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"I will follow the captain's orders." Wino responded, then asked, "Go on."
"Ah."
The two returned to the second floor and Misha followed them curiously.
"Misha, you'd better not come." Toby was about to enter the house when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and suggested to Misha who was standing at the stairs.
“What will it affect?”
"Might it affect your mental state?" Wino poked his head out of the door.
"I want to see."
Toby and Wino looked at each other and said at the same time, "Come on, then."
The little girl's unhappy face showed happiness and she skipped into the house.
The room was very cramped, with no extra furniture. There was only a long wooden table in the middle, with a rechargeable incandescent lamp hanging above it.
The two people stood across the table, operating something on the desktop with their hands.
When Misha walked in, she was surprised to find that they were using a scalpel to cut organs.
"Whose is this? Or an animal?" She put her hands behind her back and leaned her head forward.
Wino glanced at the blood all over the table and couldn't help feeling surprised.
Because Toby didn't like her, his contact with the little girl was basically zero.
Out of professional habit, I have browsed the other party's information - a learning genius.
But...she doesn't behave like a genius student.
Narrowing his eyes, Wino said, "It should be the cat's internal organs."
As he spoke, he pinched a piece of flesh between his two fingers and said, "Humans, even newborn babies, don't have hearts this small."
Misha thought thoughtfully: "You guys...what happened after you went in yesterday?"
Holding a scalpel and cutting a piece of meat in two, Toby began to tell the story.
Last night, the dagger Toby stabbed did not penetrate the baby's brain, but stopped about a finger's thickness away from the forehead.
This is a test, to test whether the thing in front of him is a baby or a monster.
The result was vague. The little guy did not show any resistance or reaction, which made Toby hesitate.
Seeing this, Weino started to rub the little guy's body, then said with certainty, "I dare not say it is definitely a cat, but it is definitely not a human."
Hearing this, Toby raised the dagger again and decisively cut open the man's stomach.
He quickly opened the wound with a scream, revealing the wriggling internal organs, which were obviously too small to support the functioning of a human body.
So the two of them took out the internal organs and put them into a cloth bag, said hello to the couple who had hurried over, and left the scene quickly.
After listening, Misha tilted her head and said, "So, the strange cry that Aunt Rowling found was indeed from a baby?"
"If I'm not mistaken." Toby put down the scalpel, "the more than 30 cats that Wino and I found at the old man's house should all be babies."
"Is there such magic?" Wino didn't care about the blood on his hands, and picked up the cup of water on the table and brought it to his mouth.
Toby shook his head. "I don't know. I'll have to ask her."
"Who?"
"Here." He raised his chin towards Misha.
Wino, who was holding the water cup, was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Studying genius is really amazing."
Yes, when it comes to learning and understanding magic, Misha is the best among the five.
Wino didn't know this before today, but of course he knew it now.
"Let me recall." Misha poked the meat on the table unconsciously, "Oh, yes, and there is more than one kind."
"Tell me more specifically."
"For example, cat-transfiguration, the kind Professor Maggie uses, completely changes the body structure. Illusion, simply creates an illusion."
"Anything else?" asked Wino.
"Gone."
“Neither of them look alike…” Wino wiped the blood off his right hand on his shirt, raised his head and scratched the tip of his nose, “The one last night looked like a human baby, but only had the internal organs of a cat.”
"Half... Could it be that the evil wizard didn't learn it well enough, so he can only transform half?"
Wino laughed dumbly: "You are not very good at magic, so you should fail to release it, right?"
"Didn't you say that?" Toby squinted at him, "If you eliminate all the impossible, the remaining one, no matter how absurd, is the only possibility.
Do you have any other ideas?"
"Indeed not."
Toby picked up the cloth bag thrown on the floor and put the organ fragments scattered on the table into it: "The evidence is in hand, the next step is to arrest."
"Why don't you notify the police first?
Show these to the sheriff and he'll revoke your warrants, making it easier to act.
Besides, our mission is to find out the truth, do we need to arrest anyone?" Misha asked.
Toby paused while trying to hold the organ fragments. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I was negligent. I should have discussed this with you."
"what?"
"Scoring." He put the bag aside, "Ms. Rowling said that we have a scoring mechanism for this mission. There is no doubt that the final score will be related to the reward.
I think... Mr. Principal's solemnity in advance not only shows that the mission is dangerous, but also means that the reward is very generous."
Weino leaned back with a subtle look in his eyes: “I should be the one making this kind of decision.”
Toby sighed: "I'm sorry, I was blinded by greed..."
"Wait." Misha interrupted him and asked excitedly, "Do you know what the reward is?"
"Some direction, um... I guess it has something to do with magical pets."
"real?!"
Weino's whole body trembled and his fists clenched unconsciously.
You know, he hasn't used his librarian's salary yet, because he's struggling over whether or not the magical creatures are worth it.
If this mission really rewards each person with a magical pet, he can keep it from the administrator first and use it when he encounters something more needed in the future.
Seeing that he was very excited, Toby poured cold water on him: "I'm just guessing. Besides, even if I guess right, it won't be easy to get enough points."
"That's why you thought of catching the evil wizard, because completing the extra goal will give you a higher score."
"It's fine to kill them, but the evil wizard can't possibly do anything good by capturing so many babies, right?"
Wino walked around the side of the long table and came to him: "Hey, think more broadly. If we rescue all the babies..."
"Can you undo the cat-transfiguration spell?"
"Well, that's a second-year course."
At this time, Misha, who had been silent for a long time, took out her staff and said, "I can do it."
"You can?!" They were both shocked.
"When did you learn it?"
"After class."
He wanted to ask more, but Wino stopped him: "Now is not the time to care about these things. There will be plenty of time when we return to the academy. We have to save the baby first."
The baby is in the hands of the evil wizard and may encounter an accident in the next second. The best option is to rescue the person immediately.
Toby didn't waste any more time and ran to wake up Leon who lived opposite and Claire who lived next door. Then the five of them waited until night fell and immediately set off for the old man's villa.
However, as soon as they went out, they met Rowling who had been missing for several days.
"It's not easy to find you." Rowling raised her left arm, carrying a small ladies' leather bag.
"Ms. Rowling, how could you...if you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get back. We have to..."
"The evil mage is very strong, you better have a plan before you go."
The five people were stunned, as if they had not expected that Rowling knew they were going to look for the evil wizard.
Toby asked, "Did you know who the evil wizard was? When?"
"This morning, after seeing the wanted poster." Rowling elegantly lifted her long hair, "I went to see the evil wizard at noon and learned the whole story from him."
Rowling met the evil wizard? And learned the whole story from him?
The five of them were full of complaints and didn’t know where to start. Finally, Leon scratched his head and asked, “Please forgive my stupidity, can you explain it in detail?
Why would the evil wizard tell you what happened?"
Rowling smiled charmingly and said, "It can't be helped, because I have such a powerful grandfather.
I showed him the bracelet, and the old man turned around and tried to run away. I told him, if you run away, I will let my grandfather hunt him down when you get back."
"He doesn't dare to escape?"
"Yes, he is staying in the villa obediently."
At this moment, the five people were so envious that they almost cried. They couldn't help but want to go home and ask their grandmother if there were any mysterious legends about their ancestors that might have something to do with the principal.
Wino, who had already felt the injustice, was the first to calm down: "Then why don't you come to us?"
“You guys have a filming mission process, right?”
Toby glanced at the pinhole camera on Wino's chest and said, "Yes."
"Give me a copy of the video."
"no problem."
After getting the answer she wanted, Rowling waved her hand and turned to walk towards the street entrance: "You guys take care of your own things. Please remember that the evil wizard is very powerful for you. I'm leaving first."
The figure disappeared into the darkness, and the five confused people woke up.
"She came here just to record the video?"