In the evening, in the manor's dining room, Li Chuan instructed Credence:
"I have to go out for a while, and I might not be back until tomorrow afternoon. I've already organized the first-year textbooks; you can study them on your own, and I'll teach you when I get back.
There are many magic books at home; if you want to read them, you can ask Bari to get them for you.
Tell Bari what you want to eat or drink, and she'll make it for you. If you need anything bought, you can also ask Bari, and she'll go to Diagon Alley to buy it for you."
"Yes, I understand, Teacher!"
Credence looked at the table full of food he had never dared to dream of before, and tears welled up in his eyes.
He wasn't sad; he just felt incredibly fortunate to have met his teacher, as if he had instantly gone from hell to heaven.
"Let's eat!"
Li Chuan patted Credence's bowl-cut hair.
He adopted Credence mainly because he valued the Obscurus's power and talent within Credence, but he also felt some sympathy for Credence.
It was just like when he adopted Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu back then.
However, if Credence truly had no use, he wouldn't have adopted him, no matter how much sympathy he felt.
After dinner, Li Chuan changed his appearance and Apparated to an uninhabited cliff edge somewhere in the English Channel.
A middle-aged Wizard with a full beard was already waiting there.
"To New York!"
Li Chuan said.
"Thirty Galleons."
The bearded middle-aged Wizard revealed his rotten teeth.
Li Chuan readily took out thirty Galleons and handed them to the bearded middle-aged Wizard, then stepped onto the iron barrel next to him.
Besides the Ministry of Magic's official door keys, there were also door key merchants in the black market who specialized in illegal border crossings. With them, you could travel to other countries without registration.
However, the fee was fifteen or sixteen times the cost of a Ministry of Magic door key.
Li Chuan's previous use of the Ministry of Magic's door key cost nearly two Galleons, while the black market price was as high as thirty.
There was no other way; Wizards who couldn't rent a Ministry of Magic door key were either restricted from leaving the country by the Ministry of Magic or were wanted Black Wizards. They would have to pay not just thirty, but even fifty.
The World spun, and through the black market merchant's door key, Li Chuan arrived in New York again.
"Six-thirty PM, just after dark. The Ministry of Magic shouldn't have closed yet. The timing is just right."
Changing his appearance again with the Transformation Technique, Li Chuan Apparated to the entrance of the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
After yesterday's jailbreak, he was going to break out of jail again today.
Only yesterday he saved Newt and two others, but today he was saving Grindelwald, whom he had personally sent to prison yesterday.
Pledging allegiance to Grindelwald when he was at the height of his power would only make him an dispensable subordinate who had to follow his orders, which was definitely not what Li Chuan wanted.
What he wanted was an equal position with Grindelwald, a partnership rather than being a subordinate.
All these days, his diligent efforts to send Grindelwald to prison were not only to elevate the status of his overt identity, Tom Foley, but also to establish an initial relationship with Grindelwald today through a jailbreak.
Of course, it would definitely be under another identity.
Anyway, his Transformation Technique could not be broken by the magic of this World, so he could completely create another identity, a mysterious person about whom no information could be found.
He took the magic elevator to the fiftieth floor underground again.
"I'm sorry, sir, this area is restricted. Please leave immediately."
Seeing Li Chuan, a stranger Wizard, striding towards the prison gate, the two Aurors on guard immediately drew their wands warily.
Although the escape of Newt and the others last time was a misunderstanding, they were verbally reprimanded for dereliction of duty afterward. Now Grindelwald was imprisoned there, and if any more problems arose, it would not be just a verbal warning.
"Oh, really? I thought this was the door key office. My apologies, I'll leave now."
Li Chuan politely stopped and then showed an apologetic smile.
The two Aurors, seeing that Li Chuan was not holding a wand and his expression was very sincere, temporarily relaxed their guard.
However, at that moment, Li Chuan formed hand seals:
"Genjutsu: Binding!"
Instantly, the two Aurors discovered with horror that their bodies were unable to move.
Binding, a D-rank Genjutsu, makes the affected person mistakenly believe their body cannot move, temporarily fixing them in place.
It is usually used by Ninja against ordinary people and Beasts, and because it is the simplest Genjutsu, a normal Ninja can break it by slightly disrupting their Chakra.
The principle of Genjutsu is to disrupt Chakra, thereby producing an effect, but will ordinary people without Chakra still fall for Genjutsu?
Li Chuan had experimented with this question before.
The experimental result was that it could produce effects, and the weaker the spirit and willpower of ordinary people, the stronger the effect.
Because Chakra is energy combining spiritual and physical power, Genjutsu primarily disrupts the spiritual energy within Chakra, which causes Ninja to experience illusions.
Ordinary people do not have Chakra, but they have spiritual energy, and they are still affected by Genjutsu.
Just like when Kaguya first ate the fruit and activated Infinite Tsukuyomi, there were no Ninja on Earth yet, only ordinary people, but they all fell under the Genjutsu.
And during the Chunin Exams, Anbu Ninja also used this Jutsu on the Beasts in the forest.
However, this was Li Chuan's first time casting Genjutsu on Wizards, and to prevent the Wizards' bloodline from reducing the Genjutsu's effectiveness, he used Body Flicker Technique to get close the moment he froze the two Aurors, knocking them unconscious.
He searched the two Aurors' pockets for the keys, opened the prison gate, and ran directly towards Grindelwald's cell at the very bottom of the prison.
With his speed, he quickly rushed to the very bottom of the cells.
Unlike the iron cages outside, this innermost cell was not only isolated by a separate metal passage but was also a fully enclosed cell. Moreover, ten Aurors were specifically stationed in the passage outside the cell for twenty-four-hour surveillance.
"Who's there?"
Seeing Li Chuan rapidly approaching from the end of the passage, the ten Aurors immediately reached for their wands.
Li Chuan quickly formed hand seals:
"Lightning Release: Earth Corridor!"
Blinding lightning surged rapidly along the four sides of the passage, which was entirely constructed of metal, towards the ten Aurors, shocking them until they trembled, their half-uttered attack spells directly interrupted.
Releasing magic requires drawing a wand, waving a wand, and chanting a spell, while Ninjutsu only requires hand seals, making it faster.
Using the Lightning Release Ninjutsu to buy time and close the distance, and relying on his powerful physical prowess and combat energy, he quickly incapacitated all ten guarding Aurors.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Li Chuan violently kicked open the iron door and saw Grindelwald, whose limbs were fixed to an iron chair, looking surprised.
"I don't seem to know you?"
"Hello, Mr. Grindelwald, I'm here to save you."
Li Chuan smiled and replied.
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