New Gods of North America.

Chapter 335 Legend
"Peter, don't move. You won't be hurt. I'll try to aim close to the edge. At most, I'll just scratch your skin. Look, Conor was fine just now."

Back at the detective agency, Wayne began to test the gun with great interest.
The cowardly Peter turned sideways, raised one arm, and stood not far away, shaking.

After a few shots of "bang", "bang",

Wayne discovered that the German-made bolt-action rifle he brought back was indeed a member of the same family as Inissa's big gun.
They are of similar bloodline and identical caliber, and when using the same bullets, Inissa's big gun with gorgeous patterns seems to have slightly greater recoil and better accuracy.

It may have been carefully selected and then modified.

But the problem with this thing is that the bullet is different from the common American standard, the length and caliber do not match,
Under the conditions of regulation and low market demand, even if one asks someone to "bring goods" from the Old Continent without considering the cost, the supply of ammunition is a bit problematic.

In other words, there are only two of these things in the detective agency at the moment. Counting the 100 rounds of bullets Wayne brought back and the few remaining stocks that Inissa has on hand, it’s actually okay to use them sparingly.

Unfortunately, some of the bullets in Inissa's inventory have different warheads, belonging to the category of "demon hunting bullets", and now there are only a dozen or so bullets left.

Only when using special bullets can the cowardly Peter's defense be broken.

Otherwise, the warhead would also be bounced off by Peter's armor with a "ding" sound, and at most Peter would be shocked a little more severely.

Wayne was actually curious about how Inissa, who came from the Kingdom of Windsor, which had the strongest industrial capacity in the world, could use a bolt-action rifle made in Germany.
Inesa's explanation for this is very realistic:
“Thanks to the improvement of the steam engine, although the Kingdom of Windsor developed the earliest and fastest in industry and now has the most colonies, it also developed too early, resulting in a high stock of firearms in the previous generation of the Kingdom of Windsor.

"On the premise that it is barely enough to maintain the rule, the overall cost of replacing equipment is too high, so the Kingdom of Windsor is developing a little slower in this regard. Before I left the Kingdom of Windsor, the Parliament seemed to be recruiting inventors to design modifications to the old weapons to reduce the cost of replacement.

"On the contrary, in order to compete with the Kingdom of Windsor in force, other established powers in the Old World have been more active in researching and replacing weapons in these areas. Hunters don't need to consider too many additional issues and will naturally choose weapons that they think are more useful."

This is not difficult to understand. Today, the honor and majesty of Windsor's "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" are mainly supported by strong ships and powerful guns, and military expenditures are estimated to be used in these areas first.
We will be a little more "compromising" in terms of light weapons, but the impact may not be particularly large.

Especially with the strongest industrial strength in the world as a support, if there is a strong demand, if the Kingdom of Windsor wants to quickly iterate and increase production capacity in this area, it should only be a matter of how much capital to invest.

Industrial giants are like this. Even if the products they make are slightly inferior, as long as the performance is not too far behind and the cost can be kept down, they may be able to crush other countries in real competition just by relying on their size.

A little envious.

After testing the gun, I walked into the "office area" and saw Seth reading a newspaper.

It is not a leisurely "reading" but more like "collecting and screening intelligence".
Like an emotionless scanner, it quickly scanned the contents, made notes from time to time, and occasionally searched and confirmed in the pile of newspapers it had read.

"Any news worth noting?" Wayne asked curiously. Seth put down the newspaper in his hand, and his expression seemed to be in a state of thinking and recollection.
Then he paused for a moment, and he seemed to have sorted out the words in his mind:
“There are only three pieces of news worth noting, and they have yet to be confirmed.

"First of all, judging from the local newspapers that we have collected so far, the news that the detective agency has accepted the commission to transport valuables must have been spread intentionally by someone, which does not conform to the normal law of news dissemination.

"There are even some out-of-town newspapers that predict when the escort team will arrive 'locally'. I think someone seems to be planning to rob the valuables we are escorting, or is directly targeting the security personnel."

Wayne had anticipated this, and he followed the Tom Hagen-style principle of "guess whoever is in the best interest of the situation."
Initially, the suspects were chosen to be the School of Life Sciences, Cohen Pharmaceuticals, or Pastor Bazzini.

So he nodded, "What else?"

Seth is the type who always thinks for a while when encountering something, but reacts quickly after thinking it through:
"There are two more pieces of news that are yet to be confirmed. One of them only appeared once in a newspaper in York City three months ago. Cohen Pharmaceuticals claimed that their newly developed pain medication was safe and effective, and a bishop of the Holy Spirit Church had even used it in his own treatment plan.

"I think this may mean that they have established a certain 'friendship' with church leaders in one or more states. From what I know so far, this may not be a good thing for our detective agency.

"Another piece of news is a local rumor in Georgeburg. Recently, the legend of the 'lucky coin' seems to have emerged. Although some people believe that this custom has existed for a long time, according to my verification, this saying did not exist at least at this time last year."

When the detective agency was protecting Mr. Ben Harmon, it had once ruined Cohen Pharmaceuticals or the Life School.

Recently, through Peter, they found and warned some people who had done things for them before - of course, the detective agency did good things without officially leaving their names, but just asked them to provide information and let Seth come forward to give them a "vaccination", saying that they might need their "friendship" in the future.

Seth's current position is quite "positive". He has already begun to be wary of Cohen Pharmaceuticals and the Life School.
Otherwise, the first person to be targeted in the detective agency might be himself.

As for the other news...

"What exactly is that 'lucky coin'?" Wayne asked.

"The content of the coin itself is very simple. It is said that there is a blessed 5-cent coin that can bring good luck to the person who carries it. Of course, it also comes with a few short stories like 'a poor boy got his first pot of gold', 'a rich girl found true love', and 'a sick family member was miraculously cured'.

"The suspicious thing is that the story about it seems to have spread rapidly in Georgeburg recently, and many people think that it is a legend that has existed 'decades ago', and believe that this magical coin may still be circulating in the city of Georgeburg. When I was in the college two days ago, I heard people discussing it, and I noticed that some people had already started playing with the coin.

"Although the total number of people involved may only be a dozen or so, after joining the detective agency and seeing and hearing some things, I guess this may be related to Extraordinary People or Extraordinary Items. It seems that someone is secretly planning something."

Well……

Come to life?
(End of this chapter)