New Gods of North America.

Chapter 337 Specialization
Monday morning,

Wayne led Emma, who was brought by Connor, into the math classroom amid the exclamations of "Wow" and "Cute" from classmates he knew and didn't know.

The sensation caused by bringing the little girl to the "monk class" was greater than Wayne had imagined.

This may also be because even if a young and beautiful lady really came, these guys would not flock to watch in public out of politeness and the courtship logic of this era.

But when facing the little loli, these guys don't have that kind of psychological burden.

Emma seemed a little timid in the crowd, and almost hid behind Wayne.
After Wayne's encouragement, she managed to force a half smile and whispered "Hi" to her classmates.

"Wow--"

Then the wolf cubs became even more excited and began to ask Emma questions like "How old are you?" and "Have you learned to write?"

We didn't ask one by one, but we asked each other one after another continuously.

Wayne gently held the back of Emma's head and answered on her behalf with a smile.
On the one hand, she wanted to comfort the little girl, but on the other hand, she was worried that these guys might really scare Emma's little head off. Then, who knows which side would be more scared...

I found a seat in the first row of the classroom and sat down. There were several classmates around me, chatting with me and watching me.

The influence of the church in this era was still quite strong. Although there were some negative effects, the overall atmosphere and value orientation of the whole society were suppressed and became quite "positive".
At this time, the classmates did not blindly guess that Emma was Wayne's daughter. Most of them thought that Wayne was helping someone take care of the child.

So when Professor Maisel was formally introducing them before class, these guys suddenly suffered a critical hit.

There were a lot of surprised noises, and one student couldn't help but raise his hand, "Sorry, Professor. But you said she is our 'new classmate'?!"

"Yes."

Professor Maisel nodded, his expression as serious as ever, "I informed you last week that you will be welcoming a new student this week.

"Although Miss Emma's situation is a bit special, she has been approved by the academy. I hope your studies will not be affected by this. Of course, please don't disturb her too much."

"???"

The excitement and curiosity brought by the appearance of the little girl turned into surprise and confusion at this time.
The students couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment, and some uncontrollable whispers were heard in the classroom.

have to say,

Looking at Professor Maisel with a stern face and saying such words that changed the atmosphere drastically, Wayne felt it was quite darkly humorous.

Perhaps out of protection for Emma, if we put aside the reactions of the classmates, the math class afterwards was actually no different from usual.
Professor Maisel's course was as non-interactive as ever, so Wayne didn't get to see the wonderful scene of the little girl defeating the others.

Emma was very receptive to this teaching method. Except for occasionally asking Wayne the meaning of some words she didn't understand, she felt more like a serious student than at least half of the people in the class - including Wayne.

After class, Professor Maisel called Wayne and Emma to his office.
Only then did he become a little more friendly, telling Wayne some precautions and asking Emma about her thoughts after the class.

When Emma said that she could probably understand it, Professor Maisel showed his "emotional" side:
"Those guys in the college's academic affairs office should come and take a look! Even a seven-year-old can understand it, and they dare to say that my class may be too obscure and profound for students?" Hmm...

Although Wayne is currently closer to Professor Maisel in terms of personal feelings, he may still choose to vote in favor of the Academic Affairs Office on this issue...

At noon, Inesa came to pick up the children in a carriage driven by Doug.
After taking Emma for a quick walk around the college and having a simple "picnic" by the college lake, Doug brought Emma back to the detective agency, while Inissa and Seth began investigating the people related to the "Lucky Coin".

This is something Wayne suddenly thought of this morning. When it comes to finding "prey", it is definitely better to get hunters involved.

It will not delay your classes and the progress of the investigation will not be slowed down.

So after finishing the American History course,
Wayne saw the real thing of the so-called "lucky coin".

This was obtained by Inesa and Seth from a college security patrol officer.
A 5-cent silver coin with a crude portrait and stars representing the states of the Union on the front and the face value of "Half a Cent" inscribed in the center of the back.
Observing it from the perspective of simple lines, there are twisted wavy lines "swimming" inside, and they will "shake" slightly after a while, just like a fish poking its head out of the water in a fish tank.

But the spiritual power contained in it doesn't seem very strong.
And it seems that as they "shake", the spiritual power will slowly "evaporate" or "dissipate"...

"Can something like this actually bring good luck to people?"

Wayne was very surprised. Judging from the "amount" of spiritual power alone, this thing seemed to be even inferior to the extraordinary materials he had seen.
Even if Simon Sherman was a big sucker, he wouldn't spend that much money on something like this, right?
Inissa shook her head. "I don't know if it can bring good luck to people, but according to hunters' standards, it is an item 'contaminated' by spiritual power."

Wayne held the coin and looked at it. "Are you sure it has any effect?"

Inessa didn't seem very sure either:
"The Hunters' Association doesn't have a deep understanding of this aspect. Hunters' basic attitude towards various types of 'pollution' is to 'eliminate' and 'keep a distance'. If it is just a preliminary judgment, it should not be the source of 'pollution', but a secondary product, but it still retains the characteristics of being able to continue to pollute.

"When we got it, its owner had already shown signs of being contaminated. However, the contamination was mainly manifested on the spiritual level. The content of it in the other party's memory seemed to be 'branded' - that is, it was tampered with or covered up.

"I have a way to accurately determine its spiritual power 'field', but the spiritual power above is not very strong, and it has been obviously 'specialized'. Testing may make it completely ineffective. So I will keep it as a sample for the time being, and show it to you first."

Wayne thought about it and asked to confirm, "What does 'specialization' mean?"

Inessa used the analogy as vividly as possible:
"If we compare the extraordinary powers in various fields to various raw materials, then extraordinary abilities can be regarded as various kinds of 'processing plants'. After being 'specialized' by extraordinary abilities, extraordinary powers will take on various forms and play various roles.

"For example, the same steel can be processed into knives or small tools like needles. The 'structure' is very important for the finished product.

"One thing that needs to be noted is that, for example, a needle tube is often smaller and heavier than a knife, but in fact, a needle tube can do things that a knife or a steel needle cannot do, and the 'craftsmanship' required to make a needle tube may also be more sophisticated and complex - the strength and consumption of the extraordinary ability itself is not necessarily completely equivalent to the size of the extraordinary power it ultimately outputs."

understood,

Just like a pocket watch is not as big as a fist, and its weight, lethality and durability are not as good as a sledgehammer.
But in a sense, the person who makes pocket watches is definitely more "powerful" than an ordinary blacksmith, and the functions and values of the two things cannot be compared.

Wayne nodded and handed the coin to Inissa for safekeeping:

"Since it's hard to start with the 'thing' side, let's continue digging from the 'person' side. Where is the previous owner of the coin now?"

(End of this chapter)