Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 304 Dumbledore's Report

Before leaving Hogwarts, Murphy went to inspect the school's teaching situation, mainly to see if the practical classes were continuing as he had originally envisioned.

The results were quite good. A former Oxford professor who had been exposed to the werewolf virus was in charge of teaching the practical course. Murphy sat in for a while and found that the professor had a broad perspective and was patient, making him very suitable for guiding this group of students who were just beginning to explore scientific methodology.

Murphy was relieved.

Once these students reach fifth or sixth grade and have received ample training in scientific research methods, they can be sent to places like magic research institutes for internships (working for free).

Back at the magic research institute, Murphy and several teams worked together to develop a magic radar scanning model.

Calculations show that by using a huge directional magic antenna array for frequency modulation, and ensuring a scanning accuracy of one to two meters, the magic radar can achieve a scanning range of three to five thousand kilometers. If the accuracy is relaxed, the radar's scanning range can be even greater.

However, such a magical radar cannot be implemented using a raven array antenna. It requires higher array precision and too much computing power. Unless Murphy is prepared to use everyone in the mind network as human computers, the duration of the raven array antenna is not enough to support a full-angle scan.

Physically constructing a real magic radar is imperative.

Fortunately, the Magic Radar already possesses most of the advanced magical technologies required for its operation: magic antenna theory, magic frequency modulation, magic metal, and more.

Most importantly, there are magic metals and magic reflective materials, one for conducting magic and the other for reflecting magic fluctuations.

According to calculations, to achieve the desired effect, the magic radar to be built needs to be at least forty meters in diameter and requires 6,800 tons of magic metal.

It's unrealistic to rely on the laboratory to produce so much magic metal. Fortunately, the magic radar doesn't have high requirements for the quality of magic metal, and Murphy's solution is quite simple: hire fairies to produce magic metal.

Anyway, since Gringotts is gone, many of the fairies are unemployed at home. They're just sitting around doing nothing, and they're prone to causing trouble, so why not give them something to do?

As for the funds used to hire fairies—the Brin family had a lot of gold coins confiscated during the raid, and it was reasonable to take them from the fairies and use them for the fairies.

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While the Magic Radar project was gathering materials, the construction of ten magic research institutes under the names of various research institutes under the Umbrella Corporation was also progressing steadily.

Selling computers and various chips has made Umbrella Corporation an inexhaustible source of wealth. Umbrella Corporation has already begun its next phase of development in mobile communications, and with the upcoming launch of its anti-cancer drug, Umbrella Corporation has become the world's most profitable company, bar none. The next few companies combined cannot match it.

If the Umbrella Corporation were considered a country, its annual income would surpass that of countries like Portugal, Finland, and Israel, ranking 31st globally.

Such formidable economic power led Murphy to make rather aggressive decisions, with almost half of the profits used to advance the construction of laboratories around the world, and the other half used for horizontal expansion.

Thanks to Murphy's foresight, almost no promising startup in any industry could escape his keen eye.

Umbrella Corporation has become the world's largest angel investor and the ultimate destination for almost all outstanding startups.

In this terrifying expansion, Umbrella Corporation is growing rapidly at an alarming rate, gradually resembling the super-corporation from which its name originates.

This has naturally aroused a lot of apprehension. Since last year, several countries, led by the United States, have been putting a lot of pressure on Britain. Facing its allies across the ocean, the British government has always been spineless. If it weren't for the fact that Umbrella Corporation also has many "friends" in Parliament, Umbrella Corporation would probably be facing the danger of being dismantled now.

Even so, the sanctions have already begun to fall on Umbrella Corporation's head. First, the United States, together with other EU countries, imposed protective tariffs on various Umbrella products. Then, the US government launched an investigation into Umbrella Corporation for "suspected endangerment of US national security" on the grounds that Umbrella companies had set up operations in the Soviet Union, and once again imposed 100% punitive tariffs on Umbrella products.

With the US and Western European markets essentially blocked, Murphy began to use shell companies in various countries to circumvent sanctions, while simultaneously turning his attention to the vast Third World.

You don't want to do business with me, huh? Do you think there's no other way to make a living on this planet besides you guys?

With both technology and capital, how could a protective umbrella not make money anywhere?

Unfortunately, if the British government hadn't been such cowards, Murphy would have dared to withdraw from the agreement and join the socialist camp.

Even so, the practice of setting up shell companies to participate in construction in the ancient Eastern country while making some money is still a must.

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In addition to the Muggle community's pursuit and suppression, the various national magic ministries in the wizarding world also began to cause trouble for Murphy.

The incident began when Albus Dumbledore, the president of the International Federation of Wizards, submitted a whistleblower letter and an investigation request to the federation.

Dumbledore revealed a shocking scandal to the Federation: Murphy Darkholm, a former employee of the British Ministry of Magic, a current Hogwarts director, and the owner of several magic shops, illegally amassed wealth by dumping potions on Muggles, causing potions to flood Muggle society. Furthermore, he used this illicit wealth to employ Muggles to research magic, resulting in many Muggles who should not have known about the existence of magic becoming aware of it.

At the same time, he also controlled the Ministry of Magic, and recently even occupied Gringotts, making the Ministry of Magic Murphy's personal fiefdom, and he himself became the de facto dictator of British magical society.

During this period, he committed numerous crimes using deception, torture, brainwashing, and massacre, and also seriously violated the International Law on the Secrecy of Wizards, putting all wizards in the wizarding world at risk of exposure.

In his whistleblower letter, Dumbledore presented a wealth of evidence, including testimonies from numerous former Aurors, former Ministry of Magic employees, bankrupt magic shop owners, goblin victims, and descriptions of several potions produced by Murphy's puppet company, the Umbrella Corporation, demonstrating their similarity to wizarding potions. The letter also included extensive investigations and documents concerning various suspicious aspects of the Umbrella Corporation.

President Dumbledore called for a full investigation into Murphy Darkholm and the British Ministry of Magic, and urged all national ministries of magic to use their connections with Muggle governments to sever ties with the Umbrella Corporation, sanction the company's business practices, and crack down on this illegal corporation that threatens the safety of the wizarding world, and to restore the world to its original order as much as possible.

As the Grand Master of the Wizarding Union and a leading figure in the global wizarding world for decades, Dumbledore's whistleblower letter caused a huge uproar within the Wizarding Union and among wizards worldwide.

Given Dumbledore's past prestige, once the whistleblower's letter was published, Murphy's violation of the secrecy law was already a foregone conclusion, requiring no further investigation.

Looking at Murphy Darkholm's path to wealth over the years, anyone can realize that his fortune was ill-gotten.

Immediately, the international wizarding community was outraged, with voices condemning Murphy's illegal and disorderly conduct and the British Ministry of Magic's inaction growing louder and louder.

The day after the whistleblower letter was sent, a worried man with almost gray hair arrived at Murphy's residence on Weasel Mountain.

"What do we do? The Wizarding Federation demands an explanation, and they're sending an investigation team next week." Barty Crouch's face was tense. "It's almost impossible to cover this up now; the situation abroad is too chaotic to suppress..."

(End of this chapter)