Lucius and Karkaroff were panicking.

Framing Kyle and getting him expelled from Hogwarts was the first task Voldemort gave them after his resurrection.

They originally thought this was a sure thing, so they accepted it without any hesitation.

In order to be absolutely sure, Lucius invested a huge sum of money and persuaded Fudge to lure Kyle to the Ministry of Magic with a ridiculous excuse, in order to catch him off guard.

But the result was different from what they expected.

How could there be no record of casting the Fiery Blaze in Kyle's wand? There must be something wrong... or the Fiery Blaze must be still to come.

So it is naturally impossible for them to agree to stop the inspection.

As if to make them give up, Kyle did not stop them.

After the God of Fire cleared the way, more than a dozen spells appeared one after another, but they were all common and commonly used spells.

A layer of fine beads of sweat had already appeared on Karkaroff's forehead.

"Go on, go on!" he shouted.

But at this time, Kyle pressed his hand on his wand, and the effect of the flashback spell was immediately terminated by his blocking.

"Principal Karkaroff, you are being a little shameless." He said slowly, "If we can't find the spell you want, we will spend a whole day or a month here.

"I'm sure there will be no problem. Anyway, there is still more than half a month before school starts, so there is plenty of time.

"But the problem is that the other people here are different. They have to deal with a lot of important things every day. Isn't it a bit too much to ask them to waste their precious time playing such a boring game with you?"

"You are guilty!" Karkaroff cried. "The next one will surely be the Fiery Curse. You must be guilty, so you dare not continue."

However, before Kyle could speak, Amelia Bones, who was sitting in the middle, said calmly:

“Please keep quiet, Mr. Igor Karkarov, I think the existing evidence is sufficient to show that he has not used any illegal black magic.

"If you can't produce other evidence..."

"Yes, truth serum!" At this time, McNeill, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said, "As long as he drinks the truth serum, everything will be clear."

"I think it's all right." Umbridge agreed immediately, then she looked at Kyle and said in a fake voice: "If you didn't kill Mr. Nott, you would not refuse to use the truth serum to prove your innocence."

"No, I refuse." Kyle smiled. "Also in 1975, after the International Confederation of Wizards discovered that memory could be tampered with, it also abolished the use of Legilimency and Veritaserum in interrogations."

"But if there are special circumstances, such as if the prisoner refuses to plead guilty, it can still be used." Umbridge said coldly: "The Ministry of Magic has this right."

"As far as I know, no." Kyle said with an unchanged expression, "Unless there is sufficient evidence, then the truth serum can be used for final confirmation. But do you have evidence now? Just relying on a few people's words? This won't work.

"I now seriously suspect that they are in collusion and want revenge on me for winning the Triwizard Tournament against Durmstrang.

"So I think they should be given truth serum to determine the truth of their testimony."

Amelia Bones tapped her fingers on the tabletop, looking thoughtful.

McNeill, who had just spoken, looked at her and subconsciously took two steps back.

There were no fools among the people present, and it was obvious that he was afraid to take the truth serum.

But Umbridge chose to turn a blind eye. She still looked at Kyle and asked, "Can I assume that you are rebelling against the Ministry of Magic?"

"Bang!"

"You are not yet able to represent the Ministry of Magic." She said to Umbridge bluntly, then looked at Kyle.

"Sorry, Kyle...someone told me twenty minutes ago that the location had changed. I waited in an empty room for more than ten minutes before I realized something was wrong. Thanks to..."

At this point, Professor McGonagall paused for a moment before continuing, "Thanks to someone's help, I knew you were here."

"It's okay, Professor," Kyle said. "Maybe someone doesn't want you to come."

"I think you are right." Professor McGonagall turned to look at the people on the stage... especially McNeill, Malfoy and Karkaroff, their lips tightly pursed into a line.

"I never knew the Ministry of Magic could change the content of an interrogation at the last minute." She said sternly, "This is simply ridiculous!"

"I must remind you, Minerva McGonagall, that this is approved by the Minister," said Umbridge.

"I don't remember that the Minister of Magic has the right to change the Wizengamot regulations at will." Professor McGonagall said tit-for-tat: "But it doesn't matter. Dumbledore is here. I believe he will be here soon. Maybe he can help us solve our doubts."

Yes, Dumbledore is also in the Ministry of Magic now.

Kyle suddenly stopped panicking, or rather, he had begun to think about how to delay for a while.

"Mr. Scrimgeour," he said with a smile, "I suddenly feel that what Principal Karkaroff said just now makes sense. Maybe the next spell I use will be Fiendfyre. Why don't we continue to check?"

Karkaroff's hands and feet were cold. The person he least wanted to see was Dumbledore. Even though Dumbledore couldn't attack him, he couldn't help but feel weak in the knees when he thought of what he had experienced on the top of the mountain that night.

As for McNeill next to him, he could hardly stand.

The only one who was still able to keep some composure was Malfoy.

He knew very well that Professor McGonagall was just trying to scare them. Things with Harry Potter would not be resolved so quickly. Even if Dumbledore would come, it would not be now unless he was willing to give up the savior Potter.

"Blood debt!" Malfoy suddenly said, "The spell before the flashback may be interfered with, but the blood debt cannot. As long as we use the Sphinx mirror, we can see whether he has killed a wizard."

Malfoy had his reasons for doing this. Although Dumbledore was scary, at least he would not kill them directly. But if the task was not completed, the Dark Lord would not be so easy to deal with.

They will be skinned alive if they don't die.

Kyle frowned.

Sphinx mirror? Blood debt? He was now more and more certain that Diana must have known their plan long ago and asked him to come to the Ministry of Magic in advance, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence.

But before Kyle could think for long, Chris stood up.

"Ms. Bones, I think they should first prove that there is no problem with their testimony."

"That's right." Professor McGonagall said without hesitation: "Changing the content of the interrogation temporarily is already a serious mistake. I will never allow you to continue to frame Hogwarts students without any reason."

She had a tough attitude and looked like an angry lion.

"I don't agree either." Kyle nodded as well.

Although with Diana's help, he no longer needs to worry about this, it does not mean that he should cooperate with Malfoy and be led by the nose.

This kind of passivity is not the result Kyle wants to see.

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(End of this chapter)