New Gods of North America

Because I was delayed a little in the cathedral,

When Wayne and his companions returned to Georgeberg's territory, the sun had already climbed halfway up the mountain.

A team of people returned to the detective agency to rest and wait for their next shift.

Wayne took Damon MacCready and several agents to Mr. Ben Harmon's estate to continue serving as bodyguards.

Damon MacCready has now sold out the client, and the mission has failed.

So he planned to stay for another day or two to accompany Emma a little, which could be regarded as fulfilling the last bit of responsibility as a guardian.

Wayne had originally assured him that the little girl's life and education in the detective agency would be fine.

As a result, when the two returned to the manor, they saw Lina CPUing the little girl.

In the room, Lina stood with her hands on her hips, admonishing:

“Just knowing how to solve problems is far from enough. Mathematics covers a wide range of fields. In addition to learning how to calculate, we must also learn to understand the thinking involved. Otherwise, numbers are just numbers, not the crystallization of knowledge and wisdom.”

Beside her,

A little girl who was as pretty as a doll was biting her lips and wrinkling her face slightly.

The little girl is wearing a doctor's stethoscope on her head.

While turning the number dial of a small safe that he had gotten from somewhere, he listened carefully to the movements inside.

On the floor next to it was Emma's little notebook with some notes already made on it.

What's happening?!

Wayne looked at Willy who was standing next to him.

Willy quickly came over to explain to Wayne:

“Miss Lina wanted to come and see Emma this morning, but after she saw the questions Emma was working on, she asked me to move the small safe I used for practice.

"I even borrowed a stethoscope from the visiting family doctor, saying that it would allow Emma to learn how to apply knowledge to practice..."

What the hell?!

Since you can’t understand the math problem, you trick the little girl into doing “word problems”, right?

Fortunately, Damon MacCready didn't think there was anything wrong with Lina's education method.

He also chose to continue watching from the side:

"Why haven't I thought of this kind of education? I used to think it's not good for Emma to be obsessed with her own world all the time. I also hope that she can be exposed to more different things and knowledge to enrich her life and experience."

No, is there a problem with you or with me?

Can opening a safe be considered an “enriching life” in the ordinary person’s sense?

At this time, Lina looked at the clock in the room and said, "Time is up. We can't try again. Let's see if you can open the safe this time."

Good man, you are still limited in time.

Emma frowned and took off her stethoscope, then fell into deep thought while looking at the notebook.

Then she made some minor alterations on a few of the painted disks, which looked like diagrams of markers.

He turned around and started turning the dial on the small safe, first the outer dial, then the inner knob.

Finally, she put her two little hands on the handle of the safe and turned it hard.

“Crack!”

The safe opened with a click.

Wayne stroked his forehead, feeling that Lina had successfully led a little kid astray again.

"Wow, you opened it after only three failures." Lina obviously thought Emma was amazing, and then she stroked her chin and thought for a while, "Accidental success doesn't count. If I change the password, can you still open it?"

The little girl nodded, "Okay, I've learned how to do this question."

Lina rubbed the little girl's head. "Emma is amazing. When I was your age, it took me two days to open something like that. I almost fainted from hunger. We have a big safe in our detective agency, the kind with three dials. I'll let you try it later."

The little girl let Lina touch her head obediently, "Okay."

All right...

Although the process is a bit strange, just be happy.

Damon MacCready then took Emma to the downtown area of ​​Georgeburg to go shopping.

Wayne also gave them some space to be alone, just to remind them to be safe.

After informing Lina of the situation,

Wayne asked her opinion, "Those people were sent to the cathedral last night. How does the Life School usually deal with such things?"

Lina thought for a moment:

"As I said, the school's organizational structure is usually quite loose. I feel like this isn't an act of 'representing the entire school', but more like 'school members' doing it for themselves. So it's hard to predict."

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I think Mr. Ben Harmon seems to want to reconcile with them. It would be best if they can reach an agreement. If not, then when the next group of them comes, we will go to their doorstep."

Lina is very perceptive in some aspects:

"Didn't you intend to expand the scope of the struggle? What happened? Were you persuaded by the bishop?"

Wayne shrugged. "Since we still have to rely on the protection of the local church in the short term, why don't we do something they expect? At least the current situation is not bad for us."

Lina had no objection to this. "Anyway, we will tell the outside world that we had a conflict with them and it has nothing to do with the school. As long as we don't do anything 'academic misconduct', I'm afraid other members of the school won't bother to get involved. This way, we won't make much money, so we can only go to the church to make some contributions."

Wayne's idea is actually similar. After all, a detective agency is not a police station. Its main work is daily management and moderate development.

There is no need to turn the hatred between the employer and others into hatred between others and the detective agency.

——Unless the other party insists on putting his face close to me, I’ll just grab them and send them to the church.

…

Two and a half days passed without incident.

Damon MacCready had left George Berg, and Lina had become so close to Mrs. Harmon that she could borrow jewelry for her to wear.

But Wayne has figured out her way of breaking the deadlock. If Mr. Ben Harmon has another affair, Lina will probably be able to find out how much money he has spent on her.

This evening,

Mr. Ben Harmon called Wayne into his study and handed him a check from a local bank in Richmond for $1,500.

It’s much better than what I said before.

"Mr. Wayne, thank you for the protection your detective agency has provided during this period of time. I highly recognize your professionalism, and this is the compensation you deserve."

As Mr. Ben Harmon spoke, he extended his hand to Wayne.

Wayne shook his hand and said, "Mr. Harmon, are you sure you have reached an agreement with the other party?"

Mr. Ben Harmon nodded:

“We have reached an agreement.

"I will not initiate similar proposals again. In exchange, the other party is willing to use their channels to allow some scholars to publish some papers saying that tobacco from certain origins is more beneficial to health and may be more suitable for some patients with lung diseases.

"I know you have contributed to this. If you hadn't made the other party pay a price, I'm afraid the other party might not be willing to reconcile with me."

Hmm...

I always feel that this is not the result I want.