Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 27 is the closed loop.

The moment the heatwave hit, Murphy grabbed the rope and vanished.

Not long after he left, Malfoy Manor was reduced to fragments with a deafening roar, and the fragments, still stained with Fiery Blaze, ignited the woods near the manor, setting off a raging inferno.

After a dizzying spin, Murphy and five Muggles were teleported into the warehouse by a rope-shaped portal key.

"Ugh..." Some Muggles couldn't stand the sudden change in space and vomited.

Alex stared dumbfounded at the suddenly appearing crowd, somewhat bewildered. "Mr. Parker, who are these people?"

"Muggle."

"Ah, you're injured?!" Alex noticed the bloodstains on Murphy's body.

Murphy looked down and saw that he was indeed covered in blood. "Someone else's."

As he spoke, he cleaned himself up and tidied himself up.

"What exactly did you go to do?" Alex couldn't help but ask.

Murphy had just emerged from a major battle and was still a bit tense, but hearing this guy's question inexplicably made him feel relaxed. He reached out and patted the round-faced wizard on the shoulder, "You really want to know?"

Alex chickened out and quickly shook his head like a rattle-drum, "No, no, I'd better not ask."

Murphy smiled, feeling a little more relaxed. He looked at the Muggles again; they had all suffered a lot of fright and torment, but thankfully, none of them were seriously injured.

So he took out his wand and cast the Oblivion Charm on each of them.

It's better to erase those terrible memories.

After doing all this, Murphy used Apparition to move the unconscious Muggles one by one to a safe grove of trees near the factory, making it look like they were lost after escaping.

Then he made a phone call to Patrick.

"Where did you go? I couldn't reach you for a while."

"I took care of something. How's it going on your end?"

"The police came, and then a few more people from the security bureau arrived. I had never seen their badges before, but the police seemed to listen to them. After checking everything, they said that the explosion was caused by a gas leak. I didn't really believe it, but the video camera was broken, and the security guard had passed out for some reason. When he woke up, he didn't remember anything, so we had to accept their explanation."

Patrick's tone grew increasingly serious as he spoke, "I feel this is not a simple matter; someone is definitely pulling the strings behind the scenes!"

"Have they sent people to look for the missing workers?"

"The police are searching, but there are no leads yet."

"Hmm." Murphy paused for a moment, "I have an idea..."

"I think you think the same way I do," Patrick said. "These pharmaceutical companies are definitely pulling the strings behind the scenes! It's a shame we have no evidence!"

"Uh..." Murphy fell silent for a moment.

What he actually wanted to say was that he thought he could pin the blame on those pharmaceutical companies, but he didn't expect Patrick to skip that step and actually think that they were the ones who were behind it.

After thinking for a moment, Murphy didn't correct him, but instead asked, "How are your negotiations with them going?"

"It failed. They didn't want to just take a share of the profits," Patrick said. "And there's even worse news: the committee's ban has been issued, and it's stricter than we had anticipated. They're demanding that we take the products off the market unless we disclose the formula."

"This is going to be extreme," Murphy said.

However, since that's the case, don't blame me for being impolite.

"Go and meet with them again. Go and meet with the heads of these pharmaceutical companies, and the director of the drug safety committee."

"They're clearly trying to kill us; they won't agree to any of our conditions," Patrick said.

"Just tell them you want to surrender, and they'll see you eventually," Murphy said. "Then, get some of their hair, not much, just one strand from each of them."

"Hair?" Patrick asked, puzzled. "You're not planning to cast a spell on them, are you?"

"A curse?" Murphy chuckled. "Let's just say it is."

You said you had no evidence? I'll find you some.

……

A few days later, several major British television stations, including the BBC, Sky Broadcasting, and London Weekend, received an anonymous tip. Out of caution, none of the news outlets reported it.

But soon, a two-minute video clip, after being broadcast on several small television stations, caused a sensation throughout the UK.

In the two-minute secretly recorded video, four or five men can be seen sitting around a dining table, drinking coffee.

Because the filming equipment was quite far away from the group, the image and sound quality were not clear, but it was still possible to determine their general identities from their conversation.

One of them is a senior official on the drug safety committee, and the others come from leading pharmaceutical companies such as Wellcome, GlaxoSmithKline, and Jelicon.

Their conversation was about a newly established pharmaceutical company and one of its drugs.

This was a blatant power-money transaction, aimed at strangling the nascent pharmaceutical company in its infancy and appropriating its formulas for drugs with extraordinary efficacy.

The release of the video immediately sparked public outcry and demands for a thorough investigation.

After further investigation, the investigators found more evidence to prove that the conversation did indeed take place.

The evidence includes, but is not limited to, testimonies from multiple people in the private coffee shop, and footage from several security cameras. The most compelling evidence comes from an amateur street photographer who inadvertently captured the scene of several people leaving the coffee shop.

What happened next further confirmed the authenticity of this story.

Despite being a miraculous drug with unprecedented effects, it has been delayed in obtaining clinical trial approval and has even been asked to withdraw from the market without disclosing its formula. Although its orders are booked for nearly a year and it has no shortage of funds, rumors of its potential IPO or acquisition continue to circulate. Adding to this, insiders at the pharmaceutical company revealed that despite repeated concessions, it still faces the fate of being acquired, leaving the small and helpless new pharmaceutical company with a significant amount of sympathy.

Subsequently, as the incident continued to unfold, some people noticed a "gas pipeline explosion" that had occurred a few days earlier at a factory belonging to the newly established pharmaceutical company, Umbrella Corporation, and various suspicious aspects of the accident were also uncovered.

For example: there was no gas pipeline at the location of the explosion; five workers who were found after being missing for several hours had amnesia; a large amount of medicinal materials and finished medicines were missing; and the police remained silent about the incident and refused to disclose the investigation process...

A complete logical chain gradually takes shape in people's minds:

Wellcome, GlaxoSmithKline, and Jelicare, among other pharmaceutical conglomerates, were well-connected and monopolized the market, making huge profits. However, a protective umbrella company suddenly emerged, rapidly opening up the market with Yunnan Baiyao's magical effects and threatening the interests of the pharmaceutical conglomerates.

So, they first bribed officials of the Drug Safety Committee, doing everything they could to obstruct them. Then, when the other party was in trouble, they attempted a hostile takeover. However, this protective umbrella company, though small, was extremely ambitious and remained fearless and unyielding, still trying to struggle to save itself.

Enraged, the pharmaceutical company finally resorted to drastic measures, deploying gangsters, terrorists, and mercenaries to launch a brutal attack on the Umbrella Corporation's manufacturing plant, looting raw materials and samples, and kidnapping employees, all in an attempt to force them to reveal the formula!

At the same time, in order to cover their tracks, they even bribed the police to deceive the public with a ridiculous excuse like "gas explosion," attempting to confuse the public!

It's a closed loop!

perfect!

(End of this chapter)