Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 442 Meeting
In the Masonic meeting room, all the Masonic members were sitting on both sides of the conference table, staring at Mike who was smiling at the head seat.

This is already the second collective meeting in the past two months. Compared with the past when there might not be a meeting for several months, this frequency is really too high, which makes all the members sitting here look solemn.

Especially Benjamin, he now looked overworked and his face looked very ugly.

In the past half month, he has been working overtime almost every day to sell the magic cloth, magic liquid and those captives.

Especially the group of captives. After discovering the existence of such a good man as Benjamin, they began to make various demands.

The faces of some of them were truly ugly!
Under such torture, Benjamin gradually lost his patience with the prisoners. He began to use the prisoners as laborers in the factory according to the policy originally set by Mike.

This action made those he had originally helped hate him even more, and also made Benjamin more determined that what he did was right.

Some people are not worthy of your kindness!

After dealing with these things, Benjamin thought he could have a good rest for a while.

But they didn't expect Mike to inform them that there would be another general meeting!

This made Benjamin panic, fearing that Mike would throw some difficult task at him again.

However, Mike, who was sitting at the head of the group, obviously didn't know what his members were thinking. Seeing that everyone's expressions were extremely solemn, he smiled and clapped his hands, saying:

"Okay, let's all smile. Why are you so serious?"

Hearing this, everyone in the conference room laughed.

But their smiles were all fake and looked very ugly.

Shaking his head, Mike probably realized that he had scared everyone, and then explained:

"Well, actually, I asked everyone to come here this time because I wanted to share the joy and celebrate. After all, our magic cloth and magic liquid sales plan was very successful! Oh, by the way! Speaking of this, I have to praise George and Fred. You two did a great job! Without your help, our sales in France would not have been so smooth!"

As he said this, Mike gave a thumbs up to the Weasley brothers who had just returned from France in the corner of the conference room.

The latter did not say anything. The two of them just smiled, and then raised their thumbs in return in tacit understanding.

“Our international business is now on the right track, and the next step is to steadily improve and maintain profits.

There are a large number of outstanding talents within the Los Santos Group who can participate in these tasks. Penelo, you only need to make some decisive decisions later.

But we must remember that we must not make the mistake of being an amateur leading the professionals, because when it comes to finance, they are the ones who really know the business.”

Penelope nodded, and the feather pen floating beside her quickly recorded Mike's words on the notebook.

"Also, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is about to open, and everyone should be clear about the current situation. Voldemort and the Death Eaters are acting more and more brazenly, and the difficulties we will face will become greater and greater.

So I won’t say much more, let’s all work hard together.

Well, that's all I have to say. If you have anything else to discuss, please bring it up. If not, I have already asked the house elves to prepare a banquet, and we will go over and celebrate in a while!"

After saying that, Mike began to tidy up his desk. In his opinion, his members would probably not have any big problems. In fact, this was true. Others at the conference table had already stood up happily.

But plans can never keep up with changes. Just when everyone was happily preparing to go outdoors to attend the banquet, a serious and familiar voice suddenly came.

"Mike, I have one more thing to say."

Mike was stunned for a moment, turned his head in the direction of the voice, and saw a rare solemn expression on Franklin's face.

So Mike put away his smile and said seriously:

"what's up?"

"It's a Muggle matter. Do you remember the time when we were doing chivalrous deeds among Muggles?"

Mike nodded.

This incident caused a big stir at the time, and almost most of the Muggles in Ying Country knew that there were people with super powers rescuing the victims.

Theoretically speaking, with the current capabilities of the Ministry of Magic, they would not be able to suppress this matter, but no one knows what means the Ministry of Magic used. They actually persuaded the Muggle Prime Minister to help them limit the flow of information.

With the help and debunking of rumors by the Muggle Prime Minister, the stories about people with super powers saving disaster victims gradually disappeared in Ying Country.

After thinking for a moment, Mike asked:
"Has there been any subsequent changes in this matter?"

"It's like this. Recently, the Muggle Prime Minister's people have been looking for us everywhere. Even some people in black suits have come to my house!"

As soon as Franklin said this, there was an uproar in the meeting room.

You know, they themselves will certainly be fine when facing the malice of Muggle society. After all, they are all wizards with supernatural powers, but their families are different!

If the Muggle government is really so crazy as to try to find out who is behind this through their Muggle families, then they really have no way to stop them.

Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited, Franklin continued with a serious expression:
"But they don't seem to have any bad intentions. On the contrary, their attitude can even be considered very submissive! But I'm sure their target is us!"

Franklin waved his wand, and a piece of ordinary A4 paper flew out, with a sentence written on it - 'Hello, powerful wizards, we have no ill intentions, we just want to meet you.'

"This was secretly placed in my house by that group of people. I found it when I checked the house after I learned the news." As he said this, Franklin placed the A4 paper on the table, and people came forward and passed it around.

But after watching it, everyone's faces looked unhappy. Facing this situation, they really didn't have any good solution. In the end, they could only turn their eyes to Mike, who was sitting in the first seat and thinking with his eyes closed.

The conference room fell into an eerie silence.

After a long time, Mike slowly opened his eyes and looked at everyone expressionlessly.

"I've understood everything, and I also know what you're most worried about now." Mike looked around at everyone and said straightforwardly, "But please rest assured, as we swore when we joined the Freemasons, we will always be a whole. So I declare that the Freemasonry will now be open to your parents and family members. If you feel that their lives are threatened, you can take them to the Freemasonry for refuge. I will build new residential areas and living facilities here to ensure their safety.

Of course, this is only the last resort. I believe that your parents should have their own jobs and lives, and it is obviously impossible to ask them to abandon everything they have, especially when the danger is still unknown. So on the basis of the previous ones, I will also send Los Santos Group staff to install basic alarms and defense systems for your houses in the Muggle world, and at the same time provide your family with a certain degree of protection to ensure that they have enough time to escape to the Masonic secrets when danger comes. "

As soon as Mike finished speaking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the originally gloomy and tense atmosphere in the conference room was swept away.

Everyone present is not a fool. They are very touched that Mike puts their family's safety first. If it were a stupider and more cold-blooded leader, he might not care about the safety of his subordinates' families at all, but only care about his own and the organization's interests.

It is my honor to follow such a boss!

Everyone thought so at the same time, and looked at Mike with gratitude.

But Mike obviously didn't have time to enjoy these. His expression was still solemn. He stood up, frowned and said:
"You don't have to look at me like that. These are what I should do. In addition, in addition to ensuring the personal safety of your family members, we must also find out what the attitudes of the Muggles are and where they got our information from. These are also very important matters. Benjamin, this matter is handed over to you and Franklin. Go and test them and find out the other party's intentions. If necessary, you can even reveal your identities and use spells. For this mission, I give you unlimited power of fire."

Benjamin shook his head painfully. He knew very well that his rare rest was gone again.

Franklin, who was standing aside, looked embarrassed and said with a tangled expression:

"Mike, I am very grateful that you can give us unlimited right to open fire. This is a manifestation of your trust in us, but the Ministry of Magic..."

"Don't worry about the Ministry of Magic! They are in trouble now and have no time to care about you."

Mike interrupted him directly. Franklin nodded silently and sat back in his seat.

Mike supported the table with both hands and said to everyone:

"I know you are all worried about your families right now, so the banquets later will be cancelled for the time being. Now, you should go home as soon as possible."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they fled out of the meeting room. Benjamin and Franklin, with bitter faces, went to prepare for the next task.

Watching everyone leave, Mike breathed a sigh of relief, slowly sat down and began to pack his things.

But at this moment, the two Weasley brothers suddenly came to Mike.

"Hey! You okay, bro?"

"Stupid George, how can Mike be okay after such a difficult situation?"

"What are you talking about, idiot Fred! Uh, okay, I admit that I was wrong. Mike, what I want to say is that you don't have to worry too much about this matter. After all, this is just a small problem in the Muggle world. I believe that Benjamin and Franklin will be able to handle this matter with their abilities."

Looking at the two Weasley brothers who were trying to comfort him in a clumsy way, Mike smiled and nodded slightly.

"Well, I hope the facts will develop as you said. Also, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

The Weasley brothers looked at each other with surprised expressions. They didn't expect that Mike would see through their tricks so easily.

"Well, we can't hide anything from you." George spread his hands and said, "We do have something we want to tell you."

Fred added:

"In fact, this is an invitation. You may not know that Dumbledore put Harry in our house some time ago. Now Harry has been staying in our house for more than a week. We all like him very much. Harry's birthday is coming soon, so we are thinking of holding a birthday party for him. And you are his good friend, so we must invite you."

Mike's brows furrowed again. Harry hasn't mastered the art of brain occlusion at this stage. Gathering together like this is really a terrible idea.

He almost instinctively wanted to persuade the Weasley brothers to cancel the party, but the Weasley brothers in front of him seemed to have seen something from Mike's expression, and they spoke first:

"It's called a birthday party, but in fact it's just a very small dinner party. Apart from the people from the Order of the Phoenix, we only invited you and Hermione, so there shouldn't be any danger. Hurry up and agree!"

Facing those two pairs of sincere eyes of George and Fred, Mike really couldn't say no.

So, after hesitating for a long time, Mike finally agreed to the other party's request.

Then a scene that made Mike dumbfounded happened. After completing their goal, George and Fred ran away without looking back, leaving Mike with a confused look on his face in the empty conference room.

Looking at the backs of the two people, Mike came to his senses and smiled faintly. Without saying anything, he picked up the documents he had packed earlier and walked out of the meeting room.

But just as he reached the door, a voice behind him called him again.

"Wait, have you forgotten something?"

Mike turned around and saw Zhou Hong with his arms crossed, looking at him with dissatisfaction.

In just a moment, Mike reacted. Before going to Avery Secret Realm, he had agreed with Zhou Hong that he would test his transformation after returning, but he had forgotten about it the moment he turned around.

"Hey, isn't this Zhou Hong? How come you walk without making any sound?" Mike patted his head and said with a smile, "I was just planning to look for you. Now is the perfect time. Let's go."

(End of this chapter)