New Gods of North America

Practice has proved that

Peter's previous strategy of "transforming and running away" is actually very scientific.

As far as "breaking the defense" is concerned, even with the use of hot weapons, few people in the detective agency could break through his defense.

Now that it has changed to "unlimited fighting", he is theoretically even more "indestructible".

However, the problem with Peter is that he is not durable. When placed in an environment like "field battle", his weaknesses suddenly become very prominent.

When he cooperated with Wayne in the experiment before, it was not very obvious because the "armor" was forced to break apart.

When it came to the battle with the "Swamp", ah, and Zeros, Peter the Coward only lasted less than five minutes in total, and the "Armor" collapsed again.

Then he was pinned to the ground and beaten by Zeros, and had no choice but to surrender.

This situation made many of the agents present eager to try.

Even Lina was annoyed by the big spider Peter jumping up and down, and then joined the trial queue of "whoever can survive five minutes will be considered the winner".

The other members were fine, but when Cowardly Peter saw that Real Peter and Lina also wanted to join in, he almost knelt down:

"Ms. Lina, my spiritual power is limited. I really can't transform into armor again in a short period of time.

"And even if I can 'transform into armor', if you hadn't removed the ability before, once the armor disappears, those barbed wires will slowly tighten and strangle me to death. If I can take it off, I will be seriously injured at least... I really don't dare to fight you."

The big spider saw this and felt that Peter was a disgrace.

And then I just stopped there.

After initially confirming the situation and solving the "escape" problem, Wayne took Peter back to the detective agency for a "private chat":

"You have a chance now. If you can contact Reverend Pycelle and help us find evidence that he has violated the law or the church's ban, then we can consider applying to the church to turn you into a "tainted witness" or eventually give you a certain degree of freedom, provided that you have no other criminal behavior."

Peter was stunned for a moment, "Am I not considered a tainted witness now?"

Wayne gave him a blank look:

"You are now a 'suspect' or a 'captive'. We need more valuable confessions. The ones you mentioned so far are not strong enough."

"But I'm just a contact person, not someone who can make decisions..."

Peter tried to explain, "When Pastor Pycelle has a commission, he will first contact our 'higher level' people, and then I will receive letters or messages to clarify what I should do for him.

"I won't betray the people in the school, just like I won't reveal the details of your situation to them. I can't afford to offend either of you.

"It's OK to betray the people in the church or the people who handle the affairs... But when I contact Pastor Pycelle, I usually just ask him about his specific requirements and details, or inform him that things have been done. He won't tell me too much about the inside story."

Wayne didn't let him get into it. "Among the things he asked you to handle, which ones might violate the law or the church's ban?"

"Nothing is too illegal...really! I'm telling the truth, Mr. Wayne! Please put your gun down. The things I handle are usually to secretly look for certain people of status, or "handles" of organizations like your detective agency. Some shady matters are handled by other people and will not go through me."

Hmm...

Compared to the group of members of the School of Life who were dealt with last time, this cowardly Peter does not really look like a "killer".

Things on his side seem to be more "peripheral" and "gray".

Wayne thought for a moment and asked, "Who did Reverend Pycelle ask you to investigate?"

…

"Expose the plagiarism of a tenured professor at the college, investigate Mr. Ben Harmon's extramarital affair and disclose it privately to Mrs. Harmon, and secretly encourage reporters to write a lot of articles about the insider trading of certain congressmen..."

Inessa flipped through the notes of the conversation with Peter that Doug had written down. "How come now that Reverend Pycelle seems to be a secret 'messenger of justice'? So far, no direct misconduct has been found."

Wayne recalled the outcome of the previous incident involving Mr. Ben Harmon:

"Let someone secretly investigate the relevant personnel. The targeted person may have problems, but Cohen Pharmaceuticals does not behave like a good team. Reverend Pycelle may have other reasons."

Lina was more interested in the gossip about Ben Harmon and his wife. "No wonder Mrs. Harmon always reminds me to pay attention to financial issues. It turns out there is such a thing. Mr. Ben Harmon's latest mistress doesn't look pretty from the description. Or does he have unique tastes?"

“Don’t worry about your customers’ privacy issues…”

Wayne has always been open about the ethics of the upper class. "Mr. Ben Harmon seems to be more than ten years younger than Mrs. Harmon. It's not too strange to say that he would have an extramarital affair."

"oh……"

Lina continued to watch obediently, as if she suddenly thought of something, "If we just look at it from the surface, if we stand in the perspective of that Reverend Pycelle, could it be that he really thinks we might be bad people?"

What?!

The villain is actually me?!

Inissa followed Lina's thoughts and nodded:

"There is indeed such a possibility. From the perspective of local church administrators, the 'Fallen' organization, which is not directly controlled by the church, can at least be regarded as an unstable factor.

"Churches in other places may not care, but local day-to-day managers will try to take measures to prevent extreme situations from happening, which is not too outrageous."

Wait,

Wayne was still relatively honest. "It's too early to draw a conclusion now. At least we have to wait until the few people we have contacted so far get out the potion that Pastor Pycelle gave them to drink. Even if we take a step back, if his intention is to destroy us, we can't just wait for him to deal with us."

Inesa also agreed with this statement.

As for Lina, it is easier to deal with. Wayne feels that based on Lina's experience, she may not care too much whether the other person is a good person or not, but she will definitely care whether the other person is an "enemy".

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wayne went to the office to call Seth who was helping with homework, and then they returned to the college together.

After learning from his mistakes and having the experience of getting up late at night to finish his homework, Wayne specifically called Seth for help today, and even Emma was not spared.

This time, they returned to the academy a little earlier than before. Wayne also planned to ask Seth to come to the dormitory to help with the homework for one or two courses.

Then, before the carriage reached the dormitory, Wayne saw the "building manager" McCann Reeve walking hurriedly on the side of the road, and an agent who was following and spying on him at a distance.

Not long after I returned to the dormitory, Macon Reeve came to find me.

This "Mackenzie Reeve" doesn't seem to be the main character. He doesn't seem to be afraid of Wayne at all, and even seems to be a little disgusted.

He handed me a small bottle with turbid liquid. "This is the potion that Pastor Pycelle usually asks me to drink. It should be mixed with my gastric juice, but I haven't eaten anything today, so at least there is no food residue mixed in."

You drank it and then vomited it out...?

Wayne took the vial, looked at it, and asked tentatively, "Where's 'McKen'? Why didn't he bring it to me?"

Macken Reeve's eyes suddenly became sharp, and then gradually calmed down, "You know?"

Wayne nodded.

Macken Reeve thought for a moment before continuing:

“McKen wanted to help you today, so he didn’t eat all day. After drinking the potion in the church, he fell into a coma shortly after coming out.

"We initially thought he was just fainting from hunger, or that this medicine was not suitable for taking on an empty stomach. So we helped him vomit the medicine out, and then he ate something and drank a glass of sugar and salt water in the school clinic.

"But 'McKen' he... disappeared.

"You are the only one who has warned us that there might be something wrong with the potion. We can only choose to trust you temporarily."

Disappeared?!

Wayne didn't know much about multiple personalities, but since the main personality had disappeared, how could the secondary personality be fine?