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Wino is indeed very capable.
Toby found that he had only bought some common things in life - a knife and fork, an elastic rope, a bundle of tough green bamboo, and so on.
Relying on these small gadgets that can be found everywhere, Weino has set up various hidden and extremely lethal traps inside and outside the entire house.
Everything was done and it was already dusk.
The five of them went out for a quick meal and then walked to the police station together.
Using the gold coins to pave the way, they easily obtained all the detailed crime records of the town in recent days - the greedy sheriff demanded a huge bribe.
Carrying the heavy documents, they returned to the lobby of the small building.
They moved wooden chairs over and sat around the round table. The five of them divided the file equally and read through it individually.
After watching for half an hour, Leon rubbed his sore eyes and said, “Just like what Ms. Rowling found out, the town is very peaceful. Not to mention the missing babies, there are very few cases of face theft.
At most, some drunks and naughty kids broke other people’s windows.”
"So it is certain that the customer who bought the cat is an evil wizard?"
Wino smiled and said a classic line: "If you eliminate all the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how absurd or bizarre, is the truth."
"That's true," Toby said hesitantly, "but... why would the evil wizard buy a cat?
Do you simply enjoy the torture? "
"Won't we know once we catch him?" Misha had already finished reading the file and didn't notice anything unusual.
"Shall we set off now?" Leon asked without raising his head.
"Tomorrow."
Toby frowned for a moment and said, "Let's get familiar with the surrounding environment tomorrow. If there are a large number of residents nearby, we must evacuate them before arresting them."
Clessie said dissatisfiedly: "This will alert the evil wizard."
"Clacy." Toby's expression became serious. "We are not playing a shooting game. If you die, you can just jump again. The lives of the townspeople cannot be ignored."
"Sorry." Claysey was frightened by the warning tone and gave in.
Vino on the side watched with interest.
To be honest, he really looked down upon this guy, Clessie.
At first, he was afraid of Toby's position and always looked humble in front of him. Later, he followed me and felt that he had someone to rely on, so he always contradicted Toby in every way, as if this could prove his bravery and wash away his own past shame.
Straw bag.
After making a subtle comment about Claysie, Wino turned his gaze towards Toby.
He... is a companion worth winning over, but he's a bit stubborn and rigid, so we need to take it slow...
Narrowing his eyes, he temporarily suppressed his thoughts and said, "Your plan is very thorough, and Clessie will carry it out well, right?"
"Yes, yes." Claysie was unconsciously nervous under Toby's gaze, and hurriedly rolled down the steps of Wino.
"Get some rest and set off early tomorrow morning." Toby didn't say anything more, got up and went upstairs to his room.
Leon glanced at Claysie, then he and Misha stood up and left.
"Okay, don't think about it anymore." Seeing his expression changing constantly, Weino comforted him perfunctorily and then went back to his room to sleep.
Clay lowered his head and remained silent until the footsteps on the ceiling had all quieted down, then he stood up silently and went upstairs.
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The next morning.
After getting up, the five of them simply washed up and had breakfast, then immediately set off to a mixed residential and commercial area in the south of the town.
They did not go directly to the destination, but instead approached slowly, two in front and three behind, pretending to be tourists wandering on the street.
"Toby."
"Hmm?" He turned his head and looked at Wino beside him.
"Do you know what my ideal is?"
Toby looked confused. What was this guy trying to do?
"Do not want to know."
“Haha.” Wino seemed to have no temper. Even though the other party responded with cold words, he still smiled and said, “I was born in the slums and grew up there.”
Slums? I've read his profile, isn't he from London?
Toby asked, "Did you come to London when you were grown up?"
"No, I'm a Londoner by birth. I never left London until I was an adult."
“There are slums in London?”
Weino was stunned for a moment, then smiled strangely: "Really..."
He had intended to seize every opportunity to communicate with Toby, but the facts he had just learned made him lose interest and he stopped talking.
Looking at Wino who suddenly became silent, Toby couldn't understand what was going on in his brain, and didn't want to understand, so he confirmed the plan for later.
"According to the information from the principal, the evil wizard is an outsider. I asked the town's construction team yesterday, and they haven't received any renovation work recently.
Therefore, even if the evil wizard bought a house, he would not be able to prepare a very secret dark room in a hurry.
We only need to break into his house, find the room where the secret ritual takes place, and catch him red-handed."
With just one sentence, Wino calmed down: "He might be able to handle the scene."
"The town hasn't received any reports of a large number of cat carcasses being dumped recently."
"Perhaps buried."
"There will be a lot of blood and traces of slaughtered cats in the room. I don't believe he would care much about the hygiene of the scene. After all, ordinary people can't get in at all. And if it was a teacher who came, I don't think they would collect evidence first."
Hearing this, Wino asked curiously, "Why do we want it?"
"There are assessment tasks in the practical class, so they add some restrictions to us, I guess."
“It should be true.”
While talking, the five people walked to their destination.
This is a straight street with townhouses on both sides of the front half and miniature villas with their own doors and courtyards on the back half.
What they are looking for is Villa No. 17.
Walking along the cobblestone road and arriving at Villa No. 15, Toby made an instant decision in his heart, changed his plan, and took action immediately.
"Leon, Clancy." He turned his head. "This side is full of villas with few people living in them. There are only four neighbors. You went to evacuate them, but the owner refused to allow you to use magic."
The two men pulled out a small piece of the teaching stick or staff hidden in their sleeves, held it in their hands, and acted separately.
"Misha, you stand guard outside the door to prevent residents from watching and to watch out for the evil wizard escaping."
"Yeah." She nodded, turned and ran to the wall.
"Let's go." Toby looked at Wino and tilted his head towards the villa gate.
"Knock knock--" They went forward and knocked on the door.
"Who is this?" A kind old man's voice slowly approached from behind the door.
"Detective Inspector of the Police Station."
"crunch-"
The door opened and a bald, white-haired old man appeared before him.
He was very old, and every part of him told this story.
The old man had sparse, pale hair, which was completely bald on top of his head, with only a few strands scattered around his head. The wrinkles on his face looked like they could kill a fly, and his hands, which were holding the door edge, were as dry as branches.
His legs and feet seemed to be sick. He just stood there motionless, shaking slightly uncontrollably.
Hollywood-level acting.
Toby praised in his heart, but asked calmly, "We received a report that there is a brutal wanted criminal hiding nearby. Have you noticed any unusual movements recently?"
"That's normal, Inspectors. I'm sorry I can't help you."
The old man's skinny body blocked the gap in the door tightly, and he had no intention of letting the two people into the yard to chat.
Of course they would not be fooled like this. Wino smiled and asked, "Do you live alone?"
"Yes, Inspector."
“Do your children come back to visit often?”
"They live in Ilo City and only come home once every few years."
"I can see that you are not in good health."
"I have many diseases and my legs and feet are not very good. Maybe you won't see me tomorrow."
"So you seldom go upstairs, do you?"
"Well, in order to climb as few stairs as possible, I now live in a side room on the first floor."
Weino chatted with her about family matters and successfully got what he wanted. Then he suddenly changed the subject: "So, if the wanted criminal is hiding on the second floor, you won't be able to detect it?"
The old man was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Weino did not delay any longer and pushed him aside to rush in: "In order to eliminate your potential danger, we will help you thoroughly check the villa."
Toby spread his hands and followed closely.
"Inspector, I'm at home every day. If someone sneaks in, I will definitely see it." The old man's legs seemed to be more agile and he ran over quickly.
"Go upstairs." Wino deliberately quickened his pace, entered the hall and whispered to Toby.
They strode up to the second floor and quickly searched all the rooms, but found nothing.
No ritual implements, no cat, no blood, nothing.
what happened?
The two went downstairs with confused looks on their faces. The old man sat on the sofa in the hall and asked, "Have you checked it out?"
Wino put his right hand behind his back and the staff in his sleeve slid into his hand: "There is one more thing I hope you can help me with."