New Gods of North America

"Peter, don't move around. It won't hurt you. I'll try to aim close to the edge, at most scratching your skin. See, Conner was fine just now."

Back at the detective agency, Wayne excitedly started test-firing the gun.

The cowardly Peter, on the other hand, stood a short distance away, raising one arm to the side and " shaking".

After firing a few shots, "bang", "bang", Wayne discovered that the bolt-action rifle he brought back from Germany was indeed "family" with Ineisa's big gun.

With similar lineage and consistent caliber, Ineisa's ornate big gun had slightly more recoil and better accuracy when using the same bullets.

It was probably carefully selected and then modified.

However, the problem with this thing is that the bullets are different from the common American standard. The length and caliber don't match.

Under regulation and low market demand, even if you don't consider the cost of asking someone to " import" from the Old Continent, guaranteeing ammunition is a bit problematic.

That is, there are only two of these things in the detective agency. Including the hundred bullets Wayne brought back and Ineisa's remaining stock, it's okay if you save them.

Unfortunately, some of the bullets in Ineisa's stock have different warheads and fall into the category of " demon-hunting bullets". There are only a dozen left now.

Only when using special bullets can the " break defense" of cowardly Peter be achieved.

Otherwise, the warhead will also be bounced off cowardly Peter's armor with a "ding", at most cowardly Peter will be shaken a little harder.

Wayne was also curious why Ineisa, who came from the most industrially capable Windsor Kingdom of the time, was using a German-made bolt-action rifle.

Ineisa's explanation for this was very realistic:

"Thanks to the improvement of the steam engine, although the Windsor Kingdom developed the earliest and fastest in industry, and has the most colonies today, it is also because it developed too early that the Windsor Kingdom has a high stock of previous generation firearms."

"Maintaining the rule is barely enough. The overall cost of replacing the equipment is too high, so the development of the Windsor Kingdom in this area is slightly slower. Before I left the Windsor Kingdom, the parliament seemed to be recruiting inventors to design modifications to the previous old weapons to reduce the cost of replacement."

"In contrast, other old powers on the Old Continent are more active in research and replacement in these areas in order to compete with the Windsor Kingdom in military force. Hunters do not need to consider too many additional issues, and naturally choose the weapons they think are better."

This is not difficult to understand. Today, what supports the honor and prestige of the Windsor " the empire on which the sun never sets" is mainly strong ships and cannons, and military expenditure is estimated to be used preferentially in these areas.

It may not be a big impact to be a little " compromising" in light weapons.

Especially with the strongest industrial strength of the time as a backing, if there is a strong demand, the Windsor Kingdom should only have the problem of how much capital investment is needed if it wants to quickly iterate and explode production capacity in this area.

That's how industrial behemoths are. Even if the products they make are slightly worse, as long as the performance is not too far behind and the cost can be suppressed, they may be able to crush other countries in real competition just by relying on their size.

A bit envious.

After finishing the test and walking to the "office area", Seth was reading a newspaper at this time.

It wasn't the leisurely "reading", but a state closer to "collecting and filtering intelligence."

Like an emotionless scanner, he quickly browsed the contents above, making records from time to time, and occasionally looking through the piles of newspapers he had read to confirm.

"Any noteworthy news?" Wayne asked out of curiosity.

Seth put down the newspaper in his hand, and his expression seemed to enter a state of thinking and recalling.

After a short pause, he seemed to have organized his words in his mind:

"There are only three pieces of news worth paying attention to for the time being, and they are still waiting to be confirmed.

First of all, judging from the newspapers collected from various places, the news that the detective agency has undertaken the consignment of valuables has been deliberately spread, which does not conform to the conventional rules of news dissemination.

Some newspapers in other places even have content that predicts when the escort team will arrive at 'local'. I think someone seems to be plotting to rob the valuables we are escorting, or is directly targeting the security personnel."

Wayne had already expected this, and he also followed Tom Hagen's style of "guess who benefits from the matter\

,"Initially, the nomination of suspects was internally decided to be the School of Life Sciences, Cohen Pharmaceuticals, or Pastor Bazini.

So he nodded, "What else?"

Seth is the type who always thinks for a while when encountering something, but reacts quickly after thinking about it:

"There are two other pieces of news that need to be confirmed. One of the news only appeared once in the York City newspaper three months ago. Cohen Pharmaceuticals claimed that their newly developed pain medication is safe and effective, and a bishop of the Holy Spirit Church has even used it in his treatment plan.

"I think this may represent that they have a certain 'friendship' with the high-level church in one or some states. From what I know so far, this may not be a good thing for our detective agency.

"Another piece of news is a local rumor in Georgeberg. Recently, a legend about 'lucky coins' seems to have emerged. Although some people think this custom has existed for a long time, according to my investigation, this statement did not exist at least at this time last year."

The detective agency had ruined the affairs of Cohen Pharmaceuticals or the School of Life Sciences when protecting Mr. Ben Harmon,

Recently, he also found and warned some people who had done things for them through cowardly Peter - of course, the detective agency did good deeds without officially leaving a name, but just let them provide information, and let Seth come forward to give them a " vaccination", saying that their "friendship" may be needed in the future.

Seth's current position is very " right", and he has begun to think about guarding against Cohen Pharmaceuticals and the School of Life Sciences.

Otherwise, the first person targeted in the detective agency may be himself.

As for another piece of news...

"What is the specific situation of that 'lucky coin'?" Wayne asked.

"The content itself is very simple. It is said that there is a blessed 5-cent coin that can bring good luck to the person carrying it. Of course, it also comes with a few short stories similar to 'a poor boy gets his first pot of gold', 'a rich daughter finds true love', and 'a sick family member is miraculously cured'.

"The suspicious point is that the matter about it seems to be spreading rapidly in Georgeberg recently, and many people think that it is a legend that has existed for 'decades', and also believe that this magical coin may still be circulating within the Georgeberg city area. When I was in the academy a few days ago, I heard people discussing it, and I also noticed that some people have already started playing with coins.

"Although the total number of people involved may only be a dozen or so, after joining the detective agency and seeing and hearing some things, I guess this may be related to extraordinary people or extraordinary items. It seems that someone is secretly plotting something."

Hmm...

A new job is coming?