New Gods of North America

“Hahahaha, misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding.”

Taking out two small surveillance points wasn't difficult. There were only five people in total. After preparing the encirclement, Wayne directly showed his face and pressed forward. The opposition panicked and exposed themselves, and then they were controlled.

Seeing that they didn't engage in firefights or violent resistance, Wayne allowed them to send someone to contact their superior for communication.

Unexpectedly, even the staff at the surveillance point seemed very surprised in the end.

Because after night officially fell, the person who arrived at the scene by carriage seemed to be their "superior's superior."

The one who came was a middle-aged gentleman who looked quite cheerful and talkative, dressed neatly and acting appropriately.

After explaining the matter as a misunderstanding with a smile, he walked over and extended his hand to Wayne:

“My name is Walter Norton, a senator from Virginia, and a member of the Postal Management Committee in the Federal Congress. I didn't expect to meet you formally here, Wayne.”

A Congressional senator could be said to be a bona fide "state political figure," with a status basically comparable to that of a governor. Wayne naturally couldn't be arrogant.

However, after shaking hands with the other party, Wayne still asked what he cared about, "Mr. Walter, what is the purpose of you arranging them to monitor our detective agency here?”

“You misunderstood,” Mr. Walter waved his hand. “They weren't arranged by me. I don't usually pay attention to such specific matters.”

Then Mr. Walter gestured towards his luxurious carriage outside the window, “Why don't we go out and talk?”

…

“The Federation doesn't have a unified intelligence agency yet, but reality requires someone to undertake the corresponding work, so many federal agencies have actually set up corresponding departments in private to better perform their duties.

“Our Federal Postal Service is naturally no exception. Due to the large number of personnel and their wide distribution, while performing their normal duties, they also concurrently supervise the interpersonal relationships of some 'special personnel' who have secret exchanges with foreign intelligence agencies.

“After hearing the report that the surveillance point staff had a conflict with you, I knew you were participating in the cathedral assassination investigation, so I came here specifically to coordinate, so as not to accidentally interfere with the work of both parties.”

In the spacious carriage, Mr. Walter roughly explained the ins and outs to Wayne.

His reason was very simple: the detective agency's recent investigation involved "special personnel" that the secret department had been focusing on, so the corresponding staff also included the detective agency in the scope of surveillance.

However, because the instruction given to the front-line personnel was "the other party is not hostile, maintain a distance for surveillance," no serious conflict occurred when the detective agency came to the door.

Wayne pondered slightly. The other party's statement was reasonable.

According to history, the Postal Service was written into the Federal Constitution. Its most famous actual administrator in the early days of the founding of America was one of the "Founding Fathers." It's not surprising that it has some strange functions.

Wayne previously thought that America didn't have its own intelligence agency at this time. Now it seems that there is indeed no official unified "big dragon," but if you open it up and look for it, there may be a nest of "small snakes" each acting on their own.

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So the matter was dissected, and there were no casualties. The misunderstanding was initially resolved.

Mr. Walter, such a big figure in the political world, came here specifically not just for this trivial matter:

“Actually, I've heard people mention your detective agency. It's said that the level of professionalism is higher than that of George Burge's police, and there are many special methods of collecting evidence. The 'fingerprint search' you recently came up with seems very interesting.

“I wonder if you are interested in joining the Federal Postal Service? Although I don't directly participate in the daily management of the Postal Service, I also have a certain say. I believe that if it's just setting up a new independent department within the state, they should welcome it.”

This made Wayne a little hesitant. Receiving funding guarantees income regardless of drought or flood. The detective agency could basically say goodbye to topics related to "bankruptcy" from now on, which is also in line with the education Wayne received since childhood.

However, because he often came into contact with people with "ambition" like the town mayor since he was a child, Wayne was actually no stranger to some of the Federation's special circumstances.

For example, the Federation's postal system. Because it is spread all over the place and does not have high requirements for professional aspects, the postal service has become one of the key cakes for parties to reward merits.

When the fighting is more intense, it is possible that a different president from a different party will replace a large number of people from top to bottom in the postal system in many places. Perhaps some relatively backbone administrative officers who do not participate in politics can be spared, but the corresponding chief officials or ordinary managers, as well as the front-line staff who entered through cronyism, can only be said to be "always new."

Not to mention anything else, just the Postal Service's superior "Postal Management Committee" is itself a subordinate agency of the Federal Senate.

Although there are many "families" and "evergreens" among the senators, the senators themselves are theoretically required to be re-elected regularly. The Bodhisattva themselves do not have golden bodies. Wayne does not think that losing a job every few years and starting over would be an interesting thing.

Besides,

This was only the first time he met this guy, and he hadn't even figured out his background yet, so there was no reason to defect casually.

Unexpectedly, after initially rejecting Mr. Walter's kindness with the reason that "I still need to consider it carefully," what awaited Wayne was still a series of traps.

Mr. Walter then put forward his second proposal:

“I appreciate your caution, it's a good habit. Getting back to this matter, actually our main work directions don't conflict, so can we reach a preliminary cooperation?

“For example, if you find members suspected of being from foreign intelligence agencies in the process of investigating a case, perhaps you can report it to us. They are like cockroaches in the house that can never be caught. Our manpower here is also limited and it is impossible to pay attention to all of them. Some people are not the target of your case, but they are very valuable to us.

“Judging from your ability to quickly discover the surveillance point, in this regard, I think I can trust your ability.”

Good fellow,

He's here to freeload achievements.

He was still using that little psychological trick that was called what, which was "first make a big request, then make a small request, and the other party's likelihood of accepting will increase."

Based on the idea of "more friends, more paths," Wayne did not refuse to issue "empty checks" verbally this time.

After all, he was a Congressional senator, so he still had to give him some face.

Unfortunately, the other party's surveillance point did not withdraw because of this, but instead had a bit of a "rehabilitated" meaning because of this matter. Afterwards, they didn't even have to worry about being discovered by the detective agency.

Wayne could only tell Doug when he went back, "From now on, don't bother with this bunch of people. Let them monitor. But if you encounter something that is inconvenient for them to see, if any of them are still following, then deal with it a little bit. Don't have a head-on conflict."

Doug didn't know who he learned from:

“I got it. I'll inform the agents. You can't shoot these people. When necessary, just put a sack over their heads from behind.”