New Gods of North America.

Chapter 462
When leaving Mr. Russell's manor, Wayne realized that he didn't talk much about business this time, but talked more about the fast food restaurant.
While it was still early, Wayne went to find the financial sponsor of the "second office", but unfortunately the guy only left the company address and he happened to be out.

Wayne originally intended to give him a "reassurance pill" and tell him that the detective agency's staff would soon execute the security contract for the new line as agreed.

So after asking his secretary to help convey the message and leaving the address of the detective agency's temporary base in Richmond, Wayne went back to continue investigating the case.

At the end of the day, Inissa had visited several places where the murderer had lived before. The guy seemed to have the habit of changing his address regularly. Of course, it could also be said that it was for the convenience of work. It was not uncommon for urban residents to change their rental places these days.

Lina mainly visited several companies where the murderer had worked, asking his former colleagues about their impressions and opinions of him, and also taking the opportunity to learn about this person's previous words and deeds.

The combination of the two is essentially about finding the "sameness" between them, such as seeing if the murderer has anyone he has been in contact with, or if there is any place he goes to for a long time.

Sometimes a person may be able to hide well in front of the same group of people, but as long as you ask a few more groups of people and go through the big data, some suspicious aspects will often quickly emerge.

Just like some scammers' deception sheets may seem flawless, but once the victims meet and get to know each other's experiences, they can often quickly discover that something is wrong.

If Lina still felt that the murderer was "a bit like" one of her colleagues yesterday, then her opinion today was close to "certainty".

Lina suspected that the murderer was a member of a hidden group. Although the crime might not be committed under the instruction of anyone, and it might be possible that the murderer acted on his own, she no longer believed that the murderer was just an "ordinary person".

Lina's basis for this judgment is actually a bit "metaphysical":
"This guy didn't have a good reason to change jobs. Obviously, his salary decreased after two job changes, and after deducting the difference in rent, the impact on his living standard was even greater. However, those two job changes did not benefit his career development.

"And this guy's personality has also changed significantly. He has played the role of a 'marginal person' at work most of the time, trying to reduce the attention of people around him. Only last time when he was in a trading company did he suddenly show a more positive attitude towards communication.

"After ruling out the possibility of pursuing a partner, I think he was probably carrying out a mission at the time. As for the other times, it may have been a regular change to avoid suspicion."

There are not many people who have received a good education these days. Although they may not get a very high salary, as long as they show good qualities, it is not difficult to get an ordinary clerical job.

At the same time, because the weekly salary system is generally adopted, the bosses of small companies are also very accustomed to the situation where employees resign without reason. If the work performance is not outstanding enough, even if they feel it is a pity, they will not actively try to retain them.

Of course, this is also related to the actual situation in Richmond. The local pillar industry is planting. The business of many small companies in the city is the sales of agricultural products such as tobacco, wheat, and cotton.

Whether these things are sold or not depends mainly on the price or the stability of supply, and has little to do with the ability of the practitioners themselves. The paperwork is almost the same regardless of who does it.

Unlike some processing workshops or factories where technology is more needed, bosses will try their best to retain technicians or skilled workers. Wayne actually doesn't want this case to become a "spy case" again. If after all this time, the real murderer behind the scenes is also a foreigner, I don't know what Bishop Corleone will think.
But even if this is true, Wayne does not intend to change his conclusion. At most, he will continue to dig deeper to find out who is related to foreigners this time.

A good detective agency, originally wanted to do "cross-border arrest" work, and take some "security" orders by the way,
As a result, they are now going further and further astray. Not only has investigating cases become their main business, but they also seem to be moving closer to the "Military Control Commission". Who the hell can I talk to about this?

……

If you want to find a "hidden team", the most suitable professionals in the detective agency are Lina and Damon MacCready.
Unfortunately, the latter is not suitable for running around now because of his "unicorn arm", and he is still guarding the house in the detective agency's base, and coaxing Emma, the naughty child who is unilaterally in a cold war with Wayne.

Doug followed the police officers assigned by Chief William to visit all the local banks. At first, several banks still wanted to "protect customer privacy", but after hearing the general situation of the case, they all said that "it's not that they can't cooperate" and "there are always some things that are more important than others."
This also made Wayne realize the limitations of "private detectives" in the Americas. Some information might be found out indirectly, but some information, if not endorsed by law enforcement agencies or authoritative departments, would probably be out of the question.

After suspecting that the murderer might be related to a "spy" or a hidden organization, this line of thought was basically abandoned.
It is not difficult to open an anonymous safe in a bank. After taking the money, you can hide the key in a designated place and no one will notice it. Face-to-face cash transactions are actually very convenient. There is no need to go to the bank to transfer money honestly, which will be exposed once checked and is not cost-effective.

Inessa looked at the map of Richmond for a while and came up with an idea:
"Carl had lived in these places before, and his workplaces were not too far away, in these places. If we define it by region, then he had deliberately avoided these areas in Richmond.

"It just so happens that the bars he used to go to regularly for 'a drink' were often in these areas. Assuming that he really needs to contact someone secretly on a regular basis or wait for a mission, then the probability that the other party often appears in these areas should not be low, right?

"Taking the intersection of them, it seems that this block is the most suitable. It is not on the same street as those bars, but it is not too far away, so that I will not be exposed to a completely unfamiliar environment."

Normal people don’t have such an amazing memory as Inessa, so after Connor studied with Inessa for a while, he developed a good habit of “marking”.
Inesa pointed on the map continuously, and Connor quickly circled a bunch of marks on the map, and then used small pieces of paper of different colors to distinguish them.

Everyone looked at the marked map and understood it, but in such a large area, it was not something that the dozen or so detectives could do to find a needle in a haystack.

The plan proposed by Inesa was not that drastic. "I can take one or two people to visit these bars a few more times to see if there are any people who have interacted with the murderer who have repeated or similar appearances. If there are, then we can deploy more personnel to conduct a detailed follow-up investigation in a targeted manner."

Lina also thought about it for a while:
"If it is indeed a sleeper cell, then his superiors must have been cut off after the incident, and it is probably difficult to drag him into this now.

"How about we look for his team members first? It is very likely that a team will be needed to carry out a mission. Didn't he seem to have carried out a mission before? Maybe we can find out what happened that time and who was there, and then compare it with the characters that appeared in this case?"

So the two lines are running synchronously.
Inissa only needs to bring one or two people who can make the drunkards "talk properly" to complete the preliminary investigation.
As for the remaining guys in the detective agency whose memories are not so good, they should just follow the plan that seems to have lower technical difficulty and find out what evil the undercover group has done in the past.

(End of this chapter)