The relationship between the American Federation and Frank, when discussed in detail, is actually quite complicated.

For example, everyone knows that the reason America was able to successfully break away from the rule of the Windsor Kingdom and establish the Federation was in no small part due to the involvement of the Frankish Allied Forces.

However, the Frankish Allied Forces didn't come for free. They took on debts, contributed manpower and equipment, and faced the world's great power alongside the Americans. It seemed reasonable to receive some political and economic returns after the victory.

Even in the early days of America's independence, when it was poor and empty-handed, the Franks, out of respect for the Founding Fathers, gave them a relatively long payment period, allowing the newly born Federation to gradually repay the debt with tax revenue, so as not to bear too heavy a burden.

At that time, it could be called a model of 'pleasant cooperation'.

However, reality is always wonderfully diverse.

The Frankish king at the time, due to his strong support for America, incurred debts that led to an economic crisis in Frank, which in turn led to a revolution. The king was sent to the guillotine, and Frank transformed from a 'kingdom' into a 'republic'.

The Americans, seeing that their creditor was dead, thought, 'Why should I continue to pay back the money? Especially to those who killed the creditor?'

In addition, the Windsor's ruling power in the New World was 'expelled' rather than 'completely liquidated'. So, after America's overall situation was settled, it quickly chose to continue trading with the Windsor Kingdom.

This completely infuriated the Frankish people. 'We contributed manpower and weapons to help you drive away your rulers, but you started trading with the Windsor Kingdom, which is blockading us?'

As a result, from the official level to the general public, the Frankish perception of America rapidly plummeted to freezing point.

Now, decades later, the relationship between the two countries can be considered 'normalized,' but this is not because the Franks chose to 'forgive,' but because they had to gradually accept the reality of 'letting it go'.

Of course, there are also more complex reasons behind this.

The simplest example is that, due to the pulling and tugging of various forces, Frank repeatedly switched back and forth between 'kingdom' and 'republic'. Some of the nobles and their descendants who were affected, or the organizers who failed in their struggles, often had to run to countries that were relatively 'unfriendly' to the Frankish authorities to seek refuge or spend the rest of their lives.

As the domestic situation in Frank changed, some people who were originally treated as 'refugees' might become 'enemies' that everyone wanted to liquidate after a few years, while others who were initially unpopular might become spokespersons for the new Frankish authorities that everyone was eager to please.

Moreover, these people came in several waves, some with feuds with each other, some without. Some had feuds in Frank, but not after arriving abroad, and vice versa.

Then some 'invested,' some were 'invested in,' some invested successfully, some failed, and some 'succeeded first and then failed,' or 'failed before and are now considered successful'.

After several rounds of this, people became a little numb.

The script that Lina temporarily chose was a classic character in this situation—a descendant of a refugee noble who had been away from the country for many years, had no power or influence, but still had money and longed to 'go home'.

Wayne was shocked. Dealing with the Franks, who were always considered 'romantic,' wasn't enough with just beauty?

Lina rolled her eyes at Wayne:

"He's not the real target of our operation. I don't have that much time to play with him. To get the information out as soon as possible, of course, we need to add more seasoning. Trust me, this trick works very well on Frankish men."

Then Lina, with several agents pretending to be her bodyguards, servants, and coachmen, went over in the detective agency's best box-type carriage.

The next plot, naturally, was a scene of a 'daughter of a refugee noblewoman encountering a compatriot in a foreign land,' and the first scene was chosen in the restaurant that the other party had just entered.

Of course, the rest of the people couldn't waste time watching Lina act. Ryan was responsible for chatting with the other party's lone coachman, while Wayne and Inessa continued to scout other suspicious key order customers, looking for equally worthy targets to follow up on.

The agents guarding the temporary stronghold at home were even more miserable, having to continue scanning fingerprints from the evidence. A large pile of fingerprints was also waiting to be sorted and archived, and then carefully compared to exclude the normal fingerprints left by the police when searching the murderer's home.

The recent "fingerprint sweep" operation has also left a shadow on many agents, and now they prefer to wear gloves when doing anything.

And when they don't wear gloves, some agents have become accustomed to wiping the cups after drinking water outside, as if others would also locate individuals based on fingerprints like this.

Time quickly came to night.

After Wayne returned, he ate dinner made from the "chef-prepared gift pack" sent from the detective agency's main base, and then took a moment to relax. While thinking about how fast food restaurants should keep their core recipes secret in the future, he fed the birds in the small yard of the temporary stronghold.

Since the detective agency temporarily stationed here, the bird ecology in this neighborhood has undergone a dramatic change.

Not only can pigeons be seen flying around frequently, but peregrine falcons also go to fight with local crow gangs all day long. It probably suffered a loss, otherwise it shouldn't be so impulsive.

And a bunch of crows can't beat the occasional peregrine falcon and Peter combination, and from time to time, they collectively curse on the street lamps near the temporary stronghold, making the neighbors now support the detective agency's release of eagles to drive them away.

As for the owl whose wings have not yet healed, it is still a Buddhist ground chicken, walking around with its hands behind its back, like an old man.

Wayne had just fed the peregrine falcon seven points full when Doug came over and lowered his voice:

"Sir, according to observation, someone seems to be monitoring our detective agency's actions."

Wayne's title in the detective agency has also changed again and again. After being led astray by Lina, most people now call Wayne "Boss." Doug and Ryan, who had just returned not long ago, also changed their tone to follow the crowd, but quickly changed back to the previous "Sir."

Now, it seems like a Matryoshka doll. Outsiders call Wayne "Sir," the agents call him "Boss," and those who are more familiar call him "Sir" again, one pretending to be the other.

But this is not the point. Wayne was slightly surprised, "Who?"

Doug simply scratched the lawn in the mini-yard with a stick:

"There are not many people on the other side, and the distance is relatively far. The nearest monitoring point seems to only record our entry and exit in the block, so even Conner didn't find it during the previous investigation.

"However, the pigeons have been flying more recently and have discovered that there have been people in these two locations all the time. Pigeons are not a very reconnaissance-conscious species, and they have noticed it, indicating that the other party may have been there all the time these days. The agents who stayed behind have also tested it twice and confirmed that they should be monitors."

Anyway, since we're idle, Wayne thought for a moment, "Then let's go over and see, and ask who sent them."

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