Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 377 Corruption
Merry Christmas with the Masons, especially Victor, even though his body-modifying mech couldn't hold out for 10 minutes against Mike - and that's when Mike didn't use the mass-killing magic In the case of curses.

But Victor was not discouraged. He believed that the reason why he lost so badly was largely because he couldn't think rationally like a machine, so he wasted too much energy.

Ever since, he once again proposed to Mike to carry out the transformation of the brain.

Of course, Mike didn't agree.

And after the Christmas holiday, Hogwarts students faced another difficult problem - the start of school.

In the auditorium, Mike, Franklin and others were enjoying their first meal after returning to Hogwarts. Since they 'comforted' Penello for several days during Christmas, Mike was in a good mood. Humming a ditty.

But the other students beside him were different. They were all frowning, and they even turned a blind eye to the much richer breakfast on the plate than before.

In Mike's view, this is completely a manifestation of school phobia.

In the past, this kind of symptom never appeared on Hogwarts students, because for many ordinary little wizards, the campus life in Hogwarts is far more interesting than the life in their small families.

But this year is different, because there is an annoying professor in the school-Umbridge.

"Damn it, our first class this morning is Defense Against the Dark Arts! It's so annoying!"

"Hi! Stop talking! Are you as uncomfortable as I am? I still have five days of confinement. Now that school starts, Umbridge will definitely continue to come to me!"

"Hey! *2"

……

Hearing the laments of the students around him and seeing their desperate looks, Mike silently shook his head and looked away.

But at this moment, a large group of owls suddenly flew in from the foyer. They grabbed one package after another and hovered over everyone's heads in twos and threes, dropping one from time to time like a bomber in an air raid. The package makes people can't help but want to escape from this dangerous place.

But the only ones who really put their ideas into action are the first-year students who have just joined. The old students have long been used to this kind of scene, and they are very confident in the throwing skills of these owl messengers—they will at most take your The breakfast is smashed, but it won't smash the package on your head.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, a bundle of newspapers was thrown by the owls onto the plate in front of Mike, but the food on that plate had already been wiped out by Mike, so there were no food residues or soup flying around. splash.

The owl that dropped the newspaper seemed disappointed, and hovered over Mike's head for a while before slowly leaving.

Mike, on the other hand, opened the latest Daily Prophet with a calm face.

"Shock!Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, was taken away by Aurors last night, suspected of being involved in embezzlement of public funds! "

As soon as the newspaper was opened, the conspicuous headline enlarged and blackened came into Mike's eyes.

Mike was stunned for a moment before continuing to read.

At about 37:42:[-] yesterday, the famous white wizard, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the president of the International Federation of Wizards... was taken away by Aurors in the Hogwarts headmaster's office.

According to Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror office who led the team, Dumbledore was reported to have embezzled public funds many times during his tenure as the principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, resulting in insufficient school funds.

So they will take Dumbledore back to the Ministry of Magic for the next step of interrogation.

Another important member of the Ministry of Magic, Ms. Umbridge, a senior Hogwarts inspector sent by the Ministry of Magic, said that Dumbledore was the one she reported.

During her tenure at Hogwarts, she found that many senior students often encountered insufficient materials when they were studying potions and other courses that required a lot of expensive materials. Directors will send a large amount of supplies and Galleons to Hogwarts. Logically speaking, this situation will never happen.

So she investigated the matter, but unexpectedly discovered the secret of the principal Dumbledore's corruption.

At present, Ms. Umbridge said that she has obtained a large amount of evidence, and she will definitely give justice to all the teachers and students of Hogwarts!
……

After closing the newspaper, Mike had a strange expression on his face.

Because many of what Umbridge said in the interview came from his mouth.

But this is not the point of the matter. The point now is that Dumbledore left Hogwarts again!
Mike turned his head and looked around, and as expected, most of the students around him became commotion, obviously they had discovered the explosive news in the Daily Prophet today.

After packing up the tableware, Mike walked directly outside the auditorium.

Dumbledore's arrest was undoubtedly Umbridge's revenge. It is estimated that Dumbledore himself never thought that Umbridge's revenge would come so fast and with such a strong force. leave him.

But things have already happened, and now it depends on whether Dumbledore can get away as soon as possible, otherwise Hogwarts may soon become Umbridge's all-in-one again.

Mike's morning class is ancient magic literature. The professor of this class obviously heard the news of Dumbledore's arrest, so he seemed absent-minded during the class. Distracted.

In fact, not only her, but also the classmates in the classroom were constantly discussing this matter, and even many girls had red eyes.

After class, Mike was blocked by the three of Harry.

"Mike! Did you hear that?"

"You mean Dumbledore was captured?" Mike said to Hermione. "Of course, I saw that article early this morning."

"Umbridge should be happy now," Ron pouted, annoyed, "Hogwarts is hers again!"

"I don't think there is any need to worry too much."

As soon as this remark was made, everyone's eyes fell on Harry.

"Dumbledore should come out soon. After all, a person like him would not do such a thing as corruption. This kind of false accusation can't defeat Dumbledore. So what we should care about is another thing!"

"what's up?"

"They're hiding something from us!"

Harry moved closer to Michael's ear and said in a low voice.

Mike and Ron looked puzzled.

"Do you still remember Mr. Weasley being attacked by a snake? I had a dream at the time, and in the dream I was the snake! It was a wonderful experience, and I could clearly perceive all the feelings of the snake , including its thoughts!" said Harry, "so I know very well that the snake was not aimed at Mr. Weasley at all, it was aimed at the things in the room behind Mr. Weasley. And Weasley And why did Mr. appear in that place in the middle of the night? Doesn’t it sound good to sleep at home? So, the answer is already obvious, Mr. Weasley must have been..."

"...Watching something!"

Harry and Ron said the final answer in unison.

"This is not the most terrifying thing. I discussed it with Black and the others. We all think that the giant python that attacked Mr. Weasley was sent by Voldemort! In other words, the person who really wants that thing is Voldemort! "

Hearing this, everyone present was stupefied, but Ron looked around with a nervous expression, as if he was afraid that others would know that Harry called that person by his name.

Suddenly, Hermione on the side slapped her palm fiercely, and then, as if she remembered something, she put this morning's Daily Prophet in front of everyone.

"Ministry of Magic dies unexpectedly"

St Mungo's Hospital last night pledged to conduct a full investigation into the death of Ministry of Magic staffer Broderick Bird.

Mr Bode, 49, was strangled to death by a potted plant in his hospital bed, and the therapist failed to save him.

Mr Bird had been injured in a work accident a few weeks earlier.

The therapist who was in charge of Mr. Bird's ward at the time of the accident, Meliam Straw, was suspended with pay and did not accept an interview. However, according to reliable sources, the reason why Mr. Bird died was entirely because someone treated a devil vine as an ordinary plant. The potted plant was given to him.

At present, we do not know the precise origin of this devil vine, but there is no doubt that the management personnel of St. Mungo's Hospital bear an inescapable responsibility...

After reading the whole report, Ron looked envious and said:
"Suspension with pay? Great, I want to find such a job in the future."

Hermione gave him a blank look, poked hard at Mr. Bird's photo in the newspaper and said:

"Why is your focus so strange? Take a good look, we've seen this Mr. Bird before! It's in the ward next to Mr. Weasley, just lying there staring at the ceiling. We also saw the devil's net, when The therapist said it was a Christmas present!"

"Oh! Doesn't that mean that if we had looked more carefully, Mr. Bird wouldn't have..."

"Come on, we can't blame us for this, after all, who would have thought that the devil's net would be disguised as an ordinary potted plant?" Ron retorted Harry's words, "If you want to blame it, you should also blame the person who gave the gift. So stupid that you don’t even know what you’re buying.”

Hermione rolled her eyes again, and Mike said:

"I don't think this should be an accident. After all, no one is really stupid enough to give a devil's net as a gift to others. So this is murder, a very clever murder!"

Harry and Ron gasped when they heard the words, while Hermione snapped her fingers and said:

"Mike got it right! And I found out some interesting things there. Mr. Bird works for the Department of Mysteries, and he's a reticent man!"

Ron exclaimed again, Mike nodded, and only Harry remained bewildered.

"The Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, just like its name, is a place dedicated to mysterious experiments, where people specialize in research on curses, prophecies, space, the universe and even time. And the employees inside have signed Agreement, you can’t mention a single word about the things inside. So the employees there are also called the silent people.” Mike said, “I understand what Hermione means, you mean Voldemort (Ron trembled again ) want something that is likely to be placed in the Department of Mysteries, so they will try to torture and silence Mr. Bird, right?"

"Yes, that's it!"

"I don't think we can solve this matter alone. We'd better tell Dumbledore and let them deal with it."

"I told them!" Harry suddenly raised his voice, "but they just said they knew, and they didn't want to tell me anything! Especially Dumbledore, he seems to be very cold to me recently. Forcibly ordering me to stay in St. Mungo's Hospital, and now even asking me to learn Occlumency from Snape, I guess he thinks I'm crazy!"

As soon as this remark came out, Hermione's expression immediately became very exciting, the corners of Mike's mouth rose slightly, and Ron was shocked.

"What? He asked Snape to teach you?" said Ron. "That's horrific. Snape's old bat is sure to torture you."

"Who said no. Hey! I'm going to his office for the first class tonight, and I really don't know what to do."

"Uh, I guess you don't know what kind of spell Occlumency is, Harry?"

Hermione asked slowly, with an embarrassed expression on her face, while Harry shook his head inexplicably.

"Occlumency can seal the user's brain, making ineffective the spells that can invade the brain, such as insanity spells. This is an extremely difficult spell. To learn it, you must have enough magic power Extraordinary talent is also needed." Mike explained, "I have to say that although Professor Snape's personality is not very good, he is indeed a very talented wizard. In the spell of Occlumency, He can be regarded as a master figure. So Harry, I think Dumbledore is very interesting to you, and it is rare for a master wizard to teach you Occlumency in person."

Hermione on the side nodded quickly and said that if she could, she would even go to Professor Snape's class instead of Harry. As long as she could learn Occlumency, she would accept whatever Professor Snape scolded her or punished her.

It's a pity that Dumbledore didn't think it was necessary for her to learn this spell.

"But...but I..."

Harry's expression was unconvinced, and it could be seen that he was racking his brains to think of the reasons for his rebuttal.

"In short, Harry," Mike said, "you should try to learn it first. Although Snape and you are very difficult to deal with, it will be worthwhile if you can learn Occlumency. If you really If you can’t lose weight, you can make your request to Dumbledore again, can’t you?”

"……Fine!"

Harry gritted his teeth, Mike's words really made him speechless.

(End of this chapter)