New Gods of North America.

Chapter 497 Big Star

With the example of little Taylor, Wayne had no hope for the aesthetic taste of Americans of this era. He just regarded the police officer's statement as a possible scapegoat put on his head by the local secret service organization.
When I got to the waiting room, I saw that she was really a beauty.

She had brown hair that was almost black, greenish light eyes, a conservative but fitted dress, and a lady's hat.

According to Wayne's standards, this look is good enough to sit at the same table with Inissa and Lina. Together with Miss Olivia who is in her best attire, there are just enough people to play mahjong.

Well, even if I was framed by the local secret service, at least I wouldn't lose face if this kind of gossip about my appearance was published in the newspaper...

The beauty was accompanied by a servant. When she saw the police officer leading Wayne over, the maid began to introduce them:
"This is Miss Christiana, a big star at the Broadway Garden Theater. Her representative play is the sensational Lady Camellia, which has been highly praised by celebrities from all walks of life in New York City."

Hmm... there is a background...

Wayne took off his hat as a courtesy, thinking about the amount of money that might be involved in the lawsuit, and took the lead in stating that he had never seen this person before, "Nice to meet you."

The other party also smiled and nodded according to etiquette. After briefly going through the process, the other party began to talk:

"I came to look for Monsieur Molière, a Frankish merchant, but the officers told me that he was dead. The body is said to be in your custody for the time being."

Hey, why didn’t you say earlier that you weren’t here to commit fraud?

Wayne breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression turned solemn. "Indeed. What is your relationship with Mr. Morrie?"

The other party was very elegant: "I am his fiancée... Can I take one last look at him?"

I knock,

You have such a beautiful fiancée but you still hook up with Lina. You, you philandering Frenchman, will surely die a horrible death.

Wayne is still waiting for the local secret service to come and make a move, so he can't say "I have to go back and ask him for his opinion on this matter".
So he could only find an excuse to temporarily prevaricate, saying that the body still needed repairs and it might take a few days to talk about it. By the way, he also gave the other party a "vaccination", saying that according to Mr. Molière's will, his body needed to be handed over to his family by the detective agency, and his fiancée might not be able to meet him in advance.

After leaving the big star behind, they returned to the interrogation room. Since Wayne had already obtained enough information, Robert basically told them everything he could.

The version was similar to that of several other accomplices, and even contained less content. He said he had no knowledge of the cathedral assassination, but he had previously received a hidden message that the gang had "temporarily suspended all activities."

From his perspective, their group was mainly targeting the Franks, and they had no good feelings towards the Americans and Windsors, but they also had no hostility towards them.

Unless someone targets them first, they will try to protect themselves.

After waiting for a whole morning and seeing no one coming to negotiate, Wayne prepared for the worst and began to interrogate the people from the local spy organization.
This time, Wayne deliberately avoided the topic of the local spy organization and simply talked about the matter at hand:

"You are now connected to the murder gang of the assassination case, and you have not handed the person over to the police. You are suspected of harboring and being an accomplice. Explain your reasons for doing this."

The responses I got varied, some said they didn't know, and some said "you messed with the wrong people".

The first person to be breached was the Extraordinary who held a minor position. Having witnessed the extraordinary abilities of the agents during the arrest, he quickly realized that this matter might not be that simple. Therefore, he cooperated the best and only said that he was acting on orders and had not violated any laws. However, he could not reveal the specific source of the order.

The interrogation contents were recorded one by one, and the detective agency also copied a copy and sent it back. The contents on both sides corroborated each other. Even if the detective agency had now confirmed the fact that it had "offended the local spy organization", it could have "stepped back" before "issuing a ticket". Once the formal process was followed, the bigwigs would have the power to ask "why" or "what to do" based on the evidence, and the matter would gradually be out of the control of the detective agency, and it could only respond as it happened.

Wayne has no choice at the moment, so he lets Liam go back to the temporary base to inform Inissa and ask the agents to hurry up and check the fingerprints, try their best to dig out more evidence, and quickly drag out the third-party force to attract firepower.

The assassin's accomplices had nothing to ask at this time. In comparison, Wayne preferred to chat with the newly captured Robert.

At least he was the one with the most normal sexual orientation among his accomplices, and the chance of collusion was the lowest. After Wayne told him that there was a possibility that he would be "picked up" by his accomplices, he was a little scared. He didn't expect that his companions were all such people, and he was actually a substitute for others.

As the sun sets, we leave the police station. The only clue worth digging deeper is the bottle that once contained the poison.

It is now the only evidence that can directly point to that third party force, and the fingerprint on it is the most valuable. If it can be directly matched successfully, the specific suspect can be locked in, and then whoever is caught can be identified.
It’s a pity that there is not even a fingerprint database these days. Just thinking about the workload of finding fingerprints makes Wayne feel a headache.

……

"In fact, looking for the raw materials of the poison formula is also a feasible method. Although the effect is very strong and the characteristics are not obvious, this kind of poison is relatively unpopular and cannot be overheated. It is more difficult to make than many mineral poisons, so it is not a mainstream choice."

In the temporary base, Inissa tried to provide other follow-up methods.
Lina and Willy collected a bunch of bottles, jars, door handles, window glass and other things from the safe house of the local agent organization, and they are now very busy.

The detective agency currently has limited methods for extracting fingerprints. They can only slowly scan them from a smooth surface using carbon powder or something like that. It is also prone to distortion when extracting and archiving. Therefore, in order to improve accuracy, the "original" must also be retained.

So over this period of time, the temporary base became more and more like a scrap recycling station. The makeshift shelves in the room were almost stacked to the ceiling, and there were still many things in the restaurant that had not been dealt with in time.

Wayne was eating dinner next to a pile of tagged waste. Hearing this, he thought it was a good idea. "We can try to investigate. But if the other party is organized, then it will be difficult for us outsiders to find their channels. We may not be able to allocate too many people for the time being."

Inesa thought so too, so she planned to go to the cathedral to ask, believing that they should have a better understanding of the local medicine channels, and then try to use the process of elimination.
Liam poked his head out of the restaurant door before he finished eating a sandwich. "Boss, that chick came to our door this morning."

Why are there home visits... I almost forgot about this...

Although the detective agency's temporary base was not a secret, it was not too public either. How come even a stranger came to visit?
Thinking that the other party might be Mr. Morrie's "reinforcement", Wayne asked Doug to ask for his personal opinion.
Mr. Molière took a few secret glances at the man from the upstairs window. Although he had never met him before, he thought that the man might be the one who came to contact him, so he decided to take a gamble.

After meeting the other party in the room, the Frenchman's eyes really lit up again. After a few words of probing, he found out that he was indeed from Frank's side.

Since the security mission has not been officially completed, and Mr. Morrie has connections with the third-party force and is still valuable for the time being, there are still agents outside the open room just in case, but they try to keep a polite distance and not continue to eavesdrop on their conversation.

But what is a bit exaggerated is that this girl seems to be a big star. It is said that she can occupy space in many magazines. At the same time, she is neither a partner nor a "client" of the detective agency, so the detectives do not have any awe of her.

So, under Liam's leadership, the agents outside the door were quickly replaced by several groups. In name, they were on duty and protecting the privacy of customers, but in fact, they all came to see the world.

Wayne didn't care much about such trivial matters, so he let them do what they wanted, as long as they went and came back quickly and didn't delay their work.

As Mr. Morrie's current pursuer, Lina gave up the idea of joining in the fun after knowing that the other party was not Mr. Morrie's real fiancée. She continued to watch Willy and the others compare fingerprints.

Then the big spider Peter came back from somewhere. Wayne couldn't understand its sign language, but Lina just said "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)