Mysterious Journey

Chapter 584: The Prototype of Nightmares

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For some time now, Gringotts has been fighting against some unseen nightmares.

Regarding the identity of these competitors, the Goblin Elder Council had many optimistic guesses, such as the goblins of the Americas, or the probing tentacles of the non-magical world reaching into the mysterious, or even the long-standing prying and greed of the Minister for Magic.

It wasn't until this morning's Gringotts senior management meeting that the cruel truth that the goblins had been trying to avoid was finally confirmed - Hogwarts, representing the pinnacle of power in the wizarding world, was one of the figures standing behind the mist calculating Gringotts. The most crucial thing was that Gringotts didn't even have the ability to flip the table.

And with the appearance of the "resurrected" Douglas at the entrance of Gringotts, the Goblin Elder Council, which had personally issued the execution order, finally realized that Leos, the Thirteenth Elder, was the traitor hidden the deepest.

Without a doubt, this was a major internal reshuffle of the Gringotts faction.

The despicable and shameful Leos had once again replicated his investment from centuries ago, except this time he chose to collude with human wizards in a shameful exchange of interests to help him realize his ambition to control Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

At this time, besides hastily ordering the guards to imprison Leos, Gringotts Wizarding Bank had no other room for reaction. They still needed to deal with the "Destined Chief Financial Officer". Whether the other party was preparing for a bloody revenge, or helping the wizards destroy Gringotts, in short, the nightmare had become a reality and must be faced.

However, in the expectations of Groin and the other goblins, the negotiation didn't seem to be going this way.

The "reborn" Douglas appeared particularly calm, without the arrogance and triumph of a victor, nor the joyful bloodlust of a revenger. It seemed that for him, it was just like returning after a vacation.

The middle-aged goblin simply sat on the bank counter and asked quite seriously: Gringotts is about to face a bank run, does everyone have a good way to help Gringotts Wizarding Bank overcome this crisis?

Although this question might be more difficult than before.

"Creating panic, pushing a bank run... Isn't that your plan..."

The goblin elder took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions to prevent his voice from trembling too obviously due to anger, staring fiercely at Douglas's face, and said slowly.

"As the former head of Gringotts Venture Capital, you can't possibly be unaware of the impact these things will have on Gringotts, right? If you hadn't pushed Gringotts to the brink, would you be here?"

If it weren't truly impossible to come up with other solutions, how could the Goblin Elder Council, with its pride, listen to the demands of a traitor they had almost secretly executed, transferring all personnel from the underground conference room of Gringotts to the marble hall of the bank above to conduct such a humiliating surrender negotiation.

With the rupture of the cash chain, all of Gringotts' industries have gradually begun to fall into paralysis.

And their only hope now is that Hogwarts and the humans are willing to return the billions of Galleons they had previously plundered to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, otherwise, Gringotts and the goblins will be completely reduced to the dust of history before next week.

All of this is different from all the financial investments and games Gringotts Wizarding Bank has experienced over the past thousand years.

There are no ingenious number games, no interpretations of contracts that play with words, and even luck is just a contributing factor. This is a tower built up through a series of financial scams. What toppled all the chips was actually the simplest bank counter business that the goblins thought was least likely to have problems.

Therefore, in the face of Gringotts' first large-scale bank run in history, almost all goblin executives and elders came to only one conclusion and response - find as many Galleons as possible to survive this bank run.

Although they were mentally prepared to be blamed before coming up, the sudden sense of humiliation and powerlessness that arose with the middle-aged goblin's question still made it difficult for the goblins present to control their emotions.

However, the Destined Chief Financial Officer didn't seem satisfied with this answer.

Douglas glanced at the goblins below with sad faces and tapped his fingers on the counter in front of him.

"Brink? Is this the judgment given by the Venture Capital Department, or the conclusion drawn by the Elder Council?"

"This is a joint conclusion of the Venture Capital Department, all senior executives, and the Goblin Elder Council..."

"Oh, it seems that Gringotts has truly lost this time without injustice. I never thought that after stripping away the last bit of adventurous spirit and wisdom, the goblins would actually become so foolish and cowardly."

Without waiting for the goblins below to finish speaking, Douglas sighed with great disappointment.

"You're giving up... far too early... Why not try other methods?"

Douglas's sigh echoed in the marble hall. The expression on the middle-aged goblin's face was very serious, seemingly truly concerned and thinking about the future fate of Gringotts, but the faces of Groin and a group of old goblins instantly became ferocious.

Why not try other methods? There have to be other methods...

If there were any...

The Chief Goblin Elder trembled, turned his head to look at his colleagues with livid faces, took a deep breath, and laughed miserably, his voice sounding incredibly eerie, as if it came from an ice cellar.

"Then, Mr. Douglas, please tell me... what other methods does Gringotts have..."

"Actually, in my opinion, there are still several ways, it's not completely hopeless."

Douglas stroked his chin, leaned back in his chair, and answered softly thoughtfully.

"For example, directly admit to misappropriating the wizards' Galleons, and at the same time disclose the content of the contract signed with Dumbledore, informing the wizards that their Galleons are in Hogwarts Castle. Although it would be a fatal blow to the bank's reputation, it would at least transfer part of the risk, so that the wizards' attention would not be entirely on Gringotts;

Or mobilize all elders, senior executives, and even ordinary goblins to contribute their gold and treasures to temporarily fill the deficit in Gringotts. As far as I know, everyone's secret vaults still have a lot of gold. If gathered together, barely scraping together one or two hundred million should be doable... In that case, it would still be possible to delay for quite some time."

Douglas shrugged his shoulders, took out the last cigar from his pocket, and played with it casually.

"There are many similar ways to respond. It's nothing more than muddling the situation, spreading the debt, mortgaging the future, making up for the deficit, shrinking the market... As long as you can get more buffer time, Gringotts will eventually be able to slowly recover."

As a huge financial institution that has been entrenched in the magical world for thousands of years, the foundation of Gringotts Wizarding Bank far exceeds everyone's imagination. If the goblins can be ruthless enough to take all the losses first, then with the passage of time, the wizards' gold coins, which have nowhere else to be stored, will eventually slowly flow back into the bank's vaults.

It's a pity that when this loss is no longer a macro-level banking entity, but falls on every goblin, this decision is not so easy to implement - the goblins, who prioritize interests above all else, may very well erupt in internal strife before that.

Of course, this is not entirely impossible for the Goblin Elder Council and senior executives to suppress.

"These methods, they sound good..."

Groin was stunned, took a deep look at Douglas sitting not far away, and said with a smile that was not a smile.

"Worthy of being the 'star of hope' who once headed the Venture Capital Department, you can find so many ways to break the situation in just a few words. Are these the means you and Leos have prepared to turn the tide and take control of Gringotts? But... aren't you worried that after Gringotts knows these methods, it will turn around and cause trouble for your wizard masters behind you?"

"Since I've already said it, that proves that these roads have all been blocked."

Douglas shook his head and replied with a calm expression, not showing any signs of worry.

"Also, this content is not what I came up with, but what Miss Elena Caslana prepared in advance for me to communicate with everyone, so as to avoid unnecessary consumption of the assets and reputation of Gringotts Wizarding Bank... Miss originally reserved two hours of explanation time for me, but now it seems that she overestimated Gringotts, and also overestimated us goblins."

"Miss? That half-blood little witch named Elena Caslana?"

Faced with Douglas's explanation, Groin was stunned again, and then grinned and chuckled.

"So you want to say you're just a mouthpiece? All the conspiracies have nothing to do with you?"

"In fact, you could say that..."

Douglas hesitated for a moment, spread his hands and smiled helplessly, saying in a frank tone.

"Since leaving Gringotts, most of the business we've been involved in has been separate from the areas where Gringotts is located. The specific situation of Gringotts is entirely transmitted by Miss - apart from simply calculating the accounts, we goblins spend the rest of our time learning and studying some financial books compiled by Muggles recommended by Miss, in order to better understand the content of our future work. Of course, Albus Dumbledore is also learning."

"You, Dumbledore... learning Muggle financial knowledge?!"

Groin took a deep breath, widened his eyes, "So you're not trying to say that these plans didn't come from the hand of that traitor Leos? But from the conspiracy of that lowly human wizard whelp? That half-blood little thing named Elena?!"

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