Chapter 268 Invitation from the Holy See

The old priest brought the Warrens to Luke.

Luke raised an eyebrow, looked at the old priest and then at the Warrens.

He understood the meaning of the Warrens' expressions.

What that means is: you are our boss now, you make your own decisions without considering us.

Although the Warrens are nice people with good tempers and kind hearts, they are not saints, nor are they simple-minded.

They have seen a lot of people and ghosts, and compared to ghosts, people are more terrifying.

I have worked for the Catholic Church for so many years for nothing, being ordered around like that. If you don't have some shrewdness, you really can't do this job.

But we also have tempers. After all these years, we have finally met our mentor. Not only do you, the Catholic Church, want to take advantage of us, but you are also planning to take advantage of our new boss?

So just now the Warrens were just trying to put the old priest off.

Friendship is friendship, work is work, we are just employees. If we have any ideas, we should go to the boss.

The old priest saw clearly what the Warrens were thinking, and finally had no choice but to find Luke, the big boss.

Naturally, he also wanted official cooperation and commitment, but how could Luke give it to him?

He righteously rejected the old priest's request.

The old priest was not giving up yet and planned to give some benefits first.

"We can invite the cardinal to baptize you, and we can appoint you as the diocese of North America..."

Luke immediately stopped the old priest from speaking.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not Catholic."

The old priest continued:

“This is believable…”

"No, I don't believe it. I am Chinese and I have my own beliefs..."

“It doesn’t matter if you are Chinese…”

"If you mention this again there will be no possibility of cooperation."

The old priest had no choice but to change the subject.

"We request that our exorcist team members can join the government departments as consultants..."

"No way! I'm not looking down on you, but you are far from capable of dealing with evil spirits."

"Uh...so we want official support."

Luke sighed.

"Don't paint me a rosy picture. I'm not one of those young people who are fanatical about their beliefs. I'm an official. Let's be practical. What benefits are you going to give us?"

The old priest was silent for a long time, and finally just said that he would report to his superiors.

The cooperation conditions offered by Luke were naturally the same as those offered by the old pastor.

However, there are stricter restrictions on the sale of exorcism items.

There are too many stubborn old men in the Catholic Church. If they see Johnny and Maizi, they will insist on going up to exorcise the demons. Johnny is okay, after all, he is still a human being.

What if the wheat can't be restrained and is cut into pieces? How do we settle the account?

So in order to avoid trouble, it’s best for everyone to have as little contact with each other as possible in the future.

The old priest left in frustration.

The team had almost finished packing, and the Warrens explained everything to Luke.

Luke knew what they were going to say, so he smiled and waved his hand.

"No need to explain. Since I hired you, I naturally have to trust you."

Although the Warrens didn't react on the surface, they were still very grateful to Luke in their hearts.

Mr. Warren changed the subject.

"I heard that the main reason why the church's exorcist group in North America is weak is because the main force of the church is in Europe and can't take care of North America at all."

After listening to this, Luke turned and looked at Maizi.

Maizi nodded.

"In fact, the situation in Europe is even more chaotic. Even in Italy, where the Vatican is located, they have a powerful opponent, not to mention other European countries."

Luke raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? What force is so powerful that it can restrict the Vatican?"

Before Maizi could answer, Mr. Warren had already given the answer.

"I heard it's an old vampire family."

Luke wasn't surprised to hear this answer.

This damn world is filled with all kinds of monsters and demons, so I tried to laugh and joke:

"What about the werewolves?"

Maizi answered him:

"Werewolves and vampires exist throughout Europe, but the Italian family is the most powerful."

“There are none in North America?”

"Yes, but very few, unable to stir up any waves, and very low-key, mainly because the power of the people is too strong."

Mr. Warren nodded as well.

"That's right, those who were able to come to North America were all exiled, ostracized, or even homeless because they couldn't make it in Europe."

"Thanks to the Declaration of Independence, most North American civilians have guns. Facing modern firearms, those guys can easily die accidentally..."

Luke smiled playfully.

"It doesn't matter. I have the final say in North America from now on. No matter if it's a human or a ghost, a dragon coils up for me, a tiger lies down for me... Uh... Maizi, I didn't say anything about you..."

Maizi glanced at Luke sideways, then gave him a beautiful eye roll...

Luke smiled at the Warrens.

"She is also one of our consultants, but she just has a bad temper."

The Warrens also smiled and waved.

"It doesn't matter. Talented people all have tempers."

Luke nodded.

"Don't worry, we won't let you go on missions alone in the future. At least there will be team members to ensure your safety."

Mr. Warren is just an ordinary man, but Mrs. Warren is different.

Her eyes can be psychic, and she is also a kind of extraordinary person.

It's just that Mrs. Warren has seen too many miserable or evil souls, which has made her feel detached from the world.

This state is like being an observer rather than a participant, and there is no feeling of being superior.

It was always so quiet when I was with Mr. Warren.

Everything was ready and everyone got on the plane and flew to Los Angeles.

The next day, the Warrens had not officially reported in because they needed to rest after settling into their new home.

But Luke still held an induction party for them in the evening.

There was no Arnold this time and Tony was not in Los Angeles.

Luke invited Arthur and Harris to come and show his support.

They are all FBI people, so the atmosphere is no different.

The Warrens and Maizi officially became FBI consultants.

In fact, Luke just asked the Warrens to be front-line detectives to confirm the authenticity of the supernatural events.

Because 99% of these incidents are pranks and misunderstandings, only the rest are true supernatural events.

So the Warrens’ experience is important.

Lilith served as the central assistant, helping them analyze and filter out some obvious prank incidents, and the rest was left to them.

Johnny and Maizi, as professional thugs, will also go on duty.

Other team members took turns to assist the Warrens in maintaining the scene.

Now the real business of the Special Affairs Office begins.

Luke also put more energy into climbing the technology tree.

And before that, Johnny's training was not over yet.

But Luke still prepared some equipment for him.

He prepared for Johnny a set of armor made of magical materials.

And it is fully enclosed, so that his skull is not exposed and scares ordinary people.

This full body plate armor is similar to that worn by ancient European knights, but more modern.

There are not so many embellishments, it belongs to the minimalist style.

It looks more like a high-tech power armor, but there is actually no high-tech inside.

The only modern technological equipment was a revolver.

After Johnny got it, he was full of doubts about his life.

"Is this a pistol? I'm not well educated, so don't lie to me..."