Chapter 255 Smaug, Let’s Take a Look
(The first two chapters have been slightly modified, which does not affect reading)
The next long period of time was indeed a peaceful day for Tang Sen.
Study the information left by the witch every day, occasionally learn ancient magic, and use the authority of the Ministry of Magic to obtain the flesh and blood of magical animals, while the divination class is used as a supplement.
Townsend lived a fulfilling and peaceful life.
But the outside world is completely different.
The entire British wizarding world was almost wiped out in just one month. Those who opposed it were either imprisoned in Azkaban or fled abroad. Magicians' ideas have completely taken over the mainstream.
It has only been more than a year since Smaug disguised himself as a magician. The wave of change has swept across Europe. Except for some small countries that are still resisting, the Ministry of Magic in most countries has begun Recognize the status of magicians and, like the British Ministry of Magic, begin to implement a policy of integrating into Muggle society.
Unfortunately, the tide of change was hindered as it crossed the ocean.
It's not that the Americas on the other side are unwilling to change, it's that they have already finished changing and have become someone else.
Before Smaug completely ruled Europe, America had already fallen. The wizard named Grindelwald held high the banner of change, chanted the slogan "For a more brilliant civilization", and used violence and ideas as weapons. Gained a large number of supporters and successfully controlled the rights of the United States Ministry of Magic.
His thoughts are the same as those of the magician. The only difference is that he firmly believes that the magician is a damn careerist. There is no doubt that as a prophet, the other party has gained the trust of American wizards, although everyone is working for the same thing. They strive to achieve their goals, but due to different leaders, there is still a lot of friction between the two parties.
As for Voldemort, there has been no news about the other party since his defeat in the Golden Hall of the British Ministry of Magic. Tang Sen tried to divine the other party's location, but the divination failed. Obviously the other party was too far away, Tang Sen. Sen suspected that the other party may have left the UK.
This is undoubtedly not good news. From the perspective of an extreme person like Voldemort, it is normal behavior to rush directly into Hogwarts Castle and try to take back his Horcrux. He fled thousands of miles away and even gave up his persistence for so long. His behavior may have been guided by others.
There is no doubt that there is a conspiracy brewing in the shadows.
"The first wizard-themed movie was a huge success, setting off a ticket-buying frenzy in the UK, and its premiere ticket sales broke the historical record for British movies."
Tang Sen flipped through the Daily Prophet in his hand. On the headline of the newspaper, the fat director of the Wizarding Cultural Infiltration Department was smiling broadly. The background was the curtain wall of a London cinema.
Townsend has been paying attention to this movie, or in other words, wizards in the entire British wizarding world have been paying attention. More than a hundred wizards have even appeared in the movie - this is not just a movie, but also wizards integrated into it. The first step in the Muggle world is an important part of change and cannot be overemphasized.
In short, the success of this movie is not unexpected. Although the plot of the movie is not particularly outstanding, it just depicts the story of a young wizard entering Hogwarts Academy to learn magic and fight against the evil dark wizard. At the end of the 20th century, for Muggles, this movie was a huge budget explosion, and it was completely ahead of the times in terms of special effects.
For Muggles, this movie is a budget explosion, and all the scenes about magic are unparalleledly real and immersive - of course, because those are not special effects, but real releases by wizards. The curse.
Townsend also guest-starred as the Divination professor at Hogwarts in the movie, and even Mr. Potter got his wish. Although many plots in the movie refer to his story, due to his age, he did not Unsuccessful as a protagonist.
"The wizarding movie in the United States is also about to be released."
A green flame burst out of the fireplace, and two figures, one tall and one short, walked out of it.
The taller one is wearing a decent and elegant dress, a bowler hat, and holding a golden cane. His posture looks natural and majestic.
And what he was holding was a little girl with big aqua eyes who looked like a porcelain doll.
"It seems to be about the bond between two male wizards, a bloody story of growing up, becoming hostile to each other, and finally reconciling before death."
"came back."
Tang Sen raised his eyes slightly, with a calm expression: "Smaug, it seems that you are also paying close attention to news in this area recently."
"In this current form, I am actually more accustomed to being called a magician." Smaug took off his hat and put it on the table. "Of course I need to pay attention to these. The American magic world is now my biggest opponent. In Africa We have fought many times on that land, but unfortunately, that guy named Grindelwald never dared to appear in front of me in person."
"Even if he appears in front of you, you can't do anything about him." Tang Sen said calmly: "Besides, after revealing his true form, he will have to fly back across the ocean by himself. But I asked you not to do it unless there are special circumstances. I will take you back directly."
"I can't help it. Sometimes I'm still giving a speech and suddenly disappear. The impact is not good." Smaug sat down on the sofa in the office. "Besides, bringing this little thing with you will cause even more trouble for the owner." , you don’t want to have an accident happen because no one is watching over you, right?”
Tang Sen frowned: "Xiang Xiangwei, did you just come back from the island country?"
"There are many interesting movies over there. No, Fantastic Beasts. I am here to help the master collect ingredients." Smaug said calmly: "I just caught an eight-headed snake today. I don't know what this thing can do." It can’t be eaten, but I think the owner won’t have any taboos, and the people from the Ministry of Magic have already shipped it back.”
"Let's get back to the topic." Tang Sen was too lazy to talk nonsense with Smaug.
This dragon has been in this world for so long relying on its identity as a magician, and it seems to be getting more and more comfortable. Originally, this dragon was already greedy, talkative, arrogant and pretentious, and now it is even more contaminated. Less bad human habits.
Fortunately, the other party carried out his orders unconditionally, otherwise Tang Sen would have wanted to beat this complacent dragon.
"What happened to the plan I made before? Keeping the Obscurial with me for such a long time should have some effect, right?"
Smaug's face finally became serious. He glanced at the little girl and said, "I was about to report to you that although it is difficult to make an unconscious magical creation become self-aware through psychological intervention, after constant attempts, I finally succeeded."
"But there is a huge problem. Although it is a nascent self-awareness, it should be a blank sheet of paper, but Obscurus is different. The essence of this thing is only chaos and killing."
"Even if I try to implant a psychological suggestion of absolute loyalty to the master in his consciousness, I am afraid that there is no guarantee that the master can completely control the other person's behavior. At most, it will make him unwilling to harm the master."
Tang Sen frowned.
More than a year has passed, and he has thoroughly studied the witch's research, but he has never been very satisfied with the witch's several preset methods of controlling the Obscurus.
It has to be said that the witch is a genius in this regard. Among these methods, the most reliable one is to tear the soul apart to make the Obscurus into a clone of her own consciousness. This method has a very high success rate, and it also has the ability to create Magic like Horcrux serves as a reference.
But Tang Sen would never do it for his own soul that was split by an Obscurus. Although the power of the Obscurus is indeed coveted, for him who can travel through the heavens, the price and the reward are not equal.
Other methods are more crazy, the craziest of which is to transfer the Obscurus into your own body and control the Obscurus by becoming an Obscurus. It is theoretically possible, but it requires using your own magic power to suppress the Obscurus at all times. , and because this Obscurus is too powerful, it needs to replenish the soul power of others at all times - this is why witches capture Muggles to study souls.
This method is too unstable. If the Obscurus is not suppressed, it is very likely to be life-threatening.
In short, after combining various methods, Tang Sen decided to find a way on his own.
That is to create self-awareness for Obscurus through the psychological level, and then use psychological suggestions to make Obscurus loyal to himself from the most essential consciousness.
The feasibility of this method mainly lies in Smaug's ability to watch the potion sequence.
But now it seems that it is not that simple.
"What I need is a weapon that can be used like an arm, not a double-edged sword."
Tang Sen said: "If there is no way to completely control Obscurus, then I can only give up."
He will never waste the reward quota on a living creature that cannot be completely controlled. Although Mo Mo is indeed the most suitable reward to take away, because as long as he chooses the other party as the world reward, then he who has the consciousness space can freely take in Mo Mo. However, there are no other risks.
But if the opponent cannot distinguish between friend and foe, then it doesn't mean much.
"I will think of a way." Smaug said quickly.
"I'm afraid we don't have that much time." Tang Sen turned his attention to the little girl.
The other party was wearing an exquisite fluffy princess dress, pink, which was obviously newly purchased, and judging from the fact that it was made in an island country.
"Smaug, it seems that you get along well with her." Tang Sen said: "I didn't expect that as a dragon, you would still have the leisure to buy her clothes."
"Shouldn't humans matter to you?"