The Admiral of Hogwarts

"Rest assured, we're aiming to build our shop into a century-old business, how could we undermine our own foundation at this point?" Fred shrugged helplessly after hearing Hugo's worries about the quality of these defensive robes.

"But the problem is, the procurement price they offered is two Galleons per set. That little money can only achieve the effect we have now, which is already the limit. According to the information we've gathered, our quality is already the highest among the bidders."

"Is the Ministry of Magic crazy?" Hugo shook his head in confusion and asked. "We think you should know that these things are basically useless, why would they spend money to buy a bunch of useless things?"

"That's because the Aurors and Hit Wizards who actually face Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic have their own procurement channels, and these things are only sold to ordinary staff," Fred immediately explained.

"Many of the staff there can't even use the simplest Shield Charm, and they won't be facing those Dark Wizards, so the protective equipment they need only needs to be able to defend against some minor jinxes."

"Yes, it's just that users have different needs," George added from behind. "Although they only ordered ten sets at the beginning, judging from the current situation, it might not be long before the Ministry of Magic needs hundreds of these kinds of things."

"Alright, I think you have a point," Hugo nodded seriously, because if according to the twins' explanation, the current defensive robes are indeed the most suitable for their needs.

"By the way, when I went to Hogsmeade today, I saw Ron and Ginny filling in for you guys in Quidditch training. How are they doing?" After finishing the business, the group chatted casually, and it easily turned to Quidditch.

"You're not trying to get information for your Ravenclaw team, are you?" Fred shrugged and said, "But some things really don't need to be kept secret. I can say that since the team changed players, the overall level has dropped a lot."

"Don't say that," George interrupted his brother. "Ginny is not bad, even far exceeding expectations. Seriously, it's already amazing that she's trained to this level on her own. Compared to her, Ron doesn't seem like our brother at all."

"Is it that bad?" Hermione raised her head from behind a cauldron emitting silvery steam and asked. "He's still your brother who grew up training with you, is he really that bad?"

"Let's put it this way, if no one is watching him, he might be able to catch it," Fred said dejectedly, "Maybe we only have a chance to win when he's the only one on the field."

The twins' prediction was correct. In the game on Saturday, Gryffindor still lost 230:240 despite catching the Golden Snitch. It wasn't just the goalkeeper's problem, all the rookies were messing up.

What was worth celebrating was that the game only lasted 22 minutes, and Ginny managed to save some face at the end, making the score not so embarrassing.

And this was also good news for Ravenclaw, because their next game would be against Hufflepuff, instead of Slytherin, who they least wanted to face right now.

"What's going on?" When Hugo was having breakfast on Monday morning, he saw many people gathered in front of the notice board, looking at the contents on it.

"Umbridge's new order," Cho Chang spread her hands helplessly and said. "Students with radios must hand them in to ensure that they don't listen to inappropriate content."

"This inappropriate content is the Soviet Union's broadcast to Europe that they prepared earlier," Veneto's voice sounded in Hugo and others' minds at this time.

"They have recently been broadcasting information about the British Ministry of Magic's suppression of Dumbledore and the return of Voldemort. The British Ministry of Magic has protested to the West Balkan Ministry of Magic several times about this matter."

"How are you dealing with these things?" Hugo asked curiously.

"We told the British Ministry of Magic that it was an illegal signal source and that we would try our best to track down the other party. As for when we can catch them, it's just a matter of luck," Veneto said. "Everyone is a Ministry of Magic, so some things definitely can't be rushed."

"So when Umbridge can't get rid of this signal source, she simply chooses to get rid of the radios used to receive it to ensure safety," Hugo shook his head helplessly. In his opinion, this was definitely an idiotic approach.

Because if you want everyone to do something, the best way is to ban it, so everyone will naturally become interested in these banned things.

To give a simple example, in the past, there were actually not many people listening to this channel from the West Balkans, because people in various countries tended to listen to their own domestic programs.

But since Umbridge announced the ban on listening to those news, the content of those programs that originally didn't have many listeners suddenly spread throughout the school.

In addition to the content about Voldemort's return, there was also a lot of news about secret deals between the British Minister of Magic and senior officials.

After all, for everyone, if it's just ordinary content, it's not very attractive. Gossip like this can attract more people.

Most of these messages are true, but some of them are inferred based on existing information. These contents may not be true, but they can be used as important weapons in propaganda warfare.

For example, in the program, the Ship Girls directly pointed out that when Minister of Magic Fudge was paranoid and thought that Dumbledore might take his position, Umbridge used a series of methods, including inciting Fudge's vanity and panic, to climb to the highest level of power, while making him believe that she was one of the few people he could trust.

And the next step is that Umbridge will use this trust to provoke greater conflicts and try to replace the incompetent Minister of Magic Fudge as the new Minister of Magic in the chaos.

"I hope Fudge and Umbridge will fight like dogs, or at least let Umbridge be distracted and not always focus on the school." Regarding these news, Hermione hoped that it could bring good changes to the school.

"It's unlikely. This kind of news will at most plant a thorn between the two of them, and as long as Dumbledore is still in the position of headmaster, then these two people will continue to collude," Hugo sighed and said.

"I'm worried that these news may have the opposite effect. You know, Umbridge is not the kind of guy who reasons, so I'm worried that she may take this opportunity to launch another attack on the school."

Often, things tend to turn in the worst possible direction. For example, Hugo's guess about Umbridge's next action was very accurate.

A few days later, Hugo and Hermione were writing something in the library when they heard a noisy sound from downstairs. At first, they didn't care, but later the sound became louder and louder.

"What exactly happened?" Hermione raised her head, "Why did Mrs. Pince, who basically never leaves the library, also go downstairs? Is something big happening?"

"Let's go take a look," Hugo said, packing up his things, and then ran downstairs with Hermione and Veneto, heading towards the source of the sound.