Chapter 337 National Sensation

Today is the hottest day of the summer. The once lush green grass on Privet Drive has turned yellow, and the square houses are baked by the scorching sun, like a big oven.

On such a day, going out is obviously not a good idea.

The residents of Privet Drive are now hiding in their houses, opening the windows wide, hoping for a non-existent cool breeze.

However, the owner of one house did not do so. On the contrary, he even locked all the doors and windows in the house.

"I think I need to put on a blanket. It's really too cold."

In the house with locked doors and windows, Harry said as he reached out for the wool blanket on the sofa shiveringly.

"Is it cold?" Black came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, stretched out his hand to feel the temperature in the house lowered by the freezing spell, and said, "Oh, it's a bit cold! Wait a minute, I'll raise the temperature a little bit."

As he said that, Black quickly took out his wand and waved it, and the temperature in the house finally rose to a normal level.

Harry took the blanket with a happy smile on his face.

This house was bought by Black after being inspired by Mike, so that he could stay with Harry and live with him.

Of course, due to the blood curse, Harry had to go back to his uncle's house to sleep every night, but every day, he could stay in this house and play with Black all day.

At first, Uncle Vernon's family could not accept Harry's lifestyle, and even wanted to confine Harry.

But when Black visited Uncle Vernon's family once, they accepted it.

This was a bit strange, because Uncle Vernon was a little too scared after Black's visit.

Harry guessed that Black must have used some scary means, but it didn't matter. The most important thing now was that he could finally get rid of that terrible home and spend a good summer vacation with the people who loved him.

Thinking of this, the smile on Harry's face became even brighter.

"Harry, I just made some gingerbread. Eat some. The temperature was a bit low just now. Don't catch a cold."

Black came out with a baking tray. Harry hurriedly thanked him and stood up to take the baking tray.

At this moment, the window of the room was suddenly knocked. The two looked over and saw the owl carrying a big bag pecking at the window.

"It must be the newspaper I ordered." Black took off his anti-scalding gloves, opened the window and let the owl in. "Oh, poor little guy, it's so hot and you have to deliver newspapers. Harry, bring it some water. It looks thirsty."

"Got it, Sirius."

Harry rushed into the kitchen, took some cold water with a plate and returned to the living room.

However, when he returned to the living room, he found Black staring at the newspaper in his hand in amazement.

"What's wrong?"

Harry frowned and asked, but Black said nothing and handed the newspaper to Harry directly.

Putting down the plate, Mike picked up the newspaper and read it. It said:

"Shock! Gringotts suffered a terrorist attack, and the criminals are suspected to be Death Eaters!"

It is reported that on the morning of August 4, Gringotts, located in the center of Diagon Alley, suffered the most serious terrorist attack since its establishment!

On the morning of that day, eight disguised terrorists sneaked into Gringotts, released the dragon guards in the underground vaults, and used the Fiery Fire Curse in the underground vaults in an attempt to destroy Gringotts as a whole.

Fortunately, the Aurors arrived and stopped the eight terrorists from taking further actions.

Unfortunately, the sabotage of these eight terrorists still caused serious consequences. According to preliminary statistics, a total of 30 Aurors and 53 Gringotts staff members were killed in the attack, and the remaining 80 Aurors and staff members were injured to varying degrees. In addition

, the underground vaults of Gringotts were also severely damaged, and the direct economic losses are expected to be as high as 100,000 gold Galleons!

[Picture] (Gringotts is emitting thick smoke, and a giant dragon is struggling to get out of the roof.)

At present, the way these eight terrorists sneaked into Gringotts is still unknown, but according to the testimony of a goblin, the reason why these terrorists were able to successfully sneak in should be related to a dark wizard named Igor Karkaroff.

And this Igor Karkaroff was a Death Eater before, which is hard not to remind people of Dumbledore’s recent speech in Hogwarts: Voldemort is back!

【Image】(Dumbledore is giving a speech in the hall.)

But Mr. Fudge, the Minister of Magic, denied it flatly. He firmly believed that Dumbledore was talking nonsense. The Gringotts robbery was just a normal robbery. The main responsibility should be attributed to Gringotts' poor supervision.

【Image】(Fudge is speaking at the press conference.)

At present, the eight terrorists have not been arrested. The Ministry of Magic calls on the public to report to the Auror Office immediately if they encounter the following people. After verification, the Ministry of Magic will give a large reward to the informant.

Warning again, the following people are extremely dangerous, please do not contact them privately!

【Image】*8 (Photo of Karkaroff and Mike and others.)

Harry's hands are shaking. The news in the newspaper is too shocking!

"This must be Voldemort's work!"

Harry screamed, scaring the owl that was drinking water on the coffee table.

"Calm down, Harry." Black took off his apron and said, "Although Voldemort and the Death Eaters are highly suspected, this matter is still a little strange."

"Who else could it be but him!"

"Uh, don't be like that, Harry. Take a good look at those wanted portraits. Do you think the Death Eaters would dress up like that to rob Gringotts?"

Harry looked closely and his expression froze immediately.

There were eight wanted portraits at the end of the report. Among them, Karkaroff's portrait was the most normal, while the portraits of the other seven were more bizarre than the other.

Especially the one at the end, the one wearing a super short vest and hot pants, with heavy makeup and white hair.

Judging from his attire, this person should be a woman, but the high part of his chest shows that he is a man.

Harry hastily moved his eyes away. This is really a bit eye-catching.

"This seems to be a character in a comic book."

Harry frowned and said.

"What is a comic book?"

"Emmm, you can think of it as a novel drawn."

"Is it something from Muggles?"

"Yes."

"Then this is even less likely to be done by Voldemort and the Death Eaters." Black frowned and said, "Those pure-blood supremacists will not dress up as a character in a Muggle novel!"

The living room suddenly became quiet, and Black and Harry both bowed their heads in thought.

After a while, Black suddenly raised his head and said to Harry:

"Harry, I think I have to leave for a while. I have to go to Dumbledore's place!"

Harry nodded in response, and did not pester Black to go with him. He knew very well that these things were not something he could get involved in.

Moreover, it was too hot outside, and he really didn't want to go out.

Black used the Apparition to leave, and when he left, the door of the room was suddenly knocked.

Harry moved to the door carefully, and through the peephole, he saw the person outside.

It was Dali, who was sweating profusely!

...

At the same time, in the Masonic Secret Realm, Mike, Benjamin and others were reading a newspaper happily, and on the table in front of them, there was a thick stack of newspapers from other newspapers.

"Benjamin! They took such a good picture of you!"

The Weasley brothers laughed and pointed to the wanted portrait of Benjamin in the newspaper and said,

"That's right! I bet the person who drew this picture is definitely an artist! Look at the stubble, tut tut, Benjamin, didn't you shave that day?"

Everyone in the room burst into laughter when they heard this, especially Zhou Hong, who laughed so hard that he fell to the ground.

As the object of ridicule, Benjamin dared to be angry but dared not speak.

The Weasley brothers have ridiculed him in all aspects these days. He has resisted before, but armed struggle is not allowed within the Freemasons, so he can only fight back with words.

However, how can he beat the Weasley brothers in terms of verbal cannons?

So, after many times of autism, he has finally learned to be smart.

As long as he pretends not to hear, the Weasley brothers will soon calm down.

Sure enough, seeing that Benjamin did not respond, the Weasley brothers quickly changed the topic and began to discuss the portraits of other people.

Mike in the corner looked at the people who were fighting and felt quite gloomy.

Regarding their last action, the Ministry of Magic officially gave a very domineering name: the Gringotts robbery.

The reports on the Gringotts robbery can be said to have swept the entire Ying country in the past two days, and even caused a panic in Europe.

Nowadays, almost all newspapers and media on the market are frantically discussing this matter, and the focus of the discussion is also very clear, that is, Voldemort has returned and Gringotts is no longer safe.

Even the most popular magic radio station in Europe, Wizard Wireless Network (usually abbreviated as WWN), specially made an interview program, inviting the Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom, Fudge, and the head of the Auror Office, Scrimgeour, to explain the "Gringotts Heist".

In the program, in order to prevent the public from associating this incident with Voldemort, Fudge and Scrimgeour told the whole story of this incident, including the information that the robbers' funny appearances belonged to some Muggle comics. Logically, such an explanation should dispel the public's concerns about Voldemort's return, but Fudge and Scrimgeour are still too young.

In the United Kingdom, scolding the Ministry of Magic is correct.

Fudge and Scrimgeour's actions not only did not dispel the panic of the public, but on the contrary, because no robbers were caught for a long time, the public's resentment towards the Ministry of Magic rose to an unprecedented height.

Some people even gathered together and ran to the lobby of the Ministry of Magic to protest against Fudge's various policies and force Fudge to step down.

This kind of protest is of course useless. The strikers and Aurors who came after hearing the news quickly arrested all these people.

But this incident sounded the alarm for Fudge. In order to make his position more stable and to divert the attention of the masses, he began to lead other rhythms.

Anti-monopoly Act for Large Enterprises.

Fudge got the inspiration for promoting this bill from Gringotts. After some large enterprises formed a monopoly in a certain industry, the rights of ordinary consumers could not be guaranteed. Therefore, strict bills are now specified to prevent the emergence of such monopoly enterprises.

For those enterprises that have formed a monopoly like Gringotts, the Ministry of Magic will take strict supervision to ensure the interests of consumers.

Once this bill was introduced, it won the praise of the general public because they really felt the benefits.

The most classic example is that the mine car track of Gringotts has finally disappeared. Now to go to the underground vault to withdraw money, you only need to take the magic elevator.

The hatred was well diverted. In order to get more benefits, the masses gradually began to turn their bloodshot eyes to those large enterprises and families.

Mike's Los Santos Magic Group was the first to bear the brunt and was greatly affected.

There is no way around it. Almost all of Los Santos Group's industries are emerging industries. Basically, there are no competitors within the industry, which perfectly meets the Ministry of Magic's definition of a monopoly enterprise.

As a result, the so-called supervisors were delegated to various branches of Los Santos Group.

And through the attitudes of these supervisors, Mike also came to a conclusion.

That is, Fudge is deliberately targeting him.

Because compared to the supervisors in other companies, the supervisors assigned to Los Santos Group are more difficult to deal with. They seem to be specially sent to cause trouble for Mike. They always want to see Mike, the boss, and they also have to make decisions on some things that are obviously not a big deal.

With their efforts, Los Santos Group's financial report this month will surely be very ugly.

"Oh, business is getting harder and harder."

Mike sighed and prepared to get up and find Penelope to relieve his recent stress, but at this moment, the house elf Shuke suddenly appeared in front of Mike.

"Master," Shuke knelt on one knee and saluted, "Mr. Dumbledore and others visited your villa in Godric's Hollow."

"Huh?"

Mike was stunned when he heard it. He never expected that Dumbledore would come to visit him.

"Could it be that the robbery of Gringotts was exposed?"

Mike thought so, but on the surface he acted calm and said:

"Are they still there now?"

"Yes, Master. Since there is no order from you, they are still waiting outside the door."

"Got it, let's go and see them together."

After that, Mike put his hand on Shuke's raised hand.

Then, with a crisp snap of fingers, Mike and Shuke suddenly disappeared into the secret realm of Freemasonry.