Chapter 185

Ollivander felt Murphy's theory was extremely novel, "What does that table look like? Can you let me see it?"

"Of course, but it's not with me right now; I'll write a letter to you later. Compared to this," Murphy said, "I also need a new wand."

His wand was broken before, and later he used a few old wands temporarily, but he felt uncomfortable no matter what; this time, it was just right to change one.

However, Murphy's luck was worse than Harry's; he changed more than ten wands in a row and didn't find one that was comfortable, and even when Ollivander let him choose for himself, he didn't pick a satisfactory one; even using a combination similar to his original wand felt awkward.

Too many things that challenged Ollivander's understanding of wands had happened today; he didn't dare to draw conclusions easily, but asked: "If it is as you said, wands are related to the magic properties of wizards, then the differences when wizards change wands should also come from the changes in the magic properties of wizards; does your magic power have any huge changes?"

Murphy was reminded.

That's right.

After multiple Animagus transformations, his body added the magic power of creatures like Thunderbirds, Basilisks, and unknown goat-like creatures, and his overall magic dimension was probably completely different from before.

However, with the complexity of his current magic dimension, how long would it take to find a suitable wand?

Does he have to come and try wands every few days?

Ollivander seemed to see his predicament and said: "You proposed a very interesting idea, but your understanding of wands might not be enough. Perhaps learning about the production process of wands will help you find a wand that suits you, and after you are familiar with it, you can even make your own wand yourself."

"I have some books here about wand making; you can take them for reference."

Murphy was surprised, "This should be your exclusive secret for making wands, can others see it too?"

"It's not such a secret thing, just the basic steps. And, Ollivander's craftsmanship has been tested over a long period of time and cannot be easily replicated."

"Thank you for your generosity; I will organize the theory of magic attributes and wand combinations as soon as possible and send it to you." Murphy also reciprocated.

The Diagon Alley trip ended in such a harmonious atmosphere.

Next, Murphy sent Tom and Hermione to Platform 9 and 3/4, returned Hermione's luggage to her, then watched the little wizards get on the train, chatted with Sirius for a few words, and said goodbye.

Murphy returned to the Magic Research Institute.

The train would take a whole afternoon to reach Hogwarts, and he only needed to go to the school before then.

And his hurried return to the Magic Research Institute was because Laura had just informed him of a very strange thing through the two lightning crows left in the institute.

A researcher suddenly went crazy, not only wanting to leave by force, but also preparing to commit suicide.

……

"Sorry, Director."

Laura looked a bit guilty.

The two crows Murphy left behind were obviously for emergency or important matters; they shouldn't be activated frequently.

But now, only a few hours had passed since Murphy left in the morning; using emergency contact so quickly made Laura feel that this might make Murphy think she was incompetent.

Murphy waved his hand, "What's going on?"

"Anthos Emery, from the Potion Research Group, suddenly went crazy; at first, he seemed to desperately want to leave the institute, but he couldn't say the reason for his temporary departure. He tried to hijack a staff member and make the other party sign a release permit, but because he couldn't hurt the other party, the hijacking failed; he was controlled by a house-elf, and then he began to yell and scream, and even tried to commit suicide with a pencil."

Laura Kruger handed over a folder, which contained Anthos's information, "Chemistry expert?"

The information looked fine, Oxford graduate, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, PhD in Polymer Chemistry.

"Did he have any abnormalities before?"

"He applied for werewolf transformation, but was rejected because he didn't meet the conditions. We just investigated all the laboratories in the institute and found that the Mind Research Group lost a lethal pathogen, suspected to have been stolen by him, but we haven't found where he hid it."

"Take me to see him."

In an isolation room, Murphy saw Anthos Emery, who was tied up.

He was a young man in his thirties, looking quite strong; he was tied up tightly, and even had something stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue.

Seeing Murphy enter, the other party showed despair in his expression, and Murphy didn't stand on ceremony, directly using Legilimency on him.

Then he was startled.

"Soviet spy?"

The Magic Research Institute is really rising; not to mention the spies planted by the Ministry of Magic, even the Soviet Union wants to send spies here.

But it's not incomprehensible; with Umbrella's current technological strength, it must have been on the attention list of various countries long ago.

And in order to recruit researchers from Muggle society, the Magic Research Institute cannot be completely invisible.

After an in-depth investigation of Umbrella, it was discovered that a secret research institute had recruited a large number of high-end talents but was conducting closed management; anyone could guess that there must be real goods inside.

From Anthos's memories, Murphy learned the guy's real name, Valery Lermontov, a KGB agent, who indeed had a PhD in chemistry, but it was from Leningrad University, and academic qualifications like Oxford were all forged.

He had been active in the British academic circle under the name Anthos Emery, responsible for passing some cutting-edge technological achievements to the Soviet Union; half a year ago, after the Umbrella company press conference, he received an order to get the world's most advanced chip technology, so he mixed in through the institute's expansion.

The KGB thought this secret research institute of Umbrella was the R&D center for the most advanced chips, but Valery only discovered after entering that the things studied here were far more exaggerated than they imagined.

They were actually studying magic!

Valery was a very loyal soldier, determined to bring the miraculous technology here back, but Murphy's magic Seed of Soul agreement, after the last infiltration of the Ministry of Magic, was revised again and strengthened; he could never find any loopholes to exploit.

Until ten days ago, the August Coup in the Soviet Union occurred; a group of conservatives tried to abolish Gorbachev through a coup to save the collapsing Soviet Union, but the coup failed, and his direct superior, who was also the direct leader of his mission—KGB Security Bureau Chief Plekhanov and KGB Chairman Kryuchkov were arrested together.

Valery couldn't sit still; he had to return to the Soviet Union, otherwise, once his superior had a problem, he would be like a kite with a broken string, becoming a rootless person.

So, he used magnetic hollow plastic balls to seal the technical data he had collected in recent months, including blueprints for super-large lithography machines, micro-film of several potion formulas, and a pathogen that he occasionally heard Funes Bachmann and Omid Abbott say was enough to destroy the world, swallowed them into his stomach, and prepared to pretend to be sick to leave the institute temporarily.

But wanting to leave the institute, one must "truthfully explain the reason and purpose of leaving the institute," which he couldn't do, so he had to threaten the staff to issue a permit, but because he had to "abide by the regulations within the institute, not coerce and intentionally harm colleagues," he couldn't really hurt the other party, so he was escaped by the latter and called a house-elf.

In desperation, he prepared to commit suicide, hoping that after death, his remains could be returned to his "family," and the motherland could get the precious data he left behind from his remains.

But now, Murphy is here, a wizard who can read memories.

He failed.

(End of chapter)