New Gods of North America.

Chapter 430 "Secondment"

After talking with the abbot of a local monastery, Wayne put a "scale" in his heart and felt like he had "chosen the wrong side".

It is true that all pastors are "Southerners", but the "Southerners" can actually be further divided.
The priests all recognized that Reverend Tyrell had higher status and qualifications than Reverend Bazzini, but if they had to choose between the two, they all seemed to be more on Reverend Bazzini's side rather than the old man's side.

To be fair, if Wayne were to choose, he would also think that Pastor Bazzini has more ability and skills to be a bishop.
For example, in the "misunderstanding" tonight, Pastor Bazzini just spoke a few words, and the old man arranged for people to take action.
If someone intervenes halfway, then Priest Tyrell might have to take the blame.

And Pastor Bazzini’s local operations are obviously deeper;
It can be seen from the words Wayne got out of them that if the priests had to choose someone to offend, they would rather say some harmless bad things about Pastor Tyrell than talk about Pastor Bazzini.

I guess he thinks that old man Reverend Tyrell is easier to fool.

After realizing this,
Wayne quickly went to find Reverend Tyrell again and tried to "borrow" some of his men.

——The local pastors are all "Southerners" of noble origin, their families are wealthy and well-connected, and the pastors have corresponding status and authority, so it is not a problem at all for them to secretly raise some "private soldiers" or "their own people".

If they could fool Reverend Tyrell, they might try to fool Tom Hagen as well.

Tom Hagen might not be in danger, but the detective agency might not be able to guard against those potential "armies" - even if it could, it would be an "unplanned expense."

The reasons given by Wayne are still reasonable and "reasonable":
"Reverend Tyrell, theoretically, all of your men should now be temporarily under the command of the people sent by the cathedral. On the other hand, even if there are any new findings in the recent investigation, it has nothing to do with you.

"Then why don't you arrange for your people to come and assist me temporarily, and tell others that it is our detective agency that found the personnel. If our detective agency can make any contribution in this investigation, a large part of it may be attributed to your guidance and suggestions.

"To put it another way, with your people watching over you, you don't have to worry about me doing anything unfavorable to you during the investigation. I think this is a good thing for both of us."

Reverend Tyrell seemed to agree more with Wayne's last words.

After hesitating for a long time, he handed the ring and a note he had written on the spot to Wayne.

Then he told Wayne an address, "Take the things to this place. After they confirm it, they will cooperate with you in investigating the Illuminati heresy."

After Wayne left the room, he held the note up to the light and looked at it for a long time.

I don't know what the hell it was written with. I can't even tell what the content is. I don't know if it says anything bad about me in it.

It's kept so mysterious, so I guess it must be true.

He greeted Tom Hagen vaguely, saying that he had some private business to attend to, and then found a carriage shop according to the address. Wayne discovered that an "old hand" like Reverend Tyrell still had some tricks up his sleeve.

In addition to renting carriages, carriage shops these days can sometimes provide or introduce coachmen, or rent more vehicles according to customer needs. Therefore, the flow of people varies from time to time, and people with different faces coming in and out do not arouse suspicion, which is a good cover.

Reverend Tyrell's men formed a group of their own in the carriage shop. As long as the owner and employees of the carriage shop did not question it, others would probably just think that they had been assigned the job, or that they were extra staff hired by the customers.

Moreover, this group of ten or so people were not the same group that had been responsible for picking up dirt and framing the suspects at the detective agency.
The leader also looked well-trained. It seemed that the old man, Pastor Tyrell, had quite a background. Just from what Wayne knew about the people he kept privately, they were enough to set up a "detective agency".

No wonder even a sinister guy like Pastor Bazzini has to sit in the "second seat" in front of him.

The leader confirmed the ring and went back to the room to secretly read the note. When he came out again, he said that they would follow Wayne's instructions recently.
But at the same time, he also said that all orders here need to be transferred through him, and he himself needs to serve as a temporary bodyguard to protect Wayne.

Wayne didn't care about it. If he really didn't want anyone to follow him, there were many ways to do it.
However, it is really useful to have people in the "dark" at this moment:

"I plan to go to the college tomorrow and meet with some students. I feel that the situation of one of the students is still very suspicious, and I need your cooperation to confirm it."

The other party nodded, "Then our people will be responsible for tracking and investigating him from now on?"

"Tracking and investigation are certainly also necessary."

Wayne smiled and said, "I hope you can assassinate him. Not really assassinate him, but it would be best if you can create a sense of crisis in him. And tell him the reason, just say 'this is the punishment for blasphemy against the holy icon.'"

no way,
There was no problem with the priests' residences, and they could not really torture them to extract confessions. Mr. Weissman and the murderer who was responsible for silencing them were now missing.
Then we can only try to make the "building manager" suffer a little.

According to Miss Olivia, the inner world of the "building manager" suddenly became "colorful", which was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.
If he is really related to the Church of Light or Reverend Pycelle, there is a chance that he can be scared out of his wits.

Assuming it is the former, he might try to contact Mr. Weisman, and assuming it is the latter, he might contact the murderer who is responsible for silencing him.

Tom Hagen's people can actually do this kind of thing, but it seems that most of the people in the church are serious about doing things, and they probably won't be more professional in this area than the people secretly hidden by others.

The detectives of the detective agency might be able to do it, but they appear in public quite often nowadays, which could easily reveal their flaws, and might even make the detective agency's already not-so-good reputation even worse. It would be more cost-effective to outsource it.

The leader roughly asked about the time, gave a few instructions to his men, and then took two people with him to "be bodyguards" with Wayne.
Fortunately, they had their own carriage and did not have to squeeze in with Wayne, so Wayne did not pay much attention to them. At most, he provided them with meals for a few days.

(End of this chapter)