Chapter 388: Magic Revival Countermeasure Bureau

The increase in magic levels was not only reflected in magic disasters.

In October, Snape notified Murphy through a lightning crow that there was something that required him to return to school.

The school Snape mentioned still referred to Hogwarts. Although because Hogwarts was too close to the spirit world, for the safety of the students, Murphy had already moved the students to the "Umbrella Special Skills Vocational School" specially built near the mansion, but the various facilities in Hogwarts were still preserved.

The thing Snape wanted Murphy to see was the "Acceptance Quill and Admissions Book" located in an abandoned old tower at Hogwarts.

"Since I took over as headmaster a few years ago, I have discovered that the names of little wizards written in the Admissions Book are increasing year by year. This year, there are actually more than six hundred names written in the book, which is three times that of five years ago!"

The Acceptance Quill could sense all newly born little wizards in the UK, and the Admissions Book would allow the Acceptance Quill to write their names on it when the other party was confirmed to have wizard qualifications.

Therefore, this set of things was equivalent to the most accurate census registration manual in the UK.

Now that there were three times as many names written in the Admissions Book, it was basically equivalent to three times as many little wizards born in the UK.

The total population of wizards was there; the birth rate could not suddenly increase significantly, so the main contributor to this number should actually be Muggle-born wizards.

"Because of the increase in magic levels, has the probability of wizards appearing among Muggles also increased?" Murphy pondered. "If it's three times, that means there will be more and more pure Muggle-born wizards in the future, until they far exceed pure-bloods and half-bloods, becoming the largest category."

Snape nodded. "It seems now that your plan to find another place for teaching is correct; otherwise, Hogwarts couldn't fit so many people."

"With so many Muggle-born little wizards, what are you going to do?"

The awakening time of wizards is different. In the past, most little wizards had at least one parent who was a wizard, who would guide the little wizard's magic awakening. Occasionally, some Muggle-born little wizards would also have difficulty causing any big problems.

But under the current situation, the parents of most little wizards are Muggles, and they don't know how to deal with magic.

If following the tradition of entering school at 11, these little wizards might not be able to correctly recognize their power until they are 11.

There might even be some Muggle parents who treat magic as some kind of curse or weirdness, leading the little wizard to have to suppress their own nature. This is not only dangerous for the little wizard but also unfavorable for the development of wizards.

"We must correctly guide this change," Murphy said. "Magic education must be advanced."

However, this matter is not suitable for the wizarding world to handle. After all, these little wizards are Muggle-born, and their parents know nothing about magic. Suddenly, a group of strangers appears saying their child is a wizard and needs to go to a school that God knows where it is. It would be a miracle if they weren't treated as human traffickers.

Come to think of it, Murphy had always suspected whether the parents of pure Muggle-born students like Hermione had been used with spells like the Imperius Curse by wizards.

"The Muggle society and the wizarding society are accelerating their integration. Perhaps it is time to promote the cooperation of the official forces of both sides."

"The Ministry of Magic can be regarded as a special department in the Muggle government, operating independently and managing itself. If you want to merge the Ministry of Magic into it, it is not particularly difficult," Patrick said. "But this matter involves not only two governments, but more importantly, the integration of two societies, right?"

"Not bad, just an economic system is enough to make people have a headache," Murphy said.

The economic systems of Muggles and wizards are almost completely independent and cannot be connected at all because there is no true general equivalent.

Although both worlds recognize the value of gold, the purchasing power of gold is completely unequal in both societies.

Not to mention those magic artifacts; the value of many wizard items for Muggles cannot be measured by money at all.

From this perspective, Murphy's act of founding the Umbrella Corporation and selling potions to Muggles is actually establishing an exchange system, which can be considered as opening a gap in the huge economic barrier between the two sides.

"However, social integration can be done slowly. I don't even intend to merge the two governments directly. After all, there are too many things that don't need the other side to intervene. There is no need to merge into one; just establish effective cooperation."

"I am preparing to establish a department involving magic in the Muggle government. Let's call it the Magic Revival Countermeasure Bureau."

"Magic Revival? This statement is very vivid," Patrick said.

"The main function of the Countermeasure Bureau is to deal with various social problems brought about by the increase in magic levels."

"Including reducing the negative impact of magic disasters on Muggle society, managing Muggle wizards, etc."

"The Countermeasure Bureau should include a rapid response force, similar to the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters among wizards, which must have a certain combat capability against magical creatures."

"With existing means, injecting the improved werewolf potion is the most suitable."

Two months later, a special selection was launched in the British Army, Marine Corps, and other units.

The soldiers who signed up were only told that this was a test to select talent for a special operations force called "War Wolf."

They needed to go through a series of physical, tactical combat ability, intelligence, and psychological tests, and then go through a month of survival combat training that squeezed their psychology and physiology to the limit, eliminating more than half of the people, and finally leaving five hundred people.

These five hundred people would be sent to a military base called the Transformation Center, where they were required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

……

Magic Revival Countermeasure Bureau Transformation Center, in a hall.

An instructor was speaking to hundreds of "War Wolf" reservists below.

"You have all signed the confidentiality agreement. Finally, remind you one last time: this is a matter involving the highest state secrets. Any behavior that violates the agreement will be regarded as treason."

"Now you are qualified to know the following information. You will be able to choose whether to continue moving forward or quit. If you want to truly become a member of the War Wolf, you must be transformed. I mean transformation in the physical and literal sense."

"You will be injected with the War Wolf potion. I don't know the specific production method of this potion, but it is said to involve so-called void particle technology."

"This potion can significantly improve your physical fitness, make you immune to ordinary cold weapons, and even firearms, give you powerful recovery capabilities, enhance your strength and speed, and improve your vision, hearing, and smell. You will become incredibly powerful warriors."

"There are also side effects. On the one hand, you must inject a soothing potion once a month to prevent madness. On the other hand, the potion also has a one-in-a-thousand failure probability, and there is also a one-in-ten-thousand probability of causing death."

"Now, make your choice."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 389 =====