Chapter 55: A little thought on the path of wizards becoming gods

"Bastard!" In Scrimgeour's office, Kingsley Shacklebolt punched the pillar.

"How is Frank's injury?" Scrimgeour asked the Auror who came to report.

"He didn't suffer any injuries, he was just stripped of his valuables by the rats in Knockturn Alley, and even his wand was lost. However, his memory..."

The Auror said, shaking his head. "The healer at St. Mungo's said he suffered a very strong Obliviation Charm and is afraid he won't be able to recover. And in the short term, there may be symptoms of slight amnesia or memory confusion."

"Can he get better?"

"The healer said the problem is not too big and should be able to get better."

"That's good." Scrimgeour breathed a sigh of relief.

"Withdraw everyone watching the Supreme Potion Shop first."

"Why?!" Kingsley shouted angrily. The black strong man slapped his hands on Scrimgeour's desk. "Rufus! We just had a brother injured, don't you want to avenge him?!"

"Calm down, Shacklebolt, this doesn't look like you."

Kingsley took a deep breath and exhaled. "How many years, how many years have we not encountered such a thing? Our brother was injured, but we actually have to sit and wait, unable to do anything."

"Patience, Shacklebolt." Scrimgeour said. "In the past, didn't you advise me to have patience?"

"But Frank is my team member!"

"Patience, our enemy is very cunning! He has proven this more than once! Underestimating him, or acting recklessly, will be bitten back by him!"

Speaking of this, Scrimgeour shook his head. "It's strange, such a person, he was in Hogwarts, but he wasn't from Slytherin."

"Frank's hideout was destroyed, leaving no evidence." Scrimgeour sighed again. "Obviously, Frank must have discovered something, so he was detected by Murphy, and then the evidence was destroyed."

"If I had known, I should have let him report to you as soon as he had clues."

"This can't blame you. The more frequent the reporting, the easier it is for people to discover. I agreed to the rule of regular reporting." Kingsley's anger seemed to subside, and he said calmly.

"But now, our clues are broken again. Do you have any other way, Kingsley?"

"Maybe we should arrest him first. He is only nineteen years old. I believe he won't survive our interrogation!"

"You say this, a bit like Alastor. I don't know how his retirement life is going."

Kingsley smiled. He naturally knew that such a tough method wouldn't work, because of the money offensive, Murphy had considerable influence in the Ministry of Magic, and it was difficult to achieve the goal by torture.

He pondered for a while, paced back and forth in the room. "Do you remember the name of the company Murphy opened in the Muggle world that Lucius said?"

"You mean Umbrella? What do you mean?"

"Since it's already unlikely to check from the potion shop, why not start from the Muggle side? According to Lucius, that company is very famous in the Muggle world, so it shouldn't be hard to find."

"Good idea!" Scrimgeour immediately understood the other party's meaning. "You reminded me, who is the Auror beside the Muggle Prime Minister now?"

"Gawain Robards."

"Ah, Robards. He is a fool, being played around by that lady."

"However, he should still be of some use. Send someone to notify him and let him explain to the Muggle Prime Minister... no, don't inform the Muggle Prime Minister, let him privately use Muggle power to assist in the investigation. Sending another Auror to assist him should be enough."

"Why not inform the Muggle Prime Minister? That would be more efficient."

"Borrowing their power would make us look very incompetent and might cause trouble for the exchanges between the two worlds in the future."

"Understood, I'll go notify him now."

"Mr. Murphy, this is the spell and corresponding formula for the Anti-Intruder Jinx you want."

Knockturn Alley, Siren's Song, the goblin Locke handed a letter to Murphy.

The latter opened it and looked. "Thank you, Locke."

"You are too polite, Mr. Murphy." Locke picked up the beer and took a sip. "It is my honor to serve you."

Murphy nodded. "There is one more thing, I want you to help me inquire."

"You say."

"Do you know where house-elves are sold? I'm planning to buy a few."

This request was quite common. Like new rich men like Murphy, they often have the idea of buying a house-elf. "Generally, every once in a while, someone will sell their own house-elves. Usually, they might be newborns or about to be abandoned."

"If you need it, I will pay attention to it for you, but usually the price of house-elves is not cheap..."

"Money is not a problem, but the number I want is not small. Is there any kind of centralized breeding, specifically selling elves?"

"This..." Locke was a little stunned. He hadn't heard of such a request. "How many do you plan to want?"

"At least... fifty."

House-elves have magic and are hardworking, so they are much more efficient than Muggles, but the research institute is really not small. Without dozens of house-elves, they certainly wouldn't be able to take care of it.

Fifty!

Locke was shocked. His employer was always so unexpected!

He really wanted to ask, why do you want so many elves?

Open another magic school?!

"This might be a bit difficult, but I will ask for you."

Returning to the Supreme Potion Shop, Murphy had someone make an access control. All employees need to pass through the access control to enter and exit.

And the access control will automatically spray the Anti-Intruder Jinx to prevent anyone from sneaking in again.

In addition to Supreme Potion, Murphy also brought this access control system to the mansion. From now on, everyone entering and leaving the mansion and the magic research institute will pass through an Anti-Intruder Jinx.

The four major specialized laboratories, library, conference room, etc., of the research institute have also added an Anti-Intruder Jinx. Although it will make everyone a bit embarrassed and troublesome for a while, just treat it as a disinfection measure.

After arranging these, Laura Kruger found him. "Director, there is a result seminar today, do you want to attend?"

She has now been appointed by Murphy as his director assistant, responsible for controlling the research direction of the entire institute, making it always move towards the goals set by Murphy.

"Oh?" Murphy was very interested. "There are results so soon?"

It had been less than a month since the research institute officially opened. Murphy didn't expect these Muggle researchers to have gains so quickly.

"The paper passed the peer review in the institute yesterday. We think his ideas and thoughts should be very valuable. But in fact, this is also just theoretical value, so it's just right for you to listen and check."

"Okay, what is the paper called?"

"A Little Thought on the Path of Wizards Becoming Gods."

Hiss...

Starting with such a big thing?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 56 =====