harry potter book of crimes

"Maka, there is new news from London, saying that the edge of fog in the southeastern suburbs suddenly appeared..."

Sirius, who rushed in from the minister's office, was talking when he suddenly glanced at Scrimgeour, who was having a verbal exchange with Kingsley, and then subconsciously stopped talking.

"Oh! Actually, although it is a bit sudden, the position of Minister of Magic will be temporarily changed." Maka, who was sitting on the desk, immediately waved her hand and then signaled, "Sirius, continue to talk about your

Well...well, what happened to the southeastern suburbs of London? Are living corpses appearing again?"

"Change of appointment? This kind of period?"

As the person in charge of the magic world in a country and region, the Minister of Magic is basically only "on the surface", but he still has a considerable status in the hearts of ordinary wizards.

Therefore, things like "replacement during wartime" would normally have a great impact on the working mood of the Ministry of Magic staff, and even on the public sentiment.

However, since the current leader, Mr. Scrimgeour, has somewhat lost his presence after entering a state of all-out war, it should have been a taboo matter, but when you think about it, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

Maybe it's a bit sorry to say that Scrimgeour is still working hard, but in fact, switching to Kingsley will probably make everyone feel more at ease.

"Well...that's it!"

Sirius thought for a moment, then nodded to Kingsley and Scrimgeour with relief.

"Mr. Scrimgeour, you have worked hard for a long time. And then, Mr. Minister Shacklebolt, congratulations...oh, I can't say 'congratulations'! After all, you are taking office at a critical moment."

After a few polite words, he seemed to be no longer interested in the matter, and immediately turned his head again to explain to Maka:

"As I mentioned...ah! Yes, living corpses have appeared again near the border of the southeastern suburbs! But this time, the number is far greater than the scattered few we observed during our patrol.

...In fact, when they discovered a large number of living corpses appearing vaguely from the fog, the patrol team planned to evacuate immediately!"

"'A large number of living corpses'?" Maka couldn't help but frowned when she heard this, "A tide of living corpses...? Is this what Haierbo is planning to..."

However, before he finished speaking, Sirius nodded slightly thoughtfully.

"'Tide of living corpses'... this description may be very accurate!" After muttering this, he suddenly shook his head and said, "Let's not study this first... Anyway, I haven't finished speaking yet, Maka, please go ahead

Keep listening."

Having said this, he paused briefly, and then said:

"According to the report over there, just when the patrol team was preparing to retreat, they noticed that the zombies who were about to leave the fog range began to retreat first! It is said that at that time, those zombies suddenly turned around and headed towards

The back squeeze caused a period of chaos, and more than a dozen ordinary living corpses were trampled by their companions until they were unable to move, and were eventually left on the street."

"Going back again?"

Maka couldn't help but feel confused about such an inexplicable situation.

Needless to say, the entire back-and-forth movement must have followed Haierbo's will. But what on earth was that guy thinking?

"Test? Warning? Or are you trying to convey some message to me through this weird action?"

Maka thought randomly for a while, but didn't figure out anything.

He only knows that once Haierbo has the time to do these little tricks, it probably means that the other party may have... "succeeded"?

"...Is it a demonstration? Tell him he's coming?"

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard Sirius continue:

"By the way... Well, maybe it's not 'by the way'... Lupine has personally informed the Muggle Prime Minister. Next, there may be a bigger wave of evacuation operations on the Muggle side. As for this

To be honest, no one knows how much impact this action will have on the Muggle world..."

To this day, although the evacuation of London is basically carried out with the principle of confidentiality as much as possible, for this reason, they have also deployed many supporting wizards through the president of the Federation, Mr. Ajinbad, to help.

But even so, the actual situation has been spread through various channels, causing rumors to fly all over the sky.

After all, even with the Forgetting Curse and even more other methods, it is possible to tamper with and erase the memory of Muggles and erase everything that has happened. But this matter is really involved and it is impossible to suppress it completely.

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However, now, at least it is only known to the residents of the Muggle world in the form of various rumors, but if there is another wave of larger-scale operations, the matter will no longer be hidden.

Doing so would be equivalent to tacitly exposing the magical world to the Muggle world.

However, Lupine was naturally very aware of this kind of thing, but he still did it. Because he understood that if he wanted to wait until Halbo really started to take action, it would be too late.

"Um."

After a moment of silence, Maka finally nodded.

"I understand... But so to speak, has Lupine already been to President Akinbad's place?"

"No," Sirius immediately shook his head when he heard this, "It's not over there yet."

Hearing his straightforward answer, Maka couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Is he... planning to kill first and show off later?"

"No, no, Lupine wants you to go to Ajinbad."

"That's right!" Maka sighed, "I think it should be like this... Well, but Mr. Akinbad... Hey! Lupine really left me with a big problem!"

In fact, if I have to say it, the embarrassing thing about Ajinbad is not to convince him personally about his relationship with the other party. If it is just a personal matter, just one sentence will do.

However, even though Ajinbad is the current president of the International Federation of Wizards, such a major matter that directly violates the "Secrecy Act" cannot be decided by him alone!

"All in all, the migration of Muggles is inevitable. If we block that guy Herbo's way, God knows how many people will die..." Maka rubbed her face and then said, "Okay, I understand!

I'll find a way to get it done over there."

After saying this, he lightly jumped down from the minister's desk and waved casually at Kingsley and Scrimgeour, who had no intention of handover.

"After we have negotiated, we will inform you about the change of appointment as soon as possible, and then... Kingsley, there will be a lot of work waiting for you to do next! Of course, the same goes for me... Everyone, please do your best!"

"……OK!"

Kingsley pursed his lips, then stood up immediately and said solemnly.