Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 533 Sensation
Scrimgeour's worries were correct, because early the next morning, two pieces of news were published in newspapers across the wizarding world.

One is that Voldemort was killed by McTominay.

The mastermind behind the recent protest movement, Mike Townley, was arrested.

These two things are actually the same thing. The new generation of media, led by "The Quibbler", did just that. They told the readers the whole story in a truthful manner, and also mixed in their own opinions. For example, "The Quibbler" hinted that the Ministry of Magic arrested McTominay only after he had killed Voldemort and was seriously injured. This behavior needs to be condemned.

But like The Quibbler, The Daily Prophet has its own biases.

So in the newspapers of these old-school media, Voldemort's death and Mac's capture became two different things. They tried to use this method to downplay people's gratitude to MacTownley for killing Voldemort.

But this is of no use. After all, compared with the equal rights movement, the pain that Voldemort brought to the world is much more serious, so the social trend changed all of a sudden. Countless people began to praise Michael's merits and called him the new generation of savior.

On the surface this seems like a good thing, but in reality it is not.

First of all, the news of Voldemort’s death was so shocking that it diverted a lot of attention that should have belonged to the equal rights movement.

Coupled with Mike's arrest, the originally strong equal rights forces suddenly lost the most powerful force behind them and instantly became weak.

The merchants in Diagon Alley should have felt it deeply, because the incident had just happened, and the equal rights group that used to stay in Diagon Alley every day holding up KY banners disappeared, and was replaced by wave after wave of people coming to celebrate Voldemort's death.

This made the merchants very happy. You know, when people are in a good mood, their concept of money will gradually become vague. This has made their business much better recently.

The officials of the Ministry of Magic were just as happy as the merchants.

The social situation is now beginning to improve rapidly. If this momentum continues, they will soon be able to return to their previous state.

But just as everyone in the Ministry of Magic was rejoicing, the office of the Minister of Magic was filled with smoke. Scrimgeour was puffing on his cigar, and the minister's assistant next to him was almost in tears from the smoke.

"call!"

Scrimgeour let out a long puff of smoke and fiercely extinguished the cigar in his hand.

The assistant was delighted when he saw this, but his joy didn't last long as he saw Scrimgeour lighting up a new cigar.

This made the assistant lower his head silently. There was nothing he could do. The minister was very angry at the moment and he dared not say anything.

What made Scrimgeour so upset was a copy of "The Quibbler" on his desk.

It clearly states that although McTominay did some wrong things, he did not cause too much damage to society. In addition, he made great contributions by killing Voldemort, so his merits and demerits offset each other and the Ministry of Magic should acquit him.

Although this is only one opinion of "The Quibbler", Scrimgeour knows from data surveys that this statement is very popular among ordinary people. Now almost half of the people on the market support the Ministry of Magic to give a light sentence or release McTominay.

"Huh!!~"

Exhaling another puff of smoke, Scrimgeour irritably crumpled up the copy of "The Quibbler" in front of him and threw it into the trash can beside him.

Strictly speaking, this is actually just a small matter. After all, the situation has stabilized now. Although McTominay was indeed wrong, he doesn't have to kill McTominay.

After all, the Ministry of Magic has released so many criminals in the past, so one more wouldn't be too much.

As long as he is willing to make a sacrifice, hand over a large sum of property and promise to behave himself and not cause any more trouble after he is released, that will be enough.

But the key to the problem is that he had earlier promised Chris that in exchange for the position of Minister of Magic, he would help the Ministry of Magic restore social stability.

But now the situation has suddenly changed. Doesn't this mean that Chris can get the position of minister for free without doing almost anything after coming here?
You have to know that he spent a lot of resources to get his current position of minister by taking advantage of the special opportunity when Voldemort invaded and Fudge made a mistake.

Otherwise, it would be a daydream for a half-blood wizard like him with a military background to become the Minister of Magic!
Are you going to give away this position that you worked so hard to get just for free?

When Scrimgeour thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of unwillingness.

So you're just going to stand Chris up?

This doesn’t work either!

Judging from the martial arts prowess Chris displayed in Mary Geoise, he has most likely been promoted to a legend by now.

The price to pay for deceiving a legendary wizard is definitely something he cannot afford, not to mention that there are more than a dozen pure-blood families standing behind Chris. When these families unite, they are definitely a force so huge that it is terrifying!
For a moment, Scrimgeour was in deep confusion.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Masonic Secret Meeting Room was not very good.

Penelope, Arthur, Franklin and other Freemasons sat with their heads down, but no one spoke. From time to time, a few suppressed cries could be heard from the corner - that was Shuke and Beta.

Everyone has basically been in this state ever since Mike was arrested.

Especially Franklin, his eyes were swollen from crying, and Arthur hit him on the head, leaving a big bump. Now he was wrapped in gauze and looked miserable.

Everyone expressed understanding for this, after all, Franklin had followed Mike the longest.

They had no doubt that if Arthur had not forcibly taken this guy away, Franklin would have chosen to live and die with Mike.

Franklin even had a fight with Arthur after waking up because of this incident. Although they didn't win, it was still a manifestation of friendship, and others couldn't say much.

"Okay, Franklin, don't be too sad. Mike will be fine."

Penelope couldn't bear it any longer, so she comforted Franklin in a low voice, but her tone was somewhat unhappy.

After all, she is Mike's real girlfriend. Now Franklin seems to be even sadder than her. What's going on?

If someone who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think she didn't care about Mike at all.

"How can you guarantee that Mike will come back? That's the Ministry of Magic! Maybe those Aurors are torturing Mike right now! No! I want to save Mike!"

Franklin suddenly became agitated and stood up to leave after just saying a few words.

But just as his butt left the seat, Arthur stood up and waved the sword in his hand towards Franklin.

Seeing this, Franklin decisively admitted his mistake and sat back in his seat.

There was no way, Arthur was too strong, he just couldn't beat him. "Don't worry, aren't we manipulating public opinion through The Quibbler to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic? With the nature of those people in the Ministry of Magic, it's probably just a matter of paying a large fine."

Arthur said with a pout.

To be honest, he really couldn't understand what Dumbledore was doing. When he parted with Mike, he thought Dumbledore would kill Mike directly, but now Dumbledore handed Mike over to the Ministry of Magic. Isn't this just letting the tiger go back to the mountain?

Those people in the Ministry of Magic will never judge Mike properly.

Or... is this what Dumbledore really meant?
Arthur couldn't understand.

"Are you serious?" Franklin gritted his teeth and said, "What if the Ministry of Magic is unwilling to release him?"

"Then let's rush in and rescue Mike!"

Arthur said viciously, pulling out the sword in his hand a little while speaking. Suddenly, a sharp murderous intent swept through the entire conference room. Everyone present felt a chill on their necks, and women like Soraka couldn't help but shiver.

"Anyway, Mike must be rescued, at any cost!"

"That's right! At any cost!"

"That's it!"

……

The echoes echoed in the conference room one after another. Benjamin and others expressed their attitudes one after another. Their eyes were extremely firm, and it could be seen that this was a cry from their hearts.

But in reality, they have no choice but to save them.

You have to know that Freemasonry links all of them. They are a whole. The oath taken when joining the society always restrains their behavior. If they abandon their companions, the chains of the oath will kill them, just like the unlucky guy in the United States.

Seeing his companions so determined, Franklin's expression finally became much better.

In his opinion, as long as they worked together, breaking into the Ministry of Magic to save someone was not a big deal.

But the next moment his expression twisted again, and he stood up and slammed the conference table hard, roaring:

"And Dumbledore! He must pay the price too. This old man is simply crazy! He actually attacked us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd, who were originally excited, fell silent in an instant, and an awkward atmosphere filled the entire conference room.

Except for Arthur, everyone present here is Dumbledore's student. Each of them has special feelings for the old headmaster, so when they first saw Dumbledore actually attacking them, many of them were a little bit unbelievable.

That is why they all remained silent in the face of Franklin's proposal. The image of Dumbledore in their minds was too great, and they really did not want to be an enemy of Dumbledore.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Franklin became furious again. He pointed at everyone's noses and started scolding them, and Benjamin and others turned black in the face.

"Okay, Franklin." Benjamin advised, "The most urgent thing now is to rescue Mike. As for Dumbledore...even if we want to take revenge on him, we can't defeat him."

Franklin's face almost turned red, and he wanted to continue cursing while trembling.

But before he could open his mouth, he heard Arthur beside him say:
"That's not necessarily true. I was the closest to Mike and Dumbledore when the incident happened. Judging from the situation at the scene, Dumbledore should have been seriously injured. If nothing unexpected happened, the last time was his last bit of strength. Now Dumbledore, haha, should be just a paper tiger."

"But what Benjamin said makes sense. Our focus now should be on rescuing Mike. As for other things, we can put them aside for now."

Hearing this, Benjamin's frown finally relaxed. He nodded at Arthur, then looked at Franklin and said:

"Franklin, I know you are very angry. Please believe me, everyone here is as angry as you are. Don't worry, although we cannot concentrate our efforts on revenge, it is not easy for us, and Dumbledore will not have an easy time either!"

"Oh? What are you going to do?"

Franklin, who had been feeling somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, suddenly became spirited.

"It's simple. Mike's influence in Hogwarts is actually not much less than Dumbledore's. In addition, the previous equal rights movement also helped Mike attract a large number of fans in Hogwarts." Benjamin smiled slyly, "Then if those students knew that Mike, the hero in their minds who worked for the public interest, was caught by their beloved headmaster Dumbledore, what do you think they would do?"

"Hi!~"

Franklin gasped and looked at Benjamin in shock. Everyone else present had a similar reaction.

They really didn't expect that Benjamin could come up with such a vicious plan.

If things are really as Benjamin said, then Dumbledore and even other professors at Hogwarts will have trouble thinking about it, because the chaos that broke out in Hogwarts not long ago will reappear and become even more violent.

Those angry students will definitely turn Hogwarts upside down!

"Good idea! I'll get someone to do it right away!"

Penelope stood up and walked quickly towards the door. As the actual manager of the daily affairs of the Los Santos Group, only she had the ability to make Benjamin's vision a reality.

As the door slammed shut, the corners of the mouths of everyone else in the meeting room curled up.

They can't wait to see the show!

……

On the other side, while Benjamin and others were still making plans, a brown-haired boy in a pure black windbreaker was slowly walking out of the Leaky Cauldron and came to Diagon Alley.

The boy seemed like a foreign tourist who came to Diagon Alley for the first time, and was full of interest in everything that appeared before him.

When he passed by a shop selling cauldrons, he would stop to look. When he met a shop assistant who was selling him a new ice cream, he would stop to taste it carefully and then give his opinion. He even gathered around the window like those children when passing by a Quidditch shop, curiously looking at the Firebolts inside.

Diagon Alley at this moment was indeed worthy of his careful visit. Countless wizards in strange costumes were singing and dancing on the cobblestone road, celebrating that they had finally escaped from the fear of Voldemort. Naughty children would occasionally light a magic firework, and the strangely shaped and bright flames would stay in the sky for a long time.

As he looked at the celebrating crowd, the young man smiled with an ambiguous smile and said in a voice that only he could hear:

"Isn't it too early to celebrate now?"

(End of this chapter)