Looking at the chaotic state of their laboratory, and then comparing it to Kyle's spotless lab—so neat that even a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder couldn't find a single flaw—the twins scratched the backs of their heads in slight embarrassment.
George walked to one side of the lab wall and pulled a heavy iron chain, as thick as a human arm, hanging on the wall.
Instantly, a massive black fissure cracked open in the middle of the laboratory floor, and all the clutter inside the lab vanished into the crack in a flash.
Uh... this method of cleaning was essentially equivalent to creating a new folder on a cluttered computer desktop and tossing everything right into it.
Once the laboratory was cleared, George pulled another chain. A rumbling noise immediately vibrated through the room, and within seconds, a massive iron cage emerged in the center of the room.
This iron cage was at least thirty meters tall. Every single bar was as thick as an average adult man's thigh and inscribed with various defensive magical runes.
Seeing this, Kyle waved his hand, and a fire-red, jelly-like blob about the size of a basketball floated out of his pocket.
In the middle of the jelly, the outline of a squid could be faintly seen.
Placing the jelly in the center of the iron cage, Kyle released the restriction of the Four Red Yang Formation. At the same time, the Shrinking Charm placed on the giant squid lost its efficacy.
With the shattering of the jelly, the giant squid's body rapidly inflated like a balloon.
If they hadn't made the iron cage large enough right from the start, this cage would never have been able to contain this giant squid.
Gazing at the unconscious giant squid, Kyle formed a few hand seals.
Water Release: Water Collision Wave!
A massive water prison rose from the ground, covering the squid's body in a thick layer of water film, allowing it to continue breathing through its gills so it wouldn't die of suffocation.
Cedric added a large quantity of anesthetics to the water, ensuring it would not wake up midway through the modification surgery.
While the squid was absorbing the anesthetics, Kyle didn't stay idle either. He continuously hauled out jars of bright red liquid—essences extracted from Re'em blood.
It was roughly equivalent to ten times concentrated Re'em blood. If a wizard were to drink it, they would gain ten times the strength compared to drinking raw Re'em blood directly.
Uh, though if a wizard actually did that, the more likely outcome would be exploding on the spot and dying.
Only half-giants like Hagrid, or magical creatures with extremely robust physiques, could withstand its potency.
That's right—after finishing the most basic modification on the giant squid later, Kyle was going to inject these essences into it.
Just like injecting the Super Soldier Serum into Captain America.
Last month, Kyle had taken advantage of the giant squid sleeping to stealthily dive underwater, slicing off a small piece of its tentacle to perform a fusion experiment with the Re'em blood essence.
With the Potions knowledge freely passed down to him by Snape, Kyle could now barely be considered half a Potions Master.
Combined with his previous experience brewing the Bloodline Fusion Potion for Cedric, he easily fine-tuned the potion and used it as a catalyst to promote the bloodline fusion between the two magical creatures.
The fusion experiment between the two had naturally succeeded.
However, that was merely a fusion between a small piece of tissue and a small vial of blood.
If a complete fusion were performed, Kyle was extremely curious about what fascinating chemical reaction would occur between the two—what kind of monster would they ultimately create?
Once the anesthetics took effect, George and Fred immediately set to work dissecting the giant squid.
There was no other way around it; the creature's brain was located right in the middle of its body, just a bit above its mouth, so dissecting it was mandatory.
What the twins needed to do was implant an alchemy item similar to a microchip into the giant squid's brain.
This was something they had developed after burning through countless brain cells, allowing the giant squid to remain under the Father Troubleshooters' control while retaining most of its self-awareness.
However, this chip could currently only subtly influence the implant recipient's subconscious, making them loyal to the Father Troubleshooters.
Moreover, this gadget couldn't work on wizards because human brain activity was far too complex; only magical creatures with relatively simpler minds would be affected by it.
While the twins were performing surgery on the giant squid's brain, Kyle and Cedric—both adept at Transfiguration—continuously performed dark magic modifications on the squid's body.
They primarily modified the giant squid's respiratory system.
Relying solely on gills to breathe severely restricted the giant squid's combat capability—because it could only fight in the water.
Once the battlefield shifted to land, its combat power would plummet drastically, to the point where even a slightly clever dragon could use its dragon breath from afar to roast it into dried squid piece by piece.
What the two of them needed to do was equip it with a secondary respiratory system, granting it the ability to unleash its full combat power on land.
Of course, these dark magic modifications would inevitably affect the giant squid's temperament. However, limiting the modification to just its respiratory system wouldn't make it as cruel and bloodthirsty as Voldemort; at most, it would make the originally friendly creature a bit quick-tempered.
Old Voldy back in his student days—what a fine young man he was! Exceedingly talented with a bright future ahead of him. One could say he and Kyle were practically the exact same type of person.
Then he went and performed dark magic modification surgeries on himself, turning into a ruthless terrorist.
Ahem, off topic.
Besides, even if it turned out as bloodthirsty as Old Voldy, it wouldn't matter much.
Kyle and the others were confident they could keep this giant squid under control.
After all, with Kyle's current strength, even if that Hydra from before appeared right in front of him, Kyle could pin it down using Susanoo.
"Hydra! You are too powerful; you must be sealed!"
Hydra: ???
Of course, that was only the first line of insurance.
The reason the Father Troubleshooters weren't afraid of it becoming tyrannical was that there was a second line of insurance—the alchemy chip created by George and Fred.
Under the control of that alchemy chip, the giant squid could not attack the four of them at all.
Similarly, as long as Hogwarts students were added to the whitelist, there was no need to worry that this quick-tempered giant squid would harm the students of Hogwarts.
With the mithril construction combined with the dual effect of protective magic, there was also no need to worry about the chip being damaged during battle.
Aside from this second line of insurance, the Father Troubleshooters also had a third line of insurance in place—another one of their initiatives: the Jinchūriki Project.
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