Although Fudge was a little subtle in his exclusive interview with the Daily Prophet, he did not directly say who he was talking about who his heart could be punished.

However, two days before the newspaper published this interview, Professor Dumbledore had publicly announced the return of the mysterious man at Hogwarts.

Isn't it obvious who Fudge is targeting now?

Yin and Yang are you, Dumbledore!

The Death Eaters that Harley "gave away" to the Ministry of Magic also made an appearance in the newspaper.

In fact, Fudge didn't want to mention the group at all, because they were a close match for his political supporters.

It doesn't make sense for Fudge to cut off his own foundation.

And Harley and the Ministry of Magic handed over the wizards and Fudge took them away without being witnessed.

Therefore, in Fudge's opinion, as long as the people under him are strict enough, he can completely hide the fact that these wizards were caught in the Ministry of Magic and quietly let go by himself.

Even if Dumbledore and Harry mentioned this later, they could have quibbled and used the authority of the Minister of Magic to convince wizards that it was Dumbledore who was lying.

It's a pity that Rita, a reporter, is too fast, and she wrote the relevant article just two days after the end of the Final Six Tournament.

She also included a photo of Fudge and his high-ranking officials and Aurors appearing in the hallways of Hogwarts with these Death Eaters.

So Fudge could only reluctantly let these pure-blood wizards also appear in the newspaper once.

It's just that when they were in the newspapers, the identities of these pure-blood wizards changed slightly.

They are no longer the Death Eaters summoned by Voldemort that Harley had mentioned at the beginning, but have become thugs and hostages.

Of the group of wizards who died, the one with a lower family status and only one male wizard left was defined by the Ministry of Magic as an accomplice of the Crouch father and son, and was the most vicious of mobs.

Their goal is to bring a new round of turmoil to the wizarding world through the murder of Harry Potter and the slaughter of these prestigious hostages.

Pure-blood wizards who thrived or had followers of their own and held positions in the Ministry of Magic became hostages who were brutally murdered.

For example, Goyle, their family and the Crabbe family have always been followers of the Malfoy family, and they have been following the Malfoy family since their prosperity, and there has been no sign of betrayal.

This generation of Goyle was himself a subordinate of Lucius Malfoy, and his son Goyle Jr. was always Draco Malfoy's henchman at Hogwarts.

Coupled with the fact that he himself belonged to the Ministry of Magic's advisors, he became the wretched man Fudge called "a wizard with prestige in the wizarding world, so he was taken hostage", and was brutally murdered in the end.

The living Death Eaters were also acquitted, after all, in the mouth of the Ministry of Magic, they were all hostages taken by the Crouch father and son, just like some of the dead.

As for the Death Eaters that Hallie was talking about, where are the Death Eaters? They are great good citizens!

After characterizing what happened on the night of the third event of the six tournaments, and convicting the Crouch and his sons, Fudge began to make small moves against Dumbledore again.

Considering that Professor Dumbledore himself is now too prestigious in the wizarding world, he did not directly initiate the accusation.

Fudge just continued to imply that Professor Dumbledore and Crouch were on good terms as he had on the first day, and didn't say a word about it.

And this leaves a lot of room for ordinary wizards to reverie, so that they can think "independently" to their heart's content-

Why did Professor Dumbledore and Crouch Sr. have a good relationship? Is the Ministry of Magic implying that this point is being pointed out?

In addition, the newspaper of the day before believed that someone was maliciously promoting the return of the mysterious man, creating panic and achieving his ulterior purpose.

Professor Dumbledore also announced these things directly to the children before the end of the semester, rather than directly announcing them in the newspaper.

Is he hiding something? Do you want to spread false news through young wizards who are not yet under age and have no ability to think independently, so as to influence yourself?

The information itself is relatively straightforward, and with the fact that many wizards will preemptively refuse to believe in Voldemort's return, it is easy for them to deduce what the Ministry of Magic wants them to conjecture.

These conclusions are independently deduced by ordinary wizards themselves, so they will be even more convinced of them.

If someone actively questions the conclusions they deduce, unless that person can directly give irrefutable evidence, ordinary wizards will automatically become the strongest supporters of those conclusions.

After all, if you admit that these conclusions are false, doesn't that prove that your brain is not good, and the original inference is wrong?

After thinking about this, Hallie also secretly let out a sigh of emotion.

Although Fudge's own magic attainments and combat power are not much stronger than those of ants, even after careful training, the Sequence Eight Extraordinary who is good at fighting can kill Fudge in life-and-death combat.

But when it comes to manipulating public opinion and guiding public opinion, Fudge is indeed a good hand.

In addition to targeting Dumbledore, Fudge also piggybacked on Harry.

When asked by reporters for his thoughts on the Final Six Tournament, Fudge publicly stated:

"I think Harry Potter won the championship, but it wasn't worth the hype."

"First of all, she's an underage wizard, and the original intention of the Six Wizards Tournament was to get adult students involved."

"And although Harley Potter's successful selection is also within the scope of the rules, it maliciously squeezes out the places of other outstanding students."

"For example, Cedric Diggory, son of Amos Diggory, an official at the Ministry of Magic."

"He's a very good Hufflepuff, and he's also a prefect and the male president of the student council."

"I have always thought that he is the most suitable student to participate in the Six Wizarding Tournament, which can not only promote the prestige of the British wizarding community, but also show our neutrality and peace, and use the peaceful atmosphere of Hufflepuff to show the social stability of the British wizarding community, and give a positive image to the international wizarding community."

"As for Harry Potter, who snatched the golden eggs of other school warriors in the first project, and interfered with other warriors climbing the maze in the third project, it will only give the international magical community a bad impression of the UK......"

In a sense, Fudge is not easy, trying to belittle Harley, distort the rules and facts, and create a stain on her.

Hallie's support for Professor Dumbledore's claim of Voldemort's return was also described by Fudge as an attempt to attract more attention and make herself famous by fabricating lies.

And he also pointed out that Harley has a dangerous character of "tyranny" in her bones.

According to the testimony of the surviving hostages in the Ministry of Magic and the Ministry of Magic's verification, the mob's deaths were all killed by Harley's frozen magic.

And Harry's spell even affected several hostages, causing the sacrifice of innocent people.

While Hallie's actions were justified, Fudge said that there was no death penalty under the laws of the Ministry of Magic.

It's okay for Harley to subdue the other party without injury, why should she kill the other party?

Fudge felt that this was a flouting of the laws of the Ministry of Life and Magic, and mentioned that the Department of Magical Law Enforcement was working on improving the law and was trying to file a lawsuit against Harley.

At the end of the newspaper, Fudge also deliberately left a question:

Voldemort was so powerful, and Hallie's parents were dead, how did Hallie escape herself?

Does this mean that the child has a lot of magical powers, so he is considered a threat by Voldemort, but he can't get rid of it?

If this power really exists, why hasn't Hallie been exposed? What exactly is she hiding? What are you afraid of?

"It's really embarrassing for Fudge." After reading the newspaper, Hallie shook her head, "Picking bones in eggs is also a science." ”

The expression on her face was still calm, and she was even satisfied with Fudge's wise approach.

After all, everything Fudge did was based on the fact that what he said was really a lie.

But is Voldemort's resurrection really a lie? Of course not.

This means that no matter how bad public opinion is, no matter how bad it is, no matter how bad it is for itself.

All it takes is for Voldemort to appear in public once, and the situation will be reversed in an instant.

However, Hallie is not in a hurry to ease public opinion, and she hopes that these rumors will continue to spread and increase their impact as much as possible.

After all, in the first four years of her life in the wizarding world, Harley had won the School of Magic Potions Championship and the Order of the Sir Merlin, First Class.

At that time, in order to alleviate their own political pressure, the Ministry of Magic and Fudge used themselves as newspaper cards and promoted them every day.

With their help, Hallie has amassed a more loyal and even avid following, and these fans have provided Harley with a very high-quality anchor.

This means that Fudge's actions may shake the opinion of Harley among those who are at the level of "shallow believers", but it will only make Harley's "devout believers" more faithful.

A clash of public opinion will break out between them, and information will fluctuate.

And when this situation lasts for a long time, Harley will try to set things right and prove herself right through Voldemort's appearance.

At this time, it is even possible for the already devout believers to become fanatical in an instant.

And the wizard who originally believed in the wrong idea will also apologize to Harley for all kinds of complicated inner changes, from black to black, or even from black to pink, and provide good quality anchors.

So Fudge's actions are simply helping Harley purify the believers and optimize the quality of the anchor.

How could Harley be mistaken for such a good person?

Of course, there is still a need to do superficial work, especially when there are so many people around who are worried about themselves.

"Harley, don't take Fudge's nonsense in the Daily Prophet to heart."

Professor Flitwick was about to say something when he listened to Hallie's words and was startled when he saw Hallie's expressionless face.

He also thought that Hallie was affected by public opinion in the newspaper and was emotionally hurt, so he quickly changed his words and comforted the girl.

"The professors at Hogwarts and the members of the Order of the Phoenix scoffed at the report, even outraged."

"Sirius even wanted to go to the Ministry of Magic for a one-on-one wizarding duel with Fudge, but Remus held him back."

"And everyone was very busy during this time, planning to rebuild the Order of the Phoenix and carrying out a series of preparations."

"And Sirius is in a special position now, and it is inconvenient to send letters, so I have to write a letter and ask me to bring it to you."

As he spoke, Professor Flitwick pulled a letter from his pocket and handed it to Harry.

He also wanted to rub the girl's head as he did with the other students to comfort her, but after measuring her height, he sat back silently.

"Fudge's brain has always been difficult, and he even started to target Dumbledore, which shows his stupidity."

"It's normal for him to say this kind of crazy words, but you must not affect yourself and add unnecessary psychological burden to yourself because of this."

"Professor, what are you thinking?" Hallie looked up and raised her eyebrows in surprise,

"Do you think I'm going to be affected by this unnutritious nonsense in the newspapers? I'm just sighing. ”

"It's good that it's not affected." Professor Flitwick let out a long sigh,

"It's really not worth it to bring negativity to your heart because of such stupid people."

"Professor Dumbledore has been angry for days, believing that Fudge is acting at the expense of the safety of wizards in the wizarding world."

"Their words against you are even more of a slander, a sign of the Ministry of Magic's disregard for the rules it has made."

"Then there's the portkey issue I mentioned earlier, and now that Fudge has begun to distort the truth of the matter through newspapers and other channels, there will definitely be further actions to follow."

"Based on his current attitude, Fudge will not give us a portkey application when we go abroad."

At this, the expression on Professor Flitwick's face was faintly ugly.

He was very familiar with the Ministry of Magic's procedures.

After all, Flitwick was a half-blood goblin. When he wanted to enter Hogwarts to study, he was also severely stuck in the process by the Ministry of Magic.

Moreover, the headmaster at the time was not Dumbledore, and Flitwick and Hagrid were not the same, with very obvious and inexplicable half-blood characteristics in terms of ears and skin.

In the end, Flitwick's family managed to donate a lot of political money to the then Minister of Magic, and they succeeded in obtaining permission for the young Flitwick to go to Hogwarts and hold a wand.

Reclaiming the clutter, Professor Flitwick recounted the planned trip to Hallie:

"In order not to cause trouble to Professor Dumbledore, we try to obey the law as much as possible when it is not an emergency."

"I've always had permission to enter and leave France, and you've had a long-term permit to participate in the School of Magic Potions tournament."

"So we took a trip to France with the apparition and then went to Spain from there."

"Of course, Professor." There was nothing unusual in Hallie's voice, "You can arrange it, there is no problem on my side." ”

"Then let's go after lunch," Professor Flitwick jumped out of his chair and circled to the front of the table.

"It can't be any later, after all, the International Wizarding Duel Tournament requires on-site registration three days before the tournament, and the tournament date is very close."

"It's still a while before lunch, you can send the letters you haven't mailed yet, and send Sirius a reply by the way."

"I haven't heard from you for the past few days, and he's about to die."

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(End of chapter)