The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

Li Shanze listened to the old knight's nostalgic chattering calmly, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

If my guess is correct, then this village is really interesting.

205 Kate's Question

At the same time, Kate was stunned as she looked at the information displayed on the computer screen.

"The Amish reality show, the producer is Tim Cohen? He even played the village chief in this show under his real name for ten years?" Kate stared at the screen with her blue eyes, full of surprise.

She did not forget that she started investigating immortality technology because of the disappearance of Tim Cohen's body.

But she never expected that the name of this "deceased" body, which was "preserved" by immortality technology for future resurrection, would reappear in front of her in this way.

"The Amish people live in Lancaster County near Philadelphia, 150 kilometers away from Philadelphia, and it takes about 1.5 hours to drive..." Kate muttered to herself as she looked at the information she had searched.

She glanced at the time and frowned. It had been less than two hours since Li Shanze left the Philadelphia Police Headquarters.

"That's not right, 1.5 hours? The smuggling case Lee mentioned didn't happen at the Philadelphia docks, but went straight to Lancaster County? Otherwise, how did he appear in the footage?"

Then Kate quickly pulled up the information about Jason "Wheel" Hawkins.

In the FBI files, Mr. Wheel's status is still alive.

"The Greystone Fangs... After the gang was wiped out, the top brass was wiped out and remains in prison. Only the gang's accountant, Charles 'Old Cripple' Willie, was granted parole for his role as a witness..."

"Charles 'Old Cripple' Willie...opened a scrap car disposal yard after his release at the Seventh Old Dock on the Delaware River?"

Kate quickly located the scrap vehicle processing plant on the map. Looking at the Delaware River, she muttered, "Didn't a tanker truck just explode nearby?"

Kate turned on Fox News on her phone. The Fox anchor was roaring at the top of his lungs, yelling at Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Omar Tory and praising the National Guard for their brave disaster relief efforts.

Looking at the news footage of the Delaware River in flames, Kate shook her head.

She won't easily believe the media's nonsense.

Let alone other cases Kate had handled, there were countless cases where the mess left by the war was distorted into various accidents.

"Clay, use your connections to find out what's behind the tanker explosion in the news!" Kate ordered her agents.

Agent Clay soon had an answer. Kate concluded that the smoke and flames on the Delaware River must be related to Li Shanze.

Kate thought about the disheveled Li Shanze who looked like a drowned rat that she saw in the live broadcast room. When she thought that Li Shanze might have jumped into the Delaware River in desperation, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

However, this also rules out the possibility that Li Shanze went directly to Lancaster County after leaving the Philadelphia Police Department.

So how did Li Shanze manage to reach the Lancaster County Amish community in less than two hours? Did he fly there?

Kate's eyebrows knitted again.

I'd better ask him myself.

Kate stood up, picked up her car keys, tossed her blonde ponytail, and was about to leave.

Then her steps suddenly stopped.

Is the reality show "Amish" really filmed in an Amish settlement?

The Amish people don't like any modern technology and don't accept being photographed. So how could they accept widespread being on camera or even being live streamed on the internet?

"Julio, help me find out where the Amish reality show was filmed, as well as information about the crew. The more detailed the better."

"Ah, they bought a piece of wilderness about 20 kilometers outside of Philadelphia, and then built a village and farmland with their own money. They filmed in a closed environment, and outsiders were not allowed to visit the crew...Aren't all the actors Amish?"

Kate thought about the glass palace in Fern Town, which was also built for the reality show "Hunting God".

Building a conservative medieval town that doesn't accept modern technology completely from scratch, and then conducting real-life shooting, is very consistent with the personality of the great producer Tim Cohen.

"Okay, send me the location of this crew. I want to go and check out the situation." Kate ordered.

"Your Excellency, Grand Knight." The speaker was Agent Lopez, one of Kate's auxiliary knights.

Just as Julio was the liaison between the Federation and Kate's group, Lopez was the liaison between the Catholic Church and Kate.

This auxiliary knight looked like he was troubled.

"You call me by my title when you're working, Agent Lopez." Kate raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

"Uh, Agent Kate, about that built village..." Knight Lopez hesitated, wanting to say something but stopped.

"What's going on there? Are you hiding something from me, Agent Lopez?" Kate raised an eyebrow.

"I strongly suggest that you contact Mr. Paul Fitzgerald first..." Agent Lopez's words were quite tactful.

"Archbishop Emeritus of Boston and President Emeritus of the Supreme Court of the Holy Seal. His Excellency Paul Fitzgerald is still a cardinal, but he has retired from all other holy offices."

Kate's tone was a little sarcastic.

"I thought you were going to suggest that I contact His Excellency Kuczynski, Archbishop of San Francisco, President of the Catholic Church in the United States; or His Excellency Santos, Archbishop of Los Angeles and Superior of the Legion of Christ; or even just call the Vatican and contact His Holiness directly."

When Kate was sarcastic, her aura was fully released, and Knight Lopez was like a quail with its neck shrunk, not daring to raise its head.

"Oh, what's wrong? Aren't you a liberation theologian from Buenos Aires? What kind of liberation theologian is it if you don't dare to face the majesty of the higher-ups?"

"I, I'm just from Argentina. I'm not a believer in liberation theology." Knight Lopez murmured.

Seeing that her subordinate dared to speak, Kate's tone slowed down a bit: "Why, that place belongs to Mr. Fitzgerald's property?"

"No, of course not." Knight Lopez's voice was still low.

"Ha, that's good. This is a reality show about Anabaptist heresy, and the Jews are in charge. If Mr. Fitzgerald really owns this property, then this studio is his thirty silver coins."

(Note: The Amish are Anabaptists, a branch of Protestantism that emerged during the 16th-century Reformation.)

Hearing Kate even compare Paul Fitzgerald to Judas, Knight Lopez felt a surge of indignation.

"No, that's not the case! It's because an old friend of Sir Paul Fitzgerald is living in seclusion in that small town! He is the former Grand Knight Ebenezer Loganfield, who was excommunicated by His Holiness the Pope!" Knight Lopez finally said loudly.

A flash of relief flashed across Kate's eyes.

Her tone was still mocking. "Ha! A man of German descent, excommunicated by the Holy See, living in a heretic colony... Humph. I thought his name was Martin Luther!"

Kate clearly has no fondness for her ex - or rather, her ex-ex.

If he is of French descent, it would be John Calvin; if he is of Czech descent, it would be Jan Hus; if he is of English descent, it would be Thomas Cranmer; if he is of Scottish descent, it would be John Knox, right?

Knight Lopez secretly complained.

From this we can see that the Catholic way of scolding people is really unremarkable, especially when it comes to scolding heretics. Those who don’t know may think it is a compliment.

"Well, even if our Mr. Martin Luther is living in seclusion on the set of that reality show, why do I need to say hello to Mr. Paul Fitzgerald when I visit there?" Kate continued to ask.

Because that guy is a terrible heretic! All clergy must avoid contact with him! Avoid being infected and becoming a heretic, especially a great knight like you!

Knight Lopez would have loved a straightforward answer.

But what if Kate asks, why is this guy a heretic?

The answer is, "Because this guy requires all clergy to be devout believers in God, which is terrible"?

I'm afraid this answer is more like heresy?

Knight Lopez felt that if he answered so truthfully, Kate would probably pull out the Confessor and blow his head open to see if there was a devil lurking inside.

Therefore, the sweat-soaked Knight Lopez could only evade the question by saying, "When the decision was made to sentence Ebenezer Loganfield to excommunication, His Excellency Paul Fitzgerald was the President of the Supreme Court of the Holy Seal of the Apostolic See."

"Therefore, the heretic remains under his supervision. If you wish to visit him, do you need to contact the prison authorities first?"

Kate stared at Lopez for a moment and nodded. "Well, you make sense, Agent Lopez. I'll call Mr. Paul Fitzgerald right away."

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206 Argument

Although Agent Lopez's remarks were nonsense and nonsensical, comparing the President of the Supreme Court of the Holy See to a prison warden was truly unbecoming of an FBI agent.

But it was through this messy statement that the accurate information was conveyed to Kate - Paul Fitzgerald, who had retired from a powerful position, knew enough inside information about this matter.

Kate's call, however, didn't go so smoothly.

The person who answered the phone was not Archbishop Emeritus Paul Fitzgerald himself, but his caregiver.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fitzgerald is taking a nap. I'm sorry to bother you. As usual, he wakes up after 4 p.m. Please call back later, Mr. Mackenzie."

The nurse's tone was very respectful. She didn't even ask Kate why she was there. She just politely told her to call back later.

The so-called "emergency retirement" means that a senior clergyman submits his resignation to the Pope after he reaches the age of 75. Only after the Pope's approval will the senior clergyman be in emeritus status.

Obviously, those who can hold the title of retired are already old, and their energy naturally cannot be compared with that of young people.

Kate couldn't say anything about this.

She could only say, "Well, please tell Mr. Fitzgerald that I'm going to visit Ebenezer Loganfield, who was excommunicated by His Holiness the Pope himself."

Before the escort could say anything else, Kate hung up the phone.

Then, the current Grand Knight stared at Lopez and asked coldly, "I have fulfilled my obligation to inform His Excellency Paul Fitzgerald. Do you have anything to add, Knight Esposito Lopez?"

Kate acted like a knight. Esposito Lopez moved his lips, but in the end, he said nothing: "No, no more, sir."

"That's good." Kate was satisfied with Lopez's answer.

She nodded with satisfaction, then tossed her ponytail, picked up her lance, and rode away.

Click, click, click.

The sound of her riding boots hitting the floor drowned out all other noise, silencing the entire busy floor.

It was not until her figure was obscured by the slowly closing elevator door that the suppressed sounds on this floor suddenly became louder, like a classroom after the head teacher left.

"It's been a long time since I saw our Agent McKenzie so angry, aha." Agent Julio walked over and patted Agent Lopez on the shoulder.

Although one of them was a contact person for the federal government and the other for the church, they were both of Latin descent—one was Argentinian and the other Brazilian—and they had a good personal relationship.

Agent Lopez smiled wryly. "Ha, yeah. Imagine if His Excellency called you Mr. Idris Julio?"

"Ha, that's pretty scary." Agent Julio shrugged and then smiled.

"But that's the good thing about being Brazilian. Wouldn't it be less intimidating if Agent MacKenzie called me by my full name, Mr. Idris Almeida da Costa Silva Julio?"

Lopez imagined the scene, which was like a repetitive menu, and shook his head with a laugh. "No wonder I always thought the Philadelphia Police Department's offices were cramped. Turns out I was wrong. It's not that the space is cramped, it's that there are too many people."

"What an old medieval joke." Julio, the Brazilian, shook his head and handed the Argentine a cigar.

"Oh, good stuff, where did you get it?" Lopez just took the cigar, sniffed it, raised his eyebrows and praised it highly.

"Lee gave it to me." Julio took out a match and lit cigars for both of them.

The two agents began to smoke.

"At least one good thing about Agent Mackenzie's departure is that no one will mind smoking indoors anymore," the Brazilian sighed.

The Argentine continued the previous topic: "You mean, Li? The Li you are going to see next?"

Although the two have a good personal relationship, in a sense they are clearly divided.

Brazilian Julio always calls Kate Agent Mackenzie, while Argentinian Lopez insists on using words like Your Excellency.

Even in this kind of daily casual chat, I will never compromise on the words used by another person.

This was also to make their positions clear - one represented the federal government and the other represented the Catholic Church.

"Yeah, Lee. Don't you think the relationship between Agent Mackenzie and Lee is a little weird?" Julio beamed, looking like he was gossiping.

"Strange?" Lopez chewed on the words and nodded slowly. "Li is neither from our church nor from the Federation...but he was able to parachute into our department. It's indeed a bit strange."

"Ha, that's because he's Agent Mackenzie's own man." Julio winked even more.

Lopez was shocked. "What? Besides the federal government and the Catholic Church, there's a third force around you? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"..."

Julio was speechless and looked at Lopez as if he was a fool. "What are you thinking? I mean, Lee is Agent McKenzie's man."

Then it was Lopez's turn to look at Julio as if he were a fool.

"Ha, you are a great knight appointed by the Pope and will serve the Lord for life. Man? This joke is not funny at all." Lopez shook his head, speechless at Julio's frivolity.

As expected of Brazilians, they are so frivolous.

Lopez commented sharply in his mind.