A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

The next morning.

The four investigators of Group 004 were carrying a lot of luggage and waiting for their shuttle bus at the train station.

There are two large boxes containing various materials, documents and cases. Most of them have a confidentiality level higher than 2 and cannot be placed outside the headquarters or branches of BOI or NSA.

Of course, the parts about Beta-019 were taken away by the 003 group.

There are also everyone's luggage and weapons, piled up into a hill.

Martha looked towards the door again and again, until she saw a familiar figure branching out from the crowd and walking towards this direction, she smiled and waved.

Levi approached slowly, and then Martha suddenly discovered that the former's right eye was tied up with a white bandage.

"Levi?" Martha was startled, "What's wrong with you?"

"I just hurt my eyes while experimenting with props." Levi said sarcastically, "This is also a risk of the 'alchemist' profession."

"Does it still hurt?" Miss Westin turned her head and held her chin to look over.

"Much better, don't worry." Levi said, touching his right eye.

Cruise and Reese looked at each other with concern, but didn't say anything. As a wizard, it's normal to be injured every now and then.

"Where are the people in Group 003? Aren't we on the same train?" Levi changed the topic and looked around.

"Last night's emergency call, the order changed again." Cruise said.

"Group 3 will return to Washington to report on our duties, and we will go directly to Lausanne."

Li Wei was a little surprised. Frequent changes in orders are not a good thing. Do you think the situation in Lausanne has deteriorated again?

"Yes." Cruise replied.

"And it's not just Ely the Butcher, there's new trouble in Lausanne... a strike."

"Oh?" Levi felt his DNA move.

"Or there are signs of a strike." Cruz continued, "A few days ago, the Lausanne Metropolitan Police captured a trade union leader. After interrogation, they got the news that they were preparing to organize a strike."

"This isn't that important, right?" Li Wei said.

Anyway, in this era, strikes don’t happen once or twice.

"Yes, but the problem is that the leader is a wizard." Cruise said, "This is related to another thing. You should know Mr. Harding, right? He is one of the presidential candidates, A few weeks ago, he was also attacked by wizards while giving a speech in Lausanne."

"Headquarters believed that wizards were involved, so they asked us to go there."

"...This is too far away from our original plan." Levi nodded dissatisfied.

"That's what a public official is, Lee." Cruise smiled.

"And Eli the Butcher." Reese raised his head and said, "We don't know what role it plays in Lausanne, but a monster like it can never be without the slightest disturbance."

"We still need to find more clues to determine its true identity."

"There are so many things." Levi sighed and sat across from several people.

"Why are the workers in Lausanne going on strike?"

"Lausanne is the most important steel production place on the west coast of the United States, and it is also home to a large number of oil industries." Cruise explained, leaning on the back of his seat.

"During the war, these companies expanded rapidly, but after the war, the prices of steel and oil fell, and workers' wages also fell again and again. At the same time, the threat of unemployment and soaring prices also oppressed their lives."

"President Wilson made some moves to help them, but he collapsed before they had any effect."

"The United States is now like a big balloon, full of sharp contradictions and dissatisfaction. This situation will continue for another month, at least until the new president takes office. The situation may not improve."

"And our mission is to prevent threats from the wizarding world and protect this dilapidated house within this month."

"Although I don't think Harding can really make a difference."

Field, who was sitting next to Levi, said.

"But his current support rate is very high, an order of magnitude higher than Jameson." Reese said, "And even if he himself is not able to rectify the situation, the new cabinet and parliament will make the situation better."

"Wrong, the more after the war, the more necessary a strong ruler is to take control of everything." Field said.

"Laissez-faire at this time will only make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Large groups like the Robbins family will slowly occupy every seat in the parliament. In the end, ordinary people's wealth will be stripped away bit by bit until they are eliminated. Rush to the slums..."

But Reese was still unconvinced and began to argue that this was only a short-term situation and that as long as the economic situation improved, everything would be fine.

Li Wei watched the two men quarreling,

Prevent workers from going on strike.

To put it bluntly, this means arresting their leaders, disrupting their meetings, expelling them, and even shooting them.

An unpleasant errand.

Levi sighed.

At this time, a train slowly pulled up to the station, emitting a cloud of white smoke and a sharp and piercing whistle. It was their train.

It's time to leave.

Field and Reese reluctantly stopped quarreling. The former leaned close to Martha sullenly and asked the latter to help him scold him.

Martha thought for a while and asked Harding who he was.

Field then gave up.

Levi picked up the suitcase and then loaded some of the group's important luggage into the space.

"He just has different views than you." Before getting in the car, Levi looked at the depressed Field and comforted him.

"I know." Field looked away and snorted.

"This has nothing to do with us anyway, right? Really, why should I be angry with him over this..."

"No." Levi shook his head, "These are related to us. They can at least determine what we will do."

Speaking of this, Levi paused, and then spoke in a low voice embarrassedly.

"And... I think you are right."

"Ok?"

Miss Westin unexpectedly raised her head and stared at him, her dark red gaze making Levi frightened.

"Really?" Miss Field thought for a moment, "Then you have to scold him for me next time."

"Ah? Well, let's just curse in our hearts..." Levi's eyes dodge.

……

At the same time, in a clay house, three figures were warming up in front of a fire.

"So." The figure of the middle-aged man was very thin and he was wearing an elegant red and black dress. "Why don't we go to a nearby town to rest and take a train to the next destination instead of staying here?"

"That's a good suggestion." The old figure smiled, his voice was familiar, and it was easy to recognize him as the potter Jose.

"Do you have money?"

This sentence silenced Buster, who had just asked the question.

Yes, two of the three people present are B-level wizards.

They can create an eighty-meter-tall clay giant that can flatten a small town in the blink of an eye;

They can create wizards in batches through forbidden experiments, triggering a conspiracy that alarms the United States;

they can……

All in all, the three of them together can walk sideways in any small city or even a small country.

However, the three of them now encountered a big problem.

They have no money.

Buster sighed, took a sip of his freshly grown whiskey, and then lit a freshly grown cigar.

Although they don't have to worry about food and drink in the wild, the feeling of being without money is always uncomfortable.

At least, they can't fly yet and have to walk on their own.

"We can grab it." After hesitating for a while, Buster finally said slowly.

"As long as we move quickly, we can calmly rob a bank and leave without any trouble...unless we are unlucky enough to run into the territory of a monster like Santos."

"No." However, Jose rejected him.

"We should understand that after what happened in Jinshan City, even the pigs should have discovered my existence."

"The members of BOI and NSA must be wary now. Even if we do something a little outrageous at this time, we will attract attention."

"Maybe next time they won't send just Christine."

"So we really have to walk to the next destination?" Buster frowned.

"No." Jose smiled easily.

"A train will be passing here soon and I will cause an accident to stop the train."

"Then we can climb up, hitch a ride, and then take a shower and change into clean clothes after we leave California."

"That's the only way it can be." Buster sighed and drank his whiskey.

What this wizard is doing is really... frustrating.

The air became quiet again, and only William sat aside, lost in thought and silent.

You can throw it away...

Why do you need his protection...

William thought confusedly.