——Grindelwald is coming?
Needless to say, this news stunned Vid for a moment.
But for now, at least today, he doesn't have much spare time to consider this matter.
After leaving the FMC's American Branch, Antoine had to deal with internal affairs of the Witch Pure Party, and Vid didn't have time to rest.
The videos recorded by the Beetle Poppet last night have all been reviewed, but the files collected by the Ant Poppets haven't been organized yet!
Returning to Traveler's Inn, Vid immediately went back to the wardrobe space and saw countless tiny ants waving their six legs, leaving dense writing on the sheep parchment spread across the floor.
Meanwhile, other poppets were drying the papers, replenishing ink for the ants, organizing intelligence, and cleaning up, all completely busy.
Vid just sat down at the desk when a pile of documents was brought over by the small crabs, clattering onto the table.
On the other side, piles of documents were also accumulating in front of Vilan and Victor, who sighed and immediately began to work.
There's no choice—despite all being poppets, there's a huge intelligence gap between them.
This has nothing to do with size or appearance; it's solely due to the different thoughts that Vid imparted when creating them.
Generally, mass-produced poppets of the same type have simple minds; they are like ant colonies in nature, lacking complex emotions and thoughts, unafraid of death, and capable of performing only relatively simple tasks.
When it comes to sorting and analyzing intelligence, the Ant Poppets are unable to do so, and it has to be handed over to smarter poppets—such as this "V" generation.
Vilan picked up a file, just glanced at the beginning, when he saw Vid taking an Energizing Potion from the magic potion shelf, and hurriedly said:
"Master, you should get some sleep! By the time you wake up, we'll have sorted out all the materials!"
Vid shook his head: "No, you two are not enough."
After speaking, he drank the Energizing Potion in one go, instantly clearing his mind as if washed in ice water, though his eyes were slightly red from staying up all night.
Victor frowned and shook his head disapprovingly, saying: "If the numbers aren't enough, we can gather Vidas and the others. But you are still growing and should maintain adequate sleep."
"They also have their tasks, besides, I don't want this place to be noticed." Vid opened the document and said: "Alright, just this once, let's start working!"
In an instant, the room was filled with the sound of parchment being rubbed and the footsteps of poppets delivering documents back and forth.
Vid's eyes swiftly scanned the text in front of him, his brain functioning like the most precise instrument, piecing together fragmented information and verifying it against what he already knew.
The manor property of a high-ranking official in the Magic Congress seemed to contain a lot of internal secrets.
For example, Magic Congress had once set up a secret prison to detain and study Obscurials in secret;
For example, during the late World War II, Congress had secretly cooperated with a moderate faction of the Muggle Government in exchange for temporary peace and certain benefits, but this matter was almost fully covered up.
Also, Reginald Perez used his position to secretly alter Floo Network coordinates multiple times;
Alderich Kubit was suspected of abusing Forgetfulness Spell to modify Muggle memories, with a much higher team mortality rate during missions than others;
A senior Congress member, Riva Hayes, has a passion for collecting dangerous Dark Magic items;
And a deputy director from the Law Enforcement Department, Charlie Baker, secretly funded a black market hunting team to poach protected magical creatures, etc.
In conclusion, once these secrets were exposed, the officials involved would face social death at the very least, or spend a lifetime in prison.
Even some Muggle high-level secrets were recorded—
Such as "The United States President recently experienced persistent health issues," "Certain finance magnates repeatedly conducted exceptionally large transactions through offshore banks recently," "The military secretly facilitated third-party weapon transfers to support Muggle wars," and so on.
Vid calmly examined these secrets sufficient to stir waves in both the Magic World and Muggle World, recording useful parts as Vilan handed over a document beside him.
"Master, take a look at this."
Vid opened the folder and then slightly frowned.
The document contained the personal histories of seven or eight Magic Congress officials, and at least one relative had died unexpectedly for various reasons.
Topping the list was Laira Piqueley, followed by Rex Grim, Dilo Carvin, Elliot Bourne, and others, some of whom hadn't attended last night's banquet,
The reason the document owner placed them in one folder was a simple phrase—
"Perhaps related to Scourers."
"From the looks of this, it suggests Scourers try to recruit those wizards who might bear hatred towards the Magic World."
Vilan whispered: "Laira Piqueley's mother was kidnapped and killed by a crazed Dark Wizard when Laira was just born, and she was also in danger at the time."
"Ms. Seraphina Picquery was Congress President then, and she had a chance to save Laira's mother... but it was a crucial time during the war, for the greater good, she missed the plea for help from Laira's father, resulting in the siblings' estrangement."
Vid also saw the more detailed records in the document.
Laira Piqueley's career in the Ministry of Magic proceeded smoothly, not only due to her outstanding abilities but also because of Seraphina's covert support.
However, Laira and her father seemed unappreciative, remaining estranged from each other.
But looking at the file of the pitiful girl who lost her mother at a young age, and recalling the cold eyes from the video not long ago, Vid shook his head.
"She can't be a Scourer. She surely knows that allying with a bunch of shadows would only destroy her foundation to climb higher."
Vid calmly analyzed: "If she indeed had connections with those people when she was younger, she would now try her utmost to uproot them to prevent them from becoming her stain."
—Although there's no evidence, Vid simply feels this way about Laira Piqueley.
"What's the situation with Grim?" Victor asked from the side: "Is he suspicious? I remember he seemed like a pretty upright Auror."
Back when Vid first set foot in the United States, he was publicly accompanied by only Moody and Lupin, but actually, his poppets were also present at the airport, some just arriving, others pretending to receive people.
And during that time, welcoming them with Selena was Rex Grim.