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to the old business "... Go and rob Gringotts."

In the conference room, everyone was stunned as Mike's words came out.

"You are kidding, right?" Benjamin forced a smile and said, "That's Gringotts, recognized as the safest bank in the whole of Europe. We are going to rob it next? No matter how you think about it, it's impossible to succeed! Don't forget, there are dragons underneath..."

Benjamin's voice became louder and louder. Just when he was about to say that there were dragons guarding Gringotts, he remembered that Mike had just killed a dragon during this year's Triwizard Cup, and couldn't help but swallow the second half of his words.

"I'm not kidding, our next target is indeed Gringotts." Mike said, "To be precise, our target is something in the Gringotts vault."

Everyone in the conference room looked at each other, and they all didn't understand Mike's thinking. Benjamin was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down.

"Friends, there is no room for maneuver between Voldemort and us. As long as he exists, we will never be able to make a breakthrough in Ying Kingdom. Therefore, for the greater good, one thing we must and must do is to defeat Voldemort." Mike stood up and said, "Maybe some people will think that I am daydreaming. Voldemort is almost invincible in everyone's impression. After all, he can be resurrected even if he dies. But! I found his most fatal weakness. As long as we master it, even Voldemort is not invincible!"

After that, Mike smiled evilly on his face, and then swung his wand. A group of words about Horcruxes directly excerpted from "Advanced Dark Magic Revealed" turned into glowing characters and appeared in front of everyone.

Since it was directly quoted from the original text, many of the profound words and phrases in it confused Zhou Hong and other people who were not deeply versed in the study of spells. Seeing this, Mike shook his head and had to explain:

"Horcrux, a powerful and evil black magic prop. Its production method is very complicated, requiring a large number of evil rituals, and someone must be killed during the ritual to successfully tear one's soul in half to make a Horcrux. And its ability is also very powerful, it can make its owner immortal! Even if its owner dies due to some accidents, the soul can be born from the Horcrux in a half-dead state, retaining everything before! This is the secret of Voldemort's resurrection!"

As Mike's words slowly came, everyone in the conference room opened their mouths wide. They would never have thought that their president had understood Voldemort to this extent.

"You...how do you know that Voldemort was resurrected by this thing?" Zhou Hong frowned and said, "What if he has other ways of resurrecting?"

"Don't worry, I'm just about to continue."

Mike flicked his wand, and the phantom of a black leather notebook appeared in the conference room.

"In fact, I had already come into contact with Horcruxes as early as my second year." Mike said shockingly, "It was a diary, the one collected by your brother." Mike pointed at the Weasley brothers and continued, "When fighting with the notebook, I found that it was a Horcrux, and the soul hidden in it was none other than the young Voldemort, Tom Riddle!"

"Then, I encountered the next Horcrux." The shadow of a gorgeous crown also floated above the conference room, "That was the Ravenclaw crown, and also the most important relic of Ms. Ravenclaw. It was also made into a Horcrux by Voldemort and eventually destroyed by me."

"Normally, a person will only have one Horcrux. After all, the operation of splitting the soul is too dangerous, especially multiple splits. If you are not careful, you will turn yourself into an idiot. So after destroying two Horcruxes, I think Voldemort may really be dead." Mike said, "However, he is back now! In other words, Voldemort definitely has more than two Horcruxes! He may have three, four or even more Horcruxes!"

"And based on the fact that Voldemort's second Horcrux is the Ravenclaw's diadem, I speculate that the relics of the other founders should also have been made into Horcruxes." Mike said, and summoned the relics of the other three founders. "First, Gryffindor's relic is the Sword of Gryffindor." Mike pointed to the shadow of a sword and said, "But this sword can't be a Horcrux, because it has always been in Dumbledore's hands. If it is a Horcrux, Dumbledore should have discovered it long ago."

Then Mike's finger moved to a box printed with a venomous snake.

"Then after eliminating one option, our targets are only the relics of Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Among them, Slytherin's pendant box is the most suspicious, because Voldemort himself is a person who touts the concept of pure blood, and he is also a snake tonguer, which means that he is still a direct descendant of Slytherin. If you put yourself in their shoes, I think it would be a very good idea to make the relics of ancestors into Horcruxes. It's a pity that the whereabouts of this pendant box are currently unknown."

Shaking his head, Mike looked at the last cup again.

"Finally, this is it, the Hufflepuff cup. It is said that this cup has the ability to purify various herbs. I believe that it is also Voldemort's Horcrux. Because, at this moment, it is lying in the vault of Voldemort's number one confidant, Bellatrix Black. And our goal is the cup and the locket!"

After saying that, Mike sat back in his seat.

Everyone in the conference room looked at Mike with a monster's eyes.

"Did you come up with all these... by yourself?"

Franklin stuttered and asked the question that everyone wanted to know the most at the moment. Although everyone knew that Mike was a wise man, they still didn't expect Mike to be so smart.

Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Mike was not embarrassed at all, and did not feel embarrassed at all for plagiarizing the original work. He nodded decisively.

The whole conference room exploded, and everyone kept cheering. The Weasley brothers who liked to make trouble even sang the ballads praising Mike compiled by the busybodies before, which caused everyone to cheer again.

But just when everyone was happy about the president's wisdom, Zhou Hong spoke again at an inopportune time.

"So, how can we steal the golden cup from Gringotts? I heard from you that it is the safest bank in the whole of Europe, isn't it?"

The laughter in the conference room stopped abruptly, and everyone turned their eyes to the person at the top of the long table.

The smile on Mike's face became even stronger.

No one knew that robbing banks was his old business. He was a master of robbing banks in his previous life. How could a small bank in the wizarding world in this life be difficult for him?

"That's not a big problem. I have a vault in Gringotts, so I have visited the heavily guarded underground vaults of Gringotts. To be honest, I was very disappointed after seeing it. The defense system of Gringotts that everyone boasts about is full of loopholes in my opinion. As long as the preliminary preparations are done well, I believe it is still possible to take something out of it."

Everyone's faces showed disbelief when they heard this. Only Franklin, Penelope and Zhou Hong in the crowd expressed their belief in Mike's words.

This is not surprising at all. Gringotts has not been stolen or robbed for thousands of years. This is a legend in itself.

And this legend has penetrated into the hearts of every wizard. Everyone around them has told them since childhood that Gringotts is an unbreakable place that will never be robbed. Over time, they naturally deify Gringotts' defense.

This brainwashing is very powerful. Even Muggle students who entered Hogwarts at the age of eleven have been affected.

However, in the absence of thousands of years of invasion, will the goblins of Gringotts still be so dedicated to consuming a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain that defense system?

Mike thinks the answer is definitely not.

This can be seen from the fire dragons in the basement of Gringotts that are obviously malnourished and have deformed bodies. The goblins have not taken good care of them at all.

"Okay, everyone. What I need now is your assistance, not your doubts." Mike said loudly, "So! Franklin and Benjamin, you who are capable of fighting, work with me to plan the Gringotts plan. The remaining Penelope, Clinton, and the Weasley brothers, you have to use the Weasley family's network and the power of the Los Santos Group to find the whereabouts of Slytherin's locket as much as possible! Do you understand?"

Hearing this, Benjamin also understood.

Mike was right. What they needed to do most now was to move. Sitting here and discussing non-stop would never defeat Voldemort.

Although they didn't think that Mike's invasion of Gringotts was a good plan, did they have any choice at the moment?

Overall, although Mike's plan was not very reliable, it was the most suitable one at the moment.

So what were they hesitating about?

"Yes!"

Everyone roared in unison. All the uneasiness, tension, despair and other emotions before the meeting disappeared, replaced by excitement and expectations for the future!

"What are you waiting for! Get moving and get ready!"

"Got it! President!"

...

In the meeting room, watching everyone leave the meeting room one by one as if they were injected with chicken blood, the smile on Mike's face slowly faded.

There are some things he hasn't told everyone yet.

Voldemort has seven Horcruxes

in total. They are the diary (destroyed), Ravenclaw's diadem (destroyed), Harry Potter, Hufflepuff's gold cup, Slytherin's locket, the Resurrection Stone, and Voldemort's pet: the giant python Nagini.

Among them, Hufflepuff's gold cup, Slytherin's locket and Resurrection Stone are the easiest Horcruxes to obtain, because their whereabouts are described in great detail in the original book.

Unfortunately, due to the long time and the lack of related plots, Mike actually forgot the plot about Slytherin's locket!

So he had no choice but to rely on other methods to find the locket.

As for the Resurrection Stone, Mike knew its whereabouts very well, because Mike had such a deep impression of him. The death of Dumbledore, the famous white wizard and the headmaster of Hogwarts, was indirectly caused by it.

To be precise, he died at the hands of the curse that Voldemort cast on the Resurrection Stone.

This curse is very vicious, and even the potion master Snape cannot break it.

But it is not invincible. Its triggering condition is to wear or touch the Resurrection Stone, so using the Killing Curse to attack it from a distance can destroy this Horcrux without injury.

Originally, with Dumbledore's strength and vigilance, he should not have been cursed at all. Unfortunately, Dumbledore was a person who longed for family love, and most of his most cherished family members in his life left him forever.

According to legend, the ability of the Resurrection Stone is to resurrect the dead.

Of course, in fact, the Resurrection Stone does not have such a supernatural ability. All it can do is to summon an illusion that looks exactly like the deceased and has all the memories of the deceased.

Although it is just an illusion, it is irresistible to Dumbledore.

Therefore, Mike did not intend to destroy the Horcrux now, but to leave it to Dumbledore.

Because Mike wanted Dumbledore to die!

This was a decision Mike made after thinking for a long time. Although he liked Dumbledore very much, Dumbledore was too powerful, and this power was not only reflected in his personal strength. Dumbledore's reputation, network of relationships, etc. were all so powerful that it was desperate.

The existence of such a great god would make the future development of Freemasonry difficult, because Dumbledore would not allow the Freemasonry, an organization with the potential to become the next generation of the Dark Lord, to exist!

But now, Mike and the Freemasonry need Dumbledore to help them share the pressure from Voldemort.

This is why Mike did not tell Dumbledore about the Horcruxes as soon as possible, because once Dumbledore knew about the Horcruxes, he would most likely find the Resurrection Stone in advance and be cursed.

This situation is not what Mike wants to see.

At present, the plan he has made is not detailed, and he has not even decided how to defeat Voldemort in the end.

But he did it on purpose.

Past experience told him that a plan that is too detailed for the future will often turn into a joke in the end, because there are too many variables in reality. If the planner cannot be prepared to deal with all the variables, then improvisation is the best way to deal with it.

Besides, what is he anxious about?

There are people who are more anxious than him about Voldemort's resurrection.

Thinking of this, Mike's frowning face actually showed a smile, and his eyes fell on the shadow of the golden cup in the air.

"Bank...?"

Mike muttered to himself, and at the same time, a scene appeared in his mind. It turned out to be a scene in his previous life when he and the madman named Trevor and several other brothers went crazy together.

Gradually, Mike's pupils began to dilate, and his eyes became blurred...

Finally, Mike, with a smile on his face, exclaimed:

"Ah! It's really nostalgic!"