The next morning, while Li Chuan was having breakfast at the Ox Head Pub, he saw another news story in the newspaper.
Last night, the newly elected Muggle senator was attacked and killed by an unknown magical creature, and the Magic Street was on the verge of exposure, with representatives from the International Confederation of Wizards appearing at the Congress.
"It's time to max out my favorability!"
Throwing the Niffler from the cage next to him into his cloth bag, Li Chuan Apparated to the opposite side of the Magical Congress of the United States of America building.
Unlike the London Ministry of Magic, where one can Apparate, and which also has a Floo Network and fireplaces, the Magical Congress of the United States of America building in New York has anti-Apparition magic installed, preventing anyone from Apparating inside the Congress building.
Other than entering and exiting through the main entrance, there is no other way to get in or out.
"Excuse me, is Ms. Goldstein in?"
Inside the Magical Congress's Wand Permit Office, Li Chuan asked a male wizard who was originally sitting at Tina's desk.
The male wizard looked Li Chuan up and down, then replied curtly:
"Tina Goldstein, that one has been locked up in the prison on the fiftieth floor underground for allegedly attacking a Muggle. What do you need her for?"
"I came here three days ago to apply for a wand permit, and today I wanted to ask her out for a meal."
Li Chuan smiled:
"And you are?"
"I'm Rob Cassie, the head of the Wand Permit Office. You don't need to invite her to dinner; she's most likely not getting out. I told that one not to run around unnecessarily, but she just wouldn't listen..."
The male wizard was clearly in a very bad mood because of Tina's arrest.
He wasn't concerned about Tina; it was just that with Tina arrested, there wasn't enough time to transfer someone over, so he had to step in himself for now.
After confirming that Tina and Newt had been arrested, Li Chuan stopped talking nonsense with the male wizard, turned around, and left directly.
"Transformation Technique!"
Leaving the Wand Permit Office, he found a corner, formed hand seals, and transformed into Rob, the head of the Wand Permit Office, whom he had just met.
"Good morning, Mr. Cassie, where are you going?"
In the magical elevator, the old goblin asked Li Chuan.
Li Chuan nodded:
"Good morning, Reid, to the prison on the fiftieth floor underground."
The old goblin did not notice Li Chuan's Transformation Technique and very naturally pressed the button for the fiftieth floor.
In the magical world, wizards generally have three ways to change their appearance, but most wizards actually cannot accomplish these three methods.
The first and simplest way is to brew advanced potions like Polyjuice Potion.
After taking Polyjuice Potion, one can transform into any age and gender, but it cannot turn a person into an animal, nor can it transform non-humans or half-humans.
However, first, its production is very complex, requiring the wizard to have high talent in potions, the herbs used are also very rare, and the brewing time requires a full month.
Moreover, the transformation time cannot be maintained for too long.
The second type is Metamorphmagus, who can naturally transform into anyone's appearance, but wizards with this talent are extremely rare; perhaps there are only a handful in the entire wizarding world.
The third, and most difficult, is to use Transformation Technique to change one's appearance.
This requires the wizard to have extremely high achievements in Deformation Curse. How high? So far, only Grindelwald in the entire wizarding world can do it, and even Dumbledore might not be able to.
So, under normal circumstances, wizards generally have very few concerns and precautions in this regard.
"Mr. Cassie, is there something wrong?"
At the entrance of the prison on the fiftieth floor underground, two Aurors guarding the prison asked Li Chuan.
Li Chuan pulled out two Galleons, quickly slipped them into the hands of the two Aurors:
"I want to see Tina Goldstein. She was suddenly arrested, and many documents are missing. Without finding these documents, my subsequent work will be very difficult to handle. These two Galleons are for you two to have some firewhisky."
The two Aurors exchanged glances, silently put the Galleons into their pockets, and smiled:
"Mr. Cassie, you're too kind. As the head, it's certainly no problem for you to visit your subordinate. She's in cell twenty-two in the East Wing."
Rob Cassie, as the head of the Wand Permit Office, was theoretically on the same level as their superior, the head of the Auror Office, so wanting to visit his subordinate was not a big deal to begin with.
Besides, he also slipped them two Galleons. One should know that in their era, even an Auror's monthly salary was less than fifty Galleons.
They were not as stubborn as Tina Goldstein. Tina Goldstein used to be the most outstanding among them, and she solved most wizarding crime cases.
What was the result?
Not only was she demoted to a clerk, but now she's also a suspect, and she might even spend her whole life in prison.
"Indeed, money makes the world go round. That's an unchanging truth everywhere!"
After entering the prison, Li Chuan quickly found cell twenty-two in the East Wing and also saw Tina, Newt, and Jacob, who were locked up in the prison.
"Mr. Rob, why are you here?"
The moment Tina saw Li Chuan, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
She knew that her direct superior, Rob Cassie, disliked her very much, but she didn't expect him to be the first to visit her after she was imprisoned. To be honest, she was a little touched.
"It's me, Tom. I came over this morning originally to find you to return this little fellow to Newt, but I didn't expect you all to be imprisoned. What exactly happened?"
Li Chuan dispelled the Transformation Technique, took out the Niffler in the cage, and returned to his original appearance.
"Tom!"
Seeing Rob transform into Li Chuan, Tina and Newt's eyes widened.
First, they didn't expect Li Chuan's Transformation Technique to be so powerful that he could transform into someone else's appearance. Second, they didn't expect Li Chuan to risk coming to find them after knowing they were imprisoned.
After the initial shock, Newt roughly explained what had happened last night.
It turned out that after Newt moved into Tina's house yesterday, he secretly took Jacob during the night to retrieve the lost magical creature, the Erumpent.
However, after they finished, Tina, who had arrived, caught them red-handed.
Because the Niffler had been taken away by Li Chuan in advance, the timeline changed a bit, and the situation where Tina would have locked them up and taken them directly to Congress while Newt and Jacob were in the case did not occur.
Instead, after Newt's explanation, Tina understood that Newt was only protecting magical creatures, so she persuaded Newt and her to proactively go to Congress to explain the situation to avoid misunderstanding.
Unfortunately, at that time, Seraphina Picquery, the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, was being reprimanded by the delegation from the International Confederation of Wizards. To save face for the Congress, she didn't listen to Tina's explanation at all.
She directly labeled Newt as a follower of Grindelwald, blamed him for the killing of the Muggle senator, and even called Tina an accomplice, locking them both in prison.
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