Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

If the school newspaper no longer publishes relevant articles, then let Moon go, because that means Moon has voluntarily withdrawn from the public opinion war;

If the intensity of the article published in the school newspaper was similar to the previous one, it would not pose much of a threat. Many people would still choose to trust the Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet, and he would only have to continue to beat Munn. ;

If the article published in the school newspaper is far more powerful than the previous one, then it is bound to point out the mistakes of the Ministry of Magic and the mistakes of his minister - no matter how many parts of the article accuse dark wizards and werewolves, Fudge They can use these "criticisms" of the Ministry of Magic as an excuse to launch an attack, directly pouring the dirty water on Munn that was not poured out at the beginning, and solve the root cause of Munn, the Daily Prophet's opponent in the public opinion war.

Moon stole the hearts of the people, so Fuji clung to justice and crushed Moon to death with the words "justifiable".

In other words, after tomorrow's school newspaper is published, judging from Fudge's current level of madness, even if two Aurors come over and want to send Moon directly to Azkaban without trial, Moon will be One hundred believers.

"call……"

Fortunately, in any case, he did enjoy a comfortable life for four full days, and he also successfully asked Violet the reason why Demi did not send a Christmas gift to Gal - just as he expected, this It was all a misunderstanding.

Demi actually wanted to send a Christmas gift to Gal in the Muggle way - to put it bluntly, it was the inexplicable little romance of a young girl. But unfortunately, the romance was stillborn, and Demi's letter containing the greeting card and gift was not posted. Stamps, no address, just thrown into the mailbox.

If it were just like this, it would be fine. The postman just discovered this and returned the letter to the sending address.But the problem is, the "address" Demi didn't write is not the receiving address, but the sending address...

So this letter is actually still lying quietly in the post office, waiting for its own redemption.

Of course Demi knew nothing about this. When Moon asked Violet and Violet asked Demi, Demi was completely confused. She always thought that Gal was hiding after the Christmas vacation. I love her because I don't like her Christmas gift and I don't like her.

Fortunately, Violet was thoughtful and asked all the questions about what kind of gift Demi gave, how it was given, and when it was given. Otherwise, this matter would have become an unsolved mystery.

After attending classes for four days with peace of mind, and becoming an "emotional diagnosis master", Moon was already satisfied after solving the relationship problems between Gal and Demi.

Next, he can just surrender without hesitation... of course that's impossible.

Moon put the gloves and hats on the table into a buckled velvet bag, then replaced the articles in the school newspaper and started printing.

After printing enough, he divided the newspaper into two parts, tied one with a rope and carried it on his back, and carried the other in his hand, and then cast an invisibility spell on himself.

If anyone was standing nearby, they would be surprised to find that in just a moment, Moon's body disappeared directly from the spot.

Of course, he couldn't just sit back and wait in Hogwarts to be captured by the Ministry of Magic.Even if Fudge's remaining sanity prevented him from throwing Moon into Azkaban, Moon didn't think he would get any good results.

He has already taken leave. Theoretically speaking, he does not need to stay at Hogwarts from tonight on. Therefore, all he needs to do now is to leave the school newspapers for the students of Hogwarts and then to the owl. The cabin mails out the rest of the school newspaper, and then...

Just do the last thing.

…………

An hour later, Hagrid, holding a lantern, stood outside the Forbidden Forest, his face covered by his messy beard and hair full of worry.Even Yaya seemed to sense his master's uneasiness, so he lay down beside the box at Hagrid's feet, motionless.

Until Moon's figure slowly appeared in Hagrid's sight.

Seeing Hagrid already waiting outside the Forbidden Forest, Moon breathed a sigh of relief, quickened his pace and walked to Hagrid, then smiled and said: "Thank you very much, Hagrid, for waiting here for me so late. .”

Hagrid couldn't laugh at all. There was even some obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes: "Running Gorgon... you definitely made the most wrong and wrong decision. I really don't know Dumbledore." Why would the professor agree to you..."

Moon smiled bitterly, "Don't worry, Hagrid, I'll be fine."

"Huh?" Hagrid stared at Moon with wide eyes as if he had heard some fantasy. "You don't think that the Forbidden Forest is like other forests. There are only some tigers, wild wolves and Xinkang in it." Really? I know that you are far more powerful than the average third-year wizard or even the seventh-year wizard, but Forbidden Forest—Mun, that is no joke."

Moon Enxin said, "Isn't this just a joke?"There is a large family and hundreds of Acromantulas inside - and it's all thanks to you...

Of course, he must be vomiting this kind of thing in his heart and not really say it out loud. "Don't worry, Hagrid, don't worry, I won't cross the Forbidden Forest. Didn't Professor Dumbledore leave a door key for me?"

"...Sigh!" Hagrid sighed heavily. "Merlin's beard, even if you don't have to cross the Forbidden Forest, you will have to face werewolves, a large group of werewolves. I really don't think it will be noisy then." If you get up, I can protect you."

He lifted the box at his feet and handed it to Moon. "Anyway, be sure to keep it safe - ah, damn, I can't even think of how you will escape from so many werewolves, even if you really do." Even if you escape successfully, those ghosts in the Forbidden Forest will definitely kill you, so I really should insist on going there with you."

Moon took the box and looked at Hagrid who was worried, angry and at a loss, and felt warm in his heart.He patted Hagrid's big hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will come back safely."

"Wish you good luck." Under the light of the lantern, Hagrid's eyes shimmered. When Moon turned around and walked towards the old belt hanging on the tree, Hagrid simply howled like a wolf, But it was a short cry.

Moon always felt that in Hagrid's mind, he had probably already half-footed in the grave.

He turned around, waved vigorously at Hagrid again, and then grabbed the old belt.

The next moment, he had disappeared from Hagrid's eyes - so Hagrid cried again, and this time it was louder, and it shocked Fangya.

…………

Neither Moon nor Hagrid knew that they were always under the gaze of Dumbledore and Snape.

After Moon grabbed the door key and disappeared, Dumbledore looked back at Snape, who looked cold, and said softly: "Thank you, Severus, for brewing so many wolfsbane potions."

"Hard work? Sorry, I just feel a little sick." Snape's lips curled up, as if he was sneering. "Fortunately, I had to endure this for the ridiculous werewolf assistants and werewolf students. Otherwise, the thought of To actually spend so much money on making potions for so many werewolves for such a ridiculous reason, I feel like my stomach is about to turn."

"Well..." Dumbledore tapped the window edge lightly and suddenly said: "I heard that you haven't cursed so much recently."

Snape's face twitched, probably because he was ashamed to answer this question - but he was Severus Snape after all, and after just a second's pause, he thought of a perfect answer.

"I am always happy to fulfill the last wishes of dying people so that they can go on their way in peace."

"This is so kind, Severus. It's beyond my expectation." Dumbledore said cheerfully, "You don't even seem to be kind anymore."

Snape raised his head slightly and looked out the window. "If you want to talk about kindness, Headmaster, I think I'm probably better than you. At least I won't look at a third-year kid who can't even hold a wand steady." Pack yourself into a delicious dessert and walk into the wolf’s den.”

"How long did it take him to learn the blood-freezing spell from you?"

"But in total, he only learned the Blood-Freezing Curse and Fierce Fire, that's all."

"You should have more faith in him, Severus, he is your student."

"You should also give him more protection, principal, he is also your student."

Surprisingly, after the verbal exchange between the two, it was Dumbledore who was defeated first.

This empty classroom on the third floor fell into a brief silence, as if no one was here at all.

After a long time, Dumbledore rubbed the back of his hand and said slowly: "I know, Severus, you always have to give an old man like me some time. Some decisions are not so easy to make."

"With all due respect, Headmaster..." Snape took a step forward, leaving himself out of the moonlight and completely stepping into the darkness covered by the wall. "...I don't feel like standing up and pointing out that a fool actually How hard is it to be a moron?"

"It's not difficult, Severus, but it means I'm openly interfering with something...that I shouldn't interfere with."

Snape looked at Dumbledore quietly in the darkness, and finally closed his cloak for a long time. "Sorry, Headmaster, I remembered that I still have some things to do, so I won't accompany you for now."

Before Dumbledore could respond, Snape had already strode out of the classroom.

Chapter 90

In the eyes of many wizards in the British wizarding community, the recent development of public opinion has slowly begun to turn into turmoil.

The "culprit" of all this is undoubtedly the front-page article published in the "Hogwarts School Newspaper" on Monday: "The Millennium Past of Werewolves - Right and Wrong, Crime and Punishment."

In this article, the young wizard named Moon Fox not only outlines the various situations that werewolves have faced and the many entanglements with wizards over the past hundreds of years, but also highlights how the werewolves have come to this day. Two major reasons -

The inaction and misguidance of the Ministry of Magic have caused a large number of wizards to have wrong views on werewolves, and regard werewolves who should be "victims" as sinners, heretics, and even defined as "beasts".This also makes most wizards feel fear, contempt, and resistance to werewolves, and they are unwilling to study how to cure the lycanthropy disease suffered by werewolves. Instead, they only want to imprison and kill werewolves.This also makes it clear that werewolves have existed for hundreds or even thousands of years, but it is only in recent years that wolfsbane potions that can help werewolves have been released.

Similarly, there are many black sheep among werewolves. They are not good people in the first place. Lycanthropy is not a torture for them, but has become a tool and weapon for them, allowing them to use their werewolf state to kill more people. .This undoubtedly further deepened the misunderstanding and hostility of ordinary wizards towards werewolves, further intensifying the opposition between the two sides.

Ultimately, the average wizard is not wrong on this matter - you can't tell whether a werewolf is a good werewolf or a bad werewolf, just like when you see a person pointing a wand at you, your first thought is... The first reaction is definitely to protect yourself, rather than guessing whether this person wants to cast a curse on himself, or just wants to use a wand to conjure a flower.

There is nothing wrong with many werewolves, they are victims and they mean no harm.As a result, after being bitten by werewolves, they had to endure the torture of turning into wolves on a full moon night after being bitten by werewolves, and worried about hurting their relatives and friends every day; at the same time, they had to bear the implication and magic of those werewolves with malicious intentions. A crude definition of ministry, bearing worldly hostility and eye-rolling.

In the past few hundred years, what was really wrong was the Ministry of Magic, which drove all werewolves into the dirty pool of "XXXXX-level evil beasts"; and those evil werewolves, who gradually deepened the relationship between the two sides. The misunderstanding slowly led all the werewolves into the abyss.

If this article ends here, then there is no doubt that this article will become a very powerful article that convinces most readers by presenting facts and reasoning.Because there are indeed many people who have re-examined their thoughts after reading this, and re-examined the practices of the Ministry of Magic over the past few hundred years.And it is absolutely impossible for the Ministry of Magic to do anything to Moon because of this criticism. After all, although the article is full of hostility to the new law, it is indeed not stated clearly - in other words, it is not strong enough.

But the problem is that so far, the article is only halfway through.

In the following article, Moon first analyzed the previous "Werewolf Code of Conduct" and used the above point of view to clarify the inappropriateness of this law.Immediately afterwards, he immediately changed the target and put the law 'legalizing the enforcement of the Werewolf Code of Conduct' on the execution stand, and sentenced the death penalty to this new law in just two sentences:

"Enforcing a wrong law based on errors at the wrong time and in the wrong way does not allow the errors to cancel themselves out, but even adds and multiplies them. So, the final result is still What could it have been, no doubt, a bigger, more numerous, more terrible mistake."

Then, Moon stood from the perspective of an outsider and began to bombard the Ministry of Magic, dark wizards, and rebellious werewolves.

"A minister who is obsessed with power and gain leads a Ministry of Magic that has no independent opinions. With a group of smart dark wizards and a group of completely stupid werewolves, they will meet their opponents and meet talented people. The two sides even have one great thing in common - no one has Treat ordinary wizards as human beings. So the question is, in this case, who do you think are these "ordinary wizards" who are not treated as human beings?

Don’t be silly, of course you are the one reading this article.

Oh, sorry, Mr. Fudge, if you happen to be reading this, please skip this paragraph. "

There is no doubt that if this article ends here, Moon will be punished for disrespecting the Ministry of Magic and disrespecting the current Minister.The school newspaper will henceforth lose the right to publish properly and will be temporarily blocked.But that's it. There won't be any more serious consequences.

However, at the end of the article, Moon directly and boldly predicted the subsequent failure of the Ministry of Magic.More importantly, he dropped a bombshell directly into the article:

"The real unrest will break out on January 1, so please prepare early."

In this way, Moon put the Ministry of Magic and himself on the fire at the same time. At the same time, he did not mention Edgar's mission and encounter in the article, so as to prevent Fudge from successfully labeling Edgar a "rebel". ——No matter how suspicious it is, as long as Moon keeps silent about Edgar and Edgar is still in a "coma", then Fudge will not be able to directly disparage Edgar as a traitor, but can only continue "suspect", "think".

Unless he doesn't even want the "righteousness" card that is the only one left in his hand and has even gradually disappeared.

So, on Monday, only half an hour after the "Hogwarts School News" was published, the Daily Prophet's front-page headline was temporarily modified, officially announcing that Moon Fox had colluded with dark wizards, and at the same time listed leaking secrets, fighting against magic An arrest warrant was issued for Moon Fox for the three major crimes of ministry and manipulation of public opinion.

Ten minutes later, Dolores Umbridge led two Ministry of Magic officials straight to Hogwarts. Not only did they confiscate a large number of school newspapers, but they also conducted a public search until Dun The three finally gave up after Professor Bullydo came forward to explain that Moon Fox had asked for leave.But they still closed the school newspaper office, and even wanted to interrogate Hesper, Quaid, and all the students in the school newspaper office.

Professor Dumbledore was still polite and smiling, and asked lightly "for what reason".

Umbridge refused to give in, saying that these people might be Moon's accomplices, so Dumbledore called out all the students in the school newspaper office - including of course Hesper and Quaid, in the great hall Under the watchful eyes of all the students and professors, he asked, "Have any of you participated in the publication of this... Well, to be honest, I think it is quite a wonderful article?"

Fred and George were the first to applaud desperately, and whistled twice at the same time, followed by thunderous applause in the auditorium.And some people even noticed (such as Harry) that even Snape slapped him twice, although he still kept a straight face.

Gemma and Gabriel stood up and not only denied the incident, but also clearly stated their original arrangement of articles for the school newspaper - until before they left, the headlines on the printing template of the new issue of the school newspaper The headlines were all interviews with Professor Flitwick.

Before Umbridge could ask again, Professor Flitwick said proudly: "That's right, ha, that interview was done by Nash and Garforth. My answer was quite wonderful. I didn't expect that it would be a bad thing like Moon." 'The boy secretly changed it."

Professor Dumbledore spread his hands and waved his wand to open the door of the auditorium. "You all heard me, I think you can leave."

"They could be lying!" screamed Umbridge, "I don't believe they told the truth!"

Professor McGonagall, who could no longer stand Umbridge's exaggerated tone and unrestrained behavior from beginning to end, suddenly stood up, raised her eyebrows angrily and said, "What do you want, Ms. Umbridge? Don't you think so?" Are you still going to give these children truth serum?!”

Looking at Umbridge's posture, she wanted to nod too much. Fortunately, the other two officials behind saw that the situation was not going well and quickly stopped her, otherwise the scene might have become even more ugly.

In the end, the three men returned without any success. Apart from confiscating a large number of school newspapers and sealing off an office of the school newspaper, they achieved absolutely no results.Even when I walked out of the auditorium, I had to listen to the thunderous applause and wild cheers that rang out in the auditorium again.

Of course, if there is anything that can provide some "comfort" to the three of them, it is probably that the other group of people who went to Shafiq Manor did not get anything.

In fact, according to the original plan, the other team should have been more presumptuous. After all, unlike Hogwarts, where Dumbledore is sitting and where almost all the future talents of the British wizarding world are gathered, Shafik Manor is just a family place after all. What's more, Golov Shafik has long since lost his position in the Ministry of Magic.Comparing the two, Shafiq Manor is simply the softest persimmon among the softest.

But what is desperate is that no one knows why at this juncture, the previous Minister of Magic, Millicent Barnold, actually came to Shafiq Manor as a guest, and less than half an hour later, Two more current officials of MACUSA came to visit Nora Shafiq.

The result was no doubt that "presumptuousness" had become a luxury. Not to mention just a few Ministry of Magic officials, even if Cornelius Fudge himself was present, I'm afraid it would be hard to go too far.

Not to mention how Cornelius Fudge smashed his desk in a rage after all the people he sent returned home, nor did he talk about the fate of the two Aurors who were temporarily deployed to capture Moon Fox. How confused and unable to find direction.In a luxurious box of an underground wizarding bar in London, a muscular man with a sinewy face was in a much better mood than Fudge. He shook the "Hogwarts School Newspaper" in his hand and looked at the long pole in front of him with dissatisfaction. Wizard with a pipe.

"Is this your plan? Even a third-year Hogwarts wizard can see it clearly?! I thought you would have some better ideas, Rodriguez, but now it seems that you Nothing more than that.”

"Ha, Scott, my old friend, I don't understand what you are impatient about." Rodriguez exhaled a puff of dark smoke and chuckled: "So what if it is seen out? This plan is terrible. I’ve never been afraid of being seen out.”

"Speak clearly, Rodriguez." Scott, the burly man with a sinewy face, twitched his face unnaturally twice and said viciously, "Don't play any tricks on me. You should know that I I can tear you apart easily."

Rodriguez still maintained a calm smile, "Don't be like this, Scott, you should learn to calm down a little bit - don't worry, of course I will explain things clearly to you."

He blew out another puff of black smoke, and even took two deep breaths of the smoke with his nose intoxicatedly, then put down the pipe and spoke in a light and airy tone, as if he was about to fly away at any time: "Oh, Scott, You don’t think that idiot Fudge didn’t realize that we’re going to attack on the next full moon, right? Even that idiot Fudge can understand my plan, and it wouldn’t be surprising for a smarter third-year wizard to see it. Of course, I still admire his intelligence-gathering ability and his clever little head, after all, he is not like Fudge, who can know everything exactly as it is."

"But the problem is, Scott, dear werewolf general, what can you do even if you know it?" Rodriguez leaned back on the sofa covered with unicorn fur, squinting at the ceiling of the box. " Don’t you think that the losers from the Ministry of Magic, under the leadership of that idiot Fudge, can organize any effective resistance?”

"Or are you no longer the Jamie Scott who gets happier the more he kills in big scenes, so much that the blood in his body boils?"

"Don't question me!" Scott growled, but his eyes showed a bit of excitement again - just like him before.Of course, when he met Rodriguez's eyes, he showed more oppression and resistance. "So, you didn't intend to play dirty from the beginning?"

"Of course, Scott, you have so many werewolves, plus the local werewolves and our members of the Crow Party. In a battle of this magnitude, there is no room or necessity to play dirty, is there?" Rodri? Gezi slowly opened his eyes wide, with a perverted, cruel and twisted smile on his face, "Let's have a happy war and a happy killing. This is what we want, isn't it?" ?”

Jamie Scott slapped the school newspaper in his hand onto the coffee table. "Hmph, okay, I will believe you again... Also, don't forget, I need to see our reward within three days."

This sturdy man with a sinewy face stood up. He was nearly two and a half meters tall. His strong and thick arms looked like they could kill a cow with one punch. "My wolf cubs are not as good as me." For being so patient, Rodriguez, if the reward doesn’t come, no matter how nice your words are, don’t blame us for not accompanying you.”

"Uh-huh-" Rodriguez responded twice. "Don't worry, Scott, you will get the money, soon."

Scott stared at Rodriguez deeply again, then took steps and strode out of the box.

After the door slowly closed again, Rodriguez was the only one left in the luxuriously decorated box. He picked up the long pipe and took another puff. The expression on his face was completely gone, leaving only plainness and peace. indifferent.

The dark smoke slowly overflowed from his mouth and nose, and then rose upwards. After a long time, Rodriguez finally laughed and said softly with a touch of disdain, "You are a fool." …”

If Jamie Scott was still in the box, I'm afraid he would definitely rush up and tear Rodriguez into pieces.

But unfortunately, he obviously... couldn't hear it.

As a result, the huge box fell into silence again, with only the slight burning sound of tobacco from Rodriguez smoking his pipe from time to time.

On Monday night, in addition to the regular article announcing that Aurors were continuing to capture werewolves, the Evening Prophet published another article confirming that Moon had become a fugitive, and even offered a rather generous sum of gold galleons. Bounty.It is a pity that these articles no longer attract the attention of most wizards. Quite a few wizards do not even bother to open the newspapers after receiving them, and some have already begun to think about unsubscribing from the Daily Prophet. .

This is definitely not a good sign for either Fudge or the Ministry of Magic - this kind of thing has happened since the establishment of the Daily Prophet, and every time this kind of thing happens, it undoubtedly heralds something big. Change is coming.

Fudge once again realized that he could no longer control the chariot that was rumbling on the road. He was about to fall off the chariot, get caught in the wheel, and die on the spot.

So he could only continue to hold on to the reins and try to control the chariot forward.

He has the last hope left, which is to grit his teeth, hold on, and endure. As long as he kills all the obstacles in his way, maybe he can fly the chariot over the cliff again and reach the top again.

But he also understood from the bottom of his heart that this hope was as slim as Voldemort's sudden surrender to the Ministry of Magic tomorrow, even bringing a shovel for digging holes.