Chapter 222 Blake's News

"Why did you come down? I remember I said I was going to entertain important guests tonight, so all the guests were requested not to come downstairs?"

Tom slapped his forehead, half helpless and half indignant.

However, Harry looked at Mike in surprise as if he had not heard what he said at all, and said to himself:

"Mike?"

Harry was a little unsure whether the blond boy in front of him was Mike. After all, in his impression, Mike's figure was thin and tall, and even if the boy in front of him was wearing a loose wizard robe, Harry could see the large muscles on his body.

"Long time no see, Harry." Mike was also slightly stunned when he saw Harry, but he quickly reacted and deliberately asked, "Shouldn't you be at your aunt's house? Why are you here?"

Although Mike had a smile on his face, his brain was working at high speed.

As a familiar reader of the original book, he certainly knew what Harry's appearance here meant, which meant that the plot of the third grade had officially begun.

"Is it really you? Oh my God! I miss you so much!"

Mike's answer confirmed Harry's guess, so Harry, who had been locked up at home for a long time and hadn't seen his friends, walked up to Mike and gave him a warm hug. Tom was

a little stunned. He didn't expect that the famous savior Harry Potter would know Mike. After all, they were not from the same college.

But he quickly realized that Harry and Mike were very close, so could he use this to please Mike? He

did it as soon as he thought of it. Tom changed his face and put on a flattering smile and said to Harry: "I didn't expect that you were Mr. Townley's friend, Harry. Why didn't you tell me earlier? How about this, I will waive all your accommodation fees for you! Who made me and Mr. Townley good friends!"

Tom's impassioned look made Harry a little stunned. He remembered clearly that although the boss Tom in front of him was not a stingy person, he was definitely not generous. In fact, because he was a minor and had no guardian, Tom even asked for an extra sum of money as a handling fee for accommodation.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard Mike say indifferently: "Okay, Tom, I know what you want. You can go to Weasley and the others tomorrow to discuss the details of the dealer contract. Just tell them that I have generally agreed. Now, please serve us some food. I need to catch up with my friends. Oh, by the way, give me a copy of the Daily Prophet for the past week."

Hearing this, Tom was overjoyed. After thanking Mike, he walked to the kitchen in small steps.

Today, he planned to cook for the two of them himself.

While taking advantage of this opportunity, Mike also learned the reason why Harry appeared here. As Mike expected, it was roughly the same as the original book.

"That is to say, your uncle's family often bullied you, and then a few days ago you finally couldn't stand it anymore, so you blew your aunt into a big balloon and floated up. Then when you ran away from home and came to the Leaky Cauldron, the Minister of Magic found you and asked you to stay here first and don't run around?"

"That's right! That's it!"

Harry breathed a sigh of relief and said so.

Because he was too excited, he just told Mike about the bizarre events that happened to him during this period in a fragmented way. After he finished speaking, he was a little worried that Mike would not understand, but he did not expect Mike's ability to understand was so strong that he understood everything. After telling

Mike everything, Harry's anger on his face subsided a little, but he still couldn't help complaining: "I really don't know what Minister Fudge is thinking. Last year, he gave me a warning ticket because of the house-elf Dobby, saying that if I release magic outside the school again, I will be expelled. Now he tells me that this matter is a trivial matter..."

Harry told Mike a lot of things in a row, and Mike could only nod his head perfunctorily. Maybe for him, this is a magical experience, but for Mike, this is just a plot that has been seen several times, which is quite boring.

It was the first time that Mike discovered that Harry, a little submissive, was actually a chatterbox.

Fortunately, at this time, Old Tom had already prepared Harry's midnight snack and Mike's newspaper, and brought them to the two of them.

"Okay, Harry. Anyway, they won't fire you now. Isn't the result good enough? Do you still want the Minister to really enforce the law impartially and fire you? Okay, eat quickly. Aren't you hungry?" Mike pushed the food in front of Harry and said, "Tom, go and rest first. Harry and I will talk alone." Tom

has been running the bar for so many years, so his EQ is naturally not low. After hearing Mike's resignation, he retreated to the bedroom upstairs without any intention of eavesdropping.

He knew that sometimes the more you know, the more dangerous it is.

Harry was really hungry. Seeing the hot food being served, he swallowed his saliva and started fighting. Mike took advantage of Harry's rare opportunity to be quiet and read the newspaper.

After flipping through it for a while, Mike saw the information he wanted to find. He saw that the same news was written on the front page headlines for almost a week...

'Shock! The notorious murderer Black escaped from prison! Azkaban's ability was questioned for the first time. '

Sirius Black once used the Explosion Curse to kill more than a dozen Muggles and the famous anti-Voldemort fighter Peter Pettigrew on the street, and betrayed the famous Phoenix Order member, the boy who survived, Harry Potter's parents James Potter and Lily Potter.

Please note that Sirius Black is extremely dangerous. If the public finds him, please leave the scene immediately and notify the Ministry of Magic.

It is reported that the Minister of Magic Fudge has now assured the public that Sirius will be brought to justice, and Minister Fudge also said that Sirius's escape this time is likely to help his master avenge, and the target of revenge is the boy who survived, Harry Potter!

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic is ready to cooperate deeply with Hogwarts to capture Black while protecting Harry Potter's safety.

...

Mike carefully read all the newspapers, and then he was relieved and put down the newspapers.

It's good that Black escaped. Only when he escaped can Mike use his advantage of knowing the plot to maximize the benefits.

Sirius Black is a tragic character. He and Harry's father James were inseparable friends. When Voldemort was looking for Harry because of a prophecy, James and his friends decided to use a powerful protective magic to protect themselves. This magic

is the Fidelius Charm.

As we all know, the Fidelius Charm requires a secret keeper. In the original plan, Sirius was the secret keeper of James and his friends.

However, when the time came, Black came up with a crooked idea and asked their other friend, the timid Peter Pettigrew, to be the secret keeper.

Black felt that no one would have thought that they would choose Peter as the secret keeper. Strictly speaking, he did guess right. The Death Eaters had been looking for Peter for a long time but could not find him. However, he overestimated their friendship.

Peter Pettigrew betrayed the Potters and threw the big black pot on Black. Later, Black was in prison for more than ten years, and Peter hid in the Weasley family and acted as their little pet.

In the original book, the reason why Black escaped from prison was because the Weasley family won the lottery, and the photo was published in the newspaper, and this photo was seen by Black.

He recognized Peter lying in Ron's arms almost immediately, so he escaped from prison and vowed to kill Peter to avenge his best friend.

Of course, this is only the original book. Perhaps because of the butterfly effect, the Weasley family in the world where Mike is did not win any big prizes this year, but they were published in the newspaper because of Rita Skeeter's interview.

Mike was originally worried that Black would not see this report and would not be able to publish it. Now that he thought about it, the main storyline of the world was indeed inertial, and Black finally escaped.

In addition, Mike also saw news about Thorfinn in this pile of newspapers.

The title was as shocking as the report about Black above, "Shock! The boy suddenly went crazy and killed his entire family! The boy was suspected of being abused by his father for a long time!"

However, the location and size of this report were pitifully small compared to the Black prison escape case, and it could only be squeezed in a corner. If Mike had not been careful, he would not have found this report.

Although the final result was not stated at the end of the report, it was basically determined that Thorfinn went crazy because of long-term abuse. Now the only question that everyone was entangled in was whether to put him in Azkaban.

Mike chuckled and put down the newspaper.

Regarding Thorfinn, all this was within his expectations.

As a magical creature that had long been extinct, there would be no more than ten people in the world who knew his killing methods, and the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic could not find him.

The recent Black incident has caused such a big stir that the Dolphin family case is not that important in comparison. This can be seen from the page of this report on the prophet's forecast.

"What are you watching?" Harry, who had eaten and drunk enough, leaned over and asked curiously, "Oh! So it's this! I saw this news on TV before!"

"Huh? Are you talking about Muggle TV?"

"Yes, it says that this is a dangerous murderer. If you see him, you must call the police."

Mike nodded thoughtfully and fell into deep thought again.

He didn't expect that a prison escape incident in the wizarding world would actually cause the government of the Muggle world to issue a warrant for pursuit.

It seems that there must be some degree of cooperation between the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government, so the magic world can use the power of the Muggle world to hunt down Black.

Of course, it is also possible that the Ministry of Magic used a spell to control some powerful Muggles and modified their memories, making them really think that a murderer named Sirius Black had escaped from prison. However,

Mike still believes in the former. After all, the latter is too troublesome to implement. Once discovered, it will cause a fierce counterattack from the Muggle high-ranking officials.

Mike felt that his trip was worthwhile. Not only did he show off, but he also got such important news unexpectedly.

So Mike, who was in a good mood, invited Harry.

"Harry, why don't you stay at my house for the rest of the summer vacation? It just so happens that my new house has been decorated. It's better to live at my place than here."

After saying that, Mike stroked the corner of the bar with his fingers, looked at the fine dust on his hands and shook his hands in disgust.

"You bought a house! God! How old are you to buy a house yourself!" Harry looked at Mike with a confused face, "And how did you become so strong? Can you teach me? If I can be as strong as you, Dali will not dare to bully me anymore (build me one too)"

"These are long stories. I will tell you slowly when you get to my house."

Harry fell silent. He wanted to go to Mike's house, but the Minister of Magic Fudge suggested that he live in the Leaky Cauldron. In the eyes of the young Harry, the Minister of Magic is equivalent to the leader of the fruit market. Although he was just suggesting, Harry still didn't dare to go against his wishes.

Seeing this, Mike thought Harry was unwilling to go, so he decided to add fuel to the fire.

"Harry, I live in Godric's Hollow now. Maybe you don't know where this place is, but I want to tell you that your original home is there." Mike stared into Harry's eyes and said sincerely, "And Godric's Hollow is the preferred burial place for many pure-blood families. Your parents are also buried there."

Upon hearing this, Harry's eyes widened instantly, staring at Mike blankly, and tears as big as beans kept falling, but Harry was unaware and still looked stupid.

"Is what you said... true?"

A hoarse voice came from Harry's throat. Mike could hear his current sadness from his voice.

"Yes."

Harry finally reacted after getting Mike's affirmative answer. He didn't even have time to wipe his tears before grabbing Mike's clothes and dragging him to the door of the bar.

However, with Mike's current strength, especially Harry, who had not been trained, could not pull it.

"What are we waiting for! Let's go!"

Seeing Harry's eager look, Mike shook his head helplessly, pulled Harry back and pointed at the fireplace and said:

"Let's go to the Floo Internet Cafe, it will be faster."

...

An hour later, Harry stood alone in front of his parents' graves, bowed his head and remained silent for a long time.

Mike, who was not far away, took in all of this and kicked a piece of gravel on the ground out of boredom.

This is the wizard cemetery in Godric's Hollow, where a large number of pure-blood wizards are eventually buried.

This cemetery is located under the old church in Godric's Hollow. Perhaps because wizards often come here to worship their ancestors, this church has gradually been abandoned by the townspeople because of various bizarre haunted incidents.

The Lord's church is actually haunted?

This is ridiculous in Mike's opinion.

But the townspeople obviously don't think so. Of course, it may also be that they just want a place to place their faith.

Anyway, no matter what, after this church was abandoned, the townspeople built a new church for daily use.

And this place has completely become the territory of wizards.

Another half an hour passed, and Mike sighed helplessly as he looked at Harry who was still motionless.

The thing he hated most was waiting for people. To be honest, he really wanted to go up and persuade Harry to come back tomorrow, but the experience gained from two lives told him that it would be better for him to do nothing now, not to comfort Harry or persuade Harry to leave.

Just watching him quietly and accompanying him is enough.

Mike sighed again and couldn't bear it anymore.

With a wave of his wand, Mike used Transfiguration to conjure up a bed, slowly sat on it, and began his daily meditation and brain-blocking spell training.