A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Chapter 26 26.004 Group
  "When was this statistical report issued?" the shorter male young man asked.

He is Rhys Thain, a BOI investigator and a 3D level wizard.

"Five days ago, but wizard hunting has been very frequent these days. The actual situation in Bridgewick's wizarding world is definitely inconsistent with the above."

"Businessman" said. He is sitting in the office now, and a silver collar with complicated patterns is tied around his neck. This may be something like a restraint.

The female investigator stood guard outside the office while two others questioned him.

Under such circumstances, "businessmen" dare not resist. The other party is far superior to him in both numbers and professionalism. You must know that even between wizards of the same rating, the gap in strength is huge, let alone the other party can cooperate with each other.

"I know who the wizards have died in the past few days, but I don't know who killed them."

Reese and the middle-aged man, Cruz Willis, looked at each other.

It's great to be able to do this. They don't have the ability to complete a survey on their own. Even if you apply for support from your superiors, you have to wait for a long time to get the result.

"Okay, do you remember their names?" Reese asked.

"remember."

"You tell me, I'll record it," Reese said, pulling out Bridgewick's wizard list.

The "Businessman" thought for a moment and read out the names one by one.

"Gil Victor, Nice Solo, Tamil Stark, Melis Rubio..."

Reese followed his instructions and crossed out the names on the list one by one. Most of them were D-class wizards, and two were E-class.

In this way, the situation in Bridgewick's wizarding world will be clear.

There are currently 50 wizards here, including 27 E-class wizards and 2 suspected D-class wizards. There are 23 people in Class D, and there is at least 1 person suspected of being in Class C, and possibly up to 5 people.

In fact, this number is problematic. According to the BOI formula, the ratio of wizards to ordinary people in a city of 1 people is between 5000:1 and 10000:18. In other words, the wizards of Bridgewick It should be between 36 and 5 people. This number is obviously much higher - and this is after five days of unlimited hunting.

Reese folded up the list, stuffed it into the document bag with other information, and waved it in front of the "businessman."

"We took this with us."

The "businessman" didn't object.

At this time, Cruise, who had been sitting next to him, smiled and spoke.

"Mr. Schman, do you know why we came to you?"

"Businessman" had many thoughts flashing through his mind, but in the end, he shook his head.

"I didn't even know organizations like yours existed in the United States."

Cruise smiled and continued:
  "Like we said, you crossed a line."

"We allow wizards to exist, allow you to hunt each other, and even form organizations regardless of you."

"The only thing we don't allow is for you to cross the line and interfere with the world of non-wizards."

"In the past five years, your organization has grown step by step, and that's no problem. But when you try to actively turn ordinary people into wizards, you become the target of our elimination."

"In recent months, the amount of radiation from the 'Celestial Star' in this city has been significantly different from previous years, which has attracted the attention of the NSA."

"You are lucky. There has been no major disaster in this city, and the wizarding community has not lost control."

"So we just need to arrest you instead of killing you on the spot. Don't try to resist, the restraint ring around your neck can neutralize your witchcraft. Come with us honestly, you will be greeted by further investigation and Judgment.”

Cruise stood up as he spoke, put his hands in his pockets, and looked at the "businessman."

The latter lowered his head and spoke after a moment:

"I don't think the average lawyer or even a politician can help me on this issue."

"Yes, we answer directly to the Department of Justice. Unless you can convince half of the senators to support you." Cruz replied.

The "businessman" shook his head, of course this was impossible. He then asked:

"What will you do with me?"

"According to federal law, when a C-level wizard or above appears to be a threat to the non-wizard community, he will be charged with the equivalent of five first-degree murders."

"It's not that simple." "Businessman" said, "You can't put us in prison. Once you can use witchcraft, there are countless ways for C-level wizards to escape from the strictest prison in this country. And everyone knows , something like a restraint ring cannot maintain its effect for a long time, and you do not have the ability to issue a restraint ring to every wizard."

Cruise did not deny it, but just smiled: "This is not something you need to consider. You might as well consider confessing other members who instigated ordinary people to become wizards, which can help you get a reduced sentence." At this time, the "businessman" looked like Suddenly something occurred to him, he raised his head and said:

"I thought of another thing that might be of interest to you."

"What?" Cruz asked.

"A B-level wizard, he called himself the 'Potter', and he easily killed my most elite subordinates." "Businessman" said, "Moreover, he said he was collecting delusional wizards."

……

As Cruise said, as a tool for the United States to manage wizards, BOI generally does not actively intervene in wizard battles.

They don't have enough people, they don't have enough power.

There are two exceptions. The first is "crossing the line", and the second is that the behavior of the wizard organization poses a threat to national security.

At this time, BOI will choose to intervene.

Their actions include investigation, threat assessment, etc., and ultimately they decide to monitor, suppress or eliminate these wizards.

Their information will be sorted and summarized into levels α~δ.

The "Businessman's" interrogation quickly came to an end, and Cruise left the room.

At this time, the Bridgewick Police Department had arrived, and they were asked by the state government to cooperate with the actions of the BOI investigation team.

When the leading police sergeant arrived, he shook hands with Cruz.

"Mr. Schman has confessed to his crimes. He is suspected of multiple first-degree murders and crimes against national security. This is an arrest warrant jointly signed by the Department of Justice and the state court." Cruz showed a piece of paper.

The police chief just took a look and nodded: "I understand, do you need us to cooperate with you?"

"Take him to Lakewood Prison, and Investigator Rhys Thain will be with you," Cruise said.

After the sergeant expressed his understanding, he turned to look at the other team members and assigned tasks to them.

A few minutes later, the "businessman" was hooded and escorted into a police car by two armed police officers and Reese.

Cruise watched it all from the window of his second-floor office and lit a cigar.

"What did he confess?" A voice sounded, it was the woman in the BOI team. She looked about 20 years old, had black hair and dark red eyes, and was wearing a windbreaker and pants.

"Unexpectedly, he actually has clues about the α-04 incident, which is a member of the Class B, "Potter" Jose Juan Diego." Cruise said.

"That's a really big fish." The woman said, "What are you going to do? Apply for investigation?"

"No, α-04 is an organization with members all over the federation. It cannot act rashly." Cruise said, "Leave this matter to the 001 team. We just need to write a briefing."

He paused and continued:

"But what puzzles me is that Schman said that they are 'collecting' delusional wizards. What does this word mean? If they are just recruiting members of the delusional system, it should be 'searching' or 'acquiring'."

"Perhaps, they used wizards as sacrifices? Just like ancient sacrifices did." the woman speculated.

"We have already proved that there are no gods in this world." Cruise shook his head. "The power of wizards can also be analyzed by physics. No matter what they sacrifice, they cannot get gifts from the gods."

"α-04 is not a group of fools. If they really use wizards as materials, then there must be some secret hidden behind it."

As he spoke, Cruise took a deep drag on his cigarette. He looked out the window and was silent for a long time.

"Haha, my curiosity is still so strong. This may be a sequelae of being a detective when I was young."

"Are you going to investigate?" the woman asked.

"Well... I thought of one thing. During a routine investigation in California a year ago, the 007 team discovered another member suspected of being α-04 in Lausanne." Cruise said, " But at that time we thought he was just passing through Lausanne and did not conduct any further investigation."

"Maybe we can pick up this thread again."

"Field, go and apply to the headquarters for permission for us to go to California... By the way, let's go hunt down 'Ely the Butcher'."

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(End of this chapter)