Chapter 203: Fudge's Words
What happens when a person doesn't get feedback? Answer: Hands tremble.
The Ao Luo were silent as they watched as the tall lanky young wizard on the other side of the Golden Magic Array raised his hand to conjure up three boats, and then rode away on the waves, none of them had the courage to cast a single spell.
When the group of guys disappeared, I felt that I was almost soaked, and I was covered in cold sweat.
"What are we going to do, Director Scrimgeur?" Seeing that the golden magic array had disappeared, one of Ao Luo asked out loud, but he didn't notice that his voice was trembling.
"What to do! Damn it! Go back! Scrimgeour burst into flames, scolded him, and beckoned everyone to leave.
Before leaving, he looked at the group of Dementors gathered in the air in the distance, and he was irritated again. It must be impossible to hide such a big thing in Azkaban, and Scrimgeour knows this very well.
But he won't be responsible for this, according to the process he didn't make a mistake at all, he just didn't expect the enemy to be too fierce and powerful.
Back at the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour sent the Oros away and went straight to Fudge's office himself, telling him everything that had happened in Azkaban.
Hearing this, Fudge was very angry, he slapped the table vigorously, but he didn't know what to mumble in his mouth, it was not a good word after all.
"What are we going to do, Minister?" Percy, as assistant to the minister, looked even more flustered than Fudge, and as soon as Scrimge's words ended, he asked.
"How? What do I do, you ask? Fudge picked up a book on the table and threw it at Percy, who reacted quickly and tilted his head to dodge.
The book slammed into the wall, and when it fell, it hit a lamp. smashed something, and Fudge's anger vented a little.
He sat down in his chair propped up on the table, rubbed two handfuls of hair, and his mind was racing.
"We can't hide the past, but we choose how to tell the people." Fudge had a plan, waved his hand at Percy, and said,
"Percy, you go and contact the reporters and say I'm going to have a press conference...... Also, find the photos of the group of escaped guys and ...... them together with the group of blood-sucking guys."
"Got a list of prison breaks, Scrimgeour?"
"Already." Scrimgeour nodded back.
"Good!" Fudge slapped his face, pointed at Percy and said,
"Just take the photos of those people and give them to the reporters after the press conference." After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "You just said that the leader is a Hogwarts student who defected in the Triwizard Tournament, named Ayton?" Amy? ”
"Ike, Mr. Minister." Percy reminded from the sidelines.
"Yes, Ike, that's him! Tell reporters, put his photo in the most obvious place! Fudge suddenly looked a little excited, he stood up, took two steps around the office, and said as he went,
"A self-depraved genius wizard who chose to throw himself into the dark ...... because of Hogwarts' poor teaching"
"He's ambitious...... That's right, ambitious, so in order to achieve his ulterior evil purpose, lead the dark wizards and evil werewolves to attack Azkaban and rescue the imprisoned Death Eaters......"
And then ...... Let me think about ......"
"The heroic Oro of the Ministry of Magic rushed to the scene as soon as possible to stop the gaffe from spreading further?" Fudge suddenly clapped himself,
"That's it! That's right! After speaking, he looked at Scrimthour, and his eyes sharpened: "Here's the thing, Scrimthour. ”
"Yes, as the minister said." Scrimgeour nodded solemnly with a serious expression.
"That's no problem!" Fudge's mood improved, and he shouted at Percy again,
"What are you still doing here? Get those reporters here, I have a press conference to ......" The next morning, when the owl delivered the new issue of the Daily Prophet to the subscribers, the entire wizarding world was in an uproar.
It is no exaggeration to say that Sirius' prison break last year was nothing compared to this incident.
"Oh my God! Is this true! ”
"Did he really do that?" There was an uproar at the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin tables, and everyone was talking loudly.
In contrast, there was a dead silence at the Ravenclaw table. Some freshmen who had just started school in the first half of the year still didn't understand, and just about to speak, they were stopped by the seniors.
"That man...... It's taboo now, you know? Let's talk about something back in the common room. The little wizard nodded ignorantly, even if they were not sensible, they could see that the faces of the seniors were very ugly.
Breakfast was destined to be badly enjoyed, and it wasn't long before the Ravenclaw table was empty, and the eaglets left directly.
This scene did not attract the attention of people from the other academies, or rather, they noticed it, but ignored it.
If you feel that now is the time for others to be uncomfortable, don't make it worse; Those who want to make things think that such a fun thing is a waste to play now, and there are still many opportunities in the future.
But in general, the vast majority of people who are purely talking about things stand up. Like Harry and Ron. Harry, who had already learned Occlumency with Snape, was still in his infancy, and Snape could still hack into his brain and peek into the unbearable memories in his head.
But at the same time, he could still see through the snake's perspective from time to time, just like last night, he saw Voldemort laughing and patting Ike on the shoulder happily.
Originally, Harry didn't know why this happened, but now he read the newspaper and knew it, and it was clear that what the newspaper said was not right.
Harry had no intention of telling the truth, knowing full well that no one would believe what he said. Before Ike, the newspapers had written most about him and Dumbledore, who was portrayed as a villain who lied in the hope of gaining more attention, while the latter was simply an old fool.
"The Ministry of Magic is clearly bothering to hide the truth, what new Dark Lord? Voldemort is still alive! Ron whispered.
"No one believes what we say, they all think I'm a liar." Harry replied, casually glancing at Hermione, who was sitting across from him, stunned.
Poked Ron, who was still muttering, and snorted in Hermione's direction, and the two of them stopped, feeling a little weird in their hearts.
From the beginning of the summer vacation until now, they have avoided mentioning Ike's name in front of Hermione as much as possible, and a few times they accidentally mentioned it, and it is obvious that Hermione is trying to restrain her emotions.
But now, even the sluggish ones could see that Hermione's reaction was not normal. She's so calm!
The eyes are empty, as if the soul is gone. That feeling was inexplicably familiar to Harry, and it took him a long time to think about it.
Hermione's current state is almost exactly the same as Snape's!