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"I don't think this is the purpose of house-elves." Hermione shook her head and rejected this idea: "Every intelligent species should be born equal, and there should not be such a distinction between high and low."

"But the war it talks about is so terrible. Will it really start a war?" Ron swallowed and said, "I don't want to die at the hands of house-elves."

"If we follow the direction of public opinion in this newspaper, this is indeed possible."

Hermione pondered for a moment and whispered, "Even after triggering a war, they can still argue for their own justice on a moral level. With such prerequisites, even most wizards will think that they are just resistance. What a great plan!"

Hermione sighed inwardly. She really admired the mastermind behind the scenes. He used public opinion to put himself on the moral high ground. Even if he really started a war between elves and wizards, the wizards would probably be at fault.

In this way, they have already won the first move. Even if the war ends in a wizard's victory, a wizard with a conscience will not consider himself the winner.

The war of public opinion is indeed also a war. Hermione now has a new understanding of what Gerard once said.

Furthermore, her admiration for Gerard had intensified. She felt that if it weren't for his guidance, she might not have been able to see the truth of the matter.

"Isn't this the time to praise?" Ron said anxiously, a little anxiously, "The key is how can we prevent the war from coming? Even if the elves' actions in starting this war are just, the person behind the scenes is definitely not just!"

"Many people will die in the war, and we really must stop it." Harry nodded in agreement.

He didn't really understand the meaning and nature of war, only that it killed people. It was bad, very bad. Wizards and house-elves alike should live in harmony, and war was wrong.

"We need to tell the professors." Hermione also felt that the people pushing this were harboring evil intentions, but she didn't think they could stop it alone. "If they want to stop it, they should act quickly."

She planned to discuss it with her idol after school. She felt that Professor Ziklein definitely had the ability.

However, she didn't realize at that time that the mastermind behind this whole incident was actually closely related to her idol.

488 The Golden Basin Retirement Conference

Book Artist: Oh my goodness, An Ran-san, are you planning to start a war between the house-elves and wizards? Are you going to take it that far?

At this moment, everyone in the group also saw the newspaper headline that Gerald had sent. Knowing the whole story, they seemed to have seen more than Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Skirt-lifting maniac: If a fight really breaks out, the house-elves will obviously be at a disadvantage.

Lazy Kitten: Definitely at a disadvantage. While house-elves have a higher level of magical control than wizards, their magical power is awful. A bunch of elves put together probably wouldn't even have the magical power of an adult wizard.

Hatchet Girl: But An Ran-sang must have considered this result when she did this.

This is an actor: Let me be clear, this wasn't my decision. It was Aura's own decision. My order was simply to rescue her. But the outcome is this, so it's not so bad.

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Aura, is that our house-elf? What does he want to do? Is he planning to be independent?

It's an actor: I've never restricted it, so it's certainly not independent, but ultimately, it's doing this for Jellal. It wants to use the united house-elves to form an army to overthrow the existing purebloods, allowing me to complete my rule of the magical world. In its eyes, purebloods are the biggest obstacle to my control of the magical world.

The villains of Soul Society: They are so loyal.

The Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Loyal, but on the wrong path. The biggest obstacle to An Ran-san's control of the magical world is himself, not some pure-blooded individual.

The artist: This one is a bit real, too real. If he really wants to kill the pureblood, I think he can do it with just a flick of his finger.

Curly Hair: You're talking about a hammer? Our president needs to lift a finger to deal with these stupid purebloods? Just sneeze, okay? There's no need to go through so much trouble!

Foul-mouthed man in a suit: No, no, no, actually, just fart.

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Shut up! My dear doesn't fart, at most she'll just emit a cute pink puff of gas!

This is an actor: No, not really.

The corners of Jellal's mouth twitched slightly, and his face was filled with black lines.

"Professor Ziklein, even you can't stop this war from happening?" Hermione in front of him had a frustrated look on her face, and worry in her eyes.

If even her idol couldn't stop it, she really didn't know who else could solve this crisis.

"War is an inevitable outcome, not subject to human will." Gerard shook his head and said softly, "To try to stop the wheel of history with one's own strength is arrogance."

He's talking about hubris here, not impossibility.

Because he does have the ability to stop the situation from developing, and he can do so by simply erasing the two parties in the conflict. But this is equivalent to artificially creating subjective history, which he extremely hates.

Subjective history is heroic history, a history in which there are only heroes and no common people. Everything else serves as a foil to the heroes. This narrative style is disgusting and nauseating.

What is truly objective is that the people create history.

So he had no intention of interfering in this incident, even though it was not what he wanted.

"But war will ultimately bring death and suffering." Hermione certainly didn't understand the deeper meaning of his words, but expressed her own opinion: "It is evil, not a path to justice."

"War is a neutral word. Its essence doesn't define it as evil or just." Gerard turned his gaze to her and said calmly, "Is a war launched by the people to resist exploitation and oppression also evil? Aside from the overthrown rulers, I'm afraid no one would think so, right?"

"This..." Hermione fell silent. She had to admit that what Gerard said was true.

"And don't be so quick to conclude that war is inevitable. It's only hinting at something now." Jellal smiled and said, "No matter how powerful the mastermind behind this is, he can't decide the fate of every house elf. The decision on war still lies with the elves themselves."

Jellal knew that Aura would never enslave his own people. If the house-elves were not forced to join the war, the probability of this war happening would become extremely low.

Firstly, house-elves aren't belligerent. Most are content with the status quo and peace-loving. Furthermore, elves like Lola who have suffered cruel persecution are only a minority. Most pure-blooded elves at least have the basic right to survive.

The premise of war is the accumulation of contradictions, but in this case, the contradictions are not intense, so how could war break out?

So it seems that while Aura is capable and resourceful, his understanding of social phenomena is still not thorough enough. He's a bit too idealistic.

After comforting Hermione, Jellal turned his attention to the group chat again.

Illustrator: Hahahaha, what a cute pink mist! I feel like An Ran-san must be feeling really pissed right now!

Skirt-lifting maniac: Sister Xiaonan is really good at pranks sometimes. How did she come up with the cute pink mist?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Because today I heard Uzumaki Karin praising Sasuke with all sorts of flattery. The bad ones became good ones, and the good ones were doubled down on praise. I was a little disgusted, and then I suddenly had an idea.

Lazy Kitten: Pfft, wow! Uzumaki Karin, is she following you now?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: We captured her during our raid on Orochimaru's lair a while ago. This girl is such a chatterbox, it's a bit unbearable. Not only me, but Jiraiya, too, can't stand her.

Hatchet Girl: A woman that even Jiraiya can't stand, she has achieved something of an achievement.

Lin Fengjiao: I think this is the result of Jiraiya's transformation. If it were him before...

Red Snake Fairy: [Picture] The Golden Basin Washing Hands Ceremony, there are indeed a lot of people.

The photo Li Mochou posted shows the Hengshan Villa, which is already crowded with people. From the photo, you can clearly see the diverse clothing and expressions on their faces.

Skirt-lifting maniac: There are really a lot of them, and they seem very interesting. How about Sister Mo Chou start a live broadcast?

489 A man dressed as a woman?

Hengshan Villa.

At this moment, the atmosphere here seemed quite festive. Lights and decorations were everywhere, as if it were a festival. The servants of the Liu Mansion also moved among the guests with kind faces, diligently serving tea and water.

With Li Mochou's beauty, she would definitely cause a commotion and sensation in such a place. So, at Qu Feiyan's suggestion, she changed into a snow-white men's long gown.

Holding a folding fan, he was elegant and graceful, with two handsome boys following behind him. They were Qu Feiyan and Liu Qing.

Liu Qing was Liu Zhengfeng's eldest daughter, two years older than Qu Feiyan. The two were close, having been friends since childhood. Upon hearing that Qu Feiyan was attending her father's retirement ceremony, she begged Li Mochou to bring her along.

Li Mochou, of course, didn't care. Taking one was taking two, anyway. And compared to the volatile Qu Feiyan, Liu Qing was clearly much more gentle and quiet.

Book artist: Wow, Sister Mochou has become handsome again!

Hatchet Girl: Hahahaha, your surname is An and your name is Ran, right?

Lazy Kitten:?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Before you joined the group, Mochou played this kind of COS. At that time, it seemed to attract the reincarnation.

Curly-haired boy: Yes, yes, that Guo Jing was killed by the reincarnation at that time.

Lazy Little Kitten: There is such an interesting thing, and you didn’t tell me!

Fairy Chi Lian: What do you mean by "I attracted the reincarnations"? It makes it seem like I'm attracting bees and butterflies?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: I can't help it. You're just too handsome in men's clothing. That female reincarnation named Amy or Ella even risked her life for you.

Skirt-lifting maniac: Hahahaha, it’s so cool to sacrifice your own life!

Scarlet Snake Fairy: Really? What about you?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: Oh, that's annoying! I already have a boyfriend! If you seduce me like this, my boyfriend will be unhappy.

This is an actor: ...

Book Artist: Pfft! Sister Xiaonan, don't be like this!

Hatchet Girl: Is this really Sister Xiaonan? Is this really the cold and aloof Sister Xiaonan that I know? Who is it? Who has taken over my Sister Xiaonan's body?

Red Snake Fairy: Do all women with boyfriends really become this stupid? They stop suppressing their true nature?

The evildoer in Soul Society: His true nature? You mean, Konan is just a fool?

Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: That's too much, no! Although her nature is not as icy as in the original Naruto, she only acts silly occasionally.

Lazy Kitten: Phew, the self-deprecation with an icy face throughout the whole process is amazing! Kishimoto was so good after seeing it!

The Angel of the Hidden Rain Village: He is just a comics artist, he knows nothing about Naruto.

Hatchet Girl: Good boy, good boy! If he heard a character created by you complain about him like this, his heart would be broken, right?

Lin Fengjiao: Probably not, after all, Konan isn't the protagonist. If Naruto said that, he'd probably be heartbroken.

Foul-mouthed man: Bah, who cares if this idiot has a broken heart? This bastard actually drew our dear group leader's wife to death. This is absolutely intolerable! It's best not to let me see him, otherwise I will be very considerate and clean his intestines.

Curly-haired guy: Damn, that’s enough!

Sakata Gintoki knew what he meant by "cleansing the intestines," and that was why he felt disgusted. He could not accept such a thing at all; it was simply a destruction of human nature.

Fairy Chi Lian: I'm drinking tea, please stop talking about this.

Li Mochou put down the teacup with a dark face. Sometimes she really couldn't stand Deadpool's train of thought. It seemed that everything he said would develop in a sinister direction.

He shook his head helplessly and looked towards the main seat in the center of the field.

Liu Zhengfeng, a beaming face, sat at the head of the table. He was dressed in light blue silk and a black scarf on his head. He didn't look like a quack at all, but more like a landlord.

Speaking of which, Liu Zhengfeng is also a talented and wonderful person.

The Hengshan Sect Leader, Mo Da, barely participated in the sect's management, living a carefree life, wandering the mountains and rivers. The entire Hengshan was supported solely by Liu Zhengfeng's strength.

He did it with great fanfare.

Li Mochou had previously conducted a small market survey in this area and discovered that the Hengshan Sect had quite a few businesses under its name, from gambling dens to inns, from restaurants to brothels, encompassing almost every industry.

Furthermore, these industries were all profitable and flourishing. This demonstrated Liu Zhengfeng's prowess in industrial management. In a modern city like Ying Lili's, he would likely be a business tycoon.

Besides being a business savvy, this guy is also a musical artist. From every perspective, he's a true talent. It's just a shame that he has some issues with his brain.

How idiot must one be to publicly admit that he has a friendship with the Demon Cult elder Qu Yang?

What's the point? To show that you're honest and aboveboard, and not some cowardly person hiding your true self? Does admitting it prove you're noble?

What a bullshit!

Li Mochou would never admit that this behavior was noble. This is completely a traitor's style. If it was truly noble, he should not have involved his family. Those innocent family members died because of him. How can this be called noble?

Ugh.

Li Mochou subconsciously glanced at Liu Qing, who was staring at her father but didn't dare to step forward to recognize him, and sighed slightly.

Bang.

At this moment, a loud gong sound suddenly rang out from outside the door, signaling that an important figure had arrived at the villa.

Sure enough, it didn't take long.

Hengshan Dingyi, wearing a monk's robe and cap, led his disciples into the courtyard under the watchful eyes of the crowd. The head of the family, Liu Zhengfeng, stood up to greet them with a smile and a burst of flattery.

At this time, Li Mochou also noticed a complicated gaze. She turned her head and saw Yi Lin, who had a pretty face, looking at her in astonishment.

The girl obviously recognized who Li Mochou was.

But at this moment, she developed a strong cognitive bias, because in her perception... the fairy lady was clearly a woman! Could it be that she was a man disguised as a woman?

490 Playing too hard

Lazy Kitten: Ha! Sister Mochou, that little nun is looking at you! Is she Yi Lin?

Red Snake Fairy: Yes, it’s her.

Skirt-lifting maniac: What's with that subtle look in her eyes, dull yet complex?

Hatchet Girl: I guess it's a little hard to believe. How did a nice Taoist nun turn into a handsome young man? Is she a man dressed as a woman, or a woman dressed as a man?