The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 601 Excavation (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
"Is that plan very dangerous? Because I just heard Mundungus at the door saying that he would rather die than participate in this plan." Ryan asked.

"Of course it's dangerous." Mundungus said before Moody could say anything. "You know what? Their plan is to find six people to drink Polyjuice Potion and transform into Harry's appearance, and then divide them into seven teams with Harry himself and move in seven directions. This way, they can send Harry out safely as much as possible, because theoretically even the You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven parts."

"The You-Know-Who really split himself into seven parts, but he just couldn't run out to hunt us down." Hermione complained to Ryan through the Phoenix Mark. However, no one else present heard this. Mundungus's voice, which became a little sharp after being angry, echoed in the small kitchen.

"But this means that each group of two people will be besieged by a group of Death Eaters, and even the mysterious man will join the siege. I think in this case, participating in this action is no different from seeking death."

"Shut up, Mundungus." Moody slammed the table. "You are a coward. Dumbledore will support us at any time in this operation. Even if we encounter the mysterious man, we only need to stay in the air for five to six minutes and we will get Dumbledore's support."

"Yes, five or six minutes. It sounds easy, but I don't think any of us can survive the attack of the mysterious man for that long." Mundungus seemed a little hysterical. "I really can't let you die for others. Maybe only idiots like you would do that."

"Mundungus!" Moody stood up with his hands on the table, staring at Mundungus with both eyes. "I know you are a spineless reptile, but you should not think that everyone thinks the same as you--"

"Okay, stop arguing." Ryan finally understood what was going on. "So in order to avoid being monitored by the You-Know-Who, we can only use flying brooms, thestrals, or Sirius' flying motorcycle, because these things don't require us to use magic, right?"

"That's true," Lupin said gently. "I know this is a very dangerous plan, but we have no better alternative."

"But I think I have a way to greatly increase the safety of this plan." Ryan suddenly thought of something he had seen in the world of Men in Black. "How many days are left before we pick up Harry?"

"Three days, if today is not counted." Sirius stood up and said excitedly. "Do you have any idea to improve the safety of this operation?"

"Of course, but I need to get such an independent house before dark today. This house must be within 3km of Harry's residence and must have no connection with the wizarding world. At the same time, the method of obtaining this house cannot use any magical means to avoid arousing suspicion." Ryan said.

"No problem, leave it to me." Lupin stood up. He now trusted Ryan's words almost unconditionally. "As far as I know, there are few things that Muggles can't do with money."

After saying that, Lupin glanced at Sirius, who immediately nodded in understanding. "No problem, I still have a lot of Muggle money. At least I can rent a small house."

Sirius had once loved the culture of the Muggle world and even bought a very expensive motorcycle. So it was natural for him to have enough pounds on hand. However, for safety reasons, Sirius stayed at the Burrow, while Lupin called Tonks, who was asking Mrs. Weasley for housework tips upstairs, down and the two of them went to London together.

After arriving in London, Lupin and Tonks went to the bank to withdraw money from Sirius' account, then looked at the map and determined the distance before heading straight to Surrey, west of London. It only took them two hours to successfully rent a two-story detached house of about the same size as Harry's aunt's house in a small town in the Mole Valley area next to Harry's aunt's house, which was some distance away from the surrounding houses.

The fact that they could rent a house so easily was related to the recent terrorist attacks organized by Voldemort. Because the previous terrorist attacks were mainly concentrated in the Greater London area and surrounding areas, many local people chose to take refuge elsewhere temporarily. This resulted in many vacant houses in this area. The chubby real estate agent who was called over temporarily was a little surprised when he saw them pay in cash, but he was relieved when he saw Tonks gently take out a handkerchief from her pocket to help Lupin wipe the sweat off his forehead.

Because Lupin had experienced many hardships in the first half of his life, even though he had a good life in the past two years to make up for the physical damage he suffered in the previous difficulties. But his face, which was older than his peers and his hair mixed with white hair, could not be changed. In the eyes of the real estate agent, it was obvious that Lupin and Tonks were a couple with a big age difference, and they might have to elope because of their family's opposition. In this case, their credit cards were naturally blocked, and it was natural for them to rent a house with cash.

Of course, Lupin didn't know the story of the real estate agent across from him. He just felt that his rental was too smooth. After paying the deposit and rent, the house could be used by Lupin for the next two years.

"This place is great." After using the two-way mirror to notify the people waiting at the Burrow, Ryan and Hermione soon appeared in the house together. Lupin had previously learned from Dumbledore that Ryan and Hermione had mastered a special way of space transfer that could avoid most of the detection and space partition magic in the wizarding world. But he was still very shocked after seeing it with his own eyes.

Unlike the previous Apparitions where a snap and a person appeared in a spin, Ryan and Hermione suddenly appeared from the room hand in hand. The two of them suddenly appeared in a previously empty place, just like the people edited out in the video.

"Can I ask what your plan is?" Tonks asked curiously.

"Of course." Hermione nodded and introduced. "We will dig an underground passage from here to Harry's aunt's house without any magic within three days, and then let Harry evacuate through this underground passage. The others will follow the previously planned plan to attract the attention of the You-Know-Who and buy time for Harry's evacuation."

"Although the distance we need to dig here is nearly 100 meters longer than we expected, if we start working now, we should be able to complete our preparations within the scheduled time." Ryan made a plan after communicating with the spacecraft that was currently hanging in low-Earth orbit and acting as a reconnaissance satellite. "We will start working now. I hope you can keep the situation here confidential after you return. You can only tell Moody or Dumbledore at most."

"Got it. Let's go back to the Burrow now and come back in three days." Lupin seemed to realize something after hearing what Ryan said, so he nodded solemnly and took Tonks away.

"Okay, let's get started now." After Lupin and the others left, Ryan first placed some gems engraved with runes around the house to build a defensive alchemy array, then opened the space door and took out a silver-white minivan-sized laser sintering shield machine. Fortunately, such a thing can be placed in the living room of this house.

Ryan got this shield machine from the Men in Black world last time. He wanted it mainly to provide a new underground bunker excavator for the Fallout world, so that the vanguard troops can quickly dig new bunkers to ensure safety after entering dangerous areas that have never been entered before. And now this thing can be used to implement this retreat plan.

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For the next three days, Ryan and Hermione stayed in this room to supervise the excavation of the shield machine until the scheduled day of retreat arrived.

(End of this chapter)