Penelope stared at the brown door with complicated eyes. She raised her hand and hesitated for several seconds. Just as she was about to knock, Xia Xian grabbed her arm and said, "Forget it, it's getting late, so I won't disturb Gai."
Here’s the priest.”
The woman who exuded an aura of sadness felt relieved and looked at Xia Xian with hidden gratitude, "Thank you, Mr. Xia."
She actually remembered the self-introduction between him and Chu Zihang just now.
"How do I call you?" Xia Xian let go of her arm and smiled slightly.
"Penelope." The woman lowered her head and tidied her hair. When she raised her head again, her complexion looked better and a little color had returned.
"Nice to meet you." Xia Xian nodded, and then prepared to leave. But when he turned around, he heard Penelope calling softly: "Actually...Gary...Father Gary is a good man, don't do it because of
I have some misunderstanding about him."
Xia Xian smiled and nodded, but said nothing and walked back to the room.
Back in the room, Chu Zihang was walking out of the kitchen, carrying two bowls of macaroni and placing them on the coffee table in the living room, "How was it? Have you seen him? Why did you come back empty-handed?"
Xia Xian shrugged and said helplessly: "I met that woman. Her name is Penelope, and what I just guessed is pretty good. Not only did she deny her relationship with Gary, she was also eager to defend him, for fear that we would think he was
Not a good person."
Chu Zihang handed over the tableware, but did not start eating. Instead, he said thoughtfully: "You mean, she may know some of Gary's secrets, but she voluntarily helped him hide them?"
"It's hard to say, but their relationship is definitely not ordinary." Xia Xian buried his head in eating, his voice becoming slurred due to the macaroni in his mouth, "How else could a furious and murderous hybrid allow a woman to be in his presence?
At home? But she denied their relationship. As a 'newly moved neighbor', I couldn't pester her to ask."
"Let's monitor him first." Chu Zihang nodded, "I also thought about it after you went out just now. The murderer will definitely wait for some time before committing another crime. I have investigated various hospitals in Brooklyn for pregnant women who are about to give birth to their children.
There are many, and the appointments are at different times, so it’s impossible to know who his next target will be.”
"Of course it's good if you can keep your composure." Xia Xian frowned and looked at the food in the bowl, "Did you not cook it for enough time? Why does it taste weird?"
"Is there any?" Chu Zihang also took a bite, "It seems...it has expired."
"..."
...
Half a month later.
At the entrance of the Holy Prayer Cathedral, Gary, who was dressed in a priest's black robe, walked out laughing and chatting with other young believers in white clothes and red skirts. Then he looked in the direction opposite to his home and smiled at the people walking with him.
Said, "I still have some things to do, you can go first."
"Okay, Father Gary." They all responded, and then walked farther and farther together.
Gary gently took off his outer robe and found normal casual clothes underneath. He hung the black robe on his arm and walked in the opposite direction.
"Father Gary?" a young voice exclaimed from behind him.
Gary frowned slightly, turned his head, and then relaxed his brows, "Xia?"
Xia Xian walked over with a smile on her face, wearing a custom-made sweatshirt with the New York University emblem printed on it. She looked like a young student full of youthfulness. "Father Gary, why don't you go home?" He pointed in the direction behind, that was the direction.
Where their apartment is located.
"I'm going to the hospital." Gary looked back at him.
After getting along with each other for half a month, Gary, Xia Xian, and Chu Zihang have interacted with each other several times. Of course, many of them were "accidental encounters" deliberately created by Xia Xian and the others, but Gary didn't seem to notice any clues.
, on the contrary, they seemed to really regard them as international students, and even told them several times that Chinese students occasionally encountered restless people in the local area who robbed them, so that they should pay attention to their safety.
However, Xia Xian and Chu Zihang never saw Penelope again.
"Are you sick?" Xia Xian quickly expressed concern.
"No." Gary smiled slightly. His unique charm coupled with his emerald-like eyes made it difficult not to attract those little girls who were new to the world. "A friend is in the hospital, and I went to visit her."
"She?" Xia Xian noticed this woman's personal pronoun, "Could it be the lady from that day."
"You're talking about Penelope." Although Gary was surprised that Xia Xian would mention her at this time, his good qualities prevented him from showing too much doubt, "But it's not her, it's a person who is about to
I have unblocked pregnant women who have given birth to new lives. You know, this is my job."
"I understand. Can I ask which hospital it is?"
"Second Hospital of Holy Cross."
"Can I go together?" Xia Xian asked curiously, "Chu happens to be hospitalized in this hospital, and I'm about to go see him."
Only then did Gary notice that he was holding a bag of fruit in his right hand, "What's wrong with Chu?"
"I've had a fever for several days, and he kept putting off getting him to the hospital. Now, he's admitted." Xia Xian expressed her helplessness.
"Pay attention to your health." Gary's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something. Finally he said, "Let's go together. I just happened to go to visit Chu. His temperament is very superior. He is the best Chinese I have ever seen."
It’s rare. Of course, you are too, and I appreciate you both.”
...
Chu Zihang listened to the conversation in the headset and started running.
He wanted to fabricate the "reason" that Xia Xian just made up before the two of them arrived at Holy Cross Second Hospital - that he had a fever.
Today's meeting with Gary was also a deliberate creation.
Xia Xian and Chu Zihang have been looking for the commonalities of the six previous victims for the past half month. Although the Intelligence Section of the Cassel College Executive Department has put the information searched by the New York police into the mission manual, the six victims
The information about the two is too trivial. If we have to say the obvious thing in common is that they are all pregnant women.
This is obviously nonsense: of course all pregnant women are women.
But Xia Xian and Chu Zihang discovered a second thing in common: they both went to the Holy Prayer Cathedral at some point before they were killed.
——Where Gary worked!
It was through this that they identified the next pregnant woman who was expecting a baby in a hospital in Brooklyn and had visited the Cathedral of the Holy Prayer.
There are three people in total:
Ms. Celine from Holy Cross Hospital II.
Ms. Jane from Renai Hospital.
Ms. Lena from City Hospital Brooklyn Borough Hospital.
The three hospitals are separated by a long distance and are located in three places in Brooklyn. Therefore, Chu Zihang and Xia Xian didn't know which one Gary would go to today, so they created this meeting.
But now the target is clear, Ms. Celine from the Second Holy Cross Hospital.
"Will she become the seventh victim?" Chu Zihang's running figure blended into the New York wind. He used the power brought by his bloodline without hesitation, because he was performing a mission, and his heart was like a mountain, and he could only
To execute perfectly successfully, "She won't. The number of victims will stop at 6."
"We'll be there in two more intersections. Chu Zihang, where are you?" Xia Xian's voice rang from the headset, "I'm taking the opportunity to tie my shoelaces. I can't talk for too long. Answer quickly."
Chu Zihang looked up, and the logo of the Second Holy Cross Hospital looked extremely sacred under the blue sky and white clouds.
It is difficult to imagine that every deceased victim encountered the most brutal murder in such a place.