Diversion and Containment Plans

I realized it was an oversight on my part. I forgot that I was dealing with magic not modern day, where you wear a cap, put your head down, and boom! You avoided a camera!

I forgot how there are Time-Turners and Foe Glasses and the likes of enchanted objects, which could easily beat me at my own game. I remembered how, there was a crystal sphere used by third hokage in the Naruto anime, and that was where chakra was used, not this reality bending, teleport granting, nasty free for all buffet-MAGIC!

Now why was I monologuing as if I am the Grinch? Well because from the booty I scored from House Derys, I found a time-turner. Now I know, how you can go back in time, but not more than a few hours, but that was a happy accident of me administering counter dosage for the Draught of Living Death to allow it to last till Monday morning, making everyone believe I was looting till Sunday, while I had already finished by Saturday evening. I had implanted cues of multiple wizards attacking the Greengrass and Derys family, and planting false memories to make it seem like they had a pleasant Saturday.

Why go to such length, before even knowing of Time-turners? Well, let me ask you this, how long does an average mover and packer team take to move the goods to and fro? Now even if wizards can move the items and cakes and levitate them, I had taken away heavy furniture, and stacks upon stacks of books. Even I, with my wandless mastery, elf magic, and large magical capacity had to absorb magic from each House's Hearthstone, and that was in total 35 Houses which were rich and powerful. Now even wizard folk equipped with Levitation, Enlarging, and Size reduction spell, would need at least a day for each house. Each house mind you. Not the grand Heist of the Century, I pulled off. So to make it believable, I increased the duration of the Draught to make it seem like the effects naturally wore off.

I decided that the next Target for Heist is the Ministry itself, especially the Department of Mystery. I was planning to extract my cards from the Unspeakables, about all the exotic research and knowledge they have collected and archived. Getting to destroy the prophecies and Time-Turners is just a plus. I decided to lay a heist this Saturday. I had the elves perform a reconnaissance of the Ministry and prepare a topological layout of each floors, their departments, their security measures, etc. I had my elves employ the help of elves in the ministry, and find me any more free elves they find. To say they were glad to serve me was an understatement. I also gave them break times and various entertainment solutions from muggle worlds. I taught them various Card games like Bridge, Gin, Poker, and Blackjack, board games like Backgammon, Chinese Go, and Monopoly.

I made them take a break on rotation to get some free time to themselves like enjoying these games or taking up a hobby. I made sure to add the surveillance training as part of this hobby. Since I had more elves than I actually needed, giving them break, and teaching them skills, went a long way in increasing their efficiency. My habit of giving them my Magic at the end of the day, made them healthy and more competent. They began to learn languages, I made them learn a lot of them, but different language set to different elf, that way I had a special squad with diverse skill set.

Why this need now? Because, I just remember the no-maj movement in USA and I want to see, if I can have Credence and Nagini all to myself. And apart from the canon drama, I wanted to visit the South American tribe, the African community and the Asian magical societies before the war on both the magical and mundane sides erupts. Their ancient magic will be useful, as well as all the exotic animals like Zouwu or Taowu as they call it in Chinese, Wampus cats on North American tribal lands that are distinctly powerful Legilimens, the Nundu from Africa, and the Qilin from South East Asia. And since all of them are colonies, other than USA right now, I won't be out of place, with my distinct European Looks.

My elf keeping tab on Newt told me he is on his way to Africa and is already carrying his suitcase. Well good news for me! He has yet to publish his book so I can meet the animals he keeps or I can put him under and take all his knowledge. Well I know he is a pawn for Albus and Albus may be keeping track of him somehow, but given that I can get the exotic creatures all for my own perusal. Well I will either turn him to my side or rob him of his animals.

Let's see who he is more loyal to, his Professor or his Passion?