At this mont, on the square in front of the central high tower in No. 1 Park, more than two hundred people were neatly laid out. These wizards, lying quietly on the ground, would have looked like hundreds of corpses if not for the slight rise and fall of their chests, proving they were still alive, making the scene look incredibly eerie.
"How is it? Are the numbers accurate? No one was missed, right?" Andre, standing in front of the spire and looking at this magnificent sight, asked a wizard responsible for counting the personnel.
"Reporting, Flubberworm, a total of 213 people are all here, including Clent himself, who was personally captured by Golden Knight, and the six patrol personnel from the outer periter of the park. At the sa ti, all their wands have been confiscated, and we have also searched them to ensure no dangerous elents are present," the masked wizard reported succinctly, checking the list in his hand.
"No one is forcing you to use a codena every ti you speak to ." Andre glanced at the wizard, feeling speechless. He found that these guys seed to be addicted to role-playing gas, now needing to shout a codena every ti they spoke to feel satisfied.
"Yes, Flubberworm." No one knew what expression the wizard had when he replied, but Andre guessed that the bastard must have been struggling to hold back his laughter. However, Andre was sowhat helpless about this, so he no longer dwelled on these details. "Are the follow-up operations progressing smoothly? Has Golden Knight said what the next arrangents are?"
"New… oh no, Bird Snake has already taken the Troll and Thorn and others to deal with those magical creatures. His box has a very large space, enough to accommodate all these animals. As for Golden Knight, he said he wants you to go with Tebo Warthog and Niffler, taking Clent with you, and then he will lead the transfer of these wizards," the wizard responsible for relaying the ssage conveyed word for word.
"Alright, you all keep a close eye here," Andre carefully instructed, then bypassed the crowd in front of him and entered the nearest dormitory to the square, where Alan had set up the command center for the Concentric Circles action team.
At this mont, in the reception room on the second floor of the building, Alan, Moody, and Alia were standing in a small circle, with Clent, whom Alan had personally captured, lying on the floor in the middle.
"The operation progressed quite smoothly, but how should this park be handled next?" Andre glanced at the still unconscious Clent on the ground, then asked the other three. Of course, he was mainly asking Alan, who, as the overall commander of this operation, had considered almost every detail.
The entire raid looked like a huge target, requiring a large number of wizards to be dealt with. However, the entire operation, from start to finish, probably took less than half an hour to control these two hundred-plus people. Therefore, now both the Aurors and Andre and others were very impressed with Alan.
Alan replied calmly, "I have already arranged for people to transport the valuable materials within the park. Regarding alchemy tools, I have recovered all the equipnt belonging to Silver Lightning Trading Company. The rest are the large number of weather carpets in the park, but for the convenience of accommodating magical creatures, they are currently being used to take care of them. Those magical creatures and their produced resources are currently entrusted to Bird Snake. They will be redistributed after the matter concludes. As for the core hub, although it can also yield a lot of materials, we currently need it to continue working, otherwise it is easy to expose our target too early."
Previously, in No. 1 Park, everyone indeed counted a lot of materials. In addition to so daily necessities for civilian wizards, there were also a large number of magical creature by-products, as well as potions, alchemy tools, and so on. Coupled with the most valuable magical creatures themselves, this was a large amount of resources and wealth, and the German Ministry of Magic, the British Ministry of Magic, and the Silver Lightning Trading Company represented by Alan, as the three participating parties, also had to distribute the goods.
Alan did not ask for much regarding these things, especially the magical creatures, but he also didn't mind raising so Tebo Warthogs and Re'em as backup food. So, before coming, they had agreed that all alchemy equipnt, gear, and materials, except for the weather carpets, and most of the by-products from magical creatures, would belong to Alan. This included the vanishing cabinet and the core hub in the park. However, because he didn't want to expose himself too early, Alan hadn't disassembled the core hub yet. The materials used in this magic spire alone were worth a fortune, and he certainly wouldn't let them go.
And all magical creatures and weather carpets, except for the young Thunderbird Thor, and all Tebo Warthogs and Re'em, would be divided by the two Ministries of Magic. Among them, Andre, being a beneficiary in the subsequent operations, and with Britain being considered to have co to help, the German share of the distribution was not high, roughly about a quarter of the total. However, the German Ministry of Magic is still under Peter's command, and Andre can't find other places to house these magical creatures. Therefore, they will currently be housed by Newt, and after the second phase of the operation plan yields results, the portion belonging to Germany will be transported back. So, even if this operation failed to truly capture the leader of the Silver Spears, the British Ministry of Magic would absolutely not lose out; in fact, the gains from this operation alone would be enough for the Wizengamot to conclude Sirius's deal.
"These matters should proceed as we discussed before; you know my mind is not on these material possessions." Andre shook his head indifferently. "What should we do next? This operation has been surprisingly smooth. Should we take advantage of the situation to capture the other two breeding bases? If we maintain the current efficiency, we are confident in controlling all three parks before dawn."
"Indeed." Alia, beside him, also nodded in agreent. "To avoid complications, it's better to act quickly. First, secure all the wizards in the park; other things can be dealt with slowly."
Moody also chid in, "We should indeed speed up the progress. After all, there are still so many civilian wizards to house. They will wake up at most by noon the next day, and just transferring them will take a lot of ti, not to ntion we also have to arrange personnel to guard them. Even if these wizards' wands have been confiscated, controlling so many people still requires at least a dozen people. Therefore, all parks must be taken down before housing these wizards, otherwise, a portion of the manpower will have to be allocated to manage these wizards, and then to raid the parks, which would make manpower seem insufficient."
The three urged Alan, one after another, mainly because they hadn't expected the operation to go so smoothly. Even now, less than two hours had passed since they started the operation; it wasn't even past midnight. This, on one hand, proved how successful Alan's pre-war preparations were, and on the other hand, it also made them sowhat overconfident, wishing they could imdiately set off and take down the other two parks as well.
"I know everyone wants to capitalize on the victory right now, and Tebo Warthog's consideration is very reasonable; breaking through the other two parks is indeed imminent, and I also plan to lead the team out shortly, but before we officially set off, there's one more thing we need to do." Alan finished speaking and pointed at Clent below him.
"Him? What do you an by that? Stop speaking in riddles." Moody glanced at Clent below him, not understanding what Alan was trying to say, and imdiately beca a bit impatient.
Seeing this, Alan stopped playing coy and imdiately explained, "From the evidence I showed you earlier, everyone should be able to see that while this Clent is not a formal Silver Spear, his identity is very important. I tried to explore his mory before, but unfortunately, his brain was also protected by defensive magic, so I plan to take this opportunity to test this guy and see if I can get any useful information."
"You want to interrogate him? That's not impossible; I also want to hear him personally reveal Peter's identity." Andre nodded, then frowned. "But why does it have to be now? Wouldn't we have more ti to interrogate them after we take down all the parks?"
"Actually, I wouldn't even call it interrogation; to put it bluntly, I just want to use this opportunity to bluff him." Alan smiled coldly. "As for why I'm in such a hurry, to make soone speak the truth, it's naturally best to do it when he's unsettled. Although we are currently operating as the Silver Spears, if the ti drags on for too long, an old fox like Clent, who is familiar with the club, will inevitably see through sothing, and then the effect will not be as good as it is now." After saying that, Alan even specifically took off his mask. When the other three saw his face at that mont, they were slightly startled, and after a mont of contemplation, they nodded in agreent.
...
In a daze, Clent felt as if soone was pushing him. His mind was a bit foggy; he rembered that he had been focused on work in his office earlier, then suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep at his desk.
"Gail? What ti is it?" Clent's eyes slightly opened, but the bright lights in the room stung his eyes, preventing him from opening them fully. So, he instinctively rubbed his eyes, feeling that this nap was incredibly sweet. However, after rubbing his eyes for a while, Clent suddenly realized that sothing seed wrong. Why did he feel like he was lying down? Shouldn't he be at his desk?
With a hint of confusion in his eyes, Clent gradually adjusted to the bright light in front of him. But when he clearly saw the scene before him, Clent felt his soul escape, and his heart almost leaped out of his chest. Right next to the floor where he was lying, four Silver Spears surrounded him, one of them rudely kicking him with his foot.
User Comments
0 comments from readers