A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Chapter 24 24.External Recruitment
  When Levi heard this, his first feeling was confusion.

The second feeling is ridicule, why should I work as a coolie to help you arrest the versatile Martin?
  There are specialties in the art, and I, Levi, am not the detective Sherlock. You should ask a detective to do this kind of thing!
  I haven't found a job yet!

Chief Snowden smiled slightly, waved his hand, and said boldly:
  "Of course your hard work will not be in vain. The mules can pull the cart when they are well fed, and our North Beach Police Department is not stingy!"

"The state senator said that if anyone can capture the kangaroo robber Martha, we will give him a reward of 1000 Philippine dollars!"

"How much, how much?"

When Levi heard this number, he almost fainted on the spot. You must know that in the past two years, he had worked hard to make 2000 Philippine dollars by scheming and tricking his dear manager Mr. Depp. Now he just caught a mere thief. Can you get half of this number?
  His expression immediately changed, he bowed his hands and said righteously: "I know very well that the people of California have been suffering from the kangaroo robbers for a long time! In order to protect the common people's sword joy, Wei, I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses!"

Chief Snowden was extremely grateful and said:
  "I have Mr. Li, he is like a fish in water! He is in a humble position and has little talent and little knowledge. Two years of work is not as effective as Mr. Li's instant talk! We just need such a brilliant man!"

"Bjornson, bring him coffee! From today on, you are an external officer of the North Beach Police Department!"

The two stood up together and shook hands with each other, their eyes full of heroic sympathy.

Two other officers clapped behind them.

"Speaking of which, why are you looking for me, an ordinary citizen?" Levi asked in confusion as he sat down wiping his tears.

"There are two reasons. One is because you have been in contact with the kangaroo robber, so she may relax her vigilance against you and facilitate your approach."

Sheriff Snowden calmed down, lit another cigarette, shook the ashes and said, "Secondly, we had previously speculated that the kangaroo robber was an entertainer, but your testimony gave me new ideas."

"It's impossible for an entertainer who robbed 12 Philippine dollars to hide in St. Francis. Big investigated the consumption bills of actors and makeup artists in the city and found no abnormalities, unless the kangaroo robber didn't spend a penny. Just for fun, otherwise..."

"It's just instigating a crime. Her money has been taken away by someone. A 9-year-old stowaway girl with no support is likely to be trained by gangs or drug lords as a criminal tool to help them."

"This can also explain why the Kangaroo Thief has such a professional performance level and anti-reconnaissance awareness."

"Oh oh oh, it's indeed reasonable." Levi didn't expect that the gay and angry police chief in this gay place was quite reliable.

Sheriff Snowden smiled proudly: "Based on this guess, I deduced the possible hiding place of the kangaroo robber. This place is difficult for us to enter, but it is easy for you as a Seris person to enter."

Levi blinked: "Where?"

"Auckland City, opposite the BA Bay Bridge, is a gathering place for mixed-race people, Seris and Southerners, and stowaways."

……

At 11 a.m., Levi was finally released.

Confused, he now has a job as a temporary outpost with the St. Francis North Beach Police Department.

The basic salary is 0, the bonus is 1000 Philippine dollars, there are no five insurances and one housing fund, and no food or housing is included. Fortunately, they compensated for the broken door lock.

Looks like a pretty good job.

He was still wearing the thin white shirt he had worn in the morning. The autumn wind was blowing, and Levi couldn't help but sneeze.

The mission given to him by Sheriff Snowden is to sneak into Oakland and find the shelter of the kangaroo robbers, and then it will be up to them to solve the problem.

But Levi knew in his heart that things were unlikely to be that simple.

Oakland seems to be the opposite of St. Francis, a small, extremely poor city just across the bridge from St. Francis.

Due to its unique location, Oakland has become the home of gangs, drug lords and gangs.

If Malda was really a tentacle trained by the gang in Oakland, then Levi would have to think about the possibility of a wizard being involved. "The danger is very high, I have to make some preparations in advance..." Levi thought, someone like Bruno from the Bridgewick Gang could push himself into a desperate situation. Once Levi has a head-on confrontation with a larger gang, the risk factor will definitely be greater.

Fortunately, the bulging wallet gave Li Wei confidence, and he planned to spend a lot of money to buy enough alchemy materials to fill up his space.

……

Levi's alchemy system has a huge flaw, that is, you can only obtain the alchemy formula by killing other wizards.

This creates a BUG. If Levi wants to hunt a wizard who is much stronger than himself, he needs a stronger formula. But if he wants to get a stronger formula, he needs to hunt a wizard who is stronger than himself. But if Levi wants to hunt, A wizard who is far stronger than himself needs...

The death cycle belongs to yes.

Levi also tried the quick and economical tactic of large quantities and full control, which was to make a large batch of "paralysis agents" and then transform into a butter pitcher to hit the enemy.

Unfortunately, the witchcraft medicines made by the system deteriorate very quickly. One bottle of paralysis agent can only be stored for one hour, and the others are longer, but there is no way to store them for a long time.

Therefore, Li Wei could only store enough raw materials.

When coming out of the Kroger Department Store, Levi's space had become like this:

【空间材料：旧钱夹、威士忌*50、烟草*50、铅酸蓄电池*10、水银*10、盐*20、硫磺*20、钙片*20、呓语者骨锥2、除灵喷雾*1、韦伯利左轮手枪*1】

【Current space: 10/11】

Satisfied, the phobia of insufficient firepower was finally cured.

Levi was satisfied, but he touched his wallet and was surprised to find that there was only 1703 Philippine dollars left in it.

"It's only been a while, and I've already spent 300 Philippine dollars." Levi sighed, "I have this trait that really costs money."

The traits that others awaken are all about buffing themselves, such as being able to fly and escape, not being afraid of bullets, having super powers, and so on.

Only you have to spend money to buy things and make props.

If you want to refine more advanced props in the future, you may need to spend more money. It seems that Levi should continue to make money no matter what.

Levi thought as he walked along Lombard Street.

Sunlight broken into feathers poured into the sky, and street bands played sad blues.

Such a scene made Levi's mind sink and he thought about the system again.

What he is most looking forward to is the changes in the system every time the rating is upgraded. The space function that appears when it is upgraded from E to D is very practical. Not only can it be used to carry things, but it can also be used to confuse opponents like magic during combat.

He is now 2D, and he only needs two more upgrades to upgrade the system...but in other words, this requires the sacrifice of two wizard lives.

Killing is never a good thing. The first time Levi killed someone, he was afraid for a long time.

Thinking of this, Levi suddenly realized that Martha's first crime was two years ago - she should have been about 18 years old at that time.

If she was also a wizard, would she have started at that age... No, including the time to be trained and familiar with her abilities, it might have been two years earlier.

That is about 16 years old.

That's when she entered the forest.

(End of this chapter)