Chapter XXVII
"So ·······"
The Minister smiled and looked at the wizard sitting on the other side.
"Lightner!"
The black wizard with a strange smile nodded in satisfaction, looking at the mortal as if he were a butcher looking at a fat pig slaughtered.
In fact, the interrogation process was just a process, and they knew from the beginning that this guy wouldn't speak.
In order to dig up this guy, find out who originally spread the rumors, and the truth behind the leak, the Ministry of Magic did not hesitate to suspend all operations and reorganize internally for two months.
This guy is very cunning and attacks several of his colleagues, casting the Imperius Curse on them.
After the incident, he resisted the arrest by force, causing a lot of chaos, and the Ministry of Magic even set up an elite Auror for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the Auror, who died of his injuries, was none other than Lightner's friend.
The Ministry of Magic interrogation, unlike the Muggle government, does not necessarily have to have a complete chain of evidence to arrest people - they have magic.
Truth-spitting elixir can make people not lie;
The Regent takes the mind and reads the memory, but this can sometimes be deceived by a fake memory, if the other party is also proficient in memory magic
A time turner, going back in time and watching the whole process;
Go back to the wand, flashback spells, check the spells this guy once cast···········
There are so many ways to determine exactly what a person has done.
The Ministry of Magic is an official organization after all, counting its predecessor, which has existed for more than a thousand years, how can it not have the means to deal with criminal wizards?
As long as you are willing to pay the price, there is very little information that cannot be dug up.
Expertly taking out a high-quality elixir, the black man Leitner stepped forward, pinched the young wizard's chin, and poured it down.
The potion worked quite quickly, and soon, several people had all the information they could know.
However, this did not make several people happy.
With a gloomy face, the minister stood up and announced:
"This is the end of this interrogation, the prisoner is well guarded, and it must be kept secret."
"Remember, he is an important witness, and he must not have visible scars on his body, let alone be delirious······· We may also need him to testify. ”
The minister stared into the eyes of the black Leitner and said.
The latter understood.
"Don't worry, Minister, I'll put him in Room Seven, and no one but you will be able to take him out!"
"I must make sure that he is sane and happy every day."
He bared a mouthful of white teeth, accentuating the phrase "happy" in particular.
Nodding, the minister walked out of the room, and everyone followed.
The black man who walked at the end locked the room in front of everyone.
Arm-thick chains, wrapped around doors, magically reinforced chains that are ineffective with most lockpicking spells.
"Now, everybody follow me to the conference room, and then there's silence all the time, and no one is allowed to leave."
A group of four people, all with gloomy faces, were silent the whole time, without saying a word.
The oppressive depression seemed to bring a storm to the entire Ministry of Magic, and the staff who met them on the way silently avoided it.
Soon, the news spread.
People whispered speculation that the people in the paintings in the aisles were also talking to each other, and from time to time they could see people visiting other portraits.
In short, everyone sensed that a new storm was coming.
When he arrived at a stairway where few people came, he used the key he had with him to open the locked door, and the minister grabbed the doorknob with his hand and turned sideways to make way for only one person to enter.
After all three of them had entered, he slowly let go of the doorknob and entered backwards and locked it.
Keys are disposable, and no two keys can exist at the same time.
After making a few odd gestures, the minister inspected the room and nodded in satisfaction.
"Good, no Animagus, no time turner, no speculum, no invisible man········ This room is safe for the time being. ”
He pulled over a recliner, lay down comfortably, and dropped his briefcase on the glass table.
The room was unexpectedly rudimentary, except for a transparent round table and a few chaise longues, all but constant torch lighting on the four walls.
"Let's talk about how we deal with this."
"I originally thought it was a rumor made by the opposition, but I didn't expect that the Magical Congress of America was involved."
"That's not good news·····"
The minister sighed.
It is said that there are few people in the wizarding world who are easy to manage, but in fact, when you really sit in this position, you know that it is not the case at all.
Wizards are much more troublesome than Muggles with guns.
Wizards can use magic, the means are changeable, unpredictable, and you never know what a wizard's hole cards will be until the last minute.
In the wizarding world, every wizard is a potential rebel.
There's a good chance they're hiding the power to blow up three streets, and it's hard to tell from the looks of it.
Or some hidden black magic, a curse, or some ancient mystery that has been lost for a long time.
Even the Ministry of Magic couldn't handle it so easily.
Every day, you have to deal with a lot of, whether it's sending someone to clean up the memories of Muggle witnesses, or solving the riots caused by magical items in the Muggle world, or arresting certain dark wizards, fighting hunters who poach and poaching rare magical creatures, and mediating disputes between major wizarding families·············
Most importantly, the power of the Minister of Magic is far less than imagined.
Wizards, born with contempt for all authority and the courage to oppose any force, are the confidence and pride of the magic in their hands.
The so-called "with a sharp weapon in the mind, the murderous heart rises", which is about the case.
Rubbing his temples in annoyance, the middle-aged minister suddenly felt that his heart was very tired, as if he was retired.
"Minister, I think it's very likely."
A young witch spoke first.
She is the head of the legal department, and Ekaterina has always been the confidant of the current minister, and she is indispensable for many difficult matters.
"Lina, what is your basis?"
Lina was her nickname, in fact, she was the cousin niece that the minister had grown up watching, but only in such private conversations.
"Please call me Catherina, Mr. Minister."
Catherine still clings to the title.
"Well, you're still so stubborn."
Helplessly, the minister motioned for her to continue.
"As we know, Muggle society is exerting its influence on the wizarding world, and this trend is irreversible unless there are no more Muggle wizards······"