As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 246 Relics (Rewards and more!)

"Charles Brown, thirty-two years old, English.

Head of Information Security at Bloomsbury Publishing and a Harry Potter fan.

I once bought the first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone from someone for tens of thousands of pounds.

Three days ago, I took a half-month vacation, claiming to be unwell.

No trace of him was found at his home or in the hospital.”

After combining all the information, Daniel knew that it was definitely him.

“Bertie, you have done a great job, it must be him.

Now everyone should take up their respective tasks.

First of all, we have to go to Bloomsbury Publishing to retrieve Charles' fingerprints, and it would be best if we had a photo of his hand to compare with the hand in the video.

In addition, it is necessary to investigate his relevant deeds in the publishing house, record them, and prepare a personal portrait of him.

Then another group of people went to FB to retrieve his personal chat records.

For all the rest of us, what we have to do is find him and bring him back.

Go to Vodafone and find out where his mobile phone number has appeared, down to the street level.

After everyone has assigned tasks, Daniel and Bertie need to go to FB to retrieve Charles' chat history.

On the way to Fitzrovia near Oxford Street, FB's new headquarters in London, Daniel said:

“Bertie, you have done a great job this time. If you hadn’t found this entry point, we don’t know how long it would take to determine Charles’ true identity.

The other person is the head of information security, so be wary of anyone with an unusually strong personality.

He must have thought that others would not be able to guess the meaning of the ID. It was just 1 to 10 in reverse order and the number 500, and only a few people knew its meaning.

How did you connect numbers to Harry Potter?"

Bertie looked sad: "Because I also once had a first edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

The last traceable auction I just told you about was the auction of the copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone that I have in my hand.

So I have a certain sensitivity to this number.”

Daniel seemed to be able to see the other party's sadness: "If you can't bear to part with it, why sell it?"

Bertie sighed: "Because this is a relic left by my mother.

I have three other sisters and they all want to sell, so I have no say in the decision.

My mother passed away 20 years ago, and no one has ever realized the value of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

I often read it when I was young, and later I heard from my father that it was the first edition of Harry Potter.

Then find someone to authenticate it and make sure it is genuine.

People from the auction house came to my house every day, saying that this was a gift left to us by our mother.

Selling this book at auction is a way to honor our mother, who would have loved to see her legacy help us.

Finally, at that Harry Potter-themed auction, the first edition of Harry Potter left by his mother was auctioned as the finale.

I just couldn't understand it, so I didn't go back to South Derbyshire for Christmas for several years.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the book was auctioned for 40,000 pounds.”

Daniel consoled her, “I seem to have seen this story on the news, no wonder you’ve been spending Christmas in London in recent years.

Well, think about it from another perspective, maybe your mother really hopes that the relics she left behind can help you.

After all, 40,000 pounds is not a small amount of money.”

Bertie looked up at the roof of the car: “Maybe.

I couldn't stop this from happening, and I even hated my family because of it.

It’s just that I don’t want my mother’s belongings to be auctioned off.

Maybe it's because I don't lack money, so I think others shouldn't give up something for money. Forget it, this is also one of the legacies my mother left me, to be able to find Charles. "

Daniel saw that the other party was getting more excited and said:

“I am 90 percent sure that Charles is Mr. X who posted on FB.

What we need to do now is to turn the 90 percent certainty into 100 percent certainty and then find out where the others are.”

Really catching people does not rely on any advanced Internet technology.

When both parties are fully focused on defense, especially when the target is a professional technical individual or team, and when there is no visual information, the possibility of finding the other party solely by network tracing technology is basically zero.

However, criminal investigation and espionage methods can narrow the scope infinitely, and even the most sophisticated hackers will leave traces.

As long as there is logical connection, it can be grasped.

In reality, finding someone is a process of narrowing down the scope.

The reason why this task is difficult is because of time, too little time.

"Buck, you know, I seem to have discovered traces of magic recently."

"Again, I've heard you say so many times that you found traces of magic, but has it ever come true?"

"This time it's real. I seem to have found some feeling. Wait, I will give you a surprise in a few days."

"Haha, although I am also very enthusiastic about it, I can't afford an observatory like Zheng from China to mine magic coins for me."

Now China Zheng has become Zheng Li's code name. When China and Zheng are linked together abroad, everyone knows that it refers to Zheng Li.

This trend became more popular after Zheng Li announced that he would become a mage.

“No, it doesn’t need a magic brain, Merlin is most likely a hoax.

Merlin's statement that you can only have magic by using the magic brain is false."

"The Magic Brain is fake? The news released by Apple and Kechuang Bio is fake? Zheng Chengcheng is also a fake mage?
I feel like you've been a little obsessed lately."

“No, I am not saying that their mining of magic coins is fake, nor am I saying that Zheng Lihui is fake.

Rather, it does not necessarily require a magic brain, and it is possible that humans are born with the ability to release it.

We just haven’t discovered and excavated it.”

Daniel confirmed this again after flipping through the other party's chat history.

And I have a deeper understanding of Charles' vigilance. When chatting with his friends, he did not directly mention magic, but used the word "it" to refer to it.

So even if they retrieved the chat records on WhatsApp in London where magic-related words frequently appeared, they could not find Charles.

Fortunately, the other party was careless and no matter how careful he was, he still found out his true identity on the FB ID.

“Daniel, we went to Bloomsbury Press and got Charles’ fingerprints.

Then we matched the fingerprints with the fingers in the video, and the fingerprints matched more than 50 percent.”

Due to the limited clarity of the video, there will be a certain amount of information loss when converting the fingers in the video into pictures for comparison.

Therefore, 50 percent plus all the existing evidence is enough to report to the higher-ups.

Once the real identity is revealed, finding the person is a piece of cake.

Okay, I’ll update again to fulfill the reward I owe you last time.

In addition, for those who have complaints, I would like to say that originally I wrote about the changes that magic brought to the Blue Star society, and Zheng Li was more like the golden finger of Blue Star.

Due to the limitation of 404 monster, many things cannot be written in detail.

I really don’t admit that I am a slacker. I have put a lot of effort into the setting of the plot and the consideration of details.

You can say that I write poorly and slowly, but that doesn’t matter. My level is indeed limited, but the author is really not bad.

You may even think that I need to put more effort into the water plot.

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(End of this chapter)