Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 428 Intelligence and Meeting

"Of course I know, but what does it matter?"

Seeing the sunny and handsome Mike across from him saying such cold-blooded and ruthless words as if nothing had happened, Kingsley felt creepy for no reason.

"How can you... why do you think so?" Kingsley's voice became much lower, and his expression was a little complicated. "They are all lives. We should capture us, and then..."

"Bang! And then let them go and wreak havoc on the world again?"

Mike slammed the table, then stood up, approached Kingsley and yelled.

His sudden movement startled Kingsley. The nearly two-meter-tall black man was so scared by Mike that he fell directly onto the chair.

The waitress who was about to call the police opened her mouth in surprise and didn't even notice that the phone in her hand had fallen to the ground.

"The Flint family, and those other huge and ancient pure-blood families, they are all hopeless guys! Go and see what they have done? They started after the news of Voldemort's return was announced. They mixed in with the Death Eaters and spread plague and death everywhere to vent their desires!" Mike roared with a ferocious face, "They are all selfish egoists. Now that Voldemort has the advantage, they are showing goodwill to Voldemort. When we have the advantage, they will show goodwill to us again and argue that they are just under the Imperius Curse! They did this last time, and we gave them a chance, and this time they used practical actions to tell us that our choice was wrong! Kingsley, sometimes we have to make a choice, killing some people is to protect the rest!"

Kingsley, slumped in the chair, stared at the boy in front of him with dull eyes. He had never imagined that he would feel such strong pressure from such a boy who was not yet an adult.

Looking at Kingsley's embarrassed look, Mike no longer wanted to get entangled with him.

He simply took out his wand from his arms. Although he didn't point it at Kingsley, the strong magic power emanating from Mike's body already showed what he was going to do.

"Come on, make your choice, Kingsley. Either tell me everything you know, or I'll come and see for myself."

Kingsley was startled by Mike's action. Feeling Mike's almost unbelievably strong magical aura and the other party's fierce murderous intent, Kingsley's huge body could not help but tremble.

Immediately after Mike asked that question, Kingsley took out a document from his traceless stretch pocket without any hesitation and threw it on the table.

Mike took the document, looked through it briefly, and after confirming that it was correct, he finally said with a smile:

"That's right, happy cooperation, Kingsley."

After saying that, Mike put away his wand and swaggered away from his seat.

Looking at Mike's arrogant back, Kingsley raised his head in indignation and shouted in a somewhat inappropriate tone:

"I'll tell Dumbledore about this!"

The only answer he got was Mike raising his middle finger high and the loud bang of him slamming the door.

Seeing this, Kingsley snorted coldly, finished the coffee in his cup, and left the cafe.

It was not until both of them left that the waitress who had been eavesdropping on the side carefully came to their original seats.

She just saw clearly that the handsome blond boy stuffed something under the coffee cup, and she really hoped that it was the boy's contact information.

But when she actually moved the coffee cup away, she found that what Mike had stuffed under the coffee cup was not a note with contact information, but a fifty-pound note.

The waitress's heartbeat quickened suddenly. She quickly stuffed the banknotes into her arms, then turned her head and began to look around. She was relieved when she saw that no one was paying attention to her.

And then, the waiter felt ecstatic.

She no longer has time to care about Mike's contact information.

You know, this is fifty pounds!
You can’t earn that much even if you work for a week!

At the same time, Mike returned to the Masonic secret realm and notified all Freemason members to come to the meeting through Masonic gold coins.

While waiting for everyone, Mike first changed into a serious wizard robe, then came to the meeting room first, opened the file bag and read it carefully.

This is a diary-like report that records all of Kingsley's experiences during this period, and of course, it also includes the results of his investigation into the Flint family.

It shows that after learning that Voldemort had returned, the Flint family did not follow the other pure-blood families and either directly surrender to Voldemort or pretend to be Death Eaters to wreak havoc and seek profit everywhere.

Instead, it simply disappeared.

That’s right, the entire family of hundreds of people, including all their supplies, disappeared.

This abnormal behavior naturally aroused Kingsley's interest, and coupled with Dumbledore's order for him to find Slytherin's locket, Kingsley conducted a very careful investigation of the Flint family.

Kingsley is indeed an outstanding investigator of the Ministry of Magic. His outstanding ability allowed him to find out the general outcome of the matter in just a few days.

But this result made Kingsley so surprised that he almost jumped up.

It turns out that the Flint family was not the only one that disappeared. There were also dozens of families, large and small, including the Prewett family and the Rawl family.

According to Kingsley's speculation, these families should have formed an alliance.

The reason why they disappeared at such a critical moment was to preserve the family's strength in troubled times. After all, they were all well-known families with considerable assets, unlike those impoverished families who could only rely on joining Voldemort to turn things around.

They will come out only when the dust settles and pledge their allegiance to the victor.

By then, no matter who is the final winner, they will not act easily in the face of this powerful alliance of dozens of pure-blood families, large and small. In this way, their interests can be protected to the greatest extent.

Of course, this is just Kingsley's personal speculation, and Mike remains noncommittal about it.

Kingsley also found out where these families settled.

However, these families are also very smart. They did not choose to gather together, but chose to hide separately. Therefore, the hiding place that Kingsley found might not be the Flint family that Mike is looking for.

But it doesn't matter, because since these families have chosen to unite, they must have their own contact information and addresses. As long as one is found, it will be natural to follow the clues to find the culprit.

"Then the next task is to go to that hiding place." Thinking of this, Mike let out a long sigh and threw the thick document bag on the table.

It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized that the meeting room, which had been empty, was now full of people. All the members of the Freemasons had arrived here at some point in time.

"Uh, what are you guys from?"

Mike asked instinctively.

"We arrived about half an hour ago." Penelope poured a cup of coffee for Mike, and then tidied up his messy hair before saying, "But everyone saw that you were reading the documents seriously, so no one said anything."

"Am I really that absorbed in what I'm watching?" Mike rubbed his nose awkwardly, then changed the subject, "Now that everyone is here, let's have a meeting."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Masonic members who were slacking off immediately sat up straight and looked at Mike who was sitting in the first seat.

They knew very well that Mike would never gather all of them together unless it was something very important.

"The main reason I called you here today is to determine the direction of our organization's next actions. Although Voldemort's return has put us under great pressure, many industries under the Los Santos Corporation have also suffered a lot of losses, and many Death Eaters have even directly launched a terrorist attack on the Los Santos Corporation headquarters. But overall, I am still optimistic about the future. Because among all the seven Horcruxes, we have destroyed five, and one of the remaining two is in our hands and can be destroyed at any time. This means that we are actually not far away from completely destroying Voldemort."

As soon as Mike said this, many people in the conference room showed excited smiles on their faces.

At this stage, the Freemasons, with the help of the Los Santos Group, have extended their tentacles into every corner of the wizarding world in Britain. They believe that as long as they can overcome the huge mountain of Voldemort, their future will be bright.

Mike naturally saw the expressions on everyone's faces. He smiled slightly and continued:

"Don't be happy too soon. The darkness before dawn is often the most difficult to endure. If we want to welcome the darkness of light, we must endure this difficult time."

"And if we want to survive, we must work together and unite as one. So I suggest that the Freemasons officially enter a wartime state from now on, and the Los Santos Corporation temporarily suspends all operations except for the production of materials for the Freemasons' internal use."

Having said that, Mike stopped and observed everyone's reactions.

Everyone nodded in response to Mike's decision without any objection.

Because the Los Santos Group is said to belong to the Freemasons, but in fact it is Mike's personal asset. Whether production is stopped or not has nothing to do with them. Mike himself did not consider their opinions at all when making this decision. It would be better to say that he is notifying them rather than discussing it with them.

Seeing this, Mike nodded with satisfaction and continued:
"Then we come to the last topic. We have formed an alliance with Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix and have formed a certain degree of intelligence and resource sharing. I also got news from them about the last Horcrux that was lost. But the only problem is that the Horcrux is now in the hands of a pure-blood family, and that family does not want to cooperate with us. So I decided to use military force against them.

Note that this action is completely different from the previous hidden actions. This will be the first time we show our full strength! Of course, there will be certain risks, but I think compared with this little risk, the benefits we can get from it will be greater! "

There were different reactions in the meeting room upon hearing this, but what surprised Mike was that the opposition voices he had expected did not appear.

The emotion expressed by most people was excitement!

Especially Franklin, he was so excited that he even climbed onto the table and beat his chest like a gorilla.

Seeing this, Mike finally smiled.

This is normal, as the members of the Freemasons are generally young people, and young people are often full of energy.

"Since you have no objection, then let's do this. I will specify the specific implementation time separately." Mike said with a smile, "Okay, that's all I want to say. Next is the free discussion time. Do you have anything to say?"

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other and shook their heads. Only Benjamin, who was sitting in the corner, had a hesitant expression, as if he had something to say but didn't know where to start.

Seeing this, Mike frowned and said loudly:

"Benjamin, do you have anything to say?"

Benjamin shuddered when his name was suddenly called. Seeing that all eyes were focused on him, he gritted his teeth, stood up and said:

"Mike, you should know that the Death Eaters and those pure-bloods have been wreaking havoc everywhere recently, right?"

Mike nodded.

"Huh! My hometown, Liverpool, was also attacked. Those damn Death Eaters attacked an alchemy workshop there and released a death plague inside." Benjamin said with a red face, "I... I know it's not a good thing to do, and it goes against the interests of the Freemasons. But that is my hometown after all, and that damn British government didn't do anything about it, and even threw out the fantasy theory of herd immunity. So... so I wonder if the organization can allow me to take people to save... save those people."

After speaking incoherently, Benjamin's face was already so red that he couldn't face anyone. He lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

He was well aware that his request was extremely rude, as the Freemasons would not be able to gain any benefit from this at all.

But he still said it!

Now, it depends on what decision President Mike will make!
On the other side, after hearing Benjamin's words, everyone's attention in the conference room shifted from Benjamin to Mike. They were all very curious about Mike's decision because many of their hometowns had also been attacked.

If Mike decided to help Benjamin, they would be able to make their demands known.

Mike, who was sitting at the head of the seat, frowned. Just when everyone was about to be disappointed, he said loudly:
"Okay! But I have to remind you first that we must fight quickly and not let this matter affect our war against the pure-blood families!"

"I understand! I will definitely make it quick and decisive! In addition, we will also keep our actions secret and try to reduce the number of Muggle witnesses so as not to cause trouble for the organization!"

Listening to Benjamin's excited words, Mike's relaxed brows frowned again.

He knew very well that Benjamin was worried about the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

But why should they care about that kind of thing?
"No need to keep it secret."

"You...what did you say?"

"I say, we don't need to keep it secret." Mike spread his hands and said, "Since we are doing good things, why should we be sneaky? We must let everyone know that it was us Freemasons who saved the people of Liverpool!"

(End of this chapter)