Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 522 Mike's Statement

"Ugh!"

In front of the Minister of Magic's office, Kingsley, who was holding a document, sighed deeply.

There have been too many troubles recently, and if possible, he really wants to resign now.

It was a pity that as the current Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he did not have the right to choose to resign.

Especially when this matter was turned out to be like this entirely because of his incompetence.

Sighing again, he finally gave up those meaningless fantasies and knocked on the door of the minister's office.

Following a hoarse and dull "Come in", Kingsley carefully pushed open the door and walked in.

The office was filled with smoke and Scrimgeour was frowning as he smoked a cigar. Judging from the long embers on the cigar, he seemed to have been in this trance for a long time.

There were many of Kingsley's acquaintances sitting in the corner of the office. They were all bigwigs in various departments. The reason they were here now was probably that they were planning to discuss countermeasures.

However, it seems that the result of the discussion is not very good, because their expressions are very ugly at the moment.

After nodding to everyone, Kingsley solemnly placed the document in front of Scrimgeour and said:
"Mr. Minister, please take a look at these. These are newspapers from various newspapers this morning and a summary of the situation across the country."

Hearing this, Scrimgeour's body trembled slightly, and the long piece of cigarette ember finally fell down, hitting the desk and scattering into a ball.

Scrimgeour didn't care about this. He slowly picked up the document and read it carefully. The more he read, the angrier his expression became, until finally he threw the document away.

"It's so deceiving!"

Scrimgeour roared, while Kingsley in front of him had a strange expression. He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had said the same words in the same place not long ago.

Shaking his head again to get rid of the messy thoughts in his mind, Kingsley said slowly:
"Mr. Minister, the situation is already very bad. I think we should hand over those three Aurors so that they will have no reason to continue the movement."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the bigwigs in the office who had been silent nodded in agreement.

In their eyes, this was indeed a good idea. Selling the three Aurors in exchange for calming the situation was really a great deal.

As for the revenge from the families behind those three people, they didn't care at all.

After all, it was Kingsley who made the suggestion, and Scrimgeour who adopted it, so those families couldn't take revenge on them.

What's more, Scrimgeour has an entire Auror corps at his disposal. With such a level of military power, whether those families dare to retaliate against him is another matter.

In the eyes of these people, Scrimgeour would definitely agree to this proposal, because if things were allowed to continue to develop, it would be really out of control.

This is the standard thinking of politicians. In the minds of these people, as long as there is interest, things like face and bottom line can be abandoned.

But what they didn't expect was that Scrimgeour was not a politician in the true sense, but a tough soldier from the military.

"You mean... you want me to show weakness to those guys?"

Scrimgeour said expressionlessly, looking at Kingsley.

Although Scrimgeour appeared extremely calm, everyone at the scene could sense the surging anger that was about to erupt from her.

Sure enough, the next second, before Kingsley could reply, Scrimgeour punched the desk and roared:
"I really doubt what's going on in your head. You actually want me to give in to that mob? Meet their conditions? Do you know what this means? This means we have set a very bad precedent! In the future, they will understand that as long as they start to make trouble in the Ministry of Magic, their conditions will be met. This time they want the lives of the three Aurors, so what about next time? If they want your life and mine, will you also satisfy them?"

Scrimgeour's fierce roar echoed in the office, and everyone present was silent, not even daring to breathe.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, what Scrimgeour said makes some sense, but if you don't compromise, then how will this incident end?
"How about... we ask for help from the International Magical Federation? France and the United States should be happy to send people."

A white-bearded official asked tentatively.

"Ah, yes, of course they are willing to help. After all, once they do, they can cut off a large piece of our meat, and even ask us to sign some traitorous agreements." Scrimgeour said sarcastically, "And their Aurors will not obey our orders once they enter Ying Country. At that time, they may do something that will anger the heavens and the people. Do you think it doesn't matter even if it is like this?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the office fell silent again, and the wizard who had proposed asking the International Confederation of Wizards for help lowered his head in shame.

If he could, he really wanted to yell at Scrimgeour: "Then pay attention!"

It's a pity that he couldn't do that. After all, Scrimgeour was angry now, and if he said some more nonsense, the other party might attack him.

At this moment, there was another knock on the door. As Scrimgeour answered, a pockmarked young assistant minister ran in and breathlessly threw a copy of "The Quibbler" in front of Scrimgeour.

Everyone in the room's eyelids jumped, and they suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Mr. Minister, the CEO of the Luo...Luoluo Shengdu Group just issued a statement, publicly expressing support for the Muggle wizards' movement!"

No one present reacted much when they heard this. Although this was the first business organization to openly support Muggle wizards, they had already expected this situation.

After all, businessmen are always profit-seeking, and publicly announcing the existence of Muggle wizards is bound to win the favor of those peasants, thereby greatly increasing the company's profits.

They really don't believe that the Los Santos Group will stand on the side of Muggle wizards. Even though the majority of the other group is made up of Muggle wizards, they are now in the same class as all pure-bloods!

Seeing the disapproving reactions of the big guys, the pockmarked assistant thought that they didn't hear what he said clearly, and anxiously repeated what he had just said, and opened The Quibbler to the page with the statement. Scrimgeour shook his head helplessly, and just as he was about to ask the assistant to leave, his eyes suddenly caught sight of the statement on The Quibbler.

Scrimgeour's whole body froze, and the next moment, he snatched the copy of The Quibbler with lightning speed.

As he continued to read, Scrimgeour's bloodshot eyes narrowed into a slit, and a "川" character was squeezed out between his eyebrows.

At this moment, other people in the office also noticed that something was wrong. Scrimgeour looked really scary.

Just as everyone was hesitating whether to ask Scrimgeour, they saw Scrimgeour close the copy of The Quibbler and then said solemnly:

"The situation is out of control. Contact the International Confederation of Wizards immediately. We need external support! Also, send a letter to Dumbledore! Ask him to teach that student named McTownley a lesson!"

At this moment, the expressions of everyone in the office became extremely interesting, especially the official who had previously suggested that Scrimgeour seek external assistance. At this moment, his expression looked as if he had been constipated for ten days or half a month.

At the same time, a grand speech was being held in front of the Los Santos Group headquarters on the banks of the Thames in South London, and the speaker was Emily.

It can be seen that Emily is really popular. This first speech has attracted hundreds of Muggle wizards.

Seeing the beautiful girl sobbing on the stage while recounting her experiences during this period and expressing her gratitude to everyone who helped her and her daughter, many people in the audience were moved to tears.

In the backstage, Mike and Franklin watched all this coldly.

In fact, Mike should have said a few words in today's speech, but for safety reasons, Mike finally chose to let Emily be his mouthpiece.

Unlike Benjamin, Soraka and others, Mike and Franklin's hearts have never been touched by Emily. To put it bluntly, in their eyes, both Emily and Loya are just tools.

If possible, Mike even wanted to arrange for Emily to die on the podium in public at an appropriate time, and then put the blame on the Ministry of Magic.

As a result, tens of thousands of Muggle wizards in the entire country will lose their minds.

This is undoubtedly an extremely cold-blooded plan, but it can bring extraordinary benefits.

But unfortunately, Benjamin and others seemed to have some unnecessary feelings towards Emily because of guilt, which forced Mike to consider their feelings and stop the relevant arrangements.

But this is irrelevant. Mike's real killer move is the statement he released this morning at the same time as "The Quibbler" and Emily's speech preview.

Not only did he clearly state that he would do his best to support his fellow Muggle wizards, he also expressed his determination to fight for the rights of other disadvantaged groups.

There are 15 vulnerable groups mentioned by him, such as witches discriminated by wizards, centaurs who were killed wantonly, goblins who were almost exterminated, and house-elves who were enslaved for thousands of years...

All of these are within the scope of Mike's support. In the following period of time, all the intelligent life forms participating in this operation will be able to receive free emergency treatment, food and temporary housing from the Los Santos Corporation.

Mike could imagine that this news would spread quickly in a very short time, and most people who saw this statement would think that he was a lunatic, because even this level of assistance would require a huge amount of gold galleons.

But only a very few people, including Mike, can see that once Mike implements this move, he will win the favor of all the vulnerable groups in Ying Country. Even under his instigation, these vulnerable groups are likely to merge together to form an unprecedented huge force.

The Ministry of Magic is actually not afraid of a single Muggle wizard movement. After all, although Muggle wizards are numerous, their individual strength is generally weak, and their numbers are not so large that the Ministry of Magic would despair. If a protracted war really breaks out, these poor bastards will collapse sooner or later.

But it would be different if Muggle wizards found more allies. The power of multiple groups integrated together is simply unmatched by the Ministry of Magic alone.

It was because Scrimgeour understood this that his attitude changed so drastically.

However, seeking help from the International Magic Confederation is not something that can be finalized in a day or two.

While officials from the Ying Kingdom's Magical Ministry of Foreign Affairs were still wrangling with envoys from other countries at the temporary office of the International Magical Confederation in Paris, France, the situation that Scrimgeour was most worried about had already occurred.

First of all, there are the goblins.

As the most comfortable non-human intelligent creatures in the wizarding world, after Mike negotiated with them for two full days and promised them a bunch of empty promises, they have now completely turned their backs on the Ministry of Magic and sided with Mike.

As a way of expressing their attitude, they also posted magic posters about Emily's speech and equal rights events in every corner of Gringotts.

This undoubtedly made many pure-blood wizards very dissatisfied, and many wizards from large pure-blood families even threatened to take away all the gold coins in Gringotts.

It has to be said that this was indeed a huge threat to the fairies who valued money more than anything else, but the fairies were obviously dazzled by the bright future that Mike described, and in the end they managed to withstand the pressure and keep the posters.

This move greatly improved the bad image of goblins in the eyes of wizards, especially Muggle wizards, and also allowed others to see the determination of the goblins.

With the fairy taking the lead, other groups quickly expressed their opinions.

Centaurs, mermaids and other non-human intelligent races sent friendly signals to Mike and joined the Los Santos Group.

But these are nothing.

What really transformed the combat effectiveness of the Los Santos Group was the addition of the witch group!
You must know that no matter how firm the beliefs of other groups are, it cannot change the fact that they are at the bottom of society. Being at the bottom of society means that not only do they have limited strength, but also their voice is very small.

The witch group is different. The overall quality of this group of people is much stronger than that of other groups. Not to mention that there are also some well-educated and highly qualified social elites in the witch group, as well as the dignitaries who are already at the top of the class pyramid. It can be said that their joining directly accelerated the implementation of Mike's plan by several gears!

But in contrast, the witch community wants much more.

(End of this chapter)