Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 600 New Department of Mysteries
"Mike, the Department of Mysteries has been rebuilt."

Franklin who pushed open the door said to Mike excitedly.

Hearing this, Mike and Penello shook their heads.

Even now that he has become the deputy director of the Auror office, Franklin still behaves so recklessly, which makes Mike very helpless.

But Mike was still very interested in what Franklin said.

After all, as the real place where mysterious objects are kept, the importance of the Department of Mysteries to a Ministry of Magic is self-evident.

And Mike also began to order the rebuilding of the Department of Mysteries after the summit ended, and at the same time recruit new silent people.

This is a very critical job, so to be on the safe side, Mike only used a small part of Los Santos' loyal wizards to do it, and appointed Franklin, who was still free, as the captain of the construction team.

He originally thought that the construction period of the Department of Mysteries would be relatively long due to the shortage of workers, but he did not expect Franklin to complete it in such a short period of time.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Mike's face, he got up and said:
"Then let's go and visit."

"Let's go!"

Franklin said excitedly that he couldn't wait to show his achievements during this time in front of Mike.

But Penello frowned when she saw this, she glanced at the document that had just been processed on the desktop, and said dissatisfiedly:

"But... Mike, you still have a job."

"You help me go through it first! You can decide the small things yourself."

"This is a document that has been reviewed several times!"

"Anyway, let's do it first!" Mike frowned, and winked at Franklin as he spoke, "I'll accompany Franklin to visit the Department of New Mysteries first!"

Franklin immediately understood when he saw this, and echoed:

"That's right, this matter is very important and cannot be delayed!"

Speaking of which, Franklin and Mike walked out of the door winkingly, leaving only Penello standing alone in the office.

"Mike! You will be regarded as a fool!"

Penello yelled helplessly, but Mike didn't respond to him at all.

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At the same time, in the magic elevator, Mike and Franklin were already shoulder-to-shoulder as if they were in Hogwarts.

Mike kept complaining to Franklin that the Minister of Magic is not an easy position. Even though Benjamin and Penello have helped filter out most of the tedious tasks, the remaining part still makes Mike feel irritated .

For him now, the only time he could relax was when he was with Frankley.

But the happy time is always short-lived. With the indifferent female voice in the elevator, Franklin and Mike returned to their previous high and majestic appearance.

Soon, the elevator door opened.

Mike walked out of the elevator first, while Franklin was half a step behind and followed behind Mike.

Seeing this, the two Aurors standing on both sides of the elevator door immediately saluted very respectfully.

It is worth mentioning that what they performed was not the etiquette of the Ministry of Magic, but the chest hammering ceremony within the Los Santos Wizarding Order, which just proved their identity as the core wizards of Los Santos, because only the oldest Only Los Santos wizards will stubbornly perform this kind of salute. If things go on like this, Mike estimates that this will become a special honor in the future.

From the moment they left the elevator, Mike and Franklin entered the scope of the Department of Mysteries.

What now appeared in front of Mike was a small hall and a series of stone gates.

It was little changed from what Mike had seen the last time he was here.

Mike frowned instinctively.

What he wanted was a Department of Mysteries that was more advanced, with stronger defense and detention capabilities, not something similar to the original.

But out of trust in Franklin, he decided to continue watching.

Opening the stone door and entering the corridor, the surrounding scenery really changed.

The original hallway of the Department of Mysteries was completely in the style of a gloomy castle, not to mention the dim light, and even the two sides were full of uneven stone walls.

But it’s different now. The corridors are as bright as day, and the stone passages have been replaced by a pure white material that Mike has never seen before. Even those ancient stone gates have been replaced with steel. The unique pneumatic mechanical fitting door gives people a sci-fi feel.

Mike froze for a moment.

The painting style of the scene in front of him was too different from the outside, which made him unable to react for a while.

When Franklin saw this, he smiled proudly and said:
"How? Not bad, right? We imitate Star Wars!"

Mike: "???"

"Don't you know about Star Wars?" Franklin said with a look of surprise, "It's that TV show with a lightsaber and the Force in it!"

"Of course I know Star Wars, but the question is how do you know this?"

"Please! We're not cavemen!"

"OK then."

Mike raised his hands and shook his head to express his helplessness, and then continued to walk forward under the leadership of Franklin.

The first stop they visited was the memory hall where Harry's prophecy ball was stored before. Adhering to the decoration style in the previous passage, the interior of this memory hall is also white, just like the cabin of a spaceship.

Memory balls of various sizes are neatly placed in rows of glass cabinets embedded in the wall, and each cabinet is equipped with a white ambient light, making these memory balls look like museum exhibits .

The only pity is that the number of memory balls here is still too small, and many cabinets in the memory hall are still empty.

However, there is no way to do this. The last time Mike and others fought in the memory hall, a large number of memory balls were damaged. Now there are so many memory balls left.

Next, Mike and others went to the Time Hall, the Brain Hall and other key halls.

The decoration style of these halls is similar to that of the previous memory halls, with only minor differences.

For example, the light in the brain hall is slightly darker, and the decoration and color are darker, so as to maintain its weird and gloomy style.

For now, Mike is satisfied with Franklin's work, and the only room he doesn't like is the time room.

But this is also Mike's own problem.

Because the time hall is spherical as a whole, the bottom is also made of multi-layer mirrors and glass to create a 3D effect, making it feel like you are in the sky when you step on it.

This design reminded Mike involuntarily of the Dead Sea prison he had been in.

In addition to these weird halls, Mike also saw many silent people transformed by the diehard wizards of Los Santos.

However, different from the previous silent people, the current group of silent people are all wearing black lab coats, beak masks, and various strange hats on their heads, just like the plague doctors in the middle ages.

Mike really didn't understand what effect this would have, and in the end he could only attribute it to Franklin's bad taste.

After visiting other halls, Franklin finally brought Mike to the Mysterious Object Containment Hall.

"are you ready?"

Franklin stood at the door rubbing his hands and said excitedly, but Mike didn't buy it and just made a gesture of please.

Mike was also unambiguous, and walked into the containment hall first.

As soon as he entered, Mike was shocked.

This is not because of how shocking Franklin made the containment hall, but because it is so ordinary.

Ordinary to here is like the most ordinary magic elevator.

Franklin smiled at Mike, and then pressed the button on the side.

With a sense of falling, the elevator began to descend rapidly, but stopped soon.

"Comprehensive command room, here we come."

A cold electronic female voice sounded, and a monitoring room very similar to the Masonic secret headquarters appeared in front of Mike.

Dozens of Silencers stood in front of the strangely shaped hosts and big screens. They stopped what they were doing when they saw Mike and Franklin, and saluted them respectfully.

But Mike didn't pay much attention to them. At this moment, his attention has been completely attracted by the scene on the huge central screen.

It was a huge underground space, which was brightly lit, and a huge square glass was suspended in the center.

The glass is hollow, and there are crooked layers inside, and there are nearly 20 layers of smaller square glasses in total, and the innermost part is wrapped with the glass that imprisoned the 'White Death'. container.

"This is the shelter of the 'White Death'. According to your request, we have further improved the security of the detention. Now the huge space it is in is located about 60 meters underground, and its cell body is removed from the previous simple container. , we also built a total of 28 additional layers of protection with the same material of quartz. These layers of protection are separated from each other by air-tight doors and are absolutely airtight. And because their positions with each other are disordered, even if the Leaking, the white mist released by the 'White Reaper' also needs to wander around here for a long time before it can be transmitted, which can buy time for our rescue and repair."

"And what about facilities that use the 'White Death' as ​​a means of attack?"

"We have also considered this point." Franklin waved his hand, and a silent man immediately understood, and operated the joystick to turn the probe to the wall of the underground space. "You can clearly see that there are many ventilation holes all over the walls of this underground space. Normally, these ventilation holes are closed, and they will only be opened to provide air when the Silencers go to check and repair the equipment. At the same time, they can also be used as a channel for the 'White Death'.

Once we need the 'White Grim Reaper' to appear, we only need to press a button here, and the airtight door on the glass cage will be aligned and opened, releasing the White Grim Reaper inside.Of course, it spreads very slowly in this way, and if we want to speed it up, we still have to use the old method, human sacrifice. "

Mike nodded, the prison of 'White Death' is far better than the previous version, which makes him very satisfied.

In addition, he also noticed that there was a number GY-001 marked on the bottom of the screen of the probe monitoring the 'White Reaper', and he turned his head to look at other idle screens beside him, and saw similar serial number.

These and the fact that they got off the elevator just now, Mike quickly had a guess.

"You merged the Inquisition on the tenth basement floor into the Department of Mysteries, didn't you?"

Mike said firmly.

Franklin laughed loudly and said:
"Sure enough, we can't hide it from you. We did. Now that the entire court has been emptied by us, the 'White Death Prison' you saw was built using a small part of the space. The rest of the space we still have Idle. Of course, this is not because we are lazy, but because we consider that there may be more mysterious objects coming in in the future, we need to customize the storage space for them. As for the things in the original trial, we have moved To the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It's their job to try criminals, after all."

Hearing this, Mike also showed such an expression on his face.

He was originally wondering how the project on Franklin's side could be completed so quickly. You must know that there was a serious shortage of space in the Department of Mysteries. If the original space of the trial court on the tenth floor of the basement was occupied, it would be very reasonable so soon.

As for Franklin's behavior of occupying the courthouse, Mike is actually happy to see it succeed.

You must know that the Trial House on the tenth floor of the basement was originally built temporarily in order to improve the efficiency of the trial due to the excessive number of Death Eaters during the downfall of Voldemort.

At that time, it can be said that all ten courtrooms were full.

But it is different now. In peacetime when there is no serious turmoil, most of the ordinary criminal law enforcement departments will directly give sentences. These large courtrooms are not needed at all. There are only trials of the savior and some major cases. It is necessary to use the courtroom and summon the Wizengamot Council to come and judge.

The former Ministry of Magic was also very aware of this, so the court on the tenth floor was once used as a cell for the temporary detention of prisoners by the Auror office.

But now that Mike has rebuilt and perfected Azkaban, the only use of the Inquisition has disappeared.

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

Franklin looked at Mike expectantly. For the establishment of the Department of Mysteries, he had already done his best, and now he was extremely eager for Mike's approval.

Mike didn't disappoint him either. He boasted to Franklin and the silent people, and promised to give them bonuses, which made everyone present smile.

And watching all this, Mike also let out a long sigh of relief.

Now that the place to house the mysterious objects has been set up, it's time to start the work of collecting and containing the mysterious objects.

(End of this chapter)