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Chapter 402.400. The Great Escape from Azkaban

The day after Christmas, the entire wizarding world knew what had happened the night before.

The Daily Prophet spread like wildfire throughout the wizarding world, and within just one morning, over 90% of British wizards knew that Azkaban had fallen.

Yes, it wasn't just one or two escapes, but the entire prison was captured.

Overnight, all the black wizards serving sentences in the prison escaped.

Of the six Aurors who were permanently stationed on the island, two were afflicted with the Imperius Curse and helped the invaders seize Azkaban, while the remaining four were all injured to varying degrees.

According to one of the Aurors that night, the group that broke into the prison was dressed exactly like the Death Eaters who had run rampant in the wizarding world more than a decade ago.

Furthermore, they openly used the Dark Mark, making no attempt to conceal their identities.

Some of the most vicious Death Eaters in the prison, including Bellatrix Lestrange, Amicus Caro, and Dolphin Roll, have all escaped!

There are even rumors that when Bella escaped from Azkaban, she was frantically shouting, "He's back! He's back!"

Although no name was mentioned, everyone knew who "he" was that could drive a fanatic like her crazy.

The news sent shockwaves through the British magical community, but the Ministry of Magic acted swiftly.

The statement was released on the morning of the second day after the incident.

The announcement acknowledged that Azkaban had indeed been attacked by unidentified individuals, but whether it was the resurrected Death Eater group remains to be verified. The Auror Command is conducting a full investigation and will provide all British wizards with an explanation as soon as possible.

Rufus Scrimgeour, the current head of the Auror command, will bear primary responsibility for the incident and will be relieved of his post.

The position of interim head is filled by Phillips Lyon, a rising star Auror who has recently made a name for himself in the Ministry of Magic, who leads the Aurors to capture the escaped dark wizard.

The announcement also emphasized that the rumors circulating in the magical world about the resurrection of a mysterious figure are pure nonsense. It urged everyone not to spread or believe rumors, to have their own judgment, and not to be exploited by those with ulterior motives.

Whether the British wizards believed it or not is another matter, but at least Minister of Magic Fudge himself believed it.

He genuinely believed that all of this was just a conspiracy by some people.

He had just suppressed the power of pure-blood families in the Ministry of Magic, and then this terrible incident happened immediately.

Anyone with eyes can see that Death Eaters is just another name for the Alliance of Pure-Blood Families.

Fudge believed that they were now clearly driven to desperation and could only cause trouble for the Ministry of Magic, which was now under his control, by breaking into prison and spreading rumors of the resurrection of the mysterious man, thus causing the Fudge government to lose credibility in the wizarding world.

But Fudge appeared quite confident.

He believed this was merely the last struggle of the pure-blood families.

They breached Azkaban, released all the prisoners, and then sent Aurors to capture them again.

He could use this opportunity to complete his deal with Lynn, remove the current head of the Auror Command, and promote Leon to that position before the end of the year.

Moreover, Leon's performance in the past six months as an Auror has been outstanding, and he has already gained some prestige within the Auror Command. Fudge's rapid promotion of him, although conspicuous and unusual, did not encounter much resistance.

Besides, he was only a temporary supervisor.

If Leon continues to perform well in the subsequent capture of the dark wizard, he can naturally be promoted from temporary to permanent.

Even if the performance is just average, at worst they can stay in the temporary supervisor position for a while longer and wait for an opportunity to become permanent.

Anyway, Fudge has fulfilled his promise to make Leon a supervisor before the end of the year, since he didn't say at the time whether it was a temporary or permanent supervisor.

After taking on the role of interim supervisor, Leon swiftly initiated a series of major actions.

He immediately applied to Fudge for the temporary permission for Aurors to legally use dark magic during this special period. After much consideration, Fudge gritted his teeth and agreed to his proposal, overcoming all opposition.

Especially at times like these, the magical government led by Fudge demonstrates its control over the magical world.

The ability to capture and bring all the escaped dark wizards to justice in a very short time is a manifestation of this control.

On the very day the news spread throughout the wizarding world, the students at Hogwarts Castle had not yet started school.

The morning after they caught Sirius, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and the others all stayed in bed.

This is quite normal, given the sheer volume of information received last night; it's impossible for the three of them to sleep soundly.

Lynn wasn't affected at all. He got up early and went to the owl's house outside the castle to mail out all the film from his camera, asking Old John to print it into magical photos for him.

He took so many photos of Harry and Black's loving father-son relationship last night, it's definitely not just about satisfying his own perverse tastes.

He genuinely intended to develop those photos and give them to Snape.

If we're talking about who Snape hated the most, James and Sirius's group would definitely be number one.

They had been at odds since their school days. Later, James even stole Snape's childhood sweetheart, and Black even played an extremely malicious joke on him, luring him into the Shrieking Shack on a full moon night. Lupin was transforming into a werewolf at the time and almost bit him to death.

Lynn has actually received a lot of help from Snape since he enrolled at Hogwarts. This includes his learning of Animagus potion ingredients, the key information he obtained, and the information he relayed to Dumbledore through Snape. Basically, it was Snape who helped him.

Although he usually had a sharp tongue and never gave him a kind look, Lynn always respected him from the bottom of her heart.

Since starting school at Hogwarts, Lynn has only had two professors besides Dumbledore whom he has developed a deep respect for.

One was Professor Fawkes, who led him into the world of dark magic, and the other was Snape.

Lynn admitted that he was not a competent professor.

Snape's excessive favoritism towards Slytherins was unfair to most students, and he himself had significant problems with the conflicts he had with James and the others during his school years.

As the beneficiary, Lynn has no right to judge his right or wrong.

Giving him these embarrassing photos of Sirius Black would at least help him vent his anger, and it could also be considered a small way of repaying Lynn for taking care of him over the years.

(End of this chapter)