New Gods of North America.

Chapter 473 Chance Encounter
It's getting dark,

Wayne had to leave temporarily and, according to the agreement he had made with Pastor Tyrell, communicate with him regularly about the progress of their work.

The new target that was discovered with great difficulty could not be easily lost, so Inissa stayed behind to personally take charge, and even if she "picked it up" afterwards, she could not "let it run away".
Instead, Reverend Tyrell, who had specially chosen another high-end restaurant, was a little disappointed when he saw that Inessa did not come. He seemed to think that Wayne was deliberately preventing him from poaching talent from the detective agency.

Wayne actually still doesn't like the style of high-end restaurants like America's. Even private rooms are not popular. Everyone eats in the hall. Some tables can only be reserved by "qualified people".
It's great to be able to eavesdrop on other people's private conversations, but it would be very unhappy if you were eavesdropped on.

Reverend Tyrell was obviously more familiar and adapted to this kind of environment, so after asking the waiter not to disturb him too much, he quickly started talking:
"I recently investigated a group of people. Some of them indeed violated the confidentiality principle and disclosed the security duty situation to people 'outside the scope'.

"But upon closer inspection, the current evidence only shows that a few people were careless. For example, they leaked information in order to brag to their friends about the importance of their work, or to satisfy other people's curiosity. These are all leaks with little subjective malice.

"But judging from what they said to outsiders in the bar, some of the young guards need to be more aware of keeping secrets. I'm ready to propose appropriate measures against them, but it's a pity that following this clue, it seems that we can't find anyone like the 'mastermind'."

Wayne didn't find this strange. There probably weren't very strict confidentiality regulations these days. America had been peaceful for decades after its founding, so it was inevitable that there would be some laxity regarding some information that didn't seem to be core.
Before, when Lina was investigating the case, she had secretly asked the exorcists for some internal information of the church. It can basically prevent the obvious bad guys, but not the "good guys" with ulterior motives.

And Reverend Tyrell felt sorry that he probably couldn't pin the matter on Reverend Bazzini or someone close to him.
If we only find some small fish and shrimp, it will be difficult to report to Bishop Corleone.

Wayne was not as comfortable as Reverend Tyrell when he talked about his own affairs. He tried to make it semi-encrypted in a roundabout way:
"I have already made some preliminary progress and found a guy who might be an accomplice of the murderer.

"But do you know Senator Walter? He seems to have grasped some relevant clues a long time ago, but it seems that he has not disclosed them to the cathedral before."

Reverend Tyrell obviously knew the other party. "Walter... He is one of us. He has a lot of people under him, and the postal system is also convenient for him to do things. You said he had clues about the murderer before? That Carl is also related to foreign organizations?"

Wayne nodded. "We haven't found the mastermind behind this yet, but from what we can see so far, the assassination seems to be the work of a secret organization. We are still following up to see if we can find their sleeper cell."

Reverend Tyrell thought for a moment and said, "Foginia has done a relatively good job in this regard. The scale of the hidden organizations is not very large... and it doesn't seem to be good for us to trace the matter to them."

It seems that Reverend Tyrell still hopes to pin the blame for the assassination on church members.

So Reverend Tyrell pondered for a while before continuing, "I will go talk to Walter in the next two days to see if he has any more information. If it is really the work of a hidden organization, then what is their purpose? The treasurer of the cathedral is not an ordinary position. Even if Tom Hagen is removed, it is obviously difficult for them to replace him with 'one of their own'. This is illogical. Unless Tom Hagen has already set his sights on them, they have to remove the obstacles to the sale."

Well……

This really stumped Wayne. On the surface, the murderer committed the crime out of "personal grudge". Even if we add the possibility of an agent organization behind him, at most it can only be said that "someone instructed him".
But I really can't figure out what benefit the other party can get from this incident.

It feels like there's a piece of the puzzle missing. Even if they are secretly connected to the "Church of Light", it would sound more logical.

So Wayne planned to go back to Tom Hagen for confirmation, but the investigation would continue at the existing pace.
If the hidden group behind the murderer can be dug out, the identity of the instigator will be roughly pointed out. In this way, we will have both the actual perpetrators and the "real murderer behind the scenes". Although some powerful figures in the local church cannot be implicated, it is estimated that we can get a passing score if we can use it to get the job done.

By the way, the situation in various parts of America seems to be similar, and the local powerful people are still a small circle.
Reverend Tyrell, a "bishop candidate", seemed very familiar with the senator when he talked casually. Maybe if people in their circle were to get together for a meal, many things could be solved more smoothly than if ordinary people worked hard for several years.

Wayne was thinking about something, and Reverend Tyrell didn't know what he was thinking about. The scene was silent for a while.
Then Wayne discovered that Pastor Tyrell saw something and suddenly waved in the direction behind him, and called the waiter to come over and add a seat.

Wayne was also convinced when he turned around.

Richmond is a pretty big city, so how come I can see you guys everywhere?

At the other end of the restaurant, Lina was also slightly stunned when she saw Reverend Tyrell waving his hand. The person next to her was the Frenchman, Mr. Moliere, who she had been tricking recently.
Reverend Tyrell didn't have much interaction with Lina before, but he obviously knew that Lina was one of the partners of the detective agency. So when he saw Lina here, he probably thought that she came to the appointment on behalf of Inissa, but maybe something delayed her a little.

Wayne hadn't decided yet whether to formally bring Morrie into the case.

This time he has fallen into a trap. Reverend Tyrell has a large group of people under his command, and he is also familiar with Mr. Walter, the head of the local postal system's agents. If he is targeted by them because of this, then Molière will have brought disaster upon himself.

So that you can pick up girls by taking someone with you around all day.

(End of this chapter)