The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

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The atmosphere in the Leaky Cauldron has been heightened to the extreme.

The sad and angry crowd began to plan matters related to the parade.

The timid ones are pouring glass after glass of flame whiskey, eager to use alcohol to stimulate their courage.

It was foreseeable that under the influence of these drunkards, the parade for a while would definitely turn into a riot of beating, smashing and looting.

And looking at all this, Tom was going crazy.

He gave everyone a free drink to ease everyone's sorrow, not to let people drink enough to go out and make trouble.

Tom suddenly turned his head and stared at Apu in front of the bar.

I saw that the smile on the corner of this guy's mouth could no longer be suppressed, and he looked triumphant.

From the encouraging words that the other party just said, coupled with the secret French identity of the other party, it is clear at a glance what this man named Apu is.

It made Tom want to put his face in the same pan he used to fry the bacon in!

But the remaining reason prevented him from doing so.

He is very clear that no matter what the other party's real identity is, the other party's registered identity in the Ministry of Magic is a wizard from the country.

But in the magic world of the country of the country, beating the wizards of the country innocently will be punished.

Quite a severe punishment!

After the restructuring, the Ministry of Magic has strict management in terms of law and order. If one fails, even his Leaky Cauldron Bar will be closed!

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

After taking several deep breaths in a row, Tom suppressed his anger.

He silently gestured towards the window leading to the kitchen behind him.

The guy who was working there ran over quickly, wiping his hands with a rag while running.

"Go and inform the Ministry of Magic that someone here is agitating for a parade, and ask them to send someone to maintain order!"

Hearing Old Tom's words, the man glanced outside the bar, then nodded and quickly slipped out along the cargo delivery aisle.

It wasn't until after all this was done that old Tom was relieved.

Although it was hard to betray your companions, it was better than watching all these guests hanged at the gate of Gringotts.

But when he turned around, he unexpectedly found that the man in suit and leather shoes in front of the bar was staring at him intently.

This made Old Tom froze.

‘All the things I sent to inform you just now were seen? '

Thinking so, Old Tom subconsciously made a silent gesture to the man in the suit.

But the man in the suit stood up without hesitation, turned his head and walked towards the roaring crowd not far away.

"Everyone! Listen to me!"

The man in the suit raised his wand and spoke loudly.

Coupled with the flames shooting out from the tip of the staff, almost all the eyes of the entire Leaky Cauldron fell on him.

It made old Tom pale.

At this moment, he felt that he would never have to worry about any renovation and decoration of the Leaky Cauldron in the future.

Because once the whistleblower leaks out, these angry drunks will tear down the entire Leaky Cauldron!

However, at the next moment, the man in the suit waved and pointed at Apu and said:

"What this gentleman said just now is all nonsense! I know that the "Daily Prophet" has made many false reports before, and is even good at using various brushwork to obscure the authenticity of things in an attempt to cover up The eyes of the people. But at least this time, the reports in the Daily Prophet are all true. The casualty figures are true, and the Dark Mark is true! I can guarantee this, with my life!"

After finishing the words, before the crowd could react, Apu sneered and said:

"Who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to make this guarantee? Guarantee with your life? It's ridiculous!"

The crowd also burst into laughter at the right time.

Apparently, everyone didn't take what the man in the suit said seriously, only thinking that he was drunk and talking nonsense.

This kind of thing is all too common in the Leaky Cauldron.

Every night there are people who get drunk and say they are the Minister of Magic.

However, the man in the suit who was surrounded by countless ridicules did not get angry like a normal alcoholic.

He just calmly took out a certificate from his chest, held it beside his face and said:

"Because I am the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", Adam Wilson, and this is my ID. If you think this is not credible, then you can go to yesterday's "Daily Prophet", the above There was a story about the newsroom of the Daily Prophet, and it had my picture in it."

The laughter in the Leaky Cauldron stopped abruptly.

Everyone's eyes widened, and their eyes turned back and forth on the face of the man in a suit and his ID. Some people even dug out yesterday's "Daily Prophet" for comparison.

After a brief silence, Apu continued to sneer:

"Oh! It turned out to be our editor-in-chief. How could such a big man like you come here to drink? How did you do it? You said such a thing, do you think we still believe you?"

"Roar--"

A loud growl drowned out Apu's voice.

Immediately afterwards, the burly man with the beard rushed out from the crowd.

He grabbed Adam by the collar, lifted it up and shouted angrily:

"You are the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet", you must know what's going on at Hogwarts right now? Tell me, what's going on with my daughter now!?"

The words of the burly man seemed to remind the people present.

Suddenly, everyone rushed to Adam, eagerly asking for news about their own children.

Seeing this, Adam couldn't help laughing.

When the laughter was ugly, it was like the mourning of an old ape, and hot tears gushed out even more.

"The Ministry of Magic sent out letters about the child's situation as early as the end of the matter, so didn't you already know about the child's situation?" Adam said loudly, "Don't you You lied to yourself! These letters and today's "Daily Prophet" are all true, and I collected the information after I went to Hogwarts myself! There...there is really terrible..."

As Adam spoke, he suddenly began to thump wildly.

The burly man with a big beard was already in a fit of anger, but now that he said that, he was kicked twice, and he wished he could be thrown to death!

But at this moment, a photo flew out of Adam's coat pocket.

Seeing this, Adam immediately let out a strange cry, broke free suddenly with a huge force that the burly man had never expected, then swooped and hugged the photo into his arms again, and began to suffer.

"Joseph! My son, my son..."

The burly man instinctively looked at the photo, just in time to catch a glimpse of the young boy's corpse that was riddled with holes, and even his neck was deformed due to the rope binding.

This froze his already raised fist in mid-air.

Not only him, but many other people around were also stunned.

Because some of them also received similar photos.

It was a photo of their child.

Wails began to sound from the crowd.

The fists raised by the burly man were also powerless to hang down.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have no reason to lose his temper with the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" in front of him.

Although his daughter Rani has been tortured inhumanely, she will even have sequelae that cannot be cured for life, and she will no longer be able to bear children.

But at least his daughter is alive.

And the man in front of him, his son is dead!

For this reason, it seems that the other party has no motive to defend the "Daily Prophet" and the Ministry of Magic.

So everything written in the Daily Prophet is true?

This is a very simple truth. Everyone is just dazzled by anger and sadness, and they have not become fools. Naturally, they can understand it.

It is precisely because of this that although the sadness in the Leaky Cauldron is still there, the smell of gunpowder around has faded a lot.

In front of the bar, Apu frowned and kept rolling his eyes in the crowd, as if he was thinking about the next step.

The development of the gaffe before him was something he had never expected.

He couldn't understand how the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" would dare to jump out on such an occasion as a guarantee for the "Daily Prophet" and the Ministry of Magic, and he couldn't understand why the Ministry of Magic was going crazy. They will reveal all the truth about this matter, and even sent explanatory letters to the parents of every student who died or died!

Don't those officials at the Ministry of Magic know how much public outrage this will cause?

Apu's breathing became more and more heavy.

The situation in front of him was no longer under his control.

For now, it is unlikely that everyone will be willing to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest.

All these changes made him want to punch the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" hard in the face!

But just when he was furious, he saw that the editor-in-chief was struggling to get up.

The other party carefully put away the photo, and then walked towards the Floo fireplace in the corner of the bar.

"Hey! Where are you going!?"

Apu roared as if he was catching a thief, his eyes were shining brightly.

If you can take this opportunity to pour a few more basins of dirty water on the other party's head, maybe this matter will turn around.

However, the editor-in-chief named Adam said without looking back:

"I'm going to the Ministry of Magic, go to them and ask them clearly, my son can't die in vain."

"You... you're going to the Ministry of Magic to protest?"

Apo said in disbelief.

The surrounding crowd also looked surprised.

Old Tom even jumped out from behind the bar, clasped Adam's shoulder and said:

"What the hell are you doing? Didn't you just persuade everyone not to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest and parade? Why are you going now?"

Tom's voice was thick with anger.

He felt like he was going crazy.

What happened in his tavern today was like a roller coaster, rushing to the top and then plummeting down...

But upon hearing this, Adam looked at Old Tom strangely and said:

"When did I persuade everyone not to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest? I just told everyone that the Ministry of Magic and the "Daily Prophet" did not hide anything about this matter."

"Then since the Ministry of Magic didn't lie or hide anything, why would you go to the Ministry of Magic to protest?"

"I have already answered this, I want to avenge my son."

Adam said categorically, "Now the Ministry of Magic has only announced the casualties of Hogwarts. Apart from that, they have not disclosed anything. Including, there are questions about how to take revenge.

And that's why I'm going to the Ministry of Magic.

I want the three members of the Ministry of Magic to see my attitude as a family member of the victim.

I want them to understand that the so-called casualties in the "Daily Prophet" are not just cold statistics, but living people who died!

If I don't let them hear my voice, there is a good chance that things will turn into simple condemnation in the end, or another long negotiation, and finally the French will spit out a compensation payment.

But this is not what I want, blood revenge should be repaid with blood! "

"That's right! That's how it should be!" Apu's attitude changed suddenly, and he shouted excitedly, "I absolutely support you, Mr. Editor-in-Chief!"

Old Tom gave Apu a blank look, and continued to persuade Adam:

"Calm down, it's only been a day since the incident happened, and the committee members must be meeting to discuss it now. Why don't you wait for them to announce the decision first, and if you are not satisfied with the decision they announced, go protest It's not too late!"

"Thank you, Tom, I know you're doing it for my own good, and I'm familiar with our three committee members, so I understand that I must end up going to the Ministry of Magic now." Adam said firmly, "But I'm still going, Because if I don't go now, then in the future, I may not have the courage to go again!"

After finishing speaking, Adam broke free from Tom's hand and continued to walk towards the Floo fireplace.

Tom instinctively stretched out his hand to grab it again, but was blocked by a burly man with a beard.

It was only then that Tom realized that many people had gathered around Adam.

Even the bearded man who had previously clashed with Adam was among them.

Their eyes seemed to be burning with fire, and they followed Adam firmly forward.

Seeing this scene, Tom was extremely entangled.

On the one hand, he was thankful that Adam did not reveal his informant behavior, but on the other hand, he felt sorry for these people in front of him.

In his opinion, this group of people probably won't be able to meet at the Leaky Cauldron for a long time to come.

"You guys are crazy!"

Tom cursed weakly.

Hearing this, Adam, who was the leader in front, turned his head and smiled at Tom and nodded, then grabbed a handful of Floo powder from the cloth bag beside the fireplace and was about to sprinkle it into the fireplace.

But at this moment, a group of dark green magical flames suddenly exploded in the fireplace.

The huge flames and smoke forced everyone to retreat, and Tom was relieved to see this.

Because through the smoke, he immediately saw the guy he sent out.

When I came back at this time, I should have informed the Ministry of Magic to send Aurors here, right?

But, isn't this speed a little too fast?

Tom felt a little strange.

The guy who saw him had already pushed away the smoke.

There was no Auror or striker behind him.

But in his hand, he held up a brand new "Daily Prophet".

"The latest news... just from the Ministry of Magic..."

The guy was panting and waving the newspaper around.

And on the exposed page of the newspaper was clearly written a big headline - "Declaration of War".