Slughorn... Was Dying?

520 to 70.

An unprecedented massacre, the largest in years, brought the competition to a close.

Without Harry, the end time of this match depends entirely on Cho.

This provides an excellent time to refresh data.

In this game, William broke his own record for the highest single-game score.

To date, the top five highest-scoring games in history are all scored by William.

This match also produced an astonishing record:

As many as six students were sent to the Hospital Wing.

Four of them are Gryffindor, and two Ravenclaw.

Of the six people, five were injured by McLaggen's Quaffle.

Harry's injuries were the most severe; he suffered a comminuted fracture of his nose, essentially losing his nose.

After his last injury, he looked like Dumbledore; after this injury, he looks more like Voldemort.

If Harry stood next to Voldemort, people would believe they were half-brothers!

As for the sixth injured student... it was undoubtedly McLaggen.

As soon as he landed after the match, he was beaten up by the Gryffindor students.

Professor McGonagall didn't witness the chaotic scene; she withdrew midway through to get some nitroglycerin from the Hospital Wing.

Because of the group fight, Gryffindor lost another 100 points.

Snape had anticipated this scene, which is why he stayed behind.

Just to Gryffindor, they deliberately waited two hours... How boring!

Therefore, never offend a petty person; they can hold a grudge for a lifetime.

Ron was practically swamped with wins. All the little lions knew him; he was the one who should have been the goalkeeper back then!

Although he's a notoriously inept player, and occasionally manages to score own goals, at least he won't inflict heavy damage on his teammates, right?

Will they force a situation where eight people fight seven, and three of them get injured in the process?

The only regret was that Ron's love life ended in failure. He pushed Lavender away several times, leaving a deep impression on everyone.

To paraphrase a saying from Hogwarts:

Women only dampen my enthusiasm for watching the game.

Therefore, Ron became the bravest man at Hogwarts.

He lost his spousal rights, but not completely.

Because Ron only lost his right to be a heterosexual, he became very popular with homosexuals, especially the badgers.

In March, nothing major happened in the Wizarding World.

Casualties continue, but with the war now over a year old, this has become the norm.

Therefore, death is really not a big deal; it's rare for a day to pass without anyone dying.

More wizards would only feel a pang of sorrow when they occasionally saw the death of someone they knew while reading the newspaper.

But when you encounter a stranger's death list, it's just a number.

Subsequently, the number of Death Eaters assassinations peaked and then began to halve.

Famous wizards, high-ranking officials, Wizengamot are not so easily assassinated; they are all shrewd and calculating individuals.

Having survived the last Wizarding War, they have spared no effort, at least in protecting themselves.

However, as long as one continues to visit the Ministry of Magic and come into contact with large numbers of people, there is a possibility of contracting the Imperius Curse.

So William developed a magical item called the Communication Mirror, which he sold in Akali.

It enables long-distance video chat.

Compared to the limitations of Two-Way Mirror, which is designed for one-to-one interaction, this alchemy item is more geared towards multi-person simultaneous video calls.

What's even more remarkable is that it's an immersive way of communicating, allowing you to sit at home as if you were in an office.

Therefore, the heads of various departments within the Ministry of Magic, and even the ministers, can complete their daily work without going to the office.

The trend of people not interacting with each other is inevitable.

The price is certainly high, but this equipment was originally intended for the Ministry of Magic or large corporations in the wizarding world.

Inexpensive and cheap household goods will naturally follow suit later, and there is a huge market for them.

After seven months of development, Akali Family Map has basically covered most wizard families.

Many wizards can see the names of wizards near their houses at any time.

This greatly improves security.

After Akali monopolized most of the United Kingdom market, wizards gradually accepted this "mysterious witch."

In particular, various unique and practical magical items began to become more and more common, making life more and more convenient.

In terms of publicity, William only gave Akali a publicity department, with a ten-character policy:

The bolder the person, the greater the dream.

What about the "Internet of Everything" or the "magical self-driving flying broom that doesn't need brakes"?... Regardless of whether it's achievable, let's just blow it out of the box in PowerPoint presentations first.

Fifty years ahead of the industry!

The online trolls also need to join in. Don't ask why, just say support domestic products and support Akali.

Every Akali product you buy adds to the Wizarding Wars and the fight against the Death Eaters.

If this gets out, things will get out of control... In March, the twins wrote to William to say that sales had tripled.

Sure enough, it's still leeks... ah, the masses are so aware!

Compared to the United Kingdom's increasingly routine wars, the problems in Northern Europe began to emerge.

Voldemort kept urging Grindelwald to cross the English Channel and join forces with him to deal with Dumbledore.

At the very least, that disciple should be the one to hold Stark back.

Sirius relayed a message to William that Voldemort had even requested another meeting with Grindelwald.

This was easily declined, because William's explanation was that he was still recruiting several wizarding families to prepare for the final battle in the summer.

After all, Northern Europe was not Voldemort's sphere of influence, and there were several hostile countries in between.

For a moment, only the Carrow siblings and their few pairs of eyes were present.

The brother and sister were completely under Sirius's control; he could show them whatever he wanted them to see.

Seeing that the meeting was not going to happen, Voldemort then proposed that he wanted Gregorovitch.

The reason given was that the wand was broken and the other party needed to make a new one.

That's a lame excuse. Ollivander had already been captured by Voldemort, so there was no reason for him to seek out Gregorovitch.

William was certain that Voldemort was already looking for the Elder Wand, and that it was on Gregorovitch.

He also speculated that Grindelwald kidnapped Gregorovitch for the Elder Wand.

Of course, the Elder Wand can be given to Voldemort. We may not have many other things, but we have plenty of Elder Wand.

The timing isn't right; William has a better plan.

Aside from Northern Europe, things in the United States are rather strange.

According to Professor Babbling, the flowers of the Snakewood will completely wither around Easter.

That was the best opportunity to obtain the Slytherin's Wand.

The school of Ilvermorny, alerted by the centuries-old Magical Creatures Pukwudgie, became even more vigilant.

But Tom ignored it.

After his successful prison break, he became a high-ranking member of the Scourers and entered the thirty-third level.

However, they made virtually no arrangements, completely immersed in the process of integrating the Scourers' forces.

In this chaotic environment, William received news that caught him off guard and left him utterly astonished:

Professor Slughorn... is dying.

(Thanks to "Reason" for the generous donation.)