Chapter 191: Dark Tide

If someone had told Mr. Jim McGurgh a few months ago that there was a mysterious power in this world, he would have thought he was crazy.

"What are you kidding, I'm a staunch materialist!" would Jim, "all those weird and mysterious things, all fairy tales to deceive children, no one really believes in those evil ways, right?"

In the course of such arguments, Jim always gets "wins"!

Mr. Jim McGough is a weather announcer whose daily task is to inform the public of the weather for the next few days...... This is a simple but interesting job that has been going on for more than a decade.

And in the past few months, the situation seems to have all gone haywire!

Hurricanes in south-west Wales have leveled a city to the ground with no warning, causing considerable casualties, bushfires in the Highlands, which have also been going on for more than a month without warning, have been going on for more than a month, so that the skies in many surrounding cities have reverted to their 19th-century bleakness, and witnesses in Kent, Yorkshire, Dundee and elsewhere have been called almost every week to say they had seen meteor showers......

There have been more meteorological anomalies in the UK in the past few months than in the past 100 years.

The weather station has received numerous complaints and complaints from the public, which has also put Mr. Jim McGough under great pressure today.

This is true not only in the UK, but all over Europe –

Monaco was hit by a once-in-a-millennium tsunami that killed and injured residents and tourists alike because it was holiday season, the Charles Bridge in Prague suddenly snapped in two in broad daylight, leaving more than a dozen cars in the river, a contagious virus in northern Italy that spread rapidly throughout southern Europe, and the frequent disappearances of people in Northern Ireland......

The evidence already points to an unusual year.

If there really is God, then he may want humanity to perish.

Or maybe it......

......

What puzzled Jim more than the current anomalous natural condition was what the authorities were doing.

There has been little official action about the natural conditions that have occurred frequently in the past few months, even if the final relief efforts from Hurricane Wales have been carried out by the private sector on their own initiative......

The Prime Minister's biggest and most controversial move in recent months has been to call for a full range of disarmament...... Honestly, in Jim's opinion, maybe he's crazy?

What is all-round disarmament? It refers to the reduction of the British military personnel, including the police and the army, to one-tenth of the current number within one year (the Prime Minister's original plan was to cut all British military personnel within three months, but it was too impractical to eventually abandon it).

With such a hasty and ridiculous disarmament plan, Jim really did not understand how the resolution of the parliament was passed?

Is it not enough to say that the prime minister is crazy, but hundreds of members of the House of Commons are crazy?

There was also the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who would have been the Prime Minister's staunchest opponent, and Jim had expected him to stop all that...... But the bizarre thing is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has always been at odds with the Prime Minister, actually wore the same pants as the Prime Minister this time because of this ridiculous resolution!

All in all, everything looks so weird that it's hard not to think of anything.

Add to that some gossip from The Sun, where they claim that the prime minister is a homosexual with weird tastes. According to the photos they took secretly, the prime minister has been spending months with a man in a strange black cloak, never separating......

Originally, this news can be said to be absurd......

The swift seizure of The Sun seems to be a validation of this.

The world is simply insane!

Jim couldn't find any reason for these situations, he could only comment on them.

......

Until one Sunday half a month ago, when he went to the local church to worship, he suddenly encountered a little "accident"-

The pastor in the church was in the middle of the service when he suddenly became very emotional.

He impassionedly described to his followers that all the anomalies that had occurred over the past few months had been created by wizards, without exception!

According to some records of the church from hundreds of years ago, there is a powerful mysterious force in this world: the wizard...... For millennia, they have been fighting humans to the death, and humans have hunted many wizards through witch hunts, and wizards have slaughtered many Muggles......

It wasn't until 300 years ago that wizards gradually disappeared, and some information about wizards slowly became legends......

But now, they're back! they're all responsible, and they want to destroy all of humanity!

The pastor's words were impassioned, but obviously not very convincing......

Although the series of anomalies that have appeared recently are very unusual and suspicious, it would be ridiculous to use the excuse of "wizards" for all this! The "witch hunt" in history has long been defined as the ignorance and ignorance of the Middle Ages......

Including Jim, too, he doesn't believe in any of this.

It wasn't until three days later that he suddenly saw a piece of news in the local newspaper -

The impassioned pastor, in his own abode, died suddenly!

And when the autopsy report came out, it was even more terrifying.

A team of doctors examined the body and concluded that the priest had not been injured by poison, sharp weapons, pistols, or suffocation or strangulation. In fact, he all looked healthy—except for a little, and he was out of breath.

Moreover, the doctors had noticed (as if they were determined to find something wrong with the corpse) that the priest had a look of horror on his face—as if he had been scared to death!

At the same time, doctors also mentioned that such "sudden death" events with similar symptoms have occurred extremely frequently recently......

There are more than a dozen cases a week across the UK, sometimes dozens......

......

Mr. Jim McGurgh was terrified!

At the same time, he also had some wavering in his "faith"!

He doesn't believe in such "coincidences...... From what he knew about the pastor, the pastor had always been in good health and regularly participated in marathons...... Such a sudden death is really not reasonable.

So the only explanation...... Maybe he spread some "truth" that led to some organization to kill him in a particular way?

That is, "wizard"?

For the next week, Jim dreamed of being scared when a mysterious strange man broke down the door and killed him, the one who knew the "truth".

But thankfully, that kind of thing didn't happen, and it seems that those murderers didn't have time to pay attention to such a small role as themselves......

Jim, who had finally mustered up his courage, began to contact his neighbors who had also attended the service—

Together, they started a little "party......

There is no doubt that everyone was terrified...... Because of the "accidental" death of the pastor, everyone is in danger.

They are also eager to know what the reason is......

At this time, a strange-looking woman quietly told everyone that the pastors of the church had suffered extremely heavy casualties recently, and most of them were "sudden deaths" because of this and could not give any reason!

The Pope himself has not commented on this, in fact he has not been seen in a few months...... Moreover, the news of the "sudden death" of a large number of pastors has never been reported in any newspapers...... Just like the high-ranking people in various European countries, it has become mysterious and strange!

"Is he real?" asked Jim, somewhat incredulous, "and there is a ...... now"

Just before he could say the word "wizard", the woman hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't say that word!" she whispered, "I've heard that woe will come to anyone who mentions it!"

Jim, of course, understood what the "scourge" was, and he quickly shut his mouth obediently.

"Are there any guys who can't be mentioned......" he said, and asked curiously, "what is their purpose?"

"They want to rule and enslave us...... "the woman patiently explained, "the government has been manipulated by them, they are able to manipulate the mind...... It's the same with all mouthpieces, and those who dare to speak the truth will be 'punished'......"

"That'...... That...... What are we going to do......" Jim stammered, "They look so good, we don't seem to be able to handle it......"

"We're going to unite!" the woman said with a serious face.

Then, she pulled some flyers out of her pocket...... Distributed to all of you.

The contents of the leaflet were basically the same as what the pastor had said that day...... It provides a brief account of the existence of wizards, their motives, and the high levels of government that have been ignored and manipulated......

"Thank you so much!" Jim carefully tucked the flyer into his pocket.

"Remember to tell the news to as many people around you as possible...... "The woman reminded, "Only by letting more and more people know the truth, can we have the capital to call on everyone to rebel against them!"

"I understand!" Jim nodded.

As a weather announcer, if you want to spread the word to as many people as possible...... It's a perfect fit for him to do the job!

Although it would certainly be a big risk to say it directly, with Jim's ingenuity, he felt that he could "knock on the side......

The meeting was coming to an end.

"By the way, ma'am, may I ask your name?" asked Jim, a little curious, as he left.

Dursley...... Call me Mrs. Dursley......" replied the woman with a smile.