After the Watchmen were deployed, the frequency of werewolf attacks immediately dropped.
And when, during one attack, a werewolf wizard was knocked unconscious and even captured by the Watchmen through sheer strength of numbers, their morale soared. With their fear of werewolves dispelled, they became unstoppable, repelling one werewolf attack after another with overwhelming force.
A week after the Watchmen were deployed, the werewolf attacks actually ceased altogether.
Such outstanding combat performance naturally deserved lavish praise. Murphy had Rita write a follow-up report every day, touting how brave and powerful the Watchmen were, and how they fought tooth and nail against werewolves to ensure the safety of ordinary wizards.
At the same time, she relentlessly mocked and ridiculed the Aurors, calling them a bunch of cowards whose knees shook at the sight of a werewolf. Barty Crouch was branded as suffering from "werewolf phobia," and Rita went so far as to commission a caricature of him as a big-headed baby crying in terror before a werewolf.
The unscrupulous reporter had always had a talent for tearing people down.
As for the few werewolves unfortunate enough to be captured in battle, since the Aurors refused to deal with them, Murphy gladly took them off their hands and sent them straight to the Transfiguration Research Group. They were short on genuine werewolf specimens.
The Watchmen were in high spirits, and the security shop basked in the joy of victory, but Murphy did not let his guard down.
He suspected the werewolves would not give up so easily, and whoever was directing them might make further moves.
One day in June, Murphy visited Patrick's home.
"I'm planning to assign you a few security guards." After helping himself to a meal and playing with Patrick's son, Little Ares, for a while, Murphy spoke as