New Gods of North America

The next morning.

Cathedral of the Diocese of Chicago, Illinois.

"What is this 'Wayne National Detective Agency'?"

The head of the exorcism department was looking through the latest incident briefings in the parish and saw one case of illegal intrusion into a wealthy businessman's estate.

There were seventeen intruders, including members of a local gang and other criminals, but they were all killed by the bodyguards hired by the owner of the manor.

Three of the bodies were tested and confirmed to have been "fallen ones" from the dark realm.

So he paid a little attention, glanced down, and then saw the name of the detective agency in the bodyguard.

The secretary next to him had obviously done his homework in advance:

"It's an unknown detective agency. One of their members is a senior hunter who was forced to serve in the Exorcist Association. He was originally stationed in Kanks Parish.

"However, with the approval of the Kanks City Exorcism Department, she is currently on a special mission and is allowed to leave the Kanks Diocese during the mission."

"Oh, that's not surprising then."

The head of the exorcism department nodded slightly and placed the briefing report on the "processed" file tray on his desk.

The secretary thought for a moment and added:

"The founder of this detective agency is said to be named Wayne Constantine. I looked through the public archives of the church and found a bishop's dispensation filed with the Virginia Diocese. The content exempts him and his companions from the status of 'fallen persons' within the diocese."

One of our own? And they caused such a big commotion?

The head of the exorcism department thought for a moment, took back the briefing, and scanned it again.

Then he took up his pen, circled the incident, and underlined the words "Wayne National Detective Agency":

“Let several newspapers collect and follow up on the relevant reports.

"The gangs in Chicago seem to be getting more rampant recently. We should praise those who dare to fight against criminals, and remind the gang members what will happen if they go too far."

"Yes." replied the secretary.

Then the head of the exorcism department thought about it again:

"By the way, have someone inquire about the exorcist team at the local county church. Several 'fallen ones' related to gangster crimes have appeared all at once. Do we need to wait until we send someone over to deal with them?"

…

Wayne spent the day without any major incidents.

That night,

The steel merchant lay in his bedroom bed, having trouble breathing.

However, because Miss Harrison discovered the disease in time, she gradually recovered with the help of her family doctor.

But the family doctor also reminded him again that given his current condition, he might not be able to maintain it for long.

After hearing the call and the noise, Wayne also ran over to look for a while.

Finally, he asked the bodyguards to continue to stand by.

Another day passed.

In the evening, when Wayne was on duty at the manor and heard the gardener complaining about how harsh Mr. Sheen, who was temporarily taking over the position of butler, was,

After receiving the report, the local church had already taken action.

The gangster boss of the Carter Gang fled with his bodyguards and several henchmen, and the church members found so-called "prohibited" items in their family's mansion, so the Carter Gang's assets were sealed off by the police.

As for the deputy mayor, Mr. Ed, it seems that nothing has been done about it yet. It is said that he has temporarily applied for leave at home due to the pressure of public opinion during this period.

In fact, if we only look at the bodyguard commission,

Now Master Philip has admitted his mistake and expressed his willingness to turn himself in as a gang member afterwards, so the danger to Miss Harrison should be reduced a lot.

The main reason why we are still protecting them is that we are worried that the gangster boss of the Carter Gang will become desperate and bite whoever he catches, so we dare not be careless for the time being.

Moreover, the prerequisite for Master Philip to turn himself in is that the Carter family must be destroyed first.

Otherwise, he would never cooperate even if beaten to death, fearing that he would be killed for no apparent reason once he left the manor.

Wayne is quite reasonable in this regard.

So he specifically asked Miss Harrison to call the female reporter named Freddy Lowndes over.

Then Wayne personally told the female reporter about Master Philip's role in "exposing the criminal underworld of the Carter Gang".

What a huge contribution it has made.

He even said that he would turn himself in later and confess more criminals and crimes.

By the way, he also emphasized the heroic performance of Master Philip when the manor was attacked, "he personally shot and killed the gangsters who tried to silence him."

I just wanted to fish on purpose.

To be fair, even if criminals can accept the fact that they are being cracked down on by law enforcement officers, it is probably difficult for them to forgive the "traitors".

If you still can't attract hatred, then there's nothing you can do.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the story, the female reporter hesitated:

"But according to the information I received, weren't those invaders eliminated by you bodyguards? I even wrote a special article about this."

Wayne doesn't want to take credit for this matter, lest the detective agency be seen as a "party thug":

"For news reports, it's better to mention the parties involved more and our detective agency less. Otherwise, you can just write 'according to an insider'."

Freddy Lowndes didn't know why.

Today, she suddenly received invitations to write articles from several newspapers. They all wanted to know about the deeds of Wayne's detective agency, and some even hinted that they would reserve a good position for her report in the newspapers.

She thought it was because she had finally found the hot news topic and felt that she must not miss this good opportunity.

Therefore, considering that Wayne and his team were paying close attention to her, she did not want to offend Wayne for the time being and lose this important source of information.

So she decided to publish several manuscripts.

…

The fallen gangster boss of the Carter Gang never got the chance to see the steel merchant for the last time.

It's another late night.

The old man had completely stopped breathing and his heart was beating.

This time his lawyer did not make a wasted trip. He opened the will in public and read it out formally.

The contents were not too surprising. Most of the property went to Miss Harrison, and some was donated to charity.

Master Philip cried bitterly,

Instead, Miss Harrison, who had been accompanying the steel merchant recently, remained silent.

Wayne didn't like watching such scenes, so he switched duty positions with Doug and went to guard downstairs of the manor.

The commissioned mission is now officially over.

However, someone had just died in the family, so it was not appropriate to just ask the boss to pay the bill and then leave.

At least we have to wait until the next day.

So Wayne watched as the servants in the manor began to work according to the preparations they had made before.

Suddenly, my spiritual intuition gave me an alarm.

Then he noticed that the shadow of a tree next to him was twitching slightly, as if it was trying to "hit" his own shadow.