Chapter 330 AB Plan
With the farewell of the goblin Nose Ring, Mike and his party left Gringotts.
Nose Ring seemed very happy. It could be said that it had gained a lot today. Not only was Benjamin stuffed with a tip of 100 gold galleons, but also there was a commission from sales later.
Mike and his party were also satisfied today. The purpose of their coming to Gringotts today could be said to have been successfully completed. Not only did they use the video glasses made by Victor to record the general defense arrangement in Gringotts, but Benjamin also learned a lot of details about the magic restrictions in the vault through the words of Nose Ring.
After returning, Benjamin and his party began to sort out and analyze the video and the restrictions, but after a whole night of analysis, they found that this information was not enough. At present, some of the most critical information was still missing.
For example, the specific location of Bellatrix Lestrange's vault.
So, Benjamin started his work again.
In the following time, Benjamin would go to Gringotts almost every day, and each time he would designate Nose Ring as his guide.
Nose Ring was also very happy to serve Benjamin. Sometimes, even if he was already receiving others, he would find someone to replace him so that he could receive Benjamin.
After all, Benjamin would tip him almost every time, and he was generous.
In this way, under Benjamin's money offensive, Nose Ring completely fell.
It began to help Benjamin do some things that seemed to be no big deal, but were strictly prohibited by Gringotts, such as taking Benjamin to wander around the first-level vaults, visit the unique patterns on the doors of other vaults, and introduce the origins of these patterns and the information of the vault owners.
When Benjamin first made this request, Nose Ring actually refused. After all, if someone found out, he would have his salary deducted.
However, after Nose Ring refused his request, Benjamin no longer specifically looked for Nose Ring to be his guide. He began to look for the distant cousin that Nose Ring despised, Griphook.
This made Nose Ring feel as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, and what he couldn't accept the most was that Benjamin gave Griphook much more tips than he gave it!
Seeing Griphook showing off happily every day, Nose Ring almost had the urge to hit his head against the wall.
So, when Benjamin came to Gringotts again, he found that Nose Ring had been waiting for him at the door early, and this time Nose Ring's attitude became better. He no longer refused Benjamin's request to visit the first-level vault group, or even more excessive requests.
Now Benjamin laughed, and the goblin Nose Ring was just like a fool, being played around by him.
But in fact, this can't be completely blamed on Nose Ring.
All wizards in this world know one thing, that is, goblins are extremely greedy creatures, they have a strong possessive desire for those shiny little things. This is their nature and cannot be changed. There is
even a proverb in Ying Country:
One copper knut can make a goblin cut off its toes, and if that doesn't work, then give it another one.
Although this proverb is a bit far-fetched, it has fully explained the greedy nature of goblins.
While the nose ring has this greedy nature, its intelligence is obviously not high enough.
It obviously did not see through Benjamin's true intentions, thinking that Benjamin was just a curious and silly mudblood wizard.
At the same time, it did not realize the value of the information it had revealed.
Otherwise, although it would still sell the information for gold coins in the end, the price Benjamin said it would pay might be an astronomical figure.
Of course, none of this is important. In general, Benjamin's mission has been successfully completed, so smoothly that he can't believe it.
At the same time, Franklin and the Weasley brothers were not idle. When Benjamin compiled and sorted out the information he had collected in the past few days and handed it to Mike, a detailed file on Bellatrix Lestrange also appeared on Mike's desk.
Bellatrix Lestrange.
Formerly known as Bellatrix Black, she is the cousin of Sirius Black and the sister of Narcissa Malfoy, the mother of Draco Malfoy.
Like her sister Narcissa, Bellatrix was a noble lady who was brainwashed by the pure-blood aristocratic concept. When she was young, she was extremely beautiful and had the title of Black Pearl.
Bellatrix had quite a few admirers at the time, but she finally chose to marry Rodolphus Lestrange, who was also a pure-blood aristocrat, and took her husband's surname.
Later, the couple joined Voldemort and became Death Eaters.
And after Voldemort's fall, the couple used the Cruciatus Curse to torture Neville's parents, the Longbottoms, in order to vent their anger, which eventually led to the Longbottoms becoming mentally ill and becoming permanent patients at the Armando Magical Hospital.
It can be seen that the relationship between the couple is quite good, and it can be said that the wife has reached the point where the husband sings and follows the wife.
But in fact, almost all Death Eaters know that the person Bellatrix loves is not poor Rodolphus, but Voldemort.
The reason why she is so loyal is largely because she loves Voldemort so deeply.
Unfortunately, Voldemort was not interested in this beautiful noble lady, and he always treated Bella very harshly.
Interestingly, Bella's legitimate husband Rodolphus seemed to be unaware of this, or he knew but pretended to know nothing.
In short, he still loved Bella as much as before marriage, and it can even be said that he obeyed Bella's words.
For this reason, the owner of the Lestrange family vault became Bella, and because of Sirius Black's rebellion, his mother, Mrs. Black, was extremely disappointed with him.
In order to prevent Sirius, the prodigal son, from squandering all the Black family's property, she gave most of the Black family's property to Bella for safekeeping before she died.
The accumulation of the two super families, the Lestrange family and the Black family, for thousands of years made Bella the richest woman in Europe! It also made the already crowded Lestrange family vault even more crowded.
And the goal of Mike's action this time is this super vault with the top protection of Gringotts!
In the meeting room of the Masonic Secret Realm, the members of the Freemasons were gathered together, and Mike, the leader, was looking at a photo.
This photo was taken before Bella went to prison, and it can be seen that Bella was indeed a great beauty at that time.
However, Bella in the photo was screaming and laughing at the camera desperately. Her beautiful face was distorted by such exaggerated movements, which made her look extremely crazy.
To be honest, when Mike saw this photo, he thought of a character in the comics of his previous life: Harley Quinn.
There are many similarities between the two people, but unfortunately, Bella has become a vicissitudes of life after more than ten years of torture in Azkaban. Although she tried her best to cover up her flaws with makeup, it was useless. Facing
such a beauty should be a very pleasant thing, but Mike was frowning at this time.
Bella's vault, the defense means are indeed a bit excessive.
Not only is it attached with a full set of Gringotts forbidden packages, but even the door of the vault is made of secret stone!
Secret stone is an extremely precious synthetic magic material. Currently, only a few alchemy masters can make it, so its price is extremely high, and the highest price is even 100 gold galleons per gram.
And to match its high price, it has strong magic resistance and hardness close to diamond.
"You mean, even if it is burned with fierce fire, it will take at least ten minutes to burn open the broken door?"
Mike frowned and asked.
"Yes, according to the information I got, although there are not many secret shining stones on the door of Bella's vault, the defense is not compromised at all."
"So, Victor, have you made any progress in your research on cracking the secret shining stones?"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on Victor in the corner.
Compared with the half-human, half-mechanical ghost appearance before, Victor is now much more normal. At least now you can't find any traces of mechanical modification on him.
Obviously, he still took Mike's warning to him last time to heart.
Facing the expectant eyes of the crowd, Victor shook his head slightly and said:
"Progress? Yes, but I am not satisfied yet. At present, I have indeed developed a solution specifically for dissolving the Secret Glow Stone, but the effect of this solution is not very good at present. It can only weaken the anti-magic properties of the Secret Key Stone, and cannot completely dissolve it. According to my estimation, if you use this solution to weaken the vault door first, and then use the Fiery Fire Curse to bake it, it can save about half the time, that is, five minutes."
After saying this, everyone showed a trace of disappointment on their faces. Five minutes seemed short, but it was still too long under the circumstances at that time.
Victor looked at the expressions of the crowd and showed embarrassment on his face, but then he explained:
"It's not my fault. You gave me too little time!"
Mike nodded. He knew that Victor was not a person who liked to make excuses. At this moment, he was forced to start making excuses. He must have really tried his best.
"It's not your fault, Victor. You've tried your best." Mike said, "There's still some time before we officially start. You can try harder and try to perfect the solution."
Mike's expression was sincere and his tone was gentle. He didn't mean to blame Victor at all.
After hearing what Mike said, the other members in the conference room began to comfort Victor.
Their words were as gentle as the spring breeze in June, but in Victor's ears, they became doubts about his ability.
'You all think I'm a waste and can't find a perfect solution, right? '
This thought kept echoing in Victor's mind. Finally, Victor stood up from his chair, pushed open the door of the conference room, and ran towards his laboratory.
The people in the conference room didn't react much to this.
Gradually, the conference room returned to its original silence. No one spoke anymore, because Mike, who was sitting at the head, was bowing his head at the moment, looking thoughtful.
Half an hour later, Mike finally raised his head, and with his movement, a light curtain appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone's attention was instantly attracted by the light screen, and the large light screen showed different colors:
Plan A:
Preparation stage:
1. Use Polyjuice Potion and other items to make a team member pretend to be the owner of a first-level vault.
2. Let the team member carefully observe the words and deeds of the target.
Action stage:
1. Go to Gringotts with a fake identity and use the Imperius Curse to control the counter staff to steal the key to Bella's vault.
2. Ignore the anti-thief waterfall and use the Imperius Curse to control the guide.
3. Enter the vault to seize the gold cup.
Retreat stage:
1. All members use the Masonic Portkey to retreat.
Note: If the plan fails, all actions are subject to the order of the on-site commander.
Plan B:
Preparation stage:
1. Send members or use the Imperius Curse to control others to forge identities, and go to Gringotts to create an account and apply for a second-level vault.
2. Use the applied second-level vault as an anchor to make a portkey.
Action stage:
1. All members of the action team use the portkey to reach the second-level vault in advance and ambush it.
2. The owner of the secondary vault visited the vault on the same day.
3. Ambush the house-elf who opened the door and use the Imperius Curse to control it and delay time.
4. Forcefully break through the Bella vault. Since a strong attack on the vault door is likely to trigger an alarm, the rest of the team will go to the location where the dragon and the sphinx are imprisoned to free them, causing chaos and delaying time.
5. Successfully break through and seize the gold cup.
Note: If the plan changes, all actions are subject to the order of the commander on the scene.
Retreat phase:
1. If everything goes well, use the door key in the Masonic gold coin to teleport and escape.
2. If the door key cannot be used for various reasons, try to force a breakthrough by taking advantage of the rioting guards.
Looking at the stunned expressions of everyone in the conference room, Mike smiled.
As a professional that, Mike is very good at planning this kind of plan.
He said that although the action plan he designed was far less detailed and perfect than the one designed by his bald think tank in a wheelchair, it was pretty good overall.
So it was not strange for Benjamin and the others to have such expressions. After all, they were still too young.
"Ahem!"
Mike coughed twice. The members in the meeting room who were still in a daze were all startled, and then they cast their eyes on Mike.
"Okay, that's the plan. Now the question is which one should we choose?"
Everyone in the audience looked at each other, very hesitant.
Mike was a little impatient and continued:
"Give me some voice!
A
or
B
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