New Gods of North America.

Chapter 458 Restaurant
After his fault was exposed, the murderer's attitude obviously became cautious.

This effect is actually quite good. Sometimes, unintentional lies may be more difficult to detect because the other party may subconsciously believe them first.
On the other hand, sometimes if you tell a lie, you may have to make a hundred lies to cover it up, and even the master may be beaten to death by his own punches.

After confirming that they had asked all the questions they could think of, Wayne and his friends decided to leave the murderer alone for now. They planned to go to his house and look around before it got dark.
This kind of thing naturally requires the accompaniment of people from the local law enforcement department, and the one named Sheriff William kindly led the way.

By the way, Wayne has met several "Williams" now.
When they were in Blackstone Town, in addition to knowing Mrs. William and her dead husband—that guy had no name, so the people in the town got used to calling him that—the Constantine family also had an enemy named "William Bonnie" whose bounty was as high as $5000.
After arriving in Virginia,

If William Kidd, who calls himself the "pirate captain", is considered "ordinary William" and Tom Hagen's assistant William Brandt is considered "excellent William", then the only one left is Sheriff William named William Kenzie.

Although Sheriff William did lead the way and his attitude was good, Wayne still felt that this guy was a bit annoying.

After arriving at the place, he kept muttering to himself, such as "We have already searched this place" and "There is no need to look at these things so carefully".

Considering that this guy might just be "emotional" rather than "having problems", Wayne decided not to bother with him for the time being.

There is also an advantage of Ryan coming back. It allows Ryan to drag this guy out to smoke and stop wasting time here.

Most of the agents have taken the relevant courses of the detective agency. It is a good opportunity for them to follow Wayne and Inessa's example, try to figure out the investigation skills in practice, and learn how to unravel the "ordinary" things.

The lessons taught by Lina were obviously effective. Wayne saw Willy, wearing gloves, carefully put the vase back to its original position facing the old marks on the windowsill, and turned it so that the plant's sun-facing position became "correct".
Although protecting the scene is a good habit, Wayne always feels that this style of painting seems to be a little bit out of touch with serious "law enforcement officers"...

The scene had actually been searched several times before, but law enforcement agencies these days don't really care about preserving evidence. For example, if a murder occurred and the victim was stabbed to death, the police would most likely just pick up the knife and at most take away notes, diaries, suicide notes, and the like.

This left the detective agency with a lot of room. At least the reason why Tom Hagen was not dead was quickly confirmed again.

The reason given by Inissa was similar to that of the murderer, who was a fool. After poisoning the bullet with chemicals, he also used an alcohol lamp to dry it out.

That kind of medicine contains ingredients similar to snake venom. It can be fatal if applied directly to the wound, but after high-temperature decomposition, it can only be used as a seasoning.

If we have to make a connection, then the murderer's timing of committing the crime seems to have been sudden.
He still had some expensive red wine at home that he hadn't finished drinking, and there was a half-written letter on his desk. It didn't look like everything was ready, except for the east wind.

Unfortunately, “knowing there is a problem” is not a skill. “Finding the problem and the answer” is what matters.
If you want to check bank account transactions, you need to bring a certificate from the law enforcement department and the name you want to check, and go to each bank to ask. Some banks will refuse to provide information in the name of "protecting customer privacy."

You have to ask each of his neighbors about his daily interpersonal relationships and their opinions, and you also have to go to his workplace.
As for the pursuit of letters and cash, there is no way these days. You can only look through mailboxes and so on. If there is something, then there is something. If there is nothing, then there is nothing. The detective agency does have people now, so after the tasks are divided up, Wayne and his team don't have to do many things themselves. They just need to wait for the preliminary results to come out and then summarize them.
However, compared to a private detective working alone, as a partner of a detective agency, Wayne will have more things to do.

For example, if a group of people like this go to another place, they must have a place to rest and stay, right?
So after searching the murderer's apartment for a while, they each went their own way.
Doug was arranged to find a whole townhouse for short-term rental, which would be more private and convenient than staying in a hotel, and the price would be more suitable.

Lina and Connor led people to visit and search for clues separately.
Wayne and Inissa went to ask Reverend Tyrell for a meal, no, to share information.

There are actually two major directions to investigate this assassination case.
One direction is naturally to start from the murderer's side and follow the clues back.

Another direction is to start the investigation from Tom Hagen. There was a problem with security, and it doesn't seem realistic to say that there is no problem with the people around him.

It just so happened that Reverend Tyrell had a "mole" next to Tom Hagen, who was also a member of the church, and his identity and status were more suitable, so Wayne pushed another line to him to see what kind of monsters he could find over there.

Anyway, the two of them are not in competition on this matter now. Even if Wayne does not trust Reverend Tyrell's character, he still trusts his "ambition".

……

The place Reverend Tyrell chose was the famous Frank's Restaurant in Richmond.

Wayne didn't know if this was authentic, but it wasn't as authentic as Parker's, and he had to wait for a long time for a dish. The waiter always wanted to introduce the chef's various ingenuity when serving the dishes.

Reverend Tyrell was not interested in such trivial matters. He waved his hand to the foreman in the hall to come over and listen to the whispers. Then the waiters' interruptions became much less frequent.
Although the so-called "private rooms" are not popular in high-end restaurants in America, everyone who comes has to eat in the main hall, but fortunately, only respectable people can come, and the guests all whisper to each other, so it can barely be considered another kind of "privacy" in a bustling environment.

We didn't gain much on the first day, so the reason we came here today and chose this place is that both sides actually want to "build habits" and "deepen friendship" more, and to pave the way for the future.
After listening to Wayne and his team's current progress, Pastor Tyrell confirmed again that there must be other forces involved in this matter, and then he also talked about the situation on his side.

It wasn't easy for him to deal with it. Although Bishop Corleone had given the order, it would be a bit of a stretch for a "bishop candidate" to start checking the people in the cathedral.

Reverend Tyrell thought Wayne would say a few polite words to comfort him, but when he looked up, he found Wayne looking around the restaurant furtively. He couldn't help but feel curious, "Wayne, what are you observing?"

Wayne quickly retracted his gaze and smiled apologetically, "I was just wondering how much it would cost to open a restaurant like this."

This is a place where respectable people gather and it's not very well defended. If Lina were to open it, I guess she could find out a lot of interesting information, right?
Think about it the other way around, if Wayne can think of this kind of thing, can others think of it as well?
(End of this chapter)