Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

"What? He's back again?" Xiao Ziru was at home. He had only been on holiday for two days when he received the call, and his face immediately darkened.

"Minister, what should I do here?" came the questioning voice of a mid-level official on the other end of the phone.

"What to do? Follow the rules! He wants to stay, so let him stay!" Xiao Ziru snorted coldly, hung up the phone, and slammed it on the coffee table.

"This is never going to end! This is outrageous!"

Xiao Ziru hasn't been in a good mood lately. Just before the Lunar New Year, he learned from his former boss that he had been included in this year's investigation list.

In previous years, those on this list were mostly mid- to low-level officials, with a few high-level officials occasionally mixed in, but no extraordinary mage has ever been on this list.

Xiao Ziru can be considered to have set a precedent.

It's obvious that this is the Night Watch retaliating.

But is it really necessary for Wang Yi, a mid-level mage? He didn't really do anything to Wang Yi; at most, he locked him up for a few days to suppress his arrogance.

Xiao Ziru was already overwhelmed by this matter, and when he applied for new equipment supplies a few days ago, his request for a magic jammer was rejected outright.

The reason given is insufficient production capacity.

Nonsense about insufficient production capacity! The Magic Interference Device has been around for over a decade, and the manufacturing technology is becoming increasingly mature, with costs constantly decreasing. How could there be insufficient production capacity?

Even if there is a real shortage of production capacity, priority will definitely be given to supplying Shanghai, since Shanghai is not unable to afford the price.

Without a magic jammer, how can those mid-to-high-level mage criminals be detained with peace of mind? Are we supposed to have him personally stand guard outside the prison 24 hours a day?

Although the old magic jammers can still be used, they are bound to break down and have a limited lifespan. Without new ones, we'll just be living off what we have, and every one that breaks down is one less available.

Xiao Ziru didn't quite understand why the Shanghai law enforcement department had its supplies cut off, but he vaguely guessed that it might be related to Wang Yi.

After all, apart from the conflict with Wang Yi, Xiao Ziru couldn't think of any other factors recently.

But at the same time, Xiao Ziru finds it hard to believe that this is also due to Wang Yi's influence.

Xiao Ziru was not unaware of Wang Yi's family background; the only thing he could boast about was that she was a descendant of the Tianfu Army.

But what era is this now? The Tianfu Army has been wiped out for fourteen years, and from marshals to generals, almost all of them were wiped out, leaving no trace of their influence.

Moreover, Wang Yi's parents were originally just low-ranking officers in the Tianfu Army, and they weren't even high-level mages when the army was wiped out.

Although it was strange that Wang Yi had a powerful backer, Xiao Ziru later investigated and found that this powerful backer was actually the driver of Wang Yi's neighbor's house. He was a retired general from the military and was probably a descendant of Qi Xiaohao's ancestors, not Wang Yi's backer.

Moreover, even if Wang Yi has a powerful backer in the military, he actually has nothing to do with these magical devices.

After all, the military has to spend money to purchase these things.

These magical devices all originated from a strategic research institute with deep cooperation with the nation, called Huaxie.

Although the military has its own research institutes, over the years, apart from some melee weapons with high magic resistance, they haven't really produced anything of note.

Many technological and magical products actually originated from this Huaxie Research Institute. For example, the internationally renowned magic detection device and magic interference device are both epoch-making magical technologies.

Although the China Machinery Research Institute is state-led, it has strong independent capabilities, and the state respects its researchers. Except for military orders which must be delivered in full, other orders depend on the institute's discretion.

If one day, Huaxie can truly mass-produce heavy magical weapons that can be used in the interdimensional passage, then humanity will no longer be limited to defending the interdimensional passage, and may even be able to invade the magical world.

After all, mages are basically glass cannons now, with high attack but low defense. So if an ordinary soldier has a powerful magical weapon, the difference between him and a mage is not that great.

Even those large numbers of junior and intermediate-level mages, if they can use magical weapons to unleash attack power exceeding their own level, would give humans a huge advantage over magical beasts, provided the production capacity is sufficient.

Because humankind's experience in warfare is far superior.

The investigation of the list and the matter of Huaxie had already overwhelmed Xiao Ziru, and now that Wang Yi had walked right into the trap, Xiao Ziru was naturally even more furious.

Xiao Ziru handed Wang Yi over to his subordinates to deal with; he didn't want to see that face again, fearing he might be provoked and do something irrational.

Without a doubt, Xiao Ziru underestimated Wang Yi, thinking he was just a mid-level mage with some talent, which led to his current predicament of being hampered at every turn.

But now that he has already made enemies with Wang Yi, Xiao Ziru either has to go all the way down this path or find a way to reconcile.

Once Wang Yi becomes stronger and gains greater power, Xiao Ziru expects her not to retaliate, but judging others by his own standards, he won't believe it.

However, the thought of having to apologize humbly and try to reconcile with Wang Yi filled Xiao Ziru with rage, making her completely unable to accept it.

After much deliberation, Xiao Ziru decided to put the matter aside for the time being.

Anyway, it will take Wang Yi at least another twenty or thirty years to catch up with him.

Furthermore, he is already a transcendent mage. As long as he stays within his bounds and doesn't make any fundamental mistakes, even if Wang Yi becomes a transcendent mage in the future, he still won't be able to do anything to him.

Xiao Ziru didn't even realize that his mindset had shifted to the defensive.

"Three days..." Xiao Ziru calculated the duration of Wang Yi's detention, planning to let Xiao Kunze and Wang Yi meet again when Wang Yi was released.

"Didn't you say you'd beat me every time I said it? I'd like to see if you dare to continue."

If Wang Yi really takes action, things will actually be simpler.