New Gods of North America.

Chapter 349 Summoning
When Wayne woke up the next day, it was already Friday.

The days of vacation, time flies...

The last pigeon from Lina's side flew back to the detective agency at noon with a solid little paper roll:

"We have rushed to Atlanta, and there are no casualties so far. I saw a 'former colleague' I had met in SI:7 near the scheduled delivery location, and I suspect this is another trap for me. We are currently planning to capture the person and interrogate him, and then we may return with the necklace..."

what's the situation? !

It's already been delivered to my doorstep, but you want to bring it back?!
And you even used things worth thousands of pounds as bait. Is your original unit so arrogant? !

Besides, even if we bring that thing back, it won’t be easy to sell it, right?

I wonder if Simon Sherman would be interested...

"The Fisk family is so rich. I feel like we might run into their family's land if we're not careful in Georgia. Just now, a man claiming to be from the Fisk family came and said that he could provide us with some help for the sake of Miss Olivia's brother and sister. I feel like my whereabouts have been exposed, so I'm not going to pay any attention to him. I'll take everyone away from the hotel after dark..."

Lina's vigilance was reassuring.

But wait, could you please clarify the previous topic first?

I am still very interested in the Windsor spy agency.

"By the way, the detective agency had better not accept commissions from South Carolina recently. I suspect that people like us may have been put on wanted lists there. We didn't dare to claim the bounties for several wanted criminals before..."

"..."

Wayne suddenly felt that he was not that interested in the topic of MI7 anymore...

"We didn't do anything bad. We just encountered a series of attacks from unidentified people and had some unpleasant skirmishes. Some local people didn't think we were defending ourselves and wanted to label the incident as a gang fight. We left as quickly as possible through the agent from the Hunter Association and the Underground Railroad..."

Wayne's heart was calm at this time.
Anyway, those who have the power to "qualify" an incident are either local law enforcement agencies or the relevant departments of the church...

But just looking at Lina's description, Wayne felt that even if he was there, he would not choose to sit and wait for death in an unfamiliar place.

"Oh, and one more thing. We met a wealthy-looking man on the road. He seemed to be from the 'Church of Truth' or 'Wisdom First' sect. He helped us. If anyone comes to the detective agency to ask about me, please don't tell them that you know me."

Well……

It feels like Lina's life has been quite fulfilling lately...

Unfortunately, she has been busy all the time and there is no way for Pigeon to write back to her, so I can only wait for the result.

If I can bring back the necklace, this commission doesn't seem to be a loss at the moment.

In today's world, the exchange rate of currencies between countries depends mainly on the gold or silver content of the coin itself, but it can fluctuate.

For example, when purchasing specific goods, you may be restricted to using the currency of that country for transactions. The exchange rate will also change depending on the money supply in the market.

Once the calculated average exchange rate is written into the contract, an actual price difference may occur. Some banks and merchants even make profits specifically from this.

Back to the matter, a necklace worth thousands of pounds, even if discounted to a transaction price of just over 2000 pounds, at an exchange rate of nearly :, the guaranteed minimum is US dollars.
This is an "unexpected situation" that occurred during the commission, and is not part of the normal share with the detectives. At most, a small portion is taken out as additional dividends for the participating detectives, and the rest of the profits belong to the detective agency.

After all, the agents are only responsible for the "commission itself".
According to the rules of the detective agency, if the escort fails or valuables are lost, the detectives do not need to bear full compensation liability per person, and they will even receive casualty compensation.
A more extreme example is that if the commission seems to be fine, but the employer eventually discovers that the valuables have been swapped, then the detectives may still be able to share the commission's remuneration in proportion - because the problem does not necessarily occur during the "escort" process - but the detective agency may need to pay compensation.
The losses will ultimately fall on the "detective agency", which is equivalent to taking money out of the pockets of the partners.

Correspondingly, whoever bears the unexpected risk will enjoy the unexpected profit. Just like the greater the risk of the commission, the higher the share the agents will receive.

——In this regard, America’s customs and ideas are still fair and cruel and deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

So if you calculate it carefully, this may be the largest profit the detective agency has made since its opening.
The detective agency escorted the client's valuables and made them their own. If this gets out, what will happen...

After reading it, Wayne gave the note to Inissa.
Then I plan to read a book and continue to wait for the developments of various recent events.

Waiting for the office to run smoothly, waiting for Lina and the others to come back, waiting for the identification results of the medicine, and waiting for McCann Reeve to wake up.

Strange, I feel like there's a lot going on in the detective agency.

But I have become quite relaxed...I don't even have to go to classes these days.

……

It turns out that some things cannot stand being muttered.

Wayne felt that he was quite leisurely at noon, but just after evening, he received a notice from the clergy of the cathedral.

The content of the notice was quite simple, it was a summons from the Bishop.

However, the meeting time was set for tonight, which meant that we had to set off immediately after receiving the message.

Riding in the detective agency's carriage, following behind the church's carriage,

Wayne felt something was not right when he was led by a monk into a room deep in the cathedral.

This is a rather bright and gorgeous "small conference hall".
Calling it a "small conference hall" means that it appears to formally accommodate a small number of people, but it does not mean that its area is actually small.

In the spacious space, there is a main seat at one end and a long sofa in the middle.

Along the walls, there are several large sofas facing each other, which are too wide for one person and too crowded for two people.

The sofas are not placed close to each other, and it feels a bit difficult to talk to the person sitting opposite you.

In other words, this place is more like a place where "big shots" have private but relatively formal meetings.

Especially when he saw that the treasurer of the cathedral, Tom Hagen, was standing respectfully beside the couch without even a seat.
At this time, on the two "second seat" sofas, Reverend Tyrell of the Exorcist Association, who was said to be a candidate bishop, and Reverend Bazzini, who was in charge of the Georgeburg Parish, were already sitting.
Wayne felt that he had no right to be here at this time...

——The rule in the underworld is that small matters are dealt with in a big meeting, big matters are dealt with in a small meeting, and even bigger matters are dealt with without any meeting.

Oh my god,
It's not like they want to use me as a sacrifice to the gods.

(End of this chapter)