Below the balcony, there was the sound of the water rushing down, and it seemed like a cascading wave surging onto the shore. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 There was a thick layer of snow on the stone fence, and occasionally a gust of wind blew, carrying a few flakes of snow, streaked through the night.

"I didn't bother you. When Phoenix came, Love pulled out his pipe and looked away with his back to him.

"Just in time," Love turned and held out his hand, "finally meeting." ”

He wears a spotlessly crisp suit and tie. His shoes were polished and his hair was meticulously groomed. Phoenix bet there was no one more elaborate at the entire banquet than he did.

"It's not easy," Phoenix asked him to sit down, and a pair of wizard chess pieces lay on the table, "Do you want a game?"

"You're fine. Love gladly accepted.

"Pawns E2 to E4" Phoenix did not move, but let the pieces walk by themselves. He waved his wand and summoned two shots of vodka.

"Your specialty. ”

"Thank you," Love greeted him with his glass raised.

"Is it so aggressive?"

Love employs an age-old opening tactic, the C22 central opening, which is a high-stakes and extremely unpredictable opening that rarely leads to a draw. In his first year, Ron used this opening to get through Professor McGonagall's metamorphosis level.

"We have no way back, we have to make a decision. ”

"There's an eyebrow. Phoenix frowned, thinking that what he had brought was not good news, "After eating the soldiers." ”

"It's OK, but we need time to assess the specific time when the secrecy law will be breached. We have less than a hundred people, but we have a hundred times the number of people in our Muggle society, and there is so much data and information to sort out. ”

"Post-D4 to E3-"

"You slacker. The pawn grumbled, walking towards the place Phoenix had said.

"--Can you estimate the time?" said Phoenix, undisturbed.

Love was silent, but the game continued.

Bishop C1 to D2. ”

"It's just my personal opinion," Love continued, after coping with a hand, "2020 is the most optimistic estimate, and 2005 is the worst." ”

Phoenix's heart sank, and he drank his glass in one gulp. The wand taps the glass, and the glass automatically fills. Little Thumb scratched his forehead and fell into thought.

For a time there was only the rumble of the waterfall.

"It's too close," it will take 1, if not 2 years, to deal with Voldemort. In this way, he only has about 5 years left to deal with the secrecy law, "Can you be sure that the secrecy law will not be able to be kept?"

"After E3 to G3. Phoenix propped his hands on the table and covered his face.

"G8 to H8," Love reminded, "would you like me to give us a brief introduction?"

He nodded.

"Pawn F2 to F4. ”

"The key to breaking the secrecy law is the speed of information transmission and the number of people who read the news. He said, "From our analysis, combined with Muggles' own predictions of technology, Muggle society is undergoing a huge technological revolution that is far more ferocious than it had been before." I think you must know that since we entered the 20th century, there have been many serious leaks in a row, and all of them have been leaked on a super-large scale by more than 10,000 people. ”

"yes," Phoenix said, picking up his glass and leaving the board, "the 1924 Istanbul Silent Incident, the 1926 New York Silent Incident, the 1934 Yingkou Chinese Fireball Dragon Escape Incident -- most recently the 1996 New York Magic Animagus Runaway Incident." I can't believe we all made it through. ”

"Bing A2 to A3. ”

"Actually, we didn't deal with it every time, including the aftermath of '26 in New York. "The advent of Muggle radio, telephone, and television in this century has forced our Ministry of Magic to respond very quickly, and even then there are a lot of people to deal with. ”

"Bishop B4 to A5. Love said.

"We advised your grandfather early on to pay attention to recruiting Muggle giants in journalism. It is to supplement the lack of official power in the Muggle government, and to ensure that every leak can be done according to the draft of the Misinformation Office. But there will always be people who don't believe it, and some Muggles just like - what they say - conspiracy theories. ”

"Conspiracy theories, what's that?" Phoenix asked curiously, "Bishop F1 through D3." ”

"The source of reality is information asymmetry, and the imaginary means of maintaining the conspiracy is usually deception, that is, using and amplifying this asymmetry to make people unable to make correct judgments or be consciously guided. To be reasonable, whether it's Muggles or our government, taking advantage of information asymmetry is a must. Love explained with a smile.

"There are a lot of them, and agencies like the R sector have a dedicated department that deals with this kind of Muggle. Even if they haven't seen the real thing, they believe in the existence of magic, and most of them are true, after all, we have too much history with Muggles. We can't handle it, and even now we can't, and I don't believe that there is a single institution on a continent that can handle it with the manpower. And the Muggles are in the midst of this technological revolution that will further exacerbate the emergence of such dissenters. ”

"It's just that the dissidents are afraid that it will not cause harm to the law of secrecy. "Phoenix is not so sure," after G3 to F2. ”

"Don't forget, there are quite a few dissenters among wizards who disagree with secrecy. When the two sides are combined, we are in big trouble. Of course, that's not the point. The point is that Muggles will be able to transmit information faster than we can handle. The popularization and application of computers and the close integration of computer technology and communication technology have made the transmission of information technology more efficient, and a piece of information with pictures and pictures can be transmitted all over the world in a very short time. ”

Phoenix didn't understand the second half of him, but he understood what he meant.

"Our business giants in Muggle society, and the official media—"

Love, who had no intention of playing chess at all, interrupted him.

"They can't do it, and this technological change has delegated information carriers and communication channels to individuals. Even if there is an official statement from the big media, the photos and news about magic will still spread quickly among Muggle civilians. This situation is likely to lead to the spread of real news faster and more people who know about magic. Even if none of the dissenters in wizarding had come to leak their secrets, Muggles would have known that they were surrounded by a group of people with special abilities who could turn cars into rubber ducks. ”

Phoenix took a deep breath, and the cold air instantly filled his lungs.

"Then this kind of technology, where will it break out first?"

"Europe and the United States. ”

Phoenix blurted out a dirty remark, and the glass was crushed.

"It's always us! It's always been like this, and we're always in trouble. We sent an army to slaughter the Spanish Muggles in South America, and the American Muggles slaughtered the Indians, and we had to send a large army to the Americas to fight the Indian wizards. We've gone to great lengths to establish secrecy laws that protect our interests and ensure that we don't get caught up in the troubles they get into. Now that they have finally grown, they have to 'overturn' even the secrecy law. Do you say that it is ironic, the power to overturn the law of secrecy, not the party that keeps it secret, but the party that is kept secret. ”