"So where did Hallie go?"

In the face of Fudge's powerless struggle, Professor Dumbledore pressed forward step by step, asking a question that everyone on the scene was most concerned about,

"An hour ago, we stopped the game and searched the whole maze. The other warriors have been found, but only Harley is gone. ”

"At the same time, the trophy of the Final Six Tournament has disappeared. And before that, we've all seen through magic that Harley is about to touch the trophy of the Six F.Y. Tournament. ”

"Moreover, we have also conducted a joint investigation, and there are traces of magic in the labyrinth that can only be left after the five hundred doorkeys are activated at the same time."

"Obviously, this is not normal. Did the Ministry of Magic prepare more than five hundred portkeys in advance? Will the Ministry of Magic provide more than five hundred doorkeys at once? I don't believe the Ministry of Magic would do anything out of the ordinary. ”

"So, where the hell did Harley go? I stuck to my previous point that Voldemort had returned, and had taken the opportunity to take Harley with the portkey. ”

"After all, he has a feud with Harry, and he needs to prove his strength in front of the Death Eaters who have been reassembled again, and rekindle their confidence in him."

"If you don't agree, be sure to give a reasonable explanation."

Fudge's face suddenly became even more ugly, and all the fear of Voldemort's name was put aside for the time being.

He scratched his head vigorously, not knowing how to answer. After all, this is indeed a problem that Fudge can't bypass.

Now that Harley Potter is gone, plus the magic trails left behind by the large number of portkeys.

This all proves that there was an accident in the Six-Power Tournament, and it is likely to be a very bad accident.

Umbridge, who was on the side, saw the difficulty in Fudge's eyes, rolled his eyes, and immediately had an idea.

She took a step forward at the right time, leaned on Fudge's ear, and said to Fudge in her sweet and greasy voice:

"Dear Minister Fudge, I think Miss Harry Potter's disappearance must have something to do with Barty Crouch."

"It must have been Crouch who prepared these tricks in advance when he led the team to set up the portkey, and set up a special portkey for Harry Potter."

"I even suspect that he had a dark wizard on the other side of the portkey to murder Harry Potter."

"Yes, that's right, that's it." Fudge's eyes lit up, and he secretly cursed himself for why his mind suddenly stopped spinning before.

I obviously have a scapegoat, so why don't I use this scapegoat to the end? Anyway, he has enough portions to carry any cauldron!

"The disappearance of Harry Potter is also a conspiracy by Barty Crouch! It's Barty Crouch's fault! ”

"Minister," Umbridge picked up at the right time, and praised Fudge in any way she could, "and our Ministry of Magic reacted in a timely manner. ”

"Director Burns has given orders to Director Scrimgeur and made a series of decisions."

"At this point, the Auror office is probably already in action, sending someone to Crouch's house to search, and at the same time searching for Halle Potter as much as possible throughout the United Kingdom."

Fudge kept nodding his head and continued to argue with Dumbledore, glancing at Umbridge without a trace.

He naturally knew that Umbridge didn't have any good intentions.

She seems to be saying that Amelia Burns has responded, but in fact she is giving Bones eye medicine-

Umbridge secretly accused Burns of making decisions and mobilizing the Aurors without asking Fudge for instructions.

However, Fudge can understand this, after all, she is only giving herself a chance to climb to the position of head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

After all, how could the position of director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation be as good as the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, known as the reserve of the Minister of Magic?

Moreover, Umbridge's words did speak to Fudge's heart, and he really needed to watch out for Amelia Burns and Rufus Scrimgeur.

Why did Fudge come into direct conflict with Professor Dumbledore for the first time in history?

Ostensibly, the cause of this conflict was simply that Fudge was unwilling to believe in the return of the mysterious man that Professor Dumbledore had said.

But in Fudge's mind, he had already made up a lot of things in his own mind and finally made a judgment - this was an extremely serious political incident.

Professor Dumbledore considered his actions to be responsible to the wizarding world as a whole, and did not have any personal interests, but simply stated the facts.

Fudge, on the other hand, did not believe in Dumbledore's character, and seriously suspected that Dumbledore was trying to use the false news of "Voldemort's return" to bring panic to the wizarding world and destroy the peaceful scene he had carefully created.

And when this peace is broken, Fudge's power will be greatly limited.

If there is an extremely bad public opinion, the wizarding world may even forcibly remove Fudge from the ministerial throne because of the need for a tough Minister of Magic, and let Professor Dumbledore himself take the position of Minister of Magic.

In this way, everything is clear and straightforward.

Dumbledore's purpose is to compete with himself in the power of the Ministry of Magic, and even to seize his own power, and he is an enemy who absolutely needs to be defeated!

Of course, Burns and Scrimgeour are also targets that they need to be wary of, after all, these two people are also very strong-willed, and they are likely to be sought after by the ignorant people in the wizarding world.

In addition, both of them belong to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and they are both members of pure-blood families.

They wanted to be ministers of the Ministry of Magic, and in some ways met with less resistance than Dumbledore.

The two are still useful to Fudge, and Fudge needs the support of the two, so he won't turn his face, but he can't be guarded against.

In order to prevent all this from happening, Fudge has a firm belief in his heart -

Everything is a conspiracy of Crouch! Oh, and Dumbledore's tricks!

And you must stick to your own philosophy and never waver!

…………

As the debate continued, Fudge's tone grew worse and worse, and he even began to question whether Dumbledore was insane.

Suddenly, the door to the principal's office was slammed open.

Hallie walked in briskly, carrying the trophy from the Final Six Tournament.

"Forget it, Professor, you don't have to convince Fudge anymore." As soon as she entered the Headmaster's office, Harley said to Professor Dumbledore,

"The prejudice in the human heart is a big mountain. When the mountain is completely formed, no matter how hard you try, you can't move it. ”

"After all, the mountain has divided everything this person wants to see and what he doesn't want to see, and blocks everything he doesn't want to see."

"You want to break his comfort zone and put him in the face of his biggest headache, how can you do that?"

"By the way, your bickering is so loud that I can hear it outside the principal's office."

"Hallie!" Professor McGonagall's voice was full of surprise, and she immediately rushed forward, carefully examining Harry's whole body,

"Where did you get the portkey? We tried to find you, but were distracted by too many traces of magic left by the portkeys. ”

"I'm worried about you......"

After noticing that Hallie had no injuries on her body, Professor McGonagall patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you didn't get hurt in any way, otherwise I would really be able to blame myself in my heart for the rest of my life......"

"Merlin, I didn't even find out in advance that there was a problem with the trophy of the Final Six Tournament!"

Behind the headmaster's desk, Professor Snape lowered his eyelids silently, containing all his worries.

He was about to go to see that person, and he didn't know if there were any of the bodyguards and high-ranking officials that Fudge had brought in the office at this time.

So he still needs to continue to maintain his indifference now, and he can't show too obvious a manifestation.

However, his chest still rose and fell visibly a few times, and he obviously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Welcome back, Harry." Professor Dumbledore also looked at Harry, his eyes full of indifference,

"It's a pleasure to have you back."

Judging from his expression alone, Professor Dumbledore seemed very cold, and his attitude at this time did not even look like a professor.

But this is normal, after all, Professor Dumbledore is still very confident in Harley's strength.

According to Dumbledore's judgment, even if Voldemort had now regained his full strength and gathered a large number of Death Eaters who were still living normally in the wizarding world to besiege him, he would never be able to keep Harley.

Even if Harley had shown the Animagus, a magical animal in the form of Medusa that she had used that day, it would have been normal for her to kill a large wave of Death Eaters.

Instead of worrying about her, I should worry about the mental health of my former student Tom!

And Fudge is obviously very looking forward to Hallie's return, and it can even be said that he is very excited, and his excited voice trembles:

There seems to be a honey confidence that makes Fudge firmly believe that a young wizard like Harley will be superstitious about the authority of the Ministry of Magic, and firmly stand on the side of the Ministry of Magic:

"Hallie, that's great, that's great...... You're finally back...... Alas, I have sent a lot of Aurors to find you! ”

"You probably didn't know that Dumbledore had gone mad. He insists that the mystery man has returned, and claims that you have been captured by him. ”

"So please tell us what happened tonight and prove to Dumbledore that you are only trapped by Barty Crouch's machinations......"

Before Fudge could finish his words, he was forcibly choked back into his mouth.

Because Hallie spread her hands and said a sentence that was completely different from what he expected:

"I'm so sorry, Secretary Fudge. Headmaster Dumbledore is telling the truth. ”

"The trophy of the Six Wizards Tournament has indeed been transformed into a portkey, and the other end of the portkey is connected to Voldemort's father's graveyard......"

Harley told a cut story as quickly as she could, and the final ending was that Voldemort was forced to flee in embarrassment because he had not fully recovered to his prime.

“…… After taking out some of the Death Eaters who had failed to escape, I re-used the portkey to return to where I had left. ”

"Speaking of which, I was still looking for you in the labyrinth when I first came back, but I didn't expect you all to have returned to the auditorium."

"So I just came here and didn't stop anywhere else."

Hallie finished talking about what had happened to her, and looked at Fudge with a smile on her face.

"Dear minister, that's all the stories that happened, without the slightest concealment."

Fudge took two steps back, his body swaying, and he nearly fell.

Luckily, Umbridge had a quick eye and shoved a chair under him, giving his fat body a point of support.

"You're definitely lying to me...... You're all lying to me," Fudge kept repeating, his godless eyes growing firm, and his voice grew louder,

"That's right! You're just working together to deceive me! Deceive me with vile lies! ”

"Your aim is to disrupt the peace I have worked so hard to build, and to remove me from my position as Minister and thus make myself Minister of Magic!"

"I'm very sorry, dear minister." Harley still spoke softly and waved her wand slightly.

The room was already saturated, but the walls suddenly pushed to the side, forcibly adding an empty space to the room.

More than a dozen ice sculptures exuding cold air appeared in this clearing, and each ice sculpture was lifelike.

"Walton McNeill! Gore! Crabbe! Knott! Fudge was stunned for a moment, and blurted out several names.

These surnames are all the purest pure-blood in the wizarding world, and these statues seem to be the statues of the patriarchs of those families.

"No, these are not statues!" Fudge just stepped forward to take a closer look, and suddenly took a few steps back in fright.

Harley Potter...... You've frozen these well-known and respected wizards in the wizarding world! ”

"They're really respected." Hallie's voice was extremely sincere, without the slightest hint of yin and yang,

"It's a pity that they don't respect themselves very much, and choose to kneel at Voldemort's feet and kiss Voldemort's robe and toes."

"It's just too famous, so respected."

Hallie clapped her hands lightly, and the applause was unusually harsh in the office.

The wizards Fudge brought with him couldn't help but smile, but for the sake of their own future, they forcibly held back their smiles.

Professor McGonagall kept a straight face, and Professor Snape stared at the ground.

Only the old headmasters on the wall laughed out loud and laughed without hesitation, pointing their fingers or wands at Fudge's nose and leaning back with laughter.

After all, they had had enough of Fudge's idiot before, and they wanted to open their mouths for scolding.

But Professor Dumbledore used his headmittance to interfere with them, preventing them from speaking freely.

Now there is a chance for themselves to vent their emotions, not to mention how happy these old principals are.

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…… (End of chapter)