Chapter XIX Police Practices
They were supposed to be taken for the record, but Koji stood next to them and said to the police, "Let them go. γ
When the police heard this, they beckoned them to follow.
The four followed the police out of the hall and to the back of the police car outside, a secluded corner. Then the police left.
Rick stared at Koji. Namo asked, "Holy shield or magic hand?"
"The hand of magic. Koji said with his hands in his pockets, squinting and smiling. He confessed that he was a government magical crime investigator from the First Intelligence Department of Mages, commonly known as the "Magic Hand".
"Is this Rick Treig?" asked Koos.
"I am. Nick looked at Koji warily.
"To be fair, I'll tell you who I am. My name is Tho Sabai. The name on the information is fake. You're all fake, aren't you?" said Koji, pinning his hands behind his back.
Xi Ke's face was expressionless, but he was shocked in his heart. Thoshabai easily guessed that Rick was unkind to him because he didn't know if the name "Koji" was a fake name.
"Aren't you a researcher, how did you come to the scene?" asked Seren.
Seren's acquaintance with Toushabai was known by his previous performance, so Syk wasn't surprised.
Tho Shabai said, "This magic weapon needs a little bit of skill to deal with, so the boss asked me to come to the front line to experience the atmosphere. γ
"You didn't use magic?" asked Naimor. His actions are almost like brainwashing.
"Nope. Toushabai tilted his head and smiled, "Observation and prior data gathering are enough. Everyone has a landmine in their heart, and it is not wrong to step on it. I might be a good suggestion by layman's standards, but for me, it's just normal talk. Ah, I seem to have forgotten to mention that my specialty is psychoanalysis and mind magic. γ
"When you need to step on me one day, please be gentle. Naimo said.
"You won't have a day when I'm stepping on you. Thothaber turned to Rick again, and at once came up closer.
Tsek took a step back, but Thossa Rose grabbed Rick's arms, pressed his face to his nose and stared at Tick. The eyes of the piercing Sabai seem to suck people in, like an abyss of life.
Xi Ke was rarely so close to people, and he suddenly became nervous, his hands clenched into fists, and his head began to run through the spell of attacking magic, but he vetoed the possibility of using it. He's a good citizen! Now he is undoubtedly a good citizen, he doesn't have to worry about being captured by the hand of magic, and he certainly doesn't have to resist it!
Toushabai let go of Rick, tilted his head again, and smiled, "Looks 'safe'. γ
"Of course. He's 'safe'. Seren, standing in front of Syk, said to Thoshabeth.
"Actually, I had other goals, I wanted to find someone, but he didn't show up. White came. Toushabai put an index finger to his lower lip and looked at the sky.
"Can I help?" asked Seren.
"No, but the one behind youβ" Thothsabeth grabbed Seren's hand, leaned behind him, and whispered to Syck, "Did you know we have a department dedicated to 'experimenting' commands?"
Rick nodded a little frightened.
"In this way, sooner or later, we will need necromancy professionals. γ
Thothaber didn't say what kind of "this" it was, but it was enough for Rick to imagine. In the eyes of the Magic Hand, necromancy showed signs of resurgence, and it was so serious that the Magic Hand judged that they needed to improve their knowledge of necromancy in order to be able to fight it.
The Magic Hand is the main force against evil mages, and they do not have to obey the rules of the Staff of Light for forbidden spells. As long as they feel the need, they can do it to increase their understanding and increase their chances of winning against evil.
"Think about it. Although I think you can't do it. Thotha gave his answer before Rick could reply.
Even if he has to go out to work, he won't do this!
Thoshabeth retracted and said to Seren, "What else is the matter with you, and I'll go with you to the chief?"
Serens nodded, and Thotha led Serens to the police commander, and he walked away on his own. Rick had the feeling that the storm was finally gone.
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Serian cooperated with the police to dig up the human trafficking records from the fraud records in the entire warehouse, photocopied them, and moved them back to the Magic Book House in a thick stack.
After a long way away from the venue, the group began to comment on Bripegg's fate, and Nemo asked Seren, "You need to see a doctor's license, and a doctor needs to see a license." Forget it if you and I don't remember, you knight can't forget!" They forgot that they could also report Brippel for wrongdoing.
"I'm not usually in charge of this. Seren said with an embarrassed laugh.
"Alas, if the police take the lead, my deal with you will be invalid. Namo sighed.
"Of course. Serenne said.
"But I still have this!" Naimo pulled the hidden zipper on his grape hat, revealing a camera inside, "I've photographed a lot of people being deceived by the gods, and I've got a clear picture of my face." With this, you can extort a lot of money in the next general election. If their stupidity is seen by the voters, even the governor will not be elected!"
If these images were made public, voters would easily see that Brigger was a liar, and only the celebrities present would not have seen it. And the live footage that they "can't see" will make voters see how stupid celebrities are.
Seren's grape hat stared at Nemo's grape hat and said, "Can I buy this from you?"
Namo frowned deliberately and said, "What are you doing? Do you want to maintain the image of those guys?"
"No, I want them to support a crime victim relief clause. Those people just want to build a mosquito house and put their huge signature reliefs on the outer walls, and they are not interested in practical policies that are not easy to promote. Good policies can only be passed by blackmail. γ
"I didn't hear it, I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear that politics in those days was so dark because of the voting system. Rick said, covering his ears.
Seren raised an eyebrow and looked at Rick, "The darkest thing is that the voters really eat this way, and even people who want to focus on their work are forced to play by this rule. γ
Rick shook his head and put his hand down. There are too many people who want to be deceived.
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They returned to the Dragon's Magic Book and smelled a smell of wine as soon as they entered. The water elf Temini sat at the counter, and Lisna sat outside the counter, with seven empty wine bottles on the table, and a half-drunk bottle.
"The master is busy blowing up the train station now, and he doesn't need me!" The water fairy Temini drank the wine, and his whole body turned grape-colored, and bubbles kept coming out of his hair.
"The master and the two humans are going to see the Divine Stick, and they don't need me!ah, wait, the master is behind me. Lisna laughed for a while before she looked back at Rick and the others, and she pointed at Namo with her index finger and said, "Wear pineapples tomorrow." γ
"You two are drunk?" Namo said with a frown.
"We are obsessed with human stupidity and arrogance. Lisna said, holding up her goblet.
"Through the master-slave connection, Lisna told me everything you saw||Wait, master, she's going to test the truck against the wall, and I bet the truck will fly upside down!" said Demini, holding her forehead.
"Is it fun to abuse the link?" Naimo craned.
"It's pretty much the most interesting part of the magic work. Demini said.
Three humans stepped forward to join the two non-humans in the drinking party, with Rick and Serens sitting at the counter and Nemo sitting outside the counter. Xike still poured tea for himself to drink, and the other two drank alcohol.
"Demini had been working in Altaro for a long time, and Lord Yates was his sixth employer. Lisna said.
"And how many employers am I?" asked Naimo.
"How can you ask a girl about her marital status? It's not interesting!" Lisina slammed the bottle on the table, "I should be snickering if I'm willing to follow you, and I don't want to think about who is supporting the family now?"
Naimo hurriedly shrunk his neck: "I'm sorry!"
Serene leaned in and whispered, "I think Naimo's status is getting lower and lower. γ
Rick thinks so, too. In order to change the subject, and to satisfy his curiosity, Xi Ke asked, "Because my envoy is a demon, I don't know very well, weishenme, would you want to leave the original shijie and come here to work for the mage?"
Among the four most common non-human companions of mages, demons and goblins are native creatures, while demons and elves are from the two otherworlds of the demon realm and the elemental plane.
"Humans are going to study in a foreign country?" Demini shook his glass and said, "Although I can't be sure if this trip is worth it before I go, since I know that there is a place that is completely different from my own, I want to see it. The more places you see, the more you know about others, and the more you can see how unique your hometown is. I feel that leaving the elemental plane has given me a better idea of what kind of creatures elves are. γ
"In the Demon Realm, the demons who used to be mages are doing better. That's why everybody wants to come over. Lisna said, "Demons are creatures whose strength has been determined when they are born, and their achievements in this life have also been decided. What kind of breed is what kind of future. But in Althara, the mage will show us how to fight the downside, how to sow discord, how to get what we want through deception, and teach us a lot of strength that has nothing to do with force. Demons can learn tricks to change the future here.
"Although demons are born to do such things, human methods are much more sophisticated. γ
Rick nodded, he probably understood. Part of the reason why they come out to work is actually similar to reading books, which is a kind of learning, and it is the shijie of "reading".
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Twenty minutes later, Namo raised his glass and shouted, "Well, for the liar's downfall, cheersβ"
Everyone also raised their hands for wine or tea, and at the moment of clinking glasses, the teleportation array lit up, and a whole mass of pages rushed into the hall.
The pages were torn from publications, the large ones were sixty centimeters wide and the small ones were only two centimeters wide, and they seemed to be manipulated by a circular tornado, circling around in a sphere two meters in diameter, and there seemed to be a person in it. A very familiar scream emanating from the swirl of this page made everyone puff up their ears.
Fake foreign mage Ai Zhu Lian.
Although I couldn't see the people inside at all, the scream was so easy to recognize.
"Excuse me!" exclaimed. He should have locked the teleportation array!
Ai Zhu Lian rushed all the way forward, rushing into the dark corridor, and then the green-haired Daqin slowly walked out of the teleportation array, holding a stack of book covers, the pages of which were missing, and it seemed that he had run away with Ai Zhu Lian.
"She tore the magic book?" said Rick backhandedly, pointing to the hallway with his thumb.
Dachen nodded, then sat down at the counter. Namo immediately poured him a glass of wine, which Seren immediately confiscated and replaced with a cup of tea.
No one paid attention to the screams that were getting farther and farther away in the hallway.
"How did she get a chance to tear up your book?" asked Namo with a wink.
"The court sentenced me to live with her for three months a year, because her house was so boring that I would bring books. Dachin said.
"Sounds like a custody verdict?" asked Rick.
"Yes, she divorced my dad. γ
"She's not your mother?" Namo blinked.
"No, it's not. Dachin replied categorically, "I was born to her in the household register, but I only recognize Sister Yez. γ
"Sister Yez?" Namo singled out the keyword.
"The godmother I met a few years ago was called a sister before. Dimini said, "Anyway, the chances of a master having a child with a man are very small, and it is not bad to have a godson." γ
"Is that straightforward?" said Ricke, flattening his mouth. So Dachin was born to Ai Zhu Lian, but to him he was a child of Yez.
Xi Ke continued, "It's much better to be a black monster than a madman who spends all day long. γ
"You're more straightforward!" Namo said.
"At least Sister Yez won't arrest me to attend a week-long ceremony!" Dachin said, "Before the divorce, that crazy woman locked me in a religious hall all day and forced me to pray for purification, and it was Sister Yez who persuaded my father to divorce, and I escaped from the sea of suffering! She also borrowed money everywhere and spent it indiscriminately, and when she died, I immediately abandoned the inheritance! Fortunately, Sister Yez was vigilant and stopped immediately, otherwise she would have wanted to use my documents to apply for a loan!"
Both Syk and Naimo blinked. No wonder, even though Yez didn't see her with Dachin's father (to be precise, she didn't have a boyfriend at all), Ai Zhulian still hated her like she hated her rival.
"I feel angry when I think that the law says that I have to pay for her when I grow up. Dachin took a sip of the tea, "She's sure to become the kind of bloodsucker who gives all the money to the gods and asks the children to pay for their living expenses. I'm going to have to be careful that she steals my deposit book to donate!"
Everyone nodded sympathetically. Ai Zhulian's rotten mother of this level does not meet the legal requirements for child abuse, but only exercises her right to discipline, as long as Daqin was born to her, there is no way to use a lawsuit to exempt her from the obligation of support.
"Today she wants to take me to the venue of the Bullie, saying that she wants to cleanse me. Dachin put down the cup: "Then I went over and looked, ha! The police fenced it off!
The screams coming from the hallway became strange, staccato and mixed with slurred speech.
"Isn't she going to make a noise to the neighbors?" said Naimo, looking down the hallway.
"Where's the neighbor?" Cy Ke helped Daqin fill up his tea.
From the hallway came a rumbling sound like a landslide.
Everyone was silent, listening to the aftermath echo throughout the Magic Book Library.
"The shelves are over?" asked Demini first.
"Or maybe the shelves are empty. Rick said. It couldn't be the sound of the magic book pouring out of the nest. Xi Ke continued to drink tea as if he was fine, but the voice came again, again.
"I'd better go check it out. Rick reluctantly put down his teacup.
"I'll follow. Namo held up his hand.
Seren also nodded. The Magic Book Pavilion covers an area of more than one square kilometer, and it will suddenly change color.
So they put Dachin in the living room with Lisna and Demini and went to find the fake foreign mage.