New Gods of North America

The next day, Wayne finished his morning classes and hurried over to Chef Parker's stall, planning to get a hot lunch.

He was quite happy that the line wasn't a 'long dragon' today, feeling he could quickly get his food and start eating.

But when he got closer, good heavens,

Even though Doug and the others had prepared as much food as yesterday, it was already sold out.

If they hadn't secretly saved two special editions and sent them to the box truck after preparing them,

Wayne himself probably wouldn't have had anything to eat.

Some students, like Wayne, who had rushed over after class to line up, also had strong opinions about this,

Accusing miscellaneous people in the college, such as some 'faculty and staff' and 'upperclassmen without morning classes,' of not playing fair by coming early to snatch up the good food.

Some students even suggested before leaving that the stall shouldn't 'open' too early, as it was unfair to students with morning classes...

It was said that Professor Maisel even came to buy a hamburger, took a bite, and then bought a hot dog.

He had visited the detective agency for a home visit, and the agents recognized him, even giving him a complimentary lemon soda.

Wayne had casually mentioned yesterday that 'selling drinks is actually more profitable,' and Lina had Chef add it to the menu today.

The sales method written on the small wooden board was also copied from Wayne's plagiarized plan: 10 cents for a single purchase, 5 cents when bought with something else.

In this era, the income level of the American Federal factory class was about 7 to 8 dollars a week.

After deducting expenses like rent, the average daily food consumption was basically less than 100 cents.

Those with unstable incomes had to rely on this money to feed their families for as long as possible.

To be honest, the pricing of the lemon soda, even when 'bought together,' was clearly a bit high.

But the college wasn't short of wealthy students and staff with stable and higher incomes.

So, everyone felt that the hamburgers and hot dogs were good value for money, so the drinks might also be expensive for a reason, and there were even many who bought them separately.

Seth, who came to report and freeload, estimated that the profit from drinks was actually higher than the combined profit from selling hamburgers and hot dogs.

However, Seth wasn't like Liam; compared to Wayne's business acumen, Seth admired Wayne's manipulation of public opinion more, such as the previous public duel and selling lottery tickets to attract popularity.

Wayne was eating in the truck when he learned that Lina had seen Pastor Pasiel appear in the college church,

And was now taking Willie to find his residence in the city.

Wayne couldn't fall behind, so he had Seth initially confirm which students needed a 'follow-up visit,'

Striving to confirm the targets' schedules in advance and then complete the investigation as soon as possible.

...

Returning to the detective agency before nightfall,

Wayne recalled the information he had investigated today and decided to focus on Luke Matthew, who had been assigned the relic, and McKen Reef, the 'dorm manager,' who was clearly acting strangely.

If there was no further progress, Wayne would consider temporarily 'isolating' these two guys and other suspicious students.

According to Tom Hagen, the Light Church's soul-replacement-like forbidden technique wasn't easy to pull off.

It sounded like it would take a lot of time in the early stages to 'select ingredients' and 'pre-marinate.'

If that's the case, then find a way to 'cut off the root.'

Unfortunately, Wayne wasn't a sheriff now, otherwise he could directly and semi-forcibly demand that the targets cooperate.

He might need to ask David Mills for help in this regard.

Inesa said that she met Pastor Tyrrell of the Exorcist Association today, the old man who seemed a bit 'harmonious for wealth' and lacked assertiveness.

Pastor Tyrrell helped to retrieve the publicly available list of drugs and extraordinary materials used by the local exorcism department.

Pastor Pasiel had used a lot of them, but he himself seemed to be an expert in pharmaceuticals and would also concoct some potions for the local exorcism department.

Nothing suspicious could be seen at the moment.

Instead, Pastor Tyrrell was a bit of a problem, still hoping to get Inesa to work under him, and even trying to win over Conner.

He should also have influential connections in the Kingdom of Windsor, and could even say some things about the Windsor Hunter Association and Inesa's deeds.

If Wayne were to describe it, it was as if he was creating an atmosphere of 'meeting an old friend in a foreign land,' trying to play the emotional card to poach people.

He hasn't given up...

However, one thing that Pastor Tyrrell said made Wayne a little wary.

It was said that some people in the Kingdom of Windsor's Military Intelligence Section Seven seemed to have their eyes on the detective agency, feeling that it was caused by Damon McQuaide's former superior again.

Lina took Willie to Pastor Pasiel's residence in Georgeburg's city center today and searched it thoroughly.

The conclusion was that the residence in the city was 'too ordinary' and 'too clean.' If that guy had something going on, then he should have another 'safe house.'

The investigation mission given by the cathedral didn't yield any results for the time being, but Cohen Pharmaceuticals had some movement again.

It was also hard to judge whether it was really related to 'Cohen Pharmaceuticals.' The detective agency actually received a visit request today, saying that a lawyer planned to visit the detective agency tomorrow.

Although the visit request only listed the surname and profession, Wayne and Lina looked at the address left on it and had a little 'out-of-the-ordinary' understanding of the person who was coming to visit.

It was Mr. Baker's lawyer from Cohen Pharmaceuticals, the guy called 'Mr. Wiseman.'

According to Liam and the captive who was still living in the cellar and recovering from his injuries, many of the people who attacked the detective agency several times seemed to have been found with this guy's help.

Wayne had originally only thought that he was 'doing things for money' for Mr. Baker, considering that he hadn't officially joined Cohen Pharmaceuticals, and hadn't bothered to find trouble with him.

Unexpectedly, the other party came to his door instead.

So Wayne told Doug to try to keep him tomorrow, and at worst, invite him to dinner and let him wait for Wayne to come back after class to meet.

And secretly arrange for Liam and the captive from Cohen Pharmaceuticals who was in the cellar to secretly identify the person in the dark.

If they could confirm it was the same person and the conversation wasn't very pleasant, then simply consider keeping the other party here as a guest for the time being.

If someone came to attack in the middle of the night again recently, push him to the courtyard wall to shout.

If no one came to attack, this well-connected lawyer probably knew a lot of guys who moonlighted as 'doing dirty work,' and the detective agency could just make a list to help the church clean them up.