A Wizard's Survival Guide to the 20th Century

Levi walked out of the chop suey shop and hailed a rickshaw.

I still have 1926 Philippine dollars and 30 Philippine cents in my hand. Gee, how come this money is spent so fast?

Thinking about the past two days, I have been quite frugal...it seems that I did spend a bit too much.

Forget it, you should spend money and save money, you can't treat yourself badly.

Li Wei was thinking openly, when a rickshaw drove by from the side, and the driver was a young man from Seris who was just about twenty years old. He said to Li Wei:

"Mr. Li, Brother Sun said that your enemy is heading this way, and he asked me to get you out safely."

Huh? Li Wei was slightly shocked. Sun Moazi was quite reliable in doing things.

"Just call me Mr. Li. There is no master now." Levi responded with a smile, without any pretense, and sat on it.

The young man was very fast on his feet, and the wheels of the rickshaw were bumping. He pulled Levi out of the Zoit neighborhood in a while.

Li Wei took a breath and asked, "Sun Mouse, tell you who it is. How many people are blocking us?"

The young man shook his head: "Brother Sun didn't say anything. He told me not to ask."

Li Wei nodded and understood. It seemed that Sun Mouse didn't want this young man to participate in the wizard's battle.

"Mr. Li, where are we going next?"

Levi glanced at the time, it was already half past four.

"Go to the dock first and stop when I tell you to."

The young man responded without asking any more questions. Brother Sun told him that the man in front of him, who was said to be a top student in the university, fled to Phoenix because he offended an official, and was not on the same level as a small character like them.

After working hard in Phoenix for so many years, what the young man has learned the most is to listen less and ask less.

Levi seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed, but in fact he nervously scanned the recipe book and space.

After everything was done in Bridgewick, it was time to leave after getting the certificate.

It would be best if the gang didn't discover his whereabouts, but if they found him, fighting might be inevitable.

The soul-killing spray probably won't be of much use, so the only things that can be used are the Whisperer's Bone Awl, paralysis agent, rooster blood, and a pistol.

This set of combined punches seems to be able to control both distance and control, but it can still only win by surprise when used to deal with beast-type wizards.

Time seems to flow in an unworldly way, and the short time from Zoet Street to Quay Street seems unexpectedly long.

The smell of fish came over. The rickshaw was approaching Pier Street, and sewage was flowing across the asphalt road.

"Okay, just stop here." Levi said.

The young man parked the car obediently on the side of the road. Levi handed him a 25-cent coin and said, "Here, here is the fare. Get out of here and find a safe place to hide for a day. There may be danger soon." .”

The young man stuffed the coins into his pocket, nodded, pulled the car a few steps, then turned around and said, "Mr. Li, please pay attention to your safety too."

Levi smiled, said nothing, and walked towards the Hamptons Cafe.

……

Pushing open the elegant wooden door, the first thing you smell is the mellow aroma lingering in the cafe.

Levi walked in and saw a few scattered customers sitting in the store. It seemed that the place was still open for business on days when parties were not held.

"I haven't met any enemies along the way. You won't set up an ambush for me here, right?" Levi swallowed and went in to look for Old Hammer.

He looked around calmly. The bartender and waiters looked calm, and the customers did not raise their heads to look at him, as if they were conveying a message of safety.

Levi didn't dare to let down his guard. He walked into the stairwell and found that the walls here were no longer covered with masks.

Walking up to the second floor, it is equally quiet here. The light of the incandescent lamp becomes soft through the yellow lampshade, and the floor is covered with carpets, absorbing the sound of footsteps.

Levi looked at it warily while walking towards the passage.

There was a bronze plaque with "202" hanging on the thick wooden door, and Levi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Maybe I'm overly worried. I may not be that important in the eyes of the gang..."

There are more than 40 non-gang wizards in this city, including more than a dozen who have reached D level. Levi is not their only prey.

He turned the handle and pushed open the door, letting in the soft light from the large floor-to-ceiling windows. Levi saw old Hammer sitting on the sofa with his head lowered.

Levi felt happy, and just as he was about to speak, he realized there were three more people in the room.

There were two people sitting on the sofa opposite Old Hammer. They were "Makeup Artist" Owens and "Interrogator" Henshaw.

Another man wearing a black flat-top hat was facing away from the group of people, looking out the window at the setting sun on the sea.

Old Hammer's expression on the sofa was uglier than crying: "It's none of my business, they forced me to..."

What the hell... Levi's eyelids twitched wildly, and he almost burst out with a beautiful sentence.

……

The old man huddled silently on the sofa and did not dare to move.

Owens smiled and greeted Levi, while Henshaw stood up and looked at Levi silently.

The man wearing a black top hat was obviously the person with the highest status here. He turned around slowly, revealing his face wrapped in a windbreaker.

He is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

"Levi, a Serisian, went to college and came to Bridgewick two years ago and became a wizard at the same time." The man said slowly, "It seems that it is you. It is really surprising. We thought you were A poor man."

"Our spy proved that you went to see your former manager yesterday morning. You got the money from him, right? Can your witchcraft control others?"

Levi forced a smile: "I use my brain."

"That's better, we need smart people." The middle-aged man said calmly, "I am Beck Bruno, one of the four deputies of the Bridgewick Gang. On behalf of the gang, I invite you to join."

"Then please forgive me for not agreeing." Levi waved his hand.

Bruno said calmly: "We can upgrade you to 2D, and with my help, you may even be able to upgrade to 1D."

"We can work together and I'll let you replace the other deputies and give you the same status in the gang that I have."

"I'm not interested in this, really." Levi took a step back.

But Owens stood up, stepped past Levi, and closed the door to the room.

"Really? What a pity." After hearing Levi's rejection, Bruno took off his coat and placed it on the sofa, as if preparing for a battle.

"Then you're going to die here."

"We haven't reached the point where we are fighting to the death. I just want to leave Bridgewick." Levi said.

"Indeed, for the gang, there is really no need to kill you." Bruno's face showed no expression, "But out of my selfishness, you must die."

Levi was stunned. He looked Bruno up and down: "Have I ever owed you money before?"

"No." Bruno shook his head and continued.

"Hahaha, to tell you the truth, in the gang, we are prohibited from raising our rating at will, especially to C level."

"Our leader's rating is 4C, but due to the scarcity of C-level wizards, he has not been upgraded for a long time."

"Now, his strength can still suppress us, but once a new C-class appears in the gang, the balance of strength will no longer be so different."

There is a huge gap in strength between C-class and D-class wizards. More importantly, if a low-rated wizard kills a high-rated wizard, it can only increase the rating by a small amount, and there will be no more gains.

This is why the leader of the gang dared to keep a group of D-level wizards in captivity, but explicitly prohibited them from rising to C level.

At D level, they will only regard each other as prey; but once it is promoted to C, the leader will also be included in the list of prey.

"My rating is 1D. As long as I kill one more D-level, I can be promoted to 5C." Bruno continued with a smile.

Levi frowned: "Then there's no need for you to attack me. I think it's easier for you to deal with Mr. Hammer than to kill me. Although he is 5D, it doesn't make any difference to us, does it?"

"Him?" Bruno shook his head, "He will survive."

"You don't know it yet, but I led the other members of the gang to the dock and the train station. I stayed here on my own initiative. Once someone finds out that Hammer is missing, the leader will think that I killed him, and then come to hunt I."

"He has been eager to improve his rating for a long time."

"But you are different. As long as you handle it properly, everyone will think that you have left Bridgewick, and no one will know that I have killed you and become 5C."

"So there is no room for compromise?" Levi raised his hands with a wry smile, "Can I surrender and join now?"

"Sorry, you have no chance." Bruno smiled. He observed Levi's movements and walked towards Levi step by step.

At this moment, he discovered that Levi's originally empty hand suddenly had a jet black pistol.

Bruno was startled and immediately fell to the side.

Levi had calmly raised his gun and aimed it at him.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Six bullets were fired one after another!

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