Chapter 428 Intelligence and Meeting
"Of course I know, but what does it matter?"
Seeing the sunny and handsome Mike across from him saying such cold-blooded and ruthless words as if nothing had happened, Kingsley felt creepy for no reason.
"How can you...why do you think so?" Kingsley's voice became much lower, and his expression was a little complicated, "They are all lives, we should catch us, and then..."
"Bang! And then let them go and cause trouble in the world again?"
Mike slammed the table, then stood up, approached Kingsley and roared.
His sudden action scared Kingsley, and the nearly two-meter-tall black man was so scared by Mike that he fell directly on the chair.
The waitress who was about to call the police opened her mouth in surprise when she saw this, and she didn't even notice that the phone in her hand fell to the ground.
"The Flint family, and those other huge and ancient pure-blood families, they are all hopeless guys! Go and see what they have done? They started after the news of Voldemort's return was announced. They mixed in with those Death Eaters and spread plague and death everywhere to vent their desires!" Mike roared with a ferocious face, "They are all selfish egoists. Now that Voldemort has the advantage, they will show goodwill to Voldemort. When we have the advantage, they will show goodwill to us again and argue that they are just under the Imperius Curse! They did this last time, and we gave them a chance, but this time they told us with actual actions that our choice was wrong! Kingsley, sometimes we have to make a choice, killing some people is to protect the rest!"
Kingsley, who was slumped in the chair, looked at the boy in front of him with a dull look in his eyes. He had never felt such a strong pressure from such an underage boy.
Looking at Kingsley's embarrassed look, Mike no longer wanted to entangle with him.
He took out his wand directly from his arms. Although he didn't point it at Kingsley, the strong magic power emanating from Mike's body had already shown what he was going to do.
"Come on, make your choice, Kingsley. Either tell me everything you know, or I'll see for myself."
Mike's action startled Kingsley. Feeling Mike's almost unbelievably strong magic aura and the other party's fierce killing intent, Kingsley's huge body still trembled.
Then, after Mike asked that question, Kingsley took out a document from his traceless stretch pocket and threw it on the table without hesitation.
Mike took the document, flipped through it, and finally said with a smile after confirming that it was correct:
"That's right, happy cooperation, Kingsley."
After that, Mike put away his wand and swaggered away from his seat.
Looking at Mike's arrogant back, Kingsley raised his head in indignation and shouted in a somewhat out-of-control manner:
"I will tell Dumbledore about this!"
The only answer he got was Mike's raised middle finger and the loud sound of him slamming the door.
Seeing this, Kingsley snorted coldly, finished the coffee in his cup, and left the cafe.
And until both of them left, the waitress who had been eavesdropping on the side came to their original seat carefully.
She just saw clearly that the handsome blond boy stuffed something under the coffee cup, and she hoped that it would be the boy's contact information.
However, when she really moved the coffee cup away, she found that what Mike stuffed under the coffee cup was not a note with contact information, but a fifty-pound note.
The waitress's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she quickly stuffed the note into her arms, then turned her head and began to look around, and was relieved to see that no one around was paying attention to her.
And then, the waitress was ecstatic.
Now she couldn't care about Mike's contact information.
You know, this is fifty pounds!
I can't earn that much in a week!
At the same time, Mike returned to the Masonic Secret Realm and notified all the Freemasons to come to the meeting through the Masonic gold coins.
While waiting for everyone, Mike first changed into a serious wizard robe, and then came to the meeting room first, opened the file bag and read it carefully.
This is a report similar to a diary, which records all of Kingsley's experiences during this period of time. Of course, it also includes his investigation results on the Flint family.
It shows that after learning that Voldemort has returned, the Flint family did not either directly surrender to Voldemort or pretend to be Death Eaters to wreak havoc everywhere and seek benefits like other pure-blood families.
Instead, they disappeared directly.
That's right, hundreds of people in the entire family, including all the supplies, disappeared.
This abnormal behavior naturally aroused Kingsley's interest, and coupled with Dumbledore's order for him to find Slytherin's locket, Kingsley made a very careful investigation of the Flint family.
Kingsley is indeed an outstanding investigator of the Ministry of Magic. His outstanding ability allowed him to find out the general results of the matter in just a few days.
But this result surprised Kingsley so much that he almost jumped up.
It turned out that the disappeared family was not only the Flint family, but also the Prewett family, the Rawl family and dozens of other families. According
to Kingsley's speculation, these families should have formed an alliance.
The reason why they disappeared at this critical moment was to preserve the strength of the family in the troubled times. After all, they were all well-known and wealthy families, unlike those poor families who could only turn over by relying on Voldemort.
They would not come out until everything was settled and pledged allegiance to the winner.
At that time, no matter who was the final winner, they would not easily take action in the face of the powerful alliance of dozens of pure-blood families, so that their interests could be protected to the greatest extent.
Of course, this was just Kingsley's personal speculation, and Mike remained noncommittal about it.
As for the foothold of these families, Kingsley also found out one.
However, these families are also very smart. They did not choose to gather together, but chose to hide separately. Therefore, the hiding place that Kingsley found might not be the Flint family that Mike is looking for.
But it doesn't matter, because since these families have chosen to unite, they must have their own contact information and addresses. As long as one is found, it is natural to follow the clues.
'Then the next task is to go to the hiding place. '
Thinking so, Mike let out a long sigh and threw the thick file bag on the table.
It was not until this time that he realized that the meeting room, which was originally empty, was now full of people. All the members of the Freemasonry had arrived here at some point.
"Uh, where are you from?"
Mike asked instinctively.
"We arrived about half an hour ago." Penelope poured a cup of coffee for Mike, and then tidied up Mike's messy hair before saying, "But everyone saw that you were reading the documents seriously, so no one said anything." "
Am I so absorbed in reading it?" Mike rubbed his nose awkwardly, and then changed the subject, "Well, since everyone is here, let's have a meeting." As soon as
these words came out, the Masonic members who were still slacking off immediately sat up straight and looked at Mike who was sitting at the first seat.
They knew very well that if it wasn't something very important, Mike would never call all of them together.
"I called you here today mainly to determine the direction of our organization's actions. Although Voldemort's return has put us under great pressure, many industries under the Los Santos Group have also suffered a lot of losses, and many Death Eaters have even directly launched a terrorist attack on the Los Santos Group headquarters. But in general, I am still optimistic about the future. Because among all the seven Horcruxes, we have destroyed five, and one of the remaining two is in our hands and can be destroyed at any time. This means that we are not far from completely destroying Voldemort." As soon as
Mike said this, many people in the conference room showed excited smiles on their faces.
At this stage, the Freemasons have extended their tentacles into every corner of the wizarding world of Yingguo with the help of the Los Santos Group. I believe that as long as they cross the mountain of Voldemort, their future will be bright.
Mike naturally saw the expressions on everyone's faces. He smiled and continued,
"Don't be too happy too soon. The darkness before dawn is often the most difficult. If we want to welcome the darkness of light, we must survive this difficult time."
"And if we want to survive, we must work together and unite as one. So I suggest that the Freemasons officially enter a wartime state from now on, and the Los Santos Group temporarily suspends all operations except for the production of materials supplied to the Freemasons for internal use."
At this point, Mike stopped and observed the reactions of the crowd.
Everyone nodded in response to Mike's decision, and there was no objection.
Because the Los Santos Group said it belonged to the Freemasons, but in fact it was Mike's personal asset. It had nothing to do with them whether it stopped production or not, and Mike himself did not consider their opinions at all when making this decision. Now it is better to say that he is notifying them than discussing with them.
Seeing this, Mike nodded with satisfaction and continued:
"Then this is the last topic. We have now formed an alliance with Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix and have formed a certain degree of intelligence and resource sharing. And I have also received news from them about the last Horcrux that is lost. But the only problem is that the Horcrux is now in the hands of a pure-blood family, and that family does not want to cooperate with us. So I decided to use military force against them.
Note that this action is completely different from the previous hidden actions. This will be the first time we show all our strength! Of course, there will be certain risks, but I think compared to this little risk, the benefits we can get from it will be greater!"
Hearing this, the reactions of the people in the meeting room were different, but what surprised Mike was that the opposition he had expected did not appear.
Most of the emotions shown by the people were actually excitement!
Especially Franklin, he even climbed onto the table excitedly and made a gorilla chest-beating gesture.
Seeing this, Mike finally smiled.
This is also normal. The members of the Freemasons are generally young people, and young people are often full of energy.
"Since you have no objection, then let's do it this way. I will arrange the specific implementation time separately." Mike said with a smile, "Okay, that's all I want to say. Next is the free discussion time. Do you have anything to say?"
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other and shook their heads. Only Benjamin, who was sitting in the corner, was hesitant, as if he had something to say but didn't know where to start.
Seeing this, Mike frowned and said loudly:
"Benjamin, do you have anything to say?"
Benjamin, who was suddenly called by his name, shuddered suddenly. Looking at the eyes around him that were all focused on him, he gritted his teeth, and then stood up and said:
"Mike, you should know that the Death Eaters and those pure bloods have been causing trouble everywhere recently?"
Mike nodded.
"Huh! My hometown, Liverpool, was also attacked. Those damn Death Eaters attacked an alchemy workshop there and released a kind of death plague inside." Benjamin said with a red face, "I... I know it's not good to do this, it's against the interests of the Freemasons. But that's my hometown after all, and that damn Yingguo government didn't do anything about it, and even threw out the fantasy theory of herd immunity. So... so I wonder if the organization can allow me to take people to save... save those people."
After finishing his words intermittently, Benjamin's face was so red that he couldn't see anyone. He lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.
He knew very well that his request was very rude, because the Freemasons could not get any benefits from this matter at all.
But he still said it!
And now, it depends on how Mike, the president, will decide!
On the other side, after listening to Benjamin's words, the eyes of everyone in the conference room also shifted from Benjamin to Mike. They were all very curious about Mike's decision, because many of their hometowns were also attacked.
If Mike decided to help Benjamin, they would be able to express their demands.
Mike, who was sitting at the head of the group, frowned, and just when everyone was about to be disappointed, he said loudly:
"Okay! But I have to remind you first that we must make a quick decision, and we cannot let this matter affect our war against the pure-blood families!"
"I understand! I will definitely make a quick decision! In addition, we will keep our actions secret, minimize the presence of Muggle witnesses, and not cause trouble for the organization!"
Listening to Benjamin's excited words, Mike's relaxed brows frowned again.
He knew very well that Benjamin was worried about the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
But why should they care about that kind of thing?
"No need to keep it secret."
"You...what did you say?"
"I said, we don't need to keep it secret." Mike spread his hands and said, "Since we are doing good things, why should we be sneaky? We want everyone to know that it was our Freemasons who saved the people of Liverpool!"