Half a day earlier.
Murphy was leisurely playing Tetris in a Muggle arcade, while using his shared vision with the Lightning Ravens to search for Aurors, ready to deal them another devastating blow.
Because the ravens had participated in his Animagus ritual, they had actually become part of his Animagus form.
In other words, these ravens were now all his symbiotic partners and extensions of himself.
This was an extraordinarily powerful ability, with enormous untapped potential.
For now, however, Murphy generally only used them to share their vision for surveillance, or as drones capable of launching attacks. He had yet to experiment with other applications that might put a greater strain on his body.
In fact, he felt like a complete glass cannon.
In an all-out fight, he thought he might stand an even chance against Dumbledore. He might even be able to kill him with something like a surprise lightning attack.
But conversely, the enormous flaws caused by his imperfect Animagus transformation left his body seemingly forever on the brink of collapse.
If he went full throttle and dealt ten thousand points of damage, he would first suffer 9,999 points of backlash himself... Whether he could kill his enemy was uncertain, but he would almost certainly die.
For now, he could only use his abilities with extreme care and pin his hopes on those medical experts coming up with a treatment.
As these idle thoughts ran through his mind, his hands never stopped moving. He had already reached Tetris's maximum score of 999,999, breaking the arcade's record. A circle of Muggles stood behind him, utterly enthralled by his dazzling hand speed and skill.
Suddenly, through Miss Caw-Caw's vision in his eyepatch-covered right eye, Murphy spotted someone familiar.
"At last, I've found you, Mr. Black."
In fact, attacking Aurors was