burned in an instant.
The uncontrollable pain made him scream.
Watching red light bursting out in all directions.
In the black smoke, an angry roar suddenly came out: "Damn infidel!"
Then a bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air, starting from the center of the explosion and spreading around like a spider web.
After the lightning, a large amount of water elements appeared in the air, which condensed into raindrops and extinguished the flames in a short time.
At the last moment when Joey lost consciousness, he saw the old man who was burned to charcoal, and Benny Hoyland, who was in ragged clothes and covered in black.
By the time I woke up again, two hours had passed.
He slowly opened his eyes and found that he was in a hospital, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant.
There was only one bed in the room, and his body was covered with various tubes.
At this moment, Joey's face looked extremely ugly.
He realized that he seemed to have been tricked.
The power of the previous explosion was so powerful that it could kill him.
If he hadn't discovered something was wrong at the last moment, if he hadn't activated his ability, I'm afraid there would only be a corpse lying on the bed now.
"Anne Bullock!" He gritted his teeth and stared fiercely at the chandelier on the ceiling.
According to the original plan, the magic circle should not explode.
However, the fact now is that not only did it explode, but it was also powerful enough to injure him.
Although these appear to be just superficial injuries, they can't help but make people feel unhappy.
After feeling the extent of his body's recovery, he found that the injury was not as serious as imagined.
He couldn't help but raise his head and his eyes were fixed on the potion bottles hanging on the bedside.
"This is the holy church's advanced healing medicine. I'm really willing to give it up. No wonder it heals so quickly!"
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and sat up from the hospital bed suddenly.
"I changed my clothes, where's the knife?"
The clothes he was originally wearing were now completely changed.
Although there is no clue about the appearance of extraordinary weapons when they are not using their abilities, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of just in case.
Until now, we have not figured out which path of transcendence Benny Hoyland is, and he is most likely a demigod. There is no guarantee that 'Quenching' will be recognized.
He couldn't explain it clearly at the time. The church controlled things like extraordinary weapons very strictly. Even if they occasionally wandered outside and appeared in the auction house, the price would be sky-high.
Joey is a recent graduate from Hawkins University. At worst, he is just a private detective who has just started working. It is impossible for him to have the financial resources to support him in purchasing extraordinary items.
"How about running away? No, no, Wilson is still in Port Lia and can be found easily."
"It's not possible to run away with Wilson. Barbara hasn't been found yet."
Just as he was thinking wildly, the door to the ward was pushed open.
Joey looked up, his eyes glazed over for a moment. The person who came had a sexy figure, and the white nurse uniform she wore perfectly showed off the temperament of a mature woman.
These are not the important points. The important point is that he knows the face of this nurse.
"You still have the nerve to come see me? You're here to make sure I'm dead!"
Anne Bullock gently closed the door and without saying a word, she went straight to the window and pushed it open. The breeze came in and diluted the smell of disinfectant.
She suddenly turned around, crossed her arms, and looked at Joey with a half-smile: "Aren't you fine now?"
Joey: Uh~~~
"Are you plotting against me?"
Anne shook her head helplessly: "There is too little information about Benny Hoyland, I have to take risks."
"You're just using me as bait?"
If there were a mirror now, Joey would wonder if there were two big characters "Grudge" printed on his forehead.
"The results are going in a good direction, aren't they? What would you do if I told you in advance?"
Joey rolled his eyes at her angrily: "Of course he ran away! Only fools are waiting to be bombed."
Halfway through his words, he suddenly froze and his expression became extremely ugly.
Annie looked at him with a smile: "Yes, if you are not hurt, how can you make him believe in you?"
