New Gods of North America.

Chapter 489 Conflicting Testimonies
To be honest, Wayne is a person who traveled through time from modern society. If we only talk about the breadth of his knowledge, he feels that he should be at least slightly above the average level in this world.

But after re-interrogating the assassin named "Carl", Wayne had to admit that he had never seen such a chaotic situation before.

In the corridor outside the interrogation room, Inissa told Wayne her thoughts after sorting them out:
"Karl and Avner are fellow countrymen from Prussia and grew up in the same village. After the village was destroyed, they left the army and found some people with the same ideas and embarked on the road of revenge together. During this period, in order to obtain intelligence, they had exchanges or conflicts with many organizations.

"From the perspective of their gang's organizational structure, Avner is now their leader. The accomplice named Steve is the main contact between the leader and ordinary members of their gang. He has experience in special agent organizations. The other members have their own division of labor, responsible for program planning, intelligence gathering, and specific execution. After lurking, the members basically communicated one-way through the central contact person, and rarely communicated with each other. Even when they were carrying out tasks together, they would pretend not to know each other.

"Carl's feelings for Avner may be more obscure, so Avner has never noticed it, or has never given Carl a formal response. Avner and Steve communicate more frequently on a daily basis, and he didn't care much about Carl before. From Avner's perspective, Carl seems to have a closer relationship with a deceased member named Robert, and even recruited a member with the same name later, which may be a kind of nostalgic thought. But in Steve's opinion, Carl obviously still has feelings for Avner..."

Wayne had to raise his hand and interrupted Inessa's analysis, "Wait a minute, is there something wrong with your last analysis?"

Inesa blinked and seemed to start thinking again. "The relationship between them is quite complicated. I don't know much about this aspect... If we only look at the existing testimony, Steve mentioned Daniel more often. Maybe that's the person he cares more about. But if you think about it this way, the relationship between them seems to be more complicated..."

"..."

Wayne silently changed the subject, "What do you think of the conflict between Carl and Avner's testimonies? I mean the part related to the assassination case."

Inissa's judgment in this regard is quite direct:

"Carl said that he started to assassinate Tom Hagen after receiving a secret letter using the gang's code. The reason given in the instructions was that Tom Hagen had already targeted them and might cause heavy losses to the gang. Time was running out and an emergency action was needed. But Avner's previous testimony almost completely denied this statement, which means that one of them was probably lying.

"Of course, it is also possible that someone forged their internal contact information, leading to this misunderstanding. However, the scale of their gang is not that large, and their actions are quite thorough. Steve, the most suspected contact person at the moment, does not seem to have any motive for doing so. Emotionally, he and..."

Wayne raised his hand again and chose to surrender. "Let's not talk about their feelings for now, let's just discuss the objective facts..."

I didn't expect the relationship between several men could be so messy, it's like a girls' dormitory where three people can form four groups.
Fortunately, Wayne is not the kind of detective who likes to explore the motive of the crime. He is a detective who does not care about emotions and does not care whether the murderer is a human or a dog.

Inesa obviously also prefers to conduct rational analysis, and she seemed a little relieved after hearing this:
"Carl, the assassin, said that he had destroyed the relevant letters before the operation, and now there is no evidence to support his statement. Although the leader Avner cannot prove that he did not commit the crime, the testimonies of his contacts and accomplices are more consistent with his statement. They have no motive to target Tom Hagen.

"I am more inclined to believe that what Avner said is true. The assassination was probably not a planned action of their gang. There are problems with Carl's testimony, which means that he may be lying or betraying his party."

If it was a defection by an agent, then the real culprit behind the assassination must be someone who turned Carl against his will...

It is not realistic to bribe a guy who chooses to lurk in the New World to avenge his hometown with money, and it seems a bit difficult to threaten him with his life.
The more Wayne thought about it, the more confused he felt. Could it be that he was really trapped by love?
If the murderer was really taken to the cathedral, even Wayne would not think it was a good idea. The situation was so strange that Wayne was considering asking Miss Olivia to come over and help see if there was anything else in these people's minds besides pink bubbles.

……

The turning point of the matter came unexpectedly from the temporary base of the detective agency.

Chameleon had just made a mistake tonight, and he seemed a little cautious when he came to pass on the message to Wayne.

When Wayne opened the note, he realized that Willy and his friends had to accompany Lina for the past few days, acting with their financial sponsor, Mr. Moreau, in a temporary base. So since they had nothing to do, they collected fingerprints from the collected evidence with the detectives who were guarding the house.

Willy is quite talented in this area. After comparison, he found that a fingerprint extracted from the murderer Carl's home also appeared in the home of Mr. Morrie who was attacked. It can be considered that they have been identified as the same person.

The fingerprints of the murderer Carl were found on a vase outside the window sill. It looked like someone had moved it while climbing through the window. The fingerprints of Mr. Molière were found in a similar place. They were found on the window glass that was removed from his home by the detective agency. They were also located on the "outside" side.
If you want to use your imagination, there is such a guy who is responsible for surveillance or good at prying windows, and he has appeared in the residences of the murderer Carl and Mr. Molière.

This person is definitely not a key figure. His status may be closer to that of an ordinary detective in a detective agency. He should be the kind of person who needs to do actual work on a daily basis. It would probably be difficult to find him.
However, compared to "who he is", the identity he represents is more worthy of speculation. Once this information came out, even Wayne had to fall into thought.

Mr. Morrie and the murderer gang were not on the same side, and in a sense they were even enemies of each other. The guy whose fingerprints were found was likely to have participated in the attack on Mr. Morrie, and could be considered the "enemy of the enemy" of the murderer gang.
But judging from the location of the fingerprints found in Karl's house, this person doesn't look like Karl's accomplice or guest...

A person from a third party seems to have had abnormal contact with both sides of the enemy at the same time. What is going on?
Wayne thought for a moment and said to Chameleon, "Collect the fingerprints of the murderer and his accomplices and send them back to have Willy and the others compare them again to see if there are any identical fingerprints."

Then he lowered his voice slightly and said, "Have you collected the fingerprints of Sheriff William before? His fingerprints also need to be compared."

"We only collected fingerprints of the police officers who had been to the scene. We don't seem to have Chief Inspector William's fingerprints..."

Before Chameleon could finish his sentence, Liam next to him knocked him on the head, "Stupid, can't we extract fingerprints from the glass? It's not difficult to give him a drink."

Wayne glanced at Liam. This guy's ability to adapt is really strong. He thought of new ways to play with new things like fingerprints so quickly. He has the potential to become an outlaw.
I hope the other parties involved in this case don’t adapt so quickly.

(End of this chapter)