Chapter 328 Stepping in

Holidays are undoubtedly a joyful thing, even after experiencing so many sad and shocking things, when everyone took their luggage and boarded the return Hogwarts Express the next morning, Most of them have smiles on their faces.

of course there are exceptions.

Harry Potter.

Sitting in the carriage, he seemed a little depressed, which was not surprising. The events that had happened in the past had really hit him hard.

First, Krum died, then his friend Hagrid was seriously injured and almost died. Voldemort, who killed his parents, resurrected and returned. Finally, coupled with a little physical discomfort, he now looks depressed.

Everyone thought so, even his best friends Hermione and Ron.

However, what others don't know is that the reason why he is frowning today is entirely because he saw someone.

Autumn Zhang.

And the ring Qiu Zhang wore on the ring finger of his right hand.

The ring was extremely beautiful, with a large diamond inlaid on it, which reflected a rainbow-like brilliance under the sunlight.

Harry had never seen a diamond in person before, so he didn't know whether the brilliance was the nature of the diamond or the result of magic.

But the moment he saw the ring, Mike remembered that Cedric had privately asked Mike to prepare a ring for him and said that he would use that ring to get engaged to Qiu Zhang.

‘Has Cedric succeeded? ’

Harry kept asking himself this question in his mind.

Although it was not a good thing to indulge in love at such a critical moment as Voldemort's return, Harry still couldn't control himself from thinking about Cho Chang.

This made him extremely uncomfortable.

He really wanted to go find someone to talk to, but this incident was so shameful that he didn't dare to speak to Hermione and Ron.

The only person he felt he could talk to was Mike.

Harry felt that after the night of the Triwizard Tournament, the relationship between him and Mike had been sublimated. He would never forget the joy and gratitude in his heart when Mike extended his hand and said he would take him home.

It's a pity that Mike has no plans to help the little kid solve his emotional problems now.

At this moment, he was sitting with everyone in the Freemasonry in a car that was isolated by the members of the mutual aid society, discussing the respective tasks of each member during the holiday.

The first is Penello.

She has officially graduated from Hogwarts, although due to various things, she did not do very well in the Ultimate Wizarding Examination.

But none of this matters anymore, because she is about to join the Los Santos Group and serve as the secretary to the group's boss, Mike.

The first task assigned to her by her boss was to post a reward for the Slytherin Locket. The reward amount was: 1,000 gold galleons for the person who provided the information, and 10,000 gold galleons for the person who directly submitted the locket.

Mike believed that unless the pendant had now fallen into the hands of a pure-blood noble who was not short of money, otherwise, as long as the owner of the pendant saw this reward, he would definitely rush over to give the pendant to him. .

After all, the money he gave was too much, enough to support a person's expenses for most of his life.

On the other side, Benjamin, Franklin and others were also assigned a task by Mike, which was to accompany him to the Gringotts location.

Although Gringotts' defense system is not as impeccable as others tout it, as a professional robber, Mike knows that a lion can fight a rabbit with all his strength, and they must be perfect in their preparations, because what they are doing now Early preparation may well have saved their lives during the operation.

This was what an old friend in a wheelchair of his previous life warned him.

That old friend was the brains of their team, and almost all actions were planned by him, so Mike always believed in what he said.

When Mike finished arranging all the characters, the train finally arrived at the station.

Everyone in the carriage left the carriage one after another, deliberately dispersed and mixed in with the crowd getting off the train and headed towards the platform.

They were surrounded by students rushing home and parents coming to pick up their children, and the platform was in chaos.

But even in such a chaotic place, the members of the Freemasonry seemed to have telepathy with each other and looked towards the young man who was slowly walking down the train door.

The blond boy seemed to have noticed their smiles, and smiled at them and nodded.

The faces of the Freemasons also had smiles on their faces, and they walked out of the station in all directions along the station platform without hesitation.

They all know that the first large-scale mission since the establishment of Freemasonry has begun!

…

The next day, Mike took Benjamin and Franklin, who had just reunited with their families for one night, to Gringotts.

This time, their mission was to record everything they saw in Gringotts.

Therefore, both Franklin and Benjamin wear a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of their noses. This is Victor's latest research work. Its mirror surface is engraved with dense ancient magic script, which gives it the ability to record images.

It is said that the reason why Victor studied such a prop was completely influenced by the 007 movie.

Of course, these are all irrelevant things.

Mike walked at the front, while Franklin and Benjamin were half a step behind Mike and entered the tall white building in the center of Diagon Alley.

The first thing that caught everyone's attention was the famous bronze door and the warning on it to warn those who were interested in spying on Gringotts.

Franklin and Benjamin looked at each other and laughed together. The scene in front of them was indeed a bit funny. They came here to prepare for the robbery of Gringotts.

Standing next to the bronze door were two goblin guards wearing scarlet uniforms inlaid with gold. The two of them looked at the group of three people, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

Today, Mike visited Gringotts as the boss of the Los Santos Group, so he dressed more formally.

Franklin and Benjamin are now Mike's assistants. Therefore, they are also wearing straight suits today and look like human beings.

Benjamin even had his hair slicked back, which made him look a lot more mature, indeed like a social elite.

But Benjamin's hairstyle today made Franklin very unhappy.

He originally wanted to have a good-looking hair style, but unfortunately, the quality of Nig's hair was really poor, and Franklin was the Nig among Nig's. He had already become quasi-bald at a young age, so he could only shave it off. A big bald head.

Franklin and Benjamin followed Mike to the left and right, making Mike look like a rich young man with a bodyguard and a butler!

Yes, those two goblin guards treated Benjamin and Franklin as butlers and bodyguards.

We really can't blame them. There is no concept of business elites in wizarding society at all. The ones that exist the most are families.

So although Benjamin dresses himself like an elite white-collar worker, in the eyes of the guards, the identity that best matches his temperament is that of a housekeeper.

As for Franklin, with his bulging tendons that stretch out the entire suit and his ferocious and serious face, it is impossible not to think of him as a gangster or a bodyguard.

"Dear guest! Are you coming to Gringotts to handle business?"

An elf guard asked the leader Mike with a flattering smile, while the slightly taller guard behind him had an annoyed look on his face, as if he was worried about why his companions had taken the lead.

"I'll save the money."

Mike's expression was serious and concise, and his attitude could be said to be quite bad.

However, the goblin guard didn't feel any discomfort at all. On the contrary, the flattery on his face became even stronger.

"Please follow me, dear sir!"

After saying that, the goblin guard hurriedly opened the door for Mike and led several people inside.

The scene in the Gringotts lobby has not changed much from the last time Mike came. There are many counters densely distributed in the spacious hall. Among them are counters dedicated to identifying gems and antiquities, as well as counters for pawning or redeeming pawned items. , of course, there are the largest number of counters for depositing and withdrawing gold galleons.

Since Hogwarts had just gone on holiday, there were many people coming to Gringotts to withdraw money and prepare to spend money in Diagon Alley. Therefore, Gringotts was very busy at this time, and there were customers everywhere who came to handle business. There were even long lines at some counters.

However, the queue was full of people with weak legs, so a distinguished guest like Mike naturally didn’t have to endure such a long wait.

"Dear guest, may I also ask you your surname?"

"Mike, Mike Townley."

The goblin guard's eyes rolled a few times, and finally his variegated pupils shrank and he exclaimed:

"Are you Mr. Townley? The boss of Los Santos Group?"

Mike nodded expressionlessly.

Mike was not surprised at all that this goblin knew his name. The Triwizard Tournament had brought him huge fame, and at the same time, the Los Santos Group had also expanded at an alarming rate in the past two years.

If he were a normal person, then maybe the reputation of the Triwizard Tournament champion would be even greater, but for greedy creatures like goblins, reputation is worthless. All they care about is gold Galleons.

"Oh! Please forgive my stupidity for bringing you here, Mr. Townley! Please follow me, this is the VIP counter!"

The goblin was hunched over and seemed to be kneeling on the ground.

When Mike heard this, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and with a flick of his wrist, a shiny gold Galleon was ejected towards it.

"For your reward."

The gold coin was thrown by Mike a little unexpectedly. When the goblin saw this, he flew over and grabbed the gold coin without hesitation. His movement was so fast that even Mike was a little stunned.

"Thank you! Generous guest! You are truly the kindest person in the world!"

The goblin continued with his compliments, as if hoping for more.

Unfortunately, Mike didn't intend to waste time on it and just waved it to lead the way.

A trace of disappointment flashed across the goblin's face, but he didn't say anything more and brought Mike to a huge counter.

This counter is really huge. The tall counter is nearly two meters high, which makes the fairy teller sitting inside look a little lofty.

"Sir, do you need anything?"

An old goblin wearing gold-rimmed glasses asked with a smile on the counter.

"I'm Mike Townley, and I want to personally go to my gold depository to make a sum of money." Mike remained expressionless, pointing to Benjamin and Franklin behind him and said, "These two people are my secretaries. Will come here to deposit and withdraw gold galleons on my behalf.”

The old goblin narrowed his eyes and looked at Benjamin and Franklin, which made Franklin and Benjamin very nervous.

Fortunately, the old goblin's eyes didn't stay on the two of them for too long. After looking at the three of them for a few times, he started to flip through a surprisingly thick account book while muttering Mike's name.

"Aha, I found it. Mr. Townley, you are the distinguished guest of the secondary vault, right?" Seeing Mike nod, the old goblin grinned, revealing the ferocious fangs inside, "In view of the current status and possessions of wealth, I strongly recommend you upgrade your vault to level one!”

When Mike heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

Gringotts' vaults are divided into four levels, namely levels one to three and public vaults.

Among them, public vaults, as the name implies, are vaults that provide storage services for ordinary customers, while levels one to three are private vaults with professional security.

The first-level vault not only has a large number of magic restrictions attached to it, but is also located close to the fire dragon guards, so the defense can be said to be flawless.

The defensive strength of the second-level and third-level vaults is much weaker. Like Mike's previous second-level vault, there are not many magic restrictions attached to it, and it is also quite far away from the lairs guarded by the fire dragons and sphinxes. distance.

At this time, the old goblin on the opposite side obviously recognized Mike's identity as the boss of Los Santos, so he wanted to let Mike upgrade the treasury.

The purpose of Mike and others coming to Gringotts this time was to check out the places. Originally, they were worried about not being able to enter the first-level vault, but they didn't expect someone to bring pillows when they fell asleep.

"This is the best. To be honest, it's a bit uneasy to keep so much money in a mere secondary vault."

Hearing what Mike said, the smile on the face of the old goblin opposite became even brighter.

I saw it snap its fingers, and then the tall counter lowered.

"Because the authentication system of the first-level vault is more complicated than that of the second-level vault, we need to collect your identity information, wand and token again." The old goblin said and turned his attention to Benjamin and Franklin behind Mike, "And Since you said before that you want your secretary to help you take care of your belongings, your two secretaries also need to register the wand and identity information. Only after registration can they enter the vault with your token."

Mike nodded and handed over the wand and token as requested by the old goblin. Seeing this, Franklin and Benjamin also imitated Mike's example and handed out their wands.

After receiving the wand, the old goblin changed his previous attitude and became extremely serious.

It wasn't until the registration was completed and the things were handed back to everyone that a smile appeared on its face again.

"Confirmed, Mr. Townley." The old goblin waved his hand, "Now, our staff will take you to the vault."

After saying that, a strange-looking goblin came out and bowed deeply to Mike and others.

"Dear guests, please follow me."