The Admiral of Hogwarts

The incident on the street just now was a failed attack. Two wizards claiming to be from the White Robe Society suddenly attacked a wizard from Durmstrang on the street.

As it turned out, these two wizards were clearly not very skilled. They wasted several seconds taking off their coats and shouting slogans before the attack, giving their target time to prepare.

To make matters worse, they chose the Durmstrang student with the strongest individual combat ability among the contestants this time. So, when the two actually attacked, they found that they couldn't take down this wizard, who looked much younger than them, in a short period of time.

Obviously, this densely populated area was also a key monitoring area for the Japanese Ministry of Magic. Therefore, in a very short time, the two attackers were arrested by the Aurors and Hit Wizards deployed in this area by the Ministry of Magic.

"Was this the big attack that the White Robe Society was talking about before?" Hugo curled his lips, looking at the two attackers being escorted away by the Ministry of Magic personnel. "If it's only to this extent, then they're nothing special."

"You're right, but we don't know if this scene is being performed for us, or if it's really the truth." Enterprise leaned close to Hugo's ear and said quietly at this moment.

"So, I think the best thing for us to do next is to take a good look around the shops on this street and collect more information for analysis."

So, Hugo and Enterprise separated temporarily and acted independently. And when they returned to the pier at the agreed time in the afternoon, both of them had serious expressions on their faces.

"The situation is obviously a bit wrong now." After quickly exchanging information through the Admiral Network, Hugo said to Enterprise. "The prices of many important items have obviously increased during this period, and the reason is basically that someone has placed large orders."

"In addition, the news I inquired about in the tavern just now is that someone recognized that the two people who were arrested were not members of the White Robe Society at all, but just small-time gangsters living in the Kinshicho area."

"More importantly, one of the guys who seemed to be a little drunk kept saying that the two people were not just simple gangsters, but also informants for the Ministry of Magic."

"Your news is very important, at least I didn't find out about it just now." Enterprise shrugged.

"And I just made a big discovery in the street, that is, many Japanese wizards believe that their current problem is because of the opening of the country, so many people are cheering for the attack just now."

Hugo didn't find anything wrong with the overall atmosphere of the Japanese wizarding world. Because in the past few days, in addition to reading books in the library, he also read a lot of newspapers and magazines.

Without exception, those newspapers and magazines were openly and secretly accusing the International Confederation of Wizards and the Zhuxia Magic Alliance of excluding themselves, and at the same time, they were also the main reason why they did not gain much benefit from the so-called opening up.

But the real situation is not like this. What really caused the plight of the Japanese wizarding world is themselves.

On the one hand, although their current fence-sitting approach seems to be pleasing both sides, it also means that the two major magic organizations will only put some of the most peripheral things here. In this way, it is naturally difficult for them to obtain enough benefits.

On the other hand, the degree of control of the Japanese wizarding families over the Japanese wizarding world is even much higher than that of the British magic world. This can be seen from the fact that Mahoutokoro, backed by Japan's huge human resources, is the smallest of the world's famous wizarding academies.

This is not because the proportion of wizards born in Japan is lower than normal, but because Mahoutokoro itself is an aristocratic school, allowing the wizards of these wizarding families to have a clear distinction from other wizards from the beginning.

This internal contradiction also caused the benefits brought about by Japan's opening up to be swallowed up by those pure-blood families, while the unfavorable aspects were borne by ordinary wizards.

As a result, the freak White Robe Society was born. A group of previously marginalized aristocratic wizards used the overall dissatisfaction of society to coerce ordinary wizards, and then began to fight against those aristocratic wizards who controlled the Japanese Ministry of Magic.

As the struggle between the two sides gradually became heated, all kinds of violent incidents emerged one after another. According to statistics, in the past ten years, attacks on foreigners in the Japanese wizarding world have at least doubled compared with ten years ago.

Until now, after the current Minister of Magic of Japan took office and intentionally suppressed them, these overt attacks began to decrease. However, in Hugo's and others' opinion, this is just a stopgap measure that does not address the root cause.

After Mahoutokoro, Hugo and Enterprise respectively informed the Japanese Ministry of Magic officials who received them of the situations they had observed before, but the official did not take it seriously at all.

"Don't worry, those sporadic attacks against foreigners are just occasional phenomena." The middle-aged male wizard said with a nonchalant expression.

"And you don't have to worry about being attacked during the next game, because as far as we know, organizations like the White Robe Society are only capable of randomly attacking some foreigners on the street."

"Especially since last year, our Minister of Magic began a large-scale purge of members and sympathizers of the White Robe Society, and arrested many of them. Now their organization should be completely paralyzed."

"More importantly, the location of the final game is now strictly confidential. So, even if the other party really wants to attack, they can't possibly find your location—"

"I think this guy is obviously unreliable." On the way back to their residence from the office of this Japanese Ministry of Magic official, Hugo said to Enterprise. "It gives me the feeling that after this, the Japanese wizarding world is more dangerous than before."

"Anyway, they have nothing to do with us. The only thing I hope is that if something really happens, it won't happen during our game." Enterprise said to Hugo through the Admiral Network.

"Of course, it is a very stupid thing to put all your hopes on others, so I hope you can issue a call to gather the ship girls who are currently free to prepare for possible emergencies."

At first, Hugo didn't intend to follow Enterprise's idea. Because he felt that it would be a waste of manpower and money to mobilize everyone just for a guess, and it would make him seem a little timid.

However, after Enterprise posted this news on the Admiral Network, the ship girls unanimously decided to let Hugo issue a command to prepare for battle.

Since the situation on the Balkan battlefield has now entered a critical period, most of the European ship girls are busy with work related to that war and cannot spare the time for the time being.

Under this circumstance, except for Saint George, all the other ship girls came from the United States. It can even be said that this time, the American ship girls, except for a few who stayed behind to guard the house, almost came out in full force.

"Wouldn't it be a little thin to leave Massachusetts and Salem alone to guard the house?" After dinner that day, Hugo, holding the list of personnel dispatched this time, discussed with Enterprise.

"Don't worry, it's enough for them to stay there now." Seeing that there was no one around, Enterprise leaned down slightly and kissed Hugo on the cheek, and then said softly in his ear.

"And to be honest, you haven't spent enough time with everyone before, so everyone wants to take this opportunity to spend more time with you."