Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 247 Why do we need to do research? This is an arms race in the wizarding world!
In the blink of an eye, the first week after the post-Christmas holidays has passed.

Since Dumbledore hadn't sent any message to Levitra this week, the special training that had been promised hadn't started yet.

Later, Dumbledore told Levi the reason. It turned out that Grindelwald had made many new demands, forcing Dumbledore to spend time preparing for him... Therefore, Levi's special training had to be postponed.

After hearing this reason, Levitra remembered what Anne had told him before about Grindelwald's educational reform.

Are you preparing something for testing?

……

On the weekend, Tom came to the Room of Requirement, ready to call Li Wei to participate in the weekend club activities.

"You go ahead. I won't go over today. My research has reached a critical moment..." Li Weide said.

At this time, Li Weide was wearing a pair of alchemical glasses with built-in magnifying effect, holding a strange metal pen, and leaning over the table, concentrating on carving something on a small bead.

"What are you studying?" asked Tom.

"Something that can enhance our strength, Tom." Li Weide said with a sigh of relief, then put down his pen, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

"It seems that since I met you, besides reading and studying, you have been doing endless research and experiments... In fact, is this really necessary?" Tom asked doubtfully: "Your magic power is already strong enough, strong enough to easily master a lot of powerful magic... So, shouldn't you continue to strengthen your strength next? Why do you still spend energy researching something new?"

In Tom's opinion, a lot of ready-made knowledge is enough to spend a lot of energy to master. If he were Li Weide, he would definitely focus on this knowledge instead of wasting time on research.

"Because it will help our cause, Comrade Riddle." Li Weide said seriously.

"Really? But do these things help your strength?" Tom asked.

"For me, it's indeed not that obvious, but... it's different for others." Li Weide said with a smile.

Tom was confused. "Others? What does it have to do with other people?"

As he spoke, Tom pulled a chair over and sat down. In his opinion, Li Weide's behavior was a complete waste of time and energy, so he had to find out the reason today.

"Tom, do you think I need strong power if I want our great revolutionary cause to succeed?" Li Weide asked.

"Of course! That's why I will let you improve your own strength and delve less into things that are of no use in improving your own strength." Tom said with a frown.

"It seems that there is a big difference between our understandings." Li Weide smiled and said, "What you think of as strong strength is that I, as a leader, must have strong strength, but I think this understanding is too one-sided."

Tom said nothing and continued to listen.

Li Weide went on to say: "I think that strong strength does not only refer to me, but also to the collective strength of all those who stand with us!"

"In this great cause of changing the world, even if I am very powerful, I am powerless."

"I am alone. When my territory becomes larger, there will always be places I cannot take care of. What should I do when the situation becomes critical and I am unable to take care of everything?"

"So, I need all my comrades to become stronger! Strong enough to be able to take charge even when I'm not around."

"The reason why Grindelwald is still so intimidating that even the Minister of Magic cannot refuse his request is that he relies not only on his personal strength, but also on the powerful and omnipresent wizarding party under his command!"

"Do you think that if his subordinates are useless and have difficulty completing even the most basic tasks, can he occupy the Magical Congress of the United States alone?"

"Without any help, did he dare to attend the public trial? Think about it, what gave him such courage!"

"Of course it's because of the powerful witch party under his command!"

"So, I must also ensure that my comrades have strength that is at least as strong as that of the Wuka party."

"And to achieve all this, apart from their own efforts, the only thing I can provide them with is some external help!"

As Li Weide spoke, he placed the bead in his hand into the head of a wooden knight puppet on the table.

As the beads were placed in, the knight puppet suddenly came to life and patrolled around on the table with a wooden sword.

"That's why I have to research powerful new combat puppets, powerful new spells, and special potions to heal the wounded..."

"These things don't help me improve my own strength, but they can make our entire team stronger!"

"Tom... don't forget that the spells and spellcasting techniques I taught you, which make you stronger, are not obtained out of thin air!"

Tom looked at Li Weide in surprise. He already understood what Li Weide meant.

Li Weide is personally training and arming a team that belongs entirely to him... and this team includes him!
Therefore, he could continuously learn many new spells and dueling skills from Levitra...

To be precise, Tom was the earliest member of this team, even though he was forced at that time!

In other words, when Li Weide said that he needed his own strength, it was not just a casual remark.

"So that's how it is... I understand." Tom readily admitted his one-sidedness.

Because he is indeed the first beneficiary of the research conducted by Li Wei De, in that case, it is better for Li Wei De to continue his research. Who would complain about not having enough good things?
"I'm glad you understand. I'm glad you can ask me directly when you don't understand something, Tom. The most important thing between teams is communication." Li Weide said, turning his attention back to the small puppet on the table.

"Are you replicating the combat puppets that appeared in the trial in Slytherin's study that day?" Tom immediately recognized these combat puppets that had impressed him so deeply.

That night, he almost died at the hands of those two puppets!

"Yes... I just restored it successfully." Speaking of this, Li Weide became energetic.

He took out another knight puppet from the drawer and put a new bead into the knight puppet's head.

Under Li Wei's control, the two knight puppets suddenly collided with each other and started fighting.

Tom watched the movements of the two wooden knights in amazement. The speed was so fast that it reminded Tom of the fear of being dominated by the battle puppets that night.

"This... you actually restored it completely!"

"Really? It was just luck." Li Weide's words were not humble, but the truth.

If he really had to do the research on his own, it would take a lot of time to find the exact trajectory of magic in those cores that had lost their energy.

But these things were originally made by Slytherin, so Levi went directly to him to restore them.

The appearance of Slytherin was an accident in itself, so the whole thing was just a fluke, which is completely understandable.

Tom looked at the two fighting puppets on the table, fighting each other, and imagined that these puppets would be put on the battlefield in the future...

How many wizards can react to the attacks of these incredibly fast combat puppets?

"If you can really make these puppets as big as humans, just like the combat puppets that night, it will really enhance our strength." Tom said with a sigh.

"Not strong enough, Tom, not enough..." Li Weide carefully observed the movements of the combat puppet.

"Isn't this powerful enough? The speed is so terrifying..."

"No matter how terrifying the speed is, it is still a cold weapon fight, which is too backward. This is a product from thousands of years ago and is seriously lacking in long-range means!" Li Weide said thoughtfully, touching his chin.

Tom asked hesitantly, "Then... equip them all with crossbows? In that case..."

"Crossbow? Tom, are you an old man who traveled through time from the Middle Ages?" Li Weide laughed mercilessly at Tom's suggestion.

Tom was a little unconvinced, "What else? Can you equip them with guns?"

Suddenly, Tom's expression changed, "Wait! You don't really think so!"

Li Weide had an evil smile on his face. "How about equipping them with Thompson submachine guns? No... that's too stingy. What's the name of the new machine gun that the German army has recently introduced? No matter what, just equip them with two machine guns! And then put some magic immunity runes on the guns to prevent the guns from being damaged by wizards..."

Although Tom had never seen a machine gun in person, he had seen the guards of Riddle Manor practice with rifles, so he knew the power of Muggle guns.

Tom had some understanding of the concept of a machine gun, which is a gun that can fire continuously.

Thinking of such a powerful gun that could fire in bursts and was mounted on a combat puppet that was highly resistant to spells...

"hiss……"

Thinking of this, Tom couldn't help but take a breath.

If Li Weide could really make this kind of puppet, he wouldn't need many, just ten would be enough to give hostile wizards a hard time...

"In the Muggle world, the arms race has always been the most important part of the disputes between countries. The top talents of each country are constantly researching weapons, for fear of falling behind other countries. Because falling behind will lead to being beaten. This is the case in the Muggle world, and it is also the case in our wizarding world! We need to have the most advanced equipment, the most powerful spells, and the most effective potions... In this way, even if we are small in number, we can still have a great advantage! This is the arms race in the wizarding world!"

Speaking of this, Li Weide's eyes exuded a different look...

(End of this chapter)