Chapter 522 Suspicious Letter

In recent days, it is nothing new for someone to write to him. Since he wiped out the two generations of Dark Lords in one fell swoop, his number is increasing day by day, and letters are sent to him from time to time.

But today's letter is quite different.

It can be seen that the envelope is a special specification of the British Ministry of Magic, and the sealing sealant is clearly stamped with the big "M" logo of the Ministry of Magic, with a bright magic wand erected in the middle of the letter.

However, when Maca opened the envelope and took it out, there was only one copy inside. Immediately, his eyes were attracted by the "latest report" printed on the front page of the newspaper.

"...'Ghosts robbed the dungeon in the Ministry of Magic, Death Eaters fled again'?"

The headline of this report is very eye-catching. Just one headline occupies almost one-eighth of the home page, making it difficult for people not to see it.

Of course, as far as this title is concerned, although it is indeed eye-catching, ordinary people generally cannot see any deep meaning in it. It's just that the subtitle that follows it is much more interesting.

"That ministerial position of Scrimgeour doesn't seem to be sitting very securely?" Maca had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, completely optimistic about the show.

The subtitle reads:

"Shocked to hear that the inner ghost has appeared! Is it a local laxity in the Auror office, or the overall dereliction of duty by the British Ministry of Magic?"

Compared with the straightforward and clear summary of the main title, the subtitle obviously contains a lot of private goods.

First of all, Rufus Scrimgeour, the current minister of the Ministry of Magic, was originally the director of the Auror Office. Everyone knows this. As soon as this subtitle opened, it first hit Scrimgeour’s old department. The intention is obvious. .

And the next sentence simply covered the entire Ministry of Magic, and it was really merciless in targeting it.

Just after reading these two titles, Maca's heart is more or less clear. But after he glanced at the date of the newspaper habitually, there was a little thoughtfulness on his face.

This newspaper is not today's news, but "tomorrow's". In other words, this is a so-called "fixed edition newspaper", the original that has not yet been officially released. Or, it is simply a "sample newspaper" that has not yet been proofread by an editor.

Thinking of this, he then flipped through the next few pages, and sure enough, he saw that several parts were still blank.

It can be seen from this that although Scrimgeour does things in a hurry, he is rough and fine. Right now, even if someone is still staring at the seat under his ass, he is not so easy to deal with, and he has also planted his own dark lines in the media.

In other words, this newspaper was "stolen" by him.

"It seems that this is true, otherwise Scrimgeour would not have done this for me..." Maca mused to himself, "It's just that, as far as he directly uses the Ministry of Magic's letter channel, he It seems that there is still room for control over the Ministry of Magic?"

The meaning of this letter is actually very clear, it is to ask Maca to help me solve this prison robbery incident. However, if this matter was really related to Scrimgeour's ministerial position, he would not have delivered the letter in the name of the Ministry of Magic so blatantly.

Maca pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed with a daze, then he shook his head again.

"...So that's how it is," he chewed on the deep meaning in it, and suddenly understood how Dumbledore became his headmaster, "If there is no power, this is just an ordinary letter for help to me That's all."

The so-called smartness actually has many directions. Some people are smart in fighting for power and profit, and are naturally good at managing various power and profit schemes; while some people are smart in learning and creating, usually absorbing knowledge through enjoyment, and then reach the peak in certain fields.

Anyone can receive this letter. An idiot will take it as a free newspaper; an ordinary smart person will probably think it is a letter for help; only those who have a certain ability to analyze the power field,

Only then will you discover the "shows of favor" and "temptations" hidden in it.

In fact, when Scrimgeour came over with Dumbledore's will in St. Mungo's ward, his temptations had already begun. It's just that Maca was actually a little perfunctory from beginning to end, and his attitude was ambiguous. Perhaps because of this, he knocked on Maca's door again this time through the "prison robbery incident by the inner ghost".

For Scrimgeour, who wants to be a good Minister of Magic, a wizard like Maca with powerful magical power is an unavoidable hurdle. He is neither willing to part with this potential cooperation force nor It could easily be kicked over.

So now, Maca was almost certain that if he took the initiative to solve this mess for Scrimgeour, he would be rewarded handsomely. Most likely, this reward would not be a vulgar thing like Gold Gallon, but something invisible but very valuable.

Of course, if he wasn't smart enough, the reward might turn out to be a vulgar Galleon after helping out.

And this, roughly, was the case when he agreed to help.

If he refused this time, no matter whether he saw Scrimgeour's true intentions or not, there might be some gap between him and the Minister of Magic in the future.

"Rufus Scrimgeour..." Maca repeated the name for a while, and then secretly sighed, "Can't you really tell?"

Regardless of whether he is willing to sign this meaningful cooperation document, at least for him, it doesn't matter much whether he helps or not. He was not very interested in those powerful things, and he never planned to take over as the headmaster of Hogwarts. That would not be the life he wanted.

These speculations and conjectures are a long story, but they are actually just a matter of a few minutes. Maca thought about it, then stretched the newspaper again, and read through the specific content of the article.

This long news, which took up an entire page, was rich in details, and the words and sentences were not stingy, and the whole incident and the background of the various people involved were filled in tirelessly. A total of three magic photos were inserted in the middle, with clear and precise quotations, which is not to say that it is not vivid.

In one of the elder’s articles, the one who appeared the most was an employee of the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. The name Maca had never been heard of, but he was the protagonist of this incident—that is, the The so-called "inner ghost".

There was a lot of noise about this incident. At that time, there was even a big fight in the atrium lobby of the Ministry of Magic. Whether it was ordinary wizards who went to the Ministry of Magic to handle official business, or the staff and workers of the Ministry of Magic itself, many people witnessed it on the spot. That mighty chasing and fleeing battle.

Fighting inside the Ministry of Magic, even when Voldemort was still alive, he didn't dare to do it, but who knew it would happen after Voldemort was destroyed.

According to the description in the newspaper, the scene at that time was quite heated. Although those loyal Voldemorts who were arrested and awaiting trial looked quite embarrassed, once they picked up their wands, they would never be soft when they killed people. It was only the first round of fighting, and both the Aurors and the Death Eaters suffered casualties in an instant.

After that, the two sides chased and fled, the Aurors pursued and attacked, and the Death Eaters fought and retreated. After the two sides lost a lot of hands to each other, the "inner ghost" somehow opened a closed Floo network fireplace, and the remaining Death Eaters disappeared in the miserable green flames. middle.

Throughout the article, the identity and behavior of the insider, as well as some past work and life are interspersed between the lines. And among those seemingly true information, the spearhead was vaguely pointed at Minister of Magic Scrimgeour.

Maca just roughly scanned the densely packed text, and then his eyes were attracted by one of the three photos.

It was the scene where the Death Eaters were fighting and retreating in the foyer, and their actions were clearly visible in the black and white magic photos. Every Death Eater raised his wand and waved it desperately, and gray beams of magic rained down to the other end.

In the close distance of the photo, many huddled onlookers are backing away in panic, the fear on their faces is clearly displayed.

The Death Eaters didn't love to fight - not even a single one of them hesitated. Although they were not good at cooperating with each other, most of them fought on their own, but their individual strength was better than ordinary Auror players. Under the continuous casting of the spell, although they retreated hastily, it was not too reluctant.

But this is actually very strange, because which of those Death Eaters would be the guy who likes to retreat? You know, most of those dark wizards who escaped from Azkaban were bloodthirsty lunatics. In such a fiery situation, how could they retreat in such a rhythmic and orderly manner?

Maca had dealt with many large and small case files from the Order of the Phoenix, so he immediately discovered the problem, and noticed some clues in the not too big battle scene.

He found that those Death Eaters seemed to be purposely fleeing the Ministry of Magic. Or to be more precise, those guys' prison-robbing operation seems to have an extremely important central task.

So, with this conjecture, Maca searched carefully in the photo, including the expressions, actions and positions of each Death Eater...

Then, he saw an acquaintance with particularly suspicious details in the chaotic crowd of Death Eaters.

"This is Bellatrix?" Maca muttered in surprise, "...Well, it really is her."

Of course, it's not that he doesn't recognize this acquaintance, it's just that the other person's behavior in the photo is a bit unusual, he seems to be retreating together with the Death Eaters, but the wand is waving wildly, but there is no sign of casting a spell .