As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 248 The Ineffective Magic

In modern society, when a person's true identity is established, it is only a matter of time before he is found.

And in front of the state apparatus, this time will never exceed three days.

Informatization means that individuals have no privacy at all.

Privacy protection is only between individuals, and you cannot pry into the privacy of other individuals.

For the state apparatus, there is absolutely no privacy at all.

Even your privacy is equal to nothing in front of Internet giants.

At that time, Xiao Ma once publicly stated on a forum that Goose Factory had facial pictures of Hua people in the past ten years.

His original words at the time were: Goose Factory has a more powerful ability, that is, it has almost mastered the facial changes of every Chinese person in the past ten years.

The most frightening statement here is everyone, because we must know that no matter how powerful the products of Goose Factory are, they cannot cover every Chinese.

Not even six hours after Charles' real identity was established, he was found in a hotel on the edge of London.

Charles has a monitoring device in his home. When the monitoring device detects that several strange men have broken in without authorization, he knows that his true identity has been confirmed.

After thinking twice, he gave up resisting and ran away.

Because it is useless, the more people in the industry know, the more useless it is to escape after the real identity is confirmed.

As for confronting the state apparatus and taking other people hostage to escape?

Charles will not do this, so it is better to be more rational and negotiate with England.

At least with magic in hand, he can have some initiative.

"Nice job, Daniel.

Since we found Charles first, we will be responsible for the follow-up series of work.

About how Charles mastered magic, what kind of magic he learned, and the ins and outs of all this will be investigated by us. "

Resources are earned.

Individuals need to fight for resources, and departments also need to fight for resources.

Institutions like MI6 don't have much else, but more than enough people.

At the beginning, if elites could be transferred to form the Magic and Superpower Management Department, then this department could also be disbanded.

Charles was taken to the town of Margate in Kent, southwest of London.

This is the seaside resort town of Niyingying, because people come and go very frequently.

So England has a secret base here.

Compared with London, the level of secrecy here is much higher.

England hopes to keep the secret as much as possible before negotiating with the Europa League or American.

"Mr. Charles, please briefly introduce yourself. We are not interested in your life, we just want to know how you mastered magic."

Charles is slightly bald, and another notable feature is that he does not wear glasses and have thin limbs like the programmers in traditional people's minds.

On the contrary, Charles is very strong, and he can even be described as strong.

Charles raised his head and looked at a man and a woman sitting across from him, he said lightly: "This information is very valuable, we need to make a deal."

Seeing that the two people on the opposite side did not respond, Charles continued:

"If I don't come back in twelve hours, I set up an automatic email in some anonymous mailbox.

All information related to this magical event will be sent to the CIA's official mailbox on the dark web. "

Charles's idea is very simple, even if England officials want to cooperate with him, they must come up with corresponding bargaining chips.

Charles continued: "Don't even try to find email addresses.

I have already wiped out all the relevant information, even the most powerful hacker cannot restore the information within twelve hours. "

Daniel finally couldn't hold back anymore, "What do you want?"

Charles: "I need a wand, and the quality of the wand will determine how much information I will tell you.

If it was the wand that Merlin used two years ago, then I would like to tell you all I know. "

Daniel was speechless: "Merlin's magic wand is in Brussels, no one in England can agree to this request.

As for the other wands, tell us what you know first, and I'll give them to you. "

The four corners of the ceiling in this closed room are covered with cameras.

Every word they say in it, every micro-expression, has a bunch of people analyzing it in another room.

Charles' remarks surprised everyone.

The person in charge who was in charge of the work outside immediately issued an order: "Go find a magic wand, the most well-made one."

"I mean look for wands that are well made to fool people. I know we don't have wands."

Some experts thought it was interesting that what Charles was asking meant it was something he craved most.

Why do you need a wand when you can cast spells without a wand?
In addition, the wand has no effect in Merlin's system. Why did Charles make this request alone?
The above instructions came from Daniel's headset: "Accept his request, and we will transfer the goods from London immediately."

From London to Margate, it only takes about an hour if you drive fast.

It's even faster by plane.

Daniel said: "Can you perform the magic you have mastered first?"

Charles shook his head and said, "I need to see the wand first."

"And don't try to fool me with fake ones, I can sense fake wands."

There was silence in the room, and Bertie and Daniel took turns talking to Charles, but Charles remained uncooperative.

As for forcing the other party to compromise through violent means, they don't plan to do so yet.

If the opponent is unwilling to cooperate, then the message will be passed on, which is not good for England.

While personal privacy cannot be guaranteed in the information age, it also gives individuals some means of confrontation.

It's just that these countermeasures are more costly and difficult to learn.

England actually gave Charles a magic wand from London.

Someone in Daniel's headset introduced him to the wand, and then Daniel told the other party simultaneously:
"This wand is made of holly wood with a crow feather core.

As a fan of magic, you should have seen a lot of videos of Merlin showing up in Stockholm, right?

The crow feather used in the core of this wand is made from the tail feathers of the crows that were hovering over Stockholm at that time. "

Daniel could clearly see Charles, who was expressionless before, with a look of obsession on his face.

"Put the wand on the table, keep a distance, and keep him still. Our glass curtain wall is ready to rise and let him perform."

After hearing the voice from the headset, Daniel said: "I put the wand in front of you, please show us what magic you know."

"There will be a glass in the middle to prevent you from accidentally hurting us."

Charles nodded, "Okay, no problem."

"At present, I only know elemental magic, and I am not proficient in some lethal magic."

A glass curtain wall was raised in the confined space to separate the three.

Charles picked up the wand in front of him, he stroked it for a moment, and then said:

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

A string of short and tongue-twisting words came out of Charles' mouth, and matched with the other's gesture of raising his wand.

Daniel, Bod, and everyone in front of the camera are engrossed in seeing what magic Charles has mastered.

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

The result is that nothing happens.

After Charles put down his wand, he repeated the so-called incantation several times.

Still nothing unusual happened.

He looked up at the two people opposite him: "Have you set up a forbidden magic circle?"

"Or what anti-magic potion did you give me?"

Daniel was a little panicked at this moment, they won't arrest the wrong person, right?
If you catch the wrong person, it's over, it's over.

Hearing what Charles said, Daniel was even more suspicious of whether the other party was the person they were looking for.

The magic net arranged by Zheng Li is limited to the urban area of ​​London.

Since people use the magic net to realize magic, the quantity and quality of Mabrot vines will make the spellcasting effect of different areas have certain differences.

Charles was transferred from London to Margate by the English, and he naturally couldn't cast spells where there was no magic net.

Charles panicked: "I can do magic obviously, why is there no response now?"

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

Still no effect at all.

Seeing that the other party might just be bluffing, Daniel was completely rude, and after giving him a slap in the face, Charles calmed down.

After he calmed down, he still seemed a little dazed.

Daniel asked very bluntly: "Okay, you can tell the truth."

"Why lie to us? How did you fake the post on FB?"

"What props are used to achieve the effect shown in the video?"

In Daniel's view, if some kind of black technology can achieve that effect, then the energy of this investigation will not be wasted.

Charles: "That's not a prop, that's magic.

I have cast many basic water attribute spells, not props. "

Bod added: "Then tell me about your experiences during this time."

Charles couldn't believe that he had lost his mana. He tried another spell again, but there was still no response.

Only then did he resign himself to his fate: "I have always been a fan of magic.

When I was in school, I always fantasized that I could go to Hogwarts to study.

But obviously magic is a concept invented by people.

I grew up thinking like the average person.

So I pin my love of magic on Harry Potter.

Until the appearance of Merlin, the appearance of Merlin subverted my cognition.

It turns out that magic really exists.

After discovering this, I have been working to track down the magic.

I've joined many magic learning societies, large and small.

There has been no harvest until not long ago.

I accidentally found a Magic Academy organization on the dark web.

Then I passed a series of tests and got the chance to learn magic. "

Charles paused, as if remembering something.

Daniel asked: "What test? Where did you learn magic?"

(End of this chapter)