Although she didn't want to admit it, Anne's choice was indeed the best option.
Joey also expected that with his own city, if he had known that it would explode, he would never cooperate.
He stared at Anne without blinking and asked:
"You didn't just want to talk to me when you came to see me, right?" His tone suddenly paused as he spoke, and his eyes glanced at the closed wooden door: "What is the situation now?"
He was curious about the current attitude of the Sheriff's Department and whether Benny Hoyland's situation was good or bad.
Anne shook her head with a complicated expression: "Things are more complicated than I thought."
"Benny Hoyland is very powerful. Although we haven't found out which path he belongs to this time, we can be sure that he is at least Sequence 6."
Much weaker than expected, similar to Nomu? Joey breathed a sigh of relief for no reason, and then asked: "Is this a misjudgment?"
He thought about the scene of the explosion. Benny, who was at the center of the explosion, didn't seem to be much hurt.
If Benny only has this ability, he is absolutely sure that he can take advantage of the opponent.
"The possibility is very small. The only main defense now is the possible sealed objects on his body."
The two chatted for a while before Annie left.
What happened next was just as Anne imagined, because they experienced life and death together.
Joey easily gained Benny Hoyland's trust.
Because of the prior investigation by the Public Security Bureau, the third incident did not occur.
Three days passed in a flash.
On this day, Joey was discharged from the hospital. In fact, his body had recovered a long time ago. The reason why he was not discharged from the hospital was because he found that the high-grade nutrient solution in the church was conducive to his spiritual growth.
When he couldn't find the next promotion level for the Lucky Master, he devoted himself to developing the ability of the Transporter.
Benny Hoyland personally came to take him out of the hospital.
The two got into a carriage and looked at the route outside the window. He asked with a look of astonishment:
"Director, where are we going?"
Benny responded with two words expressionlessly: "Church"
For the rest of the journey, the two did not communicate at all.
Joey began to silently speculate on Benny's thoughts: This is a spiritual test for me.
This is the church's consistent approach, in order to screen out outstanding and loyal believers.
Only by passing this test can one truly enter the core of the church.
The facts were just as he had guessed. Benny took him straight to the basement of Leah Church.
Look at the huge crystal ball in front of you.
Benny said, "Put your hand up!"
Is this a test that my spirituality seems to be contaminated? Thinking like this, Joey nodded: "Okay"
After waiting for about ten seconds, he saw a relaxed expression on Benny's face.
The crystal ball does not change color, which shows that its spirituality is not contaminated in any way.
"Very good." Benny nodded with a smile, walked up and patted Joey on the shoulder and said, "Don't blame me. Doing this will be good for you and me."
"I know." Joey looked at the crystal ball curiously: "Is this a magic crystal ball for testing spirituality?"
"Director, how do you think this thing can test whether a person's spirituality is contaminated? If you sell it, how much can you sell it for?"
At this time, Benny was like a big brother, looking at his ignorant little brother with pleasure.
"Okay, this kind of thing is abundant in churches. It's not a rarity or valuable. As long as you work hard, money and wealth are actually very easy to obtain."
Joey knew that after this test, he had completely gained Benny's trust.
Then his face turned sad and gloomy, and he said in a low tone: "Director, I am actually a small person, and I don't have any lofty pursuits. If I can choose, I just want three meals a day and warmth all year round."
"Although my family is poor, I am very contented. I have an older brother and a lovely sister."
There is no need to check these things on the surface carefully. You can get information by just asking around in the neighborhood.
And he doesn't intend to hide it, which will help consolidate his identity.
"I cooperated with Investigator Nome, and I just wanted to find my sister."
Having said this, he looked at Benny sincerely: "This is the purpose of contacting you."
Benny Hoyland's expression changed suddenly, Joey saw it, and he knew that he had successfully dispelled the other person's concerns.
Of course, picking everything out would come with a certain amount of risk, and he was taking a gamble.
"The explosion of cooperatives made me think about some things"
"Tomorrow or the accident, no one can predict which will happen first. Time will not wait for me."
Benny Hoyland looked at him with a complicated expression, his brows furrowed.
Joey had been paying attention to the changes in Benny's expression, and he would change his strategy at any time if he sensed something was wrong.
Fortunately, the result was good and Benny's reaction was not big.
He decided to break the news.
"Director, I actually know that those missing women are related to you."
As Joey finished speaking, lightning arcs suddenly appeared in the air.
Centered on Benny, it spread out in all directions, like broken glass shards and spider webs.
His face instantly became extremely gloomy, he looked directly at Joey with cold eyes, and said word by word:
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Joey tilted his chin slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and sighed softly: "That can only mean that I was wrong and considered myself unlucky."
Although the time the two got together was short, it is not difficult to see Benny Hoyland's character from some details.
He was not the kind of crazy pagan he imagined, who regarded human life as nothing.
Instead, they were filled with a stubborn sense of justice. During this period, the two of them handled many cases. Port Lia was not a big place and there were no major criminal cases.
They are all petty thefts and filial piety.
Even the foreign affairs security officer is too lazy to take care of these trivial matters, but as the director, Benny Hoyland can do it himself.
His reputation has a good reputation among the people of Port Lia, and he was also nicknamed 'Nifu'.
The title 'Father' symbolizes the protective father, and one can imagine his status among common people.
It is hard to believe that such a person could be the mastermind behind the robbery of women.
Joey once thought it was Benny in disguise, so every time he got along with him, he would carefully observe each other's every move.
Turns out, those were not pretense, but real feelings.
It was also based on this that he decided to take a gamble.
Benny Hoyland stared at Joey solemnly.
Before coming to the church, there was a detailed information about Joey in the drawer of his office desk.
For a superior like him, the task of collecting outstanding women is handled by the people below. He is only responsible for the follow-up and has no idea who the person who was kidnapped is.
Joey looked gloomy, staring at Benny with a pleading look, and said leisurely:
"Are those people still alive?"
Feeling Joey's scrutinizing gaze, he pondered for two seconds and sighed softly: "When did you find out?"
As he spoke, thunder arcs flashed in the air.
Joey clearly felt a murderous intent in his eyes.
"Don't be so nervous"
Benny Hoyland twisted his neck expressionlessly, and his tone became increasingly cold: "Unfortunately, I was quite optimistic about you originally, but it's a pity."
While speaking, he slowly walked towards Joey step by step, thunder arcs beating in his palms: "Tell me, where is Norm?"
"You want to kill me"
"There are some things that cannot be unexpected. Sorry!"
"Wait!" Joey waved his hands repeatedly, and the expression on Benny's face told him that this was no joke.
"Your identity has not been exposed. Even I only guessed it recently." He spoke quickly, fearing that Benny would take action directly if he spoke too slowly.
In fact, before this, he was really optimistic about Joey and brought him to the church for testing with the idea of recruiting him into the organization.
As he said, there are no surprises in what he does.
Even if what Joey said was true, he would choose to kill Joey.
Does this guy really want to do something? Joey could already feel the pressure coming from Benny.
He took several steps back, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "Norm is dead!"
Originally, I wanted to rely on Norm, a person with a secret existence, to scare Benny and make him take action.
The current situation is that if you misjudge the opponent's determination, you would rather kill him by mistake than let him go.
"Joy, you have to earn your own opportunities."
Joey nodded lightly, knowing that this was a chance for him to explain.
So I briefly described what happened at No. 3 Levitt Street, of course, with some parts hidden.
After listening, Benny watched his expression become strange. He looked up and down with interest for a while, and the restless spiritual factors in his body dissipated.
Joey breathed a long sigh of relief: "I've told you everything."
"He is indeed a gambler! His courage is not ordinary."
"Hehe!" He smiled dryly, his eyes dark: "I just want to find my sister."
"Come with me"
The two of them walked out of the basement level and came to the church hall.
The dome is made of transparent diamond-shaped glass. The sunlight is refracted, and a ray of golden light hits the huge cross in the center of the altar.
Benny turned his back to the cross and spoke in a serious tone:
"Do you think the Church of Light really represents justice?"
A picture emerged in Joey's mind. It was a man wearing a crown of thorns and being tied to a cross.
He looked slightly solemn and shook his head slightly: "I don't know."
When he said this, the expression on his face showed great sincerity.
In fact, for him, the boundaries between good and evil in this world are often difficult to distinguish.
In a world where profit comes first, good or evil is really not that important.
If we dig deeper, the now orthodox Church of the Seven Gods were all followers of the ancient Sun God in the Second Age. They betrayed the Sun God and shared His extraordinary characteristics. As far as the Sun God is concerned, the Seven Gods God is evil.
Benny Hoyland raised his head and stared directly into the warm sunshine with his deep eyes, as if he was caught in a long memory.
This state lasted for about ten seconds before he leisurely said:
"Once upon a time, we were all citizens of the sea. When war swept the entire continent, it was the sea god who protected everyone."
"Let them have food, warmth and home"
Benny Hoyland revealed a secret.
As a god who emerged after the ancient Sun God fell, Poseidon has the most believers and the strongest authority.
Everything was going for the best, but no one expected that one day, Poseidon disappeared.
Rumors spread all over the place. Some said that the seven gods worked together to kill him, while others said that he went to the stars.
After Poseidon disappeared, the Seven Gods formed the Holy Church and divided up the territory in a very short period of time.
Benny Hoyland's eyes were dancing with scorching flames, and his voice suddenly rose a little higher:
"Did you know that the sea used to be blue?"
"Blue?" This was very similar to the ocean in his memory. Joey couldn't help but asked: "Is the formation of the Black Sea and the Red Sea because of Poseidon?"
Joey's brows knit together tightly.
According to the current limited data records, at least half of the planet's incomplete land is blocked behind the Red Sea.
The Red Sea and the Black Sea divide this planet, and the world calls it the Southern Continent.
The land where humans now live is called the Northern Continent. As for the deeper Western Continent and Eastern Continent, at least in the records of Lia Port, Joey did not find any relevant information.
Benny shook his head slightly:
"Whether the formation of the Black Sea and the Red Sea is related to Poseidon, I am afraid only the Seven Gods know these things, but one thing is certain, the Black Sea and the Red Sea did appear after Poseidon disappeared."
Joey asked impatiently: "What does this have to do with you kidnapping women?"
He is not interested in the secrets among high-level gods.
Now I want to know what the real purpose of 'Mermaid Forest' is.
"Don't say it's for sacrifice to the Poseidon? I don't believe it."
If it was really just a sacrifice, not to mention Poseidon, even Fuldman's death would have been almost a thousand years ago. If it was really a sacrifice, the population would probably be in the tens of millions.
Even if they try to be covert, they can't hide from the Holy Church for hundreds of years.
Benny Hoyland shook his head in denial: "No, if it was just a simple sacrifice that could summon the Poseidon to revive, then he would have revived long ago. How could there be a series of things behind the Seven Gods?"
"What's that for?" Joey thought of another possibility, and then asked tentatively: "Get Fuldman's power?"
This was the only possibility he could think of. After all, the curse of Dreamland began with the unraveling of Fulde Manra's formula.
"You know quite a lot." Benny stared at him with a half-smile.
Joey spread his hands and said with a helpless smile: "You should know that I once attended an occult gathering."
"Well, there are more than 20 people, and you are the only one who survives."
As the director of the Public Security Department, it is impossible for him not to know about this matter.
It's just that these things were insignificant to him, and the case was defined as a simple shipwreck at that time and did not rise to the level of an extraordinary event, so his attention was much less.
"Why, is there something else strange about this matter?" he asked.
Joey looked at him with a complicated expression and said leisurely: "The purpose of that party was to decipher the Fuldemann-Ra formula."
