New Gods of North America

“The specific circumstances of each Extraordinary person are different, but generally speaking, the number of abilities that Extraordinary people naturally possess is generally not too many.

“The ideal situation is to have three to five extraordinary abilities that complement each other.

"Too many abilities will result in insufficient enhancement of certain Beyonder abilities - after all, the number of times a Beyonder's abilities can be upgraded is limited - it will be difficult to achieve a qualitative change, and the strength may be insufficient compared to Beyonders of the same rank. Some organizations will even study specific methods to 'delete' or 'screen' Beyonder abilities that are considered useless, trying to create specialized powerful 'weapons'.

"If the number of abilities is too small, the things that can be done may be relatively simple, and it is easy to be targeted by the enemy. This is also one of the reasons why many Beyonders choose to carry and use Beyonder items for a long time even though they know that Beyonder items will have negative effects."

After the work was roughly completed, Wayne sat in the carriage returning to the academy, recalling what Inessa had just said.

In addition to the explanation of the number of extraordinary abilities, she also emphasized another point:

“After reaching the third level, in addition to the accumulation of spirituality, you must also start to consider strengthening the integration of yourself and spiritual energy.

"In addition to enabling Extraordinary people to use their abilities, spiritual power will also gradually affect the Extraordinary people themselves. The example given by David Mills that you mentioned earlier is very appropriate, 'Practicing marksmanship does not make the bullet more powerful, but it can make you draw your gun faster and shoot more accurately.'

"But from another perspective, as your rank increases, your spiritual power will gradually guide you in the direction of the 'characteristics' of this field.

“We can’t say that all Beyonders in certain fields are evil, but the proportion of evil people in certain fields is indeed higher. It is not uncommon for a person’s personality to match certain characteristics or to be gradually changed. You can choose to continue to resist or actively embrace this change. Both methods can help you strengthen your control over psychic powers.”

Wayne currently cannot feel the deep influence of spiritual power on himself.

As for "exercising abilities"...if I explode all the time, then maybe it would be a good excuse to find an opportunity to develop in the academic field of chemism in the future?

Seth also followed the carriage back to the academy. He would graduate after this school year, so he was not required to live in the academy. However, he still lived in the student dormitory, so he still had to abide by the curfew.

He saw Wayne come back to his senses from his thoughts, and it seemed that he had sorted out his thoughts, so he reported to Wayne:

"Mr. Wayne, Peter and I have roughly confirmed that he has two 'handlers' in the college who he usually contacts. In addition, there are also a few people in the Georgeburg Police Station and the newspaper who have preliminary cooperative relations with Cohen Pharmaceuticals.

"I plan to use the contact information Peter told me to try to make initial contact with them and obtain intelligence. Do you think this is a problem?"

Wayne thought about it:

"Okay. But right now our focus is still on things related to the college church. You should know what I mean. As for other less relevant people, after the preliminary investigation, they will be filed with Lina, and we will consider whether to dig them up later."

There is a widely circulated saying in America, "Business is business".

As a child who grew up with the mayor and sheriff of a small town, Wayne would have a deeper understanding of this sentence.

This kind of thing happened in the neighboring town before: two townspeople were competing in business, and then both sides tacitly colluded with criminals and tried to kill the other side's people.

Is there any hatred between them? Not really. It is said that in the tavern in the small town, the two gentlemen had quite similar views and opinions on many things. They discussed cooperation and differences based on the facts. Until the end when they were about to fall out, both sides knew each other's intentions and were still able to talk happily.

But "business is business". When competition becomes inevitable, some people will choose the method with the lowest cost. If the cost of cooperation is the lowest, then everyone will remain friends. But if the cost of eliminating the other party is the lowest, then they will choose to take action.

——It has nothing to do with personal preference, and there is no need for prior conflict. It is just based on simple calculations and then just for business.

So when the gangsters and criminals were eliminated and new competitors arrived, the remaining members of the two families were able to continue to live in peace despite real hatred, and even cooperate together to fight against outsiders.

"Face" and "reputation" are things that are highly valued by the upper class in the South, but looking across America, not all people with wealth and status really care about them.

This situation is even more interesting in the political world.

Some MPs may be friends or partners before being elected, but after being elected they will become natural enemies - this may have nothing to do with their personal ideas, but only depends on the expectations of the voters behind them and the demands of their supporters behind the scenes. Once they violate these demands, they may fall directly from their positions.

As long as you cannot change the ecology, even if you use various methods to eliminate ninety-nine opponents, the hundredth one selected may still become the same.

So after discovering that Reverend Pycelle was going to set up a detective agency, Wayne became cautious.

Personal grudges can be resolved by the individual, but conflicts within an ecological niche can only be resolved by changing the ecology or changing the location.

Otherwise, if the toad keeps burrowing into its hole, even the tiger will have to move sooner or later.

Go back to the dormitory.

There were quite a few people gathered in the public lounge area tonight. Wayne went over curiously to join in the fun, and greeted the "roommates" who met his sight one after another. Then he finally squeezed into a position where he could see the middle.

Several students were holding newspapers and expressing their indignation:

"This lawsuit is simply a challenge to the Constitution! A slave, just because he was brought to the so-called 'free state' by his master, actually tried to use this as an excuse to ask for the law to be changed for him. Slaves have no right to sue, and the Missouri court was right to dismiss his lawsuit!"

Another student was less aggressive, but still refuted:

"He had lived in Illinois for several years, and slavery was not allowed there. So once his legal residence there was confirmed, he had already obtained the status of a freeman, and I think there was nothing wrong with him trying to buy his freedom."

The other side continued to refute:

"If freedom is so precious, why did this slave return to Missouri, which supports slavery? Since he chose to return to the local state, he should abide by the local laws instead of demanding the rights that only free states have in a slave state!"

Great scholar debates...

Wayne listened for a while and felt that they would not be able to fight, so he left quietly.

I haven't had much rest since last night. Instead of listening to other people quarreling, I might as well go back to the dormitory and have a good sleep.