"Politics?" Patrick looked puzzled. "I might have had such thoughts in the past, but now... standing on Umbrella Corporation's shoulders, a little power is no longer enough to tempt me."
"Or are you planning to kick me out?" Patrick asked, half joking and half worried.
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"What are you thinking?" Murphy laughed. "With Umbrella's current size, do you think we can't find a position for you to retire in?"
"But Umbrella is already on track, and it doesn't need us watching over it in real time anymore. I want you to help me do something more important."
Patrick vaguely understood. "Go ahead. What do you want me to do?"
"I want this world to enter the age of magical technology," Murphy said.
Without his interference, this should have been the beginning of the Internet. Over the next thirty years or so, the world would enter the information age.
But compared to information technology, magic would undoubtedly bring a far greater leap in productivity.
To forge the path of combining science and magic, he would have to bring magic to the Muggle world.
Patrick nodded. "Like what they have at the Magic Research Institute? You want to bring it out into the open?"
"Sooner or later, it has to be brought into the open. Keeping it hidden forever isn't a solution. The development of magical technology requires the participation of society as a whole."
"But you're worried that the process might spiral out of control. You want to control the process." Patrick understood. "So you need political power."
Speaking with smart people was this simple. Murphy nodded. "There aren't many people I can trust completely. I want you to help me with this."
Murphy wanted to advance the science-and-magic route as quickly as possible.
If he disregarded the consequences,