Chapter 944 Nuclear Weapons in the Wizarding World

"Key? What key?" Ivan asked curiously. Ever since Conor told him that the North American Ministry of Magic was going to hold this joint conference, this so-called key has been constantly mentioned by several people. It seems to be quite important. .

Conor looked around and looked at the noisy crowd around him, then walked a few steps and spoke in a low voice. "You must have seen the magic exposure level clock placed above the hall, right?"

Ivan nodded. Pierce had done some popular science for him as soon as he walked in. That thing can be used to monitor conflicts that have broken out around the world and assess the exposure of the wizarding world.

The levels are respectively no threat, low threat, medium threat, high threat, danger, unexplained severe situation and the highest level of emergency...

Conor continued to explain.

"More than fifty years ago, during the period when Grindelwald was active, he caused many tragedies, and the entire magical world was once on the verge of being exposed."

"The most dangerous one was the Obscurial incident. At that time, all Muggles in New York witnessed the existence of magic, and the war between the two worlds was almost forced to start."

"So after that time, in order to calm the dispute between Muggles and wizards, and to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the entire magical world gathered the wisdom of hundreds of alchemy masters and created a powerful alchemy device that can deal with an entire world in an instant. The Muggles in the city cast a confusion spell to make them forget everything that is inconsistent with their knowledge." Conor said very solemnly.

"But it can also distort their minds and make these people kill each other?" Ivan touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Then the so-called key should be used to activate this alchemical device.

No wonder both Conor and Pierce are extremely cautious when mentioning this. This can almost be said to be a nuclear weapon in the wizarding world!

If the radical faction among the wizard community learns about this alchemical device, then the idea of ​​wizards controlling the world may rise again.

However, Ivan guessed that such a powerful alchemy device would probably consume a lot of magic power when activated, so it is obviously unrealistic to control all mankind with it, otherwise the wizard would not need to hide himself so carefully.

"There should be more than one key, right?" Ivan remembered that a few weeks ago, Conor had reminded himself to ask Pierce to remember to bring the key, but now the Russian minister was suspected of having another key.

"There are five in total..." Pierce said slowly.

Although it was not explained which five people directly held the key, Ivan already had the answer in his mind, which could be seen from the seating arrangement during the meeting.

The reason why the key was divided into five parts and separated was probably to prevent the holder of the key from acting arbitrarily and causing irreversible consequences due to ambition and selfish desires.

And handing five keys to the five leaders of the magic powers can ensure that the alchemy device will be activated only when the magic world really needs it.

In this way, the recent frequent attacks are probably not a coincidence, but Grindelwald's layout. The purpose is to prompt them to hold this conference to collect the keys and master that thing.

"Then who suggested that you bring the key to this joint meeting?" Ivan asked again. This person was obviously suspicious.

"It's His Excellency the French Minister..." Conor said hesitantly.

Everyone present immediately turned their attention to the French minister, who frowned in dissatisfaction. "It is true that I proposed to convene this meeting, but that is because Grindelwald has caused a lot of turmoil in Europe. If it is left unchecked, it may fall into an uncontrollable situation, so we need a few people in France. We will clean up key cities..."

Ivan stared at the French minister for a long time, and then looked at the French Aurors. Although he couldn't see any flaws, he still felt a little suspicious in his heart.

Grindelwald has been active in France during this period. If the other party has not been able to send people to infiltrate the French Ministry of Magic for more than half a year, then he absolutely does not believe it.

"Where's Mr. Ellis? He should be your confidant. Didn't you bring him here this time?" Ivan suddenly thought of the man he had seen at the French Ministry of Magic who could pose a slight threat to him. witch.

At the beginning, he suspected that the other party might be a saint under Grindelwald, but he could not be sure because Iris's resume had no flaws. He had worked in the French Ministry of Magic for more than ten years, and had also helped Aurors arrest many people. Few saints. If it was a bitter trick, the price would be too high...

"Of course not. Iris needs to stay at the French Ministry of Magic and handle some affairs on my behalf..." the French minister said impatiently. He needed to ensure that he still had absolute control over the Ministry of Magic when he was away, so it was impossible. Take all your close friends with you when you go out.

Listening to the French minister's explanation, Ivan said nothing more. He could sense that the other party was not lying. In addition, without sufficient evidence, it was impossible for him to persuade the North American Congress to launch an investigation into a minister of a magical country and his entourage.

The onlookers were talking a lot, and the situation on the field suddenly came to a deadlock. Seeing that the investigation had no results for the time being, several Russian wizards immediately targeted Percy, wanting to punish the British wizard who killed Igor first. Then consider arresting the possible mastermind.

Percy, who had been stripped of his coat except for a pair of underpants, huddled on the ground and shivered under the condemnation of the Russian wizards.

Thanks to Pierce's concern that Percy was a British wizard after all, he opened his mouth to defend him.

According to the general laws in the magical world, if a wizard is controlled by the Imperius Curse, the other person is also considered a victim. The crimes committed during this period are not counted. The real criminal is the one who released the Imperius Curse. .

It's just that the Russian wizards don't buy it. The Imperius Curse is very secretive. They can't tell whether a wizard has been hit by the Imperius Curse before. Maybe Percy just pretended to be hit by the Imperius Curse, but it was actually Grindelwald. accomplice.

"Mr. Percy must be happy to take Veritaserum or undergo torture to prove his innocence..." Ivan interrupted several Russian wizards.

No, I'm not happy... Percy subconsciously wanted to shake his head. Taking Veritaserum was not a comfortable thing, not to mention that in order to ensure the effectiveness of the Veritaserum, Aurors usually asked the target some very embarrassing questions. After basically asking the question, this person will not be far from social death...

However, under Ivan's cold gaze, Percy still swallowed the words that came to his mouth.