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"It's nothing. Didn't we discuss it before?" Kyle said, "Create some pressure on him so that he has to do this in order to keep his position."
"I know, but I'm curious about what you did." Dumbledore said, "I know Fudge. He never does anything unnecessary and only believes what he sees.
"I have approached Fudge many times before and put almost all the evidence in front of him, but he just refused to believe it...anything that could threaten his ministerial position, no matter how small the possibility, he would not go. made."
Dumbledore glanced at the "Daily Prophet" spread out on the table, especially the last sentence on the front page.
"The war has begun..." he said softly: "In Fudge's view, this decision is equivalent to drinking the blood of a unicorn to survive. If it is not a last resort, you will never do it. What have you done? ?”
"Just wrote a few letters." Kyle shrugged and briefly recounted what he had done in the past few days.
When he heard Kyle asking Fawkes to deliver the letter to St. Mungo's without any disguise, the corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched sharply.
And when they heard what Kyle asked Malfoy to do and what he did to deliver the letter to himself, others were even more stunned.
He was only out for a few days, why did Kyle do so many things... No wonder Fudge did so many unreasonable things out of character.
In fact, it's not Fudge's fault. If this happened in Hogwarts...for example, if the owl from the school director flew into Professor McGonagall's office every day, he might also doubt whether Professor McGonagall wanted to be The principal.
"But I think what finally made Fudge make up his mind was this prison break." Kyle said, "Ten people escaped from prison. This is not something that can be fooled by just making an excuse."
"No, you underestimate Fudge too much." Dumbledore said. "If it weren't for your actions that made him feel unprecedented pressure, maybe he could really find an excuse... The little Barty Crouch who escaped is Not a bad excuse.”
"But there is one more thing I'm curious about." Dumbledore asked with interest: "Are you so sure that Fudge will use this method to keep his position?"
"Actually, I can't guarantee 100% success." Kyle said, "So I actually sent letters to Nicolas Flamel, Newt, Mr. McPhail, Ms. Maxim, and Dean Sacia. .
"And three of them have already written back to me. They readily agreed that if Fudge hasn't announced that the mysterious man has returned on the 20th, they will cooperate with me in another plan..."
Kyle glanced at Dumbledore and didn't continue, because he probably didn't want to hear what he said next.
In any case, Kyle could not let the Ministry of Magic become a stumbling block in their fight against Voldemort. If it was really necessary, Dumbledore would have to work part-time as Minister of Magic.
After all, one of the people who replied to him was Nicolas Flamel. He seemed to be quite interested in Dumbledore becoming a minister, and even offered to come to Hogwarts.
With Nico's help, this matter is basically more than half successful.
As for the principal of Hogwarts...if Dumbledore is not up to his task, Kyle thinks Professor McGonagall is quite suitable.
Of course, this was just the previous plan, and it is no longer needed now.
Dumbledore on the side felt cold all over. He felt that he had guessed Kyle's thoughts, but he would rather he had not guessed.
"Kyle..." He said after thinking: "I think it would be better for you to seek my consent first when you make a decision next time, what do you think?"
"This is all to deal with Voldemort, Professor." Kyle said with a smile, "Sometimes you need to use some special means. Besides, I remember you said when you were in the Pig Head Bar that you can give up as long as you can defeat him. everything."
"Did I say that?" Dumbledore pretended to think.
"I'm pretty sure, Professor." Kyle said, "And many people have heard it, including the owner of the Pig's Head Bar. If you don't believe it, we can ask."
"Okay, I did say it." Dumbledore sighed and admitted, but when he said this at the time, he was trying to express his determination, and he did not expect that the so-called "anything" category would be so So wide.
"I have to admit, Kyle..." Dumbledore couldn't help but said: "You can always come up with plans that I would never think of."
"It's nothing." Kyle shook his head humbly, "You don't need to add 200 points to me, or give me a special contribution award to the school, I really don't need it."
Dumbledore didn't want to talk to him anymore. After a moment of silence, he said, "Okay, then I won't."
This time it was Kyle's turn to be silent, so he was polite. Why did Dumbledore take it seriously?
But he didn't pay too much attention to this matter, and instead asked: "Professor, is this why you came to me this time?"
"That's right. Also, you helped Harry learn Occlumency. Professor Snape told me about it. He said you taught Harry."
"It's nothing." Kyle didn't want to talk about this topic. He looked at the newspaper on the table, "Professor, will the dementors also turn to Voldemort?"
"I'm glad we thought of the same thing." Dumbledore said with a smile, then changed to a serious expression. "But that's what I want to know too."
"After receiving the news last night, I went to the island where Azkaban is located. The number of dementors there was much smaller."
"How much?" Kyle asked.
"About half." Dumbledore said. "We need to know now whether these disappeared dementors were killed or whether they took refuge with Tom."
"Wait a minute..." Kyle said, "Professor, isn't the only way to kill dementors with the Patronus Charm? Neither Death Eaters nor Voldemort can use this spell."
The Patronus Charm is a very special kind of magic. Only a wizard with a righteous mind can transform the happy emotions in his heart into a Patronus. If a dark wizard with an evil heart tries to use it, not only will he not be able to summon the Patronus, but it will cause the wand to backfire. The wand summons bugs to devour the user.
"Most Death Eaters are definitely unusable, but Tom... he thinks happy things are a little different from us." Dumbledore tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
"Moreover, the Patronus Curse is not the only way to kill Dementors. This spell is more about driving them away. In fact, the Death Curse is also effective against Dementors."
"Okay." Kyle said, "Professor, what do you want me to do."
"Fudge will come to Hogwarts in the afternoon, and he will bring two dementors, who were the guards last night." Dumbledore said.
"I need to know whether those disappeared Dementors have defected to Voldemort. This is related to whether we need to make changes to the existing defense plan."
"No problem," Kyle said.
"There's another thing..." Dumbledore's expression softened a lot, "That's Fudge already siding with us to fight against the Death Eaters. Would you like to write another letter to Doug and the others to explain what's going on now? situation... lest they do unnecessary things without knowing anything."
"It's not necessary." Kyle thought for a moment, "They should read the Daily Prophet. It's all clearly written in it."
"It's better to err on the side of caution," Dumbledore insisted, his blue eyes fixed on Kyle unblinkingly.
"Okay, I'll go back and write now." Kyle said.
"No, just stay here." Dumbledore waved his hand, and several pieces of parchment and quills were immediately placed on the table.
"After you finish writing, I will ask Fox to help deliver the letter. After all, the owl can't deliver the letter to Nico, right?"
Having said this, he glanced at Fox who was sleeping on a perch, and secretly decided that no matter what Kyle said, he would never lend him the Phoenix again.
Kyle actually wanted to tell Dumbledore that he had other ways to contact Nico, and it didn't have to be using Fawkes, but after thinking about it he still didn't say anything...
In case it comes in handy later, it's better to hide it.
So Kyle sat silently at the table and wrote the letter in front of Dumbledore.
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(End of this chapter)
Chapter 667 The dismissed senior investigator
The news of Voldemort's comeback caused an uproar in Hogwarts, and no matter where he went, he could hear people talking about it.
Especially those students who come from magical families, they have a natural fear of Voldemort, and they have been haunted by it ever since they saw the content in the newspaper.
Not only students are like this, but now you can often see professors gathering in twos and threes in the corridor, talking nervously in low voices, and stop talking as soon as students come over.
Of course, only some students are like this, but in Slytherin, which has the most pure-blood wizards, it is a different scene. They are very excited, and it feels like another Christmas.
During lunch, Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Burst's shrill laughter almost never stopped, and they walked into the auditorium with arrogance, looking like two peacocks showing off their feathers.
"Look, it's those two stupid turkeys again." Susan Bones said with disgust, "I'm sure someone in their family must be a Death Eater."
The Bones family has always supported the Order of the Phoenix. They have been fighting the Death Eaters for more than ten years, and their mutual hatred cannot be resolved at all.
It hadn't been shown before, just because Voldemort had been overthrown for more than ten years, and several of the most heinous Death Eaters had been imprisoned in Azkaban, so everyone thought the matter was over.
Even if Susan didn't like some Slytherins, she was far from disgusted.
But now that Voldemort has returned and the Death Eaters have escaped from prison, the situation seems to have returned to what it was more than ten years ago overnight, and the attitudes of both parties have naturally become distinct.
"Hey, what are you talking about."
At this time, Fred and George came over and sat down at the Hufflepuff table naturally.
"Of course it's those two people." Mikel pouted in the direction of Slytherin. Pansy and Millicent just sat down and started talking loudly with others.
"Do you think they are on the side of the Death Eaters?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Fred said, "If you take another look at the newspaper, you will find that one of the Death Eaters who escaped yesterday was Burst."
"I don't understand why the principal doesn't kick these people out of the castle?" Susan poked the fried pork chop on the plate.
"Because they are not Death Eaters." Cedric said, "At least so far, they are only students. Of course, the principal cannot kick them out of the castle because of their last name. This is against Hogwarts." teaching philosophy.
"Just like the previous Chamber of Secrets incident, the principal did not drive Harry, the most suspicious person, out of the castle."
"That's true..." Mikel muttered: "But their appearance is so irritating, I really want to teach them a lesson."
"I agree!" George was the first to agree: "Remember to call me when the time comes."
"You'd better give up this idea," Cedric said. "If you are discovered, you will definitely be imprisoned."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you don't let others find out," Fred said in a low voice, "I know Honeydukes has a very large brown paper bag, which they seem to use for purchasing goods. It can almost fit a person in it. We can definitely use it to trap Millicent or Pansy before taking action..."
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he would burst into laughter from time to time.
"Leave this to me." Susan also said with uncharacteristic enthusiasm: "I buy a lot of candies at Honeydukes every year, I should be able to borrow a few bags."
"We can also buy..." George said with a smile, "I have a hunch that this kind of bag will become the most popular consumable in the future. You can't keep borrowing it."
"I said, why can't you two go back to Gryffindor to discuss this matter." Cedric interrupted them angrily.
In order to prevent the two of them from "contemptulating the public" here again, he quickly asked: "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, we are here to find you." Fred then remembered that he had something serious to say, and turned around and said, "We are thinking about whether to expand the size of DA."
"After all, the situation now is different from before." George said, "We think there must be more people who want to learn how to protect themselves."
"This is also our original intention of creating DA, right?"
Seeing the serious looks on their faces, Cedric frowned and asked with some suspicion: "Do you really think so?"
"Well, that's actually what Hermione wanted to ask." Fred said,
"But she is very busy right now. She has a thick stack of books in her arms. It feels like she is moving the library into the dormitory."
"We happened to have nothing to do, so we took the initiative to take the job."
Cedric still didn't believe it.
He knew Fred and George too well. If they just wanted to discuss this issue, they wouldn't go all the way. In addition, expanding the scale was not something he could agree to with just a nod.
"Tell the truth!" Cedric said calmly.
Fred and George looked at each other.
"As expected of the President of the Boys' Student Council, I can't hide anything from you."
Fred chuckled and pulled out a pointed hat with red feathers like a magic trick.