Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 264 The Dementors First Cause Trouble in Lin You’s Territory
I don’t know if it was because of his bad luck of having a crow’s mouth, but just when Lin You was thinking about joining the fun on the train to school, something bad happened in his own family because of the Dementors.

To be precise, something went wrong at the warehouse owned by the Forrest family, which served as a transit point for cross-border trade.

Due to the different properties of the goods and for the sake of confidentiality, cross-border trade transportation is divided into two lines; ordinary goods imported from the Muggle society to the magical world take one separate line, and magical goods exported from the magical world to the Muggle society take another.

The warehouse where the accident happened belonged to the line of ordinary goods. The goods imported to the magic world were mainly food, cloth, daily necessities and various handicraft raw materials. The unit value was not high, but the overall quantity was quite large. The Forresters bought a warehouse in the East London dock area as a cargo transfer hub and hired more than a dozen workers, most of whom were Muggles.

The Forester family's trading company arranged trusted people in the warehouse to serve as foremen of the loaders and the security team, as well as a supervisor who was in charge of the overall responsibility; a total of three wizards.

After all, it was on Muggle territory, and there were tens of thousands of Muggle workers, truck drivers, merchants, etc. going in and out of the docks every day, and it was a mixed bag; it was not convenient to arrange too many wizards to work in such an environment. The main reason for arranging these three people was to prevent damage from dark wizards, and to facilitate the connection with the Ministry of Magic and other wizard family partners.

This was a mechanism that had been operating stably for many years and nothing had ever gone wrong. However, recently, in order to hunt down fugitives, this stable mechanism was finally broken.

According to Ministry of Magic officials, much of the goods in this trading warehouse were sent to Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, and its transportation facilities were likely used by the fugitive Sirius.

This reason makes sense. After all, Hogsmeade is one of the two most prosperous commercial areas in the British wizarding world, and it is close to Hogwarts Castle. If Sirius Black's target is really a student in the castle, then using the freight line is indeed the most convenient way.

Therefore, according to the arrangement of the Ministry of Magic, Aurors were arranged to be on duty at the warehouse during the day, and Dementors were also sent to participate in the search at night; every batch of goods sent to the wizarding world - especially those sent to Hogsmeade - were strictly inspected.

The first half month was smooth sailing, the Dementors were strictly controlled, and no mistakes occurred; but when it came to mid-to-late August, problems finally arose.

At this time, the English Premier League kicked off the new season; more importantly, West Ham United, which has always been regarded as the representative team of dock workers, successfully upgraded from League One last season and returned to the Premier League.

As a result, West Ham United's first game of the new season attracted many dock workers; workers who were not on duty brought their families to the scene to refuel, and workers on duty would go to the pub in groups of three or five after get off work to watch the live broadcast of the game.

To make matters worse, one of the bars where the fans gathered was not far from the Forresters' warehouse.

The game began, and the fans' enthusiastic and excited emotions gradually reached a climax, causing the Dementors in the warehouse that fed on human happy emotions to riot on the spot.

When Lin You received the news and appeared at the dock, he saw police cars and ambulances carrying no less than twenty dock workers rushing to the hospital; at the same time, more than thirty dock workers who were relatively less seriously injured were returning home accompanied by their family members, friends and police.

Lin You saw the workers' lifeless eyes, pale faces, and timid steps, and knew that the psychological trauma they suffered was not as harmless as it seemed. He turned back to the warehouse belonging to the Forrest family, where the warehouse manager was waiting for him, and there were also people from the Ministry of Magic, standing in a row, each with their own thoughts.

Naturally, he recognized his own warehouse manager. The man from the Ministry of Magic next to him was strong, with straight short gray hair, and wearing a suit that came from a Muggle style but was obviously behind the trend of the time. Lin You had never seen this man before.

"How are our employees?" Although there were strangers in front of him, Earl Goff skipped the introduction and asked his own warehouse manager first; of course, he was most concerned about his own people.

Before the warehouse manager could say anything, someone from the Ministry of Magic spoke first: "Don't worry, Mr. Forrestal, everything is under control; the Incident Reversal Team and the Memory Cancellation Command have calmed the situation. Those Muggles..." "I'm not asking you any questions, sir." Although Lin You is short in stature, he has a strong aura. Just a cold glance was enough to let the stranger fully understand his anger and displeasure at the moment, and for a moment he stammered and dared not speak.

At this time, the warehouse supervisor was able to speak: "Most of us are fine; when the Dementors went crazy, the security supervisor promptly activated the warehouse's defense measures and blocked the Dementors outside. However, two off-duty loaders went to the bar to drink with their friends and were sent to the hospital; in addition, the Muggle employees who saw the defense measures had their memories deleted afterwards."

The warehouse supervisor was a middle-aged wizard with a dull expression. He was very rigorous in his actions and words. In just a few words, he explained the response and consequences after the accident.

"Where's the Dementor that got in trouble?"

"It has been taken under control of the Ministry of Magic." replied the warehouse supervisor.

"This gentleman is..." Lin You's gaze finally turned to the Ministry of Magic staff member next to him. The other party felt the atmosphere around him suddenly relaxed, as if he had suddenly regained the ability to speak.

"You can call me Dawlish."

Dawlish tried hard to control his voice and maintain superficial calm; he had no idea whether the feeling of being "silent" just now was some kind of magic cast by Count Goff or simply an illusion caused by some kind of pressure.

Although he looked serious and even tried to act tough, after seeing Lin Youru's cold aura and thinking about what the Minister of Magic had said when he came here, this confident Auror immediately understood: the child in front of him was someone who could not be messed with.

Mr. Dawes, then, spoke with a little more caution and humility than usual;
"I was in charge of the Auror team that patrolled during the day. After discovering the incident, we immediately controlled the Dementors and contacted the Ministry of Magic to send personnel to deal with the aftermath. You don't have to worry about the Muggles discovering the truth about the warehouse. When the Muggles who were attacked in the bar woke up, they would only remember that they had a dispute with each other over the football game, and one group drove another group into the cold storage..."

"This explains why they feel cold all over their bodies?" Lin You said sarcastically, "Compared to colleagues in other departments, the Incident Reversal Team has a deep understanding of Muggles!"

"Of course..." Dawlish breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then he quickly realized that the other party's tone was unfriendly, so he quickly stopped talking.

Lin You asked again: "Where is the Dementor that caused the trouble?"

"He's been taken into custody and is being held in a warehouse, waiting to be escorted back to Azkaban for investigation." Dawlish replied quickly.

"Take me to see it."

Earl Goff made the request as if nothing had happened. His tone was cold and calm. Among the people present, only the warehouse manager could hear the anger contained in his voice.

(End of this chapter)