"I want to become a high-level Animagus."
At the Transfiguration Research Group, Murphy found Andrew Tuke.
For one thing, he had wanted to do this for a long time. For another, with the intelligence-enhancing potion proving useless, he felt he might be able to transform his brain through Transfiguration and gain stronger mental ability.
"Don't tell me that after studying this for so long, you still don't have even the slightest idea."
"No, no, Director. Actually, we've already found a way to become a high-level Animagus," Andrew hurriedly explained.
"Oh?"
Murphy was rather surprised. He had originally thought Andrew had merely made some progress, but he had not expected the man to have already found the answer outright.
"Yes," Andrew said. "As our research into vampires and werewolves deepened, we became increasingly certain that these two variants of wizards actually both originated from Animagus Transfiguration."
"Whether intentional or accidental, the appearance of these two creatures was due to the potion being contaminated during the process of a wizard performing Animagus Transfiguration."
"I don't know if you still remember, but while waiting for the storm to arrive, the Animagus Potion must not be disturbed in any way. Its quantum nature determines that once it is observed, its properties will change."
"We suspect that the birth of vampires was because the potion was disturbed by bats. Perhaps bat genetic material was mixed into the potion, or perhaps some behavior of bats interfered with the potion's natural formation."
"The birth of werewolves was somewhat more complicated. Although the disturbance to the potion also came from a wolf, that wolf may have had its nerves infected by the rabies virus. As a result, werewolves possessed the traits of wolves while also gaining the frenzied characteristics caused by rabies."
"After extensive analysis, we believe that