As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 288 The Solution

The reason why the English government was unable to find any clues was mainly because they put too much energy into personal investigations.

I never thought that this was a collective cross-crime.

"When did you learn magic? Why don't you upload the news that you learned magic to the Magical London app launched by the government?"

"Because the Magic London app is so popular, I tried to download it several times at first, but failed."

"You're lying! We've checked your download records in the Apple Store and found that you've never opened the Magic London app download interface.

The magician from the English government is on the way. If you don't confess now, the magician will retrieve your memory later.

As for the consequences, whether you will suffer from memory loss or even become an idiot is hard to say."

"No, you are violating human rights! There is no law that allows you to use coercive measures without strong enough evidence."

"Sorry, this is not 21st century London, this is 18th century London."

"I have the right to remain silent until my lawyer arrives."

“It doesn’t matter. It will take some time for our magician to come here, since you don’t believe he can directly retrieve your memory.

We will first conduct the interrogation phase through China’s truth system.”

After England gave up part of its interests, China sold two truth system devices to England.

Of course, the statement on the surface was not so naked: the two sides had open and frank communication.

Most exchanges of interests take place under the table.

Since there are only two truth system devices, it takes time and procedures to transfer the goods.

The suspect sitting opposite Daniel had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. He thought he could just keep silent.

As for the wizard extracting memories, he himself is a wizard and doesn't believe that the wizards in England can do this.

If the wizards of England had been able to do this, they wouldn't have eluded us for so long.

The best way to deal with such stubborn elements is to use the truth system, which is called the brain-computer interface lie detector in England, or polygraph for short.

In fact, it was originally an application of the truth system in the field of lie detection.

There is indeed nothing wrong with ordering a polygraph.

After the truth system was promoted in China, the consequence was that the status of Weibo in China was further improved.

Not to mention the divorce lawsuit between the Japanese and the Maple Leaf people that was broadcast on Weibo.

Now, if the Weibo posts belonging to local governments are not sent out by the truth system, they will be subconsciously considered fake by the Chinese people.

Without the support of the truth system, some news with shocking headlines in major media would not have as many people believing it as before.

Chinese media professionals can clearly feel that the people are not as easy to fool as before.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to generate public opinion.

On the contrary, the threat of people spontaneously reacting to unfair incidents and reporting them under their real names is growing.

Truth is the strongest voice of accusation.

The above is about China on Blue Planet. It is normal to have problems.

When the polygraph was brought over by England, the brain-computer connection device was put on the other party's head.

"More Birney, 20 Portman Square?"

"Tuttle Frederick, 16 Stukeley Street?"

"Smedley Lunn, 7-9 Battersea Square?"

A series of names and the places where they died were slowly read out from Daniel's mouth.

Basically, after reading one, there will be a pause.

He doesn't even need to ask anything, the polygraph will give you feedback.

This is already the second generation of lie detectors developed based on the truth system and brain-computer connection.

In addition to brain-computer connection, it also combines the latest artificial intelligence algorithms. The new generation of lie detectors can already judge the truth or falsehood without the other party speaking.

The judgment accuracy rate is as high as 90 percent.

Statistical results from China.

"Okay, it appears that you are the one who murdered Mr. Lunn of 7-9 Battersea Square."

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it. The thing on your head is a lie detector developed based on Kechuang Bio’s latest brain-computer connection technology.

This can be used as evidence against you.”

The other party's face started to change after hearing this.

The previous calmness was gone.

Charles knew that his psychological offensive had been successful.

"Our national laboratory is in need of soul-related experimental materials. Experimental monkeys have become increasingly expensive in recent years, and humans are also good experimental materials.

You said that after you disappear, will your accomplices come to rescue you? "

Charles began to make naked threats.

England abolished the death penalty more than fifty years ago.

At least there is no death penalty on the surface, but who knows what happens in private.

"This is not permitted under international law."

“Please don’t be so naive.

If you tell the truth, you will be given leniency and there is still a chance of survival.

Otherwise we have many ways to get rid of you.

Make sure that the traces of your existence remain only in the memories of a few people.

Imagine that your parents can only remember you in their memories, and all chat records and voice calls related to you will be deleted by us.

Even your classmates who are known to your parents will be warned by us to tell your parents that they never knew this person existed.

Isn’t that a good future?”

The other party finally began to panic. He stared at him in the brain-computer connection helmet: "You promise?"

"I promise."

"By Merlin?"

Charles paused for a moment, then said, "Just tell me everything you know, including the whole story, your accomplices, and everything else you know.

I promise Merlin that I will do everything in my power to keep you alive."

"I can't try, I must. I am willing to pay the price, but my life and the rights I deserve must be guaranteed.

I don't want to be your guinea pig.

There have been rumors in London that this is happening because of a sinister grimoire ritual being performed by the English government."

After hearing the last part, Charles felt something was amiss, so he said, "I'll apply for you, and our other colleagues will be involved in the subsequent interrogation."

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Charles went out to report to his superiors, and after receiving a positive answer, he returned to the interrogation room.

"Okay, we agree to your terms, please tell me."

“I am a low-level worker in the film industry, but I have also been trading cryptocurrencies.

I have known about cryptocurrency for a long time. I probably knew about its existence as early as 2016.

At that time, people in the circle were discussing cryptocurrency. I was very interested in cryptocurrency at the time, and I accidentally entered a dark web forum through Tor.

It is filled with a lot of discussion about cryptocurrency.

Later, I often hung out on the dark web, where I got the latest information on various cryptocurrencies.

Although I knew about cryptocurrency very early on and have been paying attention to this industry.

But I entered the market very late and didn’t make much money.

It wasn't until March this year that someone I met on the dark web sent me a link, saying it was a surprise.

The result was quite a surprise, there were magic teachings and videos proving the existence of magic.

Videos proving the existence of magic can be watched for free, but if you want to watch magic tutorials, you have to pay.

The price to pay is to learn magic and then use magic to kill a person designated by the forum with your own hands.

When you complete the task, you will officially join the forum."

Charles realized that he was getting close to the truth: “But you learned magic first and then killed people?

Can't I break the contract after learning magic?"

“No one dares to breach the contract because you need to register before learning magic, and registration must be verified using real identity and facial recognition.

I seriously doubt that the developers of this dark web forum are executives of Internet companies.

Because in my understanding, and after asking my friends who work in the Internet industry, I know that facial recognition system is an application with a very high threshold.

After my true identity was known to the other party, I knew I couldn't resist.

You all know magic, and it's a skill that gives the advantage to whoever strikes first.

So far, no one other than Merlin has mastered defensive magic.

In addition, the other party also offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse.

That is, after you kill the person designated by the forum, you can also designate someone else and the later person will help you complete it.

Although people have always had some misunderstandings about the dark web, the biggest misunderstanding is that the dark web has so-called crowdfunding assassinations, hired killers, and even live murder broadcasts.

These are all fabricated by the media to attract attention.

If someone who is visiting the dark web for the first time approaches you and says they have this kind of service, they are 100% a scammer.

But before I made up my mind to learn magic, I personally verified the death list in the forum and found that every person on the death list died inexplicably in real life.

Everyone behind the forum is well aware that all dark web users or people have a dark side in their hearts.

And since we know your real address and identity, you dare not resist at all."

The dark web can be traced back to the 1990s, when the research department of the American Department of Defense directly promoted the development of anonymous encrypted networks.

The result is what became the Tor network, a technology that uses many layers of encryption to protect transmitted information.

Tor lives on the edge of the internet and is the underlying technology for the dark web: a set of hidden websites that can’t be accessed through regular browsers, nor gathered by search engines like Google.

Tor Browser is all you need to unlock this hidden corner where privacy is paramount.

In fact, the main functions of the dark web are forums and chat rooms.

It’s only in recent years that the combination of dark web services and cryptocurrencies has led to expectations of a surge in criminal activity.

The combination of encrypted networks hidden from much of the world and cryptocurrencies that are virtually untraceable to governments has created a small but significant market for illegal vendors selling illicit goods.

According to a report by Chainalysis, a company that analyzes encrypted payments, the volume of cryptocurrency transactions on the dark web has increased from $12 million in 2.5 to $18 million in 8.72.

The global amount of money laundering for the whole year is estimated to be between 1.6 trillion and 4 trillion US dollars.

Compared to this figure, the total value of cryptocurrencies moving through the dark web is negligible.

Charles realized that this was largely the truth.

Because China's truth system has been open all the time, according to the feedback from the equipment, everything the other party said is true.

"Well, you can tell us the details you know and how to enter the forum you mentioned."

Once this was established, the English government acted very quickly.

All the relevant personnel were arrested within two weeks.

There was no time to react at all.

The dark web is not as safe as the forum creators think.

The circumstances surrounding the random killings were widely reported in England.

It's times like this that require a tough response.

We must not allow those who have unrealistic aspirations to have any hope of success.

For protection purposes, neither the English side nor Warner Bros. revealed the hero behind the capture of the murderer.

Although Warner Bros. really wants this wave of popularity.

The hero of the latest series of films in the Harry Potter universe solves magical crimes in London and successfully helps the London police bring criminals to justice.

What a great topic for hype! Just based on this, the movie won’t have to worry about its box office.

In addition, you can shoot behind-the-scenes footage of the protagonists learning magic.

Magician, detective, actor, all kinds of elements are stacked together.

But for safety reasons, I am worried that some fish might slip through the net and something might happen.

This is something Warner Bros. doesn't want to see.

Therefore, Warner Brothers readily agreed to the confidentiality request from London.

Another reason is that the film is still in the process of shooting and there is still a long time before its final release.

If we start hyping it up now, the final effect will be greatly reduced.

It would be better to wait until the situation stabilizes and make sure that no one has slipped through the net and there is not too much danger before announcing this news.

By that time, everything was so perfect, and it was a perfect opportunity to make a fortune.

Charles even knew the founder behind the forum.

Charles was previously the head of information security at Bloomsbury Publishing. He was later found by England because he learned magic and posted it on Facebook.

Later, he joined the English government and became an ordinary clerk in the Office of Magic and Superpowers.

That is, it is the same organization as Daniel who arrested him before.

He previously worked as an information security director and had experience with the dark web.

The international community is combating the diversion of cryptocurrency transactions to major illicit markets by improving information sharing and strengthening law enforcement.

Although Charles was only the director of information security at that time, his private identity was also a consultant to relevant regulatory agencies.

Therefore, he has participated in the closure of many illegal websites to a certain extent.

The founder was the Valhalla member who was arrested in 18.

It is no wonder that the first death was an official of an international organization dedicated to combating dark web crimes.

For London, the small challenges have just passed, and bigger challenges are yet to come.

In order to solve this problem, England promoted magic among the citizens of London.

How to manage tens of millions of mages, even though they are just mage apprentices, is enough to give the English government a headache.

(End of this chapter)