Chapter 13: I Knew You Were a Villain Too!
"So, there are five adults inside, all men. It's possible some haven't returned yet. No guns have been found so far. However, there are quite a few weapons like machetes."
Tom drew a simple floor plan on the ground, also marking the positions of the men on it.
"Are there any children being held inside?" Theo asked.
"Yes, they're all locked up on the first floor, in this small room on the left. There are eight children in total." Tom pointed to the smallest room on the floor plan.
"Such a small room, crammed with eight children... they're animals." Theo frowned.
Tom didn't comment on this but said urgently, "I suggest we let the snakes attack first. They'll definitely panic, and then we can sneak in and finish things quickly... It's getting late, and we still have to go to Diagon Alley today!"
"Okay, let's do it that way." Theo didn't say anything more and directly followed Tom through the alleyway, going around to the back of the detached house.
There was a back door, but it was currently locked.
Tom picked up a stone and handed it to Theo. "When it gets chaotic inside, we'll smash the lock and rush in."
Theo glanced at Tom and casually tossed the stone away.
"Why did you throw the stone away?" Tom asked puzzledly.
"Tom... we're wizards!"
Theo gently brushed his right hand over the lock.
Click!
The lock was silently opened just like that.
"A Complete Guide to Low-Level Spells" has a detailed introduction to the unlocking spell.
Tom looked at the cleanly opened lock in shock. "You... you even know this trick?"
"I figured it out myself." Theo said vaguely. "Let's get started."
Tom didn't have time to ask more questions and immediately used Parseltongue to issue commands.
Before long, Theo heard rustling sounds all around.
Then, snakes kept crawling out from the nearby bushes, eaves, and sewers, and then quickly crawled in through the cracks in the doors and windows!
After a while, Theo and Tom heard terrified screams coming from inside!
"Now's the time!"
Theo and Tom pushed the door open and rushed in!
...
A few minutes later.
Tom squatted on the ground, removing a grass snake from the face of a lying man.
He poked the man's stiff face with his finger. "So... how exactly did you do it?"
He had hardly made a move just now, and then these people were all turned into "status" by Theo.
"I figured it out myself. Maybe I just happened to hit a petrifying attack spell by chance."
As Theo spoke, he took out a large wad of cash from a small box.
This was the money box he had just found.
"So, can this money really be exchanged for wizarding money? Wizarding money is very different from what we've seen before." Tom said, busy tying up these stiff kidnappers with ropes.
"Don't worry, it can definitely be exchanged. Our existence shows that not all wizards are born into wizarding families. In other words, there must be a place to exchange money... Besides..."
Theo said, turning the small box sideways for Tom to see.
"Even if paper money can't be exchanged, these definitely can be exchanged."
Tom looked up and saw that the bottom of the small box was filled with more than ten small gold bars!
"Gold is hard currency no matter where it is."
Tom gave Theo a strange look. "You know a lot..."
"Ahem, I've read a lot of books before... Okay, let's not talk about money. Let's not forget what our'real' purpose here is."
Theo said, putting the money box into a bag and carrying it on his back.
"Heh, I thought you'd forgotten." Tom said sarcastically.
In his heart, Theo was never a good person from beginning to end; it's just that his acting skills were better than his own!
This time, he said he was here to save people, but in fact, he was here to get money!
"Of course, I won't forget! You should withdraw your snakes first; don't scare the other children; they are different from us."
Theo was in a good mood and didn't mind Tom's sarcastic words.
In fact, for Theo, in addition to a large sum of money coming in, theoretically there were also a large number of merit points to be earned.
The two of them went together to the small room at the corner of the first floor.
Although this room was small, the door was made of iron, which looked very sturdy, and an extremely large lock was hanging on the iron door.
When Theo approached the iron door, he could faintly hear panicked voices from behind the door.
Obviously, the commotion outside just now was also heard by the people inside.
Theo put his hand on the lock.
Tom stared intently at his hand, hoping to see some clues.
However...
Click!
Tom couldn't see anything, and the lock was directly opened.
Squeak...
The heavy iron door was opened, and a stench came over them.
Tom covered his nose in disgust and hid aside.
Theo looked behind the door and saw seven or eight children cowering in the corner of the dark room, looking at the door in terror.
"You're safe. Leave here quickly!" Theo said loudly.
The seven or eight children looked at each other, but none of them moved.
Seeing this, Theo put on a stern face. "Get out here and line up! Or I'll whip you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven or eight children ran out quickly.
Tom looked at Theo with an "I knew it" look on his face. "See, I knew you were a villain too."
"Shut up, Tom!"
Theo looked at the children standing in a row in front of him, trembling, then took out a handful of banknotes from his pocket and distributed some to them.
"Look, those kidnappers have been taken down by my people; you're free; hurry up and go!"
Only then did the children notice that the vicious kidnappers who had captured them earlier were now all tied up like dumplings.
It was only at this time that they believed Theo's words.
Of course, except for the fact that there were no adults that Theo mentioned in the house, which was a bit strange...
"By the way, I have one more question to ask you: are all the people here?" Theo asked again.
"There... there's still one man and one woman missing." At this time, a thin little boy said boldly.
"Oh, is it a tall and strong man and a woman with a hoarse voice?"
At this time, the other children also began to nod.
"Well, that's all..." Theo glanced at their curious eyes and continued, "They have also been captured; you should go quickly and go home. By the way, don't forget to report the case to me; let the police catch these guys."
The children nodded one after another, and after thanking them in low voices, they left this devil's den with the money that Theo had given them.
Ding! Detected that the host has destroyed a kidnapper's den! Reward the host with 1000 merit points!
Ding! Detected that the future dark lord, due to the host's advice, has done good deeds, and his life trajectory has changed slightly, rewarding the host with 100 merit points!
Theo looked at the 1400 merit points displayed in the balance and immediately felt very comfortable.
"Okay, we should leave too. We still have to go to Diagon Alley!" Tom urged.
Theo waved his hand. "Don't worry, Tom, we have money for a ride this time, don't we?"
Boom!
Before Theo could finish his words, the floor of the house suddenly shook violently!
Theo quickly grabbed the sofa next to him.
And Tom, who was caught off guard, was shaken and sat down on the ground!
Rumble rumble... The ground shook again.
Tom's eyes widened suddenly. "It seems like something is rushing out from underground!"
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