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Toby said helplessly, "They are organized and premeditated to expose all the secrets of the wizarding world. We can't control everyone, and this is happening all over the world, not just in Britain."

Tony, standing nearby, added, "We've worked with the Muggle Prime Minister to destroy those memory orbs that could potentially leak information, but we can't catch those people; they only communicate one-way via cell phone..."

click!

The phone booth stopped at the corresponding floor. Tony pushed open the door and gestured to Jimmy, "This way, Minister Fudge is waiting for you in the conference room."

After Tony, who was blocking his view, stepped aside, Jimmy saw the situation inside the Ministry of Magic for the first time.

The walls and floors of the Ministry of Magic were covered with dark green and black bricks, making the place look like a dungeon.

People who have arrived at the Ministry of Magic are already seated at their workstations, and there aren't many people at the entrance to the hall.

On either side of the entrance are many fireplaces for people to enter and exit the Ministry of Magic, and ahead of the passage is the very famous Magic Brothers Fountain, a fountain statue representing harmony and friendship. It is entirely golden and is carved with a wizard and figures of various races.

Jimmy walked over to the fountain and looked at it a few more times before heading to the conference room on the second floor with Tony.

A very long table was placed in the middle of the long and narrow conference room. As soon as the door was pushed open and the somewhat chaotic sounds in the conference room disappeared.

More than thirty people turned around and looked at Tony and Jimmy, who had just opened the door.

Tony politely closed the door, leaving Jimmy alone in the conference room, where he met the gaze of Cornell Fudge, who had stood up at the end of the long table.

"Jimmy, thank goodness you're finally here!" Connelly Fudge put away his previous reprimanding tone and greeted Jimmy with a smile, pointing to the specially added seat next to him, indicating that he should sit down.

Jimmy, after surveying everyone in the conference room, walked to the end of the long table, where high-ranking officials from various departments within the Ministry of Magic were seated on either side.

Those who were friendly would nod at him, such as Ludo Bagman from the Department of Magical Sports, Ron's father Arthur Weasley, and a woman who looked very capable...

Some people didn't give him a friendly look, such as a middle-aged man with hair that stood on end like a lion's mane.

Jimmy had seen him in the Daily Prophet; he was Rufus Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror office.

After Jimmy sat down, Cornelius Fudge immediately said, "Everyone probably knows who this is, the inventor of the memory restoration spell."

It's not a welcoming ceremony, so naturally there's no applause.

There was no applause, and instead, there were questions.

Rufus Scrimgeour, his face taut, asked as if interrogating a criminal, "Jimmy Blaine, do you know how much chaos you've brought to the wizarding world?"

“I didn’t do anything,” Jimmy replied immediately.

“Jimmy was only 11 years old when he created the Memory Restoration Charm, and he didn’t know that his spell would be abused!” Arthur Weasley raised his hand, making an unnecessary defense for Jimmy.

Because Rufus Scrimgeour wasn't talking about the Memory Restoration Charm at all; he was talking about the Round Table.

In this small society of less than ten thousand wizards, it's easy to figure out who organized the Round Table using the process of elimination.

The Round Table and the Burke family were fighting each other recently, and he was the busiest person there. People who raise funds to create dynamic social groups are committing the biggest crimes!

If it weren't for the many interest groups behind Jimmy, he would have gone to Jimmy's door and taken him down long ago.

Cornelius Fudge also played peacemaker, frowning as he looked at Rufus Scrimgeour and solemnly warned, "Now we're talking about how to solve the problem of the rampant use of memory-restoring charms and the illegal smuggling of memory orbs."

"The secrecy laws are becoming increasingly fragile, Mr. Blaine. Is there any way to quickly erase memories without them being reawakened by memory-restoring spells?"

The woman, who was dressed very smartly, spoke. Despite her serious appearance, her voice was surprisingly charming, like a hand wearing a black gauze gloved gently caressing her ear.

Jimmy looked over, and Cornelius Fudge immediately introduced, "This is Emilia Burns, the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

"Oh! Hello, Susan's aunt." Jimmy, eager to build connections, immediately tried to establish a rapport, saying, "Susan and I are good friends!"

Emily Bones's lips twitched into a fleeting smile. "But we're in the Ministry of Magic now, so please answer my question."

Jimmy wasn't trying to build connections to avoid answering questions; he knew that anything involving secrecy laws was no small matter.

Facing the gazes of everyone present, he shook his head regretfully, "I have no way to solve this problem. The memory restoration spell is a repeatable spell. No matter how many times it is used, it will work as long as there is memory loss or something that cannot be recalled."

Chapter 259 Fighting Poison with Poison

“Tony and Toby should have mentioned the current situation to you… Let Emilia tell you in detail.”

Cornelius Fudge leaned back in his chair with a hint of helplessness. The Secret Law was above all local laws, and it was the very foundation and origin of the International Confederation of Wizards.

The Wizarding World Federation's secrecy laws are above all other laws. The current situation is teetering on the brink of spiraling out of control. If the Muggle community cannot work together to control public opinion, the Wizarding World Federation will convene a meeting to unite the power of all wizards to resolve this problem.

Coincidentally, the current president of the Wizarding Confederation is none other than Albus Dumbledore.

He didn't want to hand over power to the International Wizarding Federation, because if he waited until it was necessary to hand it over, the situation would definitely be on the verge of getting out of control and would inevitably bring about huge turmoil.

Such a massive upheaval will inevitably lead to a change of power.

Instability is what Connelly Fudge dislikes most.

Emily Bones told Jimmy, "There are probably over a million Muggles who are aware of the existence of wizards, either directly or indirectly, and tens of thousands more are spreading information about wizards in an organized manner."

They communicate one-way through a device called a mobile phone and also spread information through a channel called the Internet. We have no way of knowing whether they know about the existence of wizards until they actively reveal themselves.

Over three months, we dealt with more than three hundred Muggles in London who knew of the existence of wizards.

Some of them moved away from London shortly afterward, and follow-up investigations confirmed that their memories had been restored.

Jimmy didn't feel anything; he had known all along that the wizard would be exposed sooner or later, and the memory restoration spell had just accelerated that process.

The more people there are, the more lively it will be, and the bigger his business will be.

Cornelius asked him hopefully, "Jimmy, you're an expert in memory spells, do you have any good ideas?"

“It would be best to let the Muggle government handle this,” Jimmy said.

Even with the immense power of the internet in later generations, it is still very easy for governments to prevent people from knowing about certain things.

For example, a small island in England is full of nuclear waste, and few people knew about it for decades.

The medical system is rife with toxic elements, and for over a decade, few people have known this.

It's best to keep some of the wizarding legends that sound like fairy tales to ordinary people and leave them to deal with themselves.

Cornelius Fudge closed his eyes, covered his forehead, and said with dissatisfaction, "We approached the Muggle Prime Minister and asked him to shut down the internet and ban cell phones, but he refused without hesitation."

It would be strange if anyone agreed to that...

Jimmy thought to himself, "All we need to do is control the public opinion, and then get some film companies to make a movie about wizards."

“I know about movies!” Arthur, a talkative man who was very interested in everything Muggles, immediately chimed in, “It’s the kind of thing that looks like our pictures, with sound and music.”

On the left, a long-haired, gloomy man with a goatee showed obvious disgust towards Arthur: "Thank you for your explanation, but this is an act of deliberate leaking information. We are now trying to prevent the spread of information about wizards, not to deliberately expose the existence of wizards to Muggles."

“I don’t think you’re much smarter than Jimmy, Pierce,” Arthur retorted, clearly not getting along with the man.

Those who had originally intended to ask why he had deliberately leaked the information fell silent. After Arthur said that, they were all too embarrassed to question the logic behind it.

The man with the goatee named Beers snorted but didn't say anything.

Jimmy then explained, “Actively revealing secrets is actually a method of secrecy. Few Muggles believe in the existence of magic, so we just need to explain wizards in a way they can understand, and they will no longer believe that wizards really exist in the world.”

Seeing that these traditional shamans didn't quite understand, he gave an example.

"Let me explain it this way: if I were to write a novel now, saying that there is actually a monster called the Lizardman that is hiding among us and controlling our lives."

When most people have read this novel, when they hear that lizardmen exist in this world, their first thought won't be that lizardmen actually exist, but rather that it's a book I wrote.

Seeing that Cornelius and Fudge were still confused, Jimmy said somewhat impatiently, "If you want to hide a real Galleon, the best way is to throw it into a pile of fake Galleons. Making movies that reveal wizards' secrets is to pre-emptively instill false information into their brains."

"Oh! I get it!" Arthur was the first to react, and he gave a vivid example: "No Muggle could imagine a car flying, right!"

"Correct!"

Jimmy gave Arthur a thumbs up.

The others gradually came to understand as well, but they all shook their heads slightly.

Theoretically, this is feasible, but it's a huge gamble. If not handled properly, it could very well be a deliberate leak, exposing wizards who have been hidden for hundreds of years to the Muggles' view once again.

Modern Muggles are not like the Muggles of the medieval aristocracy. They don't understand many things about contemporary Muggles, and the special mechanical products they use have become like magic.

A single phone call can reach a friend on the other side of the world, or a single shell can kill someone from hundreds of kilometers away.

And then there are those incomprehensible things like computers and mobile phones, which can store wizards' secrets anytime, anywhere.

The Aurors at the Ministry of Magic are already learning to use computers and mobile phones, because they have discovered that a great deal of wizarding secrets are being spread through these two devices.

However, the English language system makes it difficult for wizards to adapt to the unfamiliar vocabulary created by Muggles, and the Aurors suffer greatly in their learning.

“This plan is too risky. I will bring it up at the International Wizarding Federation Conference.” Cornelius Fudge could not possibly agree to such a risky plan. He looked at the others with a worried expression and asked, “Does anyone else have a better idea?”

Everyone immediately lowered their heads; they couldn't think of any good solutions.

Those Muggles have more ways to hide than wizards, and they all communicate anonymously on the internet, making it impossible to find them.

They had just discussed it, but in the end, Jimmy's suggestion turned out to be the most feasible.

"If the Muggle government can handle this matter, and we truthfully inform the Muggle leadership, they will naturally have a solution."

Seeing that they had been dawdling for a long time without coming up with a good solution, Jimmy wanted to go home as soon as possible and didn't want to sit here with these people.

Chapter 260 Immigration Plan

The people in the meeting room lingered for quite a while before finally letting Jimmy leave.

Before leaving, Connelly Fudge said earnestly, "I still hope that Jimmy can create a spell to permanently erase memories, so that the secrecy law can be enforced."

"Don't forget the Quidditch World Cup," Ludobagman, who had been mostly silent in the corner, finally spoke up to remind them.

Jimmy waved to them, pushed open the door, and walked out of the conference room.

The Ministry of Magic has a powerful anti-Apparition Charm, so Jimmy can only get to Diagon Alley via the Floo Network and then Apparate back to Granger's house.

The moment he appeared at home, Hermione, who was curled up on the sofa reading a book, immediately dropped her beloved book and rushed over to him, exclaiming, "You're finally back!"

Jimmy and Hermione hugged and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, the Ministry of Magic just asked me for some advice."

Uncle Granger and Aunt Mia, who were in the kitchen, came out when they heard the noise in the living room and exchanged pleasantries with Jimmy.

Jimmy then recounted his observations at the Ministry of Magic, explaining that the failure of the Secret Law was influenced by major trends in the development of the times.

Wizards cannot remain hidden forever. With the rapid growth of the Muggle population and the rapid development of the Earth, wizards will inevitably come into contact with Muggles.

Jimmy's two suggestions—making movies and having closer cooperation with ordinary people—were based on the premise that wizards and ordinary people would always have contact.

In fact, the wizard's seclusion was not beneficial to either side. The wizard who designed the secrecy law must have been a Westerner, because only Westerners would have fantasies of Noah's Ark and utopian ideals.

The three men, sitting in the living room, had differing opinions after listening to the current problems facing the wizarding world. Uncle George also enjoyed watching political programs, such as "Yes, Prime Minister," which was one of his favorite shows.