New Gods of North America

Mr. Bask asked for a long time, but in the end, he didn't reveal any intention to make a request.

After all, the detective agency wants to open its doors for long-term business. It can't be like a stray cat on the street, who would put on a stern face and say 'don't touch if you're not paying' when it notices something wrong.

Therefore, after Wayne dropped his baggage and took his leave, he simply regarded it as another promotion for the detective agency, a step towards 'expanding business into the local political circles'.

After dealing with the chores, the arrest operation tonight turned into a half-cooked meal due to someone stirring things up in the dark. They didn't let everyone escape, but they didn't catch everyone either.

Wayne still had to face reality and consider how to close the case.

Initially, investigating the sheriff and shifting the blame to the person behind him seemed like a good idea, but Wayne chose to abandon this line of inquiry for the time being.

Firstly, the position of sheriff is not high enough to be the mastermind behind an assassination attempt, and there is currently no direct evidence. If he claims to have some unspeakable difficulties and was only interfering with the investigation, it wouldn't help solve the case.

Secondly, if there really is someone behind him, then the water is definitely deeper. If the detective agency gets involved, who knows who will use them as a pawn. There's no reason to create unnecessary trouble and work for nothing.

It's better to honestly follow the right path and find a breakthrough from the assassin's side.

The 'enemy's friend' may also be an 'enemy', but priorities must be distinguished.

Arriving at the police station,

Wayne was now full of distrust for Sheriff William, but based on the current rules of the game, the assassin and his accomplices still had to be handed over to the police.

However, the interesting thing is that Sheriff William might be able to pull strings in the dark, but now that the people have been caught, if something happens to them in the police station, the questioning gaze might not only come from the cathedral.

And if he had the guts to do that, he wouldn't have chosen to create obstacles in the dark.

It seems that doing bad things sometimes requires a certain method.

Wayne instructed Conner at the door to keep an eye on the police station these days and notify him immediately if anything happens, before walking inside.

"Whale Oil," who had been knocked unconscious earlier, had also woken up. He was in poor condition after being doused with holy water.

The church did not choose to take over the extraordinary prisoner but sent someone to lock him in a solitary cell in the police station's basement according to the standards for 'special prisoners'. Entry and exit were handled by relatively special guards.

Sheriff William quickly came over, his words half-doubtful and half-probing, "Weren't you supposed to return with us just now? What took you so long?"

Wayne looked directly into his eyes, concisely, "I dealt with some minor matters temporarily."

Sheriff William tried hard to maintain his poker face, even his body stiffened, as if afraid that Wayne would see through his flaws.

Wayne didn't want to waste time with this obvious wolf. He'd see how the old man would deal with him, choosing to continue interrogating the fresh prisoners caught tonight.

Inessa was already interrogating the assassin's accomplices.

Knowing that she was currently interrogating the leader of the group, Wayne went to the underground prison to find the extraordinary person first to save time.

He flipped through the few pages of interrogation records recorded by Doug and found that this was another tough nut to crack.

So Wayne opened a new topic, "Matthew, do you know how we found you?"

The other party's eyelids lifted, obviously interested in this topic.

So Wayne continued to keep him in suspense, "Actually, it's not just you. The other people in your group were also caught tonight."

At first, the other party didn't seem to believe it, but when Wayne pointed out the names "Averna," "Robert," and "Daniel" one by one, he had to face reality, and his eyeballs began to roll around.

Of course, Wayne didn't intend to give him too much time to think, "We've basically investigated you thoroughly. You're a secret organization lurking in America. But I'm very curious, what was your purpose in assassinating Tom Hagen?"

"I've already said it. I don't know anything about an assassination, and I don't have any accomplices."

"Are you trying to say that Carl isn't one of you?" Wayne asked.

The other party's attitude returned to indifference, "I don't know anyone named Carl."

Wayne changed direction, "Then do you know what happens to unregistered extraordinary people in Virginia? Telling the truth might reduce your sentence."

"I don't know anything about extraordinary people."

You're going to deny even this…

Did your group's business training come from the ostrich school?

Wayne was thinking about which direction to open the breakthrough when an agent knocked on the prison door. After being allowed to enter, he walked over and whispered to Wayne, "Boss, their leader has confessed."

He didn't expect Inessa's efficiency to be so fast. It seemed that even the most cunning fox couldn't outsmart a seasoned hunter using big data.

So Wayne left the prison first, leaving Doug to continue the interrogation. After all, the leader definitely had more information.

As a result, Wayne had barely reached the interrogation room when he almost couldn't hold back.

"But Carl seems to like you more. He hasn't revealed any information about you. When he found out you were arrested, his emotions became very agitated."

At this time, Inessa's crisp voice was speaking to the prisoner, her tone peaceful, as if she was just stating the facts.

Huh?!

Even Wayne couldn't help but turn his head to take a serious look at Inessa. He didn't expect that even you, a serious white-haired beauty, had learned to kill people with emotion.

The expression looked quite like it. In Wayne's opinion, there was a kind of black humor of "narrating absurd stories with a straight face."

The interrogated prisoner, at this time, seemed like a prodigal son who had just realized that his heartless first love had terminal illness and didn't want to burden him, so she gave up treatment and left him a sum of money. He felt like his soul had been emptied by the truth.

Wayne flipped through the interrogation records. This leader, named "Averna," had revealed their origins and purpose of lurking after learning that his accomplices had been arrested overnight.

But on the most crucial assassination case, he didn't admit that it was their group's doing, only saying that it was the personal behavior of that "Carl."

As for the specific reasons for the attack, he said he didn't know.

Moreover, he didn't admit that he and his accomplices were "that kind" of relationship, but obviously, even heroes can't escape chivalrous feelings, but he didn't expect "chivalry" and "tenderness" to grow on the same person.

Okay, the ball was kicked back…

So the two had to take the interrogation records and re-interrogate the real assassin himself.

Wayne was quite curious on the way, with a bit of teasing, "Inessa, how did you think of using this trick to make him speak?"

It turned out that these people didn't come from the Kingdom of Windsor. This guy also looked like a straight man. He was opened up like this. It was really a path that Wayne hadn't imagined.

Inessa's expression looked very sincere: "Didn't you say that there was a special relationship between them? I recalled the interrogation content of the two arrested prisoners before. After excluding other 'impossibilities', I felt that the person the assassin really liked should be him, so I told him the truth."

Um…

Wayne could only sigh that sincerity is the ultimate skill, especially when the person himself is convinced.

So he didn't know how to continue commenting, so he could only nod, "You make sense…"