"Whatever happens, our 'decisive battle' with them shouldn't take place at this time or in this location!"
The "decisive battle" between WAC and the Magical Congress of the United States... no, more precisely, with those pure-blood radicals, should have revolved around the werewolves currently heading for Boston!
When Michael Graves came over last time, he had made it very clear that they had their eye on the potential of the werewolves as an emerging force.
They wanted to keep that potential firmly in their hands.
So unless it came down to the very end—unless their plan to "stop the werewolves from reaching Boston" failed—they would not completely fall out with Vaughan. There might be attacks, but they would definitely be kept within a certain scope!
After all, their goal was the werewolves, not killing Vaughan and provoking England or Dumbledore.
If the cooperation between pure-bloods and Muggles was real, and they had worked together to create "artificial wizards," then the pure-bloods would absolutely not want this matter exposed before WAC and the International Confederation of Wizards.
They would not allow even the slightest clue to surface!
But now, a Muggle politician had openly said the word "Scourers" in front of everyone—a term he should never have known.
Following Vaughan's line of reasoning, Akingbade drew a deep breath. "If that Muggle's appearance wasn't a mistake on the pure-bloods' side, then..."
"Yes. That means something has gone wrong on the Muggles' side—the ones working with the pure-bloods!"
After a moment of silence, Akingbade said, "From the sound of it, you have no intention of recalling Shacklebolt and the others."
If Kingsley Shacklebolt, Lupin, and Tonks were recalled, then the conflict would not happen.
Vaughan glanced at him. "Why recall them? Didn't you want to find clues about those artificial wizards? Now, they've