New Gods of North America.

Chapter 403
The next day, after Wayne finished his Bible study class,

He brought the genius little loli Emma back to the math class that welcomed them.

Well, not so "welcoming" actually...

Some of the classmates greeted me after a long time, a few were quite enthusiastic, and the rest were just so-so.
When Professor Maisel walked into the classroom and saw the two of them, he just nodded and started the class as normal.

The only change may be that Professor Maisel had some "interaction" with the students in this class.
That is, during the class, several students were called upon and asked to answer questions while looking at the content on the blackboard. However, if we use "relative values" to calculate the interaction rate of this class, the interaction rate has probably increased by several hundred percent compared to the previous normal times.

Wayne and Emma's performance remained the same, so many classmates continued to be "harmed by reputation".
In the original words of Professor Maisel, "You are all students of the college, the best among your peers, and the hope for the future of America. I hope that your level will not lag too far behind those of some students who take the opportunity to skip classes and the seven-year-old girl who teaches herself."

I feel like this old-fashioned professor can be quite sharp-tongued sometimes...

After the math class, it is time for lunch break.
Wayne took Emma for a short walk in the college, just to take a stroll, and then he was going to send her to the carriage near the college church for Doug to take her home as they had agreed.

As a result, not long after walking past the college restaurant, I saw a long queue on the side of the road. I didn’t know what they were doing.

Wayne didn't think much about it and continued walking along the road.

Then a scent wafted over, and he saw Willy, Sanders, Parker, and Lina, dressed in waiter uniforms, busying around a horse-drawn carriage with its roof removed...

There was even a wooden sign with words written on it on the ground at the front of the line: "Western Specialties - Blackrock Town Burgers & Hot Dogs."

Wayne walked over with a frown on his face, wondering why Chef Parker's stall was open again.
On the other side of the carriage, Lina was collecting money and handing out things while she was talking nonsense to the students in line in a serious manner:
"Hot dogs are a popular delicacy in small towns in western Kansas. They were invented by new immigrants after they arrived in America. Their origin seems to be related to the traditions of the Kingdom of Windsor..."

Originated in the Kingdom of Windsor and then developed by the Americans.
The essence of the world's two major food depressions...

Wayne felt like holding his forehead after hearing this. According to his own standards, apart from the fast food that became popular in the industrial age, the food that could be included in this statement was almost synonymous with "dark cuisine".
So he couldn't help but move closer, "What are you doing...?"

According to the cost statistics of the detective agency when setting up a stall to sell lottery tickets, even if the issue of "labor costs" is not taken into account, hamburgers and hot dogs are not very profitable. They are purely to attract people so that citizens will not queue for too long and leave hungry.
Even though Chef Parker has lowered the proportion of raw cheese in recycled cheese, increased the water content, and added some "non-meat" ingredients to the patties, the profit from selling a hamburger is probably only one or two cents - the profit margin for hot dogs is slightly higher because they don't need cheese, and Wayne has already asked the chef to study the so-called "starch sausage." But it's not much higher.

"Hey, get out of class is over for you guys."

Lina greeted Wayne and Emma enthusiastically, pointed at them, and explained to the students in line with a smile, "They are with us."

Putting the little girl at the workstation before Lina, Emma and Willy were both forced to become temporary child laborers. One was responsible for "collecting money" and "asking about the taste" in a baby voice, while the other was responsible for "wrapping paper" and finally "delivering the finished product".
Parker was busy frying patties on the iron plate, while Sanders and Doug were responsible for the "assembly" such as making bread, putting cheese slices, and sprinkling sauce.

I sneaked to the side with Lina to have a private chat.
Wayne realized that it was because the area around the college church was too empty and there were no shops. According to Lina's standards, it would be too conspicuous to squat there, so he simply pulled Parker over to set up a stall. Unexpectedly, the business was a little too good.

Even though Lina had asked Parker to reduce the amount of meat patties by 30%, the students who came after smelling the food or hearing the news and seeing the actual food still lined up in a long line.

Some boys in particular, while feeling that it is a great value for money, can also openly chat with the girls who are at least in pairs in the queue, in the current social atmosphere that is not particularly open.

I can’t say that I never get tired of it, but at least I have no complaints.

So the queue formed a long dragon which was not common in that era. Wayne felt that students who had classes in the afternoon might have to spend half of their lunch break queuing.

Sadly, even the security guards at the academy ignored Lina and her friends' stall.

The college originally restricted other vendors from setting up stalls on campus, but did not prohibit students from carrying out so-called "social activities" on campus.

Lina and Inissa had been in and out of the academy for some time. Even if the staff were not familiar with them, they probably thought they were students of the academy.
Then the staff with management authority came over to taste the food sold at the stall and chatted with Lina for a while.

I guess they think that judging by the price and the amount of cheese and meat, the stall is more like a rich kid's attempt to "learn business" - the kind that focuses on "experience" and may donate all the proceeds in the end.
It was neither profitable nor sustainable, so the school staff ignored it except telling Lina and the others to keep the surroundings clean.

Because he knew that Lina might want to find out the people coming in and out of the college church, he planned to sneak in at a good time, and maybe even "recognize faces" by the way,
Wayne did not delay the professionals' established plan and secretly asked Lina to cut in line and get two burgers whose ingredients were obviously reduced a lot compared to the "detective agency version". It was a rare "hot" lunch in the college.

After finishing the American History class in the afternoon,
Wayne and Seth began to move around in the college, visiting those seniors who had a relatively long history of taking drugs in the college church.

This time, the detective agency is investigating in a "semi-official" capacity, so some questions can be asked relatively directly.
In addition, there happened to be students who had eaten the detective agency's burgers and made a little money from the previous lottery, so a lot of the information became much more detailed than before.

For example, from their descriptions, Pastor Pycelle had given the students at least two or three kinds of potions to drink, and many of the students actually only drank one or two of them, while others seemed to have been taking another one for a relatively long time.
It sounds like the design concept is similar to the "field test" of the Hunter Association that can kill people, and it seems to be conducting a certain degree of "screening".

By the way, Wayne was also curious about the personal relationship between Luke Matthew and Reverend Pycelle.

After all, in Reverend Pycelle's will, this guy was also designated to be given the "relics".

Unfortunately, Luke Matthew himself seems to know nothing about this.
He didn't even think that he had a good relationship with Reverend Pycelle, nor did he think that he was "pious" enough among the students.

(End of this chapter)