New Gods of North America.

Chapter 508 Check
Even though these days' high-end restaurants don't even have private rooms, their style and manners are comparable to some high-end restaurants in modern society that "only serve regular customers", and they may even be better.

A high-end restaurant where even the gift matchboxes are worth keeping for reuse is naturally one of the best. It is said that they only accept reservations. Not to mention going there on the same day, you may not get a seat even if you make a reservation half a month in advance.

Of course, this situation may exist, but for the big guys, the rules are just for others to hear.

At least Reverend Tyrell's cards were enough. The next morning, when Wayne went over with the restaurant invitation he gave him, the waiter at the door took it and confirmed its authenticity, then only asked, "How many people would like to have dinner?"

Someone similar to the lobby manager soon heard the news and came and took charge of the reception personally. Wayne did not come here to eat, and after the other party was briefly stunned, he was quickly invited to a place similar to a meeting room.

No, don’t you have a room?

The decoration is also quite nice. Why not replace the sofa and coffee table and set up a private room?

Wayne didn't wait long in the reception room while drinking coffee. The lobby manager had probably finished his request and returned, saying that he would fully cooperate.

He took the matchbox that Wayne handed over and took a look at it. The information he provided was more useful than Wayne thought: "The matches in our restaurant are all customized. Although the overall style remains consistent, each version is slightly different. This is the latest packaging, and it has been used for less than a month."

"You should have a daily list of guests' reservations or dining options, right?" Wayne asked.

The other party was quite cooperative. "I have arranged for someone to copy it. You can check it with the version we keep later to ensure the consistency of the content. However, we will only record the information of the host or the person who made the reservation, and will not record other guests - unless they are regular customers. We must ensure that we can keep abreast of changes in the preferences of our guests. There is no record of the distribution of matches. As long as the guests need them, we will provide them."

Wayne thought for a moment, "You should also provide servants' meals here, right? What if they want it?"

The other party answered without hesitation: "The coachman or the personal servant will be taken to the back hall for dinner. Of course, there are matches there, but they will not have the mark of our restaurant."

There are also different levels of gifts...

Two lists were then sent up, one thick and one thin. Sanders, who was standing next to him, took the list and checked it, "The originals don't look altered or missing pages, and the content is the same."

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This high-end restaurant does not have the concept of "turning over tables". It only serves one meal at noon and one meal at night, and normally will not accommodate additional guests during this period.
But even so, there are more than 20 tables in the restaurant, which means a lot of people in a month. Excluding the repeated names, there are still hundreds of records.

It is said that there was no lunch here originally, but a distinguished guest made a request, and the restaurant just happened to be able to give more choices to other guests who could not compete with the distinguished guests, so a relatively simple daytime supply was added.

——The lobby manager also explained that in theory this restaurant does not exclude ordinary people. Some people save money by eating frugally and are willing to make reservations in advance and wait. For the restaurant, this is actually something that can improve its style. If the reason is to use it for major life events such as marriage proposal, it will even be arranged as much as possible.

This caused trouble for the detective agency. Not only did the records double, but the personnel also became more complicated.
The record Wayne brought back was a simplified version. The original version was more exaggerated, with the menu of the day, the names of the drinks provided, and the requests made by the guests, etc.
Even though Wayne had already asked about physical characteristics, the lobby manager and several waiters had marked possible key points through their memories, and in the end they only filled up a page. With the document stamped with the cathedral's seal, Wayne then went to the city hall to check and retrieve the relevant personnel files.
In this age of paper archives, it is often very troublesome to find things. The archive room is divided into an inner room and an outer room. The inner room, separated by walls and thick iron doors, only has an office window with an iron grille. The iron cabinets inside are lined up in rows, almost reaching the ceiling. There is even a small push-able staircase to make it easier for archivists to climb up and down.

To save trouble, Wayne first looked up the targets' registered birth dates, addresses, identities, and other brief information on the summary list by name.
Excluding some who seemed unlikely because of a huge age and status difference, and comparing with the key points, it seems that there are only at least twenty or so people left - and the premise is that the guy reserved the table under his own name. If he was a freeloader or used a pseudonym, then it would be completely useless.

After filtering it again, I can actually check the archives.

The only thing that made Wayne feel a little relieved was the review record that the archivist asked him to sign.
The records of some of the "key personnel" have been checked more than once today. It seems that in addition to the detective agency, there are other people who are busy. After flipping through the records, it is not clear whether they are from the same group, but there should be at least two groups of people who have checked more content than Wayne.

The archivist was a plump lady in her forties. She had seen Wayne's name in the newspapers a few days ago. After knowing his name and seeing his appearance, she was quite enthusiastic about him, a bit like a fan meeting a little star.

After signing, the archivist came into the inner room from the other side of the outer room, carrying what looked like a specially made lantern with a hood. Wayne waited outside the small window for her to find the files one by one. While chatting, he also took the opportunity to ask her for information:

"Ms. Susan, why don't some of the records above require signatures? I see that others need records just for reading."

Ms. Susan winked at Wayne from a distance in the closet room, "Those are the people who came with special documents, they are different."

Got it, insider.

Perhaps because these files had been consulted several times recently, Ms. Susan was able to find them quickly. After going back and forth a few times, she quickly drew a series of circles on the reference list with a pencil.

But then her speed slowed down noticeably, and the light from the shaded lantern lingered behind a cabinet for a long time, during which time the sound of rummaging never stopped.

Wayne couldn't help but ask, "Miss Susan, are you okay?"

Ms. Susan returned to the other side of the small window with a cold face. She looked through the records several times and compared them with her own internal records. Then she started to turn over the table and picked up the piled files one by one to check them. In the end, her voice seemed to become a little sobbing:

"I was looking for the file you were looking for, Mr. Wayne, but the one I was looking for is missing... I confirmed in the records that it had been returned."

Ok? !

"Whose file is missing?" Wayne asked quickly.

Ms. Susan pointed out a name with her shaking fingers. Wayne thought for a moment and said, "Don't panic. Look for the remaining files first to see if his file is the only one missing."

(End of this chapter)