Paul Smith's ready agreement made Vizet realize something. "Looks like integration is going smoothly over here?"
"You're still as sharp as ever..." Paul Smith gave a hoarse laugh. "No wonder quite a few colleagues still talk about you even now..."
He sighed, shaking his head as he said, "Yes! Integration here has gone fairly smoothly... but the price we've paid hasn't been small."
"The main reason is that there are more people here, and those criminals and Dark Wizards are even more rampant... The Muggle police had no choice but to work closely with us."
"Under the old rules, if we wanted to cast spells on Muggles, not only did we need the Magical Congress's approval, we also had to notify the Muggle police and cast magic under their supervision."
"The process has been simplified a lot now. As long as we can get evidence from Muggle witnesses, we can cast magic on criminals directly."
"However, after the spell is cast, both the Magical Congress and the Muggle police station will send people for follow-up visits, to make sure the Muggle really did commit a crime and that we only cast magic because of that."
Vizet blinked. "That process still sounds very complicated."
"Yes!" Paul Smith sighed, his tone rather helpless. "But at least it's simpler than before. Anyway, we don't have to write so many repor—"
"Paul, then I..." the Hit Wizard named Jerry cut in, pointing at Smith, who stood beside Vizet looking somewhat at loose ends.
"We'll trouble you with the questioning..." Paul Smith nodded. "I'd still like to chat with this wizard gentleman a little more..."
"Understood!" The Hit Wizard named Jerry nodded, walked up to Smith, and said, "Hello, sir. Please assist us with our investigation."
"All right..." Smith agreed, then glanced at Vizet and