"We have confirmed that ten felons escaped from Azkaban late yesterday."

Hermione sat at a long table in the bustling Hogwarts Great Hall, reciting the Daily Prophet she had just received.

"We strongly suspect that the mastermind of this escape is a man who has escaped from Azkaban himself, the notorious murderer—"

"Sirius Black!"

Reading this, Hermione looked at Harry, who was sitting next to him, and the other party had an angry look on his face.

"Shit! Everyone knows that Voldemort did it! Professor Tang had already predicted this! ”

"I really didn't expect that the Ministry of Magic would let him succeed even after knowing the prophecy in advance!"

"Obviously, not everyone believes in Professor Tang's prophecy." Ron said, "It's not like you didn't see the howling letters at dinner yesterday. And Professor McGonagall's face, I'm sure she's received enough reports about Professor Tang to fill her desk. ”

"But the truth is, Professor Tang's prophecy has been confirmed!" Harry shouted, "People should believe that Voldemort has returned, right?" ”

"The newspapers mentioned it." Hermione shook the newspaper and continued reading: "This reporter asked Minister Fudge about the fact that earlier yesterday afternoon, the new Divination Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Sen Tang, believed that the so-called mysterious man had been resurrected and would attack Azkaban in the near future. ”

"Why is it that the Ministry of Magic is still not prepared enough despite the prophecy?"

"Good question!" Harry shook his fist, "At least the Daily Prophet still has sober people!" Which journalist is this? ”

Hermione flipped forward, saw the author of the report, looked like she had eaten a fly, and said, "Rita Skeeter." ”

“.” Harry snapped shut his mouth.

Hermione continued to read:

"Minister Fudge responded, Professor Tang is an excellent soothsayer, in fact, his appointment as the professor of divination at Hogwarts was personally approved and recommended by me, I believe Professor Tang's prophecy, but this prophecy is not the version that everyone has circulated."

"Minister Fudge said that the Senior Deputy Minister of Magic, the Senior Investigator at Hogwarts, and the current Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Ms. Umbridge has personally confirmed with Professor Tang that the other party has never said that the mysterious man has been resurrected, but only predicted that a certain prison will change in the near future."

"Believing in Professor Tang's prophecy, the Ministry of Magic immediately sent the Aurors to Azkaban, but the time was too short, and by the time the Aurors arrived at the scene, the escape had already taken place. We regret that we did not take advantage of this opportunity, and the Ministry of Magic will do its best to hunt down these fugitives, including the mastermind of the escape, Sirius Black. ”

"It's a lie!" Harry stood up excitedly: "We all heard it, Professor Tang himself said, Voldemort has been resurrected!" And will attack Azkaban! ”

Hermione sneered, and then read: "This reporter said that this mistake of the Ministry of Magic is regrettable, but it is not incomprehensible, out of an attitude of responsibility to the people, the Ministry of Magic needs to spend time to confirm the truth of the rumors. And there are only a few short hours between the prophecy and the prison break. ”

"As for those rumors, after the interview of this reporter, we have reason to believe that the source comes from the immortal boy Harry Potter, who has always liked to sensationalize and claim to be the savior, as far as the reporter knows, Mr. Potter's academic performance is not ideal, and he has long lost his former aura, perhaps it is this gap that makes him do this kind of thing, by spreading some childish rumors, to gain a sense of superiority and existence."

Hermione paused, seeing that Harry's face was already flushed with anger, and read out the last paragraph: "Of course, this kind of shameful and unrealistic rumor can be widely publicized at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and even make many students believe it. ”

"Senior Investigator Lady Umbridge said that she is doing her best to discipline and teach the young wizards to have sound and independent thinking skills and not to be used by some of the students led by Harry Potter, of course, in the process, she feels great resistance, many of her actions and plans cannot be carried out smoothly at Hogwarts, and this reporter has reason to speculate that someone is preventing Miss Umbridge's correct behavior."

"And who will be the one who has this right in Hogwarts Castle?"

Harry trembled with anger, he snatched the Daily Prophet from Hermione's hand, looked at the moving picture of Sirius on it, and Azkaban, who had a corner broken by the spell, and shouted in extreme anger: "Can this reporter have a word of truth in his mouth!" How could she write me like that! ”

"It's not the first time." Hermione said, "Also, she's trying to lead the reader into thinking that Professor Dumbledore is acting at the behest of you. Although she did not mention Professor Dumbledore's name in the report. ”

"I'm going to find Professor Tang!" Harry shouted, "Professor Tang can prove that what she said is false!" ”

"Calm down, Harry." Hermione grabbed him and said, "What's the use of Professor Tang's proof?" The Daily Prophet is controlled by the Ministry of Magic and does not publish the truth at all. ”

"Even if the students at Hogwarts knew that the newspapers were lying, we wouldn't have a voice. And, I'm afraid, with the exception of the fifth-graders, the rest of the year is already starting to be a little skeptical. ”

Harry gritted his teeth at the stares that the other students in the auditorium were looking at him.

"This reporter, or the Ministry of Magic, is going to kill us all!"

"We're still students, and a lot of things are beyond our control." Hermione sobered, "The most we can do is stop Malfoy's attempt. Speaking of which, I didn't see Malfoy today. ”

"Who knows what this bad breed is planning, anyway, Professor Tang can't be on Voldemort's side anymore, he has exposed Voldemort's hidden damn it, I have to remind Professor Tang that Voldemort may be looking for trouble with him." Harry jumped.

"You're going to warn a soothsayer?" Ron interjected, "Harry, let's take care of ourselves first, isn't there any good news for this day?" ”

He picked up the newspaper in his hand, swept it to the other pages, and read: "Violent incident in Tumbledown Alley, two wanted dark wizards died in public." ”

"Huh? Isn't the person in this picture Professor Snape? ”

Ron's words attracted the attention of the two, and they leaned over to see that in the dynamic photo, there was a thin and tall man standing in the middle of an alley with a cane, and he could see the flames burning everywhere in the alley, two corpses lying in the flames, and opposite the man, a black-robed wizard.

Even though it was just a back, Harry could see the other party's identity at a glance.

"Hah, it's Snape, it's by the hair." Harry scoffed, "I wish someone would give him a bottle of shampoo." ”

He quickly glanced at the report and let out a soft sigh.

"Magician? I remember the name was mentioned yesterday in Professor Dumbledore's office, Snape, was that the man? ”

"What did Professor Dumbledore say?" Hermione took the newspaper, she had always been interested in the news, so she picked out a paragraph and read it out loud: "Apparently this is an illegal wizard, we have not yet found out the origin of this person, he killed two wizards, although he is a wanted dark wizard, but he still broke the law. ”

"The Department of Magical Law Enforcement has set up a team to search for this person in England, and the Director of the Department of Law Enforcement has stated that the British wizarding community will not tolerate such a mass murder, and that this person will have only one end - to be imprisoned in Azkaban."

"According to the reporter's interview with the person present, the other party called himself 'magician', and the purpose of coming to England was to save the wizarding world From these words, we can see that this person is not mentally normal, extremely uncontrollable, and the reporter tried to interview the person who had close contact with this person and had a conversation, that is, Hogwarts House Potions professor, Mr. Severus Snape, but the other party refused."

Hermione frowned, looked at the picture again, and said, "This person doesn't look like a madman." ”

"Normal people wouldn't say anything to save the wizarding world." Ron complained, "Unless he also has a lightning scar on his forehead." ”

This not funny joke managed to get Harry's angry eyes, and Ron immediately laughed wryly, "I mean, since last year, the wizarding world has been chaotic enough, such as Harry encountering Dementors near his house, such as Azkaban. Now there's another madman, damn it, I really don't know if we'll ever graduate. ”

"You don't have to worry about that, Ron." Hermione said, "Even if you don't have these things, with your current grades, you may not be able to graduate." ”

She ignored the two and continued: "Later yesterday, a fire broke out in a house outside London, which frightened several Muggles, and the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters confirmed that there were traces of wizards, and while cleaning up Muggle memories and surveying the scene, the staff found a corpse. ”

"The body was heavily burned, and we can't identify it for the time being, but we found the Malfoy family badge on the body."

Hermione jerked her head up to see Ron and Harry looking equally horrified.

"Malfoy is dead?"

"No, it can't be, it's supposed to be someone from the Malfoy family."

Hermione hurriedly continued: "On the wall of the crime scene, we saw a message that was most likely left by the murderer. ”

"For a more brilliant civilization."

"The Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters suspects that this is related to the 'magician' and the case has been referred to the Division of Law Enforcement."

"If anyone is able to provide any information about the criminal's whereabouts, they can write to the Law Enforcement Division, offering a reward ranging from one hundred gold Galleons to five hundred gold Galleons."

The three fell silent for a long time.

"Tsk."

Townsend sat in the room of the Leaky Cauldron, gulping the meat on his plate into his mouth while reading the newspaper in his hand.

"Voldemort is not kind, and he is not willing to collect the corpses of his subordinates."

The plate was quickly swept away, and Townsend took out a small vial of lilac potion, dripped a drop into his mouth, waited quietly for a moment, and then got up and shook the bell placed in front of the door.

A slight air explosion sounded, and a house-elf appeared in front of the door, holding a large plate of new stew.

"This is the seventh plate for breakfast, Mr. Tang." The elf said respectfully.

"How many are left?" Townsend looked at the wall clock on the wall: "Let's bring it together, I don't have much time to eat, I have to rush to Hogwarts." ”

If during the previous mealtime, Townsend was troubled that he couldn't eat so much, now Townsend is even more troubled that he eats too slowly.

Yesterday afternoon, he got the digestive potion from Snape's hand, and he tested it for the first time, the other party deserved to be a potions master, the effect of the potion was really good, and Townsend killed the usual amount of ten days to eat that afternoon.

The effect was immediate, and Townsend felt that his physical fitness had improved by about a tenth, and the floating charm that had been released from the small flame to the faint harvest described by the characteristics of the larger flame shepherd seemed to be really only faint now.

Tang Sen could expect that when he finished eating that fire dragon, he should be able to obtain one-twentieth to one-fifteenth of the fire dragon's physique and extraordinary characteristics-

That's strong enough for a normal human.

Of course, Tang Sen also tried to change the recipe, and among the "ingredients" sent by the Magical Beasts Division, there were not only fire dragons, but also some other large magical beasts, but at present, he did not feel a more obvious reaction than the characteristics of the fire dragon.

Of course, while improving his strength, Tang Sen did not forget to incarnate as a "magician" and do something that the Dark Lord should do.

He knew very well that when he said his prophecy about Voldemort, he had already appeared in the other party's sight.

This is an inevitable thing, as long as you want to be able to see the identity of the future soothsayer, and want to spread your reputation throughout the United Kingdom, and even the world's magical world, you must be high-profile, Voldemort will know about his existence sooner or later.

And even with the addition of Smaug, Townsend is not sure to defeat the Dark Lord who has studied the dark magic to the extreme - although in the original book, the strength and battle scenes shown by the other party are not terrifying, and several shots were resolved by Harry Potter, but Townsend will not be naïve to think that the other party is really so ordinary.

Rather than waiting for the other party to come to trouble him when he is ready, it is better to take the initiative into his own hands, at least Voldemort has not completely recovered his strength now, and it is impossible to break into Hogwarts Castle with Dumbledore in charge.

And in the midst of this gap, Townsend had countless means to keep Voldemort from caring for a soothsayer who was impossible to catch.

"Hopefully last night's little visit didn't make Voldemort too angry."

"After all, the fun is just beginning."

"Let the magician teach you how to be a good Dark Lord, Mr. Tom without a nose."

The body is not good yet, barely a chapter. I'm sorry.

(End of chapter)