Chapter 666 Surprise!

"Lumos."

Kingsley lit up his wand.

"Hold your wand tight and follow me." He ordered, and then walked in front.

The other four Aurors followed in an orderly manner, and Umbridge, who had lost her wand, followed closely beside Dawlish.

This tunnel was very low, and even a short and fat girl like Umbridge had to crouch down to move forward. Because they didn't know what was ahead, everyone remained alert. In addition, the Aurors had to pay attention to the details in the tunnel while walking, so their speed was not very fast.

But there was also Umbridge, who was lazy and injured in their team, so even though the speed was not fast, she began to pant in less than ten minutes.

The Aurors persuaded her to go back more than once, or to stay in the tunnel and wait for a while, but they were all rejected by the stubborn Umbridge. Everyone could only walk and stop along the way, and it took at least twice as long as normal to reach the end of the tunnel.

Kingsley was the first to get out of the hole. He raised his wand and looked around...

Outside the tunnel was a room, a messy, gray room. The wallpaper was peeling, the floor was stained, the furniture was broken, as if someone had smashed it, and the windows were sealed with wooden boards.

Although he felt that this place seemed a little familiar, Kingsley didn't have time to investigate it for the time being. He whispered to the others in the tunnel: "It's safe for now, come up."

The other four Aurors climbed out of the tunnel one after another, and Umbridge was the last.

However, she just stuck half of her body out of the hole and stopped with a red face.

"Help me..." She gritted her teeth and lowered her voice for help: "I'm stuck..."

Kingsley and others looked at her speechlessly and persuaded her again: "Why don't you wait in the tunnel."

"No!" Umbridge also refused again: "I must participate in this search in person!"

This is not only because of Professor Trelawney's prediction, but also because she is worried that these Aurors will steal her credit.

Moreover, she had lost her wand, so it was safest for her to stay with the Aurors.

Kingsley had no choice but to go forward with Dawlish, each of them grabbed one of her arms, and it took a lot of effort to "pull" Umbridge out of the tunnel.

"I think I may know where this is," Williamson said suddenly after looking around: "This should be the interior of the Shrieking Shack."

"The Shrieking Shack?" Umbridge asked, "The house in Hogsmeade that is said to be haunted?"

"Yes," Williamson nodded affirmatively, "The doors and windows of the Shrieking Shack are also sealed with wooden boards, and judging from the distance of the tunnel, this is almost Hogsmeade. The most important thing is..."

He licked his lips and said with a little excitement of discovering a secret: "If I remember correctly, the Shrieking Shack became famous at about the same time as the Whomping Willow was planted in Hogwarts."

Then his guess was agreed by another Auror named Prout: "You are right, I remember that the Whomping Willow was only there when I was in the fourth grade, and I came here in the third grade. At that time, it was just an ordinary house, not called the Shrieking Shack at all."

Kingsley, who was originally relieved, became nervous again after hearing this...

Could it be that Umbridge really discovered some secret about Dumbledore?

However, this guess was quickly rejected by him, because no matter how much he thought about it, he didn't think Dumbledore would make such a stupid mistake as his invisibility cloak being caught by a branch.

"Anyway, everyone should be careful." Kingsley reminded softly, then raised his wand and continued to lead the way out of the room.

The six people walked out of the room carefully and searched the first floor of the Shrieking Shack first.

"This place doesn't look like a place that has been abandoned for a long time..." Williamson wiped his fingers on a worn wooden table, "Did you notice? There is almost no dust... Someone must come here to clean it often."

"Isn't this natural?" Umbridge growled anxiously, "This is Dumbledore's secret base! Don't waste time, we have been out for a long time, and we don't know how long the Minister can delay!"

While she wanted to get the credit, she was constantly thinking about Professor Trelawney's prophecy, in which she was likely to be in danger. From Umbridge's current point of view, it is very likely that Minister Fudge was discovered by Dumbledore, and he attacked her when he rushed over...

After all, she was the main discoverer of this secret, and she had been fighting against Dumbledore in Hogwarts during this period of time. What's worse is... her wand was whipped away by the Whomping Willow!

The Aurors were very dissatisfied with Umbridge's bossiness, but due to Minister Fudge's orders, they did not show it, but continued to search silently.

While Umbridge was constantly urging the Aurors, Dumbledore, who she thought might come at any time, was sitting calmly in his office, drinking tea and chatting with Cornelius Fudge about some unimportant topics.

From the beginning, Fudge talked to Dumbledore about commonplace topics - such as banning any further remarks about Voldemort's return and cooperating with the Ministry of Magic's education reform.

The importance of these topics is actually only average, and it is definitely not enough to require Minister Fudge to rush here with the Aurors after "finishing other things".

In fact, Cornelius Fudge also knew that if he did this, Dumbledore would probably see the problem. However, Dumbledore's long-term concessions for the sake of the overall situation made Fudge feel that he did not dare to quarrel with the Ministry of Magic for the time being. It was a shameless illusion, so even if this behavior was a bit flawed, Fudge didn't think it would be a big problem.

Of course, it is impossible for Dumbledore to take the initiative to expose Fudge. The Minister of Magic personally testified for him. What a good alibi!

The bad old man took a sip of tea and put on a meaningful smile on his face.

"The first floor has been inspected, and no problems were found." The Aurors reported to Kingsley after quickly and carefully searching the first floor of the Shrieking Shack.

"If there is really something here, it seems to be hidden on the second floor..." Kingsley didn't think that Dumbledore deliberately leaked a flaw just to trick them into making a useless trip here. He reminded: "Everyone Be alert, it may be dangerous up there.”

However, just when he warned, seeing that there was nothing wrong with Umbridge on the first floor, she had already hurried upstairs. However, after hearing Kingsley's warning, she immediately slowed down and stopped awkwardly at the top of the stairs.

The Aurors looked at her with disgust. When they were in action, what they were most afraid of encountering were such pig teammates who acted on their own initiative. However, unfortunately... such teammates abounded in the Ministry of Magic.

Kingsley sighed helplessly, and then quickly directed Delis and the others to work together to hold up the defensive spell as before, while he continued to maintain the fluorescent spell and led everyone to the second floor cautiously. .

As soon as he stepped onto the floor of the second floor, Kingsley froze...

The door of the room facing the stairs was wide open... To be precise, the entire door of the room had been removed, and part of the wall had also been removed, allowing him to easily see everything in the room.

There was no furniture in the room in front of him, except for a giant snake that almost occupied the entire room. Its body is as thick as an oak tree trunk, its scales are green, and glow with the bright light unique to poisonous snakes.

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