Chapter 139 Dumbledore's Rejection! The Future of the Chat Group!
Chapter 139 Dumbledore's Rejection! The Future of the Chat Group!
But now that we have the dimensional chat group, summoned beasts can go out to work in the ninja world, so naturally the more we train, the better.
"Ah this..."
Borsalino is a bit confused. Are the ninjas of Konoha Village going to become like "Pokémon"?
Borsalino couldn't help laughing when he thought about the scene in the future where Naruto would throw the Nine-Tails away if they had a disagreement with him.
"There is no one in Hogwarts who needs to be assassinated, nor do we need any person or organization to provide us with violent services."
Dumbledore frowned and rejected Orochimaru's proposal without hesitation. If the other party knew magic, he wouldn't mind hiring a few to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Although this year Gilderoy Lockhart has already been taken advantage of.
But Dumbledore didn't think that peacock-like guy could last more than a year.
Professor McGonagall's hand unconsciously clenched her wand under her sleeve. She became more and more wary of Orochimaru, this dangerous man. Her previous feeling was right. This guy was simply another mysterious man.
"Really? That's a pity. In addition to assassinations and war mercenaries, we can also undertake a variety of missions, such as protecting important people, obtaining intelligence, and clearing out bandits and rebels."
Orochimaru shook his head with a bit of regret. Seeing that the assassination and war mercenaries with the highest profit margins were not accepted, he could only settle for the next best thing.
The pressure of supporting tens of thousands of ninjas in Konoha Village is still very great. The funds allocated by the daimyo in peacetime cannot be compared with those in wartime.
Even though the Fire Nation's share of missions can still support the ninjas of Konoha Village so far, Orochimaru, as the fourth generation Hokage, must make plans for a rainy day.
It is definitely unrealistic to compete with other countries for mission shares. It's okay for the small countries around, but the other four big countries don't have enough mission shares of their own, so how can they tolerate Konoha, a well-fed man, to get involved.
Therefore, Orochimaru can only try to expand in other directions, and the dimensional chat group is obviously a new direction with unlimited potential.
This is also why Orochimaru is so keen on taking advantage of the chat group. In addition to the Animal-type Devil Fruit, at least 80% of the dozens or hundreds of experiments he has conducted were attempts to travel to other worlds.
"I'm sorry, but Hogwarts is a magic school that educates young wizards. We cannot allow a group of dangerous people to mingle among the young wizards."
After hearing about the follow-up tasks, Dumbledore's brows relaxed a little, but he still did not accept Orochimaru's proposal.
Although the ancient mercenary groups had gradually withdrawn from the stage of history during the era when he was born and active, Dumbledore was still aware of the mercenaries' moral integrity and lack of bottom line.
To give a simple example, the peak annual income of the White Legion, one of the most famous mercenary groups in European history, was much higher than that of a grand dukedom.
From this point, we can see how evil the mercenaries were at that time. Comparing prices between two companies before the war and helping whoever offered the highest price were all basic operations.
Directly blackmailing their employers, former employers, and even future employers and demanding large sums of protection money are the main means of revenue for mercenary groups.
There were even some incredible operations where after the war, while both sides were badly defeated, they robbed both the employer and the enemy.
No matter how nicely Orochimaru said it, Dumbledore would not allow this group of aliens who were suspected to be mercenaries to enter Hogwarts openly.
"Then let's use gold as the equivalent. Other group members who need gold can exchange it from me with Dimensional Coins. It just so happens that I will need to hire a group of people in the near future."
Borsalino made the decision without waiting for Orochimaru to react.
As he owns the gold on Sky Island, he is quite confident in saying this.
Even Tony Stark, the richest person in the chat group besides him, could not compare with Borsalino in terms of personal wealth.
After all, according to the market price of gold in the Marvel world, one ton of gold is at least equivalent to more than 100 million US dollars, and the amount of gold that Iron Man can buy with all his wealth is still quite far from the amount needed to cast the golden bell on Sky Island.
"... Could you please introduce the dimensional coin you mentioned?"
Dumbledore pondered for a moment and then spoke to Borsalino.
From what Borsalino had just said, he keenly perceived something special.
In fact, Hogwarts itself is not poor. Not only does it have large tracts of land and property belonging to the school, it also receives a large amount of funding from the twelve directors every year.
If not, Hogwarts would not be able to afford to subsidize many young wizards. Those young wizards who have no money to go to school can get enough gold galleons from Hogwarts to continue their studies.
Of course, the money would not be much, and they still had to use second-hand crucibles and books, and even their worn-out robes were difficult to replace.
But adding up so many students, and the fixed expenses every year, it’s not a small amount.
However, Hogwarts has survived for thousands of years without much pressure, which is enough to prove how abundant the funding of this magic school is.
So getting a lot of gold was tempting to Dumbledore, but it was not to the point of providing timely assistance.
"Dimensional currency? That's a currency that another friend and I issued in the chat group. It uses gold and the purchasing power of the currency in his world as anchors..."
Borsalino glanced at Dumbledore with some surprise, and then briefly introduced the dimensional currency issued by him and Tony Stark, as well as the general use of the dimensional currency in the chat group.
As a currency system that was born not long ago, everything about Dimension Coin is undoubtedly still quite simple. However, as a prototype of a universal currency system, Dimension Coin has unlimited potential.
As long as Borsalino and Tony Stark can keep this monetary system going, sooner or later the power it can exert will shock everyone.
"…It's really surprising…"
After listening to Borsalino's description, Dumbledore had to admit that his opinion of the members of the dimensional chat group had changed.
Before this, he had always thought that it was just a gathering of powerful people who had acquired special abilities, but after listening to the description of the dimensional coins, especially when Borsalino and Tony Stark spared no expense to distribute dimensional coins to all group members.
Dumbledore has realized that the dimensional chat group is clearly of a higher level, equivalent to the predecessor of the Wizengamot Court.
Sooner or later, as the chat group members gradually grow up, they will become big figures like Borsalino in their respective worlds.
The dimensional chat group will become the ruling body that connects the worlds of these dozen group members, or even more worlds.
In fact, the current dimensional chat group already has the rudiments of a governing body.
It has its own currency, Dimension Coin, which is issued by itself and recognized by group members.
There are laws that protect the interests of group members - the unspoken rules and customary order led by Borsalino.
There is violence to protect the interests of group members - a group of chat group strongmen led by Borsalino and the ninjas of Konoha Village.
When other group members were still confused, a few people led by Borsalino, intentionally or unintentionally, slowly built this platform that gradually extended its tentacles to the heavens and all worlds.
In the world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, the move of pushing Zhang Cuishan to join the rebel army and overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty can, in a sense, be understood as an attempt by the Dimension Chat Group as a collective to expand its sphere of influence.
"so?"
Borsalino looked at Dumbledore with interest. He had guessed that Dumbledore had seen something, but he didn't care.
Because all of this was an open conspiracy, and Borsalino's original intention was far less profound than Dumbledore imagined, all of this was actually natural to a large extent.
When members of a chat group want to gain more benefits, they will naturally start to form a group to gain benefits through collective strength.
The emergence of dimensional currency is somewhat similar to the birth of real-world currency.
When bartering was deemed impractical, sooner or later someone, even if it wasn't Tony Stark, would take the initiative.
It’s just that without the participation of the two financial backers, Borsalino and Tony Stark, the development of chat group currency will be much slower.
However, as more and more members join, it will develop sooner or later.
"Hogwarts can accept the use of your dimensional currency, but you must also open up more exchange items and permissions to Hogwarts accordingly."
Dumbledore pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision that shocked Professor McGonagall.
The trend of the dimensional chat group is already established. Even if he can persuade Hermione to reject everything in the chat group, as long as Borsalino and others still want to obtain the specialties of this world, sooner or later there will be a day when they cannot be prevented.
Given his age and status, it was impossible for him to keep an eye on Hermione all the time.
As for using the Oblivion Charm or even simply ending it all once and for all, let alone the fact that Dumbledore would never do such a thing.
Even if Hermione is gone, who can guarantee that Ron, Harry or even Malfoy won't accidentally join the dimensional chat group in the future?
It would be better to keep everything under control within Hogwarts. At least he and his successors could avoid worse things from happening.
"Of course you're welcome to do so, but can Hogwarts afford it? Our demand is huge."
Borsalino did not comment on Dumbledore's idea, but from the perspective of the chat group members, he questioned Hogwarts' supply capacity.
Not counting the other people in the chat group, he alone was going to give a small bottle of Fuling potion to all the generals and officers above the rank of major general in the Navy Headquarters.
Tony Stark and Orochimaru probably have a great demand for Felix Felicis and other potions, and Borsalino will not allow Hogwarts to adopt a game where the highest bidder wins.
"We can purchase from outside if necessary."
Dumbledore said this calmly, but he had already decided to make Snape suffer for a while.
"That's fine with me. If anyone in the group needs it later, let them find Miss Hermione to buy it themselves."
Borsalino nodded to little Hermione, and when she saw that Headmaster Dumbledore decided to cooperate with the Dimension Chat Group, little Hermione was also very happy. This meant that she would no longer have to hide like before, and it was not a pleasant feeling to keep a secret alone.
Hermione was also very curious about other worlds, and the magical things she occasionally saw in chat records made her very yearning for it.
Now with Dumbledore's endorsement, she finally no longer needs to worry about anything.
"Yes, but I hope that Miss Granger can let me or Minerva review each deal before it is concluded."
Dumbledore said, smiling at Hermione.
He wanted to make sure that no one in the chat group would trade anything too dangerous to Hermione.
Although Hermione is much more mature than her peers, given her age and experience, she may not be able to distinguish some special things well.
"As long as Miss Hermione is willing... But can't you really reconsider the Philosopher's Stone and the Time-Turner?"
Borsalino was quite satisfied with the result of this trip, but he felt a little regretful that Dumbledore had refused to trade the Philosopher's Stone and the Time-Turner technology.
However, considering Dumbledore's position, this result is normal.
After all, the technology of the Philosopher's Stone requires Nicolas Flamel's approval, and the Time-Turner has always been stored in the Ministry of Magic.
Even with Dumbledore's status in the wizarding world, it would be impossible for him to trade the Time-Turner to Borsalino without alerting the Ministry of Magic.
However, if the Ministry of Magic was alerted, it would go against Dumbledore's original intention of limiting contact with the dimensional chat group to Hogwarts.
"I can trade the technology involving immortality and the ability to bring the dead back to the living for the Philosopher's Stone and the Time-Turner."
Before Dumbledore could open his mouth to refuse, Orochimaru added.
Orochimaru also used some rhetoric here. Speaking of immortality does not mean true immortality, whether it is pure gold or the reincarnation that he is developing, there is nothing wrong with saying that it involves immortality.
The ability to bring the dead back to the world is naturally the famous Impure World Reincarnation.
"This is impossible!"
The portraits of past headmasters behind Dumbledore couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Immortality and resurrection are huge taboos even in the wizarding world.
Even evil products of black magic like Horcruxes cannot be considered true immortality.
Orochimaru gave Borsalino an inquiring look, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he took out a piece of pure gold that was emitting a dazzling light from his arms.
Almost everyone's eyes were attracted by this piece of pure gold. Even if it was real gold, it would not have such a beautiful luster.
"This substance is called pure gold. As long as you carry it with you, you can stay young forever... At least you can live for hundreds of years without any problems, and you don't need to worry about aging."
Orochimaru looked at Dumbledore meaningfully.
It was obvious that among all the people present, only the white-haired Dumbledore was the one who needed pure gold the most.
However, what Orochimaru did not expect was that Dumbledore simply admired the beautiful glow of pure gold without showing any excitement.
As if death was not something to be afraid of for him, Orochimaru, realizing this, also fell silent.
A man is strong when he has no desires. For an old man who doesn't even care about death, it is extremely difficult to impress him.
"I...I want to know if you can really bring the dead back to life?"
But just when Orochimaru felt a little tricky, Harry, who had been sitting next to Hermione, couldn't help but ask.
He knew that this was wrong and might cause trouble to Dumbledore, but he really wanted to see his parents.
Professor McGonagall, who subconsciously wanted to stop Harry from speaking, hesitated when she heard this and looked at Dumbledore involuntarily.
It was not just Harry who wanted to see his parents. Professor McGonagall also missed her husband who had died many years ago. Even Dumbledore was recalling his former family at this time.
Especially his sister who died because of his fault. She was only fourteen years old when she died. Because of this incident, Dumbledore's younger brother Aberforth never had any contact with him again.
"Of course, I can always prove it to you if you need me to."
Orochimaru didn't know whether the Impure World Reincarnation of the Ninja World could be applied in the magical world, but that didn't stop him from deceiving Harry Potter.
Anyway, he never said that he could resurrect people from the magical world. When it comes to using words to leave a way out for himself, Orochimaru is also a master.
"Harry, the living should not disturb the peace of the dead."
Unfortunately, just as Harry's eyes lit up, Dumbledore stared at him and spoke.
It was precisely because Dumbledore also had people he wanted to resurrect that he decisively stopped Harry from trying.
This is not only to avoid disturbing the peace of the dead, but more importantly, resurrecting the dead should not happen.
Otherwise, there would be too many people in this world who want to resurrect their loved ones. Not to mention Hogwarts and Dumbledore, even the entire British wizarding world would be as fragile as bubbles in the face of such a craze.
"If the Philosopher's Stone and the Time-Turner can't be traded, then can magic be traded? As a magic school, Hogwarts shouldn't refuse students of the right age to study there, right?"
Orochimaru didn't care much about being rejected again. After all, the Philosopher's Stone and the Time-Turner were both made by wizards.
At worst, we can select children of appropriate age from Konoha to attend Hogwarts. As long as they can learn magic, they will be able to develop Konoha's own Philosopher's Stone and Time Converter sooner or later.
With pure gold in his hand, Orochimaru felt that he still had plenty of time and was not worried that he would not be able to wait until that day.
"It is impossible for a Muggle to learn magic without magical powers."
Dumbledore politely declined Orochimaru's proposal. Even Muggles in the same world could not learn magic, let alone people from another world.
The wizards in the Harry Potter world are more like sorcerers from another world than magicians. Even the Muggle wizards have ancestors who were wizards and passed their bloodline to their Muggle descendants, and then reawakened in a certain generation.
As for how the first wizards came about, all we can say is that the Sad Wind Cultists were everywhere, and some humans had incredibly high XP, which the magical creatures all found very annoying.
"What about the textbooks? Your school's textbooks should not be for sale, right?"
Orochimaru didn't believe that only wizards could learn magic. After all, magic was just a kind of energy. Since people from other worlds including Borsalino could master chakra, and ninjas could learn domineering, there was no reason why they couldn't learn to use magic.
"As for the textbook, I want one too. Let's charge one thousand dimensional coins. Well, one thousand dimensional coins is equivalent to one hundred kilograms of gold."
Before Dumbledore could answer, Borsalino suddenly spoke.
After saying this, he glanced at Hermione, which was a subtle reminder to Dumbledore.
Don't forget that Hermione is a member of the chat group. Unless Dumbledore keeps an eye on them, they will get what they want from Hermione sooner or later.
Even after becoming the Hokage, Orochimaru would not become great and glorious. If Dumbledore kept rejecting him, Orochimaru would definitely make trouble behind the scenes if he didn't give up.
Considering the harmony and stability of the chat group, Borsalino finally chose to stand on Orochimaru's side.
Of course, Borsalino himself also wanted to see if the magic from the Harry Potter world could be used in the Pirate World.
As for the issue of magic power, let Vegapunk think about it. It happens that the genius scientist is in a state of excess brain power all year round, so it would be a pity if he didn't use it.
After even Borsalino spoke, Dumbledore couldn't continue to refuse. He didn't want Orochimaru to send someone to study abroad, mainly because he was worried about the other party's intentions.
However, the spread of magic to the other world will not have a negative impact on Hogwarts. In Dumbledore's opinion, it would be a good thing if Orochimaru could give up his plan to attack the wizarding world.
"I will prepare it as soon as possible and have Miss Granger hand it over to the two of you."
Dumbledore was also very decisive. The most critical part of the negotiation ended like this, and what followed was normal communication between the two sides.
Both Dumbledore and Orochimaru were very interested in other worlds and exchanged information with each other that they didn't mind making public.
As for Borsalino, he walked around the office casually, looking at the portraits of past headmasters, the exquisite works of art, and Dumbledore's phoenix.
"Hey, gentlemen from other worlds, if you need more potions, you might consider looking for Black..."
Just as Borsalino was looking at one of the portraits, the old man in the portrait suddenly gave him a look, and then whispered a series of words quickly.
Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the principals in the other portraits rushed into his portrait and tried to stop this guy.
"Phineas, everything that happened here today needs to be kept secret. I think you should know that."
Dumbledore's tone contained a hint of warning. The one who wanted to reveal the news to Borsalino was none other than Phineas Nigellus Black, the first headmaster from Slytherin.
It is worth mentioning that Phineas, who was born in Slytherin, was rated as the worst headmaster in the history of Hogwarts.
The portraits in the headmaster's office were left by successive headmasters of Hogwarts, and they were responsible for providing assistance to subsequent headmasters. Therefore, as long as Dumbledore, the current headmaster, gave the order, these portraits could not disobey.
(End of this chapter)