From God of Lies to Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 65: Analysis and Desire

In reality, after Leon Rancocci appeared in the prison and showed significant changes, New York Police Commissioner Stephen had already received news from the monitoring department.

After all, as the most important, most chaotic, and most populated prison, Rikers Island Prison had always been notorious in this city.

Precisely because of this, successive mayors and police commissioners had paid special attention to this prison, and in this modern era, there were even dedicated personnel watching specialized surveillance feeds.

The police officer transferred to monitor the prison surveillance was none other than that rookie officer Chris Ryan who had discovered the Remus crisis!

When this young officer rushed directly into the duty police chief's office and delivered this news, within five minutes, Stephen Collins had already rushed out of his home and gotten into a police car.

He didn't care about sleep schedules or work hours—since when did police officers worry about such things?

Ten minutes later, Stephen had already informed the mayor and the governor. As for informing that blond guy up north, naturally that required the two big shots to handle.

That would be a matter for the future.

As the police department's higher-ups arrived in the conference room, Chris, serving as the meeting moderator, appeared somewhat nervous.

He truly hadn't expected the commissioner to value him so highly, having him explain tonight's events to the entire police department leadership and even New York's major figures.Among those present, besides high-ranking police officials, top officials from both New York City and New York State who were in the urban area had also taken their seats.

They all looked at Stephen, hoping this commissioner would give them a reasonable explanation for why they had been summoned here after 4 a.M.

"Officer Ryan, play the surveillance footage from Rikers Prison!" Stephen waved his hand and said, "I've contacted a theology professor from St. John's University, he should be arriving soon. You play it first!"

Hearing this, Chris nodded and played a video of Leon's resurrection.

Lethal moves from the very start—everyone viewing the footage immediately froze in shock!

Many people even stood up directly, staring dumbfounded at the man gradually reviving within the white light.

"Leon Rancocci, member of the New York mafia family, the Rancocci family, and the sole survivor of this family!" Chris read from the information he had just received, "Died at Rikers Island Prison yesterday at 14:28:56, then resurrected today at 3:43:01 A.M.!"

The scene switched to scenes of Leon entering the prison building, him taking down police officers one by one, and him half-kneeling on the ground praying, all gradually revealed.

"He possesses certain mental manipulation abilities, can cause people to feel pain, and also seems to gain power through prayer, suspected to be praying to God!"

"All of this is true, things that just happened at Rikers Island Prison. The subject is currently still in the prison building's storage room and hasn't emerged yet..."

Chris received a notification through his earpiece, so he opened another screen showing an elderly man with an extremely excited expression!

Someone present recognized him—renowned theologian, bishop, and theology professor from St. John's University, Thomas Franklin!

"Praise God, your prison has produced a Chosen One!" Professor Thomas's first words struck everyone like a hammer blow.

Stephen asked curiously, "Professor Thomas, are you saying this resurrection is truly related to God?"

Thomas on the screen spoke loudly, with immense excitement, "Of course! This is a warrior of the Lord! Can't you see that radiance? Can't you hear the sacred hymns during his revival?"

"And his prayers while half-kneeling, his accurate address and reverence for the Lord—these are all proofs!"

Professor Thomas, who had believed in God his entire life, was beyond excited, feeling waves of blissful dizziness wash over him.

Previously, to persuade people to believe in God, they truly needed to expend massive energy, time, and money, and the other party still might not believe.

But now, none of that was needed—this video footage was the best miracle for expanding the faithful!

Compared to this pure professor, the remaining people had many more thoughts.

They looked at this special "Chosen One," contemplating their next steps.

Fortunately, news from California had been gradually coming through during this period, and they knew more clearly than Professor Thomas that, forget Chosen Ones, the West Coast had nearly gathered "Prophets" and "Saintesses"!

Because of this, they digested the information quickly, having a foundation for acceptance, and could naturally grasp these concepts faster.

But as the video on screen appeared and played rapidly, everyone in the conference room felt like they were on a roller coaster, arriving at the segment that horrified them!

The footage showed that notorious criminal Remus, facing concentrated fire from prison guards, assaulting and killing the warden.

It also inevitably showed his judgment of Warden Anger Boda, with everyone reacting indifferently to the judgment outcome, as if hearing something unrelated to them.

Instead, Stephen asked Professor Thomas, "Professor, can you determine what kind of power he actually possesses?"

Professor Thomas frowned, "This kind of ability is possessed by almost all greater demons—whether it's fire, transformation, or making people tell the truth... these are their basic abilities!"

Someone in the police department said, "This demon Remus has clearly grown stronger again! When he was on Wall Street, he didn't have the ability to transform into this mist wolf..."

They all remembered Remus's capabilities and knew his essential vulnerability to sniper rifle fire, but now he clearly possessed this weapon-immunity ability, leaving everyone astonished.

If this was the case, didn't it mean they would be unable to eliminate this demon who kept targeting Department of Veterans Affairs employees?

But at this moment, Professor Thomas shouted loudly, "The Lord's messenger will certainly not let the demon monopolize the spotlight!"

This theology professor showed not a trace of academic restraint; he ranted like a fanatic, "He will definitely stop this demon—this is his mission!"

Before his words faded, on screen the knight and demon violently collided!

The impact roar from their battle made the screen tremble slightly, leaving all viewers in the conference room pale-faced!

It was at this moment they truly felt the threat brought by the "supernatural."

That was an ability that could bypass all armies and bodyguards, come before them, and kill them.

It was also a power that could unleash strength far surpassing humans and arbitrarily decide others' life and death.

But more importantly, they confirmed that the source of this ability truly came from that "Lord," that God whom the church believed in, revered, and worshipped!

Which also meant that this power had the possibility of being obtained, and there was already proof!

A feeling named "belief" spread among everyone—they all believed this matter, and this was what the threat of death brought!

"No wonder recently in California, theologians, bishops, and pastors have almost all been invited away..." someone murmured quietly, but because the room was too silent, everyone heard it.

At this, many people's gazes no longer concealed their intentions, directly looking at the screen before them, at that Professor Thomas Franklin!

Wasn't there a theologian right before them? If they could gain his assistance, even if they didn't obtain anything in the future, at least they wouldn't miss the ticket to step into the supernatural, right?

At the very minimum, they could also avoid offending the church, or those existing deities, right?

Everyone thought this way, the light in their eyes even making the old bishop somewhat afraid.

But he soon had no time for fear, as on the screen before them, an even greater crisis descended!