Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 305 Invincible Golden Body

"A dictator..." Murphy was holding a copy of Dumbledore's letter of denunciation, reading it with great interest. "It's almost embarrassing to praise him like this."

"..."

Barty Crouch was speechless.

Is that a compliment?

Which eye of yours saw a single kind word in it?

"Murphy, this is no time for jokes. They're serious. If we don't handle this properly, the consequences will be dire!" Batty Crouch warned.

"Oh? Tell me, what kind of trouble is it?"

Murphy put the thick stack of letters aside, crossed his legs, and looked ready to listen attentively.

"This... will naturally lead to being ostracized by the international community. The British wizarding community will be isolated and excluded from international affairs. In severe cases, they may restrict transactions with us, or even impose bans, prohibiting some of our members from leaving the country, etc..."

Murphy nodded. "Anything else?"

"You could become an international fugitive, and they might even send an international task force to arrest you."

Murphy nodded again. "Continue."

"..." Barty Crouch frowned. "You don't seem worried about this at all?"

"What are you worried about?" Murphy chuckled. "Are you worried that we won't be able to host the Quidditch World Cup anymore, or participate in the International Goblin Club? Or are you worried about the annual international trade limit of no more than 20,000 Galleons? Or are you worried that they'll send three or four Dumbledore-level fighters to capture me?"

"I'm sorry, I really can't think of anything we have to worry about."

"But..." Crouch felt something was amiss. "Does this mean the British wizarding world is now destined to be at odds with all nations?"

"Why would we be enemies?" Murphy asked. "Would any wizarding community in any country wage war against us?"

"This..." Crouch paused for a moment.

There have been many instances where war broke out in the Muggle world, and wizards spontaneously participated in it for various reasons.

However, it seems that the situation of one country's Ministry of Magic invading the wizarding world of another country has hardly ever occurred in history.

Firstly, most wizarding societies in various countries are autonomous communities, making it difficult to form an external violent machine like an army.

Secondly, with so few wizards and such a vast world, wizards can basically be self-sufficient in whatever they need, making war meaningless.

There's always a reason to risk your life to wage war against another country, but in the case of wizards, even if you wipe out all the wizards of another country, what will you gain? A few more acres of land that you can't use at all? More magical creatures that you need to manage carefully to avoid exposing them to Muggles?

Only someone with a screw loose would do something like this, losing money like this.

Wizard wars are only possible in one situation: when someone wants to gather and control more wizards.

But this requires someone with an insatiable thirst for power, like Grindelwald or Voldemort. But even if such a person exists, wouldn't it be more convenient for him to become the president of the International Wizarding Federation?

In fact, compared to wizards from other countries, Murphy was the one with the right and the motivation to start a wizarding war.

"Are we just going to do nothing?" Crouch was still somewhat worried.

"Of course we can't do nothing. If others insult us or throw dirty water on us, we can't just accept it," Murphy said. "We absolutely have to speak out, even if nobody believes us, we still have to say the right things."

"Isn't it just a war of words? And even if you lose, there won't be much of a loss, so just keep arguing."

"We should respond to the Federation with a positive attitude, but we don't necessarily need to cooperate with the investigation team. Do you think our Ministry of Magic is so idle? We can just find an excuse to gloss over such baseless accusations."

"Compared to those voices from outside, we should actually pay more attention to the wizards in our own country. Just have the Daily Prophet publish more articles about them."

"Why would Dumbledore, a British wizard, do something so detrimental to the British wizarding community?"

"Did he have some grievances about leaving Hogwarts?"

"Is Dumbledore really that trustworthy?"

"Mr. Crouch, those wise men who can truly see the whole picture are only a very small minority in the world. Most people can only make judgments based on limited knowledge and one-sided information, choose a good angle, and choose a good way of narration. Facts can have countless appearances."

……

Barty Crouch left with some doubt and skepticism.

But Murphy wasn't as relaxed as he made it sound.

He frowned and picked up the letter of complaint again.

That old bastard Dumbledore actually did it.

This was not his usual practice; clearly, he had come to see himself as a real enemy and realized that he could not stop himself by himself.

In fact, this move isn't entirely without practical use, as Murphy just said.

What Murphy fears most is actually the interference of the wizarding community in the Umbrella Movement.

As Dumbledore said, the British wizarding world is indeed his personal fiefdom. He is not worried about so-called international opinion or sanctions from the wizarding community, as those are truly meaningless.

However, if wizards use their influence over Muggle society to target Umbrella Corporation, it could put Umbrella Corporation in an even more passive position in the global market.

However, there are ways to overcome this problem.

The interests of wizards and Muggle society are not entirely aligned. When Umbrella Corporation is merely a threat to the domestic market or a foreign company that can be substituted, Muggle society may abandon it under the intervention of wizards.

But what if the protective umbrella possessed a value that no Muggle could refuse?

For example, the ability to resist aging.

The only, truly capable company that can reverse aging and extend human life.

Faced with this gift that no one can refuse, any Muggle will become an ally of the Umbrella.

The wizards who tried to snatch this gift from the Muggles were simply too annoying.

Anti-aging virus.

This "seed virus of the mind" is currently the only anti-aging method that can be mass-produced.

Murphy hadn't planned to bring it to market so quickly.

But now, using it to create an invincible golden shield for the Umbrella Corporation is not a bad idea.

On the other hand, although it is difficult for the International Federation of Wizarding Associations to really do anything to the British wizarding community, being isolated in the international community is indeed dangerous. When Dumbledore realizes that this move cannot cause any real harm to Murphy, he will definitely take more action.

If the British wizarding community is indeed forced to withdraw from the group in the future, it would be best to try to win over one or two allies.

Murphy thought for a moment and was about to send a message to Mrs. Jaga to see if they could formally form an alliance with Al-Kaim, but before he could send a message, the other party sent a message first.

"Come to the Spring Palace immediately, Maria has appeared."

(End of this chapter)