Chapter 533 Sensation

Scrimgeour's worries were correct, because early the next morning, newspapers across the wizarding world of the United Kingdom were publishing two pieces of news.

One was that Voldemort was killed by McTominay.

The other was that McTominay, the man behind the recent rebellion, was arrested.

These two things were actually one thing, and the new generation of media headed by The Quibbler did just that. They told the readers the whole story, and even included some private information. For example, The Quibbler hinted that the Ministry of Magic arrested McTominay after McTominay had killed Voldemort and was seriously injured. This behavior needs to be condemned.

But like The Quibbler, The Daily Prophet also has its own tendencies.

So in the newspapers of these old-school media, Voldemort's death and McTominay's arrest became two different things. They tried to use this method to dilute people's gratitude to McTominay for killing Voldemort.

But it was useless. After all, compared with the equal rights movement, the pain that Voldemort brought to the world was much more serious, so the social trend changed all of a sudden. Countless people began to praise Michael's merits and called him the new generation of savior.

On the surface, this is a good thing, but in fact it is not.

First of all, the news of Voldemort's death was so shocking that it took away a lot of the heat that should have belonged to the equal rights movement.

In addition, Michael was arrested, and the originally strong equal rights forces suddenly lost the most powerful main force behind them, and instantly became weak.

The merchants in Diagon Alley should have felt deeply about it, because the incident had just happened, and the equal rights group that used to stay in Diagon Alley every day holding up ky slogans disappeared, and was replaced by waves of people who came to celebrate Voldemort's death.

This made these merchants very happy. You know, when people are in a good mood, their concept of money will gradually become vague, which has made their recent business much better.

And the officials of the Ministry of Magic were equally happy with the merchants.

The social situation is beginning to improve rapidly. If they continue at this rate, they will soon be able to return to their previous state.

But just as the Ministry of Magic was rejoicing, the office of the Minister of Magic was filled with smoke. Scrimgeour was puffing on his cigar, and the assistant minister next to him was almost crying because of the smoke.

"Huh!"

Scrimgeour exhaled a long puff of smoke and extinguished the cigar in his hand viciously.

The assistant was happy to see this, but before he could be happy for long, he saw Scrimgeour actually lit up a brand new cigar.

This made the assistant lower his head silently. There was no way. Mr. Minister was angry at the moment, and he really dared not speak out.

The reason why Scrimgeour was so irritable was a copy of "The Quibbler" on his desk.

It clearly stated that although McTominay had done some wrong things, he did not cause too much loss to society. In addition, he had made great contributions by killing Voldemort, so his merits and demerits were offset and the Ministry of Magic should release him without guilt.

Although this is only the opinion of The Quibbler, Scrimgeour knows from the data survey that this view is very popular among ordinary people. Now almost half of the people in the market support the Ministry of Magic to give a light sentence or release McTominay.

"Huh!~"

Exhaling a cloud of smoke again, Scrimgeour irritably crumpled up the Quibbler in front of him and threw it into the trash can beside him.

Strictly speaking, this is actually just a small matter. After all, the current situation has stabilized. Although McTominay is indeed wrong, he does not have to kill McTominay. After all,

the Ministry of Magic has released many criminals in the past, and one more is not too much.

As long as he is willing to give up his own flesh and hand over a large amount of property and promise to be honest and not make any more troubles after he gets out, it will be fine.

But the key to the problem is that he had promised Chris earlier that he would help the Ministry of Magic restore social stability in exchange for the position of Minister of Magic.

But now the situation has changed suddenly. Doesn't this mean that Chris can get a ministerial position for free without doing anything?

You have to know that he spent a lot of resources to get

the position of Minister at the special time when Voldemort invaded and Fudge made a mistake. Otherwise, it would be a daydream for a half-blood wizard like him who came from the military to serve as the Minister of Magic!

Such a hard-earned position is just given away for nothing?

When Scrimgeour thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a strong unwillingness in his heart.

Just stand Chris up?

This is also not okay!

Judging from the force Chris showed in Mary Joa, he has now been promoted to Legend in all likelihood.

The price to pay for deceiving a legendary wizard is definitely something he can't afford, not to mention that there are more than a dozen pure-blood families standing behind Chris. These families united are definitely a huge and terrifying force!

For a moment, Scrimgeour fell into deep entanglement.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the Masonic Secret Realm Meeting Room was not very good.

Penelope, Arthur, Franklin and other Masonic members sat with their heads down, but no one spoke. From time to time, a few suppressed cries could be heard from the corner - those were Shuke and Beta.

Since Mike was arrested, everyone has basically been in this state.

Especially Franklin, his eyes were swollen from crying, and he had a big bump on his head from Arthur, and now he was wrapped in gauze and it was miserable.

Everyone expressed understanding for this, after all, Franklin had been with Mike for the longest time.

They had no doubt that if Arthur hadn't forcibly taken this guy away, Franklin would definitely choose to live and die with Mike.

Even for this matter, Franklin had a fight with Arthur after waking up. Although they didn't fight, it was also a manifestation of friendship, and others couldn't say much.

"Okay, Franklin, don't be too sad, Mike will be fine."

Penelope couldn't bear it anymore, and whispered to comfort Franklin, but there was some displeasure in her tone.

After all, she is Mike's real girlfriend. Now Franklin seems to be even sadder than her. What's going on?

If someone who doesn't know the situation saw this, they would think she didn't care about Mike at all.

"How can you guarantee that Mike will come back? That's the Ministry of Magic! Maybe those Aurors are torturing Mike right now! No! I have to save Mike!"

Franklin's emotions suddenly became agitated, and he stood up to leave after just a few words.

But just as his butt just left the seat, Arthur stood up and waved the sword in his hand at Franklin.

Seeing this, Franklin decisively admitted his defeat and sat back in his seat.

There was no way, Arthur was too strong, he really couldn't beat him.

"Don't worry, aren't we manipulating public opinion to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic through "The Quibbler"? With the nature of those people in the Ministry of Magic, it's probably just a matter of paying a large fine."

Arthur said with a pout.

To be honest, he really couldn't understand what Dumbledore was doing. When he parted with Mike, he thought Dumbledore would kill Mike directly, but now Dumbledore handed Mike over to the Ministry of Magic. Isn't this just letting the tiger go back to the mountain?

The people in the Ministry of Magic will never judge Mike properly.

Or... is this what Dumbledore meant?

Arthur couldn't figure it out.

"Are you serious?" Franklin gritted his teeth and said, "What if the Ministry of Magic is unwilling to release him?"

"Then we will rush in and rescue Mike!"

Arthur said viciously, and while speaking, he pulled out the long sword in his hand. Suddenly, a sharp murderous intent swept the entire conference room. Everyone present felt a chill on their necks, and women such as Soraka couldn't help but shiver.

"Anyway, Mike must be rescued, at any cost!"

"Right! At any cost!"

"That's it!"

...

The echoes echoed in the conference room one after another. Benjamin and others expressed their attitudes one after another. Their eyes were firm and it could be seen that this was a cry from their hearts.

But in fact, they had to save him.

You have to know that the Freemasons linked all of them. They were a whole. The oath taken when they joined the society was always restraining their behavior. If they did something to abandon their companions, the chains of the oath would kill them, just like the unlucky guy in the United States.

Seeing his companions so determined, Franklin's expression finally looked much better.

In his opinion, as long as they worked together, breaking into the Ministry of Magic to save someone was not a big deal.

But the next moment his expression twisted again. He stood up and slammed the conference table hard, roaring:

"And Dumbledore! He must pay the price too. This old immortal is simply crazy! He actually attacked us!" As soon as

these words came out, the originally excited crowd fell silent instantly, and the entire conference room was filled with an awkward atmosphere.

Except for Arthur, everyone present was Dumbledore's student. They all had special feelings for the old headmaster, so when they saw Dumbledore actually attacking them at the beginning, many people were a little bit unbelievable.

It was precisely because of this that they all fell silent in the face of Franklin's proposal. The image of Dumbledore in their minds was too great, and they really didn't want to be enemies with Dumbledore.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Franklin became furious again, pointing at everyone's noses and started to scold, and Benjamin and others' faces turned black.

"Okay, Franklin." Benjamin advised, "The most urgent task now is to rescue Mike. As for Dumbledore...even if we want to take revenge on him, we can't beat him."

Franklin's face almost turned red, and he wanted to continue scolding while trembling.

But before he could open his mouth, he heard Arthur beside him say:

"That's not necessarily true. I was the closest to Mike and Dumbledore when the incident happened. Judging from the situation at the scene, Dumbledore should have been seriously injured. If nothing unexpected happened, the last time was his last strength. Now Dumbledore, hehe, should be just a paper tiger."

"But what Benjamin said makes sense. Our focus now should be on rescuing Mike. As for other things, we can put them aside for now."

Hearing this, Benjamin's frown finally relaxed. He nodded at Arthur, looked at Franklin and said:

"Franklin, I know you are very angry. Please believe me, everyone here is as angry as you. Don't worry, although we can't concentrate our strength to retaliate, it's not easy for us, and Dumbledore won't have an easy time either!"

"Oh? What are you going to do?"

Franklin, who was a little disappointed after hearing this, suddenly became energetic.

"It's very simple. Mike's influence in Hogwarts is not much worse than Dumbledore's. In addition, the previous equal rights movement has also helped Mike attract a lot of fans in Hogwarts." Benjamin smiled slyly, "So if those students knew that Mike, the hero in their minds who worked for the public interest, was caught by their beloved headmaster Dumbledore, what do you think they would do?"

"Hiss!"

Franklin took a breath and looked at Benjamin in shock. The other people present basically had the same reaction.

They really didn't expect that Benjamin could come up with such a vicious plan.

If things are really as Benjamin said, then Dumbledore and even other professors in Hogwarts will have a hard time, because the chaos that broke out in Hogwarts not long ago will reappear and become even more violent.

Those angry students will definitely turn Hogwarts upside down!

"Good idea! I'll get someone to do it right away!"

Penelope stood up and walked quickly toward the door. As the actual manager of the daily affairs of the Los Santos Group, only she had the ability to turn Benjamin's idea into reality.

As the door slammed shut, the corners of the mouths of the rest of the people in the meeting room all rose.

They couldn't wait to see the show!

...

On the other side, while Benjamin and the others were still making plans, a brown-haired boy in a pure black windbreaker slowly walked out of the Leaky Cauldron and came to Diagon Alley.

The boy seemed to be a foreign tourist who came to Diagon Alley for the first time, and he was full of interest in everything that appeared in front of him.

He would stop to watch when passing by a shop selling cauldrons. He would stop to taste the new ice cream when he met a clerk who was selling it to him, and then give his opinion. He would even gather around the window like those children when passing by a Quidditch shop, curiously looking at the Firebolt inside.

At this moment, Diagon Alley was indeed worthy of his serious visit. Countless wizards in strange costumes sang and danced on the cobblestone road, celebrating that they finally escaped from the fear of Voldemort. Naughty children would light a magic firework from time to time, and the strange and bright flames would stay in the sky for a long time.

Looking at the celebrating crowd, the boy showed an ambiguous smile on his face, and said in a voice that only he could hear:

"Isn't it too early to celebrate now?"