As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 247: Ineffective Magic

In modern society, once a person's true identity is determined, it is only a matter of time to find him.

And in the face of the state apparatus, this time will definitely not exceed three days.

Informatization means that individuals have no privacy at all.

Privacy protection is only between individuals, you cannot pry into the privacy of other individuals.

There is absolutely no privacy when it comes to the state apparatus.

Even your privacy is meaningless in front of Internet giants.

Back then, Pony Ma publicly stated in a forum that Tencent has facial photos of Chinese people for the past decade.

His original words at the time were: Tencent has a more powerful ability, which is that it has mastered the facial changes of almost every Chinese person over the past decade.

The most shocking statement here is "everyone", because you have to know that no matter how powerful Tencent's products are, they cannot cover every Chinese person.

Less than six hours after Charles' true identity was confirmed, he was found in a hotel on the outskirts of London.

Charles placed monitoring devices in his home. When the monitoring devices detected several strange men breaking in without permission, he knew that his true identity had been confirmed.

After thinking it over again and again, he gave up resisting and running away.

Because it is useless. The more people in the industry know how useless it is to escape once the real identity is confirmed.

As for confronting the state apparatus and taking others hostage to escape?

Charles would never do that. It would be better for him to be rational and negotiate with England.

At least with magic in hand, he can have a certain degree of initiative.

“Well done, Daniel.

Since we were the first to find Charles, we will be responsible for a series of subsequent tasks.

We will investigate how Charles mastered magic, what magic he learned, and the whole story."

Resources are fought for.

Individuals need to strive for resources, and departments also need to strive for resources.

An organization like MI6 doesn't have much else, but it has more than enough people.

If we were able to select elites to form the Magic and Superpower Management Office, we could also disband this department.

Charles was taken to the town of Margate in Kent, southwest of London.

This is a seaside resort town in England, with a very frequent coming and going of people.

So England has a secret base here.

Compared to London, the level of confidentiality here is much higher.

England hopes to keep as much confidentiality as possible before negotiations with the Europa League or America.

"Mr. Charles, please briefly introduce yourself. We are not interested in your life story. We just want to know how you mastered magic."

Charles is slightly bald, and another notable feature is that he doesn't look like the traditional programmer that people think of, with glasses and skinny limbs.

Charles, on the other hand, is very solid, one could even describe him as strong.

Charles looked up at the man and woman sitting opposite him and said calmly, "This information is very valuable. We need to make a deal."

Charles saw that the two people opposite him did not react, so he continued:

“I have an email set up to automatically go out to some anonymous mailbox if I don’t get back in twelve hours.

At that point, all information related to this magical event will be sent to the CIA's official email address on the dark web."

Charles’ idea is very simple. Even if the English government wants to cooperate with him, it has to put up corresponding chips.

Charles continued, “Don’t even think about finding the email address.

I have completely cleared all the relevant information. Even the most powerful hacker will not be able to restore the information within twelve hours."

Daniel finally couldn't hold it anymore, "What do you want?"

Charles: "I need a wand, and the quality of the wand will determine how much information I will tell you.

If this is the wand Merlin used two years ago, then I will tell you everything I know."

Daniel was speechless: "Merlin's wand is in Brussels, and no one in England can agree to this request.

As for the other wands, tell us what you know first, and I will give them to you."

The four corners of the ceiling in this closed room are covered with cameras.

Every word they said in there, every micro-expression, was analyzed by a bunch of people in another room.

Charles' remarks surprised everyone.

The person in charge of the work outside immediately gave an order: "Go find a magic wand, the best one."

"I mean to find a wand that's well-made and can fool people. I know we don't have a wand."

Some experts think this is very interesting, and the conditions proposed by Charles mean that it is what he desires most.

Why do we need a wand if we can cast spells without one?
Besides, the wand has no effect in Merlin's system, so why would Charles make this request?
Daniel received instructions from above through his earphone: "Agree to his request and we will transfer the goods from London immediately."

It only takes about an hour to drive from London to Margate if you drive fast.

It's even faster by plane.

Daniel said, "Can you show me the magic you know first?"

Charles shook his head, "I need to see the wand first."

"And don't try to fool me with a fake wand. I can sense a fake wand."

The room fell silent. Bertie and Daniel took turns trying to find something to say to Charles, but Charles remained uncooperative.

As for forcing the other party to compromise through violence, they have no plans to do so for the time being.

If the other party refuses to cooperate, the information will be passed on, which is very disadvantageous to England. While personal privacy cannot be guaranteed in the information age, it also gives individuals some means of confrontation.

It’s just that these countermeasures have high learning costs and difficulty.

England actually brought a magic wand from London to Charles.

Someone introduced the magic wand to Daniel through his headset, and Daniel then simultaneously told the other person:
"This wand is made of holly wood and has a raven feather core.

As a magic fanatic, you must have watched a lot of videos of Merlin appearing in Stockholm, right?

The raven feathers used in the core of this wand were made from the tail feathers of ravens that were circling over Stockholm at the time.”

Daniel could clearly see that Charles, who had been expressionless before, now had an obsessive look on his face.

"Put the wand on the table, keep your distance, and tell him not to move. Our glass curtain wall is ready to rise, so let him perform."

Daniel heard the voice coming from the headset and said, "I'll put the wand in front of you. Please show us what magic you can do."

"There will be glass rising in the middle to prevent you from accidentally hurting us."

Charles nodded and said, "Okay, no problem."

"I only know elemental magic at the moment, and I'm not proficient enough in some lethal magic."

A glass curtain wall rose in the enclosed space to separate the three people.

Charles picked up the wand in front of him, stroking it for a moment, then said:

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

A string of short and tongue-twisting words came out of Charles' mouth, and matched the other party's gesture of raising the magic wand.

Daniel, Bertie and everyone in front of the camera were concentrating on seeing what magic Charles had mastered.

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

The result is that nothing happened.

After Charles put down his wand, he repeated the so-called spell several times.

Still nothing unusual happened.

He looked up at the two people opposite him: "You have set up a forbidden magic circle?"

"Or did you give me some anti-magic potion to drink?"

Daniel was a little panicked at this time. Could they have caught the wrong person?
If we catch the wrong person, we're done for, everything's over.

After hearing Charles's immature remarks, Daniel became even more suspicious whether he was the person they were looking for.

The magic net set up by Zheng Li is limited to the city of London.

Since magic is performed by people using magic nets, the quantity and quality of Mablot vines will lead to certain differences in the casting effects in different areas.

Charles was transferred from London to Margate by the English, and naturally he could not cast spells in a place without a magic network.

Charles panicked: "I obviously know magic, why am I not responding now?"

“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”

Still no effect at all.

Seeing that the other party might just be bluffing, Daniel became completely rude and hit him hard, and Charles calmed down.

After he calmed down, he still seemed a little dazed.

Daniel asked rudely, "Okay, you can tell the truth now."

"Why did you lie to us? How did you fake the post on FB?"

“What props are used to achieve the effects shown in the video?”

In Daniel's opinion, if some kind of black technology can achieve that effect, then the effort of this investigation will not be in vain.

Charles: “That’s not a prop, that’s magic.

I have cast basic water spells many times, they are not props."

Bertie added: "Then tell me in detail what you have experienced during this period."

Charles couldn't believe that he had lost his magic power. He tried to recite another spell again, but there was still no response.

He resigned himself to his fate and said, “I have always been a big fan of magic.

When I was in school, I always dreamed of going to Hogwarts.

But obviously magic is a concept made up by people.

I grew up thinking like everyone else.

So I put my love of magic on Harry Potter.

Until Merlin appeared, his appearance overturned my cognition.

It turns out magic really exists.

Since discovering this, I have been dedicated to tracking down the traces of magic.

I joined many magic learning clubs, big and small.

There was no result until recently.

I accidentally found a magic academy organization on the dark web.

Then I passed a series of tests and was given the opportunity to study magic.”

Charles paused, as if recalling something.

Daniel pressed, "What test? Where did you learn magic?"

(End of this chapter)