In modern society, when a person's true identity is determined, it is only a matter of time before he is found.
And in front of the state machine, this time will never exceed three days.
Informatization means that individuals have no privacy at all.
Privacy protection is only between individuals, and you cannot peek into the privacy of other individuals.
For the state apparatus, there is absolutely no privacy at all.
Even your privacy is equal to nothing in front of Internet giants.
At that time, Xiao Ma Ge once publicly stated on a forum that Goose Factory had facial pictures of Chinese people in the past ten years.
His original words at the time were: Goose Factory has a more powerful ability, which is that it has mastered the facial changes of almost every Chinese person in the past ten years.
The most shocking statement here is for everyone, because you must know that no matter how powerful the products of Goose Factory are, they cannot cover every Chinese.
When Charles' true identity was determined, not even six hours passed before he was found in a hotel on the edge of London.
Charles placed a monitoring device in his home. When the monitoring device discovered that several strange men were breaking in, he knew that his true identity had been determined.
After thinking twice, he gave up resisting and escaped.
Because it is useless, the more people in the industry know, the more useless it is to escape after the true identity is determined.
As for confronting the state machine and taking other people hostage to escape?
Charles would never do this. It would be better to be sensible and negotiate with England.
At least with magic in hand, he can have some 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 ins and outs of it all. "
Resources are earned.
Individuals need to fight for resources, and departments also need to fight for resources.
There are not many other institutions like MI6, but more than enough people.
If we were able to mobilize elites to form the Magic and Superpower Management Department, 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 New England, because people come and go very frequently.
So England has a secret base here.
Compared to London, the level of confidentiality here is much higher.
England hopes to keep it as secret as possible before negotiations with the Europa League or Amerika.
"Mr. Charles, please introduce yourself briefly. We are not interested in your life. We just want to know how you master magic."
Charles is slightly bald. Another notable feature is that he is not like the traditional programmer who wears glasses and has thin limbs.
On the contrary, Charles is very strong, and one can even describe him as strong.
Charles raised his head and looked at the man and woman sitting opposite him. He said calmly: "This information is very valuable. We need to make a deal."
When Charles saw no reaction from the two people opposite him, he continued:
“I set up an anonymous mailbox to automatically send emails if I don’t get back for twelve hours.
At this 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 officials want to cooperate with him, they must provide corresponding bargaining chips.
Charles continued: “Don’t even think about finding an email address.
I have cleared all relevant information. Even the most powerful hacker cannot restore the information within twelve hours. "
Daniel finally couldn't hold it any longer, "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 it is the wand Merlin used two years ago, then I am willing to 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 then I'll 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 microexpression, was analyzed by a bunch of people in another room.
Charles' remarks surprised everyone.
The person in charge of the work outside immediately issued an order: "Find a magic wand, the most sophisticated one."
"I mean looking for a wand that's well made and fools people. I know we don't have one."
Some experts think it's interesting that Charles's offer represents what he desires most.
Why do you need a wand when you can cast spells without one?
In addition, the wand has no role in Merlin's system. Why would Charles make this request?
The instructions from above came from Daniel's headset: "Agree to his request, and we will transfer the goods from London immediately."
If you drive quickly, it only takes about an hour to get from London to Margate.
It's faster by plane.
Daniel said: "Can you first perform the magic you have?"
Charles shook his head and said, "I need to see the wand first."
"And don't try to fool me with a fake one. I can sense fake wands."
The room fell into silence. Bertie and Daniel took turns talking to Charles, but Charles remained uncooperative.
As for forcing the other party to compromise through violent means, they do not intend to do so for the time being.
If the opponent is unwilling to cooperate, then the message will be sent out, which will be very detrimental 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 are more expensive and difficult to learn.
England actually brought a magic wand from London to Charles.
Someone in Daniel's headset introduced him to this magic wand, and then Daniel simultaneously told the other person:
"This wand is made of holly wood with a raven feather core.
As a fan of magic, you must have seen many videos of Merlin appearing in Stockholm, right?
The core of this wand is made from crow feathers that were found flying over Stockholm at the time. "
Daniel could clearly see the expression of obsession on Charles's previously expressionless face.
"Put the wand on the table, keep your distance, and tell him not to move. Our glass curtain wall is ready to rise and let him perform."
Daniel heard the voice coming from the headset and said, "I'll put the magic wand in front of you. Please show us what magic you know."
"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 destructive magic."
A glass curtain wall was raised in the confined space to separate the three people.
Charles picked up the wand in front of him. He rubbed it for a moment and then said:
“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”
A series of short and convoluted words came out of Charles's mouth, and they were matched with the other person's gesture of raising his wand.
Daniel, Bertie, and everyone in front of the camera are all intently trying to see what magic Charles has mastered.
“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”
“aqua propagatio shaisa colligentes”
The result is that nothing happens.
After Charles put down his wand, he recited the so-called spell several times.
Still nothing unusual happened.
He raised his head and looked at the two people opposite him: "Have you set up a forbidden magic circle?"
"Or did you give me some magic-forbidden potion?"
Daniel was a little panicked at this time. Could they have arrested the wrong person?
If you catch the wrong person, it's over, everything is over.
Hearing what Charles said, Daniel became even more suspicious of whether the other party was the person they were looking for.
The magic network deployed by Zheng Li was limited to the urban area of London.
Since people use magic nets to achieve magic, the quantity and quality of Mablot vines will cause certain differences in the spellcasting effects in different areas.
Charles was transferred from London to Margate by the English. Naturally, he could not cast spells where there was no magic network.
Charles panicked: "I can obviously do 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 was completely rude. After giving him a hard blow, Charles calmed down.
After he calmed down, he still seemed a little lost.
Daniel asked very politely: "Okay, you can tell the truth."
"Why did you lie to us? How did you fake the posts 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 energy 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, not props. "
Bertie added: "Then please tell me carefully about your experience during this time."
Charles couldn't believe that he had lost his magic power. He tried another spell again, but there was still no response.
He then accepted his fate and said: “I have always been a fan of magic.
When I was in school, I always dreamed of going to Hogwarts.
But obviously magic is a fictional concept created by people.
I grew up thinking the same thing as normal people.
So I channeled my love for magic into Harry Potter.
Until the appearance of Merlin, the appearance of Merlin subverted my understanding.
It turns out magic really does exist.
Since discovering this, I have devoted my life to tracing the traces of magic.
I've joined many magic learning societies, large and small.
There has been no harvest until recently.
I accidentally found a magic academy organization on the dark web.
Then I passed a series of tests and got the chance to learn magic. "
Charles paused, as if remembering something.
Daniel asked: "What test? Where did you learn the magic?"
