Chapter 415: Clearing the Fog

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

Tang Tang Nade 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 a project he established after seeing the human experiment plan, determined to find a way that would not hurt anyone to counter the Masked Riders.

However, as Hermione said, once away from the 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 are hard to truly rival Masked Riders. Dead objects with limited strength can never compare to Knights who can become stronger by relying on idealistic power.

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

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

The Magical Congress's so-called "Herrscher Project," as well as the engraved "Stigmata," were all included in the story of that "Destiny" and the "Kaslana family." If one followed the previous guess and believed that this came from some ancient lost civilization, then the mastermind behind this plan could only be Tang Tang Nade himself.

Since Tang Tang Nade obtained the information through archaeology, it meant that the technology should have been available at that time. The probability of Elena's experiment succeeding must be very high. Tang Tang Nade must have been confident in this, which is why he dared to use his trusted subordinate as the first subject. Because Tang Tang Nade's personality was like this, he might be a bit flighty, but he would definitely not adopt a gambler's plan.

And the part he showed Hermione, or rather the deceitful part of Tang Tang Nade, lay in his separation from 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 in opposing the plan.

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

If one added that Hermione would spontaneously ask Harry about the Ministry of Magic's progress, then Tang Tang Nade would have won three times over.

"Yes, this also involves one of the things that worries me," Harry decided at this moment that he could not let Tang Tang Nade have 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 know the actual situation, these two human experiments had strong similarities. Now with the precedent of the Queen losing control and running wild, leaving no bones behind, even if the Herrscher Project couldn't be immediately banned, it could at least make them pause and reflect.

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

She said, "I'll write to Tang Tang Nade later. I think we can analyze your dilemma 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 Tang Tang Nade and the Magical Congress as a whole, then the transfer student that he and Luo En encountered became a existence that was both a smoke screen and a deadly trap. Their seemingly straightforward and crude methods could easily make Harry or Luo En feel uncomfortable. But if one followed the previous train of thought and suspected whether the Magical Congress was trying to frame Tang Tang Nade, or conversely, Tang Tang Nade framing the Magical Congress, then this was a question with no correct option. Only by jumping out of this point and considering Tang Tang Nade and the Magical Congress as a pair of allies, then the true purpose of these two transfer students became obvious.

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

Even, for the Luo En-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."

"Could it be that she also participated in some human experiment?" Hermione said with some worry. "Elena didn't send me a letter because she didn't want me to worry about her."

"That's impossible. The Celestial Empire directly controls the Masked 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?" Luo En 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 Tang Tang Nade's little thoughts here, so he decided to avoid Tang Tang Nade 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?" Luo En said thoughtfully. "They are worried that with Zhang Qiu's assistance, you will become the strongest Masked 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 Xuanjun, then why would they risk designing human experiments? Wouldn't it be better to just get the Masked Rider technology?"

"I think Zhang Qiu's leave should be for the Celestial Empire'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 Luo En's analysis is correct?" Hermione stopped her pen and began to think for Harry. "They don't want Zhang Qiu by your side. This is also for the sake of the Masked Rider affair."

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

"Then it must be someone inside the Celestial Empire playing tricks, a secret society opposing Master Xuanjun. They want to destroy Master Xuanjun's plan and not let Zhang Qiu come over," Luo En said indignantly.

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

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

"Didn't we analyze it last time? He is a Soviet," Harry said, and his thoughts suddenly became clear. "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 the Celestial Empire and not let her come to help us."

"Then what should we do?" Luo En frowned.

"What was your original plan?" Hermione interjected.

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

"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, thanks," Luo En scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. "I will work hard."

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

Luo En's eyes began to wander again. Harry was a bit worried at this moment, 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 very good sparring partner."

"And, you would 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. Luo En was also in a pretty good mood; he looked at Hermione with a smile, saying nothing.

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

This means specifically aimed at Luo En soon appeared in front of them.

At noon the next day, a Ravenclaw boy stood in front of Harry and Luo En with a half-smile. His light golden 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 Masked Rider Saber, right?" he used politeness to cover his arrogance. "I am looking forward to sparring with you. May I ask when you are convenient?"

"Who are you?" Harry asked vigilantly.

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