NOVEL FULL

New Gods of North America

Chapter 205: thing

Some things are actually quite scary when you look closely. For example, the monks who whispered and smiled goodbye to the believers the last second, Turning back, his expression immediately darkened. This attitude is also an invisible deterrent to the clergy who work in the church. Therefore, with Pastor Bazini's silence, everyone cooperated tacitly. Those who should be investigated accepted the investigation, and those in charge of the investigation also consciously exercised a sense of propriety. Although Tom Hagen brought in a large force without prior permission, But his position was still quite correct. At least in theory, the highest decision-making power on the scene was still in the hands of Pastor Bazini. Internal investigations are always a tedious business. The identities of the detective agency members are not considered "internal members" of the church, so at this time they are in a state where they can cooperate on the periphery, but are invisibly excluded from key matters. For example, when assigning specific reviewers, Tom Hagen, under the instruction of Pastor Bazzini, would directly name them, such as asking who would be responsible for reviewing which people.

No one said out loud that "people from the detective agency are not suitable for this job", but no tasks were assigned to them, so they continued to serve as a reserve team on the periphery. Wayne, Inissa and Lina, the three partners of the detective agency, were treated a little better. Although he was not assigned any tasks, he could walk around the review rooms like Tom Hagen or David Mills, or sit down and listen. Occasionally they would interrupt and ask a few questions, and the examiner would also signal the person being examined to cooperate in answering. Wayne sat in on several interrogation rooms for a while. There seem to be several different plans for the church's internal review, and both sides of the question and answer seem to have a basic understanding of this. The plan that was brought out at this time was probably similar to the "undercover investigation" plan, and the questions were very detailed. For example, A and B will be asked separately what C did on which day and who he usually interacts with, and then the same questions will be asked to C. Finally, the answers of each person will be recorded and compared one by one. Then after the initial screening, Some people were asked to stay alone in designated rooms in the church for a short period of time and were not allowed to go out or contact the outside world. Another group of people were transferred to the old police station in Georgeburg for further investigation. Compared to the church, the old police station is more like a fortress. And a conference room inside looked a bit like a command center in a fortress at this time. The interrogation records were collected in the materials room next door. Then, several capable clerks will read and compare the interrogation records again, form a briefing or feedback new questions, and then send it to the conference room or back to the interrogation room. Inesa seemed to be quite interested in this kind of work. After watching for a while, she stayed here and read the interrogation records with them. However, Inissa is like a person supervising the examination. She can look at the papers and transcripts and make her own suggestions, but she cannot directly participate in the marking or summarizing work. In the conference room, Pastor Bazzini and Tom Hagen, who were the so-called "center of the center\ ,"The ones summarized here are basically brief reports, which contain preliminary conclusions about certain people or certain things, as well as the main reasons for the conclusions.

They then make decisions on whether to continue digging deeper into a suspicious clue or to raise or lower suspicion of certain people. As a bystander, Wayne felt as if he was observing an ant nest. People came and went in the corridor, constantly exchanging things or information in various rooms. Everything seemed orderly despite being busy. The review process continued until late at night. Since it was inconvenient to wander around, Lina was also idle at the moment. She sat in the corner of the conference room with Wayne and chatted about some of her observations: "The internal review of the Holy Spirit Church is quite strict. I just looked at their practices. All the people who have had contact with those 'accomplices' have been listed and then compared with each other. Even several believers who often go to the church have been included in the investigation list. It seems that even some hidden groups that are not buried deep enough will be dug out by them." Wayne thought for a moment, "According to this situation, if you were asked to infiltrate the church, what would you do?" Lina thought for a moment: "That depends on whether you want to obtain intelligence or carry out a mission. If you just want to obtain intelligence, it's better to develop a circle of peripheral members, and then set up a 'middleman' who is responsible for summarizing the information, and only contact the middleman. This way, there should be a chance to escape. "If you want to carry out the mission, you may have to do it yourself. It's best to cut in directly from the key target to reduce the opponent's reaction time. You see, before they conduct internal review, it seems that they are not very strict... "Hey, you're not really going to ask me to do anything, are you?" You seem really skilled... Wayne didn't have much in mind for the church, but his thoughts had already spread to other places: "We are a law-abiding organization, okay? We won't do anything inappropriate. But I suddenly had an idea. Since you can even get the church to do something about you, have you ever considered strengthening your ties with the local gangs?" Lina shrank aside, "What do you want to do? Seeing as George Berg doesn't seem to have much of a local gang, so the 'Wayne National Detective Agency' is going to become the 'Wayne Gang'?" "Georgeburg has such a high proportion of rich people, there shouldn't be room for big gangs to survive... When I say 'local', I mean Virginia. If we can understand something about gangs in cities like Richmond, then if there are cases in the future, many things should be easy to handle, right?" Wayne replied. Lina also moved her small waist bag to the other side. "That will cost a lot of money, and we may not be able to use it, unless we also participate in the gang's business. In that case, we may have to take over other people's territory first, and we will also need to maintain the business and manpower, which is also very energy-consuming." Wayne narrowed his eyes slightly. "I think you are the one who wants to develop a gang. You even want to get involved in business and seize territory. I just want to create a rough file, such as which members are in which gang, their names, appearances, home addresses, etc. It may be useful someday." "You are quite ambitious." Lina relaxed her grip on her waist bag a little. "If you just want the peripheral information, it's not that difficult. But this kind of thing is troublesome and unprofitable. If there is no commission fee, I won't do it." Wayne shrugged his shoulders. "Take your time. By the way, I think the church's internal review plan is also good. We should take a look at it and come up with a plan based on theirs. Maybe it will be useful." "That's easy. I'll make a draft for you in a few days. Remember to pay me." "It's free. But next Thanksgiving, we'll leave the turkey legs for you." "I don't want it! Even Parker's turkey is not delicious. That's a ritual for you natives to atone for your sins to the indigenous people. You should eat more of it yourself." Wayne wanted to refute. At this time, a clerk came over with a briefing on a different paper version. After reading it, Pastor Bazini frowned: "So you concluded that the object in question was actually an 'item'?"