The experiment in Spectropolis was presided over by Pang Peng, and its results greatly pleased His Excellency the Bishop. Within another two months, all the townspeople would be transformed into holy citizens, accepted by the angels.
Wen Wen spat and said, "They don't fight back when struck, nor do they retort when insulted. Their minds are filled with only the doctrines of your Glorious Church. You see them as holy because they are more machine than human?"
"Precisely, that is holiness," Liu Shang nodded in agreement.
Wen Wen couldn't help but curse, "Bullshit! If you truly succeed, it's equivalent to killing everyone in this town!"
Even as Wen Wen's prisoner, Liu Shang couldn't help but retort, "Humans are born with sin. Once the plan succeeds, people will no longer become angry without reason, nor will they be overly greedy, nor indulge in desires, thus preventing the proliferation of sin!"
"And with angels managing the world, monsters will no longer appear to create tragedies. What we are doing is to prevent humanity from suffering from monsters..."
Liu Shang's words were cut short as Wen Wen slapped him.
He still felt indignant even after being slapped. Although he was now a prisoner, his mind was still filled with the doctrines of the Glorious Church.
However, every time he opened his mouth, Wen Wen would slap him again. After his face was swollen, he finally stopped trying to make Wen Wen understand their actions.
Wen Wen certainly knew what he wanted to say, which were merely sophistries. But Wen Wen didn't want to listen. What if he was persuaded?
The fact that the Glorious Church could turn these people into such stubborn adherents meant that their theories must have some merit.
For someone as extreme as Wen Wen, some fallacious arguments held considerable appeal. Therefore, to prevent himself from going astray, Wen Wen chose not to listen.
Wen Wen also never expected to educate a fanatic like Liu Shang into a normal person. That was a responsibility for his parents, not for Detective Wen.
After Liu Shang surrendered, Wen Wen continued to ask, "How did you manage to change the townspeople? I don't think that angel has such an ability."
Liu Shang's face was swollen, and he spoke with a slight lisp, "It's the stone ring behind the angel... that stone ring can amplify certain traits of the holder, causing the inferior beings around to gravitate towards the holder's essence."
"Simply put, if a good person uses the stone ring, everyone around them will become good. If a madman uses the stone ring, everyone around them will become mad."
Wen Wen nodded with understanding. It was as he had expected; at least that angel Pu Guang did not possess the ability to warp others' minds.
If that stone ring was now in Wen Wen's possession, didn't that mean Wen Wen could now warp minds on a large scale?
He was curious to see what would happen if ordinary people gravitated towards him.
Once an idea took hold, Wen Wen couldn't resist trying it. He moved away from Liu Shang, found a hidden corner where no one could see, and took out the stone ring.
This massive stone ring, which was merely an ornament behind the angel, was as large as a cartwheel in Wen Wen's hands.
"Although I'm not a good person, it should be fine to just try it out."
Wen Wen placed his hand on the stone ring, closed his eyes, and communicated his superpowered energy with the stone ring.
Instantly, the stone ring turned pitch black. Wen Wen could feel something belonging to him spreading into the town in a peculiar way, subtly changing people's thoughts.
And for some reason, Wen Wen felt that his experience using the stone ring was far more intense than the angel's.
He walked to a townsman's window to observe. He saw that the family's expression, which had been indifferent, quickly returned to normal, and then their expressions became peculiar.
From their eyes, Wen Wen could faintly see a trace of madness. One man even picked up a bull-horn knife, licked the tip, and seemed ready to attack someone.
"Damn it, am I this dangerous?"
Wen Wen was startled and quickly stopped operating the stone ring. The color of the stone ring also returned to normal.
He hadn't expected that just a simple attempt would almost drive the entire town mad.
Wen Wen looked at the stone ring, a look of apprehension in his eyes. This thing was dangerous, very dangerous!
If Wen Wen had malicious intent, he could use this thing to create hundreds or thousands of madmen like himself!
And Wen Wen was well aware of how much damage someone like him could inflict if they were bent on evil.
After all, back then, he had captured a vampire with nothing more than the abilities of an ordinary person!
Wen Wen himself could suppress inner desires with great willpower, but others likely could not. If this thing fell into the hands of someone with ill intentions, it could create a catastrophe.
Therefore, Wen Wen immediately labeled the stone ring as dangerous and sealed it in the containment facility, to be used only with extreme caution.
"When the angels used this thing, the effect on these ordinary people seemed very slow. But for me, it was immediate. Perhaps the Glorious Church has some secret means to control this stone ring."
As Wen Wen pondered the stone ring, people from the Hunter Association had already arrived.
Because Wen Wen had mentioned the Glorious Church on the phone and the entire town had been affected, they immediately sealed off the town upon arrival. Not even a chicken could fly out without inspection.
The leader was a bearded demon hunter. Upon seeing the chaotic state of the church and hearing that Wen Wen had single-handedly killed an angel, his impression of Wen Wen was quite favorable.
However, when he saw the leather belt used to bind Liu Shang, he froze. Then, looking at Xu Hai's injuries and then at Wen Wen, his gaze became somewhat strange.
That leather belt... seemed not to be a proper leather belt.
And it appeared to have been used for abuse. This Wen Wen was likely a sadist with peculiar fetishes!
Wen Wen really wanted to explain that the leather belt was a trophy he obtained after capturing a disreputable monster, but this bearded demon hunter probably wouldn't believe him.
He could only hope that this bearded demon hunter wasn't a gossip. Otherwise, someday, rumors might spread among demon hunters that a certain demon hunter named Wen had a preference for abusing captives in a special way.
Afterward, the bearded demon hunter conducted some interrogation of Liu Shang on the spot. He couldn't just believe Wen Wen's one-sided account and conclude that the Glorious Church had a conspiracy in town.
However, Liu Shang had already been thoroughly subdued by Wen Wen, and he answered everything the bearded man asked without any reservations.
Well, in Liu Shang's mind, demon hunters were all terrifying experts in torture, so he was very sensible.
If the testimony of a church deacon who had been abused carried insufficient weight, then the examination of the townspeople would solidify the matter.
The townspeople had clearly undergone prolonged brainwashing, and the Glorious Church members had been active in the vicinity during this period. Most importantly, beneath the docile surface of the townspeople, there was a hint of madness.
That hint of madness was ironclad evidence of the Glorious Church's malicious intentions!
Although, that was just a minor mistake by Wen Wen.
But this minor mistake would be blamed on the Glorious Church, and they wouldn't be able to clear their names even if they jumped into the Yellow River.