Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 577 Backstabbing the Ministry of Magic

"Ha! You have come to this day!"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, Zhou Hong jumped out from behind Benjamin and gave Victor the middle finger.

God bless him, he's really fed up with Victor these days.

I was so excited at this moment that I couldn't control myself.

Unfortunately, Benjamin quickly stopped him from doing this, as Victor was a member of the Freemasonry after all.

But Victor did not react much to Zhou Hong's ridicule. He looked at Mike and said sincerely:
"Mike, trust me, this is not a good idea."

"But this is the safest way right now, isn't it?" Mike shook his head and said, "Hey, Victor, listen. You stay in the base first, and when this operation is over, we will come back to continue discussing this matter. You will be fine, okay?"

"If you insist, fine."

Victor spread out his hands, his expression seemed helpless, yet there seemed to be no change.

Seeing this, Mike didn't bother to be polite with him. He waved his hand and signaled the staff to turn off Victor's phone. Mike didn't lie to Victor. He really didn't mean to punish Victor, but now he had a more important thing to deal with, so he didn't want to continue listening to Victor and Zhou Hong arguing, and could only put the matter aside for the time being.

Shutting down Victor is a very tedious task, because a lot of data is not saved in real time, so the staff need to manually back up some important data before shutting down, otherwise Victor will lose some memory after restarting.

Then a very funny scene appeared - Victor directed the staff to turn off their phones themselves.

To be honest, this is a very unfair thing. After all, from Victor's perspective, he was wronged.

But Victor remained very calm, even a little indifferent.

He had a blank expression on his face throughout the whole process, and instructed the staff in a gentle tone to back up important data, and finally shut down Victor's energy source - a generator that can generate electricity and magic energy respectively.

During this process, Zhou Hong showed great enthusiasm.

He had been researching this thing since he returned from Hogwarts, and now it finally came in handy.

Unfortunately, in order to prevent him from taking revenge, his plan to participate in the shutdown process ultimately failed.

Finally, with the shutdown of the generating device, the various machines that were originally roaring in Victor's alchemical laboratory finally stopped moving, and Victor standing in front of Mike and others also closed his eyes and stopped making any sound.

Mike sighed, and personally stepped forward to place Victor's body on the fixed charging seat. Then he turned around and said to the people behind him who were ready:

"Okay, now let's go to the Ministry!"

"Yes, sir!"

Benjamin and the others answered in unison, and then followed Mike to the teleportation hall.

At this moment, in the teleportation hall, a team of twenty wizards had already been waiting here fully armed.

These people were all drawn by Arthur from various troops. They were veterans who had experienced many key battles. They were currently the most elite combat wizards of the Los Santos Group, and they were also the backbone of this backstab operation.

Even though they are not numerous, in this world where personal military power is valued as elite, these twenty combat wizards who cooperate with each other and have extremely strong personal strength are already a very powerful force.

If a fight really came to pass, even Franklin and Benjamin might not be able to defeat them head-on.

After arriving at the teleportation hall, Mike didn't waste any time and directly directed everyone into the fireplace.

Thanks to the financial support from the Los Santos Corporation and the remaining connections of the Order of the Phoenix, Kingsley's status in the Ministry of Magic has improved significantly. He is now the second-in-command of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and is expected to directly replace the current Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the near future.

After all, the current director is just a figurehead.

With the help of such a high-ranking undercover agent, Mike's action plan this time became extremely simple.

Kingsley had already opened a special passage in the dedicated Floo network fireplace in the Misuse of Magic Office on the second floor underground of the Ministry of Magic (which includes the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office where Father Weasley worked).

All they had to do was teleport in quietly and start killing people.

The plan is simple, but it is very difficult to execute because no one knows how many emergencies will be waiting for them when the time comes.

So everyone, including Mike, had a solemn look on their faces, as if they were worried about something.

And when they finally disappeared into the fireplace, a guy with an Asian face and dyed blond hair suddenly appeared at the door of the teleportation hall.

He looked at the fireplace not far away that was still emitting blue smoke, and the corners of his mouth raised to reveal an ambiguous smile. At the same time, there was a faint blue light flickering in his eyes.

……

The Ministry of Magic, Second Floor, Basement, Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic Office.

Although it is called an office, the area of ​​the Office of Prohibition of Abuse of Magic is actually much larger than that of a conventional office.

In fact, the main reason why it is called an office is that when the Ministry of Magic was first established, the scale of the Prohibition of the Abuse of Magic Department was actually not large, and it was a veritable office.

Although it grew in size later on, it still inherited the title of office.

Today, its structure is more like an open modern company, which not only has a front desk and a lobby, but also many small partitioned offices.

Of course, these offices are the offices of leaders. As for ordinary clerks, they can only work in unobstructed public office areas.

It was already early in the morning, and the large-scale climate simulation magic outside the window switched to day and night mode very punctually, causing the orange-red sun like salted egg yolk to slowly rise from the clouds in the sky. The glow it brought dyed the sky red, and then shone in through the window, which was beautiful.

But faced with such beautiful scenery, the clerks in the office area turned a blind eye to it and worked listlessly with their heads down.

This cannot be blamed on their laziness. After all, due to the increase in emergencies within the country, these civil servants have also begun to work overtime voluntarily.

So far, they have been working continuously for nearly thirty hours.

Amid the rustling sound of pages turning and the rustling sound of pen tips sliding across parchment, a gray-haired young clerk picked up his wand and cast a refill charm on his already empty teacup.

Looking at the cup filled with strong tea, he sighed heavily, stretched himself, and prepared to drink a sip of tea and continue working. But at this moment, he accidentally saw a wisp of green smoke rising slowly from the fireplace in the hall.

His body, which had just been stretched out, suddenly froze. He bent down again with a nervous expression and started working again without even bothering to drink his tea.

Because he knew very well that the fireplace was a special fireplace in the Office where the Abuse of Magic was Prohibited, and anyone who could come out of it was either a leader or a senior clerk.

If they see me slacking off, I will definitely be criticized.

There were many other people who had the same reaction as him. They all pretended to be working hard, but they secretly observed the fireplace out of the corner of their eyes, trying to figure out who would come back to the Abuse of Magic Office at this time.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

The next moment, accompanied by the sound of bursts of fireworks, Mike and others as well as twenty elite combat wizards from Los Santos suddenly appeared in the hall.

The clerks who were secretly observing the fireplace were puzzled when they saw this. They didn't recognize any of the people in front of them!
But they did not become more alert, but continued to work seriously with their heads down.

After all, this is the largest department of the Ministry of Magic. One floor above is where the Minister of Magic and the Logistics Department are located. It is impossible for an invader to skip the departments downstairs and attack here directly.

Their performance also surprised Mike and others.

Benjamin, Franklin and others looked at each other, with confusion written all over their faces.

The people here...seem a little too calm.

Shaking his head, Mike's mouth corners slightly raised.

Mike, who had never been a corporate slave, naturally couldn't understand the scene here, but this didn't hinder his next actions.

He simply raised the elderberry wand in his hand, and along with the ominous aura peculiar to the curse, a huge transparent ring-shaped blade suddenly formed around his body and shot out fiercely.

"feng!~"

The circular blade passed through the air, making a crisp sound, and then it cut through the entire office hall effortlessly like cutting tofu, cutting all the furniture in half along with the Ministry of Magic clerks who were still sitting in their workstations and working hard, and finally fell on the hard outer wall of the office hall made of special anti-magic material, carving a deep groove on it.

This action was like a signal, and all the fighters around Mike also moved.

They turned into a group of black shadows and quickly rushed into the offices nearby!

This was also part of the original plan. Mike was responsible for dealing with the large enemy forces and the tough guys. As for them, they needed to subdue those senior officials as quickly as possible to prevent them from leaking information and buy time for the entire operation.

It was not until this point that the clerks in the office hall finally reacted.

They looked at the black shadow flying in the hall in astonishment. Just as they were about to ask what was happening, they felt a sudden sharp pain in their neck, chest or waist.

They looked down in confusion and saw a line of blood spreading rapidly from the place where they had just felt the pain, and eventually expanded into huge wounds that were enough to completely cut their bodies off.

"what!"

"Merlin's beard!"

"Medic! Medic!"

……

Countless screams accompanied by gushing blood echoed in the office hall. Except for the lucky ones who were beheaded directly, the rest did not die immediately after being cut in half. Instead, they fell in a pool of blood, wailing miserably.

Standing in this hellish scene, Mike acted very indifferent.

He walked straight towards the magic elevator without avoiding the blood and garbage spreading on the ground, but those things automatically avoided him as if they had consciousness.

After arriving at the elevator room where the magic elevator was located, he did not press the button. Instead, he flipped his hand and flew into the air, reaching the underground floor, which was where the minister's office and the logistics department were located.

Although this is the floor where the Minister's Office and the Logistics Department are located, it is completely different from the busy scene in the Abuse of Magic Office downstairs.

As soon as he walked out of the elevator, the first thing that caught Mike's eye was a long corridor with heavy black marble doors on both sides.

Through magical perception, Mike can clearly 'see'.

Behind the marble door here is a huge space opened up by the Traceless Extension Spell, which is filled with a huge amount of supplies.

At this time, these materials are being transported out by house-elves according to the needs of various departments through the inherent cargo magic elevators in each space.

The entire process is quick and silent, and does not require any wizard intervention.

In fact, during the time of Scrimgeour and other previous Ministers of Magic, the porters and custodians in these warehouses were all wizards from the Logistics Department.

This also led to the Logistics Department becoming the most lucrative department in the entire Ministry of Magic.

After all, as an important department in charge of the materials of each department, if others want to smoothly take materials from the Logistics Department, they must first establish good relationships with the officials of the Logistics Department. There are considerable interests involved.

At worst, these watchdogs can just rob the company, right?
But that all changed when Chris Flint became Minister for Magic.

He simply ignored the unspoken rule that the post of Director of Logistics Department had to be rotated among the family members of the chief executives of major departments, and directly announced that he would concurrently serve as Director of Logistics Department. He laid off all wizarding employees and used more loyal house-elves as staff of Logistics Department.

There is no doubt that this move has made the flow of materials throughout the Ministry of Magic more efficient.

It also triggered the involvement of many senior officials within the Ministry of Magic.

Fortunately, Chris's legendary strength was strong enough to stop those officials from acting rashly. Otherwise, anyone else would have been overthrown by them long ago.

But all of the above are minor matters. Chris's reform of the logistics department also caused a most serious consequence, which was that the defense of the logistics department became particularly weak.

In the corridor, looking at the closed doors, a bright smile appeared on Mike's face.

(End of this chapter)