Chapter 284 The Incoming Guests

"That guy! He's nothing! If it were you, Mike, you should let him bang his head against the wall and die!"

Franklin complained to Mike as he walked in the corridor.

Mike shook his head helplessly in the face of Franklin's endless complaints.

Now it has been a whole week since the unique Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Since Franklin found out what Moody had done to him, he has been complaining to everyone he met. Mike's ears have started to get calluses from hearing it.

In Mike's opinion, this matter should end here. After all, he had taught Moody the lesson he deserved that day.

Because in that class, Mike pretended to be controlled by Moody before using the Imperius Curse on Moody, and everyone present thought that Moody was controlling Mike to release the Imperius Curse on himself, so Moody had no words to say.

Could it be that he was going to tell others that he, a former senior Auror who had experienced countless bloody storms, was plotted against by an underage wizard, and he was unaware of it.

Moody couldn't afford to lose this person.

So he could only swallow his anger afterwards.

But Mike's revenge was not just that.

He also revealed everything Moody had done during this period, including the random use of spells to punish students and the display and casting of the three unforgivable spells on students, to Rita Skeeter, who specialized in writing negative articles. Rita Skeeter did not disappoint Mike's expectations. The next day, an article titled "Shock! A lunatic actually used black magic on our children!" was published in the Daily Prophet. As

soon as this article came out, it immediately caused an uproar in society. That night when Mike and others were having dinner, they saw countless owls carrying one howling letter after another flying to the principal's office.

At the same time, Mike also submitted a real-name report to the Ministry of Magic as the leader of the Los Santos Magic Group. The case included 18 items ranging from random corporal punishment of students to the use of the three-step forgiveness spell on humans.

The last one, "Using the Three Unforgivable Curses on Humans", can be said to be the most serious, because the relevant law stipulates that anyone who violates this law will be sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban or death penalty (determined by the severity of the incident caused).

Not surprisingly, Moody was suspended from teaching because he had to stand trial, and Snape was temporarily appointed as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Compared with the dissatisfaction shown by everyone when Snape was a substitute last year, Snape was unexpectedly popular this time.

But this is not difficult to understand. After all, compared to Moody who would cast an Imperius Curse on you and make you lie on the ground and learn to bark like a dog, Snape is simply a model representative of teachers!

While Moody was busy with the lawsuit, Mike and others lived a happy and comfortable life.

First of all, the people of the Freemasons, Benjamin and Soraka got along very well. The two of them were stuck together all day to tinker with potions. With Mike's large financial support, they have produced many controlled potions such as Polyjuice Potion.

The Weasley brothers finally launched their first product, the Golem Glasses.

This pair of glasses can store a video for a long time for the user to watch, and also has quick functions such as fast forward, fast rewind, and moving the progress bar at will.

In fact, the technology in this area has been studied a long time ago. The telescope used by Harry and his friends in the Quidditch World Cup has the same function, but that telescope can only store videos for a short time. It costs a lot to store videos for a long time.

The Weasley brothers have made a technological breakthrough in this regard, reducing the cost to an outrageous level, making this technology that only the rich could have before finally enter the homes of ordinary people.

Taking this opportunity, the Los Santos Magic Group immediately followed up and sold the videos of the Quidditch World Cup everywhere.

At the same time, Mike also won the exclusive broadcasting rights and video sales rights of this three-way match.

Although the cost is not small, it is a sure profit in the case of their dominance.

On the other hand, Penelope has gradually participated in the work of the Los Santos Group. As soon as she graduates, she will directly enter the company's senior management and become Mike's agent.

Victor, the most hardworking Freemason, finally mastered the three unforgivable curses.

Thinking of this, Mike suddenly realized something and asked Franklin, who was still cursing Moody,

"What is Victor doing now? I feel like I haven't seen him for a long time."

Franklin was stunned and replied, "I haven't seen him for a long time either. I heard that he locked himself in his dormitory to study alchemy all day long."

"Alchemy?"

Mike was a little confused. He thought Victor would continue to study more offensive spells or consolidate the spells he had mastered, but he didn't expect Victor to suddenly change his mind and study.

"It seems that I have to find an opportunity to talk to him."

Thinking of this, Mike asked again:

"What about you, what progress have you made recently? I mean, have you learned any new spells or new knowledge?"

Franklin was silent.

He did nothing these days and was only busy criticizing Moody.

"Well, let's leave it at that." Mike sighed and said, "Anyway, Moody has received the punishment he deserves, and you should get your mind back and do some serious work."

Franklin's mood was obviously depressed, but not long after, he smiled at Mike as if he had figured something out, and said:

"You are right, Moody is destined to go to Azkaban to accompany the Dementors for the rest of his life, and I should let it go."

"Who told you that Moody would go to Azkaban?"

Mike looked at Franklin strangely, and Franklin was stunned at first, and then said:

"Will that guy be executed directly? This... This is not good, right?"

Franklin began to panic. He just wanted to punish Moody, but he didn't want Moody to die.

Mike shook his head and continued to walk towards the hall.

Moody was different from Black. He was Dumbledore's confidant and one of the only remaining super fighters in the Order of the Phoenix. Under the current circumstances, Dumbledore would not sit idly by and watch him get into trouble.

As usual, the Hogwarts Great Hall was crowded and bustling.

But what surprised Mike was that everyone should eat at their seats during dinner time, but now everyone gathered near the notice board in the hall.

Just when Mike was feeling strange, a familiar voice suddenly called him.

"Mike!"

He looked over and saw Ron running towards him, with Hermione and Harry following behind him.

"Mike! Hermione just said that the champion of Hogwarts will be Cedric. Please judge for yourself. How could Cedric..."

Ron said breathlessly, but before he finished speaking, he was pushed away by Hermione.

"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Hermione's face turned red, and she kept twisting the hem of her shirt with her hands. "I'm saying that Cedric may also become a warrior! After all... after all, he is also very strong."

"Stop it! How can Cedric compare to Mike?" Ron shouted angrily, "You must like him because he is handsome! Don't be naive, he already has a girlfriend, you have no chance!"

After saying this, Hermione's face became even redder, and the hem of her shirt was twisted into a ball.

"You... you are talking nonsense! I don't like Cedric!"

As she said this, her eyes kept glancing at Mike.

Ron coughed loudly as if he had grasped the truth, and the sound was strange, sounding like Lockhart.

"Hey, why are you talking about this suddenly?"

Facing Mike's question, Harry finally stood up and answered:

"Because of that."

Harry pointed to the notice board.

"It says that representatives from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive at Hogwarts in a week, that is, at 6pm on October 30th. We will hold a welcome dinner at that time.

Oh, by the way. It also says that Professor Moody is coming back."

"What!"

Franklin, who was mumbling behind Mike just now, suddenly jumped out, yelled and came to the notice board, and rudely pushed the people in front of him away.

With him leading the way, Mike also got into the crowd.

The content on the notice board was exactly the same as Harry's description. The first thing that caught Mike's eyes was the notice about the upcoming representatives of the other two schools in the Triwizard Tournament. At the bottom of this notice, it was written in smaller font:

'The trial of Alastor Moody, professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at our school, has ended. The Ministry of Magic believes that the reason why Professor Moody committed XXX and other 18 crimes was entirely because of educating students. Therefore, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and the Wizengamot Council have decided to declare Professor Moody not guilty, but prohibit him from continuing to teach students in the previous way and fine him 100 gold galleons. Professor Moody will return to school tomorrow to continue teaching, so stay tuned. '

"Look forward to you!"

Franklin punched the notice board.

The notice board in the auditorium was reinforced by magic, so it did not move at all, but the students watching around were still startled and took two steps back, leaving a large space.

Harry and Hermione seemed a little embarrassed. This feeling of being in the public eye made them a little uncomfortable.

Mike didn't care. He didn't care about Franklin and directly pulled Harry, Hermione and others out of the crowd.

In his opinion, Franklin was just incompetent and furious.

This is not a Muggle society, let alone the United States.

Since people of all races have their own powerful magic systems, such as Taoism and Yin-Yang magic in Asia, and voodoo in Africa, there is no concept of racial discrimination in the wizarding world. They only discriminate based on bloodline.

This means that Franklin can't do anything to Moody.

"Harry, have you gone to see Dumbledore?" Mike asked Harry seriously after walking out of the crowd.

Hearing this, Harry was silent. After a while, he said:

"Sorry, Mike. I'm fine now. Maybe the headache is just a psychological effect, so I don't think I need to go to Dumbledore again."

"This is not a joke, Harry. I suggest you think about it again." Mike's face suddenly became gloomy, but he still said softly, "What about Black, what did he say?"

"Black is busy with his own things. There are really too many things that need him to deal with recently." Harry pretended to be calm and said, "He said he wanted to come back to see me, but I refused. After all, I'm fine now."

"Okay, as long as you are happy." Mike said, "I will also help you solve the problem between you and Black. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to live together this summer."

"Really?" The fake smile on Harry's face disappeared instantly, and he jumped on the spot excitedly, "Thank you so much!"

"Don't say that, we are friends, this is what I should do."

As he spoke, Franklin, who was furious just now, lowered his head and stood behind Mike without saying a word.

His arrival made Harry and the others feel a little uncomfortable, after all, Franklin's angry look just now was really scary.

Mike didn't say anything more when he saw this, and after saying goodbye to Harry and the others, he took Franklin out of the auditorium.

But as soon as he left the auditorium and came to a deserted place, Mike clenched his fists together, and the joints even made a crisp cracking sound due to excessive force. At the same time, the gentle smile on his face disappeared immediately, replaced by a cold and violent expression.

Franklin, who was originally unhappy, seemed to sense something and glanced at Mike.

Suddenly, Franklin's body trembled violently, and then he quickly retracted his gaze, silently lowered his head and slowed down his pace, and walked slowly behind Mike like a frightened quail.

At this moment, Moody's matter was nothing to him. Mike's current appearance was really too scary. Franklin had never seen Mike so angry since he met him.

Franklin thought that it was his behavior in the hall that made Mike angry, so he instinctively restrained his temper.

Mike was indeed very angry at this time, but he was angry at Harry.

He didn't know whether Dumbledore knew that Voldemort had returned, but as long as Harry told Dumbledore about his headache, no matter how much Dumbledore knew about it, he had to take action against Voldemort.

With Dumbledore as his guardian, Mike could save himself a lot of effort.

Unfortunately, Harry ignored everything Mike said before. The life in Hogwarts for a few years still did not cure Harry's inferiority and sensitivity, which made him still choose to conceal it.

Now the Triwizard Tournament is about to start. Without Dumbledore's help, Mike can only fight against the pure bloods and Voldemort who are hiding in the dark and waiting for revenge.

This makes him particularly irritated.

Sorry, I'm late!