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"No..." Kangna glanced to the side.
In fact, when Snape gave her the box, he told her through gritted teeth to stay away from Kyle.
But she didn't say this, and before coming here, she took away a note that came with the box.
"It shouldn't be." Kyle shook his head and said nothing more, "Forget it, I'll accept these things. Remember to thank Professor Snape for me."
"Okay." Kangna nodded.
"And this, help me give it to Professor Snape." Kyle took out a crumpled object the size of a palm.
"What is this, snakeskin?" Kangna took it and asked.
"Almost, this is the slough of a basilisk." Kyle said with a smile, "Just say I gave it to him. Professor Snape should like it."
……
The next day, Kyle was going to fish at the Ministry of Magic as usual, but as soon as he walked out of the common room, he saw Snape standing like a ghost in the corridor outside. As soon as he saw Kyle, he couldn't help but turn him around. He pulled down to the side.
"The basilisk is indeed in your hands!" Snape said gloomily.
"Don't talk nonsense, Professor Snape." Kyle's expression remained unchanged, "Professor Dumbledore dealt with the basilisk. I didn't know."
"Then what do you say about this?" Snape took out the piece of snake slough.
"Oh, I picked this up." Kyle said, "You gave me such a precious thing, I have to get something back...if you don't like it, forget it."
With that said, Kyle was going to get the piece of snake slough.
Subconsciously, Snape retracted his hand, leaving Kyle with no chance.
"You..." Snape stared at Kyle, his expression constantly changing, "Do you still have this thing? Give it to me!"
"No more." Kyle blurted out: "But Professor Dumbledore entrusted the basilisk to the care of Mr. Scamander. You can go to him if you want."
Snape's face turned slightly blue.
If he knew where Newt Scamander was, would he have used it to find Kyle?
"How about this..." Kyle continued: "I can ask Mr. Scamander for you to see if he has any extra snake sloughs. What do you think? I think he should have some more. Master, I will ask Kangna to send it to you when the time comes."
"No need..." Snape said coldly, "You'd better stay away from her!"
After that, he left without looking back.
Kyle looked at his whistling cloak and spread his hands helplessly.
Really, isn't it just a Quidditch match? Although the score difference is a bit big, he also gave Slytherin a ball and didn't keep a clean sheet. As for holding a grudge to this day?
"How stingy." Kyle muttered.
Snape suddenly paused before he could go far. When he was about to turn around, he saw Harry and Ron running down the stairs quickly with brooms, almost bumping into him.
"What are you doing!" Snape asked with a dark face.
"We're going to the Quidditch pitch." Harry whispered, "We're going to train today..."
"You should apologize before answering my question." Snape said coldly, "Five points from Gryffindor."
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Harry said.
"Not polite," Snape drawled. "Five points from Gryffindor."
"Well, I'm sorry, Professor Snape," Harry said.
"Yes." Snape responded calmly, "In addition, chasing and fighting on the stairs is prohibited in the school. Another five points will be deducted from Gryffindor."
Harry clenched his fists tightly, resisting the urge to punch Snape in the face, and glared at him with gritted teeth.
But to Snape's dismay, Harry finally held back and didn't do anything outrageous.
However, after being deducted fifteen points from Gryffindor, Snape's mood suddenly improved a lot. He ignored Harry and Ron, whose eyes were about to burst into flames, and strode towards the underground classroom. .
"He must be deliberately looking for trouble because of the Quidditch match a few days ago."
After confirming that Snape had gone far, Ron immediately said: "I heard that Montague and the others were severely reprimanded, and Malfoy, Cedric caught the Golden Snitch under his nose, Snape Furious.”
After hearing what Ron said, Harry suddenly became less angry.
The game a few days ago can be said to be the most exciting he has ever seen. Slytherin was more than 300 points behind, and his cheers did not stop throughout the whole process.
In order to cheer for Hufflepuff, he even bought a flag, and his hands were sore from waving it.
In comparison, being deducted fifteen points doesn't seem to be a big deal. They are already in last place anyway, and it doesn't matter if they lose fifteen points.
"The only pity is that they scored a goal." Ron sighed: "It would be great if the Hufflepuff goalkeeper could be more upbeat. If they could save Montague's goal, they would not have a single point. ”
"Yes!" Harry nodded in agreement.
Slytherin scored zero points in the game, which makes me happy just thinking about it.
"We have to hurry up." Ron glanced at the time. "It's all Snape's fault. The training time has passed."
"You're right, if it were any later, Angelina would definitely kill us."
The two looked at each other and ran outside the castle at the same time.
After everyone left, Kyle walked out and followed the stairs to the fourth floor.
Although Umbridge has left the school, her office remains, and the fireplace there is open for an hour every weekend to allow students to visit the Ministry of Magic.
When Kyle arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Cedric was already waiting.
"Why are you so slow? We are already late." He said anxiously.
"I can't help it. I met Professor Snape on the way, which delayed me for a while." Kyle said calmly, "And our working hours are different from those of regular employees. We just need to arrive at the Ministry of Magic before nine o'clock."
"That's what I say, but it's better to go early."
They passed the fireplace and soon arrived at the Ministry of Magic.
It was still the same as usual, with wizards coming and going filling the hall.
And because recently, newspapers have reported news about Death Eaters causing sabotage every few days, making everyone nervous, and even more people came to the Ministry of Magic.
"The latest news, Death Eaters have appeared in the south again." On the elevator, two witches were discussing the latest news in the newspaper.
"This time it's that crazy Bellatrix Lestrange. She seems to be looking for something."
"Yes, I heard that she happened to encounter the attackers who were chasing her, and the whole street was destroyed by bombs."
"It would be nice if the leader was an Auror... maybe we could catch her."
Kyle didn't pay attention at first, just thinking it was Umbridge making false news again.
But when the witch came down the elevator, Kyle accidentally saw the newspaper in her hand. What he didn't expect was that there was actually a picture of Bellatrix on it.
When the elevator stopped at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Cedric was about to speak when he saw Kyle running out first.
He quickly reminded: "Wait a minute, Kyle, you haven't arrived yet..."
"I know." Kyle ran all the way to Chris' office without looking back.
Chris was writing something. When he saw Kyle coming in, he asked in a joking tone: "What, does the minister have any new tasks for you to convey?"
"Dad, do you have the Daily Prophet here?" Kyle asked directly.
"Oh, there." Chris pointed to an unopened newspaper on the table, "It was just delivered a minute ago."
Kyle quickly opened it and read it.
Sure enough, there was a picture of Bellatrix on the front page of the newspaper. She used her wand to repel the attacker who blocked her way, laughed and turned into a black mist and left.
"The Striker discovered Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater who had escaped from prison before, in Hampshire, and escaped after a fierce battle.
"Deputy Minister Dolores Jane Umbridge, who is in charge of leading the team, is suspected of showing signs of being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse. She has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries..."
Kyle didn't think the photo was fake, because it was difficult for ordinary people to imitate Bellatrix's madness.
More importantly, he also saw Dumbledore in the photo.
Although it was only a fleeting moment, he did appear in the corner of the photo in a burst of fire. It seemed that he was taken there by the phoenix.
Perhaps it was precisely because of Dumbledore's presence that Bellatrix ran away in a hurry.
"Dad, do you know what happened?" Kyle asked, "There should be news from the Order of the Phoenix."
Chris glanced at the newspaper and then closed the door with his wand.
"I do know something." He lowered his voice and said, "The principal is looking for someone, and it just so happens that the Death Eaters are also looking for him."
"who's that person?"
"Bob Ogden," Chris said after a moment of silence.
"That name again." Kyle frowned, "Who is he?"
This time Chris did not explain, just shook his head and said: "This is a matter of the Order of the Phoenix, Kyle, although Dumbledore said that we don't have to hide anything from you, you can't help much in this matter. "
Chris didn't want to say too much about Bob Ogden. Kyle thought about it for a while and didn't say anything more. Instead, he asked: "What's going on with the batter? Why don't they let the Aurors go."
"Well..." Chris suddenly laughed, but seemed to feel it was inappropriate and held it back.
"What a coincidence, didn't you give Fudge an idea?"
"Yes." Kyle nodded. He did not hide this from Chris, and several core members of the Order of the Phoenix knew about it.
"That's it." Chris said, "Yesterday we received news that someone illegally smuggled two civet cats in Hampshire, so Umbridge thought there was something to do here, so she went there early this morning .”
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 680 Gaunt’s Old House
From Chris' mouth, Kyle also learned what happened this morning.
The process was not complicated. Umbridge took the batters to Hampshire early in the morning, preparing to find some material for the front page of today's "Daily Prophet."
She is already very familiar with this kind of thing, so the people she leads are all veterans who have had many experiences and work well with each other.
When they arrived at the place, the strikers spread out skillfully, looking for useful clues, but by chance, they actually met the Death Eaters who came to do something this time.
Then when the batters came back from their tour, they saw an extremely horrifying scene.
The always arrogant Umbridge was rolling on the ground in pain, struggling for mercy, and next to her was Bellatrix, who was holding a wand and laughing crazily.
Almost subconsciously, a beater with a camera took pictures of this scene, but for the sake of the Ministry of Magic's face, the newspaper did not choose this photo, but used another one.