New Gods of North America.

Chapter 355 Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia.

Like many states in the United States, Atlanta, the "largest city" in Georgia at this time, is not the state's capital.

However, it is different from the situation in many states where "big cities were established first and then the state capital was established".
The city of Atlanta was actually founded later than Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia.

The terrain of the eastern part of the Commonwealth of America is cut diagonally from the northeast corner to the southwest by the Appalachian Mountains.

The "end point" of this knife is almost where Atlanta is.

Due to the obstruction of this huge mountain range, the early colonists could only gradually expand in the direction of better terrain, gradually forming the "original thirteen states" of the American Federation that were "stacked vertically" on the east coast.
But when we got to Georgia, which is at the end of the mountain range, the terrain was different.

Without the obstruction of huge mountains, the eastern coast of southern America is a vast plain, and this area has developed into the "Southern States" with a well-developed agriculture industry.

Georgia is the important transportation connection and turning point of this "horizontal and vertical" line in early America.

After the steam locomotive was invented, lines were quickly laid out in various prosperous states in America.

In order to make it easier to transport crops and goods within America, people began to think about connecting the "vertical" steam train line with the "horizontal" steam train line.
The final intersection of the two steam train lines was Atlanta.

Atlanta grew rapidly, thanks to the amazing agglomeration effect created by the connection of two major steam train lines.
Up to now,

It has been recognized as the "commercial, financial, industrial and transportation center" of the southeastern United States of America - without a doubt.

Although judging from the level of industrial development in the southern states of America at that time, the title of "industrial center" would seem a bit exaggerated, a bit like "picking the tallest among the short ones",

But no one would question Atlanta's status among the "major cities" of the American Commonwealth.

For MI7, who were loyal to the Windsor Kingdom government, Atlanta was a nearly perfect strategic fulcrum:

Due to the trade of crops such as cotton and wheat, the descendants of the colonists in the southern states of America did not advocate "independence" as much as the northern states, and there was no competitive pressure from industrial products.

Because the Kingdom of Windsor respected the American Constitution, it never expressed dissent against slavery in the southern states like the North of America did.
Therefore, the upper class here is generally more "gentle" and "friendly" towards the Kingdom of Windsor, leaving MI7 with more room to survive.

Atlanta's special position in southern America also makes it an excellent location for collecting and disseminating intelligence.
Through "communication" and "friendship" with various circles in the South, the Kingdom of Windsor regained its influence on American politics after being theoretically expelled from the New World.

Therefore, MI7 was quite "meticulous" in Atlanta, and sometimes even more "civilized" and "law-abiding" than in the Kingdom of Windsor.

Of course, it’s only “sometimes”.

Norman Stanfield, senior police chief of the Atlanta Police Department, was supervising police officers at a "crime scene" in a middle-class neighborhood.

This crime scene is very special. It was reported by a servant of a nearby resident who heard the sounds of gunfire and fighting.

But when the police arrived, not only the murderer, but even the owner and servants who were presumed to be the "victims" had mysteriously disappeared.

The scene has been preliminarily cleaned up, and ordinary people can hardly tell that a crime has ever occurred here.

It's called "supervision," but this isn't a case that Norman Stanfield is in charge of.
However, due to his high rank, the police officers at the scene felt that he had the right to come and go, and did not stop or disturb him. Instead, they all seemed to check more seriously and carefully.

Norman Stanfield pretended to casually pull out a thin booklet from a bookshelf and flipped through it. Feeling that the police officers did not notice his actions, he hid this seemingly common recreational reading material in the inner pocket of his coat.
At the same time, he felt a little unhappy. How come his subordinates were all idiots who even left the code book behind during the emergency transfer?

MI7 has two teams in Georgia.

One of them is hidden in the shadows and is managed by Norman Stanfield, who is the "lower level" team.
Their main job is to secretly arrest some criminals who committed crimes in the Kingdom of Windsor and then fled across the border to America, and then quietly execute them or escort them to Windsor.

Norman Stanfield felt that he was generally competent and dedicated, but his job was not legitimate, so he would occasionally make "deals" with criminals who could extract large sums of stolen money, and he always had to leave himself a way out.

Some of my subordinates were so stupid that they actually considered themselves to be "messengers of justice".

Just like Damon MacCready who was imprisoned here before, he was obviously an American, but he believed those nonsense about "cracking down on fugitive criminals" and didn't know how to maximize his own interests.

What good would he gain by exposing himself to MI7? He couldn't figure it out.

Some of his other subordinates were equally stupid. They were asked to lure Damon MacCready's accomplices who might know his identity to Atlanta, and then try to follow the clues or catch them all in one fell swoop to prevent their actions and identities from being known by the American federal agencies or MI7.
As a result, the planned trap failed to work, and the other safe house was attacked by the other party. Not only was Damon MacCready rescued by the other party, but even the safe house had to be moved and abandoned.

Another team of MI7 seems to be hiding in the sun.

Norman Stanfield didn't know who they were exactly, but he knew they were real agents and had a more prominent status here.

Norman Stanfield's position as High Sheriff was the result of their operations.

However, since the two teams were not subordinate to each other and the other team was responsible for tasks at the national level, they seemed to have never paid attention to the "bottom-level" work on their side, and they probably didn't realize the small things they did.

But Norman Stanfield also knew that if the other party was willing, then killing him might be easier than killing an ant. He only needed to expose his identity to the public.
That's why he wanted to secretly accumulate enough wealth to last him a lifetime, and then, without arousing obvious hostility from MI7, change his name and go to a northern state, where he could be a low-key rich man out of their reach.

What were the names of Damon MacCready's gang?
Wayne National Detective Agency?
Should we have someone make a case against them and put them on wanted lists before they leave Georgia, just like we did with Damon MacCready?
No, it's too risky.

I don't know which idiot deliberately leaked the news and publicized the other party's delivery of bait in the newspapers, making this matter attract attention from all sides.
It is said that many robbers have launched operations, resulting in heavy casualties, and even Atlanta has noticed the situation in advance.

It's too risky to act in the sun.

Although Damon MacCready did not know his name and his official identity as a senior sheriff, his self-proclaimed justice team was once the most capable of his subordinates. He had wanted to secretly clean them out before, but one of them escaped.
If they were allowed to continue investigating, they might actually uncover my identity...

Back to the police station,

Norman Stanfield saw the wanted warrant from South Carolina and was surprised to find that the detective agency had been wanted in other states.
So he unnoticeably put the wanted warrant at the top, urged the police officers to send it to the chief for signature and confirmation as soon as possible, and tried to complete the printing and notify all the police officers and bounty hunters in the city as soon as possible - the wanted warrant issued from Atlanta would usually spread quickly to towns and cities throughout the South.

After a while, Norman Stanfield checked the wanted warrants that had been signed and were about to be distributed, but found that only one was missing.
The police officer who handled the paperwork answered him, "The number of wanted warrants is correct. Nothing has been missed. But there is one wanted warrant that has not been signed by the chief. He said that in Atlanta, 'eliminating robbers' has never been classified as 'murder'."

Tsk, another idiot getting in the way.

The expression on Norman Stanfield's face remained unchanged. It seemed that he still had to find a way to have someone do it secretly.

(End of this chapter)