Chapter 687: Time Is Running Out for Fudge!

The much-anticipated trial finally ended. The Daily Prophet urgently sold a supplement that afternoon, reporting the results of the trial.

However, due to the interference of Cornelius Fudge, the newspaper's description of the entire case was not so true.

In this report, Fudge's poor performance was avoided, and it was not mentioned that Fudge was the only one who supported the accusation. Instead, Dumbledore's "arrogant" attitude during the trial was written in great detail.

Moreover, although the report did not say it explicitly, the meaning behind the words was that the accusation was not established in the end because Dumbledore used his prestige in the wizarding world to influence the jury's judgment.

However, this time, Fudge's control of public opinion did not last long.

Because only five days later, the latest issue of The Quibbler published a report written by Rita Skeeter, which described the entire trial process in detail.

Moreover, at the end of the article, Rita Skeeter also wrote:

"We are currently unable to confirm whether the return of the mysterious man mentioned by Firth McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter is true, but Cornelius Fudge's poor performance in handling affairs is obvious to all... If the man who cannot be named really comes back, is the current Minister of Magic really capable of leading us to fight against him?"

"In addition, Cornelius Fudge's choice of personnel appointments is also worrying. In fact, the author has exposed the Ministry of Magic more than once before. Some people in the book are just sitting around doing nothing, but they pale in comparison to Dolores Umbridge, the senior inquisitor of Hogwarts appointed by Fudge not long ago. This forces us to re-examine Cornelius Fudge's ability. "

"For the details of Dolores Umbridge, the author has also made relevant reports, please see page 57 of this magazine."

Following the last interview with Fish and Harry, "The Quibbler" sold out again. Xenophilius Lovegood reprinted three copies in a week to barely meet the enthusiastic needs of readers.

Then Fudge was in trouble.

Originally, he thought that the school was on vacation and he could quietly deal with Umbridge's matter in a few days. As a result, before he could do it, two articles by Rita Skeeter appeared out of nowhere, like two sharp knives, stabbing into his lungs one after another.

However, Cornelius Fudge didn't have time to settle accounts with The Quibbler and Rita Skeeter at this time, because a group of people in the Ministry of Magic took advantage of the hot sales of The Quibbler to launch an impeachment vote against him, and he was now desperately trying to make a final struggle.

"Humph... Fudge is really a waste." Voldemort sneered after listening to the news brought back by Walton McNeill from the Ministry of Magic.

Then he pondered for a moment and asked, "Do our people have a chance as to the new Minister of Magic?"

"If we mobilize the power of our family, there is still hope, but if we do so, Dumbledore is likely to notice the clues." Lucius Malfoy, who has the most say in this regard, bowed and said.

"Then... try to control those popular candidates." Voldemort tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and after weighing the pros and cons, he ordered.

"Yes, Master." The Death Eaters all took the order and then retreated in an orderly manner.

On the other side, the members of the Order of the Phoenix also got busy.

After Dumbledore was tried, he decided to let the Order of the Phoenix participate in the impeachment of Cornelius Fudge.

Because Fudge had been dragging his feet in the past year, and the Department of Mysteries had become the center of their secret struggle with Voldemort, even if Dumbledore did not want to interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of Magic, in order to prevent Voldemort from obtaining the prophecy, he had to find a way to replace him with someone who was close to the Order of the Phoenix...

At least there could not be another minister who dragged his feet.

When the members of the Order of the Phoenix participated in this matter, they found that there were Death Eaters among those who participated in the impeachment of Fudge.

Now they have two more tasks - to prevent people who may be on Voldemort's side from becoming the Minister of Magic, and to protect those candidates who may become the Minister.

In addition to the secret confrontation between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters, there are also several Ministry of Magic officials who are ambitious for the position of Minister and are actively preparing.

For a time, the entire Ministry of Magic was undercurrents and chaos.

However, at this time, Dumbledore left London and came alone to the vicinity of Little Hangleton... the place where Voldemort was resurrected.

In fact, after learning that Voldemort was resurrected, Dumbledore thought about coming here to search for the existence of Horcruxes, but Fudge did not believe that Voldemort was resurrected at that time and had been sending people to monitor him. In order not to alert Voldemort and attract Voldemort's attention, Dumbledore kept delaying and did not come.

Now Fudge is finally entangled in the impeachment, and Voldemort knows about the diary. After he withdraws his hands from the prophecy, he may take back his Horcruxes one by one.

Although staring at Voldemort and his men and waiting for him to find his Horcruxes is also a way, it is too passive to do so. Secondly, with Voldemort's proud character, he may be very confident in the place where he hides the Horcruxes, and he may not even think about finding the Horcruxes at all.

So Dumbledore rushed over immediately when he saw that the time was right.

Dumbledore had persuaded Bob Ogden to give him his memories of searching for Marvolo Gaunt and Moby Gaunt when he was working at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, so he knew clearly where Voldemort's father and mother's homes were.

Given Voldemort's contempt for Muggle blood, it was impossible for him to leave something as important as a Horcrux at Riddle House, which represented his Muggle blood. So Dumbledore did not go to Little Hangleton, but turned a corner less than a mile away and came to a narrow dirt road.

On both sides of the path, the tall and dense hedges had not been taken care of for a long time. A large number of branches and leaves extended from the roadside to the middle of the road, making it impossible for Dumbledore to see the front clearly.

Dumbledore raised his wand, tapped it twice on himself, and then lit up the wand with fluorescent flashes, while struggling to identify the bumpy and rocky dirt road under his feet, while walking forward.

When he approached, the branches and leaves extending from both sides were pushed aside by some mysterious force, and they returned to their original positions only when Dumbledore walked away.

Dumbledore spent some effort to follow the almost unrecognizable dirt road through the bushes and came to a small dark forest.

Like the bushes, no one had taken care of this place for a long time. The tangled trees grew wildly. If Dumbledore had not known from Bob Ogden's memory that the Gaunt House was among these trees, he would not have been able to find the dilapidated house that almost merged with the surrounding branches.

"It seems that I have found the right place."

Dumbledore held up the wand emitting a white light, feeling the vague magic reaction around the Gaunt House, and his mouth curled up slightly.

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In Rowling's setting, many ministers were driven out of office because of public anger.

There are many reasons for being kicked out. One guy was impeached for communicating with people using monosyllables and smoke from the end of his wand...

A minister was assassinated by a centaur (kicked) because he told a centaur joke, but he didn't die.

There was also a minister who died because of an allergy to gummy bears, and her successor was her son...

The first muggle-born minister had to retire because of a strange disease, and the one who did it was Draco's grandfather.

There are many interesting settings about the ministers. If you are interested, you can go and have a look.