The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

In other words, this will be the first time he sees Li Weide do an experiment in person!

He had long been curious about the origins of those strange spells and alchemical tools.

Tom watched as Levid and Toby used a levitation spell to move out a cabinet with a glass jar inside, and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"

"This is a petri dish that can be used to grow organisms." Li Weide said casually.

Tom asked in surprise, "Didn't you say you weren't going to breed basilisks here?"

"I didn't say we want to breed basilisks. We can breed other interesting creatures!" Li Weide said happily.

"Hiss... Why do I remember this isn't legal?" Tom asked hesitantly.

"It's true... but as long as the Ministry of Magic doesn't find out, it's fine. Even if they do, there's nothing to worry about. The most they'll get is a fine of a few Galleons."

Lewd knows the nature of the British Ministry of Magic too well.

What principles can the Ministry of Magic have if it can even accept Grindelwald?

"As for Dumbledore..."

"I will apply to him before I train him... After all, Professor Slughorn needs some new materials to make potions..." Levid smiled.

Tom suddenly realized that with Professor Slughorn's endorsement and Dumbledore's trust, what was there for Levid to worry about?

As long as you don't create a dangerous creature like a basilisk, there will basically be no problem.

"In fact, a large part of the magical animals we see in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" are the result of biological experiments conducted by wizards." Li Weide explained.

"Is there such a thing?" Tom didn't care much about magical creatures, so this was the first time he heard of this.

"Take the Hideaway, for example. It's a magical creature that lives in the deep forests at night and feeds on humanoids. It can change its form, allowing it to hide behind almost any object, effectively concealing itself from predators or prey."

"The appearance of this magical creature actually stems from an accidental situation caused by a wizard..."

"There was a wizard at the time who traded in contraband artifacts and animals, a wizard named Phineas Fletch."

"He originally wanted to ship a stolen invisible beast to the United States to make an invisibility cloak. But the invisible beast escaped on the ship and hybridized with a stowaway ghoul..."

"And so the Haunters were born... Their descendants fled into the Massachusetts woods after the ship landed, and they still infest the area to this day."

"In the early 1620s, a Hideaway of unusual strength and size captured a young Pukki and was chased away by Isolt Sayer... Oh, Isolt Sayer was one of the founders of Ilvermorny Academy of Magic in the United States. She also has the blood of the Gaunt family and is a descendant of Slytherin..."

Tom couldn't help scratching his head. "How do you know so much?"

"I read it in a book. I don't just read spell books..." Li Weide said, and took out another glass box.

In that glass box, Tom saw the flesh and blood of the basilisk that Levid had preserved with magic...

"What are you..."

"Although I can't hatch a basilisk for the time being, it's not impossible to use its DNA to clone some weaker snakes."

"Clone? DNA?"

Something I don't understand again...

Tom finally gave up thinking again.

Chapter 283 Newt: I am only responsible for quality inspection, not rectification

Forbidden forest.

Grindelwald emerged from a tent, flipping through several documents in his hands.

After a while, a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Finally done..." Grindelwald said softly.

Since the last incident in the parallel world, Grindelwald had to abandon the preparations he had just made.

Several more levels have been set up.

It took him a lot of time to reset the levels and accommodate the dark creatures.

It wasn't until today that it was finally completed.

Just when he was about to go find Dumbledore, a person appeared on the path in the Forbidden Forest.

When Grindelwald saw this person, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

The man was tall and thin, holding a suitcase...

"Newt Scamander...what brings you to me?" Grindelwald narrowed his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a dangerous look.

Newt faced Grindelwald's dangerous gaze without a trace of fear on his face.

"I'm not here to see you, Grindelwald. Dumbledore sent me."

Grindelwald frowned. "What does he want to do now?"

"Dumbledore told me what you were planning to do... I don't quite understand why he didn't stop you, but... he always has his reasons, so I came here after receiving his request. The levels you set up contain a large number of dark creatures and magical animals, so after you finish your preparations, I will come to check them out..."

"You're quite obedient... Dumbledore asked you to come, and you came? And..." Grindelwald laughed in anger. "I need you to inspect my facilities again? Who do you think you are?"

Newt continued calmly, "I may not be a big shot, but with all due respect, I'm more professional than most of you when it comes to studying magical creatures. That's why Dumbledore invited me to check your levels. To make sure there aren't any problems..."

Grindelwald snorted coldly, "That old Dumbledore is thinking of using you to trip me up again, isn't he?"

"Dumbledore is doing this for the safety of the students. Even if your idea is perfect, no one can guarantee that a bunch of dark creatures and a bunch of magical beasts will not go wrong in the hands of a group of amateurs."

Newt is usually not good at speaking, but now when facing Grindelwald, every word he says is full of thorns.

"Okay... you're professional, you're amazing, so just check it out!"

Although Grindelwald knew that this might be another way for Dumbledore to delay his plan, the other party's statement was indeed reasonable.

Now, according to the rules and reason, Grindelwald cannot stop Dumbledore's legitimate request...

“So you’re ready?” Newt glanced at the tent behind him.

"Yes, you came just in time." Grindelwald said impatiently.

"Okay, then I guess this tent behind you is one of them."

"Yes, let's check it out quickly... Someone come and take him for a checkpoint, lest this professional accidentally fall into the trap set up by us laymen." Grindelwald said sarcastically.

Newt didn't say anything more and followed a witch party into the tent...

……

In the laboratory.

Tom was staring closely at Livid as he examined the basilisk flesh and blood.

After a while, Li Weide took off the instrument and put the basilisk flesh back into the safe.

"After testing, the basilisk's DNA has similarities with vipers, rattlesnakes, and pythons... Surprisingly, it also has some similarities with crocodiles!" Li Weide said excitedly.

"So what? What should we do now?" Tom didn't understand what Li Weide said, so he just asked him directly what to do.

"First, we need to extract the somatic cells containing genetic material from the flesh and blood of the basilisk, and then..." Li Weide paused, "You won't understand even if I tell you..."

Tom shrugged. "I really don't understand... Then I'll just watch. Or is there anything I can do?"

In fact, Tom just wanted to see Li Weide's strange experiments with his own eyes, even though he couldn't understand them...

He originally came here to broaden his horizons, so he didn't mind even if he didn't participate.

"There is indeed a place where I can use your help, Tom." Li Weide said with a smile.

"What do you want me to do?" asked Tom.

Li Weide thought for a moment, then said, "We need to go to the Forbidden Forest and catch some snakes... If I go alone, it will be really troublesome because I have to look for them. But if I take you with me, there's no need to look for them. You have Parseltongue, so you can just summon the snakes and we can take our time choosing."

"What do you want with these common snakes?" asked Tom.

"It's hard to explain the function to you... I need some female snakes, preferably female vipers." Li Weide said.

……

In the forbidden forest.

Grindelwald looked at Newt in front of him, his teeth gritting.

After a long while, he finally managed to utter a sentence from between his teeth.

"You mean... out of the seven checkpoints I set, six failed?"

Newt nodded. "Yes. In fact, if you hadn't placed any dark creatures in the level for the first-year students, you would have failed all seven checkpoints."

The witches present were all silent. After a long while, someone said to Grindelwald, "Sir... he seems to be playing a trick on you..."

Grindelwald thought so too.

"So, you're taking me for a fool? Isn't that too much?"

I originally thought that even if Newt was here to find fault, he would at most find one or two mistakes, delay time, and create obstacles.

As a result, this guy almost came to take down everyone! No matter how I think about it, I feel that this guy is here to cause trouble!

"Until now, do you still think that I am deliberately making things difficult for you? Is it possible that it is really you amateurs who have failed to do this properly?" Newt asked back.

"Then tell me what's wrong... If you can't explain it... I don't mind sending you to Azkaban as a liar to wake you up." Grindelwald said through gritted teeth.

"You are insulting my professionalism. In fact, your mistake is obvious... Did you divide all the dark creatures and magical beasts into seven groups according to their degree of danger, and then randomly put them into seven tents?"

"Of course... Is there any problem with this? With this arrangement, all seven grades of students can face appropriate challenges..."

Newt shook his head and said, "Have you ever considered that some dark creatures and some magical beasts cannot coexist?"

"When we designed it, each magical beast was separated by a barrier! They cannot hurt each other! So, I don't think they can't coexist like this." Grindelwald frowned.

"Hehe...is it enough to just separate them? Some injuries can't be avoided by just separating them. In Azkaban, the prisoners are separated from the Dementors most of the time, so why are the prisoners affected by the Dementors?" Newt sneered.

Grindelwald hesitated after hearing this. Indeed, dark creatures like Dementors, even if they didn't surround humans and actively absorb their positive emotions, could still make those around them feel uncomfortable just by passing by...

"When dark creatures and magical beasts are kept together, they will affect each other... For example, pentads can't be kept together with Inferi... In the seventh-grade tents I just checked, your pentads are all depressed. Because for them, the delicious Inferi are right in front of them, but they can only look at them and not eat them... Also... the poison gas produced by the giant purple toad will irritate the female ghosts, making them more aggressive..."

Grindelwald's face changed from gloomy to bright as he listened to Newt list dozens of combinations of mutual promotion and mutual restraint.

Maybe... Newt wasn't exaggerating?

Newt packed his suitcase and continued, "In short, piling so many creatures together will cause tremendous internal friction, and as they do so, the danger will increase significantly... This will result in students who originally came to challenge the level facing enemies far more powerful than themselves. How can I give you a passing grade if that's the case?"

Grindelwald and the witches present fell silent again.

"If you don't believe me, you can go in and see for yourself to see if I'm right," Newt continued.

Grindelwald turned and nodded to the witches next to him, and then several people walked into the tent.

After a while, those witch party members walked out of the tent with pale faces.

Seeing them nodding at him, Grindelwald felt even more uncomfortable than if he had eaten a fly...

This is actually true!

"Then what solution do you have?" Grindelwald asked unwillingly.

Newt said nonchalantly, "Of course there is a solution. We just need to pay attention to the relationship between these magical animals and dark creatures when placing them."

"Okay... then you come and help us adjust it." Grindelwald said helplessly.

He knew very well that if he asked Newt to help mediate, the other party would have plenty of ways to delay his plan forever.

But so far, there seems to be no other way. Even if you find another Magizoologist, Dumbledore may not recognize him...

However, to Grindelwald's surprise, Newt directly rejected Grindelwald's request.

"No, I'm not responsible for helping you adjust."

"You said you are not responsible for the adjustments? Then why are you here!?" Grindelwald was furious.

"I'm only responsible for quality inspection... After all, Dumbledore invited me here and only paid me to do the quality inspection. So, you have to do the rectification yourself." Newt picked up his suitcase and turned to leave.

As he walked, he said, "When you have made the corrections, please write to me and I will come to check again..."

Grindelwald was furious when he heard this.

He had originally thought that Newt would deliberately act and delay during the adjustment period.

But now it seems... you're too lazy to even act!

In other words, if Grindelwald wants to continue his plan now, he has to find another Magizoologist and set up the levels all over again?

Not only would it take a long time, but what if Newt came and simply said it was unqualified? Wouldn't that be a waste?