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Obviously, evil magicians are basically rats in the gutter who cannot stand the light of day.
They are indeed disgusting, but their strength is low and they cannot cause any substantial harm, making them suitable opponents for magic apprentices like them.
"Thank you Ms. Rowling for your enthusiastic help." Wino stood up and looked at Toby. "Captain, what should we do next?"
"Go get a room first." Toby said in a deep voice.
The five of them walked out of the house together and went to the bar on the first floor.
In order to guard against the evil wizard's sneak attack, the five people only booked a triple room.
I took the room card and went into the room, washed up quickly and prepared to rest.
Fortunately, the bed was spacious enough to accommodate two people. So Wino and Clay slept on the leftmost bed, Leon and Toby slept on the right, and Misha slept alone in the middle.
Although they did not take any action to reveal their identity as magicians after entering the town, the four adults still decided to take turns to keep watch.
Silent all night.
The next morning.
The sunlight shone through the curtains and dispelled the darkness in the room, and the five people got up.
While eating the breakfast brought by the waiter, except Misha who was full of energy, the other four were a little sleepy.
Leon couldn't help rubbing his sore eyes and muttered: "Damn it, I only slept two hours less, why do I feel like I'm going to die suddenly... Even before I became a magic apprentice, I was still energetic even if I didn't sleep for a night."
"Maybe you're old." Clessie yawned and said to him.
"Fuck off!"
"Okay." Toby, the team leader, interrupted the two and chewed his bread quickly. "I thought about it last night. The course grade may be affected by the completion time.
Let’s not linger in the hotel, let’s eat quickly and then set off.”
Weino swallowed the milk in his mouth and asked: "Do you have a plan?"
"It's not really a plan." Toby finished his bread in two or three bites, "According to Ms. Rowling, the evil wizard has been wanted for a long time.
Living in such a high-pressure environment for a long time, they should be very sensitive, and will flee immediately at the slightest disturbance. "
"Yes." Wino nodded in agreement.
“Since the principal sent us here, it means they must still be lurking in the town.
However, Ms. Rowling's intelligence said that nothing happened in the town except for the weird baby screams. "
"Could it be that Ms. Rowling's investigation was wrong?" Leon interrupted.
"It's unlikely, unless there is an evil sorcerer in the police station who concealed the case, but this theory is far-fetched."
"Yeah." Misha chewed the bread and hummed vaguely, then looked up and said, "We walked around the town for a while yesterday, and the townspeople's reaction was not like a child missing from the family."
Toby picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of his mouth: "So, instead of blindly guessing here, why not go out and look for clues."
The four of them thought that they would be held back due to low scores, so they quickly finished their meal and walked out of the hotel together.
In front of the door, Toby looked around, hesitating where to choose the first place to investigate.
Although the pub is well-informed, Ms. Rowling goes there every day. If there were really any clues there, Ms. Rowling would have noticed it long ago.
After thinking for a moment, he decided to go to the market, which was also a place with a lot of information.
The five of them set out, asking people along the way until they arrived at the market at the northernmost end of the town.
This is a market with a very complex range of goods.
There was everything including food, daily necessities, iron farm tools, horses, weapons, etc. Toby even saw... black slaves wearing shackles and chains in the corner of the market.
Leon was shocked: "Why are there black slaves here?"
"This world is huge. Perhaps there is a continent like FZ."
"Uh, won't the principal stop it?"
Misha rolled her eyes: "Uncle Leon, Grandpa Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts, not a liberal fighter."
He knew that Misha was right, but the scene recorded in the history books actually appeared before his eyes. Coupled with the education he received from childhood to adulthood, Leon still felt that his values were challenged.
Guessing something from his changing expression, Wino teased, "You can try to become the Lincoln of the Hogwarts world."
He caught a glimpse of the iron cage on the carriage not far away and said with a smile, "Also, we can also establish the first animal protection organization here."
Leon followed his gaze.
About twenty meters ahead, there was a cat dealer on the roadside dealing with sick and weak kittens.
Probably to save costs and for convenience, the cat dealers used a simple method - they twisted off the cat's head and threw it into a wooden barrel next to the carriage.
Feeling that the scene was a bit bloody, Leon suppressed the urge to vomit: "No, no one cares?"
"Leon." Toby turned around, "This is not Blue Star."
The five people were dressed differently from ordinary people, and they were standing still, so the cat dealer quickly noticed them.
After looking up and down at the people's clothes, he approached them enthusiastically and said, "Do you guys need a cat?
If we operate with integrity, there will never be a sick cat! "
Wino glanced at the barrel beside the carriage: "I believe you."
The cat dealer was delighted that his quality was trusted and recognized, and said, "Would you like a few?
Whether they are cute and well-behaved, or wild and fierce, I have them all.
Oh, half a month ago a customer bought all my cats at once. You have to seize the opportunity, he may come back at any time."
Toby and Wino looked at each other, and then looked at the cat seller together: "We want your cat, but we hope you can tell us where the guest lives."
The cat dealer asked suspiciously, "What... are you looking for him for?"
"We also like cats. It's rare to meet someone who has the same hobby as us. We hope to get to know each other and exchange experiences in raising cats."
Chapter 302 Where is the Cat?
The cat dealer was initially reluctant to reveal the customer's identity, claiming that as a businessman with professional ethics, protecting the customer's privacy is his bottom line.
But after Wino smiled and said, "How much is this cat car? I'll pay double," his bottom line suddenly became flexible.
The two parties reached a deal, and when they set off, only Toby received the gold coins at the school logistics office, so Wino took a step back and gave him a "pay" look.
Toby decisively took out the gold coins to pay the bill. After the cat dealer gave them the change, he wrote down all the information he knew on a piece of parchment, generously gave them the cart carrying the iron cage, and rode away on his horse.
"This guy must have made a lot of money." Lyon looked at the cart without a horse, his face darkening.
"Of course, it's double the price after all." Weino walked to the iron cage and glanced at the more than 30 cats inside through the gap in the bars. "The cat's screams sound a lot like babies, right?"
Leon and Claycee, who were slow to react, only reacted after hearing this and asked in surprise at the same time: "The screams heard by the townspeople were made by a cat?"
"Since Ms. Rowling said that no babies have gone missing in the town, coupled with the strange large-scale purchase of cats, the possibility that it was an evil wizard is very high."
“So what should we do now?” Leon recalled the parchment given by the cat dealer and said excitedly, “We already have his address and appearance. Let’s go capture him!”
"Don't worry." Toby rolled up the parchment and stuffed it into his arms. "The mission is to find out the truth. I don't think it will be easy."
After spending twice the price to buy a carload of cats, the five people successfully got clues about the evil wizard, and the next step should be to close the net.
But Toby's years of professional experience have taught him that there's no harm in being cautious.
After standing there and thinking for a while, he gave instructions: "First, place the cat properly, then go to the police station to verify Ms. Rowling's information. If everything is correct, then go find the evil wizard."
"Why? Would Ms. Rowling lie to us?" Clessie asked doubtfully.
Wino shrugged helplessly: "Clacy, we are the ones who carry out the task first, not Ms. Rowling. If we rely on outsiders for everything, I don't think the final score will be very high.
In addition, she has no responsibility for this mission, so she is basically investigating intelligence with the mentality of playing a role-playing game. Do you think such intelligence is trustworthy? "
Toby glanced at Wino.
I have to admit that although Toby doesn't get along with him, I still admire his cautious style and clear-headed mind.
"Just as Wino said." Toby didn't want to waste time and made a conclusion, "Ms. Rowling certainly wouldn't lie to us, but she can't be sure that her information will not be wrong.
We have to do it ourselves.”
Later, the five men acted according to Toby's orders.
Wino took Misha to rent a room first, and the other three waited there.
Toby felt that the mission might not be completed in the short term, and it was not safe to stay in a hotel every day. It would be better to rent a house with a yard, so that he could set traps around to prevent sneak attacks and it would also be convenient to accommodate a car full of cats.
Soon the sun climbed overhead, and a little fellow in linen clothes ran to the market and found the three people.
He was sent by Wino and took the three people to the rented house.
Toby told him to lead the way, then walked to the cart and pulled it, while Leon and Clacy pushed it from behind.
After walking along the cobblestone road for a while, the crowd around them gradually thinned out. After turning left and right on a secluded path for half an hour, the group stopped outside the gate of a two-story building with a courtyard.
Probably hearing their footsteps, Wino opened the door and walked out: “Toby, pay.
I'm very confused. I understand that you are wary of me, but why are you unwilling to give me the gold coins?"
Toby said nothing, put down the handle of the cart, took out the gold coins from the lining pocket of his coat, and handed them to a bearded middle-aged man who followed Weino out.
After the bearded middle-aged man led the little guy away, he spoke: "I was not on guard against you."
Then without further ado, he lifted the cart and together with Leon Cleacy pushed it into the corner of the yard and parked it.
After driving all the way, Toby felt a little tired. He took a breath and looked around: "Wino, I remember you served in the special forces, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" After being evaded, Wino was not angry and responded happily.
“The job of setting traps around the courtyard is left to you, and I will serve as your assistant.
Lyon, Clancy. "
"exist."
"Go help Misha clean up the room."
The two had never come into contact with mechanisms before, and Toby thought they would slow down the progress, so he decided to assist them himself.
The three of them had no objection and began to work separately.
Leon and Clay went into the two-story building to help Misha with the work, while Wino took Toby back to the market to buy parts.