A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Seeing Levi easily break free from the restraints of the rope, Fortes was not very surprised, but felt a little relieved.

Almost any wizard with fighting ability would not be restrained by ordinary hemp rope. If Levi was kept tightly tied, he would have to think about the possibility that the other party was letting him take it lightly.

But now he not only showed his abilities generously, but also extended his hand to show that he was not hostile, which was enough to show that he wanted to talk to him.

"Angel said he saw three C-levels when he fought with you yesterday. You should be one of them." Fortes said calmly.

"Yes." Levi smiled, "But you are wrong on two points, sir."

"Not an angel, but Miss Ely; not a 'he', a 'she'."

"You have investigated so clearly. This is beyond my expectation." Mr. Fortes said thoughtfully.

"We had a fight with 'Butcher Yili' before and extracted some chitin from it. After identification, Miss Yili also had the same thing." Levi opened his mouth to explain simply, and then his tone changed and went straight to the point. Theme said.

"This is also the reason why I came here. I want to know what the relationship between Eli... Miss Gray Eli and that monster is."

After saying this, Levi did not rush to speak again, but looked at Mr. Fortes with restraint, waiting for the other party's answer.

The latter crossed his hands and put them on his knees, as if he was in great hesitation, and did not speak for a long time.

"Before answering this question, I need to know... Why do you want to know the answer to this question, Mr. Li?"

"Is it just out of curiosity? Or some other reason."

Levi looked at him and said slowly: "Because I want to know what you are doing, and I also want to know what I should do."

"The job of BOI is to maintain order in this country. However, if such an order allows those in high positions to arbitrarily control ordinary people's lives, and cruel beasts can use the order without being punished, I think it will be difficult for me to be loyal to myself. Already working."

"So I want to know, are you really working hard to overthrow this order...or are you just planning to become the new high-ranking person? Or are you just doing some meaningless, blank revenge?"

"If not, maybe I can help you. I want you to understand what this means."

Levi said in a calm voice. After the words fell, Mr. Fortes thought about it again and spoke.

"If we think differently than you and you don't want to support us, what will you do?"

"Finish my work, I have my own way to go." Levi replied.

"Well, if that's the case," Mr. Fortes said, "I'll let Gray talk to you directly."

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After opening the door, Levi saw for the first time the person known as the Butcher and the Angel, Gray Eli.

The latter was only wearing an ordinary white shirt and skirt at this time, looking like an ordinary woman seen everywhere outside the door.

However, her skin color is a bit dark, almost reddish-brown like Martha.

She smoothed the broken hair on her forehead with her hands and looked at Levi.

"You are the one from yesterday..."

"Yes." Levi nodded and said his name, "But now, we are not enemies for the time being."

Gray didn't deny it, but she didn't sit down either. She stood aside and leaned against the wall with her chest in her arms.

"How did you know I was here?"

They only faced each other for the first time yesterday, and today Levi found this place. He obviously locked the target very early.

"Two reasons. One is that we have inferred that you have contact with the Federation of Labor, but this is actually not a secret." Levi used the rhetoric he had prepared long ago. Of course, he would not say that he was speaking from the truth. Seeing her characteristics fly back.

"The second is that the first police officer you killed was the protective umbrella of the Dog Street gang, and then you wiped out the gang. Therefore, Dog Street is probably the core residential area of ​​the leaders of the Labor Federation."

This statement was considered reasonable. Gray didn't find the loophole, so he nodded.

Mr. Fortes sat between them, glanced at the two of them, and then said: "I would like to ask, Mr. Li, do you have any guesses about the relationship between Gray and Eli the Butcher?"

Levi hesitated for a moment and said what he guessed: "Miss Yili will be unable to control herself at some point and kill someone to vent her anger?"

But Fortes shook his head: "It's a reasonable inference, but it's not the case."

"The truth is, that monster is actually a by-product of Gray's witchcraft."

"By-product... clone?" Levi asked with some confusion.

"No, what should I say?" Mr. Fortes slowly looked at Gray.

The latter nodded: "I'll do it."

"You should have seen my double yesterday. Have you tested its ingredients?"

Levi recalled for a while, then hesitantly said:

"If I remember correctly, it was some kind of stem cell."

"Yes." Gray nodded, "My witchcraft can create a large piece of stem cells that are separated from the body. When I suffer fatal injuries, the original body will die and degenerate into the original stem cell form."

"The cells prepared in advance will differentiate to produce a new body... That's roughly it."

Levi showed his original expression.

Wizards' witchcraft may seem diverse, but most of them have self-consistent principles behind them.

Since beasts imitate the habits of living things... what kind of creature will Gray's characteristics be?

But before Levi had time to think, he heard Gray continue to speak.

"But sometimes, there will be mistakes in this process." Gray said.

"In short, in a few cases, the substitute I prepared will start to grow on its own, and even develop its own consciousness."

"Then, become an independent individual."

Levi was stunned for a moment: "You mean your own substitute escaped your control and turned into a monster?"

"Yes, but it's more than that. I can feel the state of my substitute. Under normal circumstances, if it gets out of my control, I will deal with it quickly."

"But the substitute called 'Ely the Butcher' is a special case among special cases. After it escaped my control, it was found by another person, and that person was consciously breeding it."

"Who would do such a thing?" Levi asked, but he had a vague guess before he spoke.

"It's Harrison. He hopes to turn Butcher Eli into his weapon." Gray said.