Chapter 139 Dumbledore’s rejection! The future of chat groups!
But now that there are dimensional chat groups, psychic beasts can go out of the ninja world to 'work', so naturally the more they can be cultivated, the better.
"Ah this..."
Polusalino was a little stunned. Are the ninjas of Konoha Village preparing to become a "Pokémon"?
Just thinking about the scene in the future when Naruto met an enemy and threw the Kyuubi out if he disagreed, Porusalino couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Hogwarts has no targets to assassinate, and we don't need any people or organizations to provide us with violent services."
Dumbledore frowned and rejected Orochimaru's proposal without hesitation. , if the other party knows magic, he wouldn't mind hiring a few to teach him Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Although Gilderoy Lockhart has already taken the bait this year.
But Dumbledore didn't think that peacock-like guy could survive a year.
Professor McGonagall on the side unconsciously clenched her wand with her palm under her sleeve. She became increasingly wary of Orochimaru, a dangerous person. Her previous feeling was indeed correct. This guy is simply another mysterious person. people.
"Really, that's a pity. In addition to assassinations and war mercenaries, we can also undertake various tasks, such as protecting dignitaries, obtaining intelligence and destroying bandits and rebels."
Orochimaru Shaking his head with regret, seeing that assassinations and war hires with the highest profit margins were not accepted, he could only settle for the next best thing.
The pressure to feed the tens of thousands of ninjas in Konoha Village is still great. The funds allocated by the daimyo in peacetime cannot be compared with that in wartime.
Even if the Fire Country's share of tasks so far can still support the ninjas of Konoha Village, Orochimaru, as the fourth generation Hokage, must have a plan for a rainy day.
It is definitely unrealistic to compete with other countries for task shares, just the small neighboring countries. The other four big countries don't have enough task shares of their own, so how can they tolerate a rich man like Konoha 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 why Orochimaru is so keen on taking advantage of chat groups. In addition to animal devil fruits, at least 80% of the dozens or hundreds of experiments he has conducted are for the purpose of traveling to other worlds. Do try.
"Unfortunately, Hogwarts is a magic school that educates young wizards. We cannot allow a group of dangerous people to mix among young wizards."
Deng after listening to the follow-up mission Bullido's eyebrows relaxed a little, but he still did not accept Orochimaru's proposal.
Although the ancient mercenary group had gradually withdrawn from the stage of history during the era when he was born and active, Dumbledore still knew the moral integrity and no limits of the mercenaries.
To give a simple example, the peak annual income of the White Legion, one of the most famous mercenary groups in European history, can be much higher than that of a grand duchy.
From this point, we can see how evil the mercenaries were at that time. Before the war, shopping around and helping the one with the highest price were all basic operations.
Directly extorting their employers, former employers and even future employers, and demanding large sums of protection fees are the main means of revenue for the mercenary group.
There was even an outrageous operation to plunder both the employer and the enemy after the war, taking advantage of both sides' losses.
No matter how nice Orochimaru said, Dumbledore would not allow these people from another world, who were suspected of being a mercenary group, to enter Hogwarts openly.
"Then use gold as the equivalent. Other group members who need gold can exchange it with dimensional coins from me. It just so happens that I will also need to hire a group of people in the near future."
Polusalino doesn't wait for Orochi. Maru reacted and made a decision.
Having the gold in the sky, he is quite confident in saying this.
Even Tony Stark, the most powerful person besides him in the chat group, cannot compete with Porusalino in terms of personal wealth.
After all, according to the market price of gold in the Marvel world, one ton of gold is equivalent to at least more than 100 million U.S. dollars. And with Iron Man’s entire net worth added up, the gold that can be purchased is less than the golden clock that was cast into Sky Island. There is quite a gap.
"...Could you please introduce the dimensional coins you mentioned?"
Dumbledore pondered for a moment and said to Porusalino.
From what Polusalino said just now, he was keenly aware of something special.
In fact, Hogwarts itself is not poor. Not only does it have a large area of land and industry belonging to the school, but it also receives a large amount of funding from the twelve school directors every year.
If this were not the case, Hogwarts would not be able to afford subsidies for many young wizards. Those young wizards who do not have money to go to school can get enough from Hogwarts to continue their studies. of gold galleons.
Of course, the money will definitely not be too much. They still have to use second-hand cauldrons and books, and it is even difficult to replace worn-out robes.
But with so many students added up, and it’s a fixed expense every year, it’s not a small sum.
However, Hogwarts has been able to survive for thousands of years without much pressure, which is enough to prove how abundant the funds of this magic school are.
So getting a lot of gold is a certain temptation for Dumbledore, but it doesn't go so far as to give him timely help.
"Dimension currency, it is a currency issued by another group friend and I in the chat group, with gold and the purchasing power of the currency in his world as the anchor..."
Porusalino glanced at Dumbledore in surprise, and then briefly introduced the dimensional coins issued by him and Tony Stark, as well as the general use of the dimensional coins in the chat group.
As a currency system that was born not long ago, everything about dimensional currency is undoubtedly quite rudimentary. It can be used as the prototype of a currency system that can become a universal currency in all worlds. The potential of dimensional currency is endless.
As long as Porusalino and Tony Stark can support the continued development of this monetary system, sooner or later the power it can exert will shock everyone.
"...It's really surprising..."
After listening to Porusalino's description, Dumbledore had to admit that he had a changed opinion of the members of the dimensional chat group .
Before that, 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 the fact that Porusalino and Tony Stark did not hesitate to bleed a lot of money, they offered to all the groups. When members distribute dimension coins.
Dumbledore has realized that the dimensional chat group is clearly a higher level, equivalent to the predecessor of the Wizengamot Tribunal.
Sooner or later, as the members of the chat group gradually grow up, they will become big figures like Porusalino in their respective worlds.
The dimensional chat group will become the governing body that connects the worlds of these dozen group members, and even more worlds.
In fact, the current dimensional chat group already has the prototype of a ruling organization.
It has its own currency—Dimension Coin—that is issued by itself and recognized by group members.
There are laws to safeguard the interests of group members - unspoken rules and established order under the leadership of Porusalino.
There is violence to protect the interests of group members - a group of strong chat group leaders led by Porusalino and the ninjas of Konoha Village.
While other group members were still ignorant, a few people headed by Porusalino, either intentionally or unintentionally, slowly built this group that gradually extended its tentacles to all the worlds. platform.
In the Yitian World, the move to promote Zhang Cuishan to join the rebel army and overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty can also be understood in a sense as an attempt by the Dimensional Chat Group to expand the scope of its collective influence.
"So?"
Polusalino looked at Dumbledore with interest. He had already guessed that Dumbledore had seen something, but he didn't care.
Because all of this is a conspiracy, and Porusalino's original intention is far less far-reaching than Dumbledore imagined, all of this is actually natural to a large extent.
When the members of the chat group want to obtain more benefits, they will naturally start to form a group to obtain benefits through collective strength.
The emergence of dimensional coins is somewhat similar to the birth of real-world currency.
When the barter transaction method is considered impractical, sooner or later someone else will initiate the initiative, even if it is not Tony Stark.
It’s just that without the participation of the two financial backers, Porusalino and Tony Stark, the development of chat group currency would be much slower.
But as more and more members join, it will develop sooner or later.
“Hogwarts can accept the use of your dimensional coins, but you must also open up more exchange items and permissions to Hogwarts accordingly.”
Dumbledore After pondering for a long time, he finally made a decision that shocked Professor McGonagall.
The dimensional chat group has become a trend. Even if he can persuade Hermione to refuse everything in the chat group, as long as Porusalino and others still want to obtain the specialties of this world, sooner or later there will be a day when they cannot prevent it.
With his age and status, it was impossible for him to keep an eye on Hermione all the time.
As for using the Forgetting Curse, it would be even easier to end it once and for all, not to mention that it is impossible for Dumbledore to do such a thing.
Even without Hermione, who can guarantee that Ron or Harry or even Malfoy will not accidentally join the dimensional chat group sometime in the future?
It is better to control all this within Hogwarts, at least he and his successors can avoid worse things from happening as much as possible.
"Of course this is welcome, but can Hogwarts afford it? Our demand is huge."
Polusalino did not comment on Dumbledore's ideas and just stood as a member of the chat group perspective, questioning Hogwarts’ supply capabilities.
Not counting other people in the chat group, he alone is planning to provide a small bottle of blessing elixir to all the generals above the rank of rear admiral in the Navy Headquarters.
Tony Stark and Orochimaru, the demand for Felixir and other potions is probably not much less, Porusalino will not allow Hogwarts to have the highest bidder A good way to play.
“We can purchase from outside if necessary.”
Dumbledore said calmly, but he had already thought about making Snape suffer for a while.
"Then I have no problem. If people in the follow-up group need it, let them buy it from Miss Hermione."
Porusalino nodded at little Hermione Head, little Hermione was also in a very happy mood when she saw Principal Dumbledore decided to cooperate with the dimensional chat group. This means that she no longer has to hide like before, and keeping secrets alone is not a good feeling.
And Hermione is also very curious about other worlds, and the magical things she occasionally sees in chat records make her very yearning for them.
Now with Dumbledore's endorsement, she finally no longer had to worry.
"Yes, but I hope that Miss Granger can let me or Minerva review each transaction before it is concluded."
Dumbledore smiled at Hermione and said .
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 we really think about the Sorcerer's Stone and the Time Turner again?"
Polusalino is quite satisfied with the results of this trip, but Dumbledore always insists on it. It's a bit of a pity that he refused to trade the magic stone and time turner technology.
However, considering Dumbledore's position, this result is normal.
After all, the technology of the Philosopher's Stone required Nick Flamel's nod, and the Time Turner has been stored in the Ministry of Magic.
Even with Dumbledore's status in the wizarding world, it was impossible to trade the time turner to Porusalino without alerting the Ministry of Magic.
And once the Ministry of Magic is alerted, it will go against Dumbledore's original intention of limiting contact with the dimensional chat group to Hogwarts.
“I can trade the magic stone and time turner technology for immortality and the ability to bring the dead back to life.”
Orochimaru didn’t wait for Dumbledore to refuse. Added on the side.
Orochimaru also used some rhetoric here. When it comes to eternal life, it does not mean true eternal life. Whether it is pure gold or the immortal reincarnation he is developing, there is no problem in saying that it involves eternal life.
The ability to bring the dead back to the world is naturally the famous dirt reincarnation.
"This is impossible!"
The portraits of all the principals behind Dumbledore couldn't help but exclaim. Immortality and resurrection are huge taboos even in the wizarding world.
Even evil products of black magic like Horcruxes cannot be considered immortal in the true sense.
Orochimaru cast a questioning look at Porusalino, and after receiving a positive answer, he took out a piece of pure gold that exuded bright light from his arms.
Almost everyone's eyes were attracted by this piece of pure gold. Even real gold would not have such a beautiful brilliance.
"This substance is called pure gold. As long as you carry it with you, you can stay young forever... There will be no problem in living for at least a few hundred years, and you don't need to worry about aging."
Orochimaru is rich. Looked at Dumbledore thoughtfully.
Obviously among the people present, only the white-haired Dumbledore is the one who needs pure gold the most.
However, what Orochimaru didn't expect was that Dumbledore only admired the beautiful brilliance of pure gold, but did not feel any excitement at all.
As if death was not something to be afraid of, Orochimaru, realizing this, also fell silent.
No desire leads to strength. For an old man who doesn't even care about death, it is really difficult to impress him.
"I...I want to know can you really resurrect the dead?"
But just when Orochimaru was feeling a little bit in trouble, he kept sitting next to Hermione. Harry couldn't help but ask.
Knowing that this was wrong and might cause trouble to Dumbledore, he really wanted to see his parents.
Professor McGonagall, who subconsciously wanted to stop Harry from speaking, hesitated when he heard this and looked at Dumbledore involuntarily.
Not only did Harry want to see his parents, Professor McGonagall also missed her husband who had been dead for many years, and even Dumbledore recalled 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 brother Aberforth never had any contact with him.
"Of course, if you need it, I can prove it to you at any time."
Orochimaru doesn't know whether the filthy reincarnation of the ninja world can be used in the magical world, but this does not prevent it. He fooled Harry Potter.
Anyway, he has never said that he can resurrect anyone in the magical world. Orochimaru is also a master in using words to leave a way out for himself.
"Harry, the living should not disturb the peace of the dead."
Unfortunately, just when Harry's eyes were shining, Dumbledore stared at him and said.
It was precisely because Dumbledore also had people who wanted to be resurrected that he decisively spoke up to stop 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 are not 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, in the face of such a craze, all The bubble is fragile at first glance.
"If the Philosopher's Stone and the Time Turner cannot be traded, then can magic be traded? As a magic school, Hogwarts should not refuse students of appropriate age to attend, right?"
Orochimaru, who was rejected again, was not too impressed either. Mind you, after all, both the Sorcerer's Stone and the Time-Turner were created by wizards.
The worst case scenario is selecting school-age children from Konoha to attend Hogwarts. As long as they can learn magic, sooner or later they will be able to develop Konoha's own magic stone and time turner.
With pure gold in 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 without magic to learn magic."
Dumbledore declined Orochimaru's proposal, because it was impossible for Muggles in this world to learn magic, let alone people from another world.
The wizards in the Harry Potter world are not so much magicians, but more inclined to be warlocks from another world. Even Muggle wizards have ancestors who were once wizards and passed their bloodline to Muggle descendants. , and reawaken in a certain generation.
As for where the first wizards came from, it can only be said that Sadwind cultists are everywhere, and some human beings' XP is so outrageous that magical creatures are very worried.
"What about the textbooks? Your school's textbooks shouldn't be for sale, right?"
Orochimaru doesn't believe that only wizards can learn magic. In the final analysis, magic is just a kind of energy. Since People from other worlds, including Porusalino, can master chakra, and ninjas can also learn Haki, so there is no reason why they can't learn to use magic.
"I also want a copy of the textbook, and I'll give it as a thousand-dimensional coin. Well, a thousand-dimensional coin is equivalent to one hundred kilograms of gold."
Before Dumbledore could answer, Porusalino He suddenly spoke.
After speaking, 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 can keep watching, sooner or later they will get what they want from Hermione.
Even after becoming Hokage, Orochimaru will not become great and glorious because of it. If Dumbledore keeps rejecting him, Orochimaru, who is unwilling to give up, will definitely cause trouble behind his back.
Considering the harmony and stability of the chat group, Porusalino finally chose to side with Orochimaru.
Of course Porusalino himself also wants to see if the magic in the Harry Potter world can be used in the pirate world.
As for the issue of magic power, let Vegapunk worry about it. It just so happens that the genius scientist has been in a state of excess brain power all year round, so it would be a pity.
After even Porusalino spoke, Dumbledore could not continue to refuse. He did not want Orochimaru to send people to study abroad. He was mainly worried about what the other party had planned.
However, the spread of magic to other worlds will not have a negative impact on Hogwarts. If this can make Orochimaru give up the idea of entering the magical world, Dumbledore thinks it is a good thing.
"I will prepare it as soon as possible and let Miss Granger hand it over to you two."
Dumbledore was also very decisive. The most critical part of the negotiation ended in this way, and the next step was normal communication between the two parties.
Both Dumbledore and Orochimaru are very interested in other worlds and exchange information with each other that they don't mind making public.
As for Porusalino, he walked around the office casually, looking at the portraits of past principals, the exquisite works of art, and Dumbledore's phoenix.
"Hey, gentlemen from other worlds, if you need more potions, you may consider going to Black..."
Just as Porusalino was looking at one of the portraits, the old man in the portrait suddenly gave him a look, and then spoke a series of words quietly and quickly.
Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the principals from other portraits rushed into his portrait and tried their best to stop this guy.
"Phineas, everything that happened here today needs to be kept secret. I think you should know."
Dumbledore's tone was slightly warning, that The person who wanted to reveal the news to Porosalino was Phineas Nigellus Black, the first Slytherin headmaster.
It is worth mentioning that Phineas, who was born in Slytherin, was rated as the worst principal in the history of Hogwarts when he took office.
The portraits in the principal's office were left by the previous principals of Hogwarts and were responsible for providing assistance to subsequent principals. Therefore, as long as Dumbledore, the current principal, has spoken, these portraits cannot be violated.
(End of this chapter)