New Gods of North America

Bought a new coach and hired a rental coach with a coachman.

We returned to the hotel and woke up Lina. After everyone packed up, we set off back to Georgeburg.

The three of them briefly checked their accounts on the way.

After more than two months of this trip, the total cash income is about 6,000 US dollars. If we don’t count the distributed part, at least the total cash flow has caught up with when Wayne came out of Blackrock Town.

In addition, there are North American ginseng and some herbs that were exchanged for the equipment and horses of the bounty hunters who killed each other.

Originally, they were only worth a few hundred dollars, but these things were cheap in the mountains and had a premium in the city. According to the market conditions in Georgeburg or Richmond, if they could be sold, the total value should be over a thousand dollars.

Wayne and Inesa each kept some according to the proportion. Inesa planned to save it for her own use later, while Lina chose to convert it into money before dividing it.

Wayne treated them as gifts. He sent some back to Blackrock Town, left some in the cathedral, and planned to distribute the rest to people he knew in Georgeburg, such as the landlord, the church pastor, the police chief, several old customers, and a newly appointed head of the exorcism department who had been demoted.

Back at the detective agency's headquarters, David Mills had already moved out and left Wayne a note with his current address.

After a quick inspection, I found that apart from the inevitable accumulation of dust, everything was in good condition. There were no signs of tampering in the safe or cellar, and the few small traps that had been prepared were not used.

I said, as long as Lina and Emma are not around, it’s not easy to find someone who can open the safe at will.

Willy counts as half.

In Doug's absence, Ryan became the leader among the detectives. He led everyone to clean up for a while, and the detective agency was reopened for business.

…

The checks Wayne and his friends received actually belonged to different local banks.

However, the banking industry in Georgeburg is relatively convenient. Checks from some local banks and some large banks in other states can be exchanged here, provided that the state's banknotes are accepted, that is, banknotes issued by the state bank are accepted, rather than all gold coins being required.

These matters were handed over to Inissa, who would then distribute them according to the agreed plan.

Emma was also developed to function as a humanoid calculator, which was very convenient for fast calculations and logarithms.

By the way, Wayne recently discovered that this little Loli doesn't even use some quick calculation tricks like splitting and rounding, she simply uses brute force and calculates very quickly.

The official return to social life was probably after the members of the detective agency attended church services the next day.

We met unexpectedly, talked about recent situations, and then arranged to visit each other.

Except for the gifts for the pastor, all other gifts have to be delivered to the door. Some can be handed over to the butler, while others require a short chat over tea.

David Mills now lives in an apartment near the "old police station" in Georgeburg.

The environment was pretty good, and he still didn't have many personal belongings.

He had changed from a state special forces captain to the head of the exorcism department in a small city. He was quite comfortable with it. There were some newly bought law books piled up at home.

There is a kind of ambition that may give you a chance to be demoted to a higher position.

However, David Mills' transfer was not a bad thing for the detective agency.

At least on George Berg's side, when things involve the church or extraordinary people, he can "go to David for small matters and to Tom for big matters".

David Mills seemed to be doing his daily exercise. He was like a light bulb with poor contact, with white fluorescence flickering with his breathing.

Or maybe it's "It's bright here, but not there."

"Can this also enhance extraordinary abilities?" Wayne suddenly became a little curious.

In a sense, Wayne is still a relatively pure "氪金党", and his blue bar is basically increased by consuming extraordinary materials.

The fluorescence on David Mills paused for a moment:

"That depends on how you define 'enhancement'. Shooting training won't make your bullets more powerful, but it will make you shoot faster and more accurately."

Got it, proficiency doesn't increase in value.

It seems that there is no need to stab yourself for no reason to improve your self-healing ability.

David Mills thought for a moment and added:

"Although your detective agency has obtained the bishop's special permission, as a member of the local exorcism department, I may need to remind you that blindly improving your rank is not necessarily a good thing. Don't go down the path of hunting or plundering."

Wayne listened to the part that interested him, "Would it be harmful to increase the rank?"

David Mills nodded. "It depends on how you define 'harmful'."

Big Brother...

You should read fewer legal books in the future... Being rigorous is a good thing, but how come I haven't seen you for more than two months and you've become so nitpicky about words?

Fortunately, David Mills is a relatively straightforward person, at least he hasn't developed the bad habit of keeping things secret.

He continued to glow:

“The Fallen usually equate the strength of their extraordinary abilities with their combat prowess, but in reality, it cannot be categorized so simply.

"Let me give you a simple example. The range and power of artillery are definitely greater than those of firearms, but an artilleryman may not necessarily defeat a musketeer."

Although it was a little abstract, Wayne could understand what he meant.

But……

"Can't the gunner fire?" Wayne asked.

"Just like a normal person only has one pair of hands, there are always limits to what a person can do at the same time. For example, a person can't ride a horse, shoot a gun, and eat at the same time, right?"

Wayne recalled for a moment, "It can be done. It's not that difficult."

When my predecessor was still alive, he often took food outside the town to go hunting, riding and shooting.

"..." David Mills thought for a moment, then seemed to give up on giving further examples:

"In short, what I mean is that as the rank increases, there are many ways in which Beyonder abilities can be 'enhanced'. Beyonder abilities after promotion may not necessarily be more 'useful' than before. I know that most of the Fallen Ones value actual combat capabilities more."

Why don't you just say "A general may not be able to defeat his soldiers"?

Wayne had never thought about this before. According to his thinking, the higher the rank, the stronger the ability.

But looking at the appearance of this world, it seems that you still have to draw prizes after upgrading.

If a similar situation of "upgrading from a shotgun to a cannon" occurs, then if you fight on the streets again, you will probably get beaten.