Chapter 374

The meeting of the Order of the Phoenix was as usual, almost without mentioning anything related to the actual situation. Harry felt a bit impatient at first, but soon, he knew why Doge did this.

Starting from the black man Dark, one after another, people whose backgrounds were unknown were successively stuffed into this organization that was originally very secret, following the relationships of all parties. If nothing went wrong, the Death Eaters had become the only large organization in the Order of the Phoenix without eyes and ears, which was about a very shameful thing for them... of course, this couldn't be counted as glorious for the Order of the Phoenix either.

No one dared to talk about business at the general meeting, naturally, one couldn't count on the general meeting to accomplish any business. The greatest significance of this meeting was to maintain the existence of the Order of the Phoenix, to maintain this organization that was increasingly deviating from its original intention, but increasingly growing, and could continue to exist meaninglessly.

After the meeting, Harry and Sirius discussed, besides Lupin and Snape who were already their own people, who else could they pull into the ranks of "plotting against Doge".

According to Harry's observation, although Aberforth and Moody had lost their spirit, they indeed harbored faint dissatisfaction with the current Order of the Phoenix, which was quite important and very worth winning over. Besides, the remaining people were either not necessarily loyal, or not necessarily useful, or in high positions, more suitable for cooperating with Doge on the surface. At present, the actual scale of the "true Order of the Phoenix" in their plan was still very, very small.

Harry, who deeply realized that the road ahead was long and the burden was heavy, temporarily didn't consider the Order of the Phoenix. Because another more important meeting was imminent, how much time he would have to slowly sort out the situation of the Order of the Phoenix depended on how he performed at the first Death Eater meeting the next day.

At this moment, Sirius's subordinates were using long ropes to measure whether the teacups on the long table in the conference room were arranged neatly. And the protagonist of the next day's meeting, Harry, who was responsible for playing Saruman, was in a vacant room on the side, deliberating the draft with two Death Eater high-level officials.

"The audience for this meeting is ostensibly the vast number of bottom-level Death Eaters, followed by Bondarev," Snape said seriously, "But in the final analysis, the most important audience is Bondarev, do you understand?"

"I know, sir." Harry repeated honestly, "To make Bondarev feel that we are trying to gather bottom-level Death Eaters, but the content he needs to hear cannot be missing at all, and it cannot appear deliberate."

"The content that Yanayev needs to know," Sirius wrote and drew on the paper, "First, we have the ability to resurrect Voldemort at any time..."

"No, we don't." Harry reminded, "The painting is in Doge's hands, he will definitely hide it very carefully in order not to resurrect Dumbledore."

"Oh right, uh, what about the ring?" Sirius frowned, "This seems to have not been solved yet?"

"This problem doesn't need to be solved." Snape said, "Yanayev knows we are Dumbledore's people, he knows Voldemort can't come back."

"But bottom-level Death Eaters will care about this point." Sirius retorted.

"No, for bottom-level Death Eaters, he knows we don't want to give up power either." Snape said, "So no matter what, we don't need to delve into the matter of resurrecting Voldemort."

"Alright, this is the first thing." Sirius's pen paused, "Also, we need to find something serious for the Death Eaters to do, it's best if this thing can also attract Bondarev's attention."

"I mentioned it, right, magical exchange program, establishing a database, sharing ancient heritage." Harry said excitedly.

"Right, this is very meaningful to us, but Yanayev may not necessarily be distracted by this kind of thing." Snape knocked on the table, "Give them a direction, researching some kind of weapon... just say, just say it's to deal with Dumbledore."

"This isn't good, what if they really research something?" Harry was startled.

"Even if they really research something, it's under our control." Sirius waved his hand indifferently, "Just like the Focus of the Rainbow, we hold it, don't use it, that's fine."

"Also right, ah! This logic is smooth." Harry nodded, "We can resurrect Voldemort immediately, but because Voldemort is cruel, everyone is unwilling to resurrect him unless it's a last resort. It hasn't reached the last resort yet, but considering it for a rainy day, we need to have a means to contend with Dumbledore even without resurrecting Voldemort, so we need to research some kind of weapon. Then in order to research this weapon, we need everyone to unite and cooperate, establish a database to share technology, this is very reasonable."

"In Bondarev's eyes, this is also reasonable enough, we used all kinds of schemes to integrate the Death Eaters, we must want them to play a role. Moreover, the most dangerous place is the safest place, Yanayev might also be unable to help but suspect, will we deliberately hand over the most important project to the least trustworthy Death Eater group in order to cover up?" Snape nodded, "Then whether researching weapons is an excuse to extract technology or not, it is worth their attention."

"This is definitely not an excuse." Sirius said seriously, "Success or failure doesn't matter, what matters is that we need to restrain these people, not let them go out and cause trouble. If they seriously invest in research work, then we can slowly reform these Death Eaters—I have experience in this."

"The matter of restraining them can also be told from another angle, that is, the Ministry of Magic." Snape prompted, "The high-level and the Ministry of Magic have reached a consensus, we start from wizards serving as Muggle Prime Minister, using the excuse that we cannot affect the overall situation, to warn the bottom level not to torture Muggles at will."

"Right, this is also a great idea..." Harry wrote down one suggestion after another on the paper.

After this day in 1996, the date of July 7th would carry a special meaning for the Death Eaters. It was the day the second Dark Lord gave his first speech, confirming the change of power, and it was also an important turning point, indicating that the Death Eater group began to gradually transform from a simple terrorist gathering that added trouble to society into a democratic party with organization, discipline, goals, and a willingness to actively contribute to social development.

"I have never considered becoming a king, a lord, never thought about serving as any leader, not even a prefect." Harry, wearing half a black mask, stood on the podium and talked eloquently, "But when the train of fate reached this station, the talent given by the bloodline was waiting to be realized, the situation was like this, and the expectations were gathered, I had to inherit the name of the Dark Lord, inherit this responsibility and obligation to lead everyone to glory."

"You might feel that compared to the previous Dark Lord, I seem to lack confidence. However, it doesn't matter, I don't need and don't like that kind of brutal rule. I am here today, and I can calmly explain three facts to everyone. After that, you will very naturally follow my opinions, because I am completely looking at the current situation from your own interests, from the glory of pure blood."

"What is the current situation? Let's talk about the first fact: The Order of the Phoenix no longer poses a threat to us, and may even become our ally. According to reliable intelligence, it can even be said that it is obvious to all, after Dumbledore passed away and the Order of the Phoenix fell into Doge's control, this old dog's desire for power became increasingly deep. He is turning the Order of the Phoenix into another Slug Club, which means that Doge has become the person who least hopes for Dumbledore's return, and at the same time, he has also become the person who least hopes for the Death Eaters to disappear. This is easy to understand, if Dumbledore returns, the power in his hands will immediately vanish; and if the Death Eaters are gone, the Order of the Phoenix will lose its significance for existence, and the power in his hands will also gradually disintegrate. Therefore, as long as Doge is alive for one day, we don't have to worry about the Order of the Phoenix or Dumbledore posing a threat to us."

"Next, let's talk about the second fact: The Ministry of Magic also does not pose a threat to us, and has become our ally. Our Professor Snape is in a high position in the Ministry of Magic, and we are fully supporting Jim Hack to win the Muggle election, opening the era of wizards ruling Muggles. In the near future, we can very smoothly drive all Muggle-borns back to the Muggle World to live, and let the Wizarding World return to its previous purity."

"Finally, let's talk about the third fact, which is our internal situation. I am not hinting at anything, I am just stating a fact calmly: no one will cast spells on their own people anymore."

"Yes, the current situation is excellent, so we naturally think: every one of us has an obligation to maintain this beautiful situation, and absolutely cannot destroy it."

"We must consider one thing, what if Doge's successor is a reckless young man who doesn't understand the situation, and wants to start a war unreasonably, or what if Dumbledore suddenly returns one day, do we have to capture without a fight and wait for death? This is obviously not possible, so we need to establish a group to research a weapon, or a secret spell, in short, we need to have the means to contend with Dumbledore."

"Next, we also need to notice that Jim Hack becoming Muggle Prime Minister is a very happy thing, but if he cannot be re-elected, and then a stupid Muggle is replaced, he stuffs the annoying Muggle-borns back into the Wizarding World, is this okay? This is obviously not okay, so we must take the overall situation as the priority. We make it clear in advance, if anyone privately attacks Muggles, affecting the overall situation of the Ministry of Magic, and is caught in Azkaban, the Death Eater high-level will not speak for you."

"Of course, you can also completely ignore the two things I just said, but in that case, if there is any change, our only way is to invite Lord Voldemort back. At that time, continue to live a life of fear under his hands, are you willing?"

"I will say so much, and I will not deliberately kill people to establish prestige, because I believe that any rational wizard will make the right choice."

Harry ended his speech a bit nervously. After a brief whisper among the Death Eaters below, they began to applaud. When he sat back in his seat, he noticed Bondarev sitting loosely in the front row, looking at himself with appreciative eyes.

At this moment, he finally felt that he had finished the last exam and could start his fifth-year summer vacation.