Chapter 377 Corruption

It was a very happy Christmas spent with everyone in the Freemasonry, especially Victor, even though his human-modified mecha could not survive even ten minutes in the confrontation with Mike - and this was without Mike using the Mass Destruction Demon In the case of curse.

But Victor was not discouraged. He believed that the reason why he lost so miserably was largely because he could not think rationally like a machine, so he wasted too much energy.

Ever since, he once again proposed to Mike to modify his brain.

Of course, Mike didn't agree.

After the Christmas holiday, the students of Hogwarts faced another thorny problem - the start of school.

In the auditorium, Mike, Franklin and others were enjoying their first meal after returning to Hogwarts. Since he had 'comforted' Penelo for several days during the Christmas period, Mike was in a good mood and returned the favor while eating. Humming a tune.

But the other students next to him were different. They all had sad faces, and they even turned a blind eye to the much richer breakfast on their plates than before.

In Mike's opinion, this is completely a manifestation of school phobia.

In the past, this symptom has never appeared in Hogwarts students, because for many ordinary little wizards, campus life in Hogwarts is much more interesting than life in their small families.

But this year is different, because there is an annoying professor in the school - Umbridge.

"Damn it, our first period this morning is Defense Against the Dark Arts! It's so annoying!"

"Hey! Stop talking! Do you feel as bad as me? I still have five days of confinement to go. Now that school has started, Umbridge will definitely continue to come to me!"

"Hey! *2"

…

Listening to the lamentations of the students around him and looking at their desperate looks, Mike silently shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

But at this moment, a large group of owls suddenly flew in from the foyer. They grabbed packages one after another and circled above everyone's heads in twos and threes. They would drop one from time to time like a bomber carrying out an air raid. The package makes people want to escape from this dangerous place.

But the only ones who really put their ideas into action are the first-year students who have just joined. The old students have long been accustomed to this kind of scene. They are very confident in the throwing skills of these owl messengers - at most they will knock your Smashes breakfast, but won't smash the package on your head.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, a bundle of newspapers was thrown by the owls on the dinner plate in front of Mike. However, the food in the plate had already been wiped out by Mike, so there were no food residues or soup flying around. splash.

The owl that dropped the newspaper seemed disappointed and hovered over Mike's head for a while before slowly leaving.

Mike opened the latest Daily Prophet with a nonchalant expression.

"Shock! Hogwarts Principal Dumbledore was taken away by Aurors last night, suspected of being involved in embezzlement of public funds! 》

As soon as he opened the newspaper, this eye-catching enlarged and blackened headline caught Mike's eyes.

Mike was stunned for a moment, then continued to read.

Yesterday at about 17:37:42, the famous white wizard, the principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the president of the International Federation of Magicians... was taken away by Aurors in the Hogwarts principal's office.

According to Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office who led the team, Dumbledore was reported to have embezzled public funds many times during his tenure as the principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, resulting in insufficient school funds.

So they will take Dumbledore back to the Ministry of Magic for further interrogation.

Another important official of the Ministry of Magic, Ms. Umbridge, the senior inspector of Hogwarts sent by the Ministry of Magic, said that Dumbledore was the one she reported.

During her tenure at Hogwarts, she discovered that many senior students often encountered insufficient materials when studying courses that required a lot of expensive materials such as Potions. This was something she could not understand because every year the Ministry of Magic and the school The directors will transport large amounts of supplies and gold galleons to Hogwarts. Logically speaking, this situation will never happen.

So she investigated the matter and unexpectedly discovered the secret of Principal Dumbledore's corruption.

At present, Ms. Umbridge said that she has obtained a large amount of evidence and will definitely give justice to all the teachers and students of Hogwarts!

…

After closing the newspaper, Mike had a strange expression on his face.

Because many of what Umbridge said in interviews came from his mouth.

But that's not the point of the matter. The key now is that Dumbledore left Hogwarts again!

Mike turned his head and looked around, and sure enough, most of the students around him started to make a commotion, apparently having discovered the explosive news in the Daily Prophet today.

After putting away the tableware, Mike walked directly out of the auditorium.

Dumbledore's arrest was undoubtedly Umbridge's revenge. It is estimated that Dumbledore himself never thought that Umbridge's revenge would come so quickly and with such intensity that he directly asked the Ministry of Magic to take revenge. left him.

But things have happened, and what we have to see now is whether Dumbledore can escape as soon as possible, otherwise Hogwarts may soon become Umbridge's one-word hall again.

Mike's class in the morning was ancient magical literature. The professor of this class had obviously heard about Dumbledore's arrest, so he seemed absent-minded during the class, and the things he taught were scattered, and he was basically there the whole time. Distracted.

In fact, not only her, but also the classmates in the class were constantly discussing this matter, and many girls even had red eyes.

After class, Mike was blocked by the three Harrys.

"Mike! Did you hear that?"

"You mean Dumbledore was caught?" Mike said to Hermione, "Of course, I saw the article early this morning."

"Umbridge should be happy now," Ron pouted with an annoyed look on his face, "Hogwarts is hers again!"

"I don't think there's any need to worry too much."

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes fell on Harry.

"Dumbledore should be out soon. After all, people like him will not do things like corruption. This kind of false accusation will not defeat Dumbledore. So we should be concerned about another thing!"

"What's up?"

"They're hiding something from us!"

Harry leaned close to Mike's ear and lowered his voice.

Mike and Ron looked confused.

"Do you remember when Mr. Weasley was attacked by a snake? I had a dream at that time, and I was that snake in the dream! It was a wonderful experience. I could clearly feel all the feelings of the snake. , including its thoughts!" Harry said, "So I know very well that the snake was not directed at Mr. Weasley at all. Its target was the things in the room behind Mr. Weasley. And Weasley Why would Mr. Weasley appear in that place in the middle of the night? Doesn't it smell good when sleeping at home? So, the answer is obvious. Mr. Weasley must have been..."

"...Watching something!"

Harry and Ron said the final answer in unison.

"That's not the scariest thing. I discussed it with Black and the others. We all think that the giant python that attacked Mr. Weasley was sent by Voldemort! In other words, the person who really wants that thing is Voldemort! "

Hearing this, everyone present looked confused, but Ron looked around with a nervous look on his face, as if he was afraid that others would know that Harry called that person by his name.

Suddenly, Hermione on the side suddenly clapped her palm, and then placed this morning's Daily Prophet in front of everyone as if she remembered something.

"Ministry of Magic Staff Died"

St Mungo's Hospital last night pledged a full investigation into the death of Ministry of Magic employee Broderick Border.

Forty-nine-year-old Mr. Bode was strangled to death on the hospital bed by a pot of plants. The therapist failed to save him.

Mr. Bode was injured in a work accident a few weeks ago.

Meliam Straw, the therapist in charge of Mr. Bode's ward at the time of the accident, was suspended with pay and was not interviewed. However, according to reliable sources, Mr. Bode died entirely because someone mistook a devil's ivy for an ordinary plant. The potted plant was given to him.

We still don’t know the precise origin of this devil’s ivy, but there is no doubt that the administrators of St. Mungo’s Hospital bear an unshirkable responsibility...

After reading the entire report, Ron looked envious and said:

"Paid suspension? That's great. I want to find a job like this in the future."

Hermione rolled her eyes at him, poked at Mr. Bode's photo in the newspaper and said:

"Why is your focus so strange? Take a good look, this Mr. Bode we have seen before! In the ward next to Mr. Weasley, Hikari was lying there staring at the ceiling. We also saw the devil's net. At that time The therapist also said it was a Christmas present!"

"Oh! Doesn't that mean that if we could have looked more carefully, Mr. Bode wouldn't..."

"Come on, we can't be blamed for this. After all, who would have thought that the devil's net would be disguised as an ordinary potted plant?" Ron retorted to Harry's words, "You have to blame the person who gave the gift as well. Who asked him to So stupid that I don’t even know what I’m buying.”

Hermione rolled her eyes again, and Mike said:

"I guess this is not an accident. After all, no one is really stupid enough to give a devil's net as a gift to others. So this is murder, a very smart murder!"

Harry and Ron took a deep breath after hearing this, while Hermione snapped her fingers and said:

"Mike got it right! And I also found out some interesting things there. Mr. Bode works for the Department of Mysteries, and he is a silent man!"

Ron exclaimed again, Mike nodded, and only Harry still looked confused.

"The Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, just like its name, is a place dedicated to mysterious experiments. The people there specialize in studying curses, prophecies, space, universe and even time. And the employees inside have signed confidentiality Agreement, no one can mention anything about it. So the employees there are also called silent people." Mike said, "I understand what Hermione means, you want to say that Voldemort (Ron shivered again) The thing that ) wants is most likely placed in the Department of Mysteries, so they will try their best to torture and silence Mr. Bode, right?"

"Yes, that's it!"

"I don't think we can solve this matter alone. It's better for us to tell Dumbledore and let them handle it."

"I told them!" Harry suddenly raised his voice, "But they just said they knew and were unwilling to tell me anything! Especially Dumbledore, he seems to be very cold to me recently. At Christmas, he He forced me to stay in St. Mungo's Hospital, and now he even asks me to learn Occlumency from Snape. I guess he thinks I'm crazy!"

As soon as these words came out, Hermione's expression immediately became very exciting, the corners of Mike's mouth raised slightly, and Ron's face was shocked.

"What? He actually asked Snape to teach you?" Ron said, "This is really terrible. Snape's old bat will definitely torture you."

"Who says it isn't? Hey! I'm going to his office for the first class tonight. I really don't know what to do."

"Um, I guess you don't know what kind of spell Occlumency is? Harry."

Hermione asked slowly, with an awkward expression on her face, while Harry shook his head with a puzzled look on his face.

"Occlumency can seal the user's brain, making spells like the Legitimate Curse that can invade the brain ineffective. This is an extremely difficult spell. To learn it, you must not only have enough magic power. It also requires extraordinary talent." Mike explained, "I have to say that although Professor Snape is not a very good character, he is indeed a very talented wizard. In terms of the spell of Occlumency, He can be regarded as a master. So Harry, I think Dumbledore is already very interested in you. It is rare for a master wizard to teach you Occlumency in person."

Hermione nodded quickly and said that if possible, she would even take Harry's place in Professor Snape's class. As long as she could learn Occlumency, she would be willing to accept whatever scolding and punishment Professor Snape gave her.

Unfortunately, Dumbledore didn't think it was necessary for her to learn this curse.

"But...but I..."

Harry looked unconvinced, and it could be seen that he was racking his brains to think of reasons to refute.

"Anyway, Harry," Mike said, "you should try to learn it first. Although Snape is very difficult to deal with, it will be worth it if you can learn Occlumency. If you really do If you can't lose weight, you can always ask Dumbledore for your request, right?"

"……Fine!"

Harry said through gritted teeth, Mike's words really made him speechless.