Chapter 522: Suspicious Letters
In recent days, it has been nothing new for someone to write to him. Ever since he had eliminated the Dark Lord before and after him, the number of people who knew him had increased every day, and letters had been sent to him from time to time.
But only today's letter is quite different.
It can be seen that the envelope is a special specification of the British Ministry of Magic, and the large "M" logo of the Ministry of Magic is clearly knocked on the seal fire paint, and a large wand with light is erected in the middle of the letters.
However, when Maca opened the envelope and pulled it out, it was only a copy of the Daily Prophet. Immediately, his eyes were drawn to the "latest report" printed on the front page of the newspaper.
"......'The Ministry of Magic looted the dungeon, and the Death Eaters fled again'?"
The headline of this story is so eye-catching that it takes up almost one-eighth of the front page page alone, making it difficult not to see it.
Of course, as far as this positive title is concerned, although it is indeed eye-catching, ordinary people generally can't see any deep meaning in it. Just the subtitle that follows it is much more interesting.
"That Scrintcher's minister's seat doesn't seem to be sitting very securely, huh?" A vague smile hung on the corner of Maca's mouth, completely in the mood of watching a good show.
The subtitle reads:
"I was shocked to hear that the inner ghost appeared! Was it a partial looseness of the Aurors' office, or was it a dereliction of duty on the part of the British Ministry of Magic as a whole? ”
Compared with the straightforward and concise focus of the main title, the subtitle is obviously entrained with a lot of private goods.
First of all, the current Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeur, was originally the head of the Aurors' office, which everyone knows, and as soon as the subtitle opened, it was first slammed into Scrimgour's old department, and the intention was obvious.
And the next sentence simply encompasses the entire Ministry of Magic, which is really ruthless.
As soon as I read these two titles, Maca's heart was somewhat numerous. But after he habitually glanced at the newspaper date, his face was a little more thoughtful.
This newspaper is not today's news, but "tomorrow's". In other words, this is a so-called "finalized newspaper", which is the original that has not yet been officially issued. Or maybe it's simply a "sample newspaper" that hasn't been proofread by the editors of the Daily Prophet.
Thinking so, he immediately flipped through the next few pages, and sure enough, he saw that several parts were still blank.
It can be seen that although Scrimgeour seems to be doing things in a hurry, he is coarse and detailed. At the moment, even if someone is still staring at the position under his ass, he is not so easy to deal with, and he has also buried his own dark line in the media part.
In other words, the newspaper was "stolen" by him.
"Looks like this is true, otherwise Scrimgeour wouldn't have given me this ......," Marca muttered to herself, "It's just that judging from the fact that he directly uses the letter channel of the Ministry of Magic, it seems that he still has a lot of room for control over the Ministry of Magic?" ”
The meaning of this letter is actually very clear, that is, to ask Maca to help solve the prison robbery. However, if this matter really had been about Scrimgeour's ministerial position, he would not have delivered the letter so blatantly in the name of the Ministry of Magic.
Maka's eyes flickered for a moment, then shook her head.
“…… I see," he chewed on the meaning, and suddenly understood how Dumbledore had become his headmaster, "if there were no powerful cells, this would be just an ordinary letter of help to me." ”
The so-called smart, in fact, there are many directions. Some people are smart and compete for power and profit, and they are naturally good at managing all kinds of conspiracies and tricks for power and profit; And some people are smart to learn and create, usually absorb knowledge through enjoyment, and then step to the top in certain fields.
In fact, anyone can receive this letter. The fool is entitled to a free newspaper; The average intelligent person would probably think of it as a letter asking for help; Only those who have a certain ability to analyze the power field will discover the hidden "overtures" and "temptations" in it.
In fact, in St. Mungo's hospital room, Scrimgeour had already begun when he came over with Dumbledore's will. It's just that at that time, Maca was actually a little perfunctory from beginning to end, and her attitude was ambiguous. Perhaps because of this, he knocked on Maca's door again with this "inner ghost robbery incident".
For Scrimgeour, who wants to be the Minister of Magic, a wizard like Maca with great magical power is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and he is neither willing to accept this potential cooperative power nor easily kick it down.
So now, Maca was almost certain that if he did something to solve this for Scrimgeur, he would be rewarded handsomely. Most of the money will not be a cheesy thing like a golden gallon, but something that cannot be seen or touched, but is very valuable.
Of course, if he wasn't smart enough, there was a real chance that the reward would turn into a vulgar gold galleon after helping out.
And that's roughly what he agreed to help.
If he refuses this time, whether or not he sees Scrimgeur's true intentions, there may be a slight gap between him and the Minister of Magic in the future.
"Rufus Scrimgeour ......" Maca muttered the name, then sighed secretly, "You can't really see it?" ”
Whether he is willing to sign this meaningful cooperation document or not, at least for him, it doesn't matter much whether he helps or not. He wasn't very interested in the powerful stuff in the first place, and he never had any intention of taking over the Headmaster of Hogwarts, which wasn't the life he wanted.
These speculations and conjectures are long, but they are actually a matter of minutes. Maca thought about it for a moment, then picked up the newspaper again and read through the specific content of the article in general.
This long news story, which occupies an entire page, is rich in details and details, and it is not stingy in the choice of words and sentences, and the whole incident and the background of the various characters involved are tirelessly filled in. There are also a total of three magic photos inserted in the middle, which are clearly organized and accurately cited, which can be described as vivid.
In this long article, the most frequent appearance is a staff member of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, whose name Maca has never heard of, but he is the protagonist of this incident - the so-called "inner ghost".
The incident was so disturbing that there was even a big fight in the atrium foyer of the Ministry of Magic, whether it was an ordinary wizard who went to the Ministry of Magic to handle official business, or the staff and staff of the Ministry of Magic itself, many people witnessed the huge chase and escape battle at the scene.
Fighting within the Ministry of Magic, even when Voldemort was still alive, didn't dare to do it, but who knew that it happened after Voldemort was destroyed.
According to the newspapers, the scene was quite hot, and although the Voldemort diehards who were arrested and awaiting trial looked quite embarrassed, once they picked up their wands, they would never be merciful. It was only in the first round of fighting, and both the Aurors and the Death Eaters suffered casualties in an instant.
After that, the two sides pursued and fled, with the Aurors chasing and attacking, and the Death Eaters fighting and retreating. After losing a lot of manpower between the two sides, the "Inner Demon" somehow turned on a closed Floo Net fireplace, and the remaining remnants of the Death Eaters disappeared into the green flames.
Throughout the article, the identity and behavior of the inner ghost are interspersed, and even some of the past work and life. And in the seemingly true information, the spearhead is faintly pointed at the Minister of Magic, Scrimgeur.
Maca only roughly swept over the dense text, and then his eyes were drawn to one of the three photographs.
It was the scene of the Death Eaters fighting and retreating in the foyer, and the actions were clearly visible in the black-and-white magical photographs. Each Death Eater swung their wands desperately, and gray beams of magic rained down on the other.
And at close range, many of the onlookers huddled together are retreating in panic, the fear on their faces revealed.
The Death Eaters didn't fight - they didn't hesitate to fight alone, and although they weren't good at working together, most of them fought separately, but they were better than the average Auror in terms of individual strength. Under the spell of a vigorous cast, they retreated hastily, but not too forcefully.
But it's actually weird, because which of those Death Eaters is the one who likes to retreat? You know, most of those dark wizards who escaped from Azkaban were murderous madmen. In such a fiery fight, how could you retreat so rhythmically and methodically?
Maca had dealt with a lot of case files from the Order of the Phoenix, big and small, so he spotted the problem at once, and detected some clues in the not-so-large battle scene.
He noticed that the Death Eaters seemed to be fleeing the Ministry of Magic for purpose. Or to be more precise, the robbery of those guys seems to have an extremely important central task.
With this in mind, Maca searched carefully for the picture, including the expressions, movements, and positions of each Death Eater......
Then, in the midst of the chaotic crowd of Death Eaters, he saw a large acquaintance who was particularly suspicious in detail.
"Is this Bellatrix?" Maka muttered in surprise, "...... Well, sure enough, it was her. ”
Of course, it wasn't that he didn't recognize the big acquaintance, but the other party's behavior in the photo was a little unusual, it seemed that they were mixed with the Death Eaters and retreated, but the wand that was waving it showed no sign of casting a spell.