August 31, 1992.

Over St. Petersburg, the cloudless sky was unrealistically clear.

Nearly eight months have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the bright red sickle and hammer banner has long since disappeared, and the enemy of life has left no time to stop and look back.

Fortunately, the depreciation of the ruble has not been as rapid as one might think.

With the entry of the Mandate of Heaven Group and some scattered foreign banks and enterprises, these kind international friends from foreign countries accepted and acquired a large number of rubles, light and heavy industries, and among them, those grain transactions at the bottom of the financial transaction chain extremely strongly supported the crumbling ruble system, so that it can still be called currency.

On the other hand, the high interest promises of American banks and the unbelievably large financial returns have allowed most of the former Soviet people to enjoy the "sweetness of free capital", and everything seems to have begun to get better.

Merely......

No one has ever wondered why in a freely traded market there is a rosy situation in which everyone's assets have skyrocketed at the same time, or that even if there were concerns, the past was largely overshadowed by the unassailable justification of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Under the almost frenzied squandering of funds by Gringotts and the Mandate of Heaven Group, all the non-magical currencies in the wizarding world for nearly a thousand years have now turned into the front wave of economic bubbles in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other CIS countries.

Compared with the era of big data economy a few decades later, this is the last period of financial dark forest.

Each of the capital forces is hunters with guns, sneaking through the forest like ghosts, gently brushing away the branches that stand in the way, trying not to make a sound in their footsteps, and even breathing carefully: they must be careful, because the forest is full of hunters who are just like them - the only difference is that they don't have too many worries about the future at this time.

Although I can't see all the figures, in this dark forest, there has always been a reckless and huge mysterious beast shuttling through the forest, and the moment it can't hold back and pounce on the hunt is the moment when everyone pulls the trigger.

An exhausted beast is unable to defend its prey, and it may even become a prey itself.

Unless—

At the same time, several thousand meters into the air from the spire of the tower of the Central Cathedral of St. Petersburg.

With the help of Arthur Weasley, the stratospheric optical invisibility on the hull surface of the Hubelian was stable, and the non-plottable magic perfectly allowed the metal behemoth to disappear into any interface that could be displayed by radar.

"The time has come—are you ready? ”

Elena stood by the window of the Hubelion bridge with her hands folded, looking beyond the thin clouds to the city below.

Behind her, Kurt Mayr, Gilderoy Lockhart, Frank, Douglas the Goblin, Leos the Goblin, ...... These core executives from the Mandate of Heaven, the Saints, and the Gringotts Wizarding Bank stood silently aside.

"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged. ”

Fairy Douglas said respectfully, a bloodthirsty look flashing in his eyes, "Gringotts Russian Division, Belarus Division, Ukraine Division...... All protections have been removed, and the Demolition Magic Trap is ready......"

"Miss Telisa, all members of the Destiny Group are ready for evacuation and combat work. ”

Kurt Mayer hammered his right chest hard and said with a sinister grin.

"All the weapons of the Hyperion are ready to be fired, and a total of twenty-one reactors have been opened, and if anyone tries to attack the mothership at this time, even if the other party is Albus Dumbledore, there is no way to get out. “

"The Men in Black team is all in place, and we can support any of the attacked Floo outlets at any time. “

Gilderoy Lockhart's slender fingers flicked his wand nimbly and grinned confidently, revealing the hearty, sunny smile that had helped him get the most charming smile in Wizarding Weekly eleven times in a row.

"As long as all the action is over in half a day, not even Professor Dumbledore will find any clues. “

As the top war fortress of human civilization today, the transfer of the Hyperion needs a reasonable excuse, and it is obviously a logical reason to use the Hyperion's jumping and flying network erection capabilities to carry out "excellent student recruitment".

You know, Dumbledore was never a rigid guardian of the law.

Especially when the matter was still at Newt Scamander's request, and involved dozens of wizarding families, as well as several underage wizards with great potential, Dumbledore would not back down from the slightest lack of law.

Not to mention, the officially registered use of the Hyperion was originally a means of transportation for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Miss Delissa, I still have a confused ......"

Frank looked at the wizards and goblins around him, bit his lower lip hard, and plucked up his courage to speak.

"The other wizards who still live in this land, I mean the respectable wizard families, why don't you consider trying to reach out to them and get them involved in the whole project - I'm worried about ......"

"Well, Mr. Frank, that's a good question. Not smart, though. “

Elena looked up and looked through the reflection of the window at the stunned young wizard behind her.

According to Frank's rank, he was not qualified to join today's meeting directly, but because the prestige of the Mr. Alexei he was responsible for maintaining was more important in the follow-up, he was allowed to board the bridge without exception.

In fact, this kind of stunned appearance is also what she wants to see.

In this regard, Elena and Grindelwald actually have a lot of similarities, she needs a righteous partner who is willing to think on the initiative and has the courage to pour out her thoughts, not the kind of unstable person who is afraid of authority and defends his will.

"I think you may have confused the two questions, Mr. Frank...... First of all, it is always an individual who deserves respect, not his family, team, or even his children. It seems to me that the descendants of those 'venerable people' who have suffered injustice may be even more dangerous after experiencing the dark hardships of society. “

"Secondly, whatever you've seen or learned from your elders, I need to remind you of ......"

Elena paused, glanced indifferently at the town below, and said in a complicated tone.

"The city under our feet is now called St. Petersburg, not Leningrad – most of the 'adversaries' of the past with respectable convictions are gone, and those who remain on this land are either 'smart people' who chose to protect themselves in the upheavals of that year, or 'cowards' who were ostracized but could not change reality. ”

"Only those who have the consciousness of stepping into darkness, but yearn for the light, are qualified to set foot on the Hyperion. “

"Listen, I don't want to stake everyone's fate and future on the fragile beauty of human nature for the slightest mercy and possibility—there are hundreds of non-magical scholars, dozens of wizards under house arrest, and thousands of tons of equipment waiting for us to escape this withered land. ”

"Any questions?"

Elena glanced at Frank, who had retreated back into the queue, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good......

Grindelwald couldn't help her for too long, she needed to return to London as soon as possible, as agreed, and then act like a competent senior sister or acting professor to help the children who were not yet enrolled in school to buy supplies.

There is only one chance for such a large-scale smuggling of people and equipment back and forth.

After Albus Dumbledore reacted, this kind of large-scale manpower and combat power transportation situation would definitely be included in the highest-grade realm by the old man, and Elena had no doubts about this.

"So......

The girl casually raised her right hand, spread her fingers as if grasping the ground in sight, and slowly pressed down.

"Let's get started, everybody...... Save as many as you can who deserve to be saved - as for the remaining copper-smelling capitalists and selfish traitors - send them to hell as promised!"