Chapter Seventy-Six: Public opinion is never what you say

The Ministry of Magic was finally resurrected, and instead of the ostriches they had been, they pulled their heads out of the mound of sand and raised their chests once more.

Minister Fudge stood in the halls of the Ministry of Magic and solemnly made a statement about the 'Muggle menace'.

He whitewashed himself and said, "...... I had expected this day a long time ago, otherwise my attitude would not have been so bad in that negotiation, it was all for the development of the wizarding world...... Muggles and wizards simply can't coexist......"

He spoke at length about the medieval 'witch extermination campaign' and the recent 'three dark wizards killed by Muggles', "We haven't even investigated whether those three wizards were the ones who actually bullied Muggle girls...... They were brutally murdered without going through the Aurors, without trial, and their bodies were hung from the gates of the Ministry of Magic......"

"This is a threat to the Ministry of Magic! This is a provocation to the Ministry of Magic! The Ministry of Magic will never give in...... ...... who would never succumb to the cruelty of despicable Muggles"

"Minister, please wait a minute......

A reporter seized the opportunity to interject and ask, "Have you confirmed that the murderer is a Muggle?" It's unusual...... How could a Muggle kill three wizards? I mean, this Muggle shouldn't have magic, right? ”

"Yes, one Muggle can't kill three wizards." Fudge replied grimly, "But not necessarily if there is a wizard to help. ”

All the wizards present were in an uproar.

"What did you say?" The reporter was amazed and asked, "Wizard help?" How could any wizard help a Muggle kill his own people? ”

"Then I don't know." Fudge feigned an angry expression, "There are always some people who are greedy for profit. Who knows what benefits the Muggle government promised him? He has been doing some despicable things in the name of 'transforming the wizarding world and making everyone's lives better', desperately trying to link wizards and Muggles......"

The journalists all blew up.

They rushed over, eager to put the microphone in Fudge's mouth: "Mr. Minister, are you alluding to someone?" "Minister, are you talking about Mr. Little Black?" "Mr. Fudge, could you elaborate on what you said?" "Could you please tell us more about this case?" "Mr. Fudge, can you take responsibility for your words?" Minister Fudge...... Please answer our questions positively......"

With a 'snap', Moriarty turned off the TV.

"Do you regret it?"

He turned to Daniel and smiled and asked, "You brought this thing to the wizarding world, and even the TV station in the wizarding world was made by you." How do you feel when someone attacks you with your own things? ”

"I answered you before, and I think it's good." Daniel took a bite of the pizza with a bitter face, "I really miss the days when Kreacher was here, I wanted to vomit after eating fast food for the past two days, and I don't know when Sirius will come back......"

"Hey, baby, aren't you in a hurry? I don't understand, you created the TV station, you can ask them not to broadcast this program......" Moriarty's dark eyes flashed brightly, and he asked with a smile of great interest.

"What do I have to worry about? Do you think that whatever Fudge says, people will believe? In fact, I'm relieved. It's a good thing that people are so receptive to what I've come up with, and that I can apply it so quickly. ”

Daniel said nonchalantly, "As for banning the show......"

"Now I'm not going to do anything forbidden, it's contrary to my original intention. I figured out how to come up with these things to make the wizarding world more modern, not to make everything work for me alone. Everyone has the right to speak out...... It is true that some of the remarks that hinder stability should be restrained, but that is for later. ”

"At the moment, the wizarding world is in ruins, and what is needed is not restraint, but encouragement. We have to let everyone learn to fly first, and then we can pay attention to how to fly beautifully and safely. However, this period of free flight is estimated to be quite chaotic, as I have expected. ”

Moriarty raised his eyebrows and said with a slight sarcasm: "You are so great." ”

"No, it's not great, I've never considered myself a great person." Daniel thought for a moment, then tried to articulate what he really thought: "I just feel like I should do the right thing." I don't want to give everyone a bad start and make everyone think that 'TV public opinion is for individuals'. This is not right, public opinion should never be the word of a family, and wizards' television stations should serve the public, not individuals. Of course, this seems to involve some issues of civic responsibility...... The general idea is this, I kind of don't know how to tell you. ”

"But, there's one thing I really want to say to you......" After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly raised his head, looked at Moriarty with blue eyes, and couldn't bear to complain: "Please put away your look at the show, it's too obvious." That's how you ...... I really suspect you've been doing all this lately......"

"If so, what are you going to do?" Moriarty asked with an unchanged smile.

"After dealing with Fudge......" Daniel looked up at him, a calm look in his blue eyes, "and I'll get rid of you too." ”

Moriarty was stunned, and he stared at Daniel in surprise, as if he had known him for the first time.

"You think you can solve me?" His black eyes were full of surprise, and then, suddenly, looking up, laughed out loud, "Daniel, you're a surprise. ”

"Are you looking down on me? First of all, a good friend of mine once told me never to underestimate anyone. Now, I pass on this sentence to you. Daniel pursed his lips and said calmly: "Secondly, if you must go to war, then, OK, I can only fight; At last...... Jim, have you ever lost? ”

"Never." Moriarty replied, grinning and changing his voice, "Never...... No. ”

"I've heard that a life that hasn't lost is an incomplete life. If you have a chance, try to lose once! Daniel said lightly.

On the fourth day, little Mr. Black began to fight back against the Ministry of Magic, and his speed was surprisingly fast, but it was understandable.

After all, since he entered the British wizarding world, his external image has always been high-profile and tough, and there are rarely scenes where he is beaten and does not fight back.

That night, he exposed an article on television.

Since Sevic took over, the case handling documents of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, which are hundreds of pages long, are played on a slow loop on the screen, in black and white, clearly.

Daniel's voice, as a voiceover, sounded firmly and clearly:

[Many people have asked me which side to be on, Muggle or Wizard?] I sue them, and I stand on the side of justice. ]

Then, apart from this sentence, he uncharacteristically neither made a speech, nor was he so indignant as before that he scolded so much that he didn't even show his face.

However, all the wizards in the wizarding world who still had a conscience were on his side at once.

"Look what that bastard Sevic did!"

This is Professor McGonagall, the fairest and most upright professor at Hogwarts, who has been in a state of anger since she saw the text on her television screen: "Just because we paid a small fine, we were able to exonerate Willy Widersin from the crime of that villain, and our justice system was truly eye-opening." ”

Willy Wideshin was a very Muggle wizard, and he was often active in Muggle areas, and although it was not as bad as killing or injuring people, his daily activities were to cause all kinds of accidents. For example, the backflow of toilet sewage directly floods a Muggle clean home; Breaking glass suddenly at night, listening to the frightened screams of Muggles; Pretending to be a ghoul in the middle of the night, he suddenly appeared on the windshield of a Muggle vehicle......

As it turned out, while he did not directly cause Muggle casualties, he did indirectly cause chaos in Muggle lives, as well as some car accidents.

However, in this article disclosed by Daniel, Willy Wideshin's crime is already considered light.

But for these, the unanimous rhetoric of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is 'mischievous', held high and gently lowered.

The Aurors were busy catching criminals, but when they were caught, they only had to pay a fine and be released, starting a new round of crime.

If they just knew this, the wizards didn't have much sense of substitution; They may just think, 'These criminals are too annoying,' and 'The judiciary is really ***,' etc.

However, after exposing this article, Mr. Black Jr. also exposed the investigation of the Muggle world.

The survey detailed the danger caused by each 'fine and let go' in the Muggle world.

For example, those minor car accidents caused by Willie Willy Desin are actually nothing, after all, only a few young adults were injured, and they were all recovered after a few days in the hospital.

There was a wizard who liked to roam the highway in the middle of the night and caused an old man to have a heart attack, and a young girl ran away in a panic and fell off a cliff (of course, he could argue that Muggles were timid); There is also a person who likes to break into Muggle families, when Muggles are not at home, eat other people's things, live in other people's houses, sleep in other people's beds, his shameless behavior directly leads to the breakup of several families, and the husband and wife are suspicious of each other, or simply frightened to the point of trance; There is also a scientific wizard who is curious about Muggle medical conditions, changes the patient's potions, and causes countless medical accidents (when he was arrested, he always pleaded that he was for research, and later was released after paying a large fine); Out of amusement, the wizard who cast a manic spell on one of the Muggles' pet dogs, after which the dog killed a three-year-old boy......

And so on and so forth.

Daniel didn't really say a word this time, he just hung a few words in the newspaper and on the TV screen:

[As a wizard with a conscience, if you were me, which side would you be on?] ]

[Say Muggles kill wizards, show proof!] ]

[Say wizards helped Muggles kill wizards, show proof!] ]

[Accuse me of being an undercover agent for the Muggle government, come up with evidence!] ]

[No evidence, just shut up!] Let go! I don't care about you! ]

"Public opinion is not what you say, everyone will believe it." Daniel commented calmly.

"In modern society, you have to speak responsibly! Don't think that you can come out and fool the people just after learning a little skin, no one is a fool, you will believe you if you say something good. He sneered, his blue eyes were full of pride, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned: "A group of elementary school students, wait for Dad to teach you a second lesson!" ”

Then, turning to Egges and Lancelot, who were sitting on the sofa, he gave a big smile and complimented, "You two have done a great job!" On the side of ordinary people, I have been asking Mycroft and Inspector to investigate, although the list is clear, but after all, the words of the family are still more shocking when compared with the two sides. I've long wanted to find out this bad debt from the Law Enforcement Department so that everyone can take a good look at it...... This article of yours is quite timely. By the way, Sevic that idiot, did you find out that you ran away? ”

"Probably not yet!" Eggsey smiled and said, "I feel like a lot of people on the Aurors side look down on him......"

He spread his hands and smiled gracefully, "Most of the Aurors thought I was a scapegoat, and I was petrified again, and they threw me in an empty office and locked me up and stopped paying attention, and they didn't even get the communicator out of my ears...... By the way, it's so strange that you wizards don't have any other prisons besides that Azkaban? Where are the prisoners who have committed lesser crimes? …… Well, that's going to be discussed later. Anyway, I've tested the so-called petrification spell this time, and the holding time is about three hours without solving the spell......"

"Don't misunderstand, don't be struck by a spell in the future. This has to do with the depth of the magic and the strength of the spell cast by the wizard. ”

Daniel interjected halfway and replied, "I guess the Auror who cast the spell on you saw that you were a Muggle and didn't try too hard. If you change to Headmaster Dumbledore, it is estimated that you will not be able to move for three or four days if you are at full strength. ”

"Wow, three or four days, if you don't give me a curse, I'm going to die of thirst and starvation." Eggsy smiled sheepishly and said, "Anyway, after the petrification spell failed, I contacted Lancelot. Then, I took the text you wanted, and withdrew it under her answer. ”

The young agent downplayed the matter.

He didn't speak of the helplessness and panic of being under the petrification spell.

During those three hours, the body was motionless, as if it had turned into stone, but the senses were still there, and as long as you thought about it, you knew the fear and torment in it.

So, nothing is so simple.

As an ordinary person without magical powers, under the watchful eye of a group of wizards, escaping, and being able to obtain important texts, Eggsy paid more than just a few simple words.

But Daniel was silent for a moment, and said to him with a smile, "Eggsie, Harry will be proud of you." ”

Then, the adult maturity on Eggsey's face immediately vanished.

He grinned and smiled very brightly, like a big boy, smiling proudly and happily.