What He Said Was True

Sirius pulled his hand back from the Magic Map and slipped it into the pocket of his robe.

"What about LeMay's filters? Kingsley said you were using filters to clean the ley lines."

"The filters clean the ley lines, not the Magic Circuits inside wizards." Kingsley walked over to an armchair and sat down.

"The Global Purification Program is still in the deployment stage. Once the filters have cleaned every Ley Line Node, we'll send an Anti-Phase Resonance Pulse through the ley lines to every wizard in the world and expel Lucifer's Consciousness from their bodies."

"How long will it take?" Sirius looked at Kingsley.

"Filter deployment still needs forty hours." Kingsley glanced at the Encrypted Communicator. "Sending the Anti-Phase Resonance Pulse will take at least two hours. By estimate, that's forty-two hours in total."

Gemma rested her hand on Sirius's arm. "So, Lucifer's body will awaken within forty-eight hours, and we have a six-hour window."

"Six hours isn't enough." Sirius's voice was very low. "You said Lucifer's Consciousness is in the sky, his power is deep in the Earth Core, and his body is in the Hexagon Center. When all three become one, there's no way to stop him. Vivi is going to the Hexagon Center to interfere with him, but interference isn't permanent. We need to complete the Global Purification Program before he tries to merge again."

Kingsley rose from the armchair. "That's why Vivi has to leave now. She'll hold up Lucifer's awakening process in the Hexagon Center while we speed up filter deployment out here. However much time her interference can buy us, that's how much time we'll use."

Sirius turned and looked at Vivi.

"How long can you buy?"

"I don't know," Vivi said honestly. "Maybe a few hours, maybe a few days, maybe a