Chapter 374: Benevolent Dark Lord

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 person after another whose background was unknown was 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 without eyes and ears in the Order of the Phoenix, which was a very shameful thing for them... of course, this was not glorious for the Order of the Phoenix either.

No one dared to talk about serious matters at the general meeting, so naturally, one couldn't expect the general meeting to accomplish any serious matters. 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, so that it could continue to exist meaninglessly.

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

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 were two veterans who were quite important and worth winning over. Besides that, the rest of the people were not necessarily loyal, not necessarily useful, or were 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 was deeply aware of the long way to go, temporarily didn't consider the Order of the Phoenix. Because another more important meeting was just around the corner, 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 conference table in the conference room were neatly arranged. And the protagonist of the next day's meeting, Harry, who was responsible for playing Saruman, was in an empty room on the side, pushing the draft with two Death Eater high-level officials.

"The audience for this meeting is superficially the broad base of Death Eaters, and secondly 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 the base of 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 of all, 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 Deng Buliduo."

"Oh right, er, what about the ring?" Sirius frowned. "This doesn't seem to have been solved yet?"

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

"But the base of Death Eaters will care about this point," Sirius retorted.

"No, for the base of 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 resurrection of Voldemort."

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

"I mentioned it, right, magical exchange project, building a database, sharing ancient inheritance," Harry said excitedly.

"Yes, this is very meaningful to us, but Yanayev may not be distracted by such things," Snape tapped the table. "We need to give them a direction, researching some kind of weapon or something... just say, just say it's to deal with Deng Buliduo."

"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 Rainbow of Focus, we hold it, don't use it, that's fine."

"That's true, ah! This logic is smooth," Harry nodded. "We can resurrect Voldemort immediately, but because Voldemort is cruel and unrighteous, everyone is unwilling to resurrect him unless it's a last resort. Now it's not a last resort, but considering it in advance, we need to have a means to contend with Deng Buliduo 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 for technical sharing, this is very reasonable."

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

"This is definitely not an excuse," Sirius said seriously. "Whether it succeeds or not doesn't matter, what matters is that we need to restrain these people and not let them go out and cause trouble. If they seriously invest in research work, then we can slowly transform 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 reminded. "The high-level and the Ministry of Magic have reached a consensus, starting from wizards serving as Muggle Prime Minister, using the excuse that it cannot affect the overall situation to warn the base not to torture Muggles at will."

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

After this day in 1996, the date July 7th will carry a special meaning for the Death Eaters. This was the day the second Dark Lord gave his first speech and confirmed 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 a half-black mask, spoke eloquently on the podium. "But when the train of fate arrives at this station, the talent bestowed by blood needs to be realized, the situation makes it so, and the public expectation is what it is, I have 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. But that doesn't matter. I don't need or like that kind of cruel way of ruling. I am here today, and I can calmly explain three facts to everyone. After that, you will naturally follow my opinion and do it, 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 can no longer pose 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 Deng Buliduo 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 wants Deng Buliduo to return, and at the same time, he has become the person who least wants the Death Eaters to disappear. This is easy to understand. If Deng Buliduo 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 Deng Buliduo 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 general election and open 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, allowing the Wizarding World to 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 very plainly: no one will cast spells on their own people anymore."

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

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

"Next, we also need to note 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, and 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 into account. We will make it clear in advance, if anyone privately attacks Muggles and affects the overall situation of the Ministry of Magic, and is caught into 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 Voldemort back. At that time, continue to live a life of fear under him, are you willing?"

"I'll just say this much, and I won't 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 whispering, the Death Eaters below 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. ===== CHAPTER 375 =====