Connor's Hogwarts

"The much-anticipated first Yokai Cup showdown is about to begin"

“The two sides in this match are Dio Joestar from England’s Diagon Alley Lake Flagship Store vs. Giorno Bugatti from Italy’s Golden Pavilion”

“Let’s wait and see who will win the first game tonight.”

The Monster Cup game finally officially started. Players from both sides sat on a small area in the center of the field, where Connor had been standing, and then the chessboard slowly rose up in the air.

"After the game map is determined by a random board, both players will have 10 minutes to decide their own decks. Now we can see that the randomly selected board in the first game is Mermaid Island, which is a map with ocean attributes..."

The host explained diligently, and at the same time, the huge chessboard below instantly completed the map conversion, and a beach appeared as if it were a real ocean...

"Players play chess on the chessboard in a closed space above, and a corresponding, enlarged version of the duel scene will appear on the large chessboard below simultaneously..." Connor was introducing the various arrangements of the Monster Cup to the people around him.

"What does closed space mean?" the small pendant Alice asked with eyes full of stars. She has been in this state since Connor returned to the box.

"We can see what's going on inside, but they can't see the auditorium..." Connor pointed to the two players in the sky who were attracting much attention, and said: "Because we must ensure their duel environment so that they don't affected..."

Hanging on the other side of Connor was Blanche, and next to her stood Penelo. Next to Alice were the Greengrass sisters. As for Fred and the others... they brutally threw Connor to the ground as soon as the game started. On the other hand, I won’t play with him anymore...

"You're so thoughtful, Connor, are you designing these?" Alice looked up at Connor, her eyes full of admiration.

"Ahem, I just gave you a direction..." Connor said modestly with a serious face. In fact, he felt extremely happy.

It is normal to feel complacent when one's "work" is praised.

In this opening ceremony, Connor used almost all the "inventions" of his life, which can be regarded as a grand exhibition of lake props.

Monster cards, double-sided mirror, music box, global Facebook broadcast, magic cards, magic stone... and Artoria and Angel.

It is difficult for Connor alone to successfully complete such a huge task, but Angel is also helping Connor in the dark, checking for omissions and filling in vacancies.

Angel has a near-perfect control over magic power, and her way of thinking is very close to Connor's. In every sense, she and Connor are very in tune. The performance can be performed perfectly, thanks to Angel.

As for where Angel ran after the game, ahem, although Connor is now hugging everyone in the eyes... he is actually carrying someone behind his back...

"This natural passive skill... I have to find a way to turn it off..." Connor thought while watching the game.

"The winner of the first game is Dio Joestar"

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience, and the first game ended. There will be two monster card games tonight, and this will be the arrangement for the next two weeks.

The organizer will announce the game information every day, and then let others choose to buy tickets...

After a few days like this, I can almost make back the money I wasted on magic cards tonight by selling tickets...

On the other side, in box 1a01, Dumbledore was still watching the game in the stands, but Old Devine was no longer here.

Fudge's expression was very complicated: "Dumbledore, could you please help the Ministry of Magic? We want to meet Mr. Nicolas Flamel..."

Dumbledore said with a smile: "Niko doesn't like to see me, and I don't know where he is, he has always been erratic."

"..." Fudge's face became more and more ugly. You don't know how that kid from the Lake family could see Flamel and the others...

"Actually, I'm not the only one who can contact Nico. Many people have his contact information. Maybe you can try your luck with others." Dumbledore shrugged and gave Fudge some advice.

"...The power of the Philosopher's Stone should be in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, and it should fall under the management of the Department of Mysteries..." Mr. Barty Crouch's face was not very good, and he regretted his previous decision. He took the job against the Lake family, but it was too late to regret it now: "You're right, Berg."

Borg is from the Department of Mysteries, and the people still standing in the stands are basically officials from the Ministry of Magic.

Borg glanced at Crouch lightly, but said nothing.

The Department of Mysteries can't control Nicole May.

Dumbledore chuckled and continued to watch the game seriously...

The atmosphere in the stands was awkward, but the atmosphere in the box was very warm.

Box No. 1a01 not only has a ballroom, but also a conference room prepared early in the morning. At this time, Lao Diwen was sitting in the main seat with a smile on his face. The long conference table was filled with patriarchs and patriarchs of major families. Spokesperson...

After watching the opening ceremony, they came here to hold an "emergency meeting". All present were families who were interested in strengthening and deepening cooperation with the Lake family.

After all, the Lake family has shown their strength and sincerity. No one wants to miss this opportunity tonight. Many people are secretly glad that they accepted the invitation from the Lake family and came to the scene...

"Gentlemen..." Old Devin spoke, and everyone listened to him quietly, "The Lake family intends to establish an organization for equal exchanges, cooperation, and mutual assistance..."

"When the Lake Experience Store opened, I had intended to establish such an organization to bring closer business exchanges between our countries. However, due to various reasons, this plan did not go smoothly, and in the end it could only be discontinued... But I think it's time to put this plan back on the charter..."

The Lake family originally wanted the Lake experience store to be a platform that could sell magic items from various countries and exchange needed ones. There were many corresponding families at the time, but in the end there were only a few products that could successfully be put on the "shelves" of the Lake experience store.

Most of the products have been blocked by the Ministry of Magic of various countries. The reason... is the same as that magic carpet. As long as there is a product sold by a family in the country, it is impossible for your goods from other countries to seize the market, so In the end, only those products without conflicts of interest can be successfully put on the shelves, but they are really very few.

Old Devin continued: "I hope that all the families who have signed a contract with the Lake family can move their products to the Lake store. This... requires our joint efforts."

The people sitting here are all human spirits, and of course they understand what Old Devin means. As long as all families give up their boycott of "foreign" products and are willing to accept market competition, families from all countries will jointly influence the product review process of the Ministry of Magic in each country...

It may be necessary to explain here that in fact, the Ministry of Magic of each country was renamed from the International Federation of Wizards. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as the same organization. However, after this organization was dispersed to various countries, the Ministry of Magic of each country has its own A lot of "autonomy".

This is a manifestation of the magical family's right to speak in the Ministry of Magic of various countries.

Still using the magic carpet as an example, since Egyptian magic carpets cannot be sold in the UK, correspondingly, brooms produced in the UK must not be sold in Egypt.

"Since you don't let me sell things, I won't let you have an easy time either."

It is such a simple reason that creates barriers to exchanges of magic products from various countries.

What are the consequences of this?

All countries produce and sell their own products. After so many years of operation, a family basically has no rivals in its own country. Without competition, no one wants to make progress.

It can be said that the slow development of the magic world is largely caused by the "consensus" of "closed countries" among countries.

Now, if Connor wants to break this situation, the Lake family, which has developed through Pokemon and established an international "floo network", will be the best entry point...

"Our Lake family only provides a platform and will not deliberately suppress anyone's products. If you also want to sell magic scrolls, our Lake family will not stop you. We will ensure the most basic... fairness."

As soon as Old Devin finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room changed again. The Lake family actually didn't know how to sell magic scrolls. Are they really so sincere?

"The Lake family will not stop us from selling magic scrolls... what about products similar to monster cards?" I don't know who said this.

Old Devine chuckled and said, "Don't they have similar products in the United States? If their family is willing to join our cooperative organization, there will be room for their cards on the shelves of Lake's store."

Old Diwen's tone was full of confidence, and the Lake family was not afraid of competition.

"What about...the magic scroll of the Luo Er family?"

Old Devin grinned slightly: "Have you seen any representatives from the Rohr family in our conference room?"

Everyone was moved. If you don’t seize the opportunity to get on the bus now, will you be excluded?

Old Devin put the final straw: "Only by joining our family can you have the opportunity to purchase the first batch of new magic stones..."

“Our family is willing to join”

"I would like to join"

"I join"

For a while, the meeting room was raging.

On the evening of August 1992, 8, the International Magical Chamber of Commerce, led by the Lake family, which held the Monster Cup, announced its establishment in the village of Hogsmeade, England.

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