Chapter 158: Interview
The next day, inside Mark's office. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Head, the data came out, a total of 123 children, three of them could not be rescued, and the others have been arranged by the police station and began to send out notices to search for their relatives. β
"Has that Kammam been recruited, how many children have been abducted and trafficked over the years, and where have they gone?" asked Mark, stopping the quill in his hand.
"No, that old guy has a stiff mouth, and the people below have cast a painful curse, but it still has no effect. β
"Oh, huh! I don't see it. By the way, how many of his henchmen did they recruit?"
"I've recruited most of them, but they don't seem to know much, and they're only responsible for looting. It is only known that every six months, a mysterious person will personally come to the door to collect these children, and they don't know where to go. β
"Every six months?mystery man?" Mark's eyes narrowed, and his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered the dark wizard who killed Boomer before. The reason why they are called dark wizards is that their cultivation techniques are naturally extremely evil, and the vast majority of dark wizards use devouring human souls to speed up their advancement. Of course, it's not that wizards can't devour souls, but it's absolutely not allowed to kill to get souls, which is absolutely not allowed in the wizarding world.
The souls obtained by killing are accompanied by too many negative emotions such as hatred, hatred, despair, etc., and if the number is small, it will affect the character of the wizard, so most dark wizards have become the condensation of negative emotions in the end, and few have the ability to maintain their calm thinking. Of course, those dark wizards who can maintain their true nature in the end are the most terrifying and powerful.
Those who can survive in the Holy City, and know that the one who killed Bulma must be the latter kind of dark wizard. If you can find out such a dark wizard and destroy it. Such excitement and a sense of accomplishment made Mark so excited that he couldn't sleep.
This is a battle to prove his strength! Thinking of the dark wizard he met at Lake Wanbo who disdained him, Mark couldn't help but clench his fists, strength comes first at all times. Only with strength can you be respected by the strong.
Chelwan on the side never imagined that this ordinary child abduction case might involve a terrifying dark wizard. At this moment, he is reporting on the registration of newcomers under the signal of Mark:
"Up to now, the number of official wizards who have come to sign up has exceeded ten, and the number of wizard apprentices or strong warriors has reached more than three hundred. Head, when are we going to start interviews?"
"Whew-" Mark tapped lightly on the table with his left hand, "Don't wait!
"Today?" Chel looked at Mark with wide eyes in disbelief, and then quickly reminded, "The registration time is indicated to be three days. β
"Yes, just today, you go and arrange it, interview the official wizard first!" Mark pinched his brow with his hand, "There are too many things down there, the police station also needs to be expanded, I want to reorganize the entire Qinghuan neighborhood, and the nine slums will also be included in the scope of public security management." I don't care what the next captain will be, but I'm in one day, and this Qinghuan neighborhood will have to do what I say!"
"Okay! head!" Chel was stunned for a moment when he heard Mark's words, and then hurriedly responded, and when he turned to go out, a complicated look suddenly appeared on his face. Is there finally anyone planning to clean up the slums?
Not long after Chel left, there was another knock on the door, and when someone came in, Mark was overjoyed, and quickly stood up:
"It turned out to be Mr. Ham, the deputy director, please come in!"
The situation of this old Ham was told Mark in detail at the beginning, and the old Ham spent the longest time in the No. 36 management house, and was a notoriously good old man. Every time a new captain was reported, the elder Ham worked tirelessly for three months. Therefore, Kimmz has the most power in the No. 36 management office, but Old Ham's popularity is the best.
"Don't talk about sir!" Old Ham smiled and waved his hand: "Within the Holy City Management Department, your level is much higher than mine, after all, you are young and are the hope of the Holy Tower, and we have almost no room to advance, and we will live one day less-"
Mark smiled, and hurriedly said modestly: "You are a senior here, I don't know if you came here this time-"
Old Ham sat down on the couch very casually, and said:
"You are new here, you may not know how to deal with some things, coupled with the tragedy a few days ago, we estimate that there are not enough people on your side. It wasn't even a day before Brother Kimmz urged me to come over. How's it going, are you still used to it?"
Mark nodded helplessly, and sat down opposite Old Ham: "There are really not enough people, I'm urgently recruiting! Mr. Ham, you have helped me a lot this time." Come with me for an interview in a moment. After all, you're more experienced. β
"But don't Mr. Ham, Mr. Ham, I am so cautious that I will be panicked, Brother Mark, if you can afford me, you can just call me Old Ham, how about it?" said Old Ham and looked at Mark with a serious face.
"W-well, old Ham!" said Mark smiled, the old man was funny, but he was also very easy to get along with.
"By the way, Mark, I have one more thing I want to ask you for this time besides business. Old Ham poured two glasses of wine as he spoke, and handed one of them to Mark.
"What's the matter?" asked Mark, taking his glass.
"You know, although my old Ham has nothing to worry about, I also have a family. Some time ago, two juniors in the family came to me, planning to find something to do in the Holy City. There are only two high-level wizard apprentices, and if it's convenient for you, my two juniors - of course, if you feel unqualified, you can brush them down. β
"Since it's Old Ham, you're talking, of course it's fine. As long as it's not particularly unacceptable, I'll arrange for them to work under me when the time comes. Mark and Old Ham clinked their glasses, and they looked at each other and smiled and drank them in one gulp.
In the afternoon, inside the public office, Mark was in the center, Old Ham sat on the left, and Chel sat on the right.
"Toot toot-" With three low knocks on the door, a wizard huddled in a gray robe walked in. The hood was placed very low, and the whole face was buried in shadow. As he entered, a thick smell of rot and mold came to his nose, causing Mark to let out a choking cough.
The smell reminded Mark of dried corpses that had been buried underground for thousands of years, and the thought of working with such a person all day in the future made his heart twitch. Before the interview began, Mark had already eliminated this one 100% in his heart.
Hearing Mark's violent cough, Old Ham chuckled and shook his head, he had seen too many of these situations in more than a hundred years of working here. So Old Ham was the first to speak:
"This Mr. Wizard, my name is Ham, and these two are Mr. Mark the Purple Guard and Mr. Chell, the vice-captain. Please give your name, lift your hood and let us confirm your appearance. β
"My name is Noah!" a hoarse voice resounded through the room, making Mark wonder if this Mr. Noah hadn't spoken in hundreds of years.
Noah hesitated after saying that, and finally lifted the hood. A face that had been half rotted was revealed. The few hairs on the top of his head hung listlessly, and there was a visible suture wound from the forehead to the back of his head, and pus was still bleeding in several places, and if the face of Grusen that he had seen before could be called horrible, this Mr. Noah was disgusting.
If Mark could endure the different forms of wizards, he couldn't stand the strong pungent smell of this Noah's wizard anyway. He waved his hand and was about to send him away when Old Ham spoke:
"Heyβanother down-and-out wandering wizard. Are you so poor that you don't even have a hidden magic weapon?"
"I'm sorry, three adults, all the proceeds of my adventure have been used to improve my strength. My teacher once told me that for wizards, it's not the appearance that matters, the strength is the most important thing!"
"Yes!" Old Ham nodded, and he smiled at Mark, who was almost unbearable:
"When I first came to the Holy Tower, I was probably not as good as him. At that time, the Purple Guard still took me in, and after that, I gradually gained the capital, bought hidden witch weapons, and then used various herbs and potions to strengthen my body, and even imprinted a stable talisman in my body. β
"Stabilize the Talisman!" Noah whispered when he heard this, a look of longing in his eyes.
Chel on the other side also smiled bitterly:
"Head, if I take off my hidden witch weapon, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll be like this Mr. Noah. A man of heaven like you will never be able to understand the life of a down-and-out wandering wizard. Our qualifications are not high, and we have no cultivation value, so we all fight with our own lives, and we can't wait to exchange the proceeds of our adventures for cultivation resources, and if we don't advance to the official wizard, we will always be just ants!"
After listening to Old Ham and Chell, Mark realized that wizards were not all as rich as the group around him. However, later Mark gradually understood that there were only a few official wizards like Noah, at least there was still a hidden witch weapon that did not enter the stream.
"Noah, tell me about your age, what series of witchcraft you are studying, and what are you good at?" Mark asked his own question as the examiner.
"I'm 112 years old, I'm studying the shadow witchcraft, and now I'm 12% vaporized, so I'm good at fighting. I once managed to kill a full-fledged wizard in one of my adventures. β
"Oh, only 112 years old. Relatively young among wandering wizards,"
Old Ham nodded and continued to comment:
"And it's good to be able to find a way to elementalize spiritual power on your own without resources and teaching!"
"It's really good enough!" Chel also nodded, looking at Noah with some envy, the elementalization of spiritual power is not something that can be realized by trying to perceive, and in the case of lack of resources and teaching, talent is especially important.
Others choose talents based on talent, but Mark disagrees, he thinks that temperament is more important.
After Old Ham and Chel thought Mark's question was finished, Mark suddenly spoke again: "Mr. Noah, I wonder if you have any relatives alive?"
"Relatives?" Noah was visibly in a trance, as if recalling something long ago, "they all died, and I was the only one who survived." β
At this point, Noah's eyes suddenly felt a little sad, but he quickly calmed down.
"Do you have friends, then? or brothers who can rely on their lives. Mark asked again.
"Yes!" Noah replied without hesitation. (To be continued.) )