Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 429 Rescue
As soon as Mike said this, the entire conference room fell silent. Everyone looked at each other, and no one could speak.

Finally, it was Benjamin who took the lead. He shook his head slightly and stammered:
"I...I...I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Sometimes you are so silly and cute, Benjamin. Imagine if we had become unsung heroes as we did in the past, who would have the honor of saving Liverpool?"

Benjamin still shook his head in confusion.

Mike was helpless when he saw this. He slapped his forehead hard and said loudly:
"Anyway, it won't fall on our heads! Brothers! This is called good people don't get good rewards! Those in power can get a lot of praise even if they do nothing about this matter, but what about us who really did good things? Can we only continue to hide in the sewers and be our little mice? No, I don't want my brothers to encounter this kind of experience. I want to let the glory that originally belonged to us return to us!
On the other hand, we are not doing this simply to save your hometown. Think about it, Benjamin, there must be many wizards who have similar experiences as you, but they are not powerful enough, so they can only watch their hometowns become battlefields and their loved ones fall into danger.

If we let everyone know about our deeds in Liverpool at this time, and let them know that even at this moment, there are still people willing to risk being arrested by the Ministry of Magic to save those Muggles!

Guess what they think of us?
They'll think we're heroes! Benjamin!"

Benjamin's face turned red due to Mike's words. He was breathing heavily and staring at Mike, as if he couldn't wait any longer.

Franklin and others on the side all looked at him in disbelief. In their impression, Benjamin rarely appeared so excited.

"I think you should have understood everything I said by now." Mike tapped Benjamin on the chest. "Then you should set off now. The sooner you set off, the more people can be rescued. In addition, if anyone here wants to join, you can also follow Benjamin."

"Yes, President!"

Benjamin excitedly gave Mike a chest-beating salute, then quickly left the meeting room, followed closely by several Freemasons including Franklin.

As for the remaining members in the meeting room, they all left after Mike announced the official adjournment of the meeting.

Finally, the conference room became quiet again. Mike felt a little tired. He took a long breath, lay back on the sofa and closed his eyes.

Behind him, Penelope was silently rubbing his temples.

"Are you tired?"

Penelope's gentle voice reached Mike's ears. He slowly opened his eyes, looked at Penelope's delicate face and smiled:
"Of course, a lot has happened in the past two days. But there will be more to come, so I just have to hold on."

Hearing this, Penelope giggled and whispered in Mike's ear:

"The hot spring in the secret realm has been built. How about we just..."

Penelope didn't say anything next, but gently licked Mike's ear.

Mike reacted instantly. He touched Penelope's hand and said:
"You go first, I'll be there in a moment."

Penelope walked away swaying, and the smile on Mike's face slowly disappeared.

What Benjamin and the others didn't know was that, in addition to the reasons mentioned before, there was another most crucial reason why he wanted them to handle this matter in a high-profile manner.

That is, he wanted to let the Muggle rulers know that there is a group of people in the wizarding world who are friendly to Muggles.

If possible, he would like to reach some degree of cooperation with the Muggle rulers.

Of course, all this depends on the actions of Benjamin and the others.

Just as Mike was preparing to take a hot spring bath, Benjamin's plan to save Liverpool was in full swing.

In fact, Benjamin knew very well that given their friendship, Mike would definitely agree to his request to save Liverpool, so Benjamin had been trying to prepare an antidote as early as when the death plague broke out in Liverpool. Now, he has successfully cracked the plague and started mass-producing the antidote.

So, actually, what they have to do now is very simple, which is to distribute the antidote to every infected person.

However, it is not easy to complete this last step. You know, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and the same goes for humans.

In a city as big as Liverpool, there are bound to be some weirdos who are unwilling to cooperate.

So after discussing with Soraka, Franklin and others, Benjamin decided to use the rain-fall method to throw the medicine.

This method is very common in the wizarding world, especially the staff of the Ministry of Magic's amnesia team are very familiar with it.

Generally, when a large number of Muggles witness the power of wizards, they will use this method to release amnesia potions to erase everyone's memory.

But the effect of this method is not very good, because although the rain spell is easy to cast, you cannot guarantee that everyone will be caught in the rain during the rainfall.

Therefore, Benjamin and others must improve those antidotes and enhance their effects so that they still have strong antiviral effects even after evaporating into moisture.

Only in this way can we ensure that everyone in Liverpool can escape from the nightmare of the plague.

It is actually very simple to achieve this effect, just increase the concentration of the medicine in the rain.

However, this would require a large amount of gold Galleons to purchase materials, and before Mike nodded, Benjamin had no right to mobilize such a large amount of gold Galleons.

And now that Mike has given the nod, they can start working on making more antidotes.

So, with the efforts of Benjamin and Soraka, a sufficient amount of antidote was finally produced before the early morning of the next day.

"Phew! Finally done!" Benjamin stretched his stiff limbs and said, "Soraka, thank you, I really don't know what I would do without you!"

Hearing this, Soraka put down the antidote in her hand, turned her head and smiled:

"As long as I can help you, this little bit of hard work is nothing."

"Soraka!"

"Benjamin!"

Soraka and Benjamin called each other's names, the distance between them became closer and closer, and the burning fire in their eyes became more and more intense.

Finally, their bodies were about to touch each other, but at this moment, a sudden cough was heard from behind them.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Soraka and Benjamin jumped away at a speed several times faster than before. Benjamin turned his head angrily, only to see Franklin saying with an innocent look on his face:

"Well, I don't want to disturb you, but...but everyone can't wait any longer, so they sent me to ask about your progress." "Okay, okay!" Benjamin took off the surgical gloves on his hands angrily, "Tell them all to come in, we're leaving now! Let's go to Liverpool and do a great job!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a smile appeared on Franklin's face. He nodded, turned around and quickly walked out of the laboratory.

……

The next day, early in the morning in Liverpool, the sun rose slowly as usual, casting its brilliant light on this huge city.

Today is a working day, and Liverpool should be bustling with people at this time.

However, what was strange was that at this moment Liverpool was as silent as if someone had pressed the pause button. Not only was there no car or person on the road, but even all the shops and apartments along the street had their doors closed.

In today's city, the only things that are still moving around freely, apart from the garbage flying in the wind, are probably the stray animals.

In a high-rise apartment, a tall white man was holding his seven-year-old daughter and standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the hopeless city.

The little girl in the man's arms had long, soft flaxen hair and was very cute.

But at this moment, her delicate face was filled with a sense of death, and under her fair skin, there were many brown objects constantly flowing.

The little girl looked out the window at the sun-filled street and stretched out her hand eagerly.

However, this tiny movement made her sweat all over as if she had exhausted all her strength.

And the white man was looking at his weak daughter with a worried look on his face.

Just a month ago, a mysterious plague broke out in the city. After a short incubation period, the skin of the infected people would slowly turn brown all over their body, and when the skin of the patient's entire body changed color completely, they would die.

That day, the local TV station began to ask people not to go out, but no one paid any attention to them.

No one took this seriously. After all, living in a modern city, they are used to doing things their own way and will not stay indoors just because of your small warning.

Almost everyone was convinced that this was just a minor flu that would soon pass, but it turned out that they were wrong.

The plague quickly swept through the whole of Liverpool. To this day, people still don’t even know how the plague spreads. They just know that if they have contact with an infected person, they will basically be infected 100%.

Panic began to spread.

Everyone first rushed to the supermarket to buy and stockpile supplies, but this behavior accelerated the spread of the plague. When the supplies in the supermarket were sold out, everyone finally listened to the advice of the TV station and stayed at home.

Of course, there were still many people who did not believe the TV station’s lies. They began to try to escape from the city, but without exception, they all failed.

Because the government has stationed bands at every intersection leaving the city, anyone who wants to pass through will be persuaded to turn back, and if persuasion is ineffective, coercive measures will be taken against them.

Yes, compulsory measures, that's what the TV station said, but looking at the desperate expression on the face of the once beautiful and dignified female host when she said this word, it was difficult for the white man to convince himself that those who attempted to resist could come back alive.

There are many people as smart as him. At this time, everyone understands one thing, that is, the government has given up on them!
Everyone was completely desperate.

At this time, the mob appeared.

This group of fearless people were venting their anger madly on the streets. They smashed everything they could smash and looted every store they could loot.

The white man and his daughter watched all this in the apartment.

But they soon discovered that the thugs had also disappeared.

The white man speculated that they must have all been infected with the plague and died.

He was quite happy when he came to this conclusion, but soon he was no longer happy because he was surprised to find that some brown spots were slowly appearing under his daughter's skin!

He knew very well that his daughter was infected, and he, who was with her day and night, must have been infected as well.

He was desperate, and he started to smash everything in the apartment, including the TV, refrigerator, wardrobe, sofa...

All of this became a victim of his violent outburst, and just when he was about to collapse completely, looking at his daughter's terrified eyes, he finally calmed down.

He picked up his daughter and stood at the window to watch the sunrise as usual.

If nothing unexpected happens, this may be the last sunrise they watch together, because the mortality rate of this mysterious plague is extremely high. Once the disease occurs, the patient will basically die within a day.

He wanted to accompany his daughter quietly for the last time, and after his daughter left, he might end his life in another way.

Thinking of this, a miserable smile appeared on the white man's face.

But at this moment, the little daughter in his arms screamed.

The man immediately woke up from his painful memories. He looked at his daughter nervously, but was surprised to find that outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window, the originally bright sunshine had completely disappeared at some point, and dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and it looked like it was going to rain soon!

The white man breathed a sigh of relief. He was not surprised at the sudden change in the weather. After all, this is Ying Country, and it is still summer. It is not surprising that the weather has changed so drastically.

But his daughter was obviously very interested in this weather change. She stretched out her hands and leaned on the glass, her big eyes full of curiosity.

Soon, raindrops fell.

Unlike the common showers in summer, this was a heavy downpour, with dense rain curtains almost connecting into one in the sky, as if God had accidentally knocked over his kettle.

As the rain grew heavier, the little girl's reaction became more intense.

She was seen pulling the window handle hard, trying to open the window, but she was too weak, so she couldn't open the window at all.

The white man witnessed all this and struggled in his heart. Finally, he made up his mind.

Since it’s the last day, I might as well fulfill all of my child’s wishes!
Thinking of this, the man gritted his teeth and opened the heavy glass door!

(End of this chapter)