New Gods of North America.

Chapter 304 Security
Today is Saturday, which is the last day of the week according to the common concept at this time. Believers in the Holy Spirit usually regard "Sunday" as the first day of the week.

After the etiquette class in the afternoon, Wayne's classes for this week were temporarily over.
Then he went back to the dormitory to put his books and homework away, and went to see the "building manager" Macon Reeve to ask if he had gotten better today, whether "Macon" had appeared again, etc.

Then he took him back to the detective agency in a carriage and continued to examine and observe Inissa and Lina.

Since everyone confirmed that Peter's extraordinary ability could not last long, the detective agency relaxed its vigilance against Peter's escape.
However, as a price to pay, Inissa's "skipping class" career could no longer continue, and she returned to the painful classes that she was dragged to the piano room of the academy by Lina.

So when Wayne returned to the detective agency,
Inissa and Lina hadn't finished their classes yet. Doug and Seth, along with the agents and Peter, were probably still "fishing" or keeping watch in the city or college.
Apart from the chef Parker, the detective in charge of guarding the house, and Ryan who was Wayne's coachman, Emma was the only one left in the detective agency.

But several "outsiders" have already arrived.

"You guys arrived much faster than I thought."

Wayne opened his arms to the guys sitting in the conference room and said, "Welcome to Virginia."

"Hey, Wayne." One of the young men waved at Wayne when he saw this.

Then he was hit by his partner next to him, "You are so rude. This is a senior hunter's partner. You should call him Mr. Wayne."

The other thinner man looked behind Wayne warily, "Mr. Wayne, is Miss Lina still here?"

"Are you looking for her?" Wayne looked at the other person and smiled. "Lina and Inissa are still busy. They should be back before dinner."

Then Wayne saw the other party shaking his head violently:
"No, no, no, I'm not looking for her. But Miss Lina compressed the person into a ball with just a few spells. I was deeply impressed..."

The people who came were all friends that Wayne and his friends had met in Kanx City before.
There were five people in total, three of whom had been interviewed for the first batch of detectives in the detective agency, and the other two had not participated in the interview before, but Wayne had met them in the Hunter Bar in Kansas City.

The current presidential election system in the United States is as follows:

Each state must obtain the primary election results as soon as possible after the election day and select its own "electors".
Then the electors from each state must complete the "electoral voting" at the beginning of next month, and finally the Senate and House of Representatives will hold a joint meeting the next month to count the voting results of the "electoral college" and actually decide the presidential candidate based on the voting results of the "electoral votes".

Although the legal process is long, in fact, according to the "winner takes all" principle, as long as the general election results and votes in each state are summarized as soon as possible, the vote situation of the presidential candidates can basically be determined in advance.

As the public and the wealthy are generally concerned, the political, business and newspaper circles also have a practical need to "get ahead".
Therefore, thanks to the presidential election system, the speed of information dissemination among the people is constantly accelerating. The speed of the postal system between major cities in America can be called "astonishing" in this era.

However, no matter how "amazing" it was, only a little over three weeks had passed since Inessa wrote the letter.

According to Wayne's estimate, the letter had to go through Chicago to be sent from Georgeburg to Kansas City, although it was also sent from "city to city".
But from "the letter is sent" to the other party "making up their mind" and then to "the person actually coming", normally it would take at least a month at the fastest. This is almost half the time, which is a bit unscientific.

Wayne was confused, so he asked directly,
It was a member of the Hunter Association who cleared up Wayne's confusion:

"In fact, with the current speed of steam trains, if they can run non-stop from Kansas City, they can reach Richmond in less than three days. The rest of the time is spent waiting for the steam train to stop or for people to transfer and goods to be sorted, which usually takes at least half a month.

"Miss Inessa used a special secret mark on the envelope. Some friendly people and organizations like the Underground Railroad will provide convenience after seeing it. Some routes may not be normal postal routes, so it will be faster. It will arrive in about a week. "We were afraid that the number of places for this recruitment would still be limited, so we did this 'expedited'. We mixed with various passenger and freight steam trains along the way, and almost all of them followed the fastest transfer method given by friendly people. We even spent the night on the steam train."

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "You've worked really hard. Take a good rest for a few days and learn about the current situation of our detective agency."

In this era, the steam train is running non-stop all the way here.
If it were Wayne, he would probably feel like his bones were about to fall apart, and he would definitely not be able to sleep well...

"It looks like you have it all sorted here, but do you still honor the treatment you promised them in Kanks City?" asked one of the more carefree guys.

Wayne snapped his fingers:
"Maybe it's better than what I promised before, but the prerequisite is that you must meet the conditions. Of course, even if you can't meet the conditions or are unwilling to accept them, I won't let you make a wasted trip. Our detective agency will cover the round-trip fare and food and accommodation during this period."

The other party grinned and pinched his fingers to make a "clicking" sound:

"Even Doug and Willy can do it. Don't worry, Mr. Wayne. The people from Kankers City are not something that ordinary people can mess with."

Wayne didn't doubt that they were bragging.

This is not to say that bounty hunters from the West are necessarily more powerful, but because these people have been in places like Kansas where there are all kinds of people and have had experience as "vigilantes", which is how Wayne got to know them.

The so-called "vigilante" is risky, unprotected, and possibly even unprofitable.
Without a certain level of self-protection and adaptability, it is difficult for people to persist and survive, even if their motives are good.
Even out of good intentions, companions may gradually stop asking such people to directly participate in the battle - just like Doug at the beginning.

Moreover, the reason why several of them were not selected at the beginning was mainly because their extraordinary abilities were more suitable for "fighting" and did not have much advantage in being "detectives".

But no matter how bad he is, he is no better than Willy.

The "friendly match" after dinner also proved this point.
Without any prior warning, even if the shrewd hunter looked careless, when faced with the "armored" cowardly Peter, the way he chose to deal with it was to "keep a safe distance" but always "hold on".
After he had made Peter the coward to the point where he could only release his extraordinary abilities, he started to get close and beat him up.

Wayne looked at the situation at the scene.

I feel like the “arena” will be busy again for a while.

At night,

According to rumors spread by word of mouth among students, which may not be reliable, the college's dormitories are usually not inspected on Saturdays.
Wayne didn't want to take this risk at first, but after "Macon" disappeared, the current Macon Reeve seemed to become more reliable.

So after even the "building manager" said that there would be nothing to do today, Wayne spent the night in the detective agency.
Then the next day, Wayne skipped the church service, slept until he woke up naturally, and then took Ryan directly to Richmond to find Mr. Russell to discuss the steam line security commission.

As for the new members, they stay and listen to Doug explain the rules of the detective agency.

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(End of this chapter)