New Gods of North America

Today is Saturday, which, according to the prevailing view, is the last day of the week—though followers of the Holy Spirit typically regard "the Lord's Day" as the first day of the week.

After finishing the afternoon's etiquette class, Wayne's courses for the week were temporarily over.

He returned to his dorm to drop off his books, pick up his assignments, and ask "Resident Advisor" MacKen Reiff if there had been any improvement today, or if "MacKen" had reappeared.

Then, he took a carriage back to the detective agency to continue examining and observing Ineisha and Lina.

Since everyone confirmed that Sǒng Peter's extraordinary abilities couldn't last, the detective agency's vigilance against Sǒng Peter's escape had relaxed slightly.

However, as a consequence, Ineisha's "skipping class" life couldn't continue, and she returned to the torturous courses in the academy's music room with Lina.

So, when Wayne returned to the detective agency,

Ineisha and Lina hadn't finished class yet, and Doug and Seth, along with the agents and Sǒng Peter, were probably still "fishing" or separately staking out locations in the city or at the academy.

Besides the chef, Parker, the agents guarding the house, and Ryan, who was Wayne's coachman, only Emma remained at the detective agency.

But several "outsiders" had already arrived.

"You've arrived much faster than I expected."

Wayne spread his arms towards the guys sitting in the conference room, "Welcome to Virginia."

"Yo, Wayne," one of the young men waved at Wayne upon seeing this.

Then, he was punched by his companion, "No manners, this is a senior hunter's partner, you should call him Mr. Wayne."

Another, slightly thinner man looked warily behind Wayne, "Mr. Wayne, is Miss Lina still here?"

"Looking for her?" Wayne smiled at him, "Lina and Ineisha are busy, they should be back before dinner."

Then Wayne saw him shaking his head vigorously:

"No, no, not looking for her. But Miss Lina's spells that 'compressed' people into balls left a deep impression on me..."

These guys who came were all little buddies Wayne and the others had met in Kǎnkes City.

There were five people in total, three of whom had entered the first batch of agent interviews at the detective agency, and the other two hadn't participated in the interviews before, but Wayne had seen them in the hunter's bar in Kǎnkes City.

America's current presidential election system is like this—

Each state must obtain the primary election results as soon as possible after the election voting day and elect the state's "electors."

Then, the electors of each state must complete the "electoral vote" at the beginning of next month, and finally, the Senate and House of Representatives of Congress will hold a joint meeting in the month after that to count the votes of the "Electoral College," and actually decide the presidential candidate based on the results of the "electoral vote."

Although the statutory process is very long, in fact, according to the principle of "winner takes all," as long as the general election results and votes of each state are summarized as soon as possible, the vote count of the presidential candidates can basically be determined in advance.

Due to the widespread concern of the public and the wealthy, political and business circles and newspapers also have the actual need to "take the lead."

So, thanks to the presidential election system, the speed of news dissemination among the major cities in America is constantly accelerating, and the speed of the postal route system in this era can be described as "amazing."

But no matter how "amazing" it is, only a little more than three weeks have passed since Ineisha wrote the letter.

According to Wayne's estimate, the letter from Georgeburg to Kǎnkes City had to detour slightly through Chicago, even though it was also from "city to city."

But from the time the "letter was sent" to the time the other party "made up their minds" and then to the time the "people actually came over," normally it would take at least a month, which is almost half the time less, which is a bit unscientific.

Wayne had doubts, so he asked directly,

And a member of the Hunter Association explained Wayne's doubts:

"Actually, with the current speed of steam trains, if you can drive non-stop from Kǎnkes City, you can reach Richmond in less than three days, and the rest of the time is spent waiting for steam trains to stop or for personnel to transfer and goods to be sorted, which usually takes at least half a month."

"And Miss Ineisha used a special code on the envelope, and some friendly people and organizations like the 'Underground Railroad' will provide convenience after seeing it, and some routes may not be normal postal routes, so it will be faster. It takes about a week to arrive."

"We were afraid that the number of recruits this time would still be limited, so we also 'expedited' it. We mixed all kinds of passenger and freight steam trains along the way, and almost followed the fastest transfer method given by friendly people, and even spent the night on the steam train."

Wayne thought for a while, "Then you must have worked hard. Take a good rest for a few days first, and take the opportunity to learn about the current situation of our detective agency."

After such a non-stop shaking on the steam train in this era,

If it were Wayne, he would probably feel that his bones were about to fall apart, and he definitely wouldn't sleep well...

"Your place looks like it's taking shape, but do you still honor the treatment you promised them in Kǎnkes City?" one of the more carefree buddies asked.

Wayne snapped his fingers:

"Maybe it's even better than what was promised before, but the premise is that you must meet the conditions. Of course, even if you can't meet the conditions or are unwilling to accept it, I won't let you make a trip for nothing. Our detective agency will cover the round-trip travel expenses and food and accommodation during this period."

The other party grinned and made a "click" sound with his fingers:

"Even Doug and Willie are okay, so don't worry, Mr. Wayne. People from Kǎnkes City are not to be trifled with."

Wayne didn't doubt that they were bragging,

This doesn't mean that bounty hunters from the West are definitely more powerful, but because these people had experience as "vigilantes" in a mixed place like Kǎnkes before, and Wayne got to know them because of this.

The so-called "vigilante" means that there are risks, no guarantees, and possibly zero income.

People without a certain ability to protect themselves and adapt, even if the motivation is good, it is difficult to persist and survive.

Even companions may gradually no longer call such people to directly participate in combat out of goodwill—just like Doug at the beginning.

Moreover, the reason why some of them were not selected at the beginning was mainly because their extraordinary abilities were more suitable for "fighting," and they didn't have much advantage in being a "detective."

But even the worst is worse than Willie.

The "friendly match" after dinner also proved this.

Without giving any prior notice, the shrewd hunter, even if he looks carefree, directly chose to "maintain a safe distance" but always "bite and not let go" when facing the "armored" Sǒng Peter.

Only after Sǒng Peter was forced to lift his extraordinary abilities did he start to get close and beat people.

Wayne looked at the situation on the scene,

And felt that the "arena" would probably be lively for a while.

In the evening,

According to rumors passed down among students, but not necessarily reliable, the academy's dormitory usually doesn't check rooms on Saturdays,

Wayne didn't want to take this risk at first, but after "MacKen" disappeared, the current MacKen Reiff actually seemed to have become more reliable.

So, even after the "Resident Advisor" said that everything should be fine today, Wayne spent the night in the detective agency,

Then, the next day, Wayne skipped going to church service, woke up naturally, and directly took Ryan to Richmond to find Mr. Russell to discuss the steam line security commission.

As for the new members, they stayed to listen to Doug explain the rules of the detective agency.

The paragraph comments are gone after the replacement... By the way, I will try to ensure the update time is around 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM in the future.