Chapter 563: Surrender

"We are in some trouble."

Mike was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Penelope and said:

"What trouble?"

"After statistics, I found that those students did not all come to the Masonic Secret Realm voluntarily." Penelope said, "Some of them were forced to come in. They would rather stay in Hogwarts than here. Of course, these people are only a minority, but there are still some people who are not willing to stay here to help us. They want to go home as soon as possible." As

soon as these words came out, Franklin's face became ferocious.

In his opinion, those students were typical of ungratefulness.

But after experiencing the battle of the Ministry of Magic, Franklin's temperament became more stable. He did not directly confront, but looked at Mike who was thinking on the side.

"What are you going to do, Mike?"

"Those who want to go home, just send them home. We don't need to make enemies with these people." Mike said after a moment of silence, "As for those who want to go back to Hogwarts, haha, you can't come and go as you please here, lock them all up."

After that, everyone looked at each other, and a ferocious smile appeared on their faces.

The guy who still wants to go back to Hogwarts at this time is undoubtedly their enemy, and facing the enemy, it is necessary to be polite to them!

Penelope did not show any surprise at Mike's decision. She nodded silently, and then continued to return to the crowd and started the rest of the work.

Mike, after chatting with everyone for a while, also left the platform and prepared to visit his long-lost friends, Harry and Hermione.

Harry, Hermione and Ron, as friends of Mike and others, naturally received special care, so it was not difficult to find them.

When Mike found them under the guidance of several Los Santos wizards, they were helping the wounded with the Freemason medical team.

Of course, although it was said that there were three people helping, in fact, only Hermione was really helping. As for Harry and Ron, they were mostly watching.

But it was okay. After all, with Harry and Ron's level, it was already very good not to make things worse.

Mike's appearance startled the three people. Ron immediately put down his chores and rushed over, shouting to Mike in surprise:

"Mike! You were so cool in the hall just now!"

Mike joked:

"Am I not cool at ordinary times?"

"Oh! Of course I'm cool!" Ron waved his arms and shouted, "No matter what time, you are the coolest in my mind!"

Hearing this, Mike's mouth muscles twitched twice. He always felt that Ron's words were a little strange.

Shaking his head, he turned his attention to the other two.

Unlike Ron, Harry and Hermione's reactions were a little special.

The latter's expression was a bit complicated. She didn't go up to talk to Mike, but concentrated on her work as if she didn't see Mike.

However, her trembling hands and slightly red eyes let Mike know that her heart was not as calm as she showed.

Harry's expression was fear mixed with some vigilance. While looking at Mike, his right hand unconsciously protected the bag of traceless stretching spells on his waist, as if he was afraid that Mike would suddenly rush over to grab it.

"Harry, Hermione, what's wrong with you?"

Mike asked in confusion.

Hearing this, Harry reacted immediately. He touched his nose nervously, and then forced a smile and said:

"Nothing! Mike, it's great to see you again!"

"Me too."

Mike smiled and hugged Harry, but felt that Harry's body was very stiff, which was the reaction of humans in extreme fear or tension.

This made Mike feel a little depressed.

He felt that the reason why Harry and Hermione behaved like this was entirely because he killed Dumbledore.

After taking a deep breath, Mike let go of his hand and said sincerely to Harry and Hermione:

"Hey, listen, Harry, Hermione, and you, Ron. I know you all hate me for killing Dumbledore, but please believe me, I don't want to do that either. I have my reasons."

Looking at Mike's sincere expression, Harry opened his eyes slightly, wanting to say something comforting.

But before he could speak, he heard a choking female voice behind him.

"What reasons can you have?" Hermione blushed and roared at Mike, "Could it be that Dumbledore forced you to kill him?"

As soon as these words came out, Harry's expression suddenly became strange. As one of the few people who knew the truth of the matter, he really wanted to tell Hermione that it was really Dumbledore who asked Mike to kill him.

Mike's face sank when he heard this.

Like Harry, he also wanted to tell Harry, Hermione and others the truth of the matter.

But from what Mike knows about Hermione, if he says this, the other party will not believe it. Instead, they will think that this is an excuse Mike made up to get away with the crime.

After all, people are naturally suspicious of the murderer's excuse. Besides, it is too unbelievable to ask someone to kill you.

Thinking of this, Mike sighed and said,

"I'm sorry."

After that, Mike left without looking back.

Seeing this, Hermione seemed to want to chase him and ask for clarification, but she stopped as soon as she took a step. She stood there gritting her teeth and staring at Mike's back with a pair of red eyes.

At this time, Harry breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his right hand that was protecting his waist.

He has always kept Dumbledore's instructions in mind and kept the invisibility cloak close to his body.

That's why Harry acted so strange when Mike appeared just now. He thought Mike came to ask him about the whereabouts of the invisibility cloak.

You have to know that Michael is a master of Occlumency. With Michael's skills, even if Harry has mastered a shallow level of Occlumency, Michael can still easily invade Harry's brain and find out the whereabouts of the invisibility cloak.

With Mike's current strength and power, it would be as easy as breathing to take the invisibility cloak from Harry.

Fortunately, Mike did not directly snatch the invisibility cloak as Harry had guessed. He did not even ask.

There are only two reasons for this situation. Either Mike is not interested in the Deathly Hallows, or Mike does not know that the invisibility cloak Harry has is the Deathly Hallows.

As a friend, Harry is naturally more willing to believe the first option, but the second option is not impossible.

As for the third option that Mike does not know what the Deathly Hallows are, it does not exist, because Harry clearly remembers that Chris had communicated with Mike about the Deathly Hallows when he was at Hogwarts.

The rationality in Harry's heart kept reminding Harry to stay away from Mike, because only in this way can he fulfill Dumbledore's instructions to the greatest extent possible and protect the invisibility cloak.

But looking at Mike's lonely back that was getting farther and farther away, Harry could not bear it.

He always felt that compared with himself and others, the pain in Mike's heart, who killed Dumbledore with his own hands, should be more intense.

After all, Dumbledore is also his principal.

Should I tell the truth?

This is a very difficult decision.

For a moment, Harry was deeply entangled.

...

Mike didn't care about what Harry and the other two thought.

No, it can't be described as indifferent.

To be precise, he didn't want to have too much contact with Harry and the other two.

After all, the three are now in adolescence, and based on Mike's previous experience, it is useless to explain to the boys and girls of this period no matter how much you try to explain to them.

Instead of trying to explain to them, it is better to deal with it coldly. After all, time will wear away everything. When the time comes, the misunderstanding will naturally be resolved.

Moreover, after Voldemort's death, Harry and the other two actually lost contact with the main line of this world. As their friend, Mike was actually reluctant to involve them in this series of things. After all, it was too dangerous.

Of course, the most important point is that Mike is too busy.

In the next two days, the Freemasons were running at full speed. A large number of students were sent back home, and more materials and manpower were sent into the secret realm through the teleportation array as capital for the subsequent decisive battle with Chris.

This was a very important matter, and Mike had to take time out of his usual practice to manage it.

Just when Mike and others were all busy, an unexpected guest came to the Freemasonry secret realm.

"You mean, Chris is now madly suppressing minorities?"

Looking at the nervous Kingsley in front of him, Mike asked with some surprise.

Kingsley swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said,

"That's right. The former director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters has been executed by Chris Flint for treason. The new director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters is Flint's confidant and an absolute hardliner.

Under his instruction, all the Muggle wizards who were originally employed in the Ministry of Magic have been dismissed, and even the witches who have entered the Wizengamot Council have been deprived of their status as councilors. As for those non-human creatures, let alone, the tax rate of Gringotts has risen to a higher level than before, and those mermaids and centaurs have also lost their autonomous regions. Not only

that, the Auror troops have also taken action. They began to use force against those disobedient and troublesome guys, which caused a lot of negative reactions in society. However, it must be said that the effect of doing so is really very good. Those Muggle wizards and non-human creatures are all bullies who only bully the weak and fear the strong. They will be at peace after being beaten up."

Hearing this, Mike fell into deep thought.

Without a doubt, this was another wave of suspicious behavior by Chris.

Mike had already felt a little strange when the Ministry of Magic began to please those minorities regardless of the cost. After all, even if you want to win over the other party to attack Mike's power, there is no need to give such a big benefit.

This is obviously extremely uneconomical.

But at least the efforts of the Ministry of Magic have reaped the fruits. After getting the benefits, those minorities are really not willing to pay attention to Mike.

But now, the other party has taken back all the things that were previously given to the minorities, and has begun to treat them with even harsher means than now?

Is this the reverse operation of giving a sweet date after giving a slap in the face?

Wouldn't this make those minorities hate the Ministry of Magic even more?

Mike couldn't understand the meaning of doing this.

But even if he didn't understand it, it didn't affect Mike's use of this opportunity to restore his influence among the minorities.

Anyway, according to Mike's understanding of those guys, they would never allow the benefits they got to fly away so easily.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will probably find him soon.

At the same time, Kingsley was sweating profusely as he looked at Mike who was lost in thought.

The reason for this effect was largely because there were a dozen fully armed Los Santos wizards staring at him, as if they were going to attack him the next moment.

This put a lot of pressure on him.

To this day, the image of Mike in his mind is no longer the scheming student he used to be, but a young hero on par with Chris Flint.

If possible, he really didn't want to come, after all, dealing with people like Mike and Chris was too dangerous.

But now the Order of the Phoenix has almost collapsed. Without the protection of the Order of the Phoenix, his career has basically come to an end with his ability. Now he urgently needs to find a new master.

And the Freemasons are obviously a good choice.

After hesitating for a long time, Kingsley finally wiped the dense beads of sweat on his forehead, forced a smile and said to Mike:

"Is this news helpful to you?"

Kingsley's voice finally pulled Mike back from his contemplation. Looking at Kingsley with an awkward smile, Mike's mouth corners also slightly raised, and said to him:

"Not bad, quite useful information, what do you want?"

"I, I, I... I don't want anything!" Kingsley blushed and stammered, "I just want to be loyal to you and work for you!"

"Oh? Really?"

Mike groaned softly, and instantly understood Kingsley's thoughts, and the smile on his face immediately became interesting.

"Hehe, I think I already know what you want. So from today on, you are one of us. Please continue to work hard in the future. I believe that one day, we will all get what we want."

Hearing this, Kingsley immediately became excited and stood there and began to thank Mike profusely.

Mike waved his hand, indicating that he could leave directly.

Mike didn't want to chat with him. Kingsley was just a tool in Mike's eyes. The tool was so much that Mike didn't even want to give him any substantial benefits, and just painted a big pie to get rid of him.

Now, Mike's focus is still on the representatives of minority groups who may come next!