Chapter 4: The Crisis Brought about by Muggle Technological Progress
The others staggered away. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Gustav, Detreville, and Billo all sat in place and didn't move, and everyone was gone.
A few people came back to their senses from their fugue state, and they knew that now was the focus of the night.
"Now just a few of us, I'll be honest," Gustav pulled out a pipe, conjured one with a copy charm and handed it to Phoenix, "Voldemort is almost invincible now. ”
He lit a tobacco cigarette and continued: "He made Horcruxes, one of which is missing. ”
"Horcrux!" Detreville looked worried, "and more than one?"
"Many, at least for now, have been destroyed—" Phoenix calculated, "four destroyed, one missing." The bad thing is that all the Horcruxes are under control, except for one locket, the Slytherin locket. A fool sold it in Tumbledown Alley. ”
"Then it's troublesome," said Birlow, "that it could spread all over the world, where there are all kinds of fish and snakes, and everybody." ”
"That's right, I don't think it's okay, I can only let him quiet for a while. ”
"What do you mean—" Gustav seemed to guess.
"Kill him, if not all the Horcruxes—I know, he won't die, but at least he will be able to quiet Europe for a few years. If I can't solve him next year, I can only use this most inferior solution. ”
"But can we kill him? with the Elder Wand?" Phoenix didn't tell anyone, Voldemort was now the owner of the Elder Wand. But for him, that's not a problem. When it comes to magic, Phoenix is conceited that there is no one who can beat him.
"Don't worry about that. "I think you're all wondering why I'm so urgent about something. ”
Swept across their faces.
"We are currently in imminent danger that, based on our tracking of Muggle technology, they are about to break the State Secrets Act that we have been trying so hard to maintain. The international conference of this century is also about how we should deal with this matter. ”
The few people couldn't sit still, and Billo's eyes widened.
"How is this possible?"
"It's actually quite possible, and it's getting worse. "We predict that in five to ten years, their information will spread much faster than we can correct." Before the Ministry of Magic was dispatched, the news might have spread throughout the world. The events caused by the magical creatures will become almost unconcealable. ”
Detreville and Gustav exchanged an uneasy look.
"In the case of the Fire Dragon in New York, for example, we made a guess that if something like this happened ten years from now, it would only take five minutes for the news to spread around the world. In about five minutes, 30 million people will see the photos and videos of the scene, and after an hour the number will increase to 100 million, and it's not the news media -- we can control it. Because the message is delivered through personal devices, which have already begun to be sold on a small scale, of course, they do not yet have the ability to disseminate photos and images, but their technology is advancing so fast that it will only take a few years for personal handheld devices that can take pictures and videos appear. ”
"They have the ability?" Detreville shook his head with a sarcastic grin, "How do they do it?"
"I can't say the specifics, but the study will be handed to you before the meeting begins. Phoenix stood up, "When the time comes, we'll talk about it further." Regardless of how this develops, we must be prepared, and the UK must be under our control to ensure that any decisions made in the future will be carried out simultaneously by all wizarding regions. This is crucial, well, I wish you all the best of luck. ”
Watson strode away after Phoenix, and the rest of the group looked at each other, still not believing what Phoenix had just said was true.
"Wait--even if what Phoenix says is going to happen in the next few years, we can control the watchtower. Barrow exclaimed, "The Ministry of Magic has special personnel in their respective regions, and they always use those things to spread information, right?"
He spread his hands and looked at the other two trying to get their support.
"It seems that they should read the TV station, but maybe they will come up with some way to spread information without using the TV station, just like they don't use magic, don't they fly into the sky. Gustav shrugged.
Phoenix walked down the renovated hallway, he was still a few months away from coming of age, and on that day Phoenix would officially inherit the entire family, and now all he lacked was a symbolic ceremony. There would be a lot of international friends coming that day, and Peverell Castle would be his usual residence, and he would often entertain guests.
Therefore, the original decoration of the castle with full personality was not suitable, and all the decorations and objects in the castle were transferred to a special room. If Phoenix's son wants to go elsewhere, the decorations will come back to their place.
In order to save time, Watson Jr. directly copied the decoration of the castle where Phoenix lived in Switzerland when he was a child, and the entire renovation plan is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
"I didn't find anything else worth noting. Watson said. They turned into a narrow staircase and walked one after the other downstairs.
"That's good, it's hard to imagine that he would come up with such a solution. Phoenix breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as he reached the second floor, a slender candlelight peeking out of a door next to him caught them.
"Go back and rest. Phoenix walked over uneasily, the others wouldn't enter the rooms in the castle at will, only Hermione would, considering the few papers inside—he prayed that he would put them away when he left.
Pushing open the door, the room was furnished in the brace of words, with no windows, no decoration, just a table, a chair, and Eden's gilded perch.
A slender hanging wire hung above the table, flames rising without candles. Hermione looked intently at the papers on the table, not realizing that Phoenix was already close at hand.
Phoenix shook his head and sighed, since she had seen it, there was nothing she could do. Suddenly, he let out a wicked smile and silently circled behind Hermione's back.
Then he hugged her—screaming and screaming that filled the room, and Phoenix felt a pain in his eardrums.
"It's me," his voice was out of shape, but Hermione heard it and stopped screaming, "Oh my God, my ears." ”
"You deserve it," Hermione's chest rose and fell violently, and she slapped him the arm, "why didn't you make a sound?"
"I'm a surprise to you, but your—" he rubbed his ear and sat down, "Well, I seem to be a little deaf." ”
He took the document from Hermione's hand. Hermione calmed down and glanced down at the parchment.
"I didn't mean to, I just wanted to see if you were dealing with something. Hermione whispered.
"Understandable. Phoenix said mildly. He opens the file, which reads: 09401 Experiment Report.
"You're done?"
"Yes," Hermione said rationally, "but I—why would I do that?"
Phoenix didn't answer, instead looking at the report a few times. Hermione was calmer than he had imagined, not annoyed or agitated.
Goal: To test Muggle WMD technology.
The back is specially marked with bright red font. The Muggle weapons used in this experiment are extremely lethal, there is currently no magic to defend against, and observers must wear Muggle suits at all times, so please do not risk using the Bubble Head Charm.
Here's a more detailed introduction.
"It's scary, isn't it? Hundreds of thousands of people die in an hour, not even wizards. This poison—"
"Poison. Hermione reminded.
"Yes, poisons can be avoided not only by filtering the air, but also by skin-to-skin contact, so I should show the folks Voldemort. Phoenix closed the report and tucked it into a drawer, and Hermione was shocked to see that it was stuffed with similar documents, wondering if they were all such experimental reports.
"Wizards and Muggles have different cultures and skills, but they live together. Always get to know them," Phoenix pulled Hermione into his arms, "we have to know about them, we would have used only live animals in experiments, but as you can see, the fools in Africa are self-righteous and tell them that we are doing very dangerous experiments, and that we are poachers - and that we will be killed and injured by Muggles in their own area. In the end, the Ugandan Ministry of Magic was forced to suffer from its own bitter consequences, and the International Federation of Wizards and Wizards had to cover it up secretly, and in order to hide the accident, the important leaders of the international Muggle countries were informed - and it was a lot of work. ”
"We have a bad relationship with Africa?" Hermione asked in a whisper.
"It's bad, but it's a long story, and I'll talk to you about it later. Phoenix carried her towards the bedroom.
"And the document you saw today, don't tell anyone about it, the version of this accident circulating among the upper echelons of the wizarding world is 'Dark wizards used a poisoned leopard to maim Muggles'. The documents you see are the top secret of the wizarding world, and you are not allowed to enter this room in the future. (To be continued.) )