Brolin snarled, "But now the IRS is about to seize all my assets! The back taxes and fines alone could bankrupt me! Not to mention the people who've been arrested..."
"Ah, that is the Muggle government's doing." Lila's tone carried a detached indifference. "Our understanding only extends to Congress turning a blind eye to you. We are not here to babysit you."
"Stop playing dumb in front of me!" Brolin said coldly. "My men were magically controlled into betraying core secrets. Don't tell me you had nothing to do with it! How could foreign Acolytes have located people so precisely?"
"Hah! That is Grindelwald! Do you think he had no people in the United States?"
Lila was equally cold. "And watch your tone, Brolin. Congress does not need to explain its actions to anyone!"
"When all is said and done, perhaps you should ask yourselves... why you provoked such a troublesome enemy?"
"Did I provoke them?"
Brolin was nearly furious enough to spit blood. "From the very beginning, Grindelwald has been hunting us down like the God of Death! That madman! The number of people we killed does not even amount to a fraction of his, yet now he is actually waving the banner of justice to crusade against us!"
"That is your problem."
Lila said, "I warned you long ago. If you wanted to make money, then just make money. Do not meddle in those vile experiments. This situation is the consequence of you greedy fools bringing it upon yourselves!"
"In short, if you cannot even clean up your own mess and instead let the fire spread to places it should not reach, then the Scourers can truly disappear for good!"
"After all, cleaning house is also one of our duties... isn't it?"
The call was cut off, and