Chapter 0046: Minister Fudge's Counterattack

In addition to being a special correspondent for the Daily Prophet, Rita Skeeter is also an unregistered Animagus, and her Animagus is also a rare little beetle, flying around, which makes it very convenient for her to find news material! After all, no one can care about a bug at any time, right?

Because she loves to criticize everything in the wizarding world! It doesn't matter who it is, no matter how much power that person has! Even Dumbledore's recognized wizarding world is often reported by her in negative reports! So, of course, the kind of report she writes is especially popular with some wizards!

I remember that last year, the Daily Prophet published a news about the invasion of Gringotts, and that report was the incident that Rita Skeeter dug up in time! At that time, after the publication, there was a wave of public opinion and made the original newspaper a big sale! And now, just one year later, another extraordinary event has happened in Gringotts! And this mega event was fortunately reported by Rita Skeeter!

This incident was notified to her in time by one of her wizard friends! Her friend happened to be at the Gringotts Wizarding Bank at the time, and he witnessed the passage of the little girl who instantly subdued all the guards in the first half of the incident! So, after he ran out of Gringotts with the crowd, he immediately sent her an urgent summons! This allowed Rita Skeeter to apparition to Diagon Alley in time to witness and film the entire ensuing battle!

So, the next day! The most influential daily newspaper in the wizarding world, the Daily Prophet, published the entire Gringotts event on its front page before the Ministry of Magic could respond! This event is like a bombshell, smashing into the wizarding society that has been quiet for many years due to the disappearance of the mysterious man!

In fact, the Daily Prophet is not only the front page, but even all other pages have all the news related to this event! This time, it immediately succeeded in igniting the public opinion of the entire wizarding world! Wizards rushed to tell each other, even those who hardly read newspapers were generously paying for them, and they all wanted to know if it was true! Even if the Daily Prophet specially printed several times more newspapers than usual, they were sold out in a short period of time! Suddenly the enthusiasm of wizards to buy newspapers is higher than ever!

"These bastards! Check it all out! Look what they wrote! Didn't I tell you the news of the lockdown? How do you do things? This is how you conduct public opinion supervision? "In the Minister's office, Minister Fudge roared and slammed a copy of the day's Daily Prophet newspaper into his secretary's face!

The secretary just laughed awkwardly, and then carefully picked up the newspaper from the ground. When I opened it, I saw that the newspaper was written in huge letters on the front page: "Big news!" It's been a year! Gringotts invaded again! The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were wiped out? Then, under the title, a small text is used to give a rough description of the battle, and on one side of the small text, there is a huge dynamic magic photo! The picture shows a bunch of Aurors tied to stone pillars with their heads downcast, and of course, the Minister for Magic, Fudge! In the photo, he was specially placed in the most conspicuous place, highlighting his trembling performance when he was standing on the side! Let those who don't know the truth be the first to think at first glance that this Minister of Magic is so incompetent! And not how strong the enemy is!

"How dare they? How dare you do that! Could they not know that the little girl was terrible? How can we be blamed for this? These bastards! These damn crumbs! "Minister Fudge continues to roar hysterically!

The horror he felt when he faced that little girl yesterday is still in Fudge's heart! Is that a being like that their Ministry of Magic can match? You know, even Dumbledore, who arrived in time, was scared on the spot! Therefore, it is not that our army is incompetent! It's that the enemy is too strong!

There are more witnesses to these things! Why didn't they write about it in the Daily Prophet? Why don't you write about him Fudge? This is for the right? It must be, right? Is his position as a minister so eye-catching? Just want to change the way to oust yourself?

"Uh......!" Looking at the angry minister, the secretary shrank his head, and he didn't dare to talk!

The leader is losing his temper, and now if he dares to quibble, there is a chance that he will be unlucky! The best thing to do now is to keep silent and honestly continue to be scolded! Give the minister a punching bag! When the minister has scolded enough, he is tired of scolding, and his anger is about to disappear, which is the time for him, the secretary, to come forward and speak!

So, the secretary lowered his head, and while scolding, he secretly opened the second page of the newspaper, which came in too much hurry today, and he didn't have time to read the rest of the contents! While the minister is losing his temper now, he has to quickly read the content, and then he can find a way to deal with it after a while!

When the secretary turned to the second page, he saw that it read: Shocking news! A powerful mysterious little girl has suddenly appeared in the wizarding world! Below the title is a detailed description of the mysterious little girl's battle process and the day's achievements! This includes destroying the guards of the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, disarming dozens of Ministry of Magic Aurors in an instant, and slaying an ancient white dragon! At the end of the article, of course, there is a photo of the white dragon that has been burned to a skeleton, and the flame bear that is sitting on the skull of the giant dragon in an arrogant and hideous appearance!

In the third edition, the title is: Dumbledore or Fearless? Groveling to please the mysterious little girl! And then there are all kinds of malicious speculations in the small space, what is the connection between this mysterious little girl and Hogwarts? And Hogwarts students are allegedly involved? And then he used the photos taken out of context, accompanied by the photos of Dumbledore when he was currying favor with the little girl at that time, to make all kinds of unrealistic extended arguments! Anyway, it's probably how to write if it's not reliable!

It wasn't until the last page of the newspaper that the real cause of the incident was written, which said: Is Gringotts still safe and trustworthy? Where do we put our money in the future? Do goblins still have what it takes to manage Gringotts Wizarding Bank? According to people familiar with the situation at the scene, the cause of the incident started with a certain greedy goblin! It took the money of the mysterious little girl's gold coins! In order to recover her own legal property, this led the mysterious little girl to brazenly use force......

In this regard, relevant sources also revealed that Gringotts also paid a hundred times the compensation! It is rumored that this compensation may be a huge amount of gold galleons of nearly millions! At the end of the newspaper, it is still indispensable to accompany the photo of the goblin leader at the time, Bogorod, sitting on the ground and bowing his head and begging for mercy.

"Didn't I tell you to do your best to keep it a secret? Why is it all in the newspapers now? That's how you keep it a secret? What's the use of asking you people? "Minister Fudge is still a little dissatisfied after venting his temper! So he continued to glare at his secretary in dismay.

"I'm really sorry, Minister! Although we tried to arrange for the staff to do it yesterday, it was ...... As you know, there are so many people in the know! We don't even know how many wizards left Gringotts at that time! There's really no way around it! Seeing that the minister seemed to be almost out of flames, the secretary put away the newspaper knowingly, and now it was almost time for him to report!

"Wouldn't you have acted sooner and come to the door one by one? Or just use the Oblivion Charm! Fudge immediately had a bad idea.

"Ahh Oblivion? Minister! You're not kidding, are you? We must not do that! Those are wizards! Not Muggles from the outside world! If we use the Oblivion Charm on a large number of wizards, the angry populace will immediately knock you out of your ministerial position! "The secretary was really taken aback by Minister Fudge's whimsical idea! Forget it all out, where can you use it casually on wizards? It's against the law! If it's used against ordinary Muggles, forget it! If they dare to use it against wizards, then wait for them to step down at any time and get out!

"Tsk! Forget it! It's too late to say that! Let's talk about it! Now think about what can be done? Hurry up and discuss, and be sure to come up with a charter in the shortest possible time! "Now that things have come to this point, Fudge also knows that it is impossible to redeem it! Then try to find a way to remedy it!

Now it's important to think about how to remedy it! These reports from the Daily Prophet were too negative for the Ministry of Magic, and for Fudge himself, as the Minister! We have to figure it out as soon as possible! Turn your image back from these negative reports! That's the first thing to do now! Pressing matter! If it weren't for the fact that the minister's power could not be abused, he Fudge would have ordered the Daily Prophet to be closed directly! This damn newspaper didn't add any more to him!

"Minister! If you look at it from another angle, I don't think these reports are all bad for the Ministry of Magic, or for you? The secretary thought about the report he had just seen, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind! He seems to have grasped some of the key points and thought of the key to how to break the game!

Thinking about it, the Ministry of Magic has been having a heart problem for so many years, and has long thought about meddling in the affairs of Gringotts Wizarding Bank! Because the benefits are so amazing! Gringotts can almost be said to have a monopoly on the finance and economy of the entire wizarding world! All deposits, withdrawals, and large transactions are taken over by Gringotts Wizarding Bank! How much is there to be in this? Even all these years, the Ministry of Magic's finances have been handled by the goblins of Gringotts Bank!

Successive ministers of magic have also thought about taking Gringotts, the only bank in the wizarding world! This is not the first time this has happened! It's just that because of the goblins' consistent strength, and there is no suitable excuse, this idea has been shelved!

But now the situation is completely different! Now there is a great opportunity in front of them! I believe that as long as it works well, it may be a little difficult to completely take down Gringotts, but it is absolutely certain to intervene and occupy a place! This is a godsend, and the Ministry of Magic must take this opportunity to play and make those damn goblins look good! Don't miss this opportunity!

"Isn't it all bad? Is there anything good that could not happen? Tell me about it! Hearing that his secretary said that it was not all bad, Fudge, who was discouraged, suddenly became a little interested in listening to it! He's heard enough bad news today! Now it's time to see what kind of good news his secretary can bring to himself.

"Minister! That is true! As long as we take the opportunity to put all the blame on the goblin, and then do this, like this......" The secretary leaned into the minister's ear and whispered something.

"Haha! Very good! That's it! I need to see everything you just said on the headlines of tomorrow's Daily Prophet! Now, I'll give you carte blanche over this matter! Find some people yourself and do it right away! What are you still doing? Go now! Knowing the secretary's plan, the expression on Minister Fudge's face finally turned from gloomy to clear, and he smiled happily! For him, the secretary's idea was really good news! Excellent news!

If this is done, then he will definitely not worry that someone will be able to shake the ministerial throne under him! As long as you can really get involved in Gringotts and get enough benefits, I believe that those wizarding families have the means to protect themselves! Perhaps, he could become the first Minister of Magic to take over the management of Gringotts Wizarding Bank from the goblins? I guess there will be a Merlin medal, right? Ha! That's great!

Thinking about the honor he was about to take advantage of this opportunity, Fudge immediately put all the unhappiness he had just done behind him! Face or something, it's not too important! Anyway, the face can't be eaten as a meal, so if you lose it, you can lose it! As long as he seizes the opportunity and obtains enough benefits and political capital with it, what does he get by losing face once or twice? The bugs that still peep at themselves in the newspapers are destined to let them down! Ha ha! It's just a bunch of bugs! Want to come and watch for his Fudge's ministerial position too? It's still a little tender!

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There are about 4,000 words left in the afternoon of today's two watches, and because the 10,000-word chapter is too long, it is cut in half