Fudge's movements were much faster than expected.

The first is the change in the Daily Prophet.

In previous newspapers, we can almost always see different people criticizing Dumbledore, and in the end they firmly stated that the mysterious man could not be resurrected, which was an outright lie.

But ever since Fudge left the Three Broomsticks, there had been no news about the You-Know-Who in the newspapers for a week.

Those indignant people seemed to have disappeared overnight, and the entire newspaper was in harmony... at least for other people.

"Kyle, can you explain what's going on?"

On the eighth floor, in the headmaster's office, Dumbledore, who rarely came back from outside, sat there with a sad face, and on the table in front of him was an unfolded newspaper.

[Dumbledore intends to run for Minister of Magic. Is this a long-planned campaign or a spur of the moment campaign?]

"Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reports that the famous headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, has been in frequent contact with senior staff of the Ministry of Magic in recent days. It is reported that he seems to be dissatisfied with the current Minister Cornelius Fudge's slander against him, and intends to run for the new Minister in order to restore his declining reputation and honor..."

The article is very long. Although it is not on the front page, it still takes up an entire page.

It was full of revelations from so-called insiders, as well as Dumbledore's recent schedule, and there was even a big photo in the middle of the article.

In the photo, Dumbledore was chatting and laughing with Umbridge, and they even shook hands.

"The Senior Under-Secretary of State for Magic, Dolores Umbridge, took over as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts in mid-September.

"Some people said before that she took this job because she wanted to monitor Dumbledore's every move for Fudge, but now it seems that this is not the truth.

"An insider revealed that the two were often seen chatting and laughing in the corridor at Hogwarts and had a very close relationship.

"We have reason to suspect that Deputy Minister Dolores Umbridge is actually a double agent. She appears to be working for Fudge, but in fact she has already defected to Dumbledore..."

"Ha..." Seeing this, Kyle couldn't help laughing out loud, "This is really interesting. I bet Umbridge will be furious when she sees this."

"I have no doubt about that." Dumbledore sighed.

Kyle looked at the newspaper. "By the way, Professor, when did Umbridge become one of our own?"

"Didn't you do this?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes fixed on Kyle.

"Of course not." Kyle said calmly, "If I really had the ability to get Umbridge to stand on our side, I wouldn't have to wait until now."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Dumbledore said with a complicated expression, "Professor Umbridge has always been a loyal follower of Cornelius. I have never doubted that."

He pointed to the picture above. "In fact, this picture was taken after Sirius was taken away, and at that time she wanted to take the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, which I welcomed.

"Also, the location above is not at Hogwarts, but at the Ministry of Magic."

"I see..." Kyle suddenly said, "I should have thought of it a long time ago. This Rita Skeeter just likes to write nonsense."

"So this article has nothing to do with you?" asked Dumbledore.

"Of course not." Kyle shook his head repeatedly. "You just said that this photo was taken at the Ministry of Magic, and I have been staying in school since Sirius was taken away. It is impossible for me to go to the Ministry of Magic to take a photo."

Dumbledore looked into Kyle's eyes, but saw nothing unusual in them.

"So, is there any way you can end this farce?" Dumbledore sighed, "The famous Rita Skeeter has written many articles about me, but this one has the greatest impact on me.

"You probably don't know yet, but I received so many letters in just a few hours."

“This is only part of it…”

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, another owl flew in from the window and threw a letter on the table.

"You see," he continued, "people seem to have taken the article at face value and thought I really wanted to be Minister for Magic ... and they're actively trying to make suggestions for me, which is horrible.

"To be honest, I'm a little scared of seeing owls now."

Dumbledore was afraid of owls?

Kyle couldn't help but think that if he said this, it would probably make for another front-page article.

"Professor, this may not be a bad thing." Kyle whispered, "Only when more and more people believe it will Fudge not doubt it."

Dumbledore's expression changed. "This is different from what we agreed on."

He clearly remembered that Kyle's original words were to create a false impression and make Fudge suspicious.

And he did just that, saying a word to Amelia Bones and greeting Barty Crouch...all this was just a little more enthusiastic than normal etiquette, that's all.

How come things suddenly turned out like this?

Since this morning, people have been writing to ask if the news in the Daily Prophet is true. Some people can't wait to express their support for him in their letters. Among them are several members of the Wizengamot, and even...

Dumbledore glanced towards the table.

There was a special letter on it, sent from the French Ministry of Magic, and written by the Director of the French Department of International Magical Cooperation.

Although this looked like just an ordinary greeting letter, he had never received any letter from the other party before. He didn't even know the name of the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.

How could Dumbledore not understand what it meant when someone with whom he had no connection chose to send him a greeting letter at this time?

Even the Ministries of Magic of other countries are supporting him. If this continues, Dumbledore feels that he will really be pushed into the position of Minister.

This is not what he wants. He just wants to be an ordinary principal.

"Well... I can't do anything about this." Kyle said, "I can only see what Fudge does.

"If he wants to keep his position as minister, he will definitely try to stop you. At that time, we just need to do nothing and let him win."

"Really?" Dumbledore looked at Kyle suspiciously.

His intuition told him that Kyle's shadow was in this article, but he couldn't find any evidence...even if he wanted to use some special means.

He knew that Kyle had learned the art of Occlumency and was quite proficient at it. Even Snape couldn't see through his thoughts... or rather, he could, but it was definitely not true.

Being able to hide one's true thoughts while creating illusions to confuse the enemy, this level of brain occlusion is extremely difficult to achieve even for an adult wizard.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore sighed again... If he had known this would happen, he should not have agreed to Kyle to create such a false impression.

Now I just hope Fudge can be more reliable.

(End of this chapter)