A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

"I want to be in charge of Butcher Eli's affairs." Field said, spreading his hands. "You know I'm a gunman. Rather than arresting a group of workers who don't have enough to eat, it's more suitable for me to shoot the monster's head off with one shot."

"It's just work, Field." Cruise shook his head without retorting.

"Work is just work, and in exchange for a good salary and the promise of protection from the United States, we need to maintain order in this country."

"This order may not be perfect, but it can at least ensure a stable life for most people."

"I'm going to help Field." Levi said at this time.

"Same reason?" Cruise asked.

"Well, yes." Levi was a little reluctant to do this kind of thing because he felt sorry for the nine years of compulsory education he received.

"Okay." Cruise said.

"Then, then I also..." Martha raised her hand weakly.

"Ahem, stop it."

Reese interrupted her unhappily: "You might as well say it would be nice to let me handle the union's affairs alone."

He can feel it now. Every time there is a task, there seems to be a strange pattern in the group, that is, others do one thing, and he does one thing alone.

Especially those tiring tasks that no one is willing to do.

Martha put down her hand weakly and turned to look at Team Leader Cruise as if asking for help.

The latter could only smile.

"This is just a job, Reese. Besides, it doesn't take too many people to investigate the union. That would arouse suspicion."

Rhys snorted.

"You are not a good fighter, but you are the best investigator among us, aren't you?" Cruise comforted, "Everyone has something suitable for them to do, and I will go with you."

"Team leader..." Reese was moved.

Cruise turned his head: "Then the two of them will be left to you, Field, be careful."

"No problem." The latter gestured OK.

Levi suddenly remembered that she was knocked down by a water ghost before, but she didn't say anything to avoid being beaten.

"But before that, we still need to read the case file first."

After dividing into groups, Cruise continued.

"Although you are roughly responsible for the monsters and we are responsible for the union, if you find information about wizards who are trying to cause riots in the union, you need to write it down and report it."

"So... let's take a look at this."

Mr. Cruise fetched a folder and placed the contents on the table.

Levi, Martha and Field put down their work and came over and leaned against the table.

"Here are the photos of the three officers who were killed, as well as information currently available to the police on key union leaders."

"These two directions are the two entrances to our investigation, so you need to remember these three, now there are two."

"Sharon Gompers, he is the president of the AFL and the highest leader of the union in Lausanne that we can see."

Cruise took out a portrait. The cameras of this era were not yet qualified for spy photography, and sketching was still the most convenient way for ordinary people to record the appearance of others.

He is a very thin man with a mustache and a cigar. He looks more like a small middle class person than a worker.

"And Walter Fortes, from the AFL. A full-time union official. In theory, his authority is lower than that of Gompers, but he is more popular among steel workers."

"The other one is Stryker, but I'm afraid he can no longer lead the workers." Cruise said, "And he can't tell us much information."

Unions are essentially a very broad concept. There are several labor federations of varying sizes in the United States, as well as full-time unions for different types of workers, as well as communist parties, which can all be included in the ranks of unions.

Martha, who was listening quietly, suddenly thought of something.

“Why are we only looking at the upper echelons of workers?”

Looking at other people's gazes, she continued: "I mean, wizards in the union may not necessarily have power. They may just be ordinary workers."

Field on the side replied: "Because what we have to deal with are only 'wizards with enough influence'. What the government actually wants us to do is to break the workers' strike action, just using wizards as an excuse, Malda."

"If there is an E-class unknown worker wizard who joins the union in order to receive a little relief, then we don't need to worry about him at all."

"After all, our course of action is: blockade, surveillance, beheading."

This sentence was very explicit. If the people from the picket department were here, they would probably have to hold her down on the spot.

But no one refuted it, because you can't deny that this is not what the government wants to do.

Moments later, Cruise added: "There's another reason."

"That's a very interesting phenomenon. The people selected by the essence are often concentrated in the best people in a group."

"Oh?" Levi looked up.

"This is just a statement of facts." Cruise said, "We know that when the Prime is screening who can become a wizard, it mainly looks at two things: the person's fascination with supernatural abilities, and his own past experience, including talent. .”

"That is to say, the more things a person has done are in line with what the original essence requires, the more likely he is to become a wizard. And to achieve this, you must have enough talent, the corresponding power of action, and successful results .”

"Of course, the details, including those things, are kept strictly confidential, because as long as you find one, you can unsteadily increase the probability of wizards."

Hearing this, Levi couldn't help but glance at Martha. Do these things include wearing makeup and robbing a bank?

No, the original quality may not be so uninteresting.

Think about it...Malda has always been imprisoned, and she robbed in order to get the Toltec family's promise that they would be released after paying off their debts.

So...the desire for freedom?

Cruise continued: "But a lot of these things overlap with what heroes typically do."

"So that creates what I just said."

"Often the best of a group becomes a wizard."

……

Mr. Cruz later expressed his speculation.

There are not too many truly influential people in the union, that is, wizards above C level or leaders who are wizards at the same time.

Apart from Gompers and Foster, there are roughly less than five core figures in the union.

What Cruise and Reese have to do is to check whether they are wizards one by one.

"Let's go, Rhys."

After half an hour, Cruise put down his work and stood up, walked to the door and put on his coat.

"Let's take a walk around to see the workers in Lausanne, as well as the scene where Mr. Harding and the three police officers were attacked...and find a place to stay by the way."

Reese nodded: "Okay."

But he didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he took out a small notebook from his box and handed it to Levi.

The latter took it doubtfully.

"This is the information I collected about insect monsters that may appear in California and Toltec."

"The test results of those hands on the ground came out. They were some kind of chitin. The monster should be an insect."

Only then did Levi flip through it in surprise. Not only were they copied from "Fantastic Monsters and Where to Find Them", but they also recorded cases related to these in the past twenty years.

"I was originally in charge of this matter." Reese shrugged, "But I'll leave it to you, haha... Anyway, I'm used to being a logistics person."

Levi thanked him sincerely, but Reese waved his hand unaccustomedly and followed Cruise away.