Chapter 293: For the Greater Good (Part 3)

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"Trap?" Hermione looked at Jon a little dazed, "How do you know?"

Jon nodded, "Cialis Black, right?"

Looking at the other party's dilated pupils, Jon hurriedly motioned for her not to shout.

Hermione's flustered expression calmed down a bit.

"Of course I know! I told you, I'm Professor Dumbledore's!" Jon explained, "Mr. Black is still in Grimmauld Place, and there is nothing out of the ordinary......"

"But...... Harry's dream?" Hermione argued.

"It's simple, it's fake...... The Mystic Man already knew of his connection to Mr. Potter, and as a master of mind manipulation, he could easily create a false memory, and it was clear that Mr. Potter had taken the bait...... I had warned him that what I saw in the illusion could be false, and that if I was immersed in it, I would suffer from it, but he didn't seem to take my words to heart. Jon continued.

"So what awaits Harry in the Department of Mysteries......," Hermione asked with a shudder.

"In the Department of Mysteries, the Mysteries need something there, and apparently only Mr. Potter can get it, so all that's waiting there is a bunch of Death Eaters, and once Mr. Potter gets it, the Death Eaters will show up and take it and kill you all......" Jon explained calmly.

Jon had just finished speaking when Hermione scrambled to her feet and exclaimed, "I've got to tell Ron and Neville about their ......"

"Calm down, Hermione, calm ......down," Jon patiently admonished, "Can you listen to me?"

Hermione's face flushed, but she nodded.

"As I said, it's a trap...... Not just for us, but also for the Mysteries!" Jon continued patiently, "The Mysteries have always been conceited, and he doesn't think his plans will be seen through...... So this is the best chance for us to wipe out a whole bunch of Death Eaters!"

"You want Harry to use them as bait?" Hermione said with a shudder, "That's why you had Umbridge shut down the Floo Network and the Phantom Shifting Network...... You've got Umbridge to gather so many Aurors......"

"Yes, Hermione, you've always been a smart girl. Jon patiently persuaded like a child, "You should understand which is more important, the Death Eaters need Mr. Potter to get that thing, so they won't hurt them easily, and when the Death Eaters show up, more than thirty Aurors and a dozen members of the Order of the Phoenix will quickly surround them and crush them......"

"But...... Umbridge is unconscious!" Hermione glanced at Umbridge, who was unconscious on the other side, "No one can shut down the Floo Network and the Phantom Shifting Network, and no one will control the Aurors...... If they run into Professor Dumbledore, even the Aurors will fight Professor Dumbledore!"

"So, Hermione...... I need your help!" Jon patted Hermione on the shoulder, "We need someone to command the staff of the Department of Magical Transportation, and we need someone to lead the Aurors......"

As he spoke, Jon looked at Umbridge's body lying on the ground like a fat pig, "Use another identity......"

"I can't......" Hermione shook her head almost reflexively.

There seemed to be a voice outside the door, and Jon knew time was running out.

"Trust me, Hermione...... Also believe in yourself, you can ...... I'll believe your ...... too" Jon uttered the last words, then took out his wand:

"Disillusionment!"

Almost instantly, Jon Hart vanished from Umbridge's office.

A few seconds later, the office door opened.

......

Hermione Granger, who was still sitting on the ground, hurriedly pointed her wand in the direction of the door.

A red-haired head poked inโ€”

"Hermione!" Ron Weasley glanced at Hermione with his wand, then at Umbridge who was unconscious on the floor, and shouted in surprise, "Great, you actually knocked Umbridge down!"

Ron Weasley hurried in, Ginny, Luna, and Neville close behind him. Ginny had several long scratches on her cheeks from top to bottom, Neville's right eye was swollen with a large purple bag, and Ron's lips were bleeding...... But they all looked elated.

"How could you ...... you," Hermione said in some surprise.

"That idiot Patrick!" Ron said triumphantly, "the petrification spell he used on me only lasted ten minutes and suddenly failed...... Then I snatched Malfoy's wand while they weren't looking, and stunned both of them with a stun charm in succession, before they could react......"

โ€œ...... Neville used a beautiful obstacle charm to knock out both Crabbe and Goyle, Luna's disarming charm removed Parkinson's weapon, and best of all was Ginny, who cast a "bat spirit charm" on Malfoy, whose entire face was covered in flapping monsters...... We came back to save you and Harry, but we didn't expect ...... Oh wait, Harry......"

Only then did Ron notice Harry Potter lying unconscious on the ground, and he hurriedly rushed over.

"Let me comeโ€”" Ginny Weasley took the lead, raised her wand at Harry, and whispered:

"Enervate!"

With a warm red light, Harry Potter snapped coldly, opened his eyes, and looked at his companions in some surprise.

"What's going on?" he said, with a weak expression.

Ron hurriedly read over what he had just said.

"What about Umbridge...... Harry continued.

"It was Hermione who knocked her down!" replied Ginny with a smile.

Looking at Harry's puzzled eyes as she looked at her, Hermione Granger nodded slightly, "Her and that Patrick's attention is on you, Harry...... I took the opportunity to steal my wand back and ......"

"What about Patrick?" Ron asked, a little excited.

"I ...... I punched him in the fireplace...... He didn't know where he had been teleported......" Hermione said hesitantly, glancing at the location where Jon had just become invisible with the Transfiguration Charm.

To be honest, she lied quite badly, and experienced people could see through it at a glance, but several of her friends each noticed her strangeness.

......

"We have to continue with our previous plan!" Harry Potter, who had returned to normal, took a deep breath, "Siris was really captured by the mysterious man, and he is in the Department of Mysteries...... We'll save him if we have to go!"

Hermione had a look of disbelief on her face, but she didn't say anything.

"What's wrong with you?" Luna Lovegood bent down and asked with concern, "Are you hurt?"

Hermione shook her head, then nodded, and said hesitantly, "Umbridge did have a spell that hit me......"

"Then you don't smell something wrong here!" Luna continued, "I always feel like there's a familiar smell in this office, and I just can't remember it for a while. โ€

Hermione glanced at the location where Jon had just used the illusion charm to become invisible, and then quickly shook her head.

Fortunately, Luna's attention was quickly drawn to something else.

"How do we get to the Ministry of Magic?" Ron asked with a grim look on his face.

"We can fly over!" Luna said with a smile as she raised her hand.

"There aren't enough broomsticks, and Ron is the only one among us who doesn't have a broomstick locked up without Umbridge......" Harry shook his head.

"There are other ways to fly besides using a broomstick. Luna said calmly.

"Looks like we're going to ride on the back of a scimitar-horned snorer or something?" Ron said sarcastically.

"Scimittars can't fly!" said Luna with a majestic face, "but Thestrals can fly, and Hagrid says they are very good at spotting what the rider is looking for, and they are good at flying long distances!"

Harry and Ron looked at each other, both nodding involuntarily.

"There's a bunch of Thestrals behind Hagrid's hut!" cried Ginny, "let's go get six out first." โ€

"I'm with you!" Luna shouted as well.

Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood were already holding hands and rushing out first.

Neville Longbottom hesitated for a moment, then followed.

Hermione made a gesture to her feet, a pained expression on her face.

"Ahh

"Hermione, what's wrong with you?" Harry and Ron realized that Hermione's body was unusual.

"I just fell under a spell from Umbridge...... Hermione lowered her head and said, "I'm so limp that I can't move." โ€

"I'll send you to Madam Pomfrey now!" Harry said, busy.

"No...... Harry ...... Hermione hurriedly stopped him from doing so, "I'll call people over here, there will definitely be students passing by here, I'll call them to take them to the school hospital, it's okay...... You don't have to worry about me...... Hurry up and save Siris......"

Hermione said her last words with a hint of weeping.

It's a pity that the two straight men here didn't notice anything unusual.

"Okay, take care!" Harry nodded.

He had barely taken a few steps before he heard Hermione scream behind her, "Harryโ€”"

"What's wrong?"

"I have to come back alive...... You all ......" Hermione's tears were already dripping down the floor in front of her.

"Of course!"

......

As the footsteps of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley disappear completely.

Hermione Granger no longer hid her emotions, she whimpered and let the tears drip down.

"If any of them are dead or wounded...... That's all my fault...... I knew it was a trap, but I let them jump in......" Hermione said as she couldn't stop crying.

"It's not your fault, Hermione. Jon had emerged from the shadows, too.

He tore a piece of cloth from Umbridge's clothes and handed it to Hermione to use as a handkerchief for her to makeover.

"Your friends will be fine. He said calmly, "And even if they are injured, it will be worth it......

"Because this is a war, and once the mysterious man takes power, none of us will survive...... Whether it's you, me, Potter or Weasley...... So we can't sit still, we have to do something......"

"All the sacrifices, all the giving, all the fighting...... Everything we do ......"

"It's all for the greater good!"

......

Hermione took Umbridge's sleeve and wiped her tears, and she nodded a little sneeringly.

"I'll make it, Jon......" she whispered.

Jon had already picked up a teacup and handed it over carefully.

Inside the teacup was a pink, disgusting-looking liquid.

Hermione frowned, of course she knew what was inside, she had successfully formulated it back in her second year.

"Drink!" Jon whispered, "I believe you!"

Hermione closed her eyes and poured all the pink liquid from the teacup into her stomach in one gulp, she felt like she had drunk a dozen live snakes, and now she only wanted to vomit in disgust, but she still held back.

Before the Polyjuice Potion transformed, Hermione looked at Jon and asked calmly, "What about you, Jon...... What are you going to do?"

"I have more important things to do!" Jon said with a pleading expression.

"Heavier than capturing alive a dozen of the most dangerous Death Eaters, or not?" Hermione was puzzled.

"Of course, it's much more important than that. Jon nodded.

PS: This chapter is 3600+ words, and there is nothing wrong with it in theory, right?

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