New Gods of North America

"Cohen Pharmaceuticals?"

After hearing the name of the mastermind, Ben Harmon was also confused. "I don't seem to have any connection with this company, and we don't compete with each other in business. Why are they targeting me?"

Wayne is quite open-minded in this regard:

"If it's pharmaceutical, let me guess, it may be related to the initiative initiated by you, Mr. Harmon, to boycott 'Green Fairy' and its products?

"After all, Mr. Harmon, you are close to the governor and others, and Virginia has a special influence in the United States. If Virginia is the first to introduce a bill for this purpose, many states may follow suit and introduce similar bills. Perhaps they want to nip the risk in the bud?"

Mr. Ben Harmon thought for a moment, "If we consider the market prospects, this is a possibility... The attacker promised to help arrest the person who directly instructed him to poison, right? Can I meet with him then?"

Wayne glanced at him:

"As the targeted party, you certainly have this right if conditions permit. However, given the other party's current behavior, we may need to hand him over to the police at that time."

Mr. Ben Harmon nodded in agreement, "Of course."

…

Although Wayne said that he planned to hand it over to the "police" at that time,

But what he actually had in mind was that he planned to send the person to the "church" after catching him.

In fact, when Bishop Corleone gave Wayne the charter, Reverend Tywin also emphasized it to him a little, saying something like "the Diocese of Fugenia has strict management over the fallen."

Wayne also knew at the time that such shelter was indeed a good thing.

But he was in Kanks at the time, and the Extraordinary people he met were not "all over the place", but at least the Extraordinary people with "similar interests" were enough to fill up a bar.

Therefore, the "strictness" he imagined at that time was almost the same strictness that the western towns treated the Aboriginals.

On the surface, everyone never interacts with each other. If they meet in the small town residents' territory, they may just greet each other with a bullet. However, there are actually quite a few people who have business dealings with the indigenous people in private - there are so many living indigenous people in little Taylor's mine alone.

Then when he actually arrived in Virginia, he found that even a big family like the Fisk family, which had various privileges in private, said that Virginia was too strict. Only then did Wayne understand how strict the situation was here.

Especially since Bishop Corleone gave him a private promise to increase the number of his companions.

Having received such a huge gift for nothing, even though he had no idea what those big shots were up to, Wayne realized that he should perhaps reciprocate. Otherwise, such abnormal protection might end up being a case of "eating all at once" in the end.

When you are out, be polite.

Now that he has received the benefits from Bishop Corleone, he seems to be guarding against the secret development of the hidden organization.

So when the detective agency encounters a member of the Life School who is suspected of committing a crime, it should at least make some "expression".

At least in Virginia in recent years, it's safer to do so.

On the second day,

Wayne met the "daughter of the dead companion" mentioned by Damon MacCready in a carriage outside the manor.

Her name is Emma Grossman. She is a blonde and blue-eyed little girl about seven years old. She really looks like a well-behaved and pretty doll.

There, Inissa and the little girl got to know each other.

Wayne was talking to Damon MacCready:

"The content of the deal between the other party and you is to help you find a professor's family and arrange for the little girl to be fostered?"

"Well," Damon MacCready nodded, "Although Virginia is not very safe for Beyonders, my status as a professor is sufficient, so I shouldn't be easily interrogated by the church, and it will also allow Emma to receive a better family education.

"The same is true in reverse. Even if the head of our secret organization wanted to arrange someone to silence us, the difficulty would increase accordingly. This is the best arrangement I can find."

That does sound pretty good.

Wayne quickly noticed the blind spot, "So after you surrendered yesterday, assuming I hadn't told you about recruiting, what would you have done?"

Damon MacCready spread his hands, "I think I can't find a better arrangement. Since the mission failed and the goal was not achieved, of course I have to find an opportunity to continue to implement the plan..."

What a stubborn donkey, once he chooses a path, he will stick to it till the end...

Fortunately, Wayne hit his pain point and solved the problem at one time. Otherwise, it would be a bit troublesome for a Ditto like him who has a stubborn personality and experience as an agent.

Wayne began to understand why Damon MacCready's enemies chose to "strike first" to silence him.

So Wayne put his arm around his shoulders and said, "You've just been to our detective agency. Our partners are all educated people, so it won't be a problem for us to take care of a child. We're probably also good at educating the child, so you can rest assured to work with us.

"If you fail or succeed in your revenge in the past and have nowhere to go, you can always come back. I quite admire special talents like you."

Damon MacCready hesitated a little:

"I don't doubt the level of education you have received, Mr. Wayne. After all, you are also someone who can be admitted to the 'College'. But Emma is a very smart child, and the education she needs may not be very ordinary..."

Humph, he is just a little brat, no matter how smart he is,

Even if I had traveled back in time when I graduated from elementary school, I would probably have won first place in the Blackstone Cup Mathematics Competition.

Back to the carriage,

Inissa sat aside like a teacher, and the little girl was quietly doing math problems with a notebook.

Wayne then came over to show off his math skills, "Emma, ​​what are you writing? Can I take a look?"

let me see,

What kind of questions will the so-called “smart kids” these days answer?

Wayne is not at all afraid of questions like "When will two cars catch up if they are running at different speeds" or "When will a pool be full if water is being poured out at the same time".

The little girl handed the notebook over with both hands obediently.

Wayne looked at it.

Shit...it really is a math problem.

Is this a young child who has already started learning calculus? !

Even if I had a pen and paper, I would still have to spend a long time calculating this. And the answer might not be correct.

Looking at Damon McQuaid's expectant gaze,

Wayne thought for a moment, then started bullying the child:

"Emma, ​​you seem to be very interested in math. Let me give you a simple question and see if you can solve it."

Wayne opened a new page in the notebook.

Written above is an equation that looks like it's at a middle school level at most, with only one unknown variable. Find the range of values ​​of that unknown variable X.

Emma thought it was simple at first, and she picked up the pen and seemed to be planning to write down the answer casually, but then she realized something was wrong.

Then Emma scratched her head slightly, took back the notebook, and began to write and mark on it.

So Wayne returned a smug look to Damon MacCready.

You see, I said I bully... No, I just said there is nothing wrong with me educating children.

Damon McQuidy looked at Emma Grossman's serious expression and nodded thoughtfully, as if he also recognized Wayne's level.

Wayne is not a devil after all.

There is no need to deliberately bring up some "unsolved problem of the century" to make things difficult for such a pretty little girl.

But as a modern person, Wayne has actually been popularized.

In the past, when certain ethnic groups were discriminated against, some colleges and universities would prepare a special type of "coffin questions" to prevent them from being admitted.

Those "coffin questions" will also be used as "competition questions" for high-level competitions in later generations.

Their characteristics are that they often appear easy at first glance, and the most ingenious solutions are also very simple, but if it is the first time for someone to encounter such a problem, it may take at least half a day to solve it using the normal method.

For example, the question Wayne just wrote down,

It looks like a middle school problem at most, but if you use the conventional solution and limit the time to solve the problem, even a truly top student will have a hard time solving it unexpectedly.

It would be a bit too much to use it against college students, but it would be just right to use it against a genius girl.