New Gods of North America

At noon, after Wayne and some of the other agents had a preliminary rest,

they took "Quake" back to Richmond and, in the afternoon, handed the current statistical bulletin to the state government staff for verification before publishing it in the newspaper.

"Quake" came from Kankus City, and like Conner, he was once a member of the Hunter Association there.

His extraordinary ability is to "decompose" or "merge" the "force" acting on himself to a certain extent.

For example, if you punch him, he can use his ability to "ripple" the force throughout his body, greatly reducing the damage he takes, even reducing gunshot wounds to some extent.

He can also perform reverse operations, such as temporarily accumulating some "fluctuations" on his body, and then concentrating them on a certain point and "rippling them back."

The opponent is very likely to suffer a big loss if they are not careful.

Wayne brought him here mainly because his comprehensive abilities were not bad, and he wanted him to "replace" Lina.

Lina had previously obtained some personal items of the challenged target. If the other party escaped, she could call "Wise Sage" for guidance, and then the detective agency would pursue.

Although this is not as reliable as having Lina guard him all the time, Ineisha's current state is not quite right. Once the main force leaves the "base camp," the home becomes too empty, so at least a partner has to guard it.

Through the pigeons released by Conner in the morning, Wayne barely found Conner, who had been squatting near the release point,

but he didn't see Lina's figure.

After a little questioning, he learned that a guy had come to visit Malcolm Baker again today. Lina felt that the guy should also be a key target worth paying attention to, so she took an agent to follow him,

intending to learn more about the other party's office or home address, so that it would be convenient to find him again if needed in the future.

After the agent who went with her returned to report the situation, Wayne found the location,

and finally met up with Lina in a coffee shop downstairs in an office building.

After Lina heard about Ineisha's situation, she also felt that it was necessary to return to the detective agency as soon as possible to take a look.

However, she glanced at the sky and hesitated slightly:

"The sun is about to set now, and the guy I'm following should be getting ready to leave work and go home. If I lose track of him at this time, I don't know when I'll be able to meet him again, which is a bit of a pity."

Wayne felt that, according to the current situation, "guarding the home" was more important than "attacking the enemy" for the time being,

so the two of them compromised a bit and decided to sneak into his office after the target got off work. It would be best if they could find his home address. If they couldn't find it, they would have someone squat here next time.

In this day and age, there were already so-called "office buildings." The building where the target was working was one of them.

In fact, this is another kind of "real estate," but it is mainly rented to organizations such as "companies" or "firms" for use as office space.

There is more than one company working here, so it is not difficult to sneak in.

After dark, Wayne followed Lina to the law firm where the other party worked. After confirming that there was no one nearby, he opened the door and sneaked in.

This law firm didn't seem to be very big. It felt like it was the kind that was opened by at most one or two lawyers in partnership.

After entering, there was a reception hall, and the rooms inside seemed to be places like reception rooms and offices.

At this time, Lina had already put on silk gloves, and she also tied her hair up with a thin rope along the way.

Peter scurried back and forth in the corridor for a while, and finally stopped in front of the innermost room.

"This guy seems to be quite vigilant..."

Lina checked it roughly, found a small piece of paper under the door, remembered its position and appearance, and then took it out and put it aside before starting to pick the lock.

This office was quite spacious, the kind of layout where you could sit with clients on the sofa and "chat slowly."

Wayne also wanted to help find things, but Lina disliked him in various ways.

"You're not wearing gloves."

"The most commonly used files are the ones that need to be handled most carefully. You have to carefully observe their position and state before turning them over. Some people are used to putting things in specific positions, and they will notice if they are touched."

"You can't touch the ornaments casually either. Things that have been placed for a long time are prone to dust accumulation, and you have to pay attention to the effects of wind and sun if they are placed by the window, as there may be traces."

Okay...

Although Wayne had seen similar scenes in movies and TV shows before and had some "common sense" in this regard,

it was really not as skilled as Lina when it came to actual operation.

After a while of rummaging,

Lina opened a safe hidden in the cabinet, which mainly contained various documents and some cash.

Wait,

aren't we here to find that guy's home address?

What's going on with opening the safe?

But since it was already open, Wayne simply let Lina take a rough look.

Lina's bag was really a "treasure chest," and there was even a small oil lamp inside, with a lampshade.

Many of the documents in the safe were sealed, with only simple names and remarks on them. It was estimated that only the owner of the office knew what was inside.

Wayne glanced at it for a while and couldn't see anything, so he told Lina to put the things back.

Lina rummaged even more carefully than Wayne had imagined, and she would also knock here and there in the safe.

"There's actually a hidden compartment here."

Lina opened the disguised partition, "Tch... it's just more documents. I thought there would at least be a large amount of valuable securities."

Wayne was about to tell Lina to "take what you can get" when he himself was attracted by the file bag:

"Lina, wait, take that thing out and take a look."

This file bag was not an extraordinary item, at least there was no problem in Wayne's simple line of sight,

but Wayne saw a not-so-common name on it—"Paceille."

"Lina, can you open it without breaking the seal? I want to see what's inside."

"There are no tools here now, and it may be difficult to restore if it is opened..."

Lina said this, but after looking at the file bag up and down for a while, she tried to lift it slightly at the bottom,

and then took out small wooden pieces and other things from her bag and started "working."

A document was quietly pulled out from the bottom of the paper bag,

Wayne leaned closer to look at it by the light of the small lamp and found that it was actually a will.

The content inside was quite "conventional," but it could be confirmed that it should be from Pastor Paceille of the College Church,

after all, ordinary people's "personal belongings" generally do not have so many things like "church books."

Pastor Paceille seemed to be quite loving. Of course, the valuable things were mainly left to the church, and many books and manuscripts were to be donated to the college library.

There were also some small odds and ends that seemed to be for people who were close to him during his lifetime.

Finally, Wayne noticed a familiar name inside:

"Leave the pendant I wear every day to a devout student in the college, Luke Matthew."