Being impatient is a big taboo

Among those who sneaked into the banquet in disguise, Matsuda Jinpei's main task was to find the bomb installed by the criminal, while Matsuda Chinatsu was mainly responsible for identifying the hiding place of the sorcerer. Once the other party appeared, she had to ensure the safety of everyone else at the banquet, especially Matsuda Jinpei - if he was defusing the bomb.

Jinpei Matsuda found a total of three bombs under the dining table and under the sofa in the corner. With the cover of Chinatsu Matsuda, he successfully dismantled two of the bombs.

The banquet was almost over, but the sorcerer still hadn't appeared, and the people from the Special Bureau were getting restless.

Suddenly, a series of explosions were heard outside the banquet hall, and the ground shook.

The lights above my head went out instantly, leaving only the emergency lights dimly lit, and screams rang out one after another.

"ah--!!"

"What's going on?! Where did the explosion happen?!"

"Where's the person in charge?!"

Jinpei Matsuda found that his vision was still clear and did not affect bomb disposal at all, but there was no sound in the invisible headset.

He tried to press the earphone: "Moshimoshi?"

Matsuda Chinatsu said solemnly, "This place is locked by a magic circle, and the signal can't be transmitted."

The environment was dim, so she had no more scruples and simply pulled out her wand.

"You continue to defuse the bomb, and I'll handle the outside."

She raised her wand and whispered, "Protego totalum."

A silver-blue barrier protected the entire banquet hall. Matsuda Chinatsu cast a layer of protection spell and Muggle-repelling spell around Matsuda Jinpei alone, and then walked towards the center of the banquet hall.

Jinpei Matsuda was stunned as he looked at her back, then lowered his head and continued to defuse the bomb.

——Chinatsu seemed to have grown up rapidly where he couldn't see her.

"Ms. Matsuda, we've been completely cut off from the outside world. All exits are blocked, and even the windows can't be opened."

Shizuka Tanaka was the first to find Chinatsu Matsuda, and she was also one of the people who sneaked in in disguise.

"Don't panic. Calm the guests down first. I'll take care of this magic circle." Matsuda Chinatsu changed her long skirt into a top and observed her surroundings vigilantly. "Gather everyone on the stage. Stay away from the dance floor."

Shizuka Tanaka made up her mind and began to direct the others to appease the guests.

Matsuda Chinatsu stared down at the ground, her wand pointed downwards: "Aparecium."

Dark red lines invisible to Muggles extended from under Matsuda Chinatsu's feet. The ominous symbol lines almost covered the entire floor of the banquet hall. Her face slowly darkened.

Although Shizuka Tanaka didn't know what kind of magic circle this was, she knew it was not a good thing just by looking at the strange colors and symbols.

Matsuda Chinatsu understood: "It's actually a forbidden formation for sacrificing souls..."

Unlike ordinary sacrifices, this magic circle will sacrifice half of the souls of all people within the range to the person connected to the magic circle. The sacrificed people will not die, nor will they completely lose their thoughts and consciousness, but they will unconditionally obey the person who owns the other half of their souls, that is, the sorcerer.

The lives and souls of the sacrificed people will nourish the sorcerer bit by bit until they die completely. Their bodies will become puppets, forever controlled by the sorcerer.

This is a very vicious and ancient magic circle. It was destroyed as early as the era of the Big Four. The fragments that have been passed down do not describe in detail how to draw this magic circle. The reason why Matsuda Chinatsu was able to recognize it was because Voldemort had given her several books that recorded ancient magic circles, and she had seen some descriptions of this sacrificial circle in them.

She felt a little uneasy. Why would something from the Western wizarding world appear here? This didn't seem like a coincidence at all...

At this time, the police outside the hotel had already cordoned off the area around them, and the Special Bureau had dispatched nearly 50% of its personnel to confront a dozen or so people in black robes and masks in mid-air.

Ikeda Sosuke, the top officer of the Special Bureau, was a thin-looking man. "There's no life in them. They're just puppets."

Being able to make a puppet to this extent, it is naturally immune to water and fire, but that is just ordinary fire.

Ikeda Sosuke: "Akiko, go and try it."

A woman with a high ponytail responded, "Hi!"

Under the cover of his teammates, Qiuzi's ten fingers flew, and a stream of dark purple fire burned towards the puppets, but was blocked by a layer of black mist.

Ikeda Sosuke narrowed his eyes and observed: "Shota."

"Hi!"

Pure white magic power was superimposed in front of the flames, and the black fog was disappearing visibly to the naked eye.

When the flames touched the puppet's true form, a hole finally appeared in the black robe that had been invulnerable to damage no matter how hard they tried. Ikeda Sosuke shouted, "Attack!"

Colorful light and weapons instantly enveloped the puppet.

When everyone thought the puppets were about to be destroyed, their masks suddenly burst out with powerful power. The black-robed puppets turned into ashes, but more than a dozen masks remained in the air, forming a magic barrier.

A strange, hoarse voice spoke from the mask in unstandard Japanese: "Japanese wizards, you are quite interesting."

Everyone's face darkened.

"But, this is a duel between Daisy and me. If you don't want everyone in Tokyo to die, then don't do anything tricky anymore."

Ikeda Sosuke's eyes were gloomy. He stared at the floor above the banquet hall, wondering what he was thinking.

Chinatsu Matsuda brought a lot of things this time. Magic circles are her strong point, so she is confident in breaking the sacrificial circle, but she always feels that something is wrong.

She remembered that the information stated that the sorcerer was originally a puppeteer, and later began to study the combination of souls and puppets, and even experimented with monsters and humans, which seriously violated the regulations of the Japanese Special Bureau.

The other party is a native Japanese, how could he know the methods of a wizard?

Chinatsu Matsuda concentrated her energy and used special ink to make modifications to the ground area by area. Her forehead was covered with sweat, which seemed to be blocked by invisible obstacles as it fell and evaporated into the air.

Such a large magic circle usually takes several weeks to draw. Although it is easier to destroy than to draw, for people inside the magic circle, it is much more difficult to destroy it without harming the "sacrifice".

Chinatsu Matsuda knew that this time it was most likely directed at her, and everyone present... was implicated by her.

Her breathing gradually became heavier, and all she could see before her were those ominous dark red symbols, and the silver tip of the pen became illusory.

"Chinatsu! Don't forget, being impatient and irritable is a big taboo." Matsuda Jinpei's voice seemed to penetrate through layers of water membranes and exploded in her ears.

Matsuda Chinatsu blinked her dry eyes hard, raised her head, and saw Matsuda Jinpei half-kneeling on the edge of the podium. His sharp gaze was like a shot of adrenaline, which made her wake up instantly.

How could she think that? Sure enough, it was the aftereffects of a damaged soul, making it easy for this evil magical aura to affect her mentality.

After readjusting herself, the silver ink in front of her became clear again.

The moon was at its zenith, and Chinatsu Matsuda finally finished the last stroke. At this time, she was in front of the podium, and Jinpei Matsuda and Ayako Suzuki hurriedly pulled her up.

At first, these respected "superiors" were unwilling to follow Tanaka Shizuka's arrangements and crowded on the small podium, but with Suzuki Shiro's leadership, they cooperated. Suzuki Ayako recognized that the person standing in the center of the banquet hall was Matsuda Chinatsu, and she trusted Matsuda Chinatsu and asked her father to help Tanaka Shizuka.

As Japan's leading chaebol, Shiro Suzuki was the object of everyone's flattery at today's banquet. He actively cooperated, so others naturally had to give him some face.

Later, Shizuka Tanaka and others used their own special abilities to clear the scene. Everyone was shocked by this move and cooperated unconditionally afterwards.

Chinatsu Matsuda drank a bottle of potion to restore her magic power, pointed her wand at the ground, and chanted a spell.

Silver and red lit up at the same time, as if they were fighting, and eventually the red light was extinguished by the silver light.

"Okay." Matsuda Chinatsu looked at Tanaka Shizuka.