New Gods of North America.

Chapter 359 Possibility

In the evening, Seth, who originally didn't want to come for a free meal, was called to the detective agency by Doug's pigeon.

In addition to ghostwriting homework and collecting information on a daily basis, he now had another temporary task - drafting a standard contract for the detective agency.

During this period, the detective agency's highest income came from various security commissions, but we cannot rule out the possibility of other types of special commissions in the future.
So Wayne asked Seth to draft a standard contract for the foreseeable types of commissions so that he could use it directly later.

Although Seth is not yet qualified to take the bar exam and his professional level is still in doubt, one advantage of being a "student" is that he can ask professors and classmates for advice.

As long as he could make a rough draft first and then ask everyone to help "find faults", after basically iterating it a few times, Wayne felt that he should be able to use it.

It is hard to say whether Cohen Pharmaceuticals is willing to accept the changes in the contract terms, but the new steam train route security commission seems to be a sure thing.

The detective agency's "second office" can already start selecting personnel, mainly from the large team that has escorted valuables that have not been returned.

The other staffing is easy, but the selection of the "Office Manager" is a little bit troublesome.
Doug was originally a ready-made choice, but he still preferred to stay at the "base camp", and his extraordinary ability was indeed indispensable at the moment.
Willy is still young, and the more convincing agents among the other agents are Connor and the strong man Sanders. The latter has not returned yet, so Wayne gives the former a "vaccination" first.

Connor didn't seem very happy. "But the reason I came here is to learn hunter-related knowledge from Miss Inessa. The local hunter association in the New World has been 'disconnected', and many things have become incomplete."

Wayne chose to convince Connor with reason, and then "fought" with Connor in the arena.

In terms of the total amount of spiritual power in his body, Wayne is now about the same as Connor.

But if we take into account "flexibility" and "utilization", Wayne is actually not as good as Connor.

However, sometimes the combination of extraordinary abilities is a bit bullying. Although it is difficult for Wayne to "detonate" by touching Connor, Wayne's self-healing ability can also withstand Connor's punches and kicks.
Moreover, Wayne can use various fake moves to set up "detonation points" in various places on the field in advance. After Conor steps on the "detonation points" defenselessly, Wayne signals the end of the game and then shows him the power of the explosion, and the outcome will be clear at a glance.

“It is not enough for a hunter to ‘learn’; he must actually hunt to truly grow.”

Wayne took the opportunity to give Connor some encouragement, "If you are assigned to go there, as long as you can achieve certain results, you can apply to be transferred back. Or you can train a team that can do the job well."

What a close call.

According to Wayne's own experience, although the self-healing ability can work even when he is unconscious, it does not mean that Wayne will not be "knocked out". At least when facing "Grey Wolf" Freddy, Wayne was knocked out.

In other words, no one in the arena would really kill the opponent, and ordinary attacks were a piece of cake for the self-healing ability, so Wayne's victory seemed relatively easy.

Inesa, an honest person, originally wanted to do a review, but was quickly deceived by Wayne.

He said that the details of the partner's extraordinary abilities must be kept secret from the agents, so that they would be challenging in future assessments.

After Wayne bought the fast-flying peregrine falcon, Peter no longer had to practice with Connor.
Conor's new interest recently is to train birds with Doug, such as throwing a piece of meat into the air and competing with the peregrine falcon to see who can grab it faster. Occasionally, he would use his extraordinary ability to block the attack of the peregrine falcon's claws and then try to grab the opponent's claws. This made Wayne a little worried, afraid that when he started training "dropping bombs" in the future, the peregrine falcon would first choose to throw the bomb at Conor's head...

Peter did know the lawyer named John Milton, who was one of the legal advisors for Cohen Pharmaceuticals.

He seems to have strong professional abilities. At least in the regional headquarters where Peter previously worked, the person in charge seemed to respect his opinions very much.

Wayne was not very interested in the big lawyer. He felt that many large companies would employ a bunch of legal advisors. It was not a matter of whether the relationship was deep or shallow. It was all just business.
And from the perspective of simple lines, there doesn't seem to be any extra "lines" on the other person, so he should be just an ordinary person.

What Wayne was more concerned about was actually the relationship between Cohen Pharmaceuticals and the Cathedral.
He pondered for a while and temporarily thought of a possibility that seemed reasonable -

There are members of the Life School in Cohen Pharmaceuticals, but they may not be "only" members of the Life School.

Or to extend this further, Seth once said that "some bishops of the Church of the Holy Spirit seem to have accepted Cohen Pharmaceuticals' treatment plans." In other words, the church actually allows Cohen Pharmaceuticals to exist to some extent, and Tom Hagen's letter of recommendation is proof of this.

However, this does not affect the church's daily crackdown on the School of Life.

Considering that Tom Hagen may have gone to Massachusetts to serve as a pastor, and Peter was born in Pennsylvania—both states are typical "Northern states"—Cohen Pharmaceuticals may have "friends" in the North.

Come to think of it, the pharmaceutical industry has relatively higher requirements for "professionalism". Compared with the "Nazis" in the South who support slavery, they are more inclined to the "industrialists" in the North. It is indeed possible that they will become an object that the Northerners can accept and win over.

Wayne also asked Doug to go to the pharmacy to find the medicine produced by Cohen Pharmaceuticals. This stuff is not easy to buy in Virginia, but Doug and his friends have seen it in Kansas City.
The more expensive one is a small green pill, which can be sold for 50 cents a piece when it is in short supply. Bounty hunters occasionally take it when they are injured. It has a calming and analgesic effect.

The effect is said to be quite good, but people generally don’t buy a lot or eat it often, mainly because it is expensive.

In these days, the United States does not have a unified drug supervision agency. The use of drugs mainly depends on the attitude of the academic community and local doctors and drug associations.
The attitudes of the church and politics are also important, but in this era they mainly play a prohibitive role.

Wayne hadn't seen the real "little green tablet", so he could only imagine it, and had some not-so-good associations.

However, it is not easy for some things to become popular in this era. The Puritans even advocated "restraint" and "abstinence" when it comes to alcoholic beverages. If other things were addictive, they would probably have been killed by them early in this era.

Unless someone hasn't noticed the danger of something yet.

Just like what Wayne had read in some popular science books in his previous life, radioactive "radium" was once considered a "healthy element" and was put into children's toys, food, and even toothpaste.

It is said that some people's bones still glow many years after their death due to long-term use of products containing "radium"...

I don’t know if that would count as becoming a “Extraordinary Person” in another sense…

(End of this chapter)