Chapter 307

"Dictator..." Murphy was holding a copy of Dumbledore's whistleblower letter, reading it with relish, "To be praised like this makes one a bit embarrassed."

"……"

Barty Crouch was speechless.

Is that praise?

Which eye of yours saw a single good word in there?

"Murphy, now is not the time for joking. They are for real. If we can't handle this properly, the consequences will be very troublesome!" Barty Crouch reminded him.

"Oh? Tell me, what kind of trouble is there?"

Murphy put the thick stack of letters aside, crossed his legs, and looked like he was prepared to listen attentively.

"This... naturally, we will be ostracized by the international community, the British wizarding world will be isolated, will be excluded from international affairs; if it's serious, they might restrict transactions with us, or even set up bans, forbidding some of our members from going abroad, etc..."

Murphy nodded, "Anything else?"

"You might become an international wanted criminal, and they might even send an international task force to catch you."

Murphy nodded again, "Continue."

"……" Barty Crouch frowned, "You don't seem worried about this at all?"

"Worried about what?" Murphy smiled, "Worried that we won't be able to host the Quidditch World Cup in the future, or can't participate in the International Gobstones Club? Or worried about that international trade that doesn't exceed 20,000 Galleons a year? Or worried that they will send three or four experts like Dumbledore to catch me?"

"Sorry, I really can't think of anything we need to worry about."

"But..." Crouch always felt something was not quite right, "Is the British wizarding world going to be enemies with all countries from now on?"

"Why would we be enemies?" Murphy asked, "Is it possible that the wizarding world of any country would launch a war against us?"

"This..." Crouch was stunned for a moment.

It is true that there are many instances where wars occurred in the Muggle world, and then wizards spontaneously participated in them for various reasons.

But the situation of one country's Ministry of Magic invading another country's wizards seems to have never really happened in history.

For one thing, the wizarding societies of various countries are basically self-governing communities, and it is difficult to form an external violent machine like an army.

For another, the number of wizards is so small, and the world is so big, that wizards can basically be self-sufficient for whatever they need, and war has no meaning.

Risking one's life to start a war against another country must be for something, but in the case of wizards, even if you wiped out the wizards of another country, what could you get? A few more acres of land that you can't use at all? A few more magical creatures that need to be managed with great effort to avoid exposure to Muggles?

How sick must one's brain be to do such a losing business?

Only in one situation: when you want to gather and rule more wizards, wizard wars might occur.

But the premise is that you must first have a guy with an overflowing desire for power like Grindelwald or Voldemort, but even if there is such a person, wouldn't it be more convenient to be the President of the International Confederation of Wizards?

Speaking of which, compared to the wizards of other countries, Murphy is actually the person with the reason and motive to launch a wizard war.

"Are we just going to do nothing?" Crouch was still a bit worried.

"Of course we can't do nothing. If others scold us and splash dirty water on us, we certainly can't admit it." Murphy said, "We must speak out. Even if no one believes it, you have to say the polite things."

"Isn't it just a war of words? And the kind where there won't be any major losses even if you lose, so just go ahead and bicker."

"The attitude in the reply to the Confederation should be positive, but the investigation team doesn't necessarily need to be cooperated with. Is our Ministry of Magic very idle? For such baseless accusations, just find an excuse to muddle through."

"Compared to the voices outside, what we should actually pay more attention to is the domestic wizards. Just let the Daily Prophet publish more articles."

"As a British wizard, why would Dumbledore do such things that are detrimental to the British wizarding world?"

"Does he have any complaints about leaving Hogwarts?"

"Even, is Dumbledore really that credible?"

"Mr. Crouch, wise men who can truly see the full picture of things are only a very small minority among the crowd. The vast majority of people can only make judgments on partial information based on limited knowledge. Choose a good angle, choose a good narrative style, and facts can have countless appearances."

……

Barty Crouch was half-believing and half-doubting, and left with some misgivings.

But Murphy was not as relaxed as he said.

He frowned and picked up the whistleblower letter again.

That old guy Dumbledore actually really did this.

This is not his usual approach. Clearly, he has already regarded himself as a true enemy and realized that it is difficult to stop himself by relying on him alone.

In fact, this move is not as ineffective as Murphy just said.

What Murphy is most wary of is actually the wizarding society's interference with Umbrella.

The British wizarding world is indeed, as Dumbledore said, already his one-man show. He is not worried about those so-called international public opinions, wizarding world sanctions, etc.; that is really meaningless.

But if wizards use their influence on Muggle society to attack Umbrella, it could make the situation Umbrella faces in the global market more passive.

However, it's not without a solution.

The interests of the wizarding and Muggle societies are not completely consistent. When Umbrella is just a threat to the local market, a replaceable foreign enterprise, Muggle society might abandon it under the interference of wizards.

But what if Umbrella has a value that no Muggle can refuse?

For example: the ability to resist aging.

A unique, true company that can reverse aging and extend human life.

In the face of this gift that no one can refuse, any Muggle will become an ally of Umbrella.

And the wizards who try to take this gift away from Muggles will appear too annoying.

Anti-aging virus.

This kind of Soul Seed virus is currently the only anti-aging method that can be mass-produced.

Murphy originally didn't intend to put it on the market so quickly.

But now, using it to build an invincible golden body for Umbrella is not a loss.

On the other hand, although it is difficult for the International Confederation of Wizards to really do anything to the British wizarding world, being isolated in the international community is indeed dangerous. When Dumbledore discovers that this move cannot cause substantial damage to Murphy, he will definitely have more actions.

If the British wizarding world is really forced to withdraw from the group in the future, then it is best to win over one or two partners.

Murphy thought for a while and was just about to send a message to Mrs. Yaga to see if he could formally form an alliance with Arkaim, but before he could send the message, the other party sent a sentence over first.

"Come to the Spring Palace quickly, Maria has appeared."

(End of chapter)