#522 - Bad Moody (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"You bastard!"

Upon seeing that Saul was only affectionate towards Anduin and Hogg, Chataya immediately lost it, shrieking and scrambling out of the honey pot, charging straight at Hogg. Before long, the dog and bat were wrestling together, splattering honey everywhere. A Google search read.

Seeing this scene, Anduin wasn't angry. He knew these two were just playing around; they had fought like this many times before.

But seeing Chataya fling honey all over the place, he couldn't help but grimace. What a pair of spendthrifts, even if there's a lot, you can't waste it like that.

"Enough, you two, settle down for a bit, quickly pack up your things, we're getting ready to leave." Anduin affectionately scratched Saul's chin, then turned a stern face to the two who were still causing a ruckus.

At this moment, Chataya was still stubbornly riding on Hogg's neck, pinching his ears with her claws.

"Woof, Master, Chataya's gone crazy, I think she's gone stupid from being locked up in Zone One, or maybe you should strip her of her equipment and let her sober up in the sun." Hogg said in pain, turning his head to bite at Chataya, but the transformed bat was very agile, dodging the incoming maw with a quick shift.

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"You're the idiot, does grandma know how much suffering I endured in the zone? You dare to make fun of me, today I'll show you grandma's power!" Chataya said, then pounced on Hogg's face with a flurry of scratches.

Seeing this, Anduin snorted coldly, then stepped forward and gave each of them a flick on the forehead. Chataya and Hogg, who had returned to their human forms, obediently squatted on the ground, both rubbing their sore foreheads, looking helplessly at Anduin before them. There was no way around it; there was someone even more ruthless in front of them.

"Master, what should we do after taking these farming zones? It's not appropriate to leave so many ordinary wizards unattended." Chataya put away her playful mood and asked about the topic she was most concerned about. →

"Do you even need to worry about such things? Master has already made preparations. We can take this opportunity to use this group of wizards to turn the tables on the Silver Spears." Hogg scoffed at Chataya, but after being glared at by Anduin, he had to put away his flippant attitude and seriously explained the follow-up plan to Chataya.

After hearing Hogg's explanation, Chataya suddenly understood, then asked with some confusion, "No wonder you were all wearing Silver Spear outfits during the attack. So you wanted to frame them. But if you do this, the Silver Spears will definitely know that someone is impersonating them. Aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

"Expose what? These zones were originally their illegal strongholds. Can they deny it? And have you forgotten, the Silver Spears aren't exactly a reputable organization in Germany. They're a bunch of smugglers. Who would listen to the explanations of a bunch of criminals?" Hogg immediately retorted upon hearing this.

"I see. The reason they placed so many people in the zones before was to use the legitimacy of these wizards to deter outsiders, but in turn, we can also use the legitimacy to make the Club swallow a bitter pill. That's what you mean, right?" Chataya wasn't stupid and quickly understood the key.

"Correct." Anduin nodded. "The Silver Spears' weakness is that they can only ever hide in the shadows. No matter how they try to cover it up, they can't compete with the official Ministry of Magic. And now the biggest problem is that the Ministry of Magic has been infiltrated by Goldfinger from within."

"As long as Goldfinger is still in power in the Ministry of Magic, then our enemies include the official forces of Germany, and completely eradicating the Silver Spears is just empty talk. We can't guarantee legitimacy while fighting the Club."

"Like the 'Concentric Circles' operation, if we openly attack the zones, their defense forces would be enough to delay until Peter intervenes. When someone is backing them, the heads of these three zones will definitely not admit to being employed by the Club, and this operation will ultimately end without any results."

"Therefore, secretly occupying and controlling the three zones is not only the first step of the operation, but also the most crucial one. Originally, I just wanted to use the disguise of the Silver Spears to arouse the resentment of these ordinary wizards towards the Club."

"At the same time, indirectly strengthen the power of Andrei's faction in the Ministry of Magic, thereby weakening Goldfinger's influence and causing internal turmoil within the Club."

"But the gains from this trip far exceeded expectations. We not only successfully completed our set goals, but also obtained a lot of evidence from Claremont about the Silver Spears infiltrating the Ministry of Magic."

"With them, perhaps we can expand the strategic results of the next phase of the plan, preferably to directly clear Goldfinger's faction out of the German Ministry of Magic. That way, they'll be a bunch of pure criminals, and we can let go and do whatever we want."

After listening to Anduin's explanation, Chataya frowned in confusion. "Just clearing them out? Why not take this opportunity to eradicate the Club as well?"

"It's not as simple as you think." Anduin shook his head with a grave expression. "You saw earlier that Goldfinger has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time. We still don't know what means he uses to do it. Even if we directly go to war with him, it's difficult to guarantee that we can completely eliminate him."

"Not to mention that our ultimate goal this time is actually the 'Rune Serpent'. I'm still counting on following Goldfinger to find that guy."

Speaking of this, Anduin smiled coldly again. "Of course, although it's difficult to guarantee killing Goldfinger, taking this opportunity to cut off some of his wings is not a problem."

"What should we do next? Do we still have to continue monitoring those Silver Spears?" Although Hogg didn't dislike watching the surveillance and could even find pleasure in it, constantly squatting around made him, who was naturally active, feel a little uncomfortable.

"Currently, we still have to ensure secrecy as much as possible. Exposing our target too early will make me lose the initiative. Fortunately, apart from this operation, the main characters of the next plan are all Andrei. We don't have to appear on the front stage. Remember, only by hiding deep can we inflict greater damage when we truly bare our fangs." Anduin's eyes became even colder as he spoke.

"Hehe, like a venomous snake hiding in the dark, right?" Chataya also revealed a sly smile upon hearing this. "I like this. Pouncing out and taking a big bite when they're completely unprepared."

As for Hogg, who was on the side, looking at Anduin and Chataya with their sinister smiles, he listlessly raised his hind paw and scratched his head. He didn't quite understand the tricks played by these old schemers, but he knew that with Master's cautious personality, he would definitely not let himself suffer.

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Time rewinds back to two days ago, on the other side, inside the underground warehouse stronghold.

Just as Anduin and the others were transporting magical creatures, Moody and the other dozen or so Aurors, no, they should be called Silver Spears now, weren't idle either. They spent most of the day building some necessary facilities inside the warehouse.

These included more than fifty temporary large compartments built with magic. The building materials were all taken from the zones. Because they were made temporarily, the shapes were very simple, looking similar to ancient prisons.

One side of the compartment was against the wall, and the other three sides were metal fences shaped by Transfiguration. A very casual iron door was installed in the middle. The entire compartment looked no different from a large iron cage.

Inside each compartment, Moody and the others placed a large bunk bed that could accommodate 10 people sleeping. At this time, each bunk bed was full of people, who were the wizards and Muggles they had captured.

There were also two large buckets that could be used to hold clear water, a long table, two long benches, and a simple toilet. Of course, it was called a toilet, but it was actually just a wooden box that could provide some privacy, with a chamber pot casually thrown inside.

The reason why this place was built into this crude appearance was mainly because Moody was too 'successful' in assuming the role of the Silver Spear.

Since Anduin only told him to take good care of these people, and the only requirements were not to kill anyone, not to expose his identity, and not to be too soft-hearted towards them.

Then Moody would naturally give full play to his subjective initiative.

Don't kill anyone? Don't be too soft-hearted?

That meant, no matter how badly you treat these people, as long as you don't kill them, or rather, you can save them when they're about to die, right?

No matter what Anduin's original intention was, Moody understood it that way anyway.

So under his leadership, everyone turned the prison where these prisoners were held into what it is now. Of course, he was still humane enough to separate men and women.

After Moody and the others finally finished the prison and locked up all the people, it was noon. At this time, the effects of the hypnotic potion that these people had inhaled were also wearing off, and people slowly woke up.

Many of these people who gradually woke up were still immersed in sweet dreams. After all, the hypnotic potion brewed by Anduin was of very high quality and did not have side effects such as headaches or hangovers.

As their consciousness slowly recovered, they were a little dazed when they saw the scene in front of them.

What's going on? Weren't we sleeping in our own dorm beds last night? Why did the scene in front of us suddenly become so unfamiliar?

In front of them was a rough iron fence, and under them was a hard, dead wooden board. All they could smell was a stuffy, rotten smell.

And why are there other people lying next to me? I remember that the dorms were either double rooms or large bedrooms prepared for couples. What is this place? Why is the ceiling a hollow fence, but you can't see the sun?

Could it be that I'm still in a dream and haven't woken up yet?