Jasmin thought that he should be afraid, but in the face of the female police officer in front of him, it was difficult to produce too strong emotional fluctuations, and there was a feeling of unconsciously precipitating his body and mind after crying for a long time.

"Okay, what do you want to ask?" she asked, hesitantly, after glancing at her parents with complicated expressions.

The lady with the rank of superintendent pointed to the door:

"Let's go inside. ”

She didn't ask Jasmin's parents to stay away, but ordered two of the police officers who had come with her to stand guard outside the door.

After closing the door casually, she pulled a rough round stool over, and sat down unceremoniously, looking very relaxed.

This made the spirits of Jasmine and her parents suddenly less tense.

"You can call me Lady Grey. The officer introduced himself, pointing to the other chair and the bed outside, "Sit." ”

When everyone in the room had found a place to sit down, Grey smiled at Jasmine and said:

"I've received reports that something incomprehensible is happening around you, for example, that men's desire to commit aggression is significantly higher than normal, not that there are no villains and criminals among them, but that the proportion is too high, so high that it is strangely high. ”

Speaking of this, Grey's gaze swept over Jasmin's face:

"As far as I know, you were badly injured in a previous fire and were disfigured beyond repellent conditions, but now, I don't see that at all, what do you have to say about that?"

Jasmin's heart hung again, and he didn't dare to hide anything, and said in a slightly flustered voice:

"I was out tonight to attend the carnival in the town square, and as I was passing through a street, I met a wandering magician who called himself Merlin Hermes, who said that he had invented a machine called the 'automatic wishing machine', which could be made possible by throwing in a penny coin, whispering his wish and turning a wrench.

"He said I was the first to try it for free, and then, then, I was back to the way I was, and all my injuries were healed.

"Officer, that's the way it is, you have to trust me. ”

With that, she glanced at Lady Grey and her assistant, and at her parents, trying to get approval from them.

But the expressions on her parents' faces clearly said:

"How is this possible?

"How can there be a machine that automatically grants other people's wishes?

"How can there be a good thing that can grant a wish for 1 pence?

"What's more, it's completely free for the first experiencer!"

Grey and her assistant didn't show a noticeable change in expression, leaving Jasmin unsure whether they believed it or not.

"Go on. Grey saw her pause and nodded encouragingly.

Jasmine hurriedly went home to fetch the coin, and made two wishes for his parents to recover and become beautiful, and described it in its original form, and finally said:

"I did become so beautiful that I couldn't even take my eyes off myself, which made me feel a lot of kindness, but then the men around me gradually frightened me......

"And my father and mother didn't recognize me and kicked me out of the house, and I was scared, very scared, and went back there, and made a third wish, well, the gentleman named Merlin Hermes said that the first one was a free wish, and it wasn't counted among the three, and in short, I changed back to what I was, and then I met you. ”

Hearing these words, Jasmin's parents instantly thought of the beautiful "thief" from before.

Then, they found that their bodies were indeed much healthier than before, their eyesight had been restored, their arms were strong enough, and everything looked different.

They began to believe Jasmine's account, but they became more and more frightened, because it was like encountering a devil, exactly like many folklore.

Grey nodded lightly and said:

"I've seen a lot of things that are beyond your imagination, but this is the first time I've heard of such a thing as a 'fully automatic wishing machine'.

"Compared to the folk legends of the Wishing Lamp and the Wish Pool, this is really too modern. ”

After a pause, Grey's expression became serious:

"As a fairly experienced law enforcer, I would like to give you three pieces of advice:

"First, don't believe anything like that from now on, for in most cases, the easy fulfillment of wishes is accompanied by great calamities, and there is no problem at all in saying that it is the temptation of the devil. ”

Jasmine nodded heavily, indicating that she would never dare again—the last experience scared her to this day.

"Second, go to the church as soon as possible and confess the matter to the bishop and ask him to purify it. Grey looked around and said, "You all have to go." ”

Seeing that both Jasmine and her parents said they wanted to do this, Grey looked at Jasmine again:

"I still have some civilian staff in my department, you can consider joining us, so that I can monitor your situation at all times, deal with anomalies in a timely manner, and as for the salary, trust me, it is about the same as a government employee. ”

The salary is about the same as that of a government employee...... can be protected...... And this kind of good thing? Jasmine asked, a little incredulous:

"What department?"

Grey smiled and said:

"I'll give you an address, and you can come to my office tomorrow to find out the specific situation. ”

“...... Good. Jasmine was in a state of panic, reaching out and grabbing even a straw in front of him.

............

A week later, Jasmin officially joined the "Night Watchmen" team in Limón City as a civilian staff.

"Captain, that cable telegraph is broken. She knocked on the door of Grey's room and said cautiously.

Grey put down the information in her hand, rubbed the corner of her forehead and said:

"Report it to the police station and let them take care of it.

"Really, in the past, you could directly ask the people of the 'Heart of Machines' to help, and it was repaired quickly and well, but now, hey, ......"

When Jasmine was out, Grey picked up the materials again and began to read them carefully.

This is the information related to the "automatic wishing machine" that the "night watchmen" have collected in the past week.

After Jasmin, similar incidents happened more than once!

After flipping through the papers, Grey spread out the paper, picked up the absorbent pen, and began to write the official documents to be submitted to Archbishop Constance and the Templar:

"There have been a number of extraordinary incidents in the city in the last week, involving a strange machine called the 'Automatic Wishing Machine', which has been created by a wandering magician who calls himself Merlin Hermes, but other possibilities are not ruled out, at least I think Merlin Hermes may be just an illusion created by this machine to induce people to use the machine to make wishes......

"The machine's brass-colored body, inlaid with opaque glass, and exposed gears, bearings, rivets, metal pipes and other parts on the surface, seems to be a product of modern industry......

"Case 1: A young girl who was disfigured by fire encountered a 'fully automatic wishing machine' on Fields Street in the Municipal Plaza...... Her first wish was to change back to her original form, which was fulfilled normally...... Her second wish, which was for her parents to regain their health, was also fulfilled normally...... Her third wish was to become very, very, very beautiful, and then, she no longer seemed like herself, and she had a similar seductive effect, which made the men around her irresistible in their normal state......

She claimed to be the first person to use the 'fully automatic wishing machine', so there was a free slot, and she canceled the third wish......

"Case 2: A veteran soldier who participated in the Battle of Limon, which left a serious psychological wound, encountered a 'fully automatic wishing machine' by the river...... His first wish, which was to return to his pre-war state of mind, was fulfilled normally...... His second wish, which was to make himself a little more handsome, to the level of a man on the cover of many magazines, was also fulfilled normally...... His third wish was to get 100,000 gold pounds and become a rich man, and then, he was taken by the owner of the United Iron and Steel Company in the city of Limon and wanted to marry him, and this lady had a fortune of nearly 200,000 gold pounds......

"The veteran was unwilling to accept a tyrannical middle-aged lady who weighed more than two hundred pounds and was not of normal height, and was ready to leave Limón for the South. If one day, he doesn't want to work harder, he can easily get the nominal ownership of a fortune of 100,000 gold pounds...... In a sense, his wish came true, but he himself was unwilling to receive it......

Case 3......

Case 4......

"Case 5: A public school teacher came across a 'fully automatic wishing machine' in Corner Lane near Storm Church...... Her first wish was to make herself look better, no longer being disliked by her students and isolated by her colleagues because of her appearance, which was achieved normally...... Her second wish was to get a better position, which was also fulfilled - after her lectures were high enough that she no longer had the restrictions of appearance, she soon became the most popular teacher among her students and began to work as the vice principal of teaching and learning......

"Her third wish is to have a husband who can't find fault with appearance, family background, personality, and ability, and she finally got a doll, this doll can speak, can act, has a certain amount of wisdom, has the characteristics of being alive, is quite handsome in appearance, from the top masters, what character you want, it is what kind of character, all aspects of ability are very strong, except that it is not human, there are really no shortcomings......

Case 6......

“......

"Combined with these cases, some preliminary speculations can be obtained:

"The 'automatic wishing machine' can appear anywhere in Limón, and it is very random, and I haven't found any pattern for the time being......

Most of the wishes made to it will be fulfilled normally, but a small number will be distorted, and the latter will basically focus on the third wish, of course, it may also be because the wisher is more indulgent and begins to make too greedy demands when it comes to the third wish......

"Most of the wishes it fulfills are to change the appearance, but the scope is very wide, and it is almost omnipotent......

"The frequency of its occurrence is also irregular......

"This is a typical magical item that needs to be sealed, and it obviously exceeds the level of 'Level 2' seals, I hope the archbishop and senior deacon will come to deal with it in person, or give an effective sealing method......"

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Leaving Limón's steam train, Crane examines the digestion of his "miracle master" potion.