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A common problem among the old Ministry of Magic employees since Fudge was Minister is that when something happens, their first reaction is to suppress it first and see if they can digest it on their own.
If it doesn't heal on its own and instead becomes festered, then call Dumbledore.
Oh, and Dumbledore is dead.
Miss Know-It-All was very disgusted with this behavior. Hermione said seriously, "Harry is missing. If the notification is sent one day earlier, he can be found as soon as possible. Madam Amelia will understand."
The old Auror then said, "Understood."
Hermione returned to the Ministry of Magic with the corpse and the bad news, and the Ministry of Magic was shocked instantly.
Minister for Magic, Pius Thicknesse, and Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia Susan Bones, immediately convened a high-level meeting of the Ministry of Magic to discuss countermeasures.
Hermione did not attend the meeting, using the excuse that she was going to the Department of Mysteries to ask them for help in divining the whereabouts of the Resurrection Stone. Instead, she took the elevator to the ninth underground floor of the Ministry of Magic, the office of the Department of Mysteries, and pushed open the door of the Prophecy Hall with ease.
When Hermione was in school, she had come to the Hall of Prophecy with Harry and Ron to look for the prophecy about Voldemort, so she was no stranger to this place.
The Hall of Prophecy is somewhat like a large library, but the difference is that what is stored on the shelves are not books, but crystal balls containing prophecies.
In the dim prophecy hall, these crystal balls sparkle like the Milky Way.
And in the crystal galaxy, there is a graceful young man with fluttering clothes and extraordinary temperament, reading by the light of the stars.
Seeing the boy, Hermione finally couldn't help but kneel down on the ground, covering her face and crying:
"Xiugo, Uncle Kingsley is dead, and so many Aurors are dead. It's my fault. I failed to make a decision in time."
"Why, why would Harry do such a thing!"
With the help of the power of the golden tree, Hu Xiuwu connected to the roots of Europe that were transformed into the Floo Network by the Emerald Society and the Ministry of Magic. He moved to the foggy city of England thousands of miles away, turned into a blue bird, and looked for trustworthy friends to help.
Hu Xiuwu put down the book in his hand, walked to Hermione's side, sat on the ground with her, patted her shoulder and comforted her:
"That's not your fault, and it's not what Harry Potter intended. His heart has been twisted."
Chapter 465 Golden Tree Branch
Hu Xiuwu's advice did not work. Hermione still felt that she had made an unforgivable mistake in the death of Kingsley and others: "If I had locked him up immediately after I was sure that there was something wrong with Harry, Uncle Kingsley would not have died."
Hu Xiuwu sighed: "Some things cannot be believed before they happen. Only when they really happen, we will realize that something is wrong."
In addition, Hermione attended the World Alien Convention as a representative of the Ministry of Magic, and she once found Hu Xiuwu to reminisce about the past.
It just so happened that Hu Xiuwu was also willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic, but when Hermione talked about how they defeated Voldemort and heard that Harry had used the Invisibility Cloak, the Resurrection Stone and the Elder Wand, Hu Xiuwu felt that something was not right.
After the Three Guns Tournament, Hu Xiuwu experienced a lot of things, especially after establishing the underworld, he had a better understanding of the power of the Serpent God. Recalling his feelings when he used the Deathly Hallows' Invisibility Cloak, he was very suspicious of Harry's current condition.
The Resurrection Stone, the Invisibility Cloak, and the Elder Wand were obtained by the three Peverell brothers by chance. They obtained the classics that escaped after the Samsara Sect was breached. After learning about the existence of the Serpent God, they suddenly had an idea and used ancient magic to reach the pseudo-Eastern "Metamorphosis" realm and sneak out of the world.
After seeing the majestic Snake God, he felt a yearning for him. When he found out that the Snake God was in a bad condition, he became greedy and had blasphemous thoughts, so he stole the Snake God's bones, skin, and flesh.
Bones were ground into resurrection stones, flesh was stuffed into elder wands, and hides were tanned into invisibility cloaks.
Harry Potter used the invisibility cloak for a long time, became the master of the elder tree, and was resurrected with the resurrection stone. After going through the whole process, isn’t it equivalent to completing the training of the former ghost mother of the ghost cave clan in disguise and becoming a male ghost mother who can use the power of the snake god?
Hu Xiuwu told Hermione Granger about his suspicions, but Hermione was skeptical. She did feel that Harry's recent whereabouts were a little strange. He broke up with Ginny and fell out with Ron. He often hid alone in the old Black house at 12 Grimmauld Place, and no one knew what he was researching.
But Hermione would not easily accuse someone. Even when Harry suspected that Malfoy was the heir of the Chamber of Secrets, Ron blindly followed him out of prejudice. Only Hermione did not directly identify him as the heir. Instead, she brewed Polyjuice Potion and wanted to go to the Slytherin Common Room to look for evidence.
But an accident happened in the middle. The cat Harry thought was Malfoy's roommate Millicent Bulstrode's hair was actually his cat. As a result, she accidentally turned into a cat girl and hid in the infirmary, afraid to see anyone.
Hu Xiuwu recognized Hermione's caution, and he came up with a way to support it.
"Go check on the Elder Wand. If Harry has really been brainwashed, then he must have stolen the Elder Wand back. A devout believer would never let a holy thing that is so closely related to his god be left out in the open."
Sure enough, when Hermione returned to England, she quietly came to Godric's Hollow, a gathering place for wizards, and found the grave of Albus Dumbledore in the church cemetery in the valley.
When the grave was dug up, the Elder Wand buried in it was missing.
The Elder Wand is recognized as the most powerful wand in the wizarding world. Harry secretly took it away and hid a ton of TNT with a soldier. If you say you didn't have any other thoughts, who would believe you?
Could you even tell us?
Now, Harry, an Auror, secretly hid the most powerful wand. What did he want to do?
Do you use it to mow the lawn?
The evidence found made Hermione give up her fantasy and painfully admit that there was something wrong with Harry.
Hermione agreed to cooperate with Hu Xiuwu, and Hu Xiuwu helped her find a way to restore Harry to normal, and Hermione helped Hu Xiuwu lure out the possible Scientologists.
Hermione Granger, Miss Know-It-All, a member of the trio that fought against Voldemort, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, the youngest Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, and her reputation in the wizarding world is second only to Harry Potter. She may be promoted to Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic within a few years.
Those who can hold this position can basically be promoted to Minister of Magic later, with Crouch being the only exception because he was betrayed by his son Barty Crouch Jr.
Whether in terms of personal intelligence or external power, Hermione can be considered a strong ally of Hu Xiuwu.
It was with the help of Hermione that Hu Xiuwu was able to hide in the Department of Mysteries. The Department of Mysteries is the most mysterious place in the Ministry of Magic, where many secrets of wizards are hidden. It stores all the divinations in Britain for thousands of years, and there is also a time converter that can reverse time for a short period of time and allow people to go back to the past.
With multiple layers of protection and the radiation from many hidden objects, even Voldemort couldn't easily see the situation here.
Hermione wiped away her tears, suppressed her grief, and looked at the problem rationally: "Can you still monitor the location of the Resurrection Stone? No, can you find Harry's location? He hasn't left England?"
The location of the Resurrection Stone was provided by Hu Xiuwu, and Hermione helped to publish it in the name of the Department of Mysteries.
The original intention of the two was to lure Harry into taking action. The original plan was that Hermione would send the Resurrection Stone to the Department of Mysteries and seal it up, and Hugh Jackman would guard it in secret. If Harry really came to steal the Resurrection Stone, Hugh Jackman would capture him.
Originally, Harry was not in the team to retrieve the Resurrection Stone, but who would have thought that Kingsley had a brilliant idea before leaving and called Harry, hoping that he would identify the Resurrection Stone on the spot.
Hermione and Hu Xiuwu did not expect that Harry could actually influence the Floo Network and transfer its destination to the Black house. They did not expect that Harry would be so decisive and start killing people directly.
Hu Xiuwu spread out his palm, and a small tree rose from his palm, with amber-like light rippling from the treetop.
The tree in the palm of the hand is a golden branch, which was broken off from the golden tree by Hu Xiuwu before he left.
Like the Jianmu tree, the golden tree does not easily lose its branches and leaves. The branches and leaves are the clones of these spiritual trees and have some of the mysteriousness of the original bodies.
In addition, the golden tree had already taken root in Europe, and its roots had turned into a floo network. Hu Xiuwu could rely on the golden branches to connect to the floo network, just like when he was on Nason Island, and feel all the breath of life under the coverage of the floo network.
This is an ability that Hu Xiuwu only possessed when he was in the underworld, and it can almost be considered a supernatural power.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, Hu Xiuwu searched for the unique scent of Harry and the Resurrection Stone among countless living beings.
"Found it. Harry is quite far away from us. He seems to be in Knockturn Alley?"
"Knockturn Alley! Oh no! Harry is looking for the Portkey. He wants to leave England!"
After leaving England, with the efficiency of the Ministry of Magic, it would take an unknown amount of time to confirm that the murderer is Harry and then organize people to capture him.
However, the British Ministry of Magic recently separated from the Emerald Society, and the Floo network to most countries in Europe has been temporarily closed, waiting to be reopened after the dust settles.
It is very difficult for wizards to travel abroad. Apart from using planes and ferries, they can only use portkeys.
Harry Potter is the most famous wizard in the British wizarding world in recent years. He would definitely be recognized by the British intelligence agencies if he took a plane. Moreover, the matter happened suddenly and he did not have enough Polyjuice Potion. It was too dangerous to go to the airport rashly.
The only remaining method is the door key.
But ever since the young Mr. Newt Scamander repeatedly used illegal portkeys to smuggle himself abroad seventy years ago, the Ministry of Magic has become increasingly strict in its management of portkeys in recent years. There are very few portkeys leading to foreign countries, and people can only try their luck in Knockturn Alley, which is a black market.
Hermione couldn't sit still anymore and immediately turned around to leave: "No, I have to stop him. If Harry leaves England, it will be difficult to find him again. He won't be able to repent."
Hu Xiuwu grabbed Hermione and handed her a note: "The Aurors are in serious condition and cannot support you. You are no match for Harry alone. When you get out, call the number on the note."
"That's one of my seniors. I asked him to help."
Hermione asked, "How strong is he?"
"Below Dumbledore, above Professor McGonagall."
Hermione nodded, "I see."
Then he left in a hurry.
Hu Xiuwu watched the beauty leave and sighed in his heart:
'I wanted to pretend it was like this, but I never thought it would actually happen. Things are unpredictable.'
Chapter 466 Intercepting Harry Potter
Knockturn Alley, where many dark wizards gather, is right next to Diagon Alley. Although the Ministry of Magic knows that there are many suspects and stolen goods hidden there, it has not done much to clean it up.
Because Knockturn Alley is not evil. It is more like the garbage can of the British wizarding world, a magical version of the slums. There are not only dark wizards in it, but also discriminated werewolves who cannot work normally, brokers wandering in the gray area, smugglers, and even vampires who come here to buy blood.
It is chaotic, so it attracts flies, but the city cannot do without it. This is a buffer zone, so as long as the dark wizards don't come out, the Ministry of Magic will treat it as non-existent. In addition, Knockturn Alley is full of classmates and relatives, so no one wants to completely tear their faces apart before someone dies.
Even though Voldemort is dead, Knockturn Alley still exists, but it has been cleared out of a few dark wizards and werewolf tribes that strongly helped Voldemort.
Harry lowered his head, covered his whole body with the Invisibility Cloak, and hurriedly walked on the dirty and narrow road of Knockturn Alley. Relying on the ability of the Invisibility Cloak to conceal his body, he swaggered on the road of Knockturn Alley, carefully avoiding pedestrians.
Voldemort had just died and most of his Death Eaters had been killed. The atmosphere in Knockturn Alley was tense and depressing. Many shops did not dare to open, and the dark wizards coming and going were all like frightened birds, fearing that they would be captured by the Aurors.
Harry pulled his hood up again and walked along the wall to prevent anyone from touching him. His reputation was well-known, and if he was discovered, it would cause panic in the tense Knockturn Alley.
What would they think when Harry, who defeated Voldemort, sneaked into Knockturn Alley? They would only think that the Aurors were going to take major action in Knockturn Alley again.
What other reason would there be for the famous Harry to enter Knockturn Alley in a low-key manner?
Could it be that he was looking for an opportunity to escape in Knockturn Alley?
Passing by Borgin and Burke's, Harry paused for a moment, and seeing that the door was still closed, he left with regret.
As the largest grocery store in Knockturn Alley, Borgin and Burke's must have what he wants. However, Borgin and Burke's first employed Voldemort as an apprentice, and later allowed the Death Eaters to use the Vanishing Cabinet in the store to attack Hogwarts.
After Voldemort's downfall, Borgin and Burke's naturally became the number one target for liquidation in Knockturn Alley, but the cunning Borgin, upon hearing that Voldemort had failed, fled with the treasures in the shop. Even the Aurors didn't know where he went.
'Borgin and Burke's is closed, so we'll have to try our luck with the smugglers in Knockturn Alley.'
Harry remembered a smuggler that an Auror who had died in his hands had mentioned.
The smuggler John O'Hara was warned by the Ministry of Magic's International Magical Trade Standards Association, which sent Aurors to warn him because he smuggled out Dittany, a British specialty that is very effective in treating injuries.
It is possible to go in but not to go out. This has always been the case for all countries.
John O'Hara had just been reprimanded, and might not dare to act recently, but smugglers were in communication with each other. Following his lead, Harry could easily find other smugglers who had methods.
"I remember he has an O'Hara grocery store at 11 Knockturn Alley, which serves as a cover. It's not far from here. You can go and have a look."
Harry kept walking, looking for the sign of O'Hara's grocery store along the muddy and dirty streets.
There is no one managing Knockturn Alley, the house numbers have long been damaged and are blurred and difficult to distinguish. There are also some expanded shops and privately built apartments, and the roads are winding. Even the local residents of Knockturn Alley can only rely on some famous old shops to determine their own location.
So even though numbers 11 and 13 were close together, Harry still found them after wandering around for almost an hour.
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