Chapter 357 Senior Investigator of Hogwarts
"What did you say?" Umbridge clenched her fists and turned them outward, making an angry expression that often appears in cartoon characters, "Shouldn't such students be expelled?"
"Umbridge, don't get excited." Professor McGonagall said expressionlessly, "As we all know, the expulsion of a student requires the consent of the principal, and unfortunately, Principal Dumbledore is currently visiting a friend in France, and I can't contact him. So until he comes back, this matter may have to be put on hold for the time being."
In the principal's office, Ron and Harry couldn't help cheering, and the Weasleys secretly made a yes gesture. Only George and Weasley looked at each other - both of them had a bad premonition.
"I can't accept this kind of treatment!" Umbridge glared at Harry and Ron, then continued to yell at McGonagall, "Does this mean that these two pieces of trash won't be punished at all for doing such an excessive thing as attacking a professor?" "
I don't mean that. I'm just saying that before Dumbledore comes back, George and Weasley cannot be expelled from school for the time being."
"Then when will Dumbledore be back?!"
"I'm sorry, Umbridge, I don't know. To tell you the truth, the friend Dumbledore is visiting is named Nick Flamel, a great alchemist, as I'm sure you know. And there seems to be some kind of shielding device installed in that person's manor, and I can't contact Dumbledore no matter what method I use. But you don't have to worry, at least Dumbledore will definitely be back before the end of this semester."
"That means these two pieces of trash won't get the punishment they deserve before the end of this semester?" Umbridge sneered, "You are an outstanding professor and dean, McGonagall!"
"I remind you again that we can only discuss whether to expel George and Fred after Dumbledore comes back. Before that, we can use other methods as punishment." McGonagall's cold eyes swept over the Weasley brothers, which made the latter shudder. "After all, what they did is indeed unforgivable!"
"Very good, then before Dumbledore comes back, I ask them to stop classes immediately and go home!"
"No."
"Why?!"
"Because they are still students of Hogwarts now." Professor McGonagall said expressionlessly, "And as long as they are students of Hogwarts, they must study and take exams normally. This is the rule of Hogwarts."
"Then I require them to be detained in my office during all their spare time!"
As soon as these words came out, the office fell into a strange silence.
Professor McGonagall was pursing her lips tightly, as if she was thinking about the feasibility of Umbridge's proposal. The Weasley brothers and Harry, who knew the truth about Umbridge's detention, looked at McGonagall with worry, fearing that she would really agree.
But Professor McGonagall obviously didn't intend to let them have their way.
"Okay."
As Professor McGonagall said these two words coldly, Umbridge finally smiled, while George, Fred and others looked ashen.
"Well, detention will start at 7pm tonight." Umbridge sneered at the Weasley brothers, "Enjoy this last happy time."
After that, Umbridge flicked her sleeves and walked out of the office, leaving only McGonagall and others who looked unhappy.
After another half an hour, McGonagall and others were also kicked out of the office. Now only Professor McGonagall and the Weasleys were left in the office talking.
"Mike, we are done for now. Umbridge will definitely ask us to 'copy sentences'."
"Right, for the sake of our friendship, you should think of a way for us."
"Think of a way to get you expelled from school?" Mac glanced at the Weasley brothers who were looking depressed beside him, and said bluntly, "This is impossible. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley hope that you can complete your studies."
Hearing this, Hermione nodded in approval, while Ron and Harry looked sad.
In their opinion, it would be better to be expelled from school than to suffer every day at Umbridge's.
The Weasley brothers also had similar expressions, but Mac's next sentence rekindled their hope.
"But I still have a way to make you two live a little more comfortably." Mac snapped his fingers and said, "But this requires the cooperation of all of us."
"Just tell me, Mac, I'm willing to do anything!"
Harry said with shining eyes. He was already feeling guilty and almost dying. How could he give up the chance to make up for it now?
"It's very simple. The students at Hogwarts don't know the truth about Umbridge's detention yet, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Then we just need to let them know the truth." Mike said, "Leave the rest to me!"
Harry and the others looked at each other, all confused, but this did not prevent them from doing what Mike said, while Hermione had some bad premonitions, but she couldn't guess what Mike was going to do.
A few hours later, a notice appeared in the entrance hall.
This was a notice about the punishment of the Weasley brothers, which clearly informed everyone of the crimes committed by the Weasley brothers and the punishment they would receive.
As soon as this notice came out, it was watched by everyone in the hall. Everyone talked about it, and the whole hall soon became a mess.
Although the Weasley brothers had a very bad personality and often played pranks to tease their classmates.
But they were very popular. Basically, except for Slytherin College, their friends were all over Hogwarts.
So among the crowd of onlookers, except for Malfoy and other Slytherins who were gloating, the rest of the people were indignant for the Weasley brothers.
Mike was smiling in the corner, this was exactly what he wanted to see.
How can we make life easier for the Weasley brothers?
This problem is actually very simple, just push out a few unlucky guys to divert Umbridge's hatred. The reason why he didn't tell Harry and others at the beginning was that he was afraid that they would be soft-hearted.
And now, seeing that his classmates were so angry, he was relieved.
"Pass on my order," Mike waved his hand to call a member of the mutual aid society, and handed him a piece of parchment, "Let someone spread the news on this parchment. Do it covertly, don't let others know it was us."
The boy from the Gryffindor mutual aid club nodded and quickly opened the parchment and started to read it.
At this glance, the boy's face showed an expression of disbelief, because the parchment contained the truth about Umbridge's confinement. Even Mac was worried that this punishment was not strong enough, so he exaggerated it.
The boy gritted his teeth, put the parchment in his pocket, and then quickly disappeared into the hall.
That night, a rumor about "Umbridge's cruel true face" spread wildly in Gryffindor.
The original source of this news is no longer traceable, but according to the description, this matter was discovered by an unknown first-year student in Gryffindor.
The first-year student found Harry returning from Umbridge's office while on a night tour with his classmates, and unexpectedly found that there was a shocking wound on the back of Harry's hand.
These students felt very strange, so they followed Harry, and finally, in Harry's mumbling, they finally discovered the truth.
Umbridge was actually using brutal means to punish students who made mistakes!
In the next few days, this incident caused a storm within Gryffindor.
Then everyone went to Harry to ask him about the authenticity of the news.
Harry, who was found, showed everyone the back of his hand that was still injured with a sad face, and told the truth of the matter.
This was a big deal. The group of "brave little lions" in Gryffindor immediately couldn't sit still. Umbridge's depressing teaching method had already made everyone very dissatisfied. In addition, George and Fred had just been announced to be detained for a whole semester and Harry's current miserable situation. These little lions couldn't stand it. Everyone roared that Umbridge must be punished. Many students even claimed that they would tell their parents and let them send Howlers to the Ministry of Magic!
At the same time, an article was published in the Daily Prophet.
"Ministry of Magic Seeks Education - Dolores Umbridge Appointed as First Senior Inquisitor"
This newspaper interviewed Percy Weasley, Junior Assistant to the Minister of Magic, last night and learned a surprising news - after a series of discussions, the Ministry of Magic passed a new decree - "Education Decree No. 23".
And to talk about "Education Decree No. 23", we have to talk about the "Education Decree No. 22" that was just passed not long ago. The decree is intended to recommend a suitable candidate by the Ministry of Magic if the current headmaster cannot provide a candidate for a certain teaching position.
Dolores Umbridge entered Hogwarts and became the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class at the school.
A Slytherin student who did not want to be named said that Umbridge was a great success at Hogwarts. She made a breakthrough in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and provided the Minister with on-site feedback on the real situation of Hogwarts in a timely manner. With her efforts, the grades of this year's Hogwarts graduates are expected to improve significantly.
Among the feedback from Professor Umbridge, the Ministry of Magic found some shocking news.
The most incredible thing is that Dumbledore may have embezzled and misappropriated public funds from Hogwarts, and in the past few years, Dumbledore has recruited many professors who are not worthy of their reputation, including the werewolf Remus Lupin and half-half half-giant Rubeus Hagrid.
In order to sort out the ins and outs of these two things and to further improve the students' grades, the Ministry of Magic has issued a new "Education Decree No. 23" on the basis of the success of "Education Decree No. 22".
The decree has opened a new position of senior investigator at Hogwarts, and also made Professor Umbridge the first senior investigator of Hogwarts. In the future work, he will conduct in-depth investigations on all professors in Hogwarts, including Dumbledore. For the physical and mental education of our children, once any violation is found, Senior Investigator Umbridge will order it to make rectifications, and serious cases will even be dismissed.
Of course, according to the information given by Mr. Weasley, Senior Investigator Umbridge's main task this time is still to investigate Dumbledore's corruption.
If this is confirmed, the highly respected Dumbledore will most likely lose his position as the headmaster of Hogwarts and be jointly prosecuted by the Hogwarts board of directors and the Ministry of Magic.
If the Wizengamot Court finds Dumbledore guilty, then this legendary wizard will most likely be sentenced to life imprisonment!
(For a detailed introduction to Dumbledore's life, please see the attached page)
In the hall in the early morning, looking at the Daily Prophet in his hand, Mike's expression was a little strange.
He didn't expect that his unintentional act would make the Ministry of Magic suspect that Dumbledore might be corrupt, and also let them speed up the implementation of the "Education Decree No. 23".
Beside him, Franklin was reading the same newspaper with relish. It was not
until he had read the entire article word for word that he sighed and said to Mike:
"Now that Umbridge has more power, what are you going to do?"
Mike shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, just proceed according to the original plan."
"This is not a good idea. Umbridge is so powerful now that those who want to resist her are likely to be punished more severely." Franklin frowned, "To be honest, I can't understand why you want to incite others to deal with Umbridge. This doesn't make any sense. Are you just trying to avenge George and Fred? No
, no, no, your purpose should not be so simple, because if we want to retaliate, we have more and better ways. So what exactly do you want to do? This time we have invested all the people in the mutual aid society. If there is not enough profit, we will lose money."
Hearing this, Mike looked at Franklin with an idiot look, and after a long time he said:
"Don't worry, we will definitely not lose money. In addition, you must be mentally prepared, we may leave Hogwarts soon."
"What!?" Franklin screamed, then quickly covered his mouth and lowered his voice to ask, "When?"
"Soon, soon..."
Mike answered Franklin's question in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible. As soon as Mike finished speaking, Harry's anxious voice came from behind them.
"Mike! It's bad!"