"That's right, that's how Ginny plays, and of course, if the ball turns green, it means Harry and I are really annoying......"

There was another cheerful laugh in the room. "Okay, I've talked a lot about it today, so let's practice whatever you want. Maybe in two years, there will be a few brilliant occlusion therapists and great self-hypnotists among us!"

Seeing the crowd happily start practicing, Lockhart called Harry aside and whispered to him, "You are watching here, I have to go back beforehand." ”

"Okay, Professor, go get busy. ”

Lockhart hurriedly came out of the room and took out the Order of the Phoenix messenger note: Go to the headquarters for a meeting.

What's going on, so nervous?, Lockhart was a little worried, and he immediately went to the Headmaster's office, where Dumbledore was sitting quietly behind his desk.

"What's going on, Headmaster?"

"The member in charge of guarding the Prophecy Orb was attacked today, just as the Ministry of Magic was off duty," Dumbledore explained, "he is now seriously injured and in critical condition, and has been sent to St. Mungo. ”

"Who is it?" Lockhart's heart tightened, "what's going on with the prophecy ball?" ”

"It's one of Moody's apprentices, Rediaz Punzhi, he's been working at the Ministry of Magic, you shouldn't be familiar with it, the prophecy ball is fine, obviously not Voldemort himself. ”

Lockhart was unfamiliar with this man, but after all, he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and he still had a worried expression. "So, will you go with us? ”

"I can't just go into the protection of the Loyalty Charm, you know, and I seem to have found another clue to Voldemort's Horcrux location, I'm going to look for it now, you go. Dumbledore handed the kettle to Lockhart.

Lockhart picked up the kettle and went to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters after being slightly dizzy.

"Gildero, you're here!" Moody said with a grim face, "and news has just come from St. Mungo—Rediaz is dead. ”

The day finally came, and at this moment, insecurity finally swept over Lockhart. Although he didn't want to admit it, Lockhart realized that he was participating in a war, not a family, and he immediately made a sad face, after all, a comrade had died. "I'm sorry, Alasto, and mourn. ”

Moody shook his head: "I would be proud of him when he died fighting for justice." ”

Tonks was also full of sadness at this time, and he was more familiar with Rediaz: "He was a brave boy, and he managed to send a message when he was attacked. ”

"Then Dumbledore and we rushed over there and took William in check. Blake explained with a frown.

"William, the young Auror?" Lockhart was startled, then his actions against the giants were not all exposed.

"He disappeared on a mission two days ago, apparently by a mysterious man, and Dumbledore had already determined that he had been captured by the Imperius Curse, not a Death Eater. ”

Lockhart breathed a sigh of relief: "Now, who's watching?"

Mundungus, Arthur, and Lupin went over and watched. ”

"Looks like the mystery man is going to get the ball, and next time he'll probably be here himself!" Moody growled.

"Send more people and stick to it until the end of the semester. If he hadn't taken it by then, we'd have Harry take the ball away. Blake said, "Never let the mysterious man get his hands on it!"

"If we send more people, we won't have the manpower to deal with the other Death Eaters who are roaming out there wreaking havoc!" said Moody angrily.

Tonks interrupted the two: "Gildero, what do you have in mind?"

Lockhart rubbed his chin: "At this time, it is obviously not appropriate to get all the people of the Order of the Phoenix to see a prophecy orb, so let's do it, I will discuss with Scrimgeot to let him squeeze out an Auror every day, and then we will send one too." ”

"It's a good idea to look at it in pairs!" Moody nodded.

"Working with the Ministry of Magic again, Fudge hasn't liked us very much!" Blake disagreed.

"I'm sure Scrimgeour won't talk to the Minister about this, but he trusts us in the Order of the Phoenix. Of course, Lockhart won't say it, he has "defected" to Scrimthair, but he hasn't betrayed the Order of the Phoenix either, so he has a clear conscience.

"In addition, we should also set up some more alarm magic in the Department of Mysteries, if the Mystic Man personally intervenes, there is a good chance that neither of them will be able to sound the alarm!"

"Well, we'll talk to Arthur later. ”

"You guys go back first, by the way, Lupin came back and asked him to come to the school tomorrow to find me, I found him an errand to protect Harry nearby. Lockhart added, "I'll go find Scrimgeour first, you feel free." ”

"Okay, watch out. Tonks said softly.

Lockhart contacted Scrimgeour and made sure he was waiting for him in the office, and then set off to enter the Ministry of Magic through the visitor passage in Guò London and to the Auror office.

"Good evening, Gildero. Scrimgeour greeted coldly.

"Good evening, Mr. Scrimgeour. ”

"You can call me Rufus, aren't you tired of calling Mr. Scrimgeour every day, and you're not my subordinate now. ”

"Well, Rufus......"

Scrimgeour interrupted Lockhart: "Your Order of the Phoenix is so powerful, one of us in the Auror Department was controlled by the Imperius Curse, and he was actually caught by the people of the Order of the Phoenix in the Department of Mysteries!

"Calm down, Rufus, I will explain to your satisfaction. ”

So, Lockhart then revealed to Scrimgeour the origin of the prophecy orb, some of the prophecies inside, and the story that the mystery man and the orb had to tell.

"It turns out that more than ten years ago, the mysterious man disappeared because of this orb!" Scrimgeour amazed, the frost on his face subsided, "Well, now I can understand your actions in the Order of the Phoenix, but anyway, you are so rude to the Ministry of Magic that I will try to describe this as a covert operation in our Auror office." ”

"Thank you, Rufus. Lockhart thanked, "Also, I think the Mystic will be forcibly getting this prophecy ball in the next few months, and we need the help of the Auror Department to guard it." ”

"You don't need to say that I'll send someone too!

"Every day, a member of the Ministry of Magic guards the Department of Mysteries after work until the next day. ”

Scrimgeour closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "Well, I'll have two people watch over the Department of Mysteries every day, one striker during the day, and the other Auror on night duty with your guys at night." ”

"That's great. ”

"I feel like you Order of the Phoenix have a back garden for the Ministry of Magic...... Scrimgeour sighed, "how did you get in?"

Lockhart was about to refuse to answer this question, but Scrimgeour took the initiative to relent: "Forget it, I don't care about this, anyway, the channels for the Death Eaters to come into the Ministry of Magic will definitely not be less than yours, and the current Ministry of Magic is really a few pure lands that have been infiltrated." ”

"I'm sorry for that, but after all, the Ministry of Magic is in the open, and there is no way to do it. ”

"Alright, I'm going to St. Mungo's to see William and see if he remembers," Scrimgeour glared at Lockhart with a sharp look, "You can go back, and my men will guard the Department of Mysteries tomorrow." ”

"Go ahead, I'll go. Lockhart nodded and left his office, returning to Hogwarts.