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When he had first become a Listener, Manus had learned of the exceedingly complicated relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

Therefore, in his view, whether what trapped Grindelwald was his feelings for Dumbledore or Dumbledore's strength, which could defeat him, still needed to be verified.

But in the eyes of The Greater Good members who did not know the truth, probably only the latter possibility existed.

So it was reasonable for them to have made arrangements in Britain, especially when Dumbledore himself seemed to have some troubles at the moment—Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

However, for all this to hold true, one condition was needed: the present-day Greater Good members still had to be willing to follow Grindelwald.

If that were true, it would explain what he had discovered in Britain, yet it conflicted with what he had seen in Albania.

"Who is this organization's leader now? What exactly does he want?"

The unrest that was plainly visible in the future was the source of Manus's irritation. Whether for a businessman or a researcher, that was no good thing.

And in that clearly foreseeable stretch of the future, his main identity happened to be that of a businessman and researcher.

If he had been an arms dealer, perhaps he could have made a fortune from it. Selling a sense of crisis in peaceful times and a sense of security in turbulent ones had always been a fine way to make money.

Unfortunately, he was not one, nor was he interested in such things.

Facts had proven that any invention attempting to bring peace through even greater force would only further escalate the intensity of war—wouldn't you agree, Doctor Gatling?

Mere force would not bring peace. Only curbing war at its root could bring peace.

"Looking at how, among ordinary people, the