Chapter 1080 The Toad’s Counterattack
Umbridge, who had just returned to school, encountered a lot of trouble herself before she had time to find trouble with the students.
This ancient castle seems to be cursed, and various situations will occur from time to time. These problems need to be solved by Umbridge herself. For this reason, she had to run around again and deal with various emergencies in the school.
Even with Filch's help, Umbridge was still troubled by these troubles.
As for the Defense Against Dark Arts class that had been suspended, it has naturally reopened, but this class is still half-dead.
After the class bell rings, the students in the classroom will begin to show various symptoms of physical discomfort. Then, groups of students will walk out of the classroom and go to the school hospital under the watchful eyes of Umbridge.
Looking at the empty Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Umbridge looked at the last student leaving with dull eyes, a look of ferocity on her face.
Nowadays, Hogwarts has completely broken away from her control, which is why these students dare to be so unscrupulous. Those **** emergencies, Umbridge can guess that some students deliberately caused them even if she thinks about them on her knees. Causing trouble for her.
And that **** anti-toad alliance, even the Slytherin students that Umbridge had previously roped in were not very effective. It was said that she was severely retaliated by students from other houses while she was hospitalized.
And that **** Peeves!
That guy was responsible for more than half of the trouble Umbridge encountered in school.
She also tried to solve Peeves' troubles, and even tried to persuade Peeves to fear Barrow the Bloody Man, and asked the ghost of Slytherin College to help discipline Peeves. The result was not very optimistic. Although Human Baron agreed to help stop Peeves' mischief, he only agreed verbally. Bloody Baron could not keep an eye on Peeves forever.
The ghosts of the school will indeed provide some help to Hogwarts, but that help is still very limited, after all, they are the afterimages of the dead. Umbridge also found that she could not order the ghosts, just as she could not even enter the headmaster's office now.
The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became. Umbridge looked up at the empty classroom and fell into wordless silence again.
We must fight back, we must change everything, we cannot sit back and wait for death, that is not her style.
With Filch's help, Umbridge used a punt to cross the swamp and return to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office on the seventh floor. She did not continue to change offices. Even if she changed to a new office, there might be a new swamp outside the office the next day.
All this is the work of a group of members called the "Anti-Toad Alliance," and the leader of this **** organization is probably Albert Anderson. He is the only one in the entire school who has such influence, even if he is not that **** organization Man, the Weasley twins must have been involved.
According to the information provided by the Slytherin students, the Weasley brothers were selling various joke props around the school, and they were Albert's roommates and had a very good relationship with them.
Had it not been for the lack of evidence, Umbridge would have fired the Weasley brothers, or asked Filch to hang them up and whip them severely.
If Arthur Weasley hadn't been suspended for investigation, Umbridge would have asked Fudge to transfer him to the Centaur Liaison Office.
(In the Ministry of Magic, it has become an inside joke to be "sent to the Centaur Liaison Office", meaning that the person mentioned is immediately expelled.)
Umbridge knew she had to take action and use the power of the Ministry of Magic to consolidate her power and control at Hogwarts, otherwise her suffering would be meaningless.
Finally, Umbridge knocked on the door of the Minister of Magic's office again. Although this would make her look a little incompetent and even weaken her impression in Fudge's mind, Umbridge knew that if she wanted to regain control of Hogwarts, she would have to The Ministry of Magic must be used.
"what happened?"
Fudge looked up from the pile of documents and was very surprised to see it was Umbridge.
“Things are bad at Hogwarts.”
Umbridge took a deep breath, handed a report to Fudge, and began to talk about the troubles she encountered at Hogwarts.
“What are you going to do?” Fudge asked.
"There are various problems happening in Hogwarts now. I suspect that someone is secretly causing trouble for me. I need help. If necessary, I plan to expel a few students to scare other students."
“Who are you going to fire?” Fudge asked casually. He didn't actually care who Umbridge wanted to expel, nor was he interested in what happened at Hogwarts, as long as Dumbledore was no longer the headmaster.
As for Umbridge’s so-called expulsion, it was more to deter the students at Hogwarts.
"Albert Anderson." Umbridge said without hesitation: "Even if it's not him, this whole thing must be related to him. I suspect that all the troubles I encountered are related to him. The corridor outside my office was blocked. It turned into a swamp. All kinds of strange diseases appeared in the whole school. Every time there was a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, no one was left. I suspected it was all his tricks. I also need St. Mungo's magic. Help from the therapists at the Injury Hospital.”
“That guy is very troublesome.” Fudge frowned and reminded, “Besides, I remember he is about to graduate and will leave on his own in just a few months.”
Umbridge understood what Fudge meant, which was not to provoke Albert.
“Well, what are you going to do?” Fudge had not forgotten how disgraced he was.
“I have a solution!”
Umbridge handed Fudge a piece of parchment, which was a solution she had recently thought up.
Fudge quickly read the contents on the parchment, then looked up at Umbridge, not optimistic about this plan. But Fudge did not refuse the request of his right-hand man in the end. Today's Hogwarts is a mess, as you can see from the last time Umbridge was hospitalized.
If the Ministry of Magic wants to completely control Hogwarts, I'm afraid it still needs to rely on Umbridge. At least she won't just complain verbally like others, but will actually take action for it.
Umbridge's ability to do things is beyond doubt, otherwise Dumbledore would not have been driven away from Hogwarts.
“I’ll ask Weasley to cooperate.”
Fudge stamped the parchment and agreed to allocate a group of people to Umbridge to help her organize Hogwarts.
As for whether the simple plan on the parchment can succeed, we have to try it to know.
A blazing green flame suddenly burst into flames in the fireplace, and two therapists from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies walked out of the green flames. Filch immediately introduced the current situation and took the two therapists to Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
According to the following routine, many students will have various strange symptoms.
When Umbridge smiled and introduced to everyone that she had found a therapist from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies, the students in the classroom were caught off guard.
The group of students who had just started to faint, vomit, have a high fever, and have nosebleeds were all dumbfounded.
A few of the unlucky ones were screwed out as typical examples.
“Can the source of these mysterious illnesses be discovered?” Umbridge asked the healers.
The therapists didn’t have an immediate answer.
In fact, the two of them noticed that the students in the entire classroom were suffering from strange diseases, and they realized that something was wrong, especially when the students said that they had "Umbridge Syndrome", even a fool knew that it was what's the situation.
However, the professor in front of me is really talented. He can actually make the whole class want to skip class. How bad does the Defense Against the Dark Arts class have to be to be disliked by all the students and not hesitate to use this method to skip class.
They recalled the reports they had read some time ago, and suddenly regretted coming to help.
In fact, if the director of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries hadn't asked them to come over to help solve the strange illnesses of Hogwarts students, they wouldn't have wanted to come here at all.
“According to the disease you mentioned, the symptoms are likely to be caused by something.”
After considering the words, the male healer said to Umbridge, "Many magical plants and magical animals are poisonous. When taken in small amounts, similar symptoms may indeed occur, such as blood bean."
As he spoke, he pointed at the student who was suffering from a nosebleed and continued his analysis, "Mistakenly administering a small amount of blood-abundant beans may cause a similar situation. Of course, there may be other reasons, but if you want to find out the triggers one by one, you have to do detailed work. Research, at present we can only give such preliminary speculations."
Looking at this group of students who fainted, vomited, had high fevers, and had nosebleeds, the therapists couldn't help but sigh that the student who invented this way of skipping class was really a genius. From what Umbridge said, it was not difficult for them to guess that the other party must have found a solution to these symptoms, otherwise it would be impossible to cure these symptoms in a short time.
“Can they be cured?” Umbridge asked again.
"We can prepare some antidotes for them temporarily, but it is not difficult for us to ensure that they are effective." The therapist shook his head. "We need time to study their symptoms carefully."
I don’t know if it was intentional or if it was just like that. The medicine given by the therapist did have some effect, but it did not completely cure the students’ symptoms and could only alleviate the symptoms.
After Umbridge smiled and asked Filch to send away the two therapists, she looked at the students in front of her with a fake smile, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, you heard it too, what you call "Um "Ritchie Syndrome" is just a symptom of something. Honestly, I'm very disappointed in you. Now, don't try to use this excuse to skip any classes again. Also, everyone is in detention tonight, just Here, I hope this can make your mind clearer and stop thinking about messy things."
The news that Umbridge sought out a therapist from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies to treat "Umbridge Syndrome" soon spread throughout Hogwarts.
However, the operation that surprised everyone was yet to come.
Umbridge actually hired the Ministry of Magic's Curse Breaking Team to clear the swamp in the corridor on the seventh floor of the castle and the swamp in the original Defense Against the Dark Arts office.
The "elite" Auror team even successfully suppressed Peeves.
The method is very simple, that is, take turns to use spells to disarm the things in Peeves' hands. As long as Peeves has no weapons in his hands, it will be difficult for him to cause trouble to everyone.
The unprepared Peeves suffered a big loss when he was pursued by the Auror team led by Gadwin Robards. What surprised everyone even more was that the Aurors seemed to have found a spell that could have an effect on Peeves. After trying various expulsion spells for the first time but failing, Gadwin Robards worked hard in this area and finally got his wish to complete his revenge on Peeves.
However, they failed to expel Peeves in the end because the guy simply became invisible and disappeared.
Peeves naturally did not intend to give up, so he took various items that Albert had prepared for him to confront the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.
But in front of the well-prepared Aurors, Peeves really couldn't get much benefit.
The large amount of choke gas it threw into the corridor was easily broken by the Cannon Curse, and the mandrake roots it threw were broken by the earmuffs, but the Aurors did not benefit much as they were all emitted. There was a strange stench, and several Aurors were hit on the head with a broom handle by Peeves. In addition, there were always students secretly casting cold spells on them, and the two sides temporarily fell into a stalemate.
Peeves quietly came to Albert and pointed at his throat, as if he couldn't make a sound.
As soon as Albert pulled out his wand and lifted the spell from Peeves, the mischievous guy immediately said, "I need more!"
“Bloody the Bloody will come to you soon.” Albert reminded. When the opponent is well prepared, it is normal for Peeves to be frustrated.
Bloody the Bloody?
Peeves couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Albert had long seen through the bullying nature of Peeves, and said calmly: "You can agree to sign a contract, indicating that you will not trouble the principal again, and gain partial power for this, just like you It’s the same contract we signed with Principal Eupracia Moore.”
"Don't worry, this contract is basically ineffective. You can still make trouble for her. Even if the contract takes effect, Umbridge is not the principal of Hogwarts. That guy does not have some of the principals of Hogwarts. Privileges. In fact, she can’t even get into the principal’s office, while you can get more privileges for no reason.”
As for why Albert knew these things, it was because Wildsmith was also one of the school directors. Although they were only responsible for donating money to the school, the appointment from the Ministry of Magic was actually invalid, and he could not even enter the principal's office. The best proof.
If Umbridge is really the headmaster, she can change the password of the monster statue at the entrance, how could she not even be able to enter the door?
Umbridge seemed to have anticipated that this might happen. After discovering that there was a stalemate in driving Peeves away, she asked Bloody Balor to negotiate with Peeves.
In the end, Peeves gave in to Albert's suggestion and only agreed to sign a contract stating that he would never trouble the headmaster of Hogwarts again.
The succession of bad news has once again cast a shadow over the castle. Everyone knows that the nasty toad is back again.
The only good thing is that the Ministry of Magic employees tried so hard to get rid of the **** toad statue at the entrance of the hall. They finally had to give up and get another rag for the toad statue. Cover.
(End of this chapter)