A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Jack's footsteps stopped involuntarily.

He looked intently again. There were few people on the road, and he could clearly see that the man in the cloak in the distance was still walking straight towards him.

A drop of cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead. It was unmistakable. This guy was coming for him!

Thinking of this, Jack gritted his teeth and shouted: "Who are you! A federal agent?"

But the guy seemed unable to hear. His face was blocked by the cloak. Jack couldn't see if his expression had changed, but he could clearly see that his steps were getting faster and faster!

Jack took a step back and was thinking about whether to turn around and run away, but suddenly he felt his eyes blur.

The scene in front of him seemed to be distorted. Unexpectedly, the next moment, the cloaked man disappeared from the place.

Jack took another step back in shock. He blinked and looked around. The street was illuminated by direct sunlight, and his vision was clear and wide, but there was no shadow of the cloaked man anywhere.

Hallucination? Or has he really disappeared?

Jack wanted to relax but did not dare to. He only felt inexplicable fear and panic. He had encountered such strange things twice in one day. Although he also has superpowers, using them himself is completely different from seeing others use them!

Get out of here quickly, Jack swallowed, the only thought at this time.

However, just as he was about to leave, a rustling sound suddenly came from the ground, as if there was a huge centipede approaching quickly under the stone bricks on the sidewalk!

Jack noticed something, and just when he lowered his head to look, a dull sound came immediately. The stone bricks were blown away in an instant, and a hand with protruding bones protruded from the ground, and in an instant, it grabbed his calf like an eagle's claw.

Before the latter had time to react, he felt a strong pulling force coming from the protruding palm, and someone was pulling him down desperately!

Jack was completely panicked. He subconsciously reached out and grabbed the ground, but the waist down had already been pulled into the ground in that moment. He could only keep half of his body in the ground like a carrot.

Unfortunately, there was no one around Jack. Only a few passers-by in the distance noticed it. They looked over curiously, thinking that some kind of magic was being performed.

Soon, even the ground near Jack's body sank downwards under the huge pulling force. Jack could no longer support himself more and more. He felt that his spine was making obvious noises, and a painful tearing feeling surged into his brain. He was too late. Thinking too much, I closed my eyes and made a hasty wish.

"I make a wish, hurry up...let me get out of here!"

With a "ding" sound, the three wishing coins in his trouser pocket disappeared instantly.

At the same time, this section of the road suddenly made a disturbing rumbling sound, cracks spread, the road surface visibly settled, and sewage seeped out from both sides, as if a thick steel bar began to collapse one by one. break. Only then did the people around them feel that something was wrong, and commotion broke out.

Jack, who had never waited for his wish to come true, secretly cried out that something was wrong. Why did the wishing coin suddenly fail at this time?

He struggled to support his arms and pulled himself twice more, but the harder he tried, the more painful his waist became. His legs were almost pulled out of joint, but the force underneath did not move at all, as if he was being sucked into a steam engine.

Damn...if I had known I would have definitely had to exercise...

Jack desperately clung to the sinking ground. In panic, he looked up at the passers-by around him, eager to get help.

In fact, many people had noticed him, but no one dared to jump down from a safe place. Jack's place is in the middle of the collapse. If you want to help him, you will probably be involved in it too!

Ironically, Jack, whose arms were already shaking slightly, felt the receipt of three wishing coins, which covered the cost of the wish just now.

Jack was desperate, and his strength slowly relaxed, but at this moment, the rumbling road surface seemed to reach a certain limit, and with a bang, the entire ground collapsed!

The pulling force disappeared instantly. Just as Jack was about to be happy, he felt a sense of weightlessness. Then he heard a bang, the impact came from behind, and he hit the ground hard.

His waist was hit hard again, and Jack was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.

He shook his head, trying to wake himself up, then turned around and climbed up, kneeling down and looking around.

In front of him was the collapsed asphalt road. He was lucky not to be hit. The sun shone in from the sinkhole and he could see clearly what was going on around him.

Looking at the movement, it happened to be the original sewer, where he had just climbed up.

The pervasive stench began to pour into his nose, but Jack couldn't care less. After taking a few breaths to regain his strength, he endured the pain and stood up.

What about the man in the cloak? That ghost hand just now was probably his superpower... Where was he?

Was he crushed to death by the collapsing soil?

Jack didn't dare to relax and moved his eyes slowly.

At this time, a pile of ruins not far away trembled twice like a big bulging bag, and Jack looked over with vigilance.

Someone emerged from it, a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, his face covered with scars.

His clothes were in tatters, with a few strands of cloth wrapped around his chest, but it could be seen that it had once been a cloak.

He is indeed not dead yet!

Jack's body tensed and he faced him nervously.

"You are an investigator of the BOI, right? I... I surrender, how about that?"

Jack gritted his teeth, raised his hands, and spoke first.

His body could no longer support him and he could continue to escape. He also knew BOI's law enforcement style. If he continued to force himself and angered him, the other party might really kill him.

Other things no longer mattered, Jack just wanted to save his life.

However, to his surprise, even after hearing such words, the cloaked man still did not react.

The pain stimulated his nerves, and the cloaked man's indifferent attitude made Jack couldn't help but become angry.

"I surrendered, are you deaf?"

"Where are your teammates? Tell them to stop hiding and come out!"

"And that collar of yours, I'm sorry I broke it. If you have a new one, put it on for me. I won't resist!"

"Hey……"

Halfway through his words, he suddenly noticed that the cloaked man moved.

However, instead of slowly approaching with vigilance after seeing the prisoner surrender, he was like a predator that pounced on him like lightning after seeing his prey relax its guard!

Jack was stunned. The cloaked man's speed was so fast that he left an afterimage. The two of them were obviously nearly ten meters apart, but his body crossed in front of him in an instant!

No, he's not trying to arrest me!

The approach of death forced Jack to react quickly, but it was too late to make a wish. He could only fall backwards and try to escape.

In an instant, Jack closed his eyes and sat down on the ground.

There was something sticky flowing down his forehead, with a warm touch. It was blood.

He was startled, and suddenly thought of something.

No, no, he is unlikely to be a BOI. Even if they are cruel by nature, they will not kill suspects casually for the sake of their own wages.

He raised his head blankly and looked at the cloaked man who turned around again after missing.

This outfit...

An idea suddenly came to Jack's mind, making him shiver.

Couldn't this guy be... "Ely the Butcher"?