Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 337: National Sensation
Today is the hottest day of the summer. The once lush green grass on Privet Drive has turned yellow from the sun, and the square houses are baked by the scorching sun, like big ovens.

On days like this, going out is obviously not a good idea.

The residents of Privet Drive now retreated into their houses, leaving their windows wide open in the hope of a nonexistent breeze.

However, the owner of one house did not do so. Instead, he even locked all the doors and windows in the house.

"I think I'll have to put on a blanket. It's really too cold."

In this house with locked doors and windows, Harry said this while reaching out to grab the wool blanket on the sofa with trembling hands.

"Is it cold?" Blake came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, stretched out his hand to feel the temperature in the house lowered by the freezing spell, and said, "Oh, it is a bit cold! Wait a minute, I will raise the temperature a bit."

As he spoke, Blake quickly took out his wand and waved it, and the temperature in the house finally rose to a normal level.

Harry took the blanket with a happy smile on his face.

Blake bought this house after being inspired by Mike, so that he could be with Harry and live with him.

Of course, due to the blood curse, Harry needed to go back to his uncle's house to sleep every night, but during the day, he could stay in this house and play with Black all day long.

At first, Uncle Vernon and his family could not accept Harry's lifestyle and even wanted to confine Harry to his home.

But when Blake visited Uncle Vernon's family once, they accepted it.

This was odd, since Uncle Vernon had been a little too horrified after Black's visit.

Harry guessed that Black must have used some scary means, but it didn't matter. The most important thing now was that he could finally get rid of that terrible home and spend a good summer vacation with the people who loved him.

Thinking of this, the smile on Harry's face became even brighter.

"Harry, I just made some gingerbread. Have some. The temperature was a little low just now. Don't catch a cold."

Black came out with a baking tray. Harry thanked him quickly and stood up to take the tray.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the window of the room. The two looked and saw the owl, who had been carrying a large bag, pecking at the window hard.

"It must be the newspaper I ordered." Black took off his scald-proof gloves, opened the window and let the owl in. "Oh, poor little thing, it has to deliver newspapers on such a hot day. Harry, bring it some water, it looks thirsty."

"Got it, Sirius."

Harry rushed into the kitchen, got some cold water on a plate and returned to the living room.

However, when he returned to the living room, he found Blake staring at the newspaper in his hand in amazement.

"What's wrong?"

Harry asked with a frown, but Black said nothing and simply handed the newspaper to Harry.

Putting down the plate, Mike picked up the newspaper and started reading. He saw the following words:

《Shock! Gringotts suffered a terrorist attack, the criminal is suspected to be a Death Eater! 》

It is reported that on the morning of August 8, Gringotts, located in the center of Diagon Alley, suffered the most serious terrorist attack since its establishment!
On the morning of that day, eight disguised terrorists sneaked into Gringotts, released the dragon guards in the underground vaults, and used the Fiendish Fire Curse in the underground vaults in an attempt to destroy Gringotts as a whole.

Fortunately, the Aurors arrived and stopped the eight terrorists from taking any further action.

Unfortunately, the destructive behavior of these eight terrorists still caused serious consequences. According to preliminary statistics, a total of 30 Aurors and 53 Gringotts staff members were killed in the attack, and the remaining 80 Aurors and staff members suffered varying degrees of injuries.

In addition, Gringotts' underground vaults were also severely damaged, and the direct economic losses are estimated to be as high as 10 gold Galleons!
【Picture】(Gringotts was filled with smoke, and a giant dragon was struggling to get out from the roof.)
It is still unknown how these eight terrorists sneaked into Gringotts, but according to the testimony of a goblin, the reason these terrorists were able to successfully sneak in should be related to a dark wizard named Igor Karkaroff.

And this Igor Karkaroff was a Death Eater before. It is hard not to remind people of Dumbledore’s recent remarks at Hogwarts: Voldemort is back!
【Picture】（Dumbledore is giving a speech in the Great Hall.）
But the Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, flatly denied it. He firmly believed that Dumbledore was talking nonsense and that the Gringotts robbery was just a normal robbery and the main responsibility should be attributed to Gringotts's poor supervision.

【Photo】（Fauci is speaking at the press conference.）
At present, these eight terrorists have not yet been arrested. The Ministry of Magic calls on the public to report to the Auror Office immediately if they encounter the following people. After verification, the Ministry of Magic will give a large reward to the informant.

Warning again, the following people are extremely dangerous, please do not contact them privately!

【Image】*8 (Photo of Karkaroff, Mike and others.)
Harry's hands were shaking, the news in the newspaper was too shocking!

"This must have been Voldemort's doing!"

Harry screamed, startling the owl that was drinking water on the coffee table.

"Calm down, Harry." Black said as he took off his apron. "Although Voldemort and the Death Eaters are highly suspected, this matter is still a little strange."

"Who else could it be but him!"

"Uh, come on, Harry. Take a good look at those wanted pictures. Do you think the Death Eaters would dress up like that to rob Gringotts?"

Harry looked closely and his expression froze immediately.

At the end of the report, there were eight wanted portraits. Among them, Karkaroff's portrait was the most normal, while the portraits of the other seven were more bizarre than the other.

Especially the one at the end, the one wearing a super short vest and hot pants, with heavy makeup and dyed white hair.

Judging from his attire, he should be a woman, but the bulging mass on his waist reveals that he is actually a man.

Harry quickly looked away; it was really too much for the eyes.

"This seems to be a character from a comic book."

Harry said, frowning.

"What is a comic?"

"Emmm, you can think of it as a drawn novel."

"Is it a Muggle thing?"

"Yes."

"Then it's even less likely that this was done by Voldemort and the Death Eaters." Black frowned and said, "Those pure-blood supremacists would never dress up as a character from a Muggle novel!"

The living room suddenly became quiet, and Black and Harry both lowered their heads in thought.

After a while, Black suddenly raised his head and said to Harry, "Harry, I think I have to leave for a while. I have to go to Dumbledore!"

Harry nodded in agreement, but did not pester Black to go with him. He knew very well that these were not things he could get involved in.

Besides, it was so hot outside that he really didn't want to go out.

Blake used Apparition to leave, and when he was gone, there was a sudden knock on the door of the room.

Harry moved carefully to the door and saw the person coming through the peephole.

It was Dali who was sweating profusely!
……

At the same time, in the Masonic secret territory, Mike, Benjamin and others were reading a newspaper happily, and on the table in front of them, there was a thick stack of newspapers from other newspapers.

"Benjamin! They took such great pictures of you!"

The Weasley brothers laughed and pointed at the wanted picture of Benjamin in the newspaper.

"That's right! I bet the person who drew this picture is definitely an artist! Look at the stubble. Tsk tsk, Benjamin, didn't you shave that day?"

Everyone in the room burst into laughter upon hearing this, especially Zhou Hong, who almost fell to the ground laughing.

As the object of ridicule, Benjamin dared to be angry but dared not speak out.

The Weasley brothers have been mocking him in all aspects these days. He has resisted, but armed fighting is not allowed within the Freemasonry, so he can only fight back with words.

However, how could he possibly beat the Weasley brothers when it comes to talking nonsense?
So, after many times of being autistic, he has finally learned his lesson.

As long as you pretend not to hear, the Weasley brothers will calm down soon.

Sure enough, seeing that Benjamin didn't respond, the Weasley brothers quickly changed the subject and began discussing other people's portraits.

Mike, who was sitting in the corner, was feeling quite gloomy as he watched everyone fighting.

Regarding their last action, the Ministry of Magic officially gave it a very domineering name: The Gringotts Heist.

The reports about the Gringotts robbery have swept across the entire country in the past two days, and even caused a panic across Europe.

Nowadays, almost all newspapers and media on the market are discussing this matter crazily, and the focus of the discussion is very clear, that is, Voldemort has returned and Gringotts is no longer safe.

Even the most popular magic radio station in Europe, Wizarding Wireless Network (usually abbreviated as WWN), specially made an interview program, inviting British Minister of Magic Fudge and Head of Auror Office Scrimgeour to explain the "Gringotts Heist".

On the show, in order to prevent people from associating the incident with Voldemort, Fudge and Scrimgeour told the whole story, including the fact that the funny looks of the robbers came from some Muggle comics. Logically, such an explanation should have dispelled people's concerns about Voldemort's return, but Fudge and Scrimgeour were still too young.

In the country of Ying, scolding the Ministry of Magic is absolutely correct.

Fudge and Scrimgeour's action not only failed to dispel the panic of the people, but on the contrary, as no robbers were caught for a long time, the people's resentment towards the Ministry of Magic reached an unprecedented level.

Some people even gathered together and ran to the hall of the Ministry of Magic to protest against Fudge's various policies and force Fudge to step down.

This kind of protest was of course useless, as the strikers and Aurors who arrived upon hearing the news quickly arrested all of them.

But this incident sounded the alarm for Fudge. In order to make his position more secure and to divert people's attention, he began to set other paces.

Big Business Antitrust Act.

Fudge got the inspiration for promoting this bill from Gringotts. Once certain large companies formed a monopoly in a certain industry, the rights of ordinary consumers could not be protected, so strict bills are now being enacted to prevent the emergence of such monopoly companies.

For those companies like Gringotts that have already formed a monopoly, the Ministry of Magic will adopt strict supervision to ensure the interests of consumers.

As soon as this bill was introduced, it received positive reviews from the general public because they really felt the benefits.

The most classic example is that the mine cart tracks in Gringotts have finally disappeared, and now to go to the underground vault to withdraw money, you only need to take the magic elevator.

The hatred was well diverted. In order to gain more benefits, the masses gradually began to turn their bloodshot eyes to those large enterprises and families.

Mike's Los Santos Magic Group was the first to be hit and suffered a huge impact.

There is no way around it. Almost all of Los Santos Group's industries are emerging industries, and there are basically no competitors within the industry, which perfectly meets the Ministry of Magic's definition of a monopoly enterprise.

As a result, the so-called supervision was delegated to various branches of the Los Santos Group.

And through the attitudes of these supervisors, Mike also drew a conclusion.

That means Fudge is deliberately targeting me.

Because compared to supervisors in other companies, the supervisors assigned to the Los Santos Group are more difficult to deal with. It seems like they were sent specifically to cause trouble for Mike. They want to see Mike, the boss, at every turn, and they also want to interfere in things that are obviously not a big deal.

Thanks to their efforts, Los Santos Group’s financial report this month will surely be very ugly.

"Oh, business is getting harder and harder."

Sighing, Mike was about to get up and find Penelope to vent his recent stress, but at this moment, the house-elf Shuke suddenly appeared in front of Mike.

"Master," Shuke knelt on one knee and bowed, "Mr. Dumbledore and others visited your villa in Godric's Hollow."

"Ok?"

Mike was stunned when he heard this, he never expected that Dumbledore would come to visit him.

'Could it be that the Gringotts robbery has been exposed?'

Mike thought so, but on the surface he acted calm and said:
"Are they still here?"

"Yes, Master. Since there is no order from you, they are still waiting outside the door."

"Got it, let's go meet them together."

After that, Mike placed his hand on Shuke's raised hand.

Next, with a crisp snap of fingers, Mike and Shuke suddenly disappeared into the secret territory of Freemasonry.

(End of this chapter)