The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Chapter 186 Night City

It's a pity that these have nothing to do with him. These are things that the principal should worry about.

In the past few days, Hogwarts has had a rare holiday. All the professors are in London to help hunt down the Saints who have slipped through the net. Professor McGonagall and other elective course professors are unable to take over their classes, so they simply give them to the little wizard. They had a holiday.

Of course, it is a holiday, but there is a lot of homework.

Almost all subjects had homework, which helped Anthony to quickly change his mentality and reintegrate into campus life.

However, the current campus life is completely different from a few days ago. It seems like a peaceful life, but there is a storm brewing inside.

This is thanks to the Daily Prophet. After the London attack, it did not report any good news for a whole week.

The headline of the Daily Prophet on November [-]th was still: Dark clouds over London, nothing happened.

On the [-]th, it suddenly changed: London was attacked by wizards, and Muggles died in large numbers.

[-]th: The Saint is coming, a ghost hiding in the European continent.

Day [-]: The thrilling Death Eaters in London, the Dark Lord rises again?

[-]th: Azkaban is attacked, a plot two months ago.

[-]th: Ministry of Magic!The source points directly to the Ministry of Magic, the sadness of an Auror.

21st: No trace, a large number of Death Eaters disappeared silently.

After these days of overwhelming publicity by the Daily Prophet, the entire British wizarding world now knows that the Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban, and the Ministry of Magic suppressed the matter for two full months.

The exposure of the news directly angered most of the British wizards.

Death Eaters!Those are Death Eaters!

Maybe the little wizards have not experienced those dark years, but what about their parents?

They have all truly come from the dark years, and many of them are even victims of Death Eaters.

The anger caused a panic, and everyone became cautious for fear of causing trouble.This can be seen when Anthony passes by Hogsmeade and sees the depression when he comes back.

The atmosphere in Diagon Alley today is probably the same.

However, Diagon Alley, which is engaged in serious business, is depressed, while Knockturn Alley, which is not serious, is quite lively.

When faced with a crisis, everyone uses their stockpile instinct, and the same goes for wizards.

There are some precious potion materials that are usually within easy reach, such as herbs such as Bai Xian, which are used to treat trauma.Now it has become a hot cake.

Mr. Slug of Slug & Giggs Pharmacy in Diagon Alley has recently ushered in the second spring of his career.

On the third day after the London attack, a Knockturn Alley businessman found him and introduced him to a large client.

Ahem - Of course, don't ask why Mr. Slug, who is doing serious business, met a Knockturn Alley merchant. The question is that he gave too much.

And that customer, well - his accent sounded like an American. Of course, Mr. Slug didn't care which country the customer was from. As long as he could get gold galleons, he was one of his own.

The man who spoke fluent American English didn't even say a few polite words to him. He opened his mouth and asked Mr. Slug if he had any precious potion ingredients.

At first, Mr. Slug didn't look down on this kind of person at all. He was a very wealthy person, but he didn't have much money in his pocket, and he was still a Yankee.

Ah!I came to England to buy potions, probably just to pick up the leaks.He has seen many people like this.Knockturn Alley is full of this stuff.

But to Mr. Slug's surprise, after the man made the offer, he was completely stunned.

many!Too much!It is more than three times the market price.

For one hundred galleons per pint of Acromantula venom, he directly quoted three hundred galleons per pint.

For each bag of ten galleons of unicorn hair, he received thirty galleons!

As for some other precious herbs, such as mandrake root, belladonna, hellebore, rue, etc.

Regardless of whether they are common herbs or uncommon ones, he buys them all at three times the market price and never talks back.

Seeing this, what else could Mr. Slug say?

His eyes were straight!Oh my god!A once-in-a-century big fat sheep!If you don't kill him ruthlessly, your title of fat sheep will be stained.So, without any hesitation, Mr. Slag immediately packed up all the herbs he could find in his store and bought them to the American fat sheep.

Even the Acromantula venom he obtained a few days ago was not reserved at all. After all, he would be a fool not to make money.Three times!three times!There is no shop like this after passing this village.

Just like that - after a full hour of busy work, they packed and calculated the price.

Of the [-] gold galleons, the man handed him [-] without blinking an eye.He didn't say anything after that and just walked away.Seeing such a handsome and wealthy man made Mr. Slug's teeth itch.

but...

“This business is worth it!”

"Haha, Slug, congratulations, you've made a lot of money again." The businessman in Knockturn Alley was also very happy. He just introduced someone and received an introduction fee of several hundred gold galleons. This money made a lot of money. Yes, it's so easy.

Immediately, he hurriedly said: "You not only made a lot of money, you made a fortune!"

The vendor next to him flattered him in a playful manner, which also made Mr. Slug grin from ear to ear with joy: "Hahaha...hey, it's just a small profit, a small profit, haha!"

"But it's really strange to say that this is the third foreign wizard I've met today who is buying potion materials everywhere. I don't know what's going on outside." The businessman slowly lowered the corners of his raised mouth, puzzled. said.

"Never mind him! As long as he can make money, even if the mysterious man is resurrected, it has nothing to do with us." Mr. Slug said with a blank expression. Anyway, he was not a Muggle. His ancestors, including him, were Pureblood wizard.Even if the Death Eaters were in power, they couldn't control him.

"You can't say that. Anyway, everything seems strange these days." The businessman shook his head, turned around and continued: "But, no matter what, we can make money, but the gold Galleons in our hands will not Betray us."

"By the way, you got so much Acromantula venom?" Suddenly, the merchant's voice changed and he talked about the Acromantula venom.

Hearing the sound, Mr. Slug's face flashed with alarm, and then he said calmly: "Take it as you like. Okay, you made hundreds of galleons today without doing anything. Now, lift your butt for me." Get up and get out of here."

"hey-hey."

Smiling, the merchant stood up and left.

After watching his back disappear, Mr. Slug sat back on the chair. He rubbed his brows, looked at the empty shop and murmured: "We have to find a way to find the kid that day as soon as possible."

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On the other side, classes finally resumed and Anthony, who was busy studying, never thought that he had been targeted.

Of course, even if he knows, he probably won't care. There are so many little wizards, and there are ghosts if he can find them.

And even if you find out what you can do, do you still dare to go to Hogwarts and ask for someone?

It’s really seeking death!

"Hey! Anthony, wait!" After the herbal medicine get out of class, a familiar voice suddenly came from the crowd.

Anthony looked up, and a handsome young man with black hair came over. It turned out to be Jarvis!

"What's wrong Jarvis?" he asked curiously.

Then he suddenly remembered that this guy was also from the old London Zhengmei Banner. Could it be that he also came to ask if anything happened to his family during the London attack.

"I don't even know who your parents are..."

"That's not what I'm asking." Jarvis squeezed through the crowd and came over, saying, "My family will be in the United States in the second half of the year."

"Then what's the matter with you?"

"Um... this is not the place to talk. Let's go somewhere else." Jarvis hesitated and said mysteriously.

This made Anthony and the three little ones around him look puzzled. What's the secret?So mysterious.

Then, they followed Jarvis, avoiding everyone, and walked all the way to the woods beside the black lake outside the gate. It was sparsely populated. After all, who would come here in the cold weather.Unless - doing something unhealthy.

Jarvis stopped when no one was around.

They sat on a thick exposed tree root.

"What on earth is going on? So mysterious?" Anthony looked puzzled.

Hearing this, Jarvis took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "I need your help."

"Yeah!" Anthony raised his eyebrows and said, "I see it, what next?"

"My parents recently acquired a company."

"Ok?"

"The downstream supply chain of potion materials is needed."

"Huh?!" Anthony was confused by these words. He looked at Jarvis in confusion, as if he was looking at a dog, "Your parents are not wizards, right?"

"Yes!" Jarvis replied matter-of-factly.

"So why do they need magic materials? They're not planning to secretly add some magic potions to Muggle products, right?" Anthony's mouth twitched and he looked at him in disbelief. This kind of thinking was no less than Wei's. The Sly Twins are planning to buy arms for the Prime Minister!

"No - it's hard for me to explain to you. I just found out about it. Let alone you, I couldn't believe it when I received the letter from my father. I thought it was a prank by that classmate."

With that said, Jarvis took out a few photos from his pocket and handed them to Anthony.

"Look at this first."

"What?" Anthony said as he took the photos.

Um!Color photos can also move!

The picture clarity is also much clearer than the photos taken by the Daily Prophet.

"This is..." Anthony looked at the photos in his hand carefully. They were several panoramic photos of a certain city and a panoramic photo of a certain area of ​​the city.

It was a very developed city. From the photos alone, Anthony had already seen the city's three-dimensional transportation network, including urban elevated roads, subway station signs and - um - was that a floating car?

The city skyline was filled with flashing neon billboards, and the three-dimensional projections made him speechless in surprise.

From time to time, several magical animals will appear on the streets.Walking through the city like a Pokémon.

The buildings in the entire city are very weird, as if they ignore the gravity of the earth, with all kinds of exaggerated towering, folded, embedded, and all kinds of strange things.

Anthony even saw a towering tree growing out of a building halfway up.

The canopy of trees reaches into the sky, eventually converging into a striking symbol.There is a bat in the middle of a full moon.

Looking from a distance, it really looks like Batman’s logo!

Along with this logo, there are also several eye-catching logos on several other high-rise buildings in the city, such as a bitten apple, a red, green, blue and yellow square, and several He had never known them before, but it could be seen from the buildings that lined up side by side that their strength should be comparable to the two next to them.

Of course, these are not important. What is important is that the level of technology displayed in the city in the photo is obviously abnormal.

Don’t say this is 1992, even in 2022 there is no such outrageous technological level.

As for the floating vehicle, it is still a question whether it can be invented by humans on earth for another 50 years.

unless--

For a moment, Anthony suddenly remembered the plane the Weasley twins showed him a week ago...

and many more!

That is to say!

"This is a city where magic and technology coexist." Anthony said in surprise.

"That's right. Night City is said to be a new American city founded by a certain vampire family. It is the only miracle city in the world where magic and technology, Muggles and wizards coexist." Jarvis said seriously.There was a sense of pride in his words.

"Oh my God! It's incredible." The little wizards on the side immediately exclaimed!

"Does this kind of city really exist?" Ron welcomed, but the photo didn't look fake.

"This is good. We can all coexist peacefully, which is much better than terrorist organizations such as Death Eaters and Saints." Hermione thought for a moment, then said calmly.

But at this moment, opposition voices broke out among several people. Anthony held the photo in his hand and shouted: "Fuck Night City!"

Looking at the 'wonderful' city that appeared in the photo, Anthony finally remembered where he heard the name Night City.

The place where 'cannibals' don't spit out their bones.

That cyberpunk city.

That lifeless death place dominated by big corporations.

"Are your parents planning to open a company in this city?" After slowly calming down the excitement in his heart, Anthony turned to look at Jarvis and asked.

"It was an acquisition of a biopharmaceutical company called Umbrella. They used to sell a cosmetic potion, but later it went bankrupt due to scarcity of raw materials and poor management."

"Uh-fuck!"

"There are so many flaws that I felt a little dizzy for a while!" Anthony pressed his temples and said with a headache: "It must have cost a lot of money to acquire such a company!"

He grinned and mocked...

Who can believe that a Zenith star giant like Umbrella will one day be bankrupted by himself.

"Well, it's not much money, just a few hundred million pounds." Jarvis smiled shyly.

"Huh?" Anthony was stunned.

Hundreds of millions of pounds? 1992?

Damn, what on earth does your family do?