New Gods of North America.

Chapter 505 Detective
Fortunately, the detective agency responded promptly. When the fingerprint collection team led by Wayne and Lina arrived at the "third-party force's thugs' hideout" that was newly unlocked tonight, the fire had just started.

A group of people helped to put out the fire, negotiated with patrol officers and neighborhood officials who came after hearing the news, maintained order, and prevented evidence from being contaminated, and then began a thorough search.

Compared to ordinary rental houses, the interior of this small building is actually more shabby. Apart from the basic furniture, there are not many additional personal daily necessities. Many items are placed in a messy manner, and most of the luggage is in a "half-packed" state. This situation is consistent with what Ma Zai said that "I will change my residence regularly".
It's a bit like the temporary shared housing that modern college students live in while looking for jobs, or a collective dormitory on a construction site. It looks like the people living here don't treat it as their "home", and it's full of the feeling of "just making do with it for a while".

In a room on the second floor that looked like a dining room or living room, but was actually used as a chess and card room, the detectives quickly found the wine bottles and leopard teeth that Ma Zai Ge mentioned. There were unexpectedly many empty wine bottles at the scene, and some were "stacked up".

Then, accompanied by various small complaints such as "The toilet here stinks" and "The unwashed dishes are all moldy", the detective agency is now similar to homeless people recycling waste, carefully treating all kinds of things that others think of as garbage as treasures, and carefully sorting and collecting them with gloves and taking them home.

They worked until the evening, and then Wayne and his team started their return journey with a lot of stuff.
The covered carriage that the detective agency had temporarily brought was packed to the brim. A small portion of it was luggage that had been discarded here, which was used to find information about the guys' lives. Another pile was various empty bottles and wine glasses, and some were furniture that might have accumulated fingerprints. The scariest thing among them was a porcelain toilet lid. In order to avoid fingerprints being removed, they didn't even dare to clean it. It was a typical example of a dog that was abandoned by people.

One can only sigh that "life is not easy".

I bought a bunch of local newspapers that were just published today. There is no shortage of people with great vision in this era. One of the reports has already seen the prospects of fingerprint applications. Wayne was flattered by the flattery:
"The final judgment on criminals! The discovery of fingerprints may completely change the world."

"According to Wayne Constantine, the discoverer of 'fingerprints', no one's fingerprints are exactly the same, and fingerprints will accompany everyone throughout their lives - to prove this, he even issued a reward of up to 10,000 US dollars. The servants in my house went crazy after seeing the reward, but those fingerprints that look similar can actually be so different under careful observation.

"Many commentators believe that this can be used to assist in handling cases. In the future, the police can accurately find the murderer based on the evidence. This is a newer and more scientific investigation method - although this theory still needs to be tested and verified. But this view is still a bit superficial. The author believes that if the relevant research on fingerprints is confirmed, the impact of its discovery may be more far-reaching.

"Imagine this scenario: after a criminal commits a crime, as long as the police archive the fingerprint records he left behind, then no matter a few years, a dozen years, or even decades later, even if the police officer in charge of the original investigation is no longer around, the subsequent police officers can still rely on the records to identify the criminal. Police in various places only need to conduct fingerprint verification on outsiders to confirm whether the stranger in front of them has a criminal record.

"This will be the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of every criminal. Criminals may be able to hide for a while, but it is almost impossible to hide their fingerprints for life. The era when criminals can escape to other places and hide their identities once they successfully evade pursuit has come to an end! Justice may still be late, but the discovery of fingerprints will make it no longer absent! Wayne Constantine may become the greatest detective of this era."

Well……

The imaginary detective invented a revolutionary method, which then terrified all criminals.

The real detective is currently taking a truckload of garbage home to research...

Lina finished reading the report opposite Wayne. After the newspaper fell, her eyes widened on her pretty face:
"Is this fingerprint you made such a scary thing?"

After Lina finished speaking, she threw away the newspaper and began to rummage through her waist bag, apparently intending to put on her gloves quickly.

Wayne scratched his cheek beside him, "You're exaggerating... Fingerprints aren't as serious as they say. You won't have to wear gloves all the time."

In fact, fingerprints have indeed crushed criminals in the history of modern society. The crime-solving rates of various countries have increased rapidly in the corresponding period, especially many old cases have been cleaned up in a big way.
But like DNA, once the principle is popularized, criminals will soon be aware of anti-detection. It is indeed useful, but it is a bit exaggerated to use it to end crime... And the fingerprint database is also a problem. In the era of relying on paper media to spread information, the resolution of the fingerprints that can be reproduced is limited. If you want to confirm it in the end, you still have to look at the real thing. After the number of collected fingerprints increases, it is also very troublesome to compare them.
According to the current situation in America, if dozens of "dictionaries" were printed and piled up in the police station, unless it was a particularly serious case, no one would seriously look through them, which would be a strange thing...

Lina was obviously still full of vigilance: "Fortunately, this matter has been made public. Otherwise, if the news was known by some secret agency first, they might choose to silence you. Even if this method is useless for ordinary people, those secret agencies are willing to spend a lot of effort to identify agents."

Ah this...

He is indeed a professional who has offended countless people yet still managed to escape to the New World alive. It is not easy for ordinary people to think of this.

Wayne thought about it and had to change his way to comfort Lina. "Anyway, those secret agencies may not have your fingerprints, and you don't have a criminal record in the New World, so don't worry so much."

Lina became even more nervous after hearing this: "I have my own cell in the Inquisition... The Holy See is fine, but the people from the Church of Light might want to find me and kill me. It's possible that they will provide those things to the Windsor people or the Franks."

"What are you afraid of? The New World is not their territory. Even if your identity is exposed, they will be able to catch you."

"That's true... No, why don't we just hurry back to Blackrock Town? You haven't been to the academy for a while anyway."

"I've spent so much money on tuition! And Bishop Corleone's charter is only valid in Virginia. Have you forgotten the new bishop in Kansas City? I don't think he is the kind of person who would give us a charter."

"Are you from the West? You've already come to the West, why do you still care about the charter?"

"Kansas City is not a lawless place! It's hard to be a sheriff because there are always people who think like you. And we're going to establish a state soon, so everything will be standardized sooner or later."

"Hmm...what's the name of the state west of Kansas? Colorado?"

"Then you might as well go to Arizona. It's further west, and it'll probably take some time for it to become a state."

"May I?"

"You are a partner of the detective agency, don't keep thinking about running away. You don't know anyone there, and any gangsters can tear down your house in the middle of the night. By then, you will be exhausted just by guarding the house."

"provoke……"

(End of this chapter)