New Gods of North America.

Chapter 538 Situation

Combined with the known information, the outline of the matter was slowly outlined in my mind.

Although there are still many "black box" parts with unclear details, as a non-party, I can barely assess the situation.

So unlike Ms. Susan who talked about trivial matters in a relaxed manner, after Wayne had roughly sorted out his thoughts, apart from a little "cold sweat" after realizing it belatedly, there was almost only one word left in his mind -

Cow.

What happened last night was obviously not an "accident", but a premeditated "plan" involving the "cooperation" of many parties.
Regardless of whether Bishop Corleone was the proactive initiator of the plan or the passive counterattack after the conspiracy was unfolded, at least judging from the results alone, Bishop Corleone did not seem to have lost control of the situation until the last moment.

Otherwise, the result that "the rebels suffered heavy losses, while the cathedral did not seem to have many casualties" would seem unreasonable.

If there really is a reckoning, Tom Hagen will probably be put in the first batch to be sacrificed to heaven. There is no need to think about promotion, "ascension to heaven" is more like it.

Battle reports may lie, but battle lines cannot.

Even if Reverend Tyrell was the one who stole the fruits of victory, he should not have gained an overwhelming advantage.

It's not quite like "The classic reappearance of Xuanwu Gate" or "Your Majesty is easily soluble in water", but it might be "Zhao Gao and Li Si tampered with the imperial edict", or the "Golden Casket Alliance" of Dasongchao, which is an incongruous succession between brother and younger brother - I won't fight with you while you are alive, and I will make trouble for you when you die.

Although it is possible that Reverend Tyrell put the blame on Corleone afterwards, no matter how you look at it, Bishop Corleone's final move of "taking away a large group of people in one wave" seemed very bold and ruthless.

Meow,

Otherwise, why is he called the "descendant of April Grass" and Wayne is just a "little guy" in his eyes?

If it were a hundred years ago, Bishop Corleone would have really been the kind of tough guy who could take the lead in “scalping” and “sending blankets”…

I was still thinking about making the captives "grateful", but even if they were passively counterattacking, they would just "go on the road together".

"Civilized society" is really terrible.

……

Back at the restaurant, there was a long line outside the back door. They were all little kids of "child labor" age. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they were probably actually,

Lina didn't know what was going on, but it was almost like a job fair. The children came in one by one to provide information and then took free food of corresponding specifications from Willy.

After seeing Wayne, Lina came over to share information, but her attention was quickly diverted:
"1500 dollars! Plus the 1000 dollars from Molière, I didn't expect this trip would be worth it."

Wayne actually has an even bigger surprise.
He took out a map from a pile of maps in the room and gestured on it. "I just met with Mr. Russell. According to him, the security of this section, this section, and the steam train routes in this area will all be reserved for our detective agency. We can sign the contract at any time."

Lina's eyes lit up, and in an instant she looked as bright and beautiful as the new diva in a TV show who won a big award upon debut:
"Then won't we have a stable income in the future without having to solve any cases? Isn't that Reverend Tyrell now the bishop? I guess he will die someday?" Ah this...

That's not how it's calculated.

But Lina's excitement didn't last long. She soon realized the problem, just like the female star who "thought she could win the award, but ended up just being nominated and running for the prize":
"But according to the current staffing situation of the detective agency, it would probably take a month just to patrol such a large area, and the office would not be able to open enough."

Wayne already had a preliminary idea at this time. "If it really doesn't work, we can consider using the 'formal agent plus peripheral members' model to form a framework and then slowly investigate and correct the problem. Let's talk about this after Inesa comes back. You have so many people here, what have you gained today?"

"That's a lot. But the information that children know is often superficial, and needs to be sorted out before we can see it. As far as I can see now, at least there is no sign of a "big purge", and all walks of life are eerily quiet."

That is, most people are probably like the detective agency, still busy looking for information.
What we need to be wary of right now are those who may know the news but have an unclear attitude, such as local spy organizations.

Wayne called Doug into the room and quickly told him the rhetoric and theory he had thought of, and then asked him to first persuade the captives in the basement to surrender, and by the way, make a preliminary judgment on whether they were usable or not.
If there is interest, we can talk about it slowly. If not, someone can play the bad guy first, in case the partner can't handle it himself. Then we can only go in the direction of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey". It won't be that bad.

At most, the problem can be solved by politely sending the person to the church. There is no need to put your face in danger.

Lina and I reviewed the information sent by the children. I have to say that although these little guys do jobs like newspaper boys and shoe shiners, those who can make a living on the streets do seem to be more clever. Their average level should be better than Tony in Blackstone Town.
Although the places they can appear are limited, many children have good observation skills and are distributed over a wide range. Some are said to have run across most of Richmond. Just by summarizing the "places where the incident happened last night" that they know, the whole vision seems different.

"Last night this wasn't just an ordinary 'emergency'. There were so many places where crimes happened. Fortunately, we were not affected."

As the children provided information one by one, the two maps in Lina's hand were soon marked with a lot of "circles" and "crosses". One was used simply for recording, and the other would be marked after the information was cross-verified to eliminate possible false information and interference items.

But even so, it can be seen that Richmond was actually quite "lively" last night despite being quiet.

Wayne leaned over and pointed, "This spot is too close to our restaurant. It's only a block away. Could it be targeting us?"

"I'm not sure. But I've asked Liam to check there before. There was no murder. The landlord felt something was wrong after reading the newspaper today. He went to check and found that a lot of people were missing, so he reported the tenants missing. Now there are rumors that the place is haunted."

"Extraordinary evil spirit?"

“Not really. Liam is quite perceptive in this regard. Sometimes even Peter can be spotted by him. If there really is an evil spirit, he will definitely run faster than a horse.”

He is so amazing that he could get certification from Lina and Peter?

As for the candidate to take over the first office, there is already one.

Even if you fail to accomplish your mission, at least you don't have to worry about being "wiped out". At least you can leave someone alive to report back.

(End of this chapter)