The footsteps were not followed by a knock on the door.
A young man with short black hair and a burly build opened the door directly, his eyes sharp and determined.
"team leader!"
"Pete, what's going on?"
"The Orante Street Public Security Bureau urgently reported that a group of suspicious persons entered a residential building at No. 17. They were suspected to have escaped from Bellando last time..." He suddenly paused and glanced at the stranger Cheng An.
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"Say, this is our new member, Assassin." Vera said.
"Okay, the informant said that the group may be the remnants of the Church of Light, and the guards have blocked the entrance and exit of the building. Andrew and Katie went there first, and I will inform you."
After hearing this, Vera nodded slowly and asked, "Have all the residents inside been evacuated?"
"Most have been evacuated."
Vera nodded, stood up without any change in her expression and said, "Let's go there too and show the new couple around. Is there anything you need to prepare?"
She asked Cheng An in the second half of her sentence.
"No." Cheng An said confidently.
"Captain! Do you want to go out?" Daisy asked at the front desk.
"Well, you write down the record and we'll leave directly."
"OK!"
The three people quickly left the building.
Orant Street is not far from here, it takes about half an hour to drive there.
After getting off the stairs and standing at the stairs, Vera looked around on the street and passed by the license plates of a few pickup trucks parked here and there.
Cheng An discovered an interesting thing. There were only three types of cars he saw in the city.
They are either pickup trucks that can carry cargo, or long tube breads that can carry more than 7 people, or large buses. There are no small cars in the world.
Well, we also have to include his dump truck.
It seems that the use of vehicles on the other side tends to be practical, and there is a lack of private cars. Of course, it may be that only a few rich people have the perks.
While he was thinking, Vera looked at Peter in surprise.
As a result, Peter also looked at his captain in confusion.
The two people asked almost in unison:
"Where's your car?"
After being stunned for a while, Peter hurriedly explained: "Captain, my car is being driven away by Katie and the others."
"Then let's find a rental car..."
Vera's face was expressionless. Suddenly, she looked at Cheng An, her lips twitched before she said: "Assassin! Can you drive?"
When she submitted her application for staff rationing, she added this requirement.
Cheng An said: "Yes, and I drove here, and the three of us can barely sit down. If you don't mind it..."
Peter hurriedly said: "If there is anything objectionable, let's go to the scene as soon as possible. You agree, Captain."
"Yeah." Vera nodded.
Then, the two of them looked at the slightly dilapidated and dusty dump truck, and fell into deep self-doubt.
"Well, there are only two seats in the cab. There is a relatively small space behind the seats. It can barely accommodate people, but it needs to be smaller."
Cheng An said, looking at the captain Vera, the meaning was obvious.
Vera glanced at the small space filled with clutter and frowned.
Seeing this, Cheng An was a little embarrassed. He touched his chin and said, "How about you guys squeeze in the passenger seat? In fact, my cab is quite big, but it doesn't have corresponding seats."
When Peter heard this, his eyes lit up: "I have no problem, captain! I can squeeze it in!"
"..."
Vera gave him a cold look, then stretched out her hand and pointed to the open-top cargo box of the dump truck.
"?" Peter was confused.
"You stand up there." Vera said without any expression.
Peter said with a stiff face: "...Captain, this will make me very embarrassed."
"Is face more important, or is life more important?" Vera asked back.
"Life! Life is more important!"
"What are you still doing in a daze?"
After Vera finished speaking, she opened the passenger door and jumped in first.
"puff!"
Cheng An pulled the corners of his mouth hard to prevent himself from laughing.
Boom! Boom!
Amid the furious roar of the engine, the dump truck stirred up dust.
"Where are we going?" Cheng An said with a blank expression.
"I'll show you the way, you drive." Vera said.
"OK."
Cheng An had no objection.
On the way, Vera asked: "Do you know the Church of Light?"
Cheng An thought for a while while driving and replied: "I know something. An organization that worships the King of Light and the power of light is widely distributed. I don't know the specific situation, and I don't know why they are a cult.
"
Vera was silent for a moment and said: "They will have some positive ideas to cover themselves up and promote the teachings on the surface, such as loving their brothers, loving their wives, not lying, not stealing, creating a positive image, and attracting believers to join the religion;
"After joining the religion for a certain period of time, they will begin to spread the core teachings, believing that all living beings originate from brilliance and should be reduced to ashes and become 'harmony with light and dust'!"
Cheng Andao: "What do you mean..."
Vera said: "It seems you have guessed it. Yes, they will instigate believers to self-immolate, and even burn their families and children to death. They are an extremely crazy and despicable organization."
"I got it! Don't worry, captain, I am incompatible with evil! Killing cultists is everyone's responsibility!"
"……Um."
She choked slightly, because she suddenly realized that some of the rhetoric she had prepared to persuade the newcomer not to have the psychological burden of killing people, and the theories that some people's survival was a disaster, were all in vain.
This newcomer is so sophisticated that he understands it by himself without even having to finish your sentence!
Vera began to close her eyes and relax.
After a while, her honest and mature voice suddenly sounded again: "Pete Arland, 27 years old, junior priest, increased arm strength, increased speed, superb fighting skills, good at close combat."
This is to introduce the situation and strength of teammates, as well as the types of ‘blessings’.
Cheng An was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was not on guard against me at all and was very trusting...
"Okay, I remember."
Cheng An nodded as he spoke, recalling in his mind what Father Luo Yinde said when he watched him leave.
"Every priest is absolutely reliable. Always remember that you did not choose God;
"It is God who has chosen you!"
Therefore, it is not so much trust in me as it is that believers who have absolute loyalty and belief in the God of War and who believe that they can receive divine blessings through divine revelation are absolute loyalists.
Therefore, only after the priests become teammates can they trust each other?
A guy like me who doesn’t believe that the God of War can be ‘blessed’ is a complete alien...
Cheng An's mind wandered, he lightly stepped on the accelerator, and he was racing ahead.
…
After more than twenty minutes, we arrived at our destination.
No. 17, Orant Street, a residential area.
There are already many police pickup trucks and passenger vehicles parked at the entrance of the community. Federal police forces have been dispatched to cordon off the residential building where the incident occurred and no one else is allowed to enter.
"Captain Vera!"
When a police sergeant saw Cheng An and others passing by, he recognized Vera's identity and hurriedly came up with his assistant to greet her. They were relieved.
After receiving the report, the federal security police rushed to the scene immediately, and after preliminary verification of the situation, immediately notified the corresponding special operations department.
In the federation, incidents involving sensitive words such as cult gatherings and human sacrifices are special events. Ordinary police officers are not allowed to enter the scene without authorization and must be handed over to the "Abnormal Incident Processing Center" within the jurisdiction.
This is also to protect the lives and safety of their ordinary police officers.
"Report the situation." Vera said seriously.
"Yes, the target appeared on the sixth floor. There were about 15 people in total. After investigation, they began to gather nearby last night to call believers. Around five o'clock in the morning, they entered the building one after another to hold a rally;
"The reporter was a resident upstairs. She only overheard someone inside praying, mentioning several keywords such as the Lord of Light, eternal glory, and returning to dust. He was afraid of being exposed and discovered, so he did not continue to steal.
Listen, I chose to leave the scene and call the police immediately.
"After we arrived at the scene, we immediately evacuated the residents below the fifth floor without disturbing each other."
Vera nodded: "You handled it well. Where are my other two team members?"
"The two priests have already entered the upstairs. It seems that no fighting has broken out yet."
The sergeant said, pointing to the police force behind them who were hiding in a hiding place with loaded guns and ammunition, looking warily at the police team above, and added:
"We are always monitoring it."
"knew."
Vera turned around and said solemnly to Peter and Cheng An: "You two are following me. Andrew and Katie haven't done anything for so long since they went up. It means there are ordinary people on the floor and they are worried about hurting innocent people;
"There may be a small-scale battle later. Cheng An, you don't need to participate in the battle this time. Wait at the stairs. If you find someone escaping, call for help and report in time!"
Cheng An immediately said: "Okay, captain!"
A group of police officers immediately made way to the doorway and watched the three priests enter the upstairs.