Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 320 The Visitor from Nurmengard

The release of the recording of the "Prime Minister's conspiracy to annex the protection umbrella" shocked the entire Western world.

Is the British Prime Minister planning to seize Umbrella assets?

The identities of the speakers in the recording were quickly revealed by the media.

Apart from Prime Minister Michael Hurd, the rest are among Britain's top super-rich individuals.

The content of their conversation deeply stung the British public.

"Inferior people" or "poor wretch".

This is what those capitalists call the vast majority of British "leeks" (victims).

They even complained that the various medicines sold by Umbrella were too cheap, calling them "a pile of shit in terms of sales."

It's easy to imagine what the future holds for the British "leeks" (victims of exploitation) once they've divided up the protective umbrella.

People were furious. Countless people who missed the best treatment due to the drug ban, and who lost their loved ones and their health, took to the streets to denounce the prime minister and capitalists for their cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness.

Although Prime Minister Michael Hurd vehemently denied that it was his voice, technical experts quickly verified the authenticity of the recording. Meanwhile, numerous British government employees and insiders involved in the Umbrella Movement also came forward with numerous facts to corroborate the recording's authenticity.

Michael and the other billionaires had been very discreet, but it was impossible to dismantle and swallow such a huge company without leaving any traces. His greedy attempt to swallow an elephant whole would inevitably leave countless clues.

Although numerous religious officials helped cover it up under the influence of the statue of the Virgin Mary, it was ultimately a drop in the ocean.

As the incident continued to escalate, a CIA document detailing its strategy against Umbrella Corporation was leaked.

This includes using political pressure to destroy the reputation of Umbrella Corporation, then uniting with British allies to divide Umbrella, compressing the cost of acquiring Umbrella through continuous devaluation of its assets, and thus spending the least amount of money to transform this competitive and threatening company into their own industry, or to completely destroy and de-threate it.

The methods include, but are not limited to: political pressure, arresting executives of the protection network, extreme sanctions, commercial infiltration, and capital traps.

The insidious and malicious intent, and the vicious and shameless methods employed, left the British investors in awe.

Coincidentally, these measures all correspond to recent actions by the British government.

Public opinion was in uproar again. Why does the British government treat the United States like a father, obeying its every word, yet treat its own citizens so harshly? Does it wish to drive the poor to their deaths?

What is the reason for this?

Was the British government elected by the British or the Americans?

"I work ten hours a day, seven days a week, and they only pay me £5 an hour, but I am very grateful to my boss, at least he makes sure I have enough to eat."

In a news program on Sky Radio, a low-income worker said this during an interview.

"But I can't afford meat, I can't afford new clothes, my parents can only live on welfare, we dare not get sick, we dare not go to the hospital, the white medicine from the Umbrella Corporation is the only medicine I can afford, because it is effective, I can cure myself without spending too much money."

"Those rich people, they can buy all of London, yet they still try to rob us of our money and take away the only medicine we can afford. I don't understand why the world has become like this."

"All I know is that they don't treat me like a human being. Our prime minister treats us like animals or pests. He thinks we poor wretches should just die quietly after being squeezed dry of our last drop of fat!"

Contrary to its outwardly positive facade, Britain has consistently had the highest wealth inequality in Europe.

Since 1978, the UK's Gini coefficient has been rising rapidly, even faster than that of the United States across the Pacific. The UK is one of the developed countries with the largest wealth gap in the world.

This "protective umbrella" incident blatantly exposes the plunder and exploitation of ordinary people by the wealthy at the top.

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

The British people are furious. Even a clay figure has some temper. Even if I'm just a leek, you can't be so blatant in your exploitation!

Under immense public pressure, Parliament was forced to suspend its investigation into the protection racket.

Meanwhile, Parliament has once again initiated a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister.

This time, during the election of the new prime minister, a Conservative backbencher, Patrick Duncan, suddenly announced his departure from the Conservative Party and the formation of a new party, the Livelihood Party, just before the final round of voting.

Its aim is to improve social welfare, distribute wealth fairly, and reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, attempting to forge a path that differs from the far-left Labour Party and from the neoliberalism of the Conservative Party.

Patrick has seen a surge in popularity due to his former position as vice president of the Umbrella Corporation, his efforts to protect the Umbrella Corporation's interests during the congressional investigation into the Umbrella Corporation, and his condemnation of the United States' interference policies.

When he left the Conservative Party, he took with him about forty MPs who were dissatisfied with the party's increasing pro-American stance. At the same time, he also attracted some more neutral members of the Labour Party and absorbed a number of smaller parties, including the Liberal Democrats and the Social Democrats, instantly making it the third largest party in the UK, almost on par with the Labour Party.

However, the People's Livelihood Party has just been established and still needs time to develop.

The British Prime Minister is once again a Conservative MP, Slit Larson.

Upon taking office, the new prime minister did everything he could to distance himself from the United States, attempting to shift internal conflicts to external issues. He was extremely tough on diplomacy with the United States, not only immediately abolishing all laws against the protection umbrella, but also implementing reciprocal countermeasures against the restrictions imposed on the protection umbrella by the United States and European countries, which finally curbed some of the unhealthy trends in the international community against the protection umbrella.

More than a month later, Umbrella Corporation resumed normal operations and launched the "anti-aging agent" globally.

The efforts of various national magic ministries to pressure Muggle society to crack down on the Umbrella Corporation have suddenly met with strong resistance from Muggle society, which seems unwilling to cooperate with the wizards.

So the wizards had no choice but to give up, after all, they couldn't use the Imperius Curse to control the Muggle prime minister and force him to obey, could they?

On the one hand, the British Ministry of Magic withdrew from the International Wizarding Confederation, and on the other hand, its efforts to pressure Muggle societies in various countries also failed to make progress. Thus, Dumbledore's efforts to suppress Murphy through the Wizarding Confederation all ended in failure.

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Austria.

Nestled among the mountains, a majestic, black tower stands tall.

An elderly man with white hair suddenly appeared on the mountain path not far away.

He glanced at the tower, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately walked over.

He followed a long-dilapidated stone staircase to a large door. He glanced at the inscription on the door, paused for a moment, and was about to push the door open.

Suddenly, the door opened.

A thin, house-elf peered at him through the crack in the door.

"Albus, Mr. Dumbledore?"

"It's me. You are... Dalont?"

"Dalont is my father, sir. He died five years ago. I am Darmt."

Have even the house-elves sent to take care of him all died of old age?

After all, fifty years have passed.

"What are you doing here, Darmute?" Dumbledore asked.

"Two years ago, my master said you would come today and told me to wait for you here," said the house-elf. "I wait here every day at this time. Please come with me, Mr. Dumbledore; my master has been waiting for you for a long time too."

(End of this chapter)