Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 73 Lonely White

Shocking Scandal! Aurors Illegally Arrest Innocent Bystander, Leading to His Death!

Malicious framing! Who will guarantee our safety?

Everyone is in danger! Unregulated justice

No Trial Needed? The Tragedy of Wissengamo

Questioning! What are the limits of the Law Enforcement Division's power?

Secret Interrogation! The Untold History of the Auror Command

Philanthropist Murphy donates 50,000 Galleons to St. Mungo's.

Rita Skeeter truly lived up to her reputation as the top writer in the wizarding world, effortlessly creating sensational news. For several days in a row, the Daily Prophet was filled with articles about Auror torture and forced confessions.

Under the barrage of public opinion, the wizards were all shocked by the story told by Rita Skeeter.

The Auror Command is the only legal violent organization in the British wizarding world.

The wizards originally thought it was just a trivial agency used to combat crimes involving dark magic items and attacks on Muggles, but it turns out it has such terrifying power!

They can not only arrest a wizard without any concrete evidence, but also force the wizard to give any testimony they want through legatomic attacks, truth serum, and even various forms of torture.

The most terrifying thing is that they can even imprison wizards they deem guilty in Azkaban without trial!

Moreover, they have already done it!

This one-stop service of arrest, forced confession, and detention is comparable to the Muggle religious inquisition in the memories of wizards!

Such immense power and such an arbitrary style of conduct are like a sword hanging over the heads of all British wizards; who wouldn't be afraid?

During the First Wizarding War, in order to combat Death Eaters and curb dark wizarding crimes, the Aurors were granted enormous powers, and to this day, the Department of Law Enforcement remains the largest agency within the Ministry of Magic.

However, several years have passed since the Wizarding Wars, Voldemort has disappeared and is said to be dead, the Death Eaters have all been imprisoned, and the Aurors have no enemies. Who will their blades be pointed at now?

In several articles, Rita Skeeter quoted many of the arguments Murphy taught her, such as the confusion between legislative and judicial powers and the overreach of law enforcement over judicial power, in an attempt to portray the Department of Law Enforcement and the Auror Command as a terrifying machine of violence capable of regulating all wizards but being unregulated by any.

In her story, the Auror Command can kidnap you while you're still asleep, and you'll wake up to find yourself living in a single dormitory in Azkaban.

Its power was immense, and its actions were domineering and ruthless; it was practically the Western Embroidered Uniform Guard or the Eastern Depot of the wizarding world.

This story is so horrible.

But the evidence was conclusive.

With Sirius Black imprisoned without trial before, and now an unknown person dying in the interrogation room, wizards can't help but be afraid.

And Rita Skeeter's conspiracy theories actually made perfect sense.

There is really no institution in the wizarding world capable of regulating Aurors, and wizards have never even thought that Aurors need to be regulated.

But after being enlightened by Rita, the wizards realized that such oversight seemed essential.

As a result, public outrage erupted, with letters demanding severe punishment for the Aurors involved, a retrial of Sirius Black, and even the resignation of Scrimgeour and Barty Crouch flooding the Ministry of Magic's complaint mailbox.

A month after the incident came to light, Scrinker resigned to take responsibility.

Meanwhile, Wizengamo announced that it would retry the Sirius Black case at a later date.

The atmosphere at the Auror headquarters was extremely tense on the day Scrimgeour resigned.

Scrimgeour closed the door to the director's office, handed the key to Auror who was standing nearby, and then saw a group of former colleagues standing in the corridor.

"I didn't know they had arranged a farewell party." The old lion, still looking serious, actually cracked a joke.

"Rufus," Kingsley said, looking noticeably thinner, "I'm sorry I didn't listen to your advice, because I..."

Scrimgeour patted him on the shoulder. "Never underestimate your opponent, and always be more patient than your enemy. However, we are still lucky; we still have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes."

Having experienced the First Wizarding War, Scrimgeour had seen many of his comrades perish in the fight against Voldemort. Compared to those sacrifices, the current defeat was insignificant.

"But it shouldn't have been you. The mistake I made should have been mine..."

"The other side is targeting me. Even if we push you out, it won't be enough. We'll just be losing another person for nothing."

Public opinion was in uproar, and even the minister was on tenterhooks. Such a big matter could not be quelled by simply sending out an Auror captain. In fact, even Barty Crouch, the Director of the Department of Law Enforcement, was in danger of losing his position.

If the Sirius Black case is reopened and any twists and turns occur, Barty Crouch will immediately face impeachment.

In fact, the most effective way to resolve this incident was for Barty Crouch to resign, as this would have preserved the Auror Office's power to the greatest extent possible and removed the accusation of "usurping judicial authority" from the Department of Law Enforcement.

But it was clear that Director Crouch did not want to leave office in disgrace with such a heavy burden on his shoulders.

Therefore, Rufus Scrimgeour had no choice but to leave.

He had no complaints about this.

Kingsley's actions were known beforehand, so he naturally bore leadership responsibility.

Subordinates fight on the front lines while superiors sit back and relax. They scramble for credit when it comes to it, but rush to run away when things go wrong. That's the face of politicians, and Scrimgeour wouldn't stoop to that.

The Aurors risked their lives on the front lines, so naturally he wanted to ensure they had no worries about the future.

Since he hadn't made better arrangements beforehand, taking some responsibility for them afterwards was the only thing he could do.

Unfortunately, he was ordered by the minister to assist in protecting the Muggle prime minister that day and did not appear on the scene in time; otherwise, things would not have been so embarrassing.

Looking back now, that order must have been one of Murphy's tactics.

Inferior skill, a single misstep in strategy!

Murphy Darkholm is just like the Dark Lord back then.

No, his madness was no different, and his ruthlessness was equally matched, but in terms of meticulousness of thought and sophistication of methods, he was even superior to Voldemort.

I didn't lose unjustly.

Kingsley Shackle was filled with remorse, but he did not apologize again. Even the pain on his face gradually faded, and he returned to his original gentle and wise demeanor.

But his words were more resolute than ever before: "One day, I will bring the truth to light and give you justice."

Scrimgeour felt the power, patted the other man's arm, and turned to leave.

His war is over.

By sacrificing themselves, the warriors of the future have acquired the armor to fight the new Demon King.

Be patient, Shakel.

Be more patient than your enemy.

Because darkness cannot forever obscure the light, and truth cannot forever yield to lies.

Observe patiently, lie low patiently, and then wait quietly for that wisp of white light to break the dawn.

Cut through the darkness.

(End of this chapter)