New Gods of North America.

Chapter 511 Series Connection
The pharmacy is indeed a business with a church background.
It was clearly past the working hours, but after Wayne and his team left, the supervisor took the initiative to bring back several relevant staff members, which seemed like they were "actively cooperating with the work of sister units."

Wayne felt a little embarrassed that he had forced others to work overtime.
However, we still have to ask the questions that need to be asked. After a comparison, if the names, accents and physical features match, we can basically make a "identity identification".

Since it has been a while,
The clerk, who was the main witness that day, had a slightly fuzzy memory of the incident. He was half recalling and half thinking, and he was not sure about the words he used:

"The basic situation is probably what I just said. As for more clues...

"The gentleman's carriage should have left in this direction at the time. It seems that while waiting in the middle, he seemed to say something like 'Let's go to Oak Street first, and then go back to Marshall Street' to his companion..."

Wayne raised his eyelids, "Are you sure?"

The clerk was already a little unconfident, and he became even more hesitant after hearing this: "Maybe I got it mixed up or heard it wrong..."

Inessa blinked and said, "Do you have any Night Rose here? Make some tea with it. Maybe it will help you remember after you drink it."

The pharmacy manager had no objection to this and happily arranged for someone to make tea. When it was served, the portion was large enough for each person, even Wayne and Inessa had some.

Wayne looked down at the black "flower mushroom" in his cup. Damn, it's clearly called "Wild Rose", how can it be mushroom tea?
Inissa picked up the cup and took a sip herself, signaling Wayne not to worry, "This is the raw material used to calm the nerves and drive away sleep. It is harmless to drink it occasionally."

Well……

Indeed, it tasted strange after drinking it, and the aftereffects were even worse than going into the dirty toilets of the prisoners' quarters...

The clerk who was questioned also shuddered after drinking it. If it weren't for the supervisor persuading him, he would definitely not drink a second sip.

After downing half a cup of mushroom tea, the clerk held the cup and refused to drink any more. He pretended to recall and thought hard. After a while, he nodded as if to confirm:
"I think I heard that. There are no similar pronunciations of these two streets in Richmond. I think I heard it right."

Wayne stared at the clerk and repeated, "Are you sure? Later we may need to ask you to appear in court as a witness and repeat this testimony in court - and you will have to swear publicly in the name of the Holy Spirit."

After the shock wore off, the clerk seemed to calm down gradually, his eyes brightened: "I'm sure."

bad news.

Wayne forced a smile and held out his hand to the clerk. "In that case, I would like to thank you for your cooperation."

……

After telling the pharmacy manager that what happened tonight must be kept strictly confidential, Wayne asked casually and found out that the price of the finished product of "Wild Rose" was almost the same as the same weight of gold.

The "brother unit" was generous, and Wayne didn't want to let them suffer a loss, so he left a large double eagle gold coin that he usually kept for showing off. By the way, he felt a little regretful that he didn't have the patience to finish the drink just now.

Then Wayne left the pharmacy but didn't leave in a hurry. He walked around the area for a while. After making sure that no one was following him, he put away his weapon and returned to the pharmacy. He found an excuse to take the clerk who was asked to wait into the carriage.

Oak Street and Marshall Street are both long, and there are certainly many locations along the way. The latter is still a "main street" and is larger in scale. However, in the recent investigation of the detective agency, 76 Oak Street is the residence of the captives of the third-party forces, and 97 Marshall Street is the residence of the contact person who was personally given to Reverend Tyrell by Senator Walter. It is also the place where Inesa was "accidentally arrested" during the investigation.

Plus the missing little boss, serving as a link between these two possible locations...

Meow,

That "third party force" is actually a local spy organization, right? !
This time the detective agency has really hit the "iceberg", because the person behind it is a powerful federal senator.

In order not to put pressure on the clerk, Wayne and Inessa tacitly did not talk about this topic in the carriage on the way to the cathedral.
This guy is now more important than the "window prying master". He is a bit "hot" even if he is brought back to the temporary base of the detective agency. Although there were other people from the pharmacy present when he gave his testimony, there would be substitutes even if he was silenced. But for safety reasons, Wayne decided to send him to Tom Hagen in time.

When Wayne was confirming the stalker near the pharmacy just now, it was almost the moment when he had the strongest desire to kill since he came to Richmond this time.

If the other party knew about this crucial witness, he would probably be silenced like the financial sponsor, Mr. Morrie. Therefore, if they had discovered the stalker just now, Wayne and Inessa would have tried their best to prevent the stalker from leaving.

Tom Hagen did not meet the clerk for fear of suspicion, but after connecting the clues that the detective agency had already found, the whole case became clear to him.
As the real target victim of the assassination, Wayne was actually quite curious about what kind of "acceptance speech" he would give, but Tom Hagen didn't seem particularly surprised. He thought about it for a moment, but asked Wayne back: "Now that the truth has been found out, how do you plan to arrest him next?"

Wayne: “Huh?”

"If the bishop heard the report, he might ask you the same question."

Tom Hagen shrugged and quipped, "I thought you were the type who would help avenge an innocent colleague."

"I am. But when I found out that there might be a senator behind him, I began to reflect on whether our relationship as colleagues was really that good."

While Wayne was making fun of Tom Hagen, he was trying to figure out what he meant by that. "It seems like the Cathedral and Mr. Walter didn't get along very well before?"

"There will be no open conflict between the top leaders of the church and politics." Tom Hagen gave Wayne a look and let him understand it himself.

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "If Mr. Walter knew about the assassination, I wouldn't doubt it. But I'm afraid it would be difficult to prove that he was the one who ordered it, unless someone under his command accuses him."

Logically speaking, according to American laws and national conditions, senators in Congress actually enjoy the power to be exempt from all charges except treason and bribery. At least since the establishment of the federation, there has never been a precedent of senators being purged after retirement. At most, they were impeached and removed from office, and their past was forgiven.

Even if he was proven to have ordered the assassination of a cathedral treasurer, it would be a bit too much to call him "treason". No matter how fiercely he was scolded in the newspapers, as long as the court did not care, the person involved could just pretend not to see it and that would be it...

Tom Hagen looked at the ceiling and said, "Just a little chat between friends. If what you have found out is made public, many people will wait for an opportunity to take action. Each state in the federation only has two senators, and there are many people eyeing them. You have no foundation in the political world, and it's too early for the young people of the Beaton family to do so. You need to be careful about who you make friends with recently."

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "If I can catch the fugitive leader, will the bishop think that our detective agency's mission is accomplished?"

"Of course. In fact, it should be considered completed now." Tom Hagen nodded. "The extra things are your own personal choices. The church will not interfere with personal development."

(End of this chapter)