Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 313 Control and Winning Over

Umbrella Corporation headquarters building.

Murphy glanced out the window; the protesters holding signs had almost completely blocked the Umbrella Corporation's entrance on the street below.

The news on the television was also broadcasting news about anti-aging and anti-cancer viruses.

"The march has grown to two thousand people. People have taken to the streets, demanding that the Umbrella Corporation release its technical data to alleviate public panic..."

"Publicize the technical data..." Murphy turned off the TV and sneered, "Leaving aside the magical aspects, the investment in Muggle society alone is in the hundreds of millions. Publicize it? Do you think I'm doing charity?"

"I'm sorry, Murphy, I messed things up." Boris was also in the room, looking very worried.

"This isn't your fault, and it's not something you could handle," Murphy sighed. "What's coming will come. I thought the Soviet Union's actions would calm them down, but I didn't expect them to come here and cause trouble again."

Murphy had already investigated. The researcher who violated the confidentiality agreement and leaked information to the hearing committee, although he had no access to such a confidential institution as the Magic Research Institute, was willing to risk offending the Protector and incurring a fine of millions to "tell the truth." His attitude was a bit too resolute. After investigation, it turned out that the Virgin Mary statue was behind it all.

In the Soviet Union, the ideological guidance provided by the statue of the Virgin Mary under the rectification movement had failed; it could not stop the progress of an awakened nation.

So it went to the United States.

The United States pressured the British Prime Minister, which led to the scene at the hearing.

The US has been making things difficult for the US for quite some time now. Ever since the chip incident, the US has been trying to dismantle and swallow up the US's protective umbrella.

And this time, they should have also received news from the Soviet Union.

Projects of the scale and level of a "National Science and Technology City" cannot be completely hidden; it's only a matter of time before they are discovered.

However, the United States is probably still wondering about the authenticity of the so-called "void particles".

After all, they themselves had come up with the "Star Wars" program. Maybe the so-called "void particles" and "tech city" were just smokescreens used by the Soviet Union to make the United States waste its national strength.

However, the fact that the Umbrella Corporation had established a presence in the Soviet Union and that its relationship with the Soviet Union was extraordinary was enough to make them wary.

Umbrella Corporation's powerful innovation capabilities in the fields of chips, computers, the Internet, and biology make it like a hen that keeps laying golden eggs. Once it really joins the Soviet Union's camp, it will be a question of how long the United States' technological hegemony can be maintained.

Whether it's the greed for Umbrella Corporation, this golden goose, or the fear of Umbrella Corporation siding with the enemy, the United States has already decided to kill Umbrella Corporation. The appearance of the statue of the Virgin Mary is just an opportunity to unite Umbrella Corporation's opponents.

The United States had a very clever plan. First, it pressured Britain to discredit the Umbrella Corporation. Then, it investigated, convicted, dismantled, and annexed the Umbrella Corporation in one fell swoop. After taking down the Umbrella Corporation, it dug out some information about the true situation of the Soviet Union. With this series of moves, it not only strengthened itself but also weakened its enemies, and incidentally knocked its disgruntled allies back to their original positions.

It's a win-win situation, perfect.

However, Murphy was of course not going to admit defeat.

Since the prime minister is just a spineless coward who will bow and scrape to the American lords, then don't blame me for using extreme measures.

Murphy connected with Rahim via the telepathic network: "Inform Sen, execute the plan, take control of the Prime Minister."

Anyway, the current prime minister is just a puppet in front of the United States. Since they are being controlled anyway, why can't they control themselves?

Using financial incentives to blackmail and using magic to control someone are neither more elegant than the other.

However, this tactic was ultimately only a temporary measure.

The British Prime Minister is not the President of the United States, much less the President of the Soviet Union. The structure of the British political system dictates that very few prime ministers can achieve dictatorship in Parliament. Most prime ministers are merely mouthpieces for their political parties, and they face impeachment if they disobey orders.

This is also why Murphy didn't want to get bogged down in the mess of Britain and turned to the Soviet Union instead.

In the Soviet Union, if you want to get things done, you only need to deal with a limited number of people, such as a few dozen or a few hundred.

But if you want to get things done in the UK, it's like fighting a lump of mud. You break this lump of mud, and there are countless more lump of mud waiting for you.

There's a reason why this place produces so many gradualists like Dumbledore.

……

A few days later, Weasel Mountain.

Sirius Black, wearing a cowboy hat and with an unlit cigarette in his mouth, was hoeing the ground in his yard like a Muggle farmer.

Harry hasn't started his holiday yet, and his days on Weasel Hill are quite boring.

For a time, he would travel around the world to make up for the years he had wasted in Azkaban.

Moreover, traveling the world was their dream when they were in school—these raiders.

If it weren't for the First Wizarding War, he, James, and Remus would have ridden that motorcycle and wandered all over the world. To France, to Finland, to faraway Africa and Egypt, to travel the whole world.

For this reason, he even asked Hagrid to give him back the flying motorcycle.

But whenever he embarked on a journey alone, a terrible loneliness followed him like a ghost, quickly causing him to lose interest.

Only then did he realize that what he truly loved was not travel.

It's just time spent with friends.

But those times can never be returned.

Of all his former best friends, only Remus remains.

But Remus carried too much on his shoulders; he had to pave a path to survival for his fellow werewolves. He recently wrote to say that he had led his werewolf brethren out of England to avoid the foreseeable conflict.

Both Dumbledore and Murphy Darkholm had done Remus a favor, so he chose to remain neutral and leave this troublesome place.

But Sirius can't leave; he still has Harry to take care of.

He even felt that this was the only important thing left for the rest of his life.

After giving up his travels, Sirius tried to rekindle his love for music. He went to several concerts by the Eccentric Sisters and bought a lot of Muggle tapes.

Later, he tried reading to pass the time or chatting with Arthur, but neither was very helpful. He still felt incredibly empty and extremely bored.

In the end, it was farming that saved him.

Instead of planting flowers and grass, he was tending to crops like pumpkins, potatoes, and beets. He discovered that while farming, he could forget everything else and focus all his energy on the physical labor at hand and on the land in front of him.

Surprisingly, he found a sense of peace amidst the muddy ground and the stench of excrement.

It was as if he had fallen from the swaying air to the ground, giving him a sense of peace he had never felt before.

However, his peace was shattered once again.

A burly figure suddenly appeared in front of his courtyard gate.

Kingsley looked earnestly at his former comrade. "Sirius, we need you."

(End of this chapter)