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"Ugh~" Leona's face scrunched up as she looked at Merlin. "So narcissistic!"

Merlin doesn't want to talk to Leona for the time being.

It's like I kill people without blinking an eye, and then you ask me if my eyes are dry!

Is this even the point?!

Chapter 349 The Eternal Night Before Dawn

Leona's euphoric state lasted for several hours. During those hours, all the students who saw her unanimously agreed that Leona must have come from Gryffindor, and that she must be a "top student" in Gryffindor, just like the Weasley brothers.

"Have you calmed down a bit?" Merlin asked Leona, who was sitting on a stool covering her head.

Leona nodded, then lowered her head even further. It was so embarrassing, it was utterly humiliating. What had she been doing all this time?

She insisted on having the students learn and sing the Hogwarts school song, and also forced Robin to take her to see Hogwarts' famous troublemaker, Peeves, and then did all sorts of childish things.

Waaaaah, is there a plane to Mars? I want to go to another planet and start my life anew.

Leona rashly ran her fingers through her hair, thinking to herself.

"Alright, stop being so stubborn. We have important business to attend to," Merlin comforted him.

Social anxiety is something that, once you experience it enough, transforms from social phobia into social charisma, and everything will fall into place. Olaf is the best example of this, and Leona has already gone a long way down this path.

Meanwhile, in the temporary disinfection room at Hogwarts, Fudge, with a warm smile on his face, was undergoing full-body disinfection under Professor McGonagall's arrangement.

The disinfectant in the disinfection room is specially made by the Plague Department for memetic viruses. It can clear the virus from the infected person's body while fading the relevant information about the memetic virus from the infected person's memory. The effect is quite good.

It may not cure the root cause, but it can still address the symptoms without much problem.

“Alright, Minister, you may come out now,” Professor McGonagall said to Fudge, glancing at the timer.

"Is this all? Don't you need to stay a little longer? No rush, I'm quite free lately, I have plenty of time." Fudge said quite politely. The wizard behind him, who was also disinfecting, remained silent. Free? Indeed, he was quite free, the queue at the external liaison office was already booked until next month.

“No need, these disinfectants are expensive and shouldn’t be wasted.” Professor McGonagall’s impression of Fudge worsened.

It's true that Fudge prioritizes profit, but there's no need to be so obvious about it. Couldn't he at least have a bit of the composure expected of the Minister of Magic?

"I see. Does Hogwarts need additional investment this year? I'll help you submit a proposal. I think the board of directors will be very happy. Education comes first, and protecting the students is more important than anything else." Fudge tilted his head to look at McGonagall, as if to say, "If you nod, I can immediately secure a large sum of money for you."

"No need, thank you." Professor McGonagall barely maintained her stance. After all, they were the ones who benefited, and she shouldn't be so arrogant just because she had a slight advantage. McGonagall wasn't Fudge.

“Alright, is there anything else you need the Ministry’s support for? Just say so. I remember you were planning to renovate the Admissions Train. I think we can discuss that again. The Ministry’s funds are much more plentiful than before.” Fudge said with a smile. He liked talking to people like McGonagall.

Whatever the reason, as long as help is given, the other party will remember Fudge's kindness and owe Fudge a favor. Besides, Fudge isn't afraid to make this kind of educational investment public; it's not a bribe to a private individual.

“We invited you here mainly for another matter.” Professor McGonagall quickly changed the subject; she wasn’t very good at dealing with such shameless people. “Lupin, come here for a moment and make arrangements for the minister’s secretary.”

Professor Lu Ping jogged over. As the only professor who hadn't been affected at all, Lu Ping had been incredibly busy lately.

"Go ahead, remember to communicate with Professor Lupin if anything happens, and don't disrupt other people's normal teaching order," Fudge instructed his secretary.

After the secretary left, McGonagall opened the folder in her hand and handed Fudge a document with blurred keywords. It contained some information about memetic viruses and preliminary survey data from the Human Rights Federation.

As Fudge looked at it, his expression changed. He simply couldn't believe what was inside. Had a virus silently breached the defenses of most wizards?!

"This...this is unbelievable!" Fudge exclaimed, staring at Professor McGonagall in disbelief. "So the disinfectant I just experienced was cleaning up related information? But I didn't feel anything disappear..."

“If you can feel it, it means the cleanup has failed,” Professor McGonagall explained. “Come with me, Master Merlin and Teacher Leona have already made the preliminary preparations.”

Fudge nodded to show he understood, and then followed Professor McGonagall up the Astronomy Tower. He had no time to fawn over such an important matter; he needed to resolve it quickly, or he would end up all alone.

On the Astronomy Tower, Leona was adjusting her state, projecting the anchor point she had established onto the star of this star system, preparing to use the star's light to continuously transmit power to every part of this planet.

The only observers at this ceremony were McGonagall and Fudge. McGonagall participated as the acting principal, and Fudge's participation goes without saying.

"Let's begin," Merlin said after confirming the location of the constellations.

After Merlin finished speaking, Leona took a step forward, stepping onto the air. Then, a dazzling beam of light burst forth from Leona's body, shooting straight towards the star.

The sun's glory will never fade!

As the anchor point was pushed into the target, Leona momentarily thought she had returned to her birthplace, but she quickly snapped out of that illusion. The stars here did not bear the traces of the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

"Bloom, bloom, bloom!" Leona cried out, raising her arms. "I will bring the dawn to this world; the day is just around the corner!"

Within the Proverb, Leona's body vanished, transforming into the purest concept and entering the star.

"Is the ceremony over?" Fudge asked in a low voice.

"No, this is just the beginning." Merlin's expression was calm, and the incantations set up on the Astronomical Tower lit up one by one as he moved.

Suddenly, Hogwarts, which had been in daylight, darkened. The sun in the sky seemed to have disappeared, and the entire planet was plunged into a brief period of eternal night.

It was as if a total solar eclipse had occurred simultaneously from various regions and angles.

Amid this strange phenomenon, prayers resounded all over the world. The objects of these prayers may have varied, but this time they were all directed at Leona.

Merlin gripped his staff nervously. He couldn't interfere with Leona now, and he could only hope that Leona would remain rational and not be influenced by the power of faith. If her divinity were to erupt at this moment, the plan would definitely fail!

Chapter 350 Dawn

Leona, now a concept, sensed the gathering of faith power even faster than Merlin. This faith power was not the product of those who prayed at this moment, but rather the faith power accumulated over the years on the planet due to factors such as ignorance and fear.

Only this kind of faith power, which relies on nothingness, will immediately erupt after some kind of "mystery" appears.

Leona's Laws pulsated slightly, and the star burned even more intensely under the blessing of this power. The stellar wind emanating from the star suddenly converged in front of Leona, igniting all the surging power of faith. While blocking it, it also added a lot of nourishment.

Merlin, atop the Astronomical Tower, breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the plan was proceeding as scheduled. Earth had entered a period of perpetual night, but it was not completely dark; twinkling starlight still hung in the sky.

Moreover, without the obscuring light of the stars, these stars shone brighter and attracted more attention than ever before.

Merlin pointed his staff towards the sky, and magical power shot out from the tip of the staff like tassels. After entering the atmosphere, it was pulled by gravity and spiritual power, and then scattered across the entire planet like falling fireworks.

A meteor shower with a global observation range was thus formed.

The stars are dim!

Merlin twirled his staff, and all the tassels that had reached their designated positions began to spin, temporarily creating a canopy that blocked out all starlight.

In an instant, the world became utterly dark, with only man-made lights continuing to shine, dispelling the fear of darkness for the intelligent life on this planet.

A new sun rises!

Leona manipulated the laws, distributing her power evenly to every corner of the planet.

In the dark sky, a faint red light appeared, so inconspicuous yet undeniably real.

With everything ready, Leona waved her hand.

A spectacular sight occurred: sunrises began simultaneously in various regions. Even in the polar regions, where the sun was at night, the sunrise could be clearly seen.

"I've lived all these years and this is the first time I've ever seen anything like it. Can this be explained by current science?" a member of the Arctic expedition team exclaimed, watching the sun slowly rise on the horizon.

"I don't know, but this life has been worthwhile. I've seen everything," another member exclaimed.

All the equipment at the monitoring station was turned on. After summarizing the impact, they found that the same scene could be seen from every direction, which made people wonder if light really travels in a straight line.

The international wizarding organization also abandoned its planned covert operation, not only because everyone felt the plan was doomed to fail, but also because the wizards who witnessed this scene were all thinking about one thing: in the face of such power, is there any difference between wizards and Muggles?

As the sunrise continued, orange light replaced the original dark red glow, becoming the dominant color in the sky.

"The sun rises brightly, and thousands of mountains and rivers are ablaze with light."

As the expedition members gazed upon this extraordinary sight, a spectacle they might never witness in their lifetime, poems spontaneously flowed from their lips. Indeed, now, looking at any mountain, one can almost feel it ablaze.

Finally, after a few minutes of sighs, the sunrise came to an end, and the dawn's light bathed the earth, falling upon every living thing.

Leona seized the opportunity and, like her brother, stirred up the causal threads of the collective human consciousness.

Having an anchor point makes a world of difference compared to not having one; what the eyes can observe is completely different from what they normally see.

In Leona's eyes, the Earth now resembles a series of balls of yarn containing various powers, rules, and concepts.

After carefully grasping the thread representing the vampire meme virus, Leona pulled hard, bringing the thread to the blazing sun. The surging flames followed the thread downwards, igniting all the meme viruses in her imagination.

After burning for a while, as the lines in her hand loosened, Leona seemed to sense something was a little off.

The line looks like something is wrapped around its other end.

Leona gazed into the void, pointing to the other end where the timeline was inserted.

As she continued, Leona found the thread in her hand growing heavier and heavier, and multiple opposing forces were coming from other points in time.

With no other option, Leona had to abandon exploring deeper areas, waving her fingers at both ends of the yarn to temporarily cut off the influence from other directions.

After doing all this, Leona focused all her efforts on eliminating the memetic virus, and the related immune energy also shone down with the sunlight.

Half an hour later, Leona, looking a little pale, regrouped at the top of the Astronomical Tower.

"Are you alright?" Merlin reached out to support Leona. This ritual was a great test of Leona's mental strength, and he wasn't sure if she could withstand it.

“It’s alright, Professor McGonagall, it should have been cleared up. You can have the teacher check it again.” Leona turned to McGonagall and said.

“Okay.” McGrath hurriedly left with Fudge, intending to check on Fudge first to see how well it went.

After the outsiders left, Leona opened her hands, and tiny points of light danced in her palm.

"This is the strange feeling I had while removing the virus. I had a premonition that Headmaster Dumbledore might be at one end of the force, but I couldn't tell."

Leona said softly that even with support from all sides, she could only be considered a pseudo-legend, and in many ways, she was still far inferior to Merlin.

Just look at how Merlin's spell, a mere phantom, can affect the entire planet; and after casting such a massive spell, the phantom shows no sign of dissipating.

He truly deserves to be called a master who has honed his skills in the legendary realm for so long.

"I understand, I can tell. Now, just rest well. If you feel unwell, tell me immediately," Merlin said, taking the light.

"Okay, hey, by the way, why didn't we see anyone from the Plague Department this time?" Leona asked curiously.

For testing membranoviruses, the vaccinia department is the most professional.

"Because something was also found to be wrong in other places. Traces of the memetic virus were found in the biohazard and Detective Conan groups, and even in the Naruto group, which we just connected with not long ago."

Merlin was also very surprised when he found out.

Those places don't have someone like Dumbledore, and if things get worse, they might fall even faster than this place.

Therefore, the members of the Plague Department rushed to other worlds. Fortunately, the multiverse portals made it easy for them to get there.

The situation isn't so good for the Naruto faction, but the fact that Kennen's clone is there is good news.