New Gods of North America.

Chapter 324 Invitation

A few days later, everything was normal.
Wayne was attending classes at the academy, and with Inesa staying at the detective agency, it seemed that nothing serious would happen.

Although Lina's side is a bit worrying, the current "no news" may be relatively good news.

Seth has no one available recently, so he is basically in a semi-stagnant state and continues to investigate slowly. When I have time, I will come to talk about the situation and see if I need help with homework.

Wayne didn't pay too much attention to him. Anyway, he should come and inform him when something happened.

Doug and Connor took on many of the detective agency's daily tasks, such as purchasing food and delivering meals to Wayne. It is said that they also went to the city to deliver bread and candy to some children begging for a living on the streets in accordance with Lina's instructions before she left.

Emma received some books from Professor Maisel these days, and started reading and writing in the recommended order all day long.

Compared with the troubles in mathematics, the main learning problem she faces now is that her vocabulary is not enough. She cannot understand many words and their meanings in the book and has to ponder them for a long time - for some mathematical concepts, it is almost the same as not looking them up in the dictionary.

I heard that this little girl's sugar intake has increased dramatically recently. In addition to the daily consumption of sucrose, Chef Parker also asked them to buy more honey and maple syrup, a specialty of the New World, and even started to tinker with maltose.

Wayne could only remind Inessa to supervise the little girl to brush her teeth every day, so that her teeth would not fall out like her head...

On Saturday afternoon, David Mills finally brought the identification results of the medicine.

In order to get the "building manager" McCann Reeve to confirm the authority of the appraisal, Wayne called him or "them" over and met with David Mills in the dormitory.

With the personal endorsement of the head of George Berg's exorcism department, it at least proves that Wayne is indeed sincere in helping.

Unfortunately, the results of the identification were very euphemistic:

"Since the drug may change in properties or concentration after mixing with gastric juice or other body fluids, resulting in a significant change in the actual effect, this appraisal conclusion is only used as a preliminary auxiliary reference.

“Based on comprehensive identification, no ingredients that are directly toxic or obviously harmful to normal organisms have been detected in this drug. No signs of extraordinary material properties or possible extraordinary effects have been found. There is no evidence to prove that taking this drug will have a positive effect or positive impact on the human body.

"It is still important to emphasize that the samples were interfered with by other ingredients before testing, and long-term testing is not possible. We cannot rashly deny the positive or negative effects that may occur under long-term use, nor can we rule out the possibility that it may have specific effects on specific groups."

Well……

After Wayne finished reading, he handed the paper over and tried to interpret the results:
"It doesn't seem to be harmful at the moment, but it's clear that there's no obvious benefit from drinking it. From a safety perspective, I suggest you try to avoid taking it, or bring the potion here in its original state for re-identification if possible."

I feel like it might be a little difficult to sneak the potion out.
However, after reading the appraisal report, Mackenzie Reeve's expression changed a few times, his eyes rolled slightly, and he nodded in approval, "I'll find a way."

After sending the "building manager" away, Wayne planned to go back to the detective agency to eat delicious food as usual on Saturday, and asked David Mills if he wanted to join in.
Unexpectedly, Wayne himself was "arranged" by David Mills.

David Mills pointed to his carriage parked downstairs and said, "I am not here specifically to give you the identification results. Reverend Bazzini invited you and Miss Inissa to attend the dinner. As for the guest of honor tonight, it is Reverend Mace Tyrell of the Exorcist Association. He also wants to meet you."

Wayne was very sincere. Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was around, he quickly asked secretly, "Who is he? Is he a big shot?"

"..."

David Mills was a little speechless by Wayne's question. "Let's get in the carriage first. Do you plan to go directly with me, or go back to the detective agency to be with Miss Inissa?"

"It's still early, let's go back to the detective agency first." Wayne decisively chose to buy time to learn more about the situation.

……

Sitting in David Mills' carriage and chatting, Connor's carriage, which came to pick people up, had to follow behind with an empty carriage.
In fact, Wayne didn’t quite understand the relationship between the Holy Spirit Church and the Exorcists Association before. He only roughly knew that one was the "superior" and the other was the "subordinate."

David Mills' explanation is much more systematic:

"If we want to give an easy-to-understand example, the churches in America are probably a bit like the 'parliament' in each town. Similarly, the exorcism departments in various places are like the local police stations. As for the exorcism departments and clergy directly managed by the cathedral, they are like the 'general police department' and various 'committees' that have the power to manage the entire archdiocese.

“Of course, since the structure of the church and the federal structure are not exactly the same, there will actually be some deviations.

"As for the Exorcist Association, it is perhaps closer to the so-called 'State Mounted Police', and sometimes it may even act as a simple temporary 'judge'. Some people would compare them with the Holy See of the Old World, thinking that they are the 'court of justice' of the church, but they are actually not the same.

"The headquarters of the Exorcist Association is independent of the major dioceses and only accepts orders from the bishops' conference. However, the exorcists stationed in various places need to be supervised and managed by the local churches. Therefore, some of their teams have independent relationships with the churches in various places, while some are directly managed by the local churches."

Wayne thought about it.
It feels a bit like the difference between a "presidential special envoy" and local "prosecutors".

The priest Tywin looked so powerful, maybe he was at the level of "President's Special Envoy"? In other words, the so-called "Imperial Envoy" or "Inspector of Eight Prefectures"?
Wayne used the example of the American mainland to compare his ideas to David Mills.
Unexpectedly, David Mills actually nodded in approval:

“Your understanding is actually basically correct.

"There are still many places in America that have not been officially established as states, and the church also needs to train the corresponding personnel in advance to avoid sudden vacancies. In a sense, the Exorcist Association is also one of the institutions that trains and temporarily places those 'candidate bishops' who have higher abilities and prestige than ordinary priests but have not yet obtained the position of archdiocese.

"I have heard of the priest Tywin you mentioned before. It is said that if given the opportunity, he will be the next bishop to be promoted and ordained in the church.

"And the position of Reverend Mace Tyrell who is here tonight in the church and the Exorcist Guild is probably similar to that of Reverend Tywin."

(End of this chapter)