Undercover

Matsuda Chinatsu: "Ms. Tanaka, please take the guests away first. I need to clean up the remaining things."

What happened today is not suitable for ordinary people to know. After they are taken out, their memories of tonight will be erased.

Shizuka Tanaka did not suspect anything and organized the guests to evacuate.

Jinpei Matsuda and Ayako Suzuki did not move.

Suzuki Ayako had a hunch that Matsuda Chinatsu was hiding something.

"See you at school." Matsuda Chinatsu smiled at her.

In the end, only Jinpei Matsuda was left.

"I can't leave." He interrupted, "There's a bomb here."

He pointed to the podium below him, and Matsuda Chinatsu's eyelids twitched.

Jinpei Matsuda skillfully put down a wooden board disguised as a tile, and found that there was a hollowed-out area underneath. The bomb was connected to the tile under Jinpei Matsuda's feet.

"Pressure sensor." He tutted. "Thank goodness I was smart enough to notice it and not do anything. Otherwise, we'd both be in space right now."

As Matsuda Chinatsu listened to his smug boasting, her mood grew heavier.

This place was concealed by magic. Under the energy of the previous magic circle, it could not be detected without special inspection.

The pressure sensor will only be activated when touched by magic. Matsuda Jinpei has the alchemical items given by her on him, which are imbued with her magic, so the magic will be triggered.

All of this showed that the other party was coming for her.

Matsuda Chinatsu turned around, her back to Matsuda Jinpei: "You take care of the bomb disposal. Don't worry about anything you see or hear later."

Matsuda Jinpei: "OK, whether I can get a promotion when I go back this time depends on you."

Matsuda Chinatsu was amused by his frivolous tone, and her suppressed emotions relaxed slightly.

Endless black fog squeezed into the banquet hall from all directions. A man in a black robe and a mask walked out of the black fog. The moment Matsuda Chinatsu saw his attire clearly, the uneasiness in her heart was completely confirmed.

The black-robed man had a strange voice, but his English was fluent and elegant.

"Miss Daisy, nice to meet you. My last name is Travers. Perhaps you have heard of my last name from the great Dark Lord."

Matsuda Chinatsu's expression was nonchalant, belying her true emotions. "Travers? Voldemort did use the Cruciatus Curse to punish a Travers, but why... Oh, his abilities were too ineffective, and he failed to complete the mission."

She curled her lips. "It seems the Travers family truly lives up to their reputation as a bunch of rubbish. The one who claimed to be good at the dark arts was easily defeated by the professor, and now here comes another one...who's good at magic circles? I cracked it."

Her eyes were filled with contempt, and her gentle tone had a sense of dignity, as if whispering in the ear, but it sharply tore apart the elegance disguised by the man in black robe.

"Ha! Look at that! The little slug who once struggled under his master's thumb can now stand up straight and become a hero in the wizarding world?"

Travers' voice grew raspy, his body twitching strangely. "Oh—an undercover agent lesser than the Savior, a hero hailed by everyone—Avada Kedavra!"

As soon as he uttered the first syllable, Matsuda Chinatsu flicked her wand and used the flying table to block the attack.

In the blink of an eye, the entire banquet hall was in ruins, with red and green lights interweaving back and forth. Travers dodged back and forth, and Matsuda Chinatsu always stood in front of Matsuda Jinpei. Travers saw that she valued the person behind her and began to divert the attack.

Chinatsu Matsuda narrowed her eyes and suddenly cast a spell behind Travers. The black fog was cleared away and Ikeda Sosuke appeared at the door. A golden light flew out from his hand and Travers had to dodge. Taking this opportunity, Chinatsu Matsuda shook her wand - Sectumsempra (God's Shadowless Sword).

Without any warning, Travers fell to the ground screaming, with many wounds suddenly appearing on his body.

In just a few breaths, his blood had gathered into a small pool on the ground.

Ikeda Sosuke approached cautiously.

"Wait a moment."

Matsuda Chinatsu Jiangmen pointed her wand at the mask and chanted a spell in a low voice. The mask suddenly twisted and screams came from the mask and the man's mouth.

As the mask peeled off, the revealed face was horrifying and strange. Half of it was the face of the sorcerer in the information, and the other half... was blank.

"This..." Ikeda Sosuke was shocked.

Matsuda Chinatsu was still chanting a spell on the mask. A wisp of gray mist floated out from the mask, and the tip of her staff lit up with a green light. Ikeda Sosuke hurriedly stopped her, "Wait!"

The golden light from his palm enveloped the gray fog, which fled in all directions but could not break through the barrier.

The green light on the tip of the staff gradually went out.

"Ms. Matsuda, if I use that spell, it will be very troublesome later, right?"

Ikeda Sosuke said in a serious tone: "Please trust the Special Bureau. I can guarantee that I will never let this thing escape."

Matsuda Chinatsu's eyes were dark, and it took a long time before she put down her wand.

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Chinatsu Matsuda followed Jinpei Matsuda home and slept for a whole day and night.

When I woke up, it was already evening the next day.

"The porridge is warming in the kitchen. Do you want anything else?"

Chinatsu Matsuda shook her head and drank her porridge in silence. Jinpei Matsuda sat opposite her and played with his cell phone.

I don’t know who I’m messaging.

After cleaning the table, Chinatsu Matsuda lay on the roof to enjoy the fresh air.

After a while, Jinpei Matsuda came up with a thin blanket, sat down beside her and covered her with it.

The stars are not bright tonight, and the breeze is gentle, carrying the breath of spring.

Matsuda Chinatsu closed her eyes and said, "Ask whatever you want to ask."

Matsuda Jinpei didn't answer but asked, "You answered me when I asked you?"

"It depends on my mood."

Jinpei Matsuda chuckled.

He placed his hands behind his back and looked up at the moon: "What did you do during the year you were missing?"

"Go undercover." Matsuda Chinatsu opened her eyes, her cyan eyes were quiet and peaceful.

She briefly explained the situation of Voldemort and the Death Eaters in the British wizarding world, and explained the opportunity for her to go undercover.

"I was born with the ability to foresee the future. Although this ability is useless most of the time, I happened to foresee several major events and changed the original trajectory of fate. Voldemort heard about me from somewhere and had the professor bring me to him. I saw this as an opportunity and went undercover."

Matsuda Jinpei's fingers gripped the tiles tightly, preventing his emotions from leaking out of his tone. "Why did you go undercover?"

This time, Matsuda Chinatsu was silent for a long time.

"I want to save someone."

Her eyes became empty, and her voice was flat: "I foresaw his death, and I want to change that ending."

Jinpei Matsuda couldn't help but look back, and he saw a crystal tear sliding down from the corner of Chinatsu Matsuda's eye.

“…but I failed.”

The wind blew the curly hair of both of them, and Matsuda Chinatsu's eyes were blocked by the loose hair on her temples, along with the trace of a tear.

Her mouth was full of bitterness, and a lollipop was suddenly stuffed into her mouth.

Matsuda Jinpei crumpled the candy wrapper and stuffed it into his pocket: "Children can't smoke, just have a candy."

He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth without lighting it.

"Tell me about that professor."

He bent one leg: "He's the one you want to save, right?"