The next day, as soon as the newspapers were released, the entire German wizarding world erupted.
What? The German Ministry of Magic's division bill was actually Minister Peter's conspiracy, and most of those civilian organizations were colluding with the Silver Spears? The newspapers not only used a large amount of space to expose Minister Peter's cooperation with the Silver Spears to control civilian organizations and maliciously escalate the conflict between East and West Germany, but also published the names of a large number of implicated organizations. Many German wizards discovered that the organizations they had been closely associated with before actually had such secrets behind them.
In addition to the news spreading, a large number of Aurors began to visit the headquarters of civilian organizations, arresting the leaders one by one, which further confirmed that this incident was not groundless. However, due to the long-term operation of these civilian organizations in various wizard communities, many civilian wizards could not accept this fact, even if the newspapers had both Wizengamot councilors and the previously rescued wizards testifying together. So, early in the morning, a large number of wizards who refused to believe it crowded the Ministry of Magic's hall, clearly wanting to find out the truth.
Alan had already informed Andre and others, so they were prepared, directly setting up a public trial stand in the center of the hall to publicly try the suspects involved, including Clement, who had an extremely high social reputation. When those important figures in the eyes of the civilian wizards—the heads of various magical departments and the leaders of civilian organizations—personally confessed their crimes on the public trial stand, the bewildered wizards seemed to suddenly awaken with a clear understanding. They then immediately changed their attitude, denouncing these ill-intentioned scumbags for deceiving the public with their schemes.
Indirectly, Andre's prestige throughout the German wizarding world suddenly soared to its peak, because if it weren't for him, everyone would probably still be caught in the deception.
Besides Andre, Alan, who also participated in this matter, gained a lot of attention. Especially when everyone saw the report detailing Alan's magical showdown with Minister Peter, they realized that this young alchemy master, the owner of the Silver Lightning Trading Company, was actually a wizard with extremely exaggerated combat power. In fact, in a short period of time, a large number of fans who regarded Alan as an idol appeared in the German wizarding world; it can only be said that with his outstanding appearance, coupled with his successful career and powerful strength, he was indeed very attractive. This indirectly led to a sudden surge of "Silver Flash fever" in Germany, and everyone was proud to own a product from the Silver Lightning Trading Company.
Seeing this, Andre also went with the flow and directly gifted Clement's magic item shop to Alan in the name of the Ministry of Magic, allowing him to naturally acquire an official branch in Germany, and one with permanent property rights. Alan naturally accepted this without hesitation; Clement's shop was also an alchemy shop, so it only needed a simple renovation to change its style and immediately reopen under a new brand, so Alan waved his hand and handed it over to Shalltear to manage.
In addition to this, various related honors were also indispensable, including Jason, Bob, and Alan, all of whom were awarded the Gold Medal of Valor. However, this made Moody very unhappy; he had also come to help, so why wasn't he included? But there was nothing that could be done; Moody had always done the dirty work, so he couldn't appear openly. Andre had no choice but to secretly gift a confiscated winery to Moody privately, which finally stopped his grumbling.
It is worth mentioning that this confiscated winery was precisely the Dino Magic Winery where the drunk William, who had a sudden conflict with Alan when he first arrived in Germany, worked. Unexpectedly, the owner of this winery was also a leader of a civilian organization in East Germany; no wonder Clement generously gave wine to his subordinates when he was in the park.
Although the German Ministry of Magic's affairs had come to an end, Alan did not dare to relax. Because after he returned, Hog told him something unexpected yet within expectations: Golden Knight was indeed still alive!
Alan had taken the opportunity to place a tracker on Golden Knight, and as long as the other party moved, Hog would be able to track him. At this time, Golden Knight's tracking location still occasionally showed movement.
"It seems we can now confirm that Golden Knight's secret is not the Time-Turner. But Minister Peter clearly died in front of me on the spot, so what's going on with this Golden Knight now? Could it be that Golden Knight was two people from the beginning, or perhaps soul transfer? No..." Alan stared at the magic map in front of him, lost in thought as he looked at the red dot representing Golden Knight.
"My lord, the other party has basically been holed up in the same place for the past two days, and it's not far from Minister Peter's original residence. Should we just go over and catch him?" Hog didn't like to think as much as Alan and immediately came up with a bad idea.
"It's better not to act rashly for now. That's the city, after all, and a fight could easily harm innocent people. Also, we don't know if he only has these two bodies. What if we kill him and another Golden Knight pops up?" Alan decisively shook his head and denied it.
"Then what should we do now? Just keep monitoring him?" Hog scratched his head in boredom. He didn't dislike watching surveillance, but doing it for a long time was somewhat boring.
"There's still too little information. We need to find a way to take the initiative. I have to go to the Silver Spears headquarters. It's time for Thunderbird to learn about the club's failed German strategy. I'll use this opportunity to vent and see if I can force Golden Knight out." After saying that, Alan got up and changed into his Silver Spears uniform, also grabbing a few newspapers from the past two days. Then he immediately adopted an enraged posture, which made Hog next to him sigh, remarking that their boss's acting was becoming increasingly natural.
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After Thunderbird entered the Silver Spears headquarters, he immediately slammed the newspapers onto the long table in the reception room and angrily cursed at Ashwinder, "What the hell is going on? Why were the Ministry of Magic's division-faction wizards all captured in one fell swoop? Such a big problem occurred with the club's strategy, and I only found out from the newspaper!"
"This..." Ashwinder awkwardly shook his head in front of the furious Thunderbird. "I'm not sure about the specifics either. I also learned about this from Golden Knight's message. I still haven't figured out what exactly happened."
"Then where's Golden Knight? He couldn't have run away, could he?" Thunderbird said this and then glared fiercely at Ashwinder, stepping closer to him. "Didn't you ask him for the full story? Are you leaders trying to screw me over?"
Watching Thunderbird pressuring him, Ashwinder also grew anxious and quickly shouted, "How could that be? Since this incident happened, Golden Knight hasn't returned to headquarters. I'm also completely confused right now, and if we really conspired to abandon you, why would I have let you into headquarters?"
"So, besides receiving a message from Golden Knight, you haven't seen him again?" Thunderbird stopped his movements at this point, muttering irritably, "Is it possible that he's planning to abandon all of us? Even abandoning you?"
"Impossible!" Ashwinder decisively shook his head and denied it, then blurted out eagerly, "Almost all of the club's stored supplies are in the headquarters, as well as the passage connecting to the Rune Serpent's residence..." Ashwinder realized at this point that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have, so he immediately closed his mouth and awkwardly looked down at the floor.
"Hmm??" Thunderbird tilted his head and stared at him. "What did you say? There's a direct passage to the Rune Serpent's residence in the headquarters?"
"This..." Ashwinder now knew he had spilled the beans, and it was too late to argue. "That's right, there is indeed a direct portal to the Rune Serpent's residence within the headquarters, but it's one-way and can only be passed through with the Rune Serpent's permission."
"In other words, you haven't just been guarding the headquarters all this time, but also guarding the Rune Serpent? Then your shedding period..." Thunderbird looked at Ashwinder with a surprised expression.
"That's right. Every month I'm allowed to go over there once. In addition to delivering some basic supplies for the Rune Serpent, there's also..." Forced to reveal his big secret, Ashwinder couldn't help but sigh coldly. "So your suspicion about whether the Rune Serpent is still alive is completely unnecessary. He's actually always been here, and very close to us."
*So that's how it is.* Alan finally understood some things at this moment. No wonder Ashwinder could stay at the headquarters for such a long time without fearing that he wouldn't be able to get through his shedding period; it turns out he was relying on the Rune Serpent's protection. That means these leaders have always known about the Rune Serpent, so his urgent desire to see the Rune Serpent must have been a joke to them, because if Golden Knight were to take him into the Rune Serpent's residence, he would have to expose the headquarters' secret.
*So why did Golden Knight agree to take him to meet the Rune Serpent back then?*
Thinking of this, Alan felt a chill in his heart. That's right; either Golden Knight had murderous intentions toward him, or Golden Knight had malicious intentions toward the Rune Serpent. Which situation could it be? Alan quickly considered the possibilities, carefully reviewed the things he had prepared during this time, and his heart suddenly hardened. No matter what awaited him, he would probably have to go there himself to confirm it.
"In that case, contact Golden Knight now!" Thunderbird's voice suddenly deepened. "The club has reached this point. I must see him today; otherwise, I'm staying at the headquarters and not leaving." After saying that, Thunderbird went to sit on the nearby sofa, adopting a domineering posture.
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