Hogwarts behind-the-scenes big boss

"Okay," Nico Flamel let out a long sigh, "we know you have your own ideas and many methods."

"But!" He fanned the plan book in his hand like a fan, "Now that I have seen the plan for the wand suit, and also grasped the idea of ​​the wand suit, how long do you think it will take me to build it?"

Moriarty suddenly realized that the old man in front of him had turned into a businessman who was one part shameless and one part shrewd. "So, we are competitors now?"

"Of course." Nico Flamel smiled: "My life has been dull and boring for hundreds of years. It's rare to encounter something interesting today. I have no reason to give up the opportunity to enjoy it."

"You seem to be sure of winning. But I'm not bad either. You know the gap between us very well." Moriarty pointed out.

"If you are referring to the convenience provided by the British Ministry of Magic, the supply channels provided by the pure-blood family, and the help provided by Ollivander and Slughorn... it is not a problem for me."

Nico Flamel walked slowly on the podium, a long-dormant aura emanating from his steps, making Moriarty become more focused.

Nico Flamel paused, stretched out an index finger towards Moriarty, shook it slightly, with a meaningful smile on his face: "As long as I say a word, people from all walks of life and even the entire French magic world will support me.

Control, dispatch, and there are a lot of people who are willing to be arranged by me."

A strong sense of confidence exudes from Nico Flamel's every move. Who hasn't been a teenager?

Perenel seemed to see Nico Flamel in high spirits when he was two hundred years old.

It was the time of the Great Geographical Discovery of the 16th century. In the Muggle world, European powers were developing large-scale overseas colonies. During this period, Nicolas Flamel traveled around the world, gained a lot of wealth, accumulated rich experience, and held more lives in his hands.

It's too many to count.

Perenel thought that Nico Flamel would never show his talents again in this life. Unexpectedly, in front of Moriarty today, Nico Flamel was serious!

However, Moriarty was not intimidated by Nico Flamel's momentum. He smiled calmly: "I'm not talking about our connections, but our talent!"

"Talent?" Dumbledore finally spoke. He had been silent before, but now he suddenly became interested: "It's really an interesting statement. Why don't we make a bet?"

"bet?"

Nico Flamel and Moriarty looked at Dumbledore together.

"That's right, whoever makes the wand set first wins!" Dumbledore's eyes flashed with an indescribable light.

"I don't agree!" Perenelle's voice rose a few degrees. "Nico has the support of the French magical community, and Moriarty has the support of the British magical community. Once the two of them set up a bet, there will be no

Diplomacy that benefits wizards from both countries."

"I think the two of them can drive the development of the wizarding world of the two countries and can also handle the relationship between the two countries." Dumbledore pointed out this point.

"Okay," Nico Flamel made a decision: "I'm willing to make this bet with you, Moriarty! What's your opinion?"

"Nico——" Perenelle said unhappily: "It is not a good thing for the French magic world to be opposed to the British magic world!

We are now professors at Hogwarts, and we were once students and professors at Beauxbatons. Two magic schools are sandwiched in the middle. What do the students do? What do they think?"

"These are not problems," Moriarty said with a firm tone: "The two professors agreed to come to Hogwarts to teach because of the space magic circle. This was decided before, no matter what the relationship between us is.

will change.

As for the attitude of the students, this is both a challenge and an opportunity - as word of our bet spreads, more people will pay attention and be willing to learn about alchemy, which is a good thing."

"Very good," Nico Flamel smiled: "I'm glad we can agree on this point. In other words, you agree?"

Moriarty nodded, and Nico Flamel immediately stretched out his right hand: "If I win, as I said before - you must become my disciple and use your talents to contribute to alchemy."

Dumbledore's eyelids twitched. He didn't seem to have mentioned this before.

Moriarty also extended his right hand: "If I defeat you, you must continue to use the elixir of life and assist me in making the next alchemical props."

Dumbledore twitched the corners of his mouth, "Good fellow, you are even more ruthless."

But Moriarty and Nico Flamel said at the same time: "Deal!"

"Snapped!"

The two hands clapped heavily, the bet was established!

Nicolas Flamel took out a strange pen from the pile of alchemy tools covered with black cloth. Perenel took out the parchment for him thoughtfully. Nicolas Flamel began to write a dozen letters at the same time.

letter!

Moriarty also had a solemn look on his face, and before leaving he did not forget to joke: "Race against time, Professor!"

Nico Flamel replied without raising his head: "Second!"

Dumbledore and Perenelle looked at Nico Flamel's furious look and Moriarty's back leaving the chamber, and both shook their heads in amusement.

"You knew this early on, Dumbledore," Perenelle said calmly, "Moriarty will not agree to our request."

"If you make a bet with him early in the morning, he will definitely agree." Dumbledore's eyes were dark: "Now I am beginning to look forward to the unknown fate, how wonderful it is."

After Moriarty walked out of the Chamber of Secrets, he immediately came to the Room of Requirement and started writing letters, to Lockhart, to old Flint, to the pure-blood family, to his classmates and followers...

…

As letters were carried by owls and sent to various places, just after noon, the details of the bet between Moriarty and Nico Flamel were known to everyone.

Tonks, Marcus, Lilith, Leon, Jericho, and Penelo were invited to the Room of Requirement.

Jericho's first words when he saw Moriarty were: "It's so cool to bet with the greatest master of alchemy in six centuries, sir!"

He swept away the irritability in the alchemy class and said with great interest: "We have to do something! We have to take action! Sir, what do you need us to do?"

"In fact, I do need you to do a lot of things," Moriarty quickly assigned the task: "Tonks, you stay as my assistant, and we'll start with the Condensation Rune.

Marcus, I leave you with the letters from the purebloods and the Ministry of Magic. Find out which ones are still willing to support me - I want to see how they treat me after learning that Nico Flamel refused to cooperate.

Attitude.

Leon, I want you to collect the students' wand information.

Jericho, write a letter to your father asking for his help in collecting information about American wizards' wands.

Lilith, take your people to Hogsmeade. I have asked Mr. Ollivander to take his research information on wands to Hogsmeade, and Slughorn and Lockhart will also arrive in the near future.

When you come to Hogsmeade, I hope you can become the communication bridge between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade.

——If you don’t know the way to the secret passage, Leon! Send someone to take her there.”

The person whose name was called took action. Penello looked at the busy scene of everyone, her eyes widened with excitement, and at the same time she felt a little confused. This was the first time she was summoned by Moriarty, and she was a little at a loss.

"Oh, Penelope?? Crevat!" Moriarty seemed to think of her, "Well... let me think about it, you can stay with me for the time being, and I won't trouble you if I have anything else."

"No trouble, no trouble." Penello said hurriedly, but Moriarty had already left. He returned to the dormitory and dug out a lot of potions, and found several potions that could improve brain power and replenish spirit.

Gudu drank it.

Despite his calm appearance on the surface, he even dared to point out the gap between Nico Flamel and him, but in fact he was not very sure in his heart!

"Talent, talent!" Moriarty rubbed his temples, an anxious look appeared on his face for the first time: "Think quickly, think quickly! There must be some way to bypass formulas and runes and directly achieve the shape I want.

Condition! Just like Nicol Flamel’s alchemical props, it’s impossible for every one of them to be created by Nico Flamel after a lot of trial and error. There must be some way!

What is it? What exactly is it? Mystery? Mystery? Magic moon, three-state transformation..."

Moriarty repeatedly muttered a few academic terms and walked out of the dormitory. The little snake in the common room was frightened when he saw him and hurriedly ran to tell the professor.

Before the teacher could reach the common room, he met Dumbledore. He was accompanying the twelve school governors to the Slytherin dungeon, and behind them were a large group of Ministry of Magic officials and reporters!

It turned out that after the pure-blood family received Moriarty's letter, Lucius and the school directors decided to make the gambling known to everyone. They teamed up with the directors of the Daily Prophet to launch a marketing campaign

.

In just a few hours, the wizards in the British wizarding world were incited and expressed their support for Moriarty's bet with the French!

Seeing that the calls were getting louder, the Ministry of Magic had no choice but to make an official statement through the Daily Prophet, expressing support for Moriarty on behalf of the British magical community.

For Dumbledore, this scene was something he was happy to see, so he readily agreed to let the school directors, representatives from the Ministry of Magic, and journalists come to meet Moriarty.

Of course, this is not an interview, it is just to express support for Moriarty on behalf of the British wizarding community, nothing more.

After Moriarty learned the ins and outs, he secretly thought that something was wrong. What do you mean, that's all?

Originally, he was at a disadvantage in his bet with Nicolés Flamel. Nicolés Flamel would definitely develop a wand suit. It was just a matter of time. Moriarty not only had to ensure the success of the development, but also shortened the time to ensure that

win.

So what he lacks most is time!

But now?

Although he had thought that this incident would cause a sensation before agreeing to the bet, the sensation came too quickly - the entire UK knew about it before the afternoon Defense Against the Dark Arts class even started!

Then it's not far away that the French magic world knows about this.

Damn pure blood! Moriarty secretly glared at Lucius. The pure blood family made a lot of money this time, but they unintentionally cheated Moriarty.

Sure enough, the system's cold voice sounded: "It has been detected that the host's current actions are extremely detrimental to the ultimate mission. Please ask the host to calm down the incident immediately and reduce the attention of the magic circles of the two countries to the host."