Intelligent life naturally divides itself into "us" and "them."
Skin color, gender, region, beliefs, status, class...
Despite being of the same origin, people always like to create small circles in various ways, and then belittle others.
Trampling others underfoot seems to have become a kind of necessity.
Wizards treat creatures like Merpeople, Centaurs, and House-elves this way.
So, when they realized that Muggles would completely surpass wizard civilization with the progress of technological civilization.
Many people panicked.
From Grindelwald to Voldemort, the rise of both was not accidental. They were not lone actors; they were leaders of a certain ideology.
Wizard supremacy!
A large number of wizards followed them. The failure of the two was not so much that justice triumphed over evil.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that conservative ideology triumphed over radical ideology.
But ideas cannot be killed.
Even if they encounter setbacks, as long as the external circumstances of society do not change, reality will repeat itself time and time again.
But now.
The social circumstances have changed!
Starting with this press conference! Looking up, Rita Skeeter, who walked into the room, looked at the podium.
In the center of the podium sat their Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.
Roger Virgil sat to Fudge's left.
Although he was sitting in a side seat, and the press conference had not yet begun, both the officials on stage and the wizards in the audience were focusing their attention on Roger.
Some people, no matter where they are, will become the center of attention... Rita Skeeter suddenly remembered this sentence.
She turned her head and saw that the young wizard named Tom, who had entered with her, was also looking intently at Roger.
But the expression in his eyes seemed a little complicated.
She felt that this was not the look one would expect from a first meeting.
So, she immediately seized the opportunity and said, "Tom, do you know that Seer before?"
Being good at discovering all valuable information is also a basic quality of a reporter.
"You could say that."
"I've had some vague interactions with him," Tom replied casually.
Huh? Tom's words made Rita Skeeter a little confused. What kind of interaction could be described as vague?
Although she found it inexplicable, she grasped the key point: this seemingly young wizard actually knew Roger? She had encountered some wizards who spoke incoherently during her years as a reporter.
Magic is a complex subject, and many people go mad from studying it.
Rita Skeeter knew how to interact with such people: "I didn't expect you to know such an important figure. It's truly enviable."
"You said earlier that the world was going to be turned upside down. Do you have any inside information?"
Everyone has a desire to share. Rita Skeeter tried to pique his desire to confide.
Keeping one's mouth shut is a quality possessed by very few people. Most people cannot keep secrets and are as loose-lipped as the waistband of cotton pants.
Sometimes, not even very clever techniques are needed; just a starting point, and others will naturally spill out information like pouring beans.
It's like players of a certain game who often leak national military secrets.
A certain emotion brewing in his heart was disturbed. Tom shot Rita a glance and said, "The press conference is about to start. You'll know then."
...Tsk.
Looking at Tom's micro-expressions, Rita Skeeter knew that her assessment of Tom's personality had a slight error.
He looked refined and polite, but he was actually someone with a temper.
She muttered a few words to herself. Before Rita Skeeter could make minor adjustments to her subsequent plan and continue to get close to Tom.
Fudge in front began to speak, and the press conference started!
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This was an official event organized by the Ministry of Magic.
Naturally, the highest leader had to say some perfunctory words at the beginning.
Although Roger's words carried more weight than Fudge's, both in terms of strength and certain invisible status.
After all, Fudge was the nominal leader of British politics.
Of course, Fudge was also a very sensible person. He knew that the vast crowd of wizards below had come for someone.
What everyone was more concerned about.
Naturally, he wouldn't do anything annoying.
After making a brief appearance, he quickly left the center stage to the day's main attraction.
"Hello everyone, I'm Roger Virgil. I assume most of you have a general understanding of who I am, so I won't waste your time with a lengthy self-introduction."
"I'd like to thank Minister Fudge for attending this press conference despite his busy schedule and for providing the opening remarks."
"I'm young and don't really understand all the roundabout ways of doing things, so let's get straight to what everyone cares about."
As usual, Roger didn't like to beat around the bush or waste words.
Right from the start, Roger outlined the plan he was about to undertake.
In simple terms, Roger would be selling the virtual reality device client at a low price, close to the cost of production.
With the addition of Alchemy Master Nicolas Flamel, Roger's virtual reality client had seen a significant reduction in production costs and difficulty after technical optimization.
And now, because of Roger, the British wizarding world and the German wizarding world were cooperating deeply.
Coupled with Dumbledore's influence, Roger could easily mobilize the alchemical resources of both countries' magical communities with just a word.
The wizarding society wasn't very populous; the entire population of Britain didn't even reach the million mark.
With Roger's current production capacity, he could achieve virtual reality's widespread adoption among all British wizards within about six months.
In addition to these basic matters, Roger also discussed other content.
For example, the regulations for using virtual reality.
"I hope everyone will view virtual reality as a convenient tool."
"Not as something more exaggerated." Roger said this at this time to preemptively address the future implementation of an anti-addiction mechanism.
"Everyone..."
Roger's speech continued, but the audience below clearly wasn't paying much attention to his admonitions.
In their eyes, it was just like a parent lecturing a child about not getting addicted to games – tedious, long-winded, and boring.
They were more concerned about another issue.
After Roger finished his speech, it was time for the Q&A session. Roger casually called on someone.
The young wizard who was called upon asked the question that everyone was most concerned about: "Director Roger, will there be any room for further improvement in the thought acceleration function of virtual reality in the future?"
At this occasion, it was natural to address Roger by his Ministry of Magic title.
This question was crucial. In fact, most of the wizards present, excluding the reporters, wanted to know the answer immediately, which was why they had come in person.
Roger's subsequent answer would determine whether wizard civilization should continue to be in a state of 'tension'! If the thought acceleration in the virtual world could continuously improve, then wizard civilization would gain a development time far exceeding that of Muggle civilization.
From then on, wizards would only need to lie low and quietly await the moment of their spectacular emergence.
Muggles and wizards, the balance of power would shift! "Of course, it can be improved," Roger casually replied.
"7x speed is nowhere near the limit of virtual reality."
Instantly, there was an uproar from the wizards below! The wizard who was called upon couldn't help but press further, "What about the maximum? What's the highest speed of thought we can reach?"
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