Wen Wen flicked his wrist, feeling his wrist go slightly numb after firing the gun.
With his current strength, he still felt the recoil of this gun was quite significant. If a normal person fired it, their bones might very well shatter.
The recoil was astonishing, and so was the effect. On the single line, three puppets were hit by this shot and lost their ability to move. The first puppet directly facing the shot had a hole the size of a soccer ball in its chest, almost blown apart.
And this gun was loaded with only a demon-hunting bullet. If it were loaded with those special red bullets, one could only imagine how astonishing the effect would be.
After testing the effects of "Scorching Tiger," Wen Wen tucked the gun into his holster, dodged an attacking puppet, kicked the puppet away, and then drew another slightly more slender pistol with a white base and blue patterns. This gun was 'Wolf Pack.'
One gun was enough for Wen Wen to test. Although he had many demon-hunting bullets now, these bullets were not easy to obtain. Using them on such easily torn apart minor monsters was somewhat wasteful.
Speaking of which, Wen Wen hadn't tested them before because he hadn't had suitable opponents, and he was reluctant to waste bullets.
'Wolf Pack' had two firing modes: Scatter Shot and Silent Shot. Near the safety, there was a rune switch that allowed for switching between them.
He aimed at a dense cluster of puppets. After firing one shot, the foremost puppet was riddled with holes, and several puppets behind it were also hit.
It was only one bullet, but this shot's effect was like that of a shotgun!
The puppets were covered in human flesh and blood, so when this shot passed through, the scene was incredibly gruesome. But Wen Wen liked this violent style. The more gruesome it was, the more it proved the gun was effective.
Then Wen Wen flipped the switch, changing to Silent Shot mode, and fired again. This shot directly blew a puppet's head off, but without making a sound, far more effective than the best silencers available on the market.
Furthermore, both Silent Shot and Scatter Shot had much higher firing rates than 'Scorching Tiger.' With a slight twitch of his finger, a shot could be fired. If Wen Wen wished, he could even empty the magazine in one second!
The firing rate of this gun was entirely dependent on hand speed. If someone like Master Kato were to use it, without magazine restrictions, he might be able to achieve the effect of a Gatling gun.
Speaking of which, Wen Wen could leisurely test his firearms because his physical fitness had improved significantly. Whenever a puppet attacked, he would kick it away.
With his strength, although a single kick couldn't kill a puppet, it could send it flying a considerable distance, temporarily incapacitating it.
These puppets looked terrifying, but they were actually not difficult to deal with. Compared to the monsters Wen Wen had encountered before, these puppets were incredibly weak. If one person were to face so many puppets, it might be difficult, but when cooperating with others, there was no difficulty at all.
With Wen Wen and Yan Xiu working together, all these puppets were quickly eliminated.
Although Wen Wen's fight was grand and noisy, the most significant contribution was actually from Yan Xiu.
Even if the puppets' bodies were pierced, their individual parts could still attack. It was only when he himself destroyed all the parts that it counted as a success.
However, Yan Xiu's white light could completely annihilate these puppets, preventing them from rising to fight again.
"These things are dealt with, but what about the mastermind? If we can't find him, this mission cannot be considered successful," Yan Xiu said, breathing slightly heavily.
"The mastermind might very well be this house. Let's burn it down quickly." Wen Wen was persistent in wanting to tear down the house because he wanted to see if there were any hidden secrets inside.
Yan Xiu shook his head and said, "It's not this house. After coming in, I realized that the house itself was not heavily tainted, even practically not tainted at all. The taint all came from these puppets. Now that we've killed all these puppets, the taint of this house has disappeared."
"What exactly is this 'taint' you keep mentioning? If you don't explain it clearly, I won't believe you," Wen Wen asked, narrowing his eyes.
Yan Xiu hesitated for a moment, then said, "This mask I wear is called the 'Mask of the Tainted,' a sacred artifact inherited from the Church of Glory. It can see the taint on things and people. The heavier the taint, the deeper the sin!"
After fighting alongside Wen Wen, his hostility towards him had diminished. The reason he had disliked Wen Wen before was that Wen Wen carried a strong taint, much heavier than that of the puppets in this room.
"Hey, what is a sacred artifact?" Wen Wen tilted his head and asked Lin Lu in a low voice.
"Oh, don't be fooled by their fancy name. They're actually just like your guns, nothing more than supernatural items," Lin Lu whispered back to Yan Xiu.
"Are you two lunatics? Why are you whispering so close to me? What's the point?" Yan Xiu roared, an angry symbol appearing on his mask.
In a way, his mask could directly lock onto monsters and sinners, but it also had its drawbacks.
That was, Yan Xiu's certain strong thoughts would manifest on the mask. That's why he maintained a cold demeanor; otherwise, various things would constantly appear on the mask, turning him into a clown.
However, now that this characteristic had been revealed to the two of them, he was too lazy to hide it any further.
"Cough, cough."
Wen Wen coughed twice and said, "Since you say so, I'll tentatively believe your explanation. Can you clearly see where that 'taint' went?"
Yan Xiu shook his head and said, "I can't. I can only see the taint right in front of me, for example, you."
"Hmm..."
Wen Wen was momentarily speechless. Taint represented sin, and his words meant that he, Detective Wen, was a sinful person?
...In a sense, perhaps that was true...
Putting aside the many morally questionable things Wen Wen had done that 'didn't technically break the law,' the energy heart that the Calamity Gauntlet had implanted in his chest was truly sinful.
"Hahaha, I really am a man with a story."
Wen Wen chuckled awkwardly, made a perfunctory remark, and then said to the two of them, "So, since your 'taint' isn't very helpful, it's up to me. If he left any traces, I should be able to find them."
Wen Wen began searching for clues amidst the scattered remains. To Wen Wen, this inn was filled with clues everywhere.
Since the mastermind wasn't this inn, it must be a person or a creature. Even if they weren't in the inn now, they must have left traces there.
The puppets' actions all followed certain behavioral patterns. Therefore, any traces that differed from those of the puppets were highly likely to have been left by the mastermind.
After some screening, Wen Wen found a room that had not been occupied by puppets before.
"If I'm not mistaken, the mastermind resided here. Let's see if there are any clues."
Wen Wen searched the room for a long time, and finally found a pair of somewhat spoiled underwear in the cracks between the table and chairs.
"Hmm... it seems this monster is also lazy. It's probably not human..."