Chapter 349 Bock: So You Actually Have Such Hidden Ambitions!
When he opened the door, Ivan couldn't help but be stunned. Bock was sitting in the corner eating a few pieces of shortbread. His complexion was much better than before, at least he wasn't so skinny anymore.
Of course, Bock noticed someone coming into the room, but he ignored it and continued to eat by himself. After he finished eating, he looked up at Ivan and said casually.
"It seems I'm going to die. Are you here to kill me this time?"
Ivan was surprised by Bock's attitude. He was obviously trying to survive a few days ago and looked like he was resisting tenaciously, but now he was acting very casually.
"No, I just came to ask you some questions!"
Surprised, Ivan didn't pay too much attention to Bock's abnormality. He sat down and took out a few alchemy books and placed them in front of him.
"You thought I would tell you?" Bock understood what Ivan meant and immediately laughed angrily.
Although he has thought through a lot in the past few days and will not deliberately go on a hunger strike to embarrass himself and prepares to wait quietly for death, this does not mean that he will help Ivan, the person who caused him to lose everything!
Ivan said nothing and took out a bottle of truth serum.
The sarcastic smile on Bock's face paused, and his expression became very ugly. He knew that Ivan was threatening him.
If you answer honestly, you can still decide what to say and what not to say, but if you drink the truth serum, then everything is out of your control.
After Bock was silent for a long time, he finally compromised and said helplessly.
"What exactly do you want to ask?"
"I saw an interesting technique in this book. You can set up a secret door in a magic item." Ivan took out one of the books and turned to page 37.
Bock looked at the title of the book.
"The Secret of Alchemy—Seventy Yin Man Techniques You Don't Know"
Bock immediately understood. This was one of the books he read most frequently in his early years, and he naturally knew the contents by heart.
"I encountered some troubles when I personally experimented according to the instructions in the book. For example, I wanted to modify a protective prop and set it to be ineffective against a certain type of magic, but it failed many times during the modification process. "
Ivan kept talking about the problems he encountered during the research and learning process.
Ivan almost overturned the car with Lockhart last time, so Ivan came up with the idea of setting up some secret doors when making magic items, so that the things he made by himself would not be used against him by others in the future.
It's a pity that Asia didn't know much about it, so Ivan stayed on the sidelines until he found relevant books in the collection of Bojinbok Magic Store, and then he remembered the matter again.
Bock listened to Ivan's question, hesitated for a while, and felt that the question was not difficult. Even if he didn't say it, Ivan would figure it out sooner or later, so he spoke.
"Your ideas and methods are too extreme. It is very difficult for a protective item to open a backdoor for a specific magic. Even I can't do it.
So you can change your thinking and let the prop sense some kind of magic fluctuation and automatically damage it, or even explode directly, killing the holder! "
When Ivan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. Bock was indeed a master of yin. This was much better than his previous idea, and it was also simpler to make.
Soon, Ivan and Bock discussed specific plans for transforming protective props.
At first, Bock just passively answered Ivan's questions, but Ivan's sinister ideas came one after another, which soon made Bock feel itchy. In the end, he couldn't hold it in anymore and said a few more words.
As Ivan was chatting, a question suddenly occurred to him and he asked. "By the way, Mr. Borgin, has the secret door you set up before been discovered?"
"How is that possible!" Bock smiled disdainfully. If he had been discovered so easily, he wouldn't be alive today.
Of course, he wouldn't do this for every magic item he sells. It would be too tiring, and it could easily cause problems if he encounters someone who knows the goods.
"Who are you planning to sell this to?" Bock hesitated and asked casually out of curiosity.
"What if I plan to sell to the Ministry of Magic? What are the chances that they will find out?" Ivan hesitated, but did not hide it. Bock's life and death was in his hands, and it was impossible to leak the information.
Bock is likely to know something about what he wants to know, so asking him is the fastest way.
Even though the Ministry of Magic is an official organization in the wizarding world, Ivan cannot help but be wary of it.
He remembered that during the Second Wizarding War in the original time and space, the Ministry of Magic was once controlled by Voldemort, and the ministers became puppets, who in turn hunted down Harry and others.
Although the plot has long since changed, and Voldemort may not have a chance to resurrect, the threat from the Ministry of Magic has not been eliminated, and preparations must be made in advance.
Just after Ivan spoke, Bock suddenly thought of something, his pupils tightened, and he asked immediately.
"You plan to leave a secret door in the protective items sold to the Ministry of Magic?"
"Yes!" Ivan nodded.
Bock looked at the little wizard in front of him, and a chill filled his heart.
Because of the previous attack planning, he had carefully studied Asia's movements, so he was aware of their cooperation with the Ministry of Magic last year.
We also know that the Ministry of Magic purchased many protective props from Asia for the Aurors to use, which resulted in the Ministry of Magic's cleaning operation being extremely smooth last year.
At the beginning, Bock was wondering why Asia suddenly cooperated with the Ministry of Magic and was very considerate in providing damage repair services for protective props.
Now it looks like this is the next big move!
It turns out that they have been plotting against the Ministry of Magic since then!
Bock couldn't help but think about what would happen one day when those Aurors who bought protective rings faced them?
Just thinking about it made Bock shudder.
However, as a rival for many years, he knew Asia. That woman should not have the idea of controlling the magical world. Otherwise, she would not have stayed peacefully in Knockturn Alley for more than ten years.
Then it's only possible
Bock looked at Ivan with his turbid eyes and took a breath. He couldn't believe that Ivan was planning to plot against the Ministry of Magic last year and boldly made such an arrangement!
How old was he then?
But Bock soon remembered that the little wizard in front of him could not make inferences based on common sense. Both his words, deeds, and strength and talent were far beyond those of his peers.
The unusually powerful explosive magic and the special white patron saint impressed him even more.
"Amazing! I didn't lose unjustly." Bock smiled bitterly and sighed. He thought about his obsession with the petty profits in Knockturn Alley, but he didn't think that the other party might not take him seriously at all.