New Gods of North America.

Chapter 338 Threat
After chatting with the college security officer who kindly provided the "lucky coin" sample,
Wayne actually couldn't ask much useful questions.

Judging from the conversation alone, there is nothing wrong with the other party's logic. As for the origin of the 5-cent coin, the other party's attitude is that he just made up something because he didn't want to say it.
Just a quick comparison and repeated confirmation from a different angle will reveal that it is full of loopholes.

From the perspective of simple lines, you can occasionally see problems.
Sometimes you can see an illusory "line" peeking out from the other person's ear hole, or "cruising" across the edge of the other person's white of the eye.

And Wayne didn't expect that he would become so famous in the academy.

Even a security patrolman who he thought was a complete stranger could match his name with his appearance...

Under normal circumstances, it is more common for strangers who have little interaction with each other to simply know each other's names and deeds, or simply feel that their faces are familiar.

For example, the staff in the restaurant may have seen me going to lunch, and may have heard of a guy named "Wayne Constantine" in the college, but they may not know his name after seeing Wayne's face.

After talking to the guy who was tied up like a dumpling and thrown into the carriage,
Wayne asked Doug to get David Mills over.

On the one hand, it was to file a record with him first, proving that the detective agency had discovered "dirty things" this time and was doing serious work. If there was any contribution, it was because the detective agency had dug up the situation first.
The other party was also taking advantage of the power of the other party and using his identity to formally inquire about the situation from other security patrol personnel in the college - this was more efficient than asking indirectly in private.

After preliminary investigation, it turned out that the guy started playing with the coins only last week. The earliest sighting was on Tuesday or Wednesday last week. The witnesses were not sure, but it must have been a few days.

As for where the coins came from, they didn't know.

After the inspection by the exorcist priest brought by David Mills, it was found that there were actually several "contaminated" people among the patrol officers. Four of them were less contaminated. They had recently made a bet with the guy who was arrested or had invited him to visit them.

There is one who is relatively more "contaminated", that person is the captain of their team, and they are recently considering recommending that guy to a position similar to "deputy captain".

"Even exorcists need to use props to confirm the situation, but you can actually detect something strange directly from the crowd?"

David Mills was actually quite familiar with everyone in the detective agency, so he wasn't particularly surprised by this, and his tone was more like a complaint.

So Wayne didn't take it too seriously, "We are private detectives, so we need a keen sense of smell to get business."

David Mills continued, "The academy is a place that the cathedral attaches great importance to. If we find such a situation here, we will definitely investigate. Since you can detect something unusual, then continue to participate in the investigation. I will record your contribution in the report."

It became.

The "dirty stuff" whose extraordinary power is gradually dissipating is definitely not suitable to be sold to high-quality large customers. It would be worth it if it can be exchanged for some contribution to the church.

As for the rest, it will be mainly left to the church to deal with.

David Mills couldn't help but add, "But next time, don't tie up innocent people like this. It's not a good influence..."

The other party was unwilling to cooperate at first and tried to attack. Inissa discovered something strange again. What else could she do?

It’s good enough that I didn’t “bring it” to you.

Wayne helped explain and then asked Seth to continue to "show the way" for the people.

……

Several students who Seth knew had talked about the "lucky coin" were also investigated by the local exorcism department.
On one of the guys, a 5-cent silver coin with a problem was found. How could this thing actually give birth to a baby?
Although 5 cents is not much, if it reproduces quickly enough, it seems that it is not impossible to raise it...

Unfortunately, some things can only be thought about.

The exorcist priest team on the scene quickly gave a preliminary analysis:

“According to the information we have so far, the two pollutant holders did not show any particularly obvious signs of physical changes, and seemed to be more inclined to ‘retain’ the pollutants rather than let them ‘circulate’.

"The so-called 'lucky coin' story may have been fabricated to make these 'pollutants' more acceptable to people. This method is actually very concealed if it is not discovered in time.

“Pollutants have the ability to cause secondary pollution, but this ability to affect the spiritual level should consume a lot of spiritual power. If it is not replenished regularly, the pollutants will not be able to maintain their effects for long.

"Combined with the different versions of the 'lucky coin' story told by the two people and the fact that they had no daily interactions, we tend to believe that the source of the pollution has a certain level of consciousness and is most likely a fallen person, but we cannot completely rule out the possibility that it is a special extraordinary item or an evil spirit. It is initially determined to be a Level II threat, and there is a possibility of upgrading to a Level III threat."

Wayne asked quietly, "How are the church's 'threats' classified?"

Inesa tried to keep her words short:
"Level I: a single exorcist can handle the situation upon discovery; Level II: a small team is needed to work together to resolve the situation; Level III: the local church can complete the cleanup and control of the situation; Levels IV and V are in ascending order, requiring the 'diocesan cathedral' to mobilize its available forces and the 'entire church' to work together to resolve the situation, respectively.

"The threat escalation is usually based on the judgment of 'the pollution source itself' or 'the development of the situation'."

This classification idea seems to be good.
Write it down, and we will develop a similar system for internal communication within the detective agency.

David Mills then began to arrange for an investigation and asked people to transport the sacred items for making holy water, and try to replace the water sources of various water supply points in the college before tomorrow morning. This can be regarded as a large-scale "disinfection".
Wayne heard that the academy might arrange people to bring exorcist priests to check the dormitories later, so he wanted to escape immediately.

Moreover, running water was not so popular at that time. The water source of the dormitory water tank mainly came from the college's lake or surface water system. Usually, the staff had to "pump" the water into the water tank for storage. It was okay for bathing, but not good for drinking.
Students usually prefer to drink groundwater pumped from collective water supply, so Wayne has to go and get some in advance, otherwise he won't have to drink only pepper spray tomorrow.

David Mills sensed Wayne's "lack of initiative":
"You don't plan to participate in the investigation?"

嗐，
The so-called "lucky coin" is not so magical at all, and it is "contaminated" with a shelf life, so it is not easy to sell it for money, and it is meaningless.
At the same time, Wayne felt that the root cause of the problem should not lie with the students or the college staff. Although Pastor Pycelle of the college church was an old man, he could find out the students who were hiding their Beyonder identities one by one. There was no reason for him to let such a big fish go.

Therefore, the detective agency can just make some contributions by taking the title of "discovering problems". As for large-scale inspections of pollutants or something like that, it is not like directly defeating the boss, so the cost-effectiveness is not high. Just slack off while you can.

Wayne made up an excuse. "I am still a student in the academy after all. It is not appropriate for me to participate in the inspection publicly. Besides, it would not have a good impact if I became a special case during the dormitory inspection."

David Mills seems to have gone a little wrong recently:

"That's fine, but I still suggest that you don't give up the investigation completely. I'll have someone report the results of the investigation to you later. If you can find and clean up the 'source of pollution' first, I'd like to highlight your role in the report, and your contribution should be higher.

"According to my experience, those who can spread contamination in such a hidden and multi-place manner are most likely premeditated criminals, or evil spirits or extraordinary items of a high rank. What I mean is that the contribution may be enough to exchange for extraordinary materials of the same rank."

"Our detective agency is a law-abiding organization that helps maintain public order. It is our unshirkable responsibility to participate in clearing out unstable factors."

Wayne answered him seriously, "Look, Inesa and Doug are still here. We will follow up in time."

Cleaning is not very good.
But we are still happy to fight the BOSS.

(End of this chapter)