Chapter 721: Undercurrents and Betrayal
"Calibrate time! Get ready for action!"
A wizard standing beside Newt waved his wand, and a large phantom of the clock appeared in the air.
Launching a large-scale rescue operation in the territory of the former Soviet Union is not an easy task, and in a vast land spanning a full eleven time zones, even a small fallacy can lead to extremely serious consequences.
Accompanied by the voice of the wizard, all the wizards present raised their wrists and began to adjust the time of their watches.
This is a custom watch specially created by Gringotts Wizarding Bank, which will not be subject to any magic or electromagnetic interference.
At the same time, after referring to the "field support" magic of the Austrian Ministry of Magic, it will also record the mental and physical conditions of the bound person during the period of carrying it with it, and once it is controlled or seriously injured, it will send an early warning message to the nearest local contact point of the Destiny Group, and send the current location information in real time to provide long-range strike coordinates for the Hyperion.
Although this is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Magic, after half a year of secret development, the Mandate of Heaven has already established several reliable and secret waypoints in various cities - according to the worst-case scenario, even if a full-scale war breaks out, they can be broken into pieces at any time and silently integrated into any non-magical city.
However, everything seems to unfold according to the most perfect script.
The chaos caused by Gringotts and the Manifest Destiny Syndicate on the front perfectly attracted the attention of the Ministry of Magic and the non-magical world, and the trajectory of their large-scale teleportation just now was extremely successful in hiding the Auror mobilization of the Russian Ministry of Magic.
"London time, 9:21...... It seems that they did not detect our infiltration. ”
Newt Scamander said in a calm tone, watching the pointer slowly swipe by, and exhaled lightly.
The Russian Ministry of Magic has the largest wizarding squad, and in fact they have to face more imaginary enemies than just the Aurors on the surface, and there is a reason why this land is called the "Grey Forbidden Land".
Unlike the United Nations Security Council, which is not limited to the extraordinary power of wizards in the non-wizarding world, this is not limited by the national interests of the Wizarding Federation, which has both independent adjudication power and an independent wizarding task force.
In fact, this is what Newt Scamander and Elena fear the most.
Compared to the politicians who can negotiate with the Ministry of Magic, these old world collectives that maintain the "International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Law" are the most troublesome existences, and any act that defies the laws of the old world is a declaration of war without compromise.
After a pause, Newt pulled out a mobile phone and dialed Gringotts' leprechaun liaison in Russia.
The name Elena Kaslana has no connection to the SCP Foundation, and the goblins of Gringotts are undoubtedly the most suitable intermediaries, with the obvious benefit that wizards don't know how to identify a goblin.
On the other hand, perhaps the International Confederation of Wizards and the Russian Ministry of Magic would consider revealing the existence of the wizarding world to the leaders of the Muggle government, as the British Ministry of Magic had done - but haughty, noble wizards would obviously not take a hard look at Muggle novelties, let alone listen to the airwaves.
"O5-1, Project Silver Wolffang, Field Security Officers in place, when can containment begin?"
"Approximately twenty minutes later, at 9:40 London time to the exact date, the channel has been semi-deprecated and the entire field has gone into a state of silence, O5-1, when this number is dialed for the second time, it will be considered a containment breach, please purge. ”
"Clearance to confirm if you have A-class personnel on your side. ”
Newt Scamander said in a deep voice, recalling the code words Elena had left him.
"According to the distribution of His Highness Cloth Wolf Fang, A-class personnel will not appear in the front-line position, if there are A-class members, it means that there are traitors in the organization, please complete the clearance work as soon as possible, and all files have been adjusted to the American Branch. ”
“...... I see, I will - hope not to hear from you, thank you. ”
"I'm the same, I hope I won't get a call from you. Goodbye—"
Looking at the busy earpiece, Newt was silent for a moment, he was well aware of the serious consequences of this operation.
Compared to the early outbreak of a war between wizards in the wizarding world, sacrificing a part of the Gringotts goblins and characterizing the incident as a civil war between goblins is undoubtedly the most ideal and effective solution from any point of view.
This kind of thing that is extremely cold, but it is difficult to refute, is really in line with his perception of those two demon kings.
Fortunately, the scope of this rescue is actually not too large, and the total number of wizard families is only twenty-five.
Moreover, these are all old men who participated in the front-line rescue in Chernobyl, and were contaminated with the "Witch's Death", and were deprived of their wands and placed under house arrest in their respective homes, and the Ministry of Magic also guarded them through magic rather than artificiality.
In Newt Scamander's eyes, Elena's arrangements were nothing more than exaggerated back-hand.
He had already visited door to door some time ago, and received a definite answer from everyone, and Newt was too familiar with the terrible, bureaucratic procedures of the Russian Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards - the smooth progress of the Mandate of Heaven Group for most of the previous six months undoubtedly confirmed this, this was just a collective move.
They only need to fight a time difference and successfully board the Hyperion, and they can completely disappear into the wizarding world.
It's just that Newt Scamander doesn't know that this time the situation is not the same as before.
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Ministry of Magic of Russia, interrogation room.
In the dimly lit room was a round table, in which the newly promoted Russian Ministers of Magic, Ukraine, Belarus, the International Federation of Wizards, and a handful of officials from important ministries of the Ministry of Magic were already seated.
At the other end of the round table, two people sat in the corner of the room, hidden in the dark.
In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is "human", except for a wizard who looks a little cowering, and the other sitting on a chair is a middle-aged fairy in a suit and leather shoes, with sharp eyes and a bald eagle logo on his chest.
"Then, the emergency meeting begins!"
The Russian Minister of Magic coughed lightly, and the quill on the edge of the table automatically floated up and began to write.
"Mr. Ruhrinflan, you want the Ministry of Magic to temporarily take over the operations of Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and other countries, and arbitrate the conflict between the American elves and the European elves - why are we doing this?"
"Because...... They have betrayed the interests of the wizarding world! They intend to break the law of secrecy!"
The middle-aged goblin straightened his waist and said in a sinister tone.
"Betrayal of the wizarding world - this is a very serious accusation involving the collective actions of a race of intelligent magic. ”
The advisor of the International Confederation of Wizards tapped his fingers on the table and whispered.
"Where's the proof?Elves, I think you should understand what happened to the International Confederation of Wizards and the Ministry of Magic, and if you intended to make wizards a weapon of conflict of interests among the elves, you were very wrong. ”
Everyone looked at the middle-aged goblin and the dodgy wizard and waited silently.
"There is a plan to rescue the sinners who have been placed under house arrest for the 'Death of the Wizard'. That's right, the same group of wizards who had seriously violated the International Wizard Secrecy Law a few years ago - there is no doubt that the European Gringotts goblins are helping them!"
"Why, sir, we don't have much time to listen to the story. ”
Ukraine's Minister of Magic snorted lightly.
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