"Mr. Grindelwald didn't come to the party...is he injured? Or is he not feeling well?" Moro asked.
Delaine shot him a cold look and said, "That's not something you should be asking, Antoine."
However, Moro wasn't intimidated by his cold demeanor and pressed on, "What are you looking for Vid for?"
"It's none of your business," Delaine said. "You can go back to drinking."
"No way, you guys asked me to take care of him, so I'm his temporary guardian!" Moro stubbornly said. "If you're looking to trouble someone under my watch, can I just sit back and do nothing?"
Delaine gave him a cold glance, and seeing Vid also staring at him, he pondered for a moment, then finally decided to reveal part of the situation.
"During tonight's operation, we encountered a counterattack beyond imagination..."
...
Apart from the first day, Vid didn't participate in the attacks of the Witch Pure Party, but he had to help Moro edit videos every day, so he had a rough idea of what they were doing, even clearer than most participants.
After the island that nurtured the Obscurus was leveled, the person in charge committed suicide, and the Ministry of Magic believed the matter was over, but the escaped Grindelwald disagreed.
He personally led people to capture the subordinates, family, and friends of the person in charge, meticulously going through their memories, and finally discovered the base from which Vid was taken to be attacked that day.
Using the same method, they found a second, third, fourth...base, consecutively attacking five of the organization's bases, only then did they temporarily calm down.
During the attacks, the Witch Pure Party even encountered werewolves and vampires. However, these dark creatures that ordinary wizards feared greatly, had almost no resistance in front of Grindelwald.
These days, it seemed the Witch Pure Party had quieted down, but in reality, their activities had become more covert, and the targets of the attacks began to shift to individuals, albeit those of significant status.
Stars, politicians, tycoons, well-known judges, university professors...many figures Vid was familiar with turned out to also be members of that organization.
Vid stood by the bedroom window, more than once seeing familiar faces dragged into the castle like dead dogs, their once immaculate appearances now turning fearful or distorted.
These people not only contributed a large amount of intelligence but also a considerable amount of wealth, one of the reasons for the recent high spirits of the Witch Pure Party.
They also changed their method of killing, no longer announcing loudly that it was done by magic, but rather using the Imperio curse to make the victim commit suicide after extracting all the intelligence.
Neither Legilimency nor the Imperio curse would leave any marks on the corpses, and even magic could hardly detect the Imperio curse accurately.
Thus, apart from those involved with the organization knowing that their people were disappearing in great numbers, to everyone else, these seemed like independent incidents, only lamenting the immense pressure of modern society, with no extra questions raised.
Originally, these operations of capturing a small number of Muggles at a time weren't very dangerous, with most challenges arising from avoiding the oversight of others and modern technological surveillance, as well as accurately locating the target.
But in tonight's operation, the Witch Pure Party encountered an unexpected failure.
Vid followed Delaine, passing through several corridors, descending multiple flights of stairs, finally seeing Grindelwald in a vast basement.
At the same time, he saw seven or eight bodies lying on the cold black stone floor. Grindelwald was placing a white cloth to cover that terrified face below.
"Sir," Delaine said. "Vid Gray has arrived."
At that moment, Vid's gaze was drawn to the object in Vorvillet's hand beside him.
It was a small crystal bottle, glistening with fine golden light.