#583 - Young version of Pete (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"What are you yelling about?" Pete glared at him with displeasure. This was a public place outside the door. How could he shout the club's name directly?

After looking around to make sure no one was around, Pete pulled Michelle into the room. "Speak slowly. What happened? If something major happened to the club, someone would have notified me. →"

"You… I…" Michelle's expression was extremely awkward at this time. After struggling for a long time, he stuffed the newspaper in his hand into the other's arms. "Read it yourself. It's hard for me to describe this matter to you!"

Pete took the newspaper in surprise upon hearing this. As a result, on the front page's headline, he saw the title that shocked him greatly.

《German Magical World Savior Emerges, Director Andreas Fights Bravely, Rescuing Thousands of Innocent Wizards!》

After being startled by this exaggerated and somewhat outrageous title, Pete carefully read the detailed article, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.

This report briefly described Nassen and the other's visit to the Ministry of Magic for help last night, followed by Andreas leading the Aurors to rescue many wizards, while also including a few interviews with the people involved.

And whether it was the content of the interview or the description of the writer, all pointed the finger at the Silver Spear Dueling Club, claiming that the club, a smuggling group, was hoarding magical creatures in Germany and illegally imprisoning a large number of civilian wizards.

They even attempted to use brainwashing, a cruel method, to treat those prisoners. It was simply inhumane. If it weren't for some wizards risking their lives to escape and report the news, and Director Andreas displaying great power, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, due to Andreas's instructions, those wizards who were interviewed did not reveal the conspiracy between the club and the high-level officials of the Ministry of Magic to split Germany, so the entire report mainly focused on denouncing the Silver Spear and praising Andreas.

"What exactly is going on?" Michelle looked at Pete in a panic. "Didn't you say before that those parks were attacked, which led to the loss of magical creatures and personnel? How has it now become that the club captured those people? Have you been deceiving us all along? And what should we do now that the Aurors have wiped us out in one fell swoop?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?" Pete swept his gaze across the contents of the newspaper with a grim expression, and replied unhappily, "This is definitely not what the club did! Our parks took more than ten years of effort to build. Why would we do something unnecessary? There must be something wrong here!"

"It wasn't you guys who did it? But hundreds of people are very certain that it was the Silver Spear who imprisoned them! Could it be that someone is impersonating the club?" Michelle actually felt that Pete wouldn't do such a stupid thing, and Michelle had also seen Pete busy and burnt out because of the park being attacked some time ago.

"There is such a possibility! Could it be Andreas who did it? But it shouldn't be. With his personality, he wouldn't do such a sneaky thing, and using torture on civilians is not his style either. Besides, the cost and resources needed to settle hundreds of people are not small." Pete looked back and forth at the contents of the newspaper in confusion, trying to find something from it.

Soon, Pete was attracted by one of the names, "These people are now being taken in by the Schmidt family. Are they going against the club? With their financial resources, they can do this, but how did they break through the park silently in the first place? Is there collusion between insiders and outsiders? Or is the hidden strength of the Schmidt family stronger than imagined?"

Suddenly receiving so much information made Pete feel a little overwhelmed for a while, and various possibilities emerged in his mind, and he even began to become suspicious.

Even a special idea emerged in his mind.

That is, is it possible that these breeding parks were attacked by people within the Silver Spear? Or was it done by the Silver Spear in the club colluding with outsiders?

Because he was very clear about how high the security of these parks was. It was definitely not something that could be broken silently just by being strong, and without prior preparation, it would not be possible to settle so many people and magical creatures in just a few days.

So although Andreas had disappeared for two or three days, Pete had never suspected him, and he believed that he knew Andreas's behavior very well. The other party was not the kind of person who liked to play tricks. If he found out that the club had a breeding base, he would definitely call everyone and rush straight up.

After thinking for a long time, Pete was still unable to confirm what the truth was, so he had to say to Michelle, "I still don't know the specific situation. You go back to the Ministry of Magic to inquire about the situation first, and I will come later!"

Michelle was also a little at a loss at this time. He joined the club hoping to follow along and get a share of the pie, but who would have thought that it would become like this now.

He could already foresee that if this incident was really defined, the Silver Spear would become a rat crossing the street in Germany.

However, Michelle knew that he was already in too deep and there was no way to withdraw from Pete's camp, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.

After Pete drove Michelle away, he immediately returned to his bedroom, and at this time, another person actually appeared in the room.

This person was wearing the Silver Spear's uniform, but he was not wearing a mask, and his face was very young, looking only about twenty or thirty years old, but if you look closely, you can still see that his appearance has many similarities with Pete's appearance, as if this was Pete's younger version.

"This incident happened too strangely. I'm afraid there is a force we don't know hidden behind it. I must immediately return to the Ministry of Magic to investigate." Pete looked at the figure in front of him with a serious face without much explanation. "Don't be idle either. Immediately return to headquarters and summon all the Spear Council members you can contact."

"Now is not the time for the Spearhead Conference. I'm afraid they won't respond." The figure opposite Pete uttered a voice that was completely identical to his, as if he was answering his question directly, or as if Pete was talking to himself.

"I can't control so much now!" Pete frowned anxiously. "I suspect there is a problem within the club, and it's a big problem!"

"Moreover, the transport team from Northern Europe hasn't sent back any news until now. It's been so long. In theory, they should have finished the reorganization and restarted, but there's not even a single message. It's too abnormal! We also need to arrange for someone to confirm the news!"

"Okay." The figure opposite nodded in response. "Do you have any suspects for those Spears? Could it be one of the four of us? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense."

"There is indeed this possibility, but Black Dragon is still in America, and theoretically does not have this condition. The only ones worth considering are Thunderbird and Phoenix, but do they have this motive? Without mastering the elixir of immortality formula, capturing those wizards is simply asking for trouble." Pete's mind was already a mess at this time.

"In any case, let's wait until we've seen them before talking. Phoenix should be staying in Germany these few days except for the affairs of civil society organizations. I just don't know if Thunderbird is willing to show up, but to be honest, compared to Phoenix, I'm more willing to believe in Thunderbird." After saying that, the younger version of Pete put on the faceless mask and disappeared in front of the other party with Apparition.

"That lunatic Thunderbird naturally couldn't do such a thing, but that doesn't mean he's on the same side as us." Pete lowered his head and muttered to himself, then changed into formal attire and headed straight to the Ministry of Magic.

After arriving at the Ministry of Magic, Pete didn't go back to his office, but went directly to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to find Andreas.

"Director Andreas, why didn't you notify me of such a big event? I actually had to see your heroic deeds from the newspaper." Pete knocked on the door of the Director's office and complained to Andreas with a smile, as if he was half-joking.

"It's my fault, Minister Pete." Andreas had just returned to the Ministry of Magic at this time, and showed a hypocritical smile after seeing Pete. "The main thing is that things happened too suddenly. I almost didn't have time to react, and the situation was urgent at the time. The two wizards who came to ask for help were about to cry and faint on the spot."

"So that's how it is." Pete nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this. "I haven't heard you specifically tell me about last night's experience yet. Can you tell me in detail?"

"What's there to tell." Andreas shook his head indifferently. "Last night, due to social engagements, I was entertaining Edmund, the patriarch of the Schmidt family, and Mr. Wilson of the Silver Flash Trading Company in the office, and as a result…"

Andreas didn't waste any time and roughly narrated the events of last night to Pete, but concealed a lot of key information, such as the matter between civil society organizations and the club.

"So that's how it is, but are you so sure that it was the people of the Silver Spear who harmed those wizards? Isn't it too arbitrary to identify them based on clothing alone?" Pete probed intentionally or unintentionally.

"It's not just me who said that." Andreas shook his head as if he was playing dumb. "It was the civilian wizards who were rescued who said that the club's people were imprisoning them, and some of these people were former collaborators of the club. Even they insisted on this result."

Could there be people among the Silver Spears who are known by those collaborators? After hearing Andreas's description, Pete couldn't help but feel suspicious again, but he still looked at Andreas with a serious face, "As for those civilian wizards, why do they have to be settled in the Schmidt family's manor?"

"It's actually helpless." Andreas shook his head with a helpless expression. "You should have seen the miserable state of those people in the photos in the newspaper. Many of them suffer from diseases, and many of them are suspects, so they must be uniformly taken in first, and they can only be sent home after they have fully recovered and passed the screening."