The Ultimate Test of Human Alchemy

Meanwhile, at the American Magical Congress.

Unlike the Ministries of Magic in most countries, which were hidden underground, the American Magical Congress was located in the Woolworth Building. Its employees even entered the Woolworth Building alongside the "Muggles," as they called them, when they went to work.

In a sense, the American Magical Congress's headquarters truly embodied the saying, "Hidden in plain sight."

Beneath the Woolworth Building, there was likewise a space expanded by the Undetectable Extension Charm.

However, unlike the aboveground offices in the Woolworth Building, the spaces beneath it were used for research that could not see the light of day.

Such as... Human Alchemy!

In a laboratory expanded by the Undetectable Extension Charm, roughly the size of two Quidditch pitches, numerous alchemists in black uniforms moved among the alchemical equipment.

Excitement glimmered in their eyes as they looked toward the center of the laboratory, where an alchemical device resembling a computer stood.

"Josue, has the alchemical chip capable of carrying a wizard's consciousness been successfully produced?"

An alchemist in a black uniform hurried through the crowd and approached the somewhat younger alchemist operating the computer-like device.

The young alchemist in black, Josue, turned around, his face brimming with excitement and delight.

"Success! Mr. Henry, we did it!"

As he spoke, Josue rapidly tapped several times on the console of the computer-like alchemical device.

As magical fluctuations spread outward, tremendous magic was drawn into the computer-like device and converted into purer computational power, used to manufacture the alchemical chip.

A series of rumbling sounds came from within the computer-like device. It seemed to contain structures similar to a photolithography machine, and dazzling white light burst through the gaps in the alchemical equipment.

To the hundreds of black-uniformed alchemists in the laboratory, that deafening rumble sounded as beautiful as