#395 - Transfer Station (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

Seeing no reaction from Anduin, Aselia felt another twinge of apprehension. Could this guy even know about the mask? Reading М

But thinking about it, now that Iserlon had fallen into his hands, the mask would inevitably follow. And the young man before her was praised by Director Bianca and others as the most promising alchemist in the British wizarding world.

With a wry smile, Aselia continued her story:

"The first half of the year's operations went very smoothly. Besides secretly observing at the Ministry of Magic, I was mainly passing on some basic intelligence to 'Thunderbird,' such as the daily duty hours of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the duty roster, and their usual work content, and so on."

"Oh, yes, there's one thing 'Thunderbird' asked me to collect from the beginning: the address of the Scamander family. I only managed to find that out recently. The other thing is to regularly report wanted lists within the UK, both domestic and cross-border."

So that's how the Scamander family was exposed. But that's not surprising. Newt has always cooperated with the Ministry of Magic. If you want to know, you can find out if you're willing to spend the time. But as for the wanted lists, why is Silver Spear, or rather 'Thunderbird,' so concerned about them? Could 'Thunderbird' himself be a wanted criminal from abroad?

Anduin was a little puzzled after hearing Aselia's description, but he just suppressed the matter in his heart and continued to listen to her confession.

"After more than half a year of tentative transportation, 'Thunderbird' found that nothing had leaked, so they prepared to start transporting high-value goods."

"And the first operation was to transport a juvenile Thunderbird six months ago. Originally, the mission started smoothly, but later they were unlucky. They were spotted by Aurors in training and were tracked and surrounded all the way."

"That was the first time I actively sent a warning signal to 'Thunderbird,' eventually helping them evade the Ministry of Magic's pursuit."

"However, although the mission was ultimately completed successfully, it also made the Ministry of Magic aware of the club's existence. And the higher-ups in the Ministry of Magic seemed to have some suspicions about the internal situation. My information access as a first-level secretary was clearly restricted."

"Next, they found you and started purchasing alchemical equipment. The Ministry of Magic clearly improved their tracking capabilities significantly after that purchase. →" Aselia looked at Anduin specifically when she said this. She realized that the club had been unlucky ever since they came into contact with this young man.

"Oh? Since you knew the Ministry of Magic had upgraded their equipment, why were you still ambushed in the subsequent operation?" Anduin looked at her with a smile. Speaking of which, this Silver Spear was his own cornucopia. If it weren't for them, his own business wouldn't have developed so smoothly.

"It's all that arrogant 'Thunderbird's' fault!" Aselia said, with a look of resentment on her face. "That idiot doesn't use his brain for anything other than fighting. He arrogantly believes that some alchemical tools can't affect the mission at all."

"Later, because my security level was downgraded, I couldn't extract information about the Ministry of Magic's actions, which resulted in the mission failure. That Thunderbird even wanted to blame it all on me." Aselia snorted in anger as she said this.

"And then you were instructed by him to steal things from me. My doors aren't easy to open, are they? But I don't understand. I clearly lowered the defense level of the door so much. Why did you foolishly keep using the generic unlocking charm to open it?" Anduin teased with a chuckle.

"This..." Aselia's face flushed with embarrassment when she realized that Anduin had been watching her that day. She was so stupid. She actually thought she had found the weakness of that door that day.

"That's right. Thunderbird contacted me immediately after discovering the mission's failure, ordering me to steal the jammers from you that day. He planned to use these equipment to complete the Scamander family's mission."

"But I'm very curious. Why did they only take four sets of jammers in the end? Were you planning to keep the set in your hand for other purposes?" Anduin asked, puzzled, recalling the jammers he had just found in Aselia's space item.

"No." Aselia shook her head. "I didn't tell 'Thunderbird' about that set of jammers from the beginning. I was planning to keep it for myself. After all, I'm doing a high-risk job. I originally thought of keeping it for self-preservation."

"Moreover, on that occasion, 'Thunderbird' revealed his fear of you and wanted to eliminate you in advance. I tried to dissuade him, but it was no use. I also wondered if I should remind you, but at the time, I didn't dare to betray the club."

"Hmm." Anduin nodded. He had seen this before. It was also from her superficial thoughts that he saw something was wrong. He judged that there was a gap between Aselia and the club. It seems that this woman's sense of belonging to Silver Spear was not strong from the beginning. Then he signaled her to continue.

"After I stole the jammers, I returned to a state of dormancy. Except for the time when the 'Sphinx' infiltration team entered my residence to retrieve the jammers, 'Thunderbird' never sent me any more instructions, including this time. I didn't know it was 'Thunderbird' in action until I arrived at the scene."

Aselia sighed. She didn't expect this 'Thunderbird' to be so unreliable. This time, not only was all the cargo lost, but she almost didn't escape.

"Why do you value Britain so much? Why do you have to establish a stronghold here?" Anduin had always been curious. Why did they have to transport the goods here?

"That's because the club hopes to establish a freight transfer station in the UK. On the one hand, there are also a lot of magical animal resources in the UK. Previously, smuggling was very difficult due to the Ministry of Magic's blockade. A werewolf collaborator who had previously developed here was also inexplicably expelled, so Silver Spear especially wanted to establish a black market here."

Aselia sighed helplessly. If Britain hadn't been built like an iron barrel by Minister Bardner, they wouldn't have had to personally get involved.

After hearing Aselia mention this, Anduin couldn't help but awkwardly rub his nose. It seemed that he was the one who destroyed the werewolf black market. Speaking of which, Silver Spear came here partly because of him.

"And on the other hand, it's because the market in the Americas is developing relatively smoothly," Aselia said faintly.