New Gods of North America.

Chapter 499 Big Head
After the initial discussion, Margaret did not stay too long.
She was now working three jobs at the same time - the Windsors first sent her from the South New World to France, and then France sent her to America. Then, with the support of both sides, her acting career was forced to flourish, and she was overwhelmed by the reception and various social activities.
I am so busy that almost all of my personal time is allocated to "overtime".

After learning that in addition to the experienced hunters and Lina, all the detectives in the agency were Beyonders with combat experience, she felt relatively relieved about Mr. Molière's safety in the short term.
But in order to prevent any problems with the task assigned by Frank, she left a small reminder to Wayne and the others before leaving:

"The secret letter Mr. Molière sent to us for help showed signs of having been opened in advance. That's why I was sent here to contact him urgently - he hasn't completely escaped surveillance. The other party's method is very professional. If Frank's high-level secret letters were not sent in special envelopes containing small particles that would deteriorate after fumigation, the problem would be almost unnoticeable."

Fumigation is said to be one of the common methods used by secret service organizations to secretly open letters these days. The purpose is to avoid paper damage when opening the envelope and to try to eliminate the extra glue marks left by the secondary packaging. The technology is not difficult to understand, and the difficulty lies mainly in the specific "manual work".
But to Wayne and the others, this reminder sounded no less than a thunderclap.

Lina quickly recalled what happened at that time: "I delivered the letter on the way back to the temporary base with that guy. Because there was a possibility of being chased at that time, I deliberately got off the carriage in advance and took a detour to deliver the letter into a mailbox that the carriage had not passed by. It should not attract much attention."

Judging from the timeline, when Mr. Molière was attacked, some members of the assassination gang had already been arrested. They did not have the ability or motivation to spend time on such time-consuming operations as "monitoring-searching letters-opening".
It seems unlikely that the third-party force that attacked Mr. Moliere would do so. Since they have chosen to take direct action, why bother opening the letter? Wouldn't it be more effective to get rid of Mr. Moliere once and for all?
The most suspicious party in this matter is the local secret service organization that manages the postal routes.
During their daily sorting, they can focus on following up on letters sent to specific locations or to special people. This is in line with their identities and job tasks and is also the most reasonable in terms of work arrangements.

But if you think about it this way, there will be a big problem.

Inessa frowned immediately. "Excluding other lesser possibilities, the most likely problem is the mail route. In other words, the people we have tracked down, including Mr. Molière and the assassination gang, may have already entered the field of vision of the local agent organization."

Yes, they didn't care when foreigners were attacked, and they didn't report the possible assassination of Tom Hagen. Their overall attitude is very suspicious.
Taking a step back, they all have the ability to control this, but there is also a third-party force with a lot of manpower active in this series of events. Who would believe that the local agent organization is completely unaware of this?

Wayne found that digging deeper into the third-party force seemed to be much more difficult than he had imagined: "The third-party force may have colluded with the local spy organization, or is in a protected state. It seems almost impossible to bypass the local spy organization to conduct an investigation..."

That's not as good as...

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Many experiences in life will tell people that as long as the thoughts slip, ease and happiness will soon follow.

Tom Hagen, who had been working despite his injury, was obviously suffering from physical pain. As soon as the monk who led the way closed the door of his office, he lay down on the sofa again.

After listening to Wayne's plan with his eyes closed, Tom Hagen still lay there pretending to be dead:
"Are you planning to cooperate with Reverend Tyrell and the Beaton family to target Walter?"

Wayne shook his head. "Not really. Our detective agency's current principles are still to 'ensure the investigation results are objective and true' and 'not involve politics too much'. But since the next investigation seems to have no way to bypass the local agent organization, it is better to provide some facts to their opponents first to distract their attention so that the third party can surface. This can only be regarded as an investigative strategy. I don't think it can be called a 'joint effort'." After speaking, he looked at Tom Hagen and said, "Why do you look worse than before? Shouldn't the medical conditions in the cathedral be good?"

"The murderer's mistake only reduced the toxicity of the compound poison, but did not make it completely harmless. Although I am temporarily in charge of some affairs, I cannot simply give orders like the bishop and have them executed. During this period of time, I did not get enough rest, and the toxins were not metabolized enough, so the damage accumulated."

Tom Hagen finished his digression and quickly returned to the main topic. "My answer is the same as before. The cathedral will not be too involved in political affairs. The most I can do is to write it down for you in an internal memo. As for the benefits or risks of doing so, you may have to bear them yourself."

Wayne understood, "That's enough. I came here just to file a report."

Tom Hagen seemed to think about it. "In fact, if the news that 'the postal system knew about the assassination in advance' is released, it will be difficult for your detective agency not to be hostile to Walter or his subordinates. In this case, you might as well do it more thoroughly. I think you can at least sell it for a good price."

Wayne glanced at him. "Is this a suggestion from the cathedral?"

"No, it's just a personal opinion, just a casual chat. I won't admit it afterwards." Tom Hagen didn't even raise his eyelids.

Wayne pondered for a moment and said, "Then I won't change my mind for now. I'll just investigate the case first. Let's see if the Beaton family can make a big enough noise, and then consider the follow-up matters."

"fair enough."

Tom Hagen nodded, then suddenly opened his eyes. "Speaking of politics, I remember your family has been doing business in the West for many years. Which party do you belong to in the local area?"

Wayne was also slightly stunned by this question.
Yes.

I'm only thinking about the detective agency. The bulk of my family's assets are still in Blackrock Town.

(End of this chapter)