"Wade Grey... your student... should be in New York right now."
The moment Brolin finished speaking, Abigail abruptly looked up, an unmistakable flash of surprise crossing her eyes.
"Wade Grey is in New York?" Ilari, the scruffy middle-aged man beside her, blurted out directly, his face instantly lighting up with wild delight. "Haha, what a coincidence! No, wait, didn't he go back to Britain?"
"Intelligence can lie, but logic cannot. Technology cannot."
Leaning back in his chair, Brolin smiled. "Who else but him could hijack Streaming Mirror signals so freely and with such flawless precision?"
"Of course the Acolytes can!" Ilari had no instinct whatsoever for playing along with his leader and answered without hesitation. "They hijack FMC broadcasts three times a day, right on schedule with every meal! They're more punctual than advertisements! Even Marchioni has been forced to give up and ignore them!"
Brolin gave him a helpless look. "Ilari, stop fiddling with those 'toys' of yours all the time. Pay some attention to the organization's intelligence too."
After a brief pause, he glanced at Abigail. "A year and a half ago, not long after Abigail resigned, Wade Grey disappeared. The news was never made public, but the British Wizarding World nearly went mad searching for him."
Ilari froze. "Disappeared? That happened?"
He thought for a moment, then asked, "So? What does that have to do with what's happening now?"
"The connection is..." A hint of amusement flashed in Brolin's eyes. "Not long after he disappeared, the Acolytes suddenly gained the ability to hijack FMC's broadcast signals. Isn't that interesting?"
"Huh?" Ilari looked blank for a moment before finally understanding.
"What's even more interesting is that not long after the signal hijackings began, Wade Grey returned to Hogwarts." Brolin narrowed his eyes with a smile. "Do you understand