New Gods of North America.

Chapter 341 Breath
"How dare you come to the college church to steal? We must punish such a fellow severely!"

After coming out of the church, Wayne walked aside in front of a group of people and assigned tasks to Doug who was waiting there.

"Yes, sir."

Doug was also very energetic and agreed immediately.

David Mills still looks like an honest man.
After seeing this, he said to Pastor Pycelle, who was fulfilling his duty as host and escorting everyone to the door, but in fact greatly slowed down the team's movement speed:

"Wayne's detective agency is quite capable in handling cases. Even Sheriff Bill Tench, who has been in charge of solving cases for a long time, has given high praise to their theoretical and practical experience. If they can participate in the investigation, they should be able to find out the truth quickly."

That is,

When it comes to solving cases, our detective agency can be considered quite professional in this day and age.

After Wayne finished pretending and felt that his meaning was pretty much there, he returned to the group and waited for them to finish talking and leave.

Others around didn't think there was anything wrong, perhaps because even though they hadn't used weapons or played with "real swords and guns" before, they didn't care about the code of conduct, and they just fought side by side.

But because the detectives can basically fight their people in the arena, some people in the local exorcism department now have a basic recognition of the professional capabilities of the detective agency.

So when they saw that Wayne seemed willing to help solve the problem, many people expressed their approval and welcome.

Wayne seemed a little calm and said, "Don't worry, it will definitely be rejected."

Reverend Pycelle seemed like a kind old man:
"Oh, let's do this. I won't report the case to the police if they are the ones to investigate. Of course, our church will also do its best to assist them."

Eh?
How did you agree?!

……

"Sir, what should we do about the college church? Do we really need to conduct an investigation?"

After everyone dispersed and went on with their own business, Doug followed Wayne towards the dormitory and asked secretly when no one was around.

Wayne is actually still thinking about this at this moment.

According to the stereotype, after watching the scene, Wayne thought that Reverend Pycelle had found out and used an excuse to destroy the evidence.
But following this logic, he probably doesn't want anyone to continue investigating this matter.

Well……

Never mind, since I've already agreed in front of everyone, I have to pretend no matter what. And no matter if there are other people taking action later, it will definitely be more advantageous for the detective agency to participate in the investigation.

You can't let others check everything, what if they really find out something?

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "Seth seems to have taken basic case-handling classes at the detective agency before? Let him investigate this matter first. He is a student at the academy and is familiar with the church. For now, our focus should be to continue following up on the matter of the 'Lucky Coin' and see if there is any way to find the criminal in advance."

"Yes, I will let the parrot go to him later."

Back to the carriage,

Inessa did not attend the meeting, and had already gone to continue the investigation with the exorcist priests. So Wayne had dinner alone.
I went in and lifted the lid off the plate. Today's dinner was the same as lunch, fish and chips with various vegetable leaves, and there was also homemade sauce in the small bowl next to it.

I poked the fried fish with a fork and took a bite. I can’t say it’s not delicious. After all, fish is also “meat”…

After Doug released the parrot and came back, Wayne couldn't help but ask, "Is there something wrong with the detective agency's kitchen? The food today doesn't seem to be Parker's usual standard."

"This was made by Miss Inesa..."

Okay, that's okay.

good to eat.

Doug went on to explain, "Actually, since Miss Lina went out, Parker has only been active when cooking, and the preparation of ingredients requires someone to help first." "Today Parker has completely fallen into a deep sleep. Miss Inissa said that Parker may have to wait until Miss Lina comes back before he can wake up again."

what?
But think about it, although Parker looks no different from a normal living person in the detective agency, when Lina is out for a long time, she will try her best to let Parker stay in the carriage.
Wayne had previously thought that Lina was worried that Parker would get bumped, but now that he thought about it, Lina might also be “saving power”…

Wayne's family is not the kind that would worry about eating meat for economic reasons.
But thanks to Uncle Benjamin, Wayne's diet since childhood is actually close to the average level of "Western cowboys" in a narrow sense. Sometimes he can eat meat until he is tired of it, but the more common situation at home is to just muddle through.
Western cowboys only need wine, and they can eat anything...

So Wayne has a strong ability to adapt, otherwise he would not be alive today.

After finishing dinner, Wayne went to meet up with Inissa.
George Berg's exorcism department temporarily borrowed an office in the college, and a bunch of people are busy there now.

The collection and sorting of case clues is more of a technical and physical job.

In addition to questioning the relevant personnel, the church also has to try to clear the "contamination" from them to avoid subsequent impacts.

Wayne and Inissa are the ones who have it relatively easy among them. At this time, they just need to look at the first-hand records and then try to find the more critical clues that can directly lock the target.

As a result, before the clue was found, a new piece of news came in.

"The lady from the Fisk family was attacked?!" David Mills asked after hearing the report nearby.

What the hell? !

Feeling that the situation was still out of control, several people rushed over to check the situation.
In the college's infirmary, Miss Olivia was fortunately fine, but Miss Russell had fainted. Medical staff and exorcist priests from the college were confirming the situation beside the bed.

Miss Olivia did not tell the truth when questioned by David Mills, but said that Miss Russell seemed to have become a different person and suddenly became very aggressive.
As for the weapon she used, it was a table knife which was not very useful.

On the table, next to the knife that was used as the murder weapon, there was also a 5-cent coin that was found by the exorcist priest.

When secretly talking to Wayne and Inissa, Miss Olivia revealed more details:
"Gladys was fine when she came back from her walk, but she seemed to be very interested in Wayne all of a sudden. My intuition told me that she seemed to have a familiar 'smell' about her.

“I know you are all in the academy now, so since she is interested, I want to bring her to you so that you can confirm the situation.

"On the way there, she really just became a different person. I tried to get her to the chapel of the college as soon as possible, and then she suddenly took out a knife and tried to attack me - I think she was just attacking anyone who tried to stop her."

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Wayne glanced up and down at Miss Olivia and asked for confirmation.

At least there is no obvious ketchup color, so Ian Fisk won't blame me later...

"No," Miss Olivia shook her head, "I've been attacked many times in my dreams. Gladys is not considered fast."

Inesa helped her check the situation roughly, and then asked, "You said just now that you felt that she had a familiar 'smell'?"

"Yes."

Miss Ovelia lowered her voice slightly, "I think the person who affected Gladys is the same criminal who affected Ms. Wahana before. My nightmare seems to come from that person as well."

Oh? !

He planned the kidnapping and instigated others to commit the crime. It was good enough that the Fisk family didn't cause trouble for him, but how dare they come to them again?

You are so brave.

"Don't worry," Wayne tried to give her more security, "We will protect you."

Dare to attack the detective agency's high-quality customers,

Start with my corpse...ah, you have to get through us first.

(End of this chapter)