Chapter 415: Clearing the Mist

After carefully studying various advanced classes, Hermione was able to accurately identify the flaws in Donald's project, but unfortunately, she couldn't convince Donald, or rather, she discovered that this flaw was indeed unsolvable.

Donald wanted to imitate the way Muggles made chips, using some kind of alchemical device to control the mecha, so that the wizard themselves could avoid injury or death—this was the project he established after seeing the human experiment plan and being determined to find a way that wouldn't hurt anyone to counter Kamen Riders.

However, as Hermione said, once away from a wizard's direct spellcasting, the operation of magic must follow the basic principles of alchemy of equivalent exchange, which is what Muggles often call the law of conservation of energy. This is a truth that everyone who has seriously studied alchemy understands, and it is also the reason why mecha can hardly truly rival Kamen Riders. Dead objects with limited strength can never compare to Knights who can become stronger by relying on idealistic power.

This was something Donald had been having a headache about, and Hermione naturally shifted her focus to Harry. She wanted to learn about the Ministry of Magic's response plan, so as to find a way to propose new ideas. Because Alina participated in that experiment voluntarily, Hermione could only rely on a plan better than the experiment to save her best friend.

Harry had already discovered many suspicious points in the process of listening to her description, and he quickly formed his own guesses in his heart.

The so-called "Herrscher Project" of the Magical Congress, and the engraved "Stigmata," were all included in the story of "Destiny" and the "Kaslana family." If one followed the previous guess and believed that this originated from some ancient lost civilization, then the pusher behind this project could only be Donald himself.

Since Donald obtained the information through archaeology, it meant that the technology should have been available at that time. The probability of Alina's experiment succeeding must be very high. Donald must have been confident in this, which is why he dared to use his trusted subordinate as the first subject. Because Donald's personality was like this; he might be a bit erratic, but he would never adopt a gambler's plan.

And the part he showed Hermione, or rather the scheming part of Donald, lay in his cutting ties with the Magical Congress. He made Hermione think that the Herrscher Project was proposed by the Magical Congress, distancing himself from the controversial topic of human experimentation, pretending to be very moral and very heartbroken to oppose the plan.

Then, inviting Hermione to participate in his Iron Man suit project—this was a very fresh topic, content that Hermione couldn't come into contact with elsewhere and could only talk about with Donald. Moreover, the Iron Man suit project had a visible fatal flaw. Hermione could discover it and try to solve or bypass it. This not only made her feel that she had played a role, with participation and a sense of achievement, but also effectively exercised and cultivated Hermione's abilities, ultimately letting Donald win again and again in both emotion and career.

If one added that Hermione would spontaneously ask Harry about the progress of the Ministry of Magic, then Donald would have won three times.

"Yes, this also involves one of the things that worries me," Harry decided at this moment that he couldn't let Donald get his way, at least not let him complete the Herrscher Project smoothly. "The Ministry of Magic is also conducting human experiments."

The Queen Project was already full of risks and uncertainties, and its theoretical basis came entirely from Gregoriou's wishful thinking. They were just watching the vampire population on the verge of extinction and making a desperate gamble with a gambler's fanaticism, which was completely incomparable to the seemingly feasible Herrscher Project. However, for outsiders who didn't understand the actual situation, these two human experiments had strong similarities. Now that there was a precedent of the Queen losing control and running wild, leaving no bones behind, even if they couldn't immediately ban the Herrscher Project, they could at least make them pause and draw inferences from other cases.

Sure enough, after hearing Kruse's story, Hermione immediately thought of Alina. She almost spread out a blank letter paper on the spot, but as soon as her pen tip touched the paper, she calmed down.

She said, "I'll write to Donald later. I think we can analyze your predicament first, Harry."

"No, you write first, I just happened to have another train of thought," Harry frowned, his fingers tapping the table alternately, his brain spinning rapidly.

Yes, if one considered Donald and the Magical Congress as a whole, then the transfer student he and Ron encountered became a smoke bomb and a fatal trap. Their seemingly straightforward and crude methods could easily make Harry or Ron feel uncomfortable. But if one followed the previous train of thought and suspected whether the Magical Congress was trying to frame Donald, or conversely, Donald was framing the Magical Congress, then this was a question with no correct option. Only by jumping out of this point and considering Donald and the Magical Congress as a pair of allies, then the real purpose of these two transfer students became obvious.

They were here to destroy the relationship between Ron and Hermione, and at the same time, they wanted to destroy the relationship between Harry and Zhang Qiu.

Even, for the Ron-Hermione thing that hadn't even started, I'm afraid the Magical Congress wanted to attack Zhang Qiu the most. They must have known in advance that Zhang Qiu would ask for leave and not come to school.

"But why would Zhang Qiu ask for leave?" Harry couldn't help but say. "And she didn't even send a letter, not a word of explanation."

"Don't tell me she also participated in some human experiment?" Hermione said with some worry. "Alina didn't send me a letter because she didn't want me to worry about her."

"That's impossible. China directly controls Kamen Rider technology, why would they need to do any human experiments?" Harry shook his head. "And, what I'm still thinking about is, the Magical Congress likely knew in advance that she was going to ask for leave, but how did they know? What exactly is Zhang Qiu doing?"

"Why are you dwelling on this?" Ron asked. "Does it matter whether the Magical Congress knows Zhang Qiu asked for leave?"

"Of course, because—" Harry paused. He hadn't decided whether he could clarify Donald's little thoughts here, so he decided to avoid Donald first. "The exchange student sent by the Magical Congress tried to destroy the relationship between me and Zhang Qiu. I think this is worth paying attention to."

"Could it be because of Number One?" Ron said thoughtfully. "They are worried that with Zhang Qiu's assistance, you will become the strongest Kamen Rider."

"Doesn't that mean that even Zhang Qiu's leave was designed by them?" Harry felt this statement wasn't quite right. "If the Magical Congress really had the ability to manipulate Master Master Xuanjun, then why would they risk designing human experiments? Why not just get the Kamen Rider technology?"

"I think Zhang Qiu's leave should be for China's affairs," Hermione analyzed slowly. "The Magical Congress just happened to know and wanted to take advantage of the situation."

"Yeah, why exactly did Zhang Qiu ask for leave? This is the thing that worries me most today," Harry sighed.

"Is it possible that Ron's analysis is right?" Hermione stopped her pen and began to think for Harry. "They don't want Zhang Qiu by your side, this is also for the Kamen Rider thing."

"Master Master Xuanjun couldn't possibly think so. He originally wanted Zhang Qiu to be here to help us," Harry shook his head.

"Then it's someone inside China playing tricks, there's a secret society opposing Master Master Xuanjun. They want to destroy Master Master Xuanjun's plan and not let Zhang Qiu come over," Ron said angrily.

"That was debunked long ago, there is no secret society," Harry said irritably.

"Eh? Then the mysterious person who contacted Malfoy—"

"Didn't we analyze it last time? He's a Soviet," Harry said, and his train of thought suddenly cleared up. "That's right, the ones who least want our strength to grow are the Soviets. They must have used some means to force Zhang Qiu to be trapped in China and not let her come to help us."

"Then what should we do?" Ron frowned.

"What was your original plan?" Hermione interjected.

"It was to help Ron become the strongest Knight," Harry answered for Ron.

"Then that's it. Even without Zhang Qiu's help, you must achieve this goal," Hermione said in a supportive and encouraging tone. "This is the best counterattack against the conspiracy."

"Tha, thank you," Ron scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. "I will work hard."

"Right, that was the conclusion when we discussed Moon Knight before," Harry rubbed his face in distress. "Strength is the foundation of everything."

Ron's eyes began to wander again. Harry was a bit worried, but he could only think of one way.

"You have to spar with Draco more," he said. "You actually discovered last time that his strength isn't much weaker than yours, and he can serve as a good sparring partner."

"And, you'd also be very happy to find an opportunity to beat him up, right?" Harry added.

Hermione smiled slightly, and then her pen tip began to slide on the paper again, making a pleasant rustling sound. Ron was also in a good mood; he looked at Hermione with a smile, saying nothing.

Harry looked at this rare beautiful scene, but he still felt uneasy in his heart. Did Donald really only send two female students? Just like the dense lies he wove at Hermione's side, did he only play one not-so-big open card at Ron's side? Harry didn't quite believe this; he suspected that Donald had also arranged some means against Ron.

This means specifically aimed at Ron soon appeared before them.

At noon the next day, a Ravenclaw boy stood in front of Harry and Ron with a half-smile. His light blonde hair was combed very elegantly, his eye sockets were deep, his nose bridge was high, and his handsome face intuitively proved his unusual identity.

"You are Kamen Rider Saber, right?" he used politeness to cover up his arrogance. "I'm looking forward to sparring with you. When would it be convenient for you?"

"Who are you?" Harry asked vigilantly.

"I am Alan Harris, one of the exchange students this year," he revealed a confident smile. "Of course, you might have guessed it, my other identity is—Kamen Rider OOO." ===== CHAPTER 416 =====