New Gods of North America.

Chapter 495 Blending
Late at night, after listening to Wayne's latest update, Pastor Tyrell's first reaction was:
"Do you have any more evidence? Now it only proves that there is a problem within their mail system, but it is not enough to make Walter bear the blame."

After hearing this, Wayne was stunned for a second.

Good guy,
Wayne originally thought that Reverend Tyrell would also characterize the incident as "there are bad guys in the local spy organization."
But I didn't expect that Pastor Tyrell was so bold that he actually pointed the gun directly at Mr. Walter.

Reverend Tyrell said a few days ago that he and Senator Walter were "one another".

As a result, as soon as there was a slight sign of trouble, Priest Tyrell was the first to reveal a sense of "fearing that he could not kill him with one shot".

sloppy...

As expected, you are the ones who are the most evil.

Wayne told the truth: "There are two clues at present. One of them is an agent from our detective agency who can prove that they are currently hiding members of the assassination gang. This clue will be verified tomorrow, but the scope of influence is limited. The fingerprint clue in our hands can prove that someone in their organization is suspected of illegal activities, but we can't identify the specific person for the time being, and it is also difficult to involve Mr. Walter."

Once the matter involves the level of senators in Congress, it is often not something that can be resolved simply by going to court.

The logic here is similar to that of the mayor or sheriff in a western town. If you think someone is incompetent, you must ultimately hold an election to completely replace that person's "position." Legal means alone cannot be "fatal" or truly eliminate the other person's power and actual influence. Proving that these people have violated the law or committed crimes can be a "means" to achieve political goals, but it cannot be regarded as the "end" or "purpose."

Reverend Tyrell's understanding of politics is obviously no less than Wayne's:
"There have always been many people eyeing Walter's position. If we can prove the problems within the postal system and directly implicate him, someone will naturally question Walter in Congress. Even if we can't replace him before the election, we can actually shake his power and position."

Wayne was about to say that he did not want to get deeply involved in these political disputes, but Reverend Tyrell had already started "cutting the cake":

"The Beaton family should be happy to see Walter get into trouble. Now it seems that Walter is not innocent in this matter. I remember you said before that your detective agency is still short of manpower. According to our agreement before the investigation, if Walter can be defeated, the Beaton family will take their share, and the extra manpower in the postal system will be at your disposal. How about that? The church does not need members with too complicated backgrounds, and I am not interested."

I?
The local spy organization's manpower can at least be reduced to three digits after a severe breakdown. Do I deserve it?

Thoughts raced through Wayne's mind.
It is not easy to guess Reverend Tyrell's motives for targeting Mr. Walter, but the feud between the Beaton family and Mr. Walter was told by Tom Hagen himself, so it is highly credible and should not be difficult to verify.

Combined with the things Wayne had witnessed before, it seemed that the Cathedral had a close relationship with the Beaton family. At least Tom Hagen would not actively ask Wayne to contact "untrustworthy" people during the investigation. Therefore, standing with the Beaton family on this matter would not arouse the Cathedral's disgust. It was feasible.

From the perspective of interests alone, the most valuable part of a politician is of course his seat, connections and influence. However, only those who occupy a similar ecological niche are qualified to take over in a echelon, and the process often inevitably involves more insider interest exchanges.

In this matter, the detective agency can only play the role of "thugs" and can only provide "stains" for the local agent organization. Therefore, the benefit that can be allocated is to obtain the team of followers dropped after the opponent is defeated.

This may sound a bit like "leftovers", but the input and output are not too unbalanced, and it can at least double the size of the detective agency. In other words, this is more likely to be a sincere "deal" rather than a "pie in the sky" promise. The only problem at the moment is that the proposal made by Reverend Tyrell is not just as simple as "purely investigating the case". To put it bluntly, this is a premeditated "political struggle using the issue as an excuse". What they hope the detective agency can do is probably "create strong evidence".
Once entering the market like this, the detective agency may lose the label of "neutrality" forever - although "jumping back and forth" can also be regarded as a kind of "neutrality", it is far from the same as "never getting involved". After all, there is almost no "impenetrable wall" in the world.

If one really becomes a player at the political gambling table, then what one says afterwards can only represent the "position" of one party and will no longer be regarded as the "truth" by people.

At the same time, the rules inside and outside the gambling table are also different. What is regarded as a "pile of chips" today may be Mr. Walter, but it may become a detective agency tomorrow. If you can profit from it, you may also suffer from it.

——From a broader perspective, this is a bit like the difference between "civil servants" and "political officials" in the United States. Civil servants have a ceiling on their positions, but they are also relatively stable and can cooperate with anyone who comes to power; while political officials may be able to govern for a while, but they may also step down at any time due to party affiliations.

The challenges they face are completely different, and even their ecosystems are almost not the same.

Wayne is not a particularly pretentious person, but conscience is like wine. The more you rush to sell it, the less valuable it will be.

So he is not in a hurry to bind to anyone yet, but tries to factorize:

"Reverend Tyrell, we should be able to trust each other when it comes to investigating the assassination and severely punishing the real culprit behind it, right?"

Reverend Tyrell nodded. "Of course."

After all, this was a task assigned by Bishop Corleone himself, and the detective agency had almost no contact with Richmond before. Even if Pastor Tyrell was suspicious, he didn't need to worry about the detective agency turning against him in this matter.

"That's easy," Wayne said, pretending he didn't understand the other party's previous hint. "Our detective agency will do its best to find out the truth. No matter what role the local agent organization played in the case, I will write the results of the investigation truthfully in the report."

Reverend Tyrell was slightly startled, but the good-natured smile on his face remained unchanged:
"Then I look forward to good news from you."

Oh no,

If the final results of the investigation were not so good, Wayne felt that he might have to be on guard against Reverend Tyrell in the future.

No, maybe from now on, it is necessary to be on guard...

So Wayne eventually became like those "superiors" in the Holy Spirit Church.
I didn't sleep late at night and went to the police station again at night.

(End of this chapter)