Chapter 1417 Trap
"The mysterious man was really restless for a moment, and he caused such a big deal just after he came back."
“The British wizarding world is really in trouble today!”
Sirius put down the boring newspaper from the Muggle world, looked up at Kingsley, who had an ugly face across from him, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Kingsley seemed not to have heard Sirius's words, and stared directly at the news of the reservoir collapse on the newspaper headlines, "They are simply crazy. Are they planning to start a war with the Muggles?"
Kingsley once served as the assistant to the Muggle Prime Minister and knew the situation of Muggles better than most wizards. Muggles are not beasts left to be slaughtered, let alone fools. Especially if accidents happen one after another, the matter will be investigated sooner or later.
Even if the Muggle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has been cast by him with a forgetting spell, temporarily forgetting the relevant memories of wizards, they will eventually find clues from this series of accidents.
Whether it is the massacred village residents, the destroyed important transportation bridges, or even the destroyed reservoirs, traces of the existence of wizards can always be found.
You must know that this flood has submerged a large number of Muggle villages, leaving a large number of Muggles homeless.
How will this matter end?
Kingsley simply couldn't imagine that Muggles would tolerate ridiculous excuses.
No regime or person will tolerate such provocation.
"I think your worries are a bit unnecessary. The Muggle Prime Minister has already been sent for treatment due to mental problems due to overwork. The Muggle side is also in a mess."
Sirius took a newspaper from the side, tapped the content on it with his finger, and said, "Besides, I think now is not the time to worry about these things, at least before you take over as Minister of Magic... What's wrong, Remus, your face It doesn’t look good.”
Looking at Lupine walking towards this direction with a straight face, Sirius could easily see something strange about him.
“The Death Eaters seem to be planning to attack a certain village again.”
Lupine and Bill sat down in the armchairs next to them. After taking the butterbeer from Sirius and drinking it in one gulp, they began to tell the news they had learned from the reopened Leaky Cauldron.
“This is probably a trap!” Sirius suddenly said.
“We also think it’s a trap.”
Bill felt that the Death Eaters simply regarded them as idiots. How could they not see it if it was an obvious trap?
But this is the reason why they are in a bad mood. This is a conspiracy. It is obvious that through the mouths of those dark wizards, we are clearly telling the Order of the Phoenix that we are planning to turn the people in that village into Inferi and want to stop it. Let's just come over.
"The mysterious people are still in the UK. I suspect they want to take this opportunity to lure us out." Lupine asked bitterly, "What should we do now?"
"We can't help them, and this is not the first time such a trick has happened." Sirius shook his head, "Besides, even if we can save that village from the mysterious man, will there be another one? ? Once the mysterious man and the Death Eaters think they can easily take advantage of us, do you think they will use Muggles as a bargaining chip to threaten us? "
They have discussed similar things more than once, but no one expected that the mysterious man would be so crazy.
However, once this thing retreats, the morale of the anti-Voldemort organization will suffer a serious blow.
"We can't save everyone." Kingsley suddenly said, "Unless Anderson is willing to help deal with the mysterious man, we have no chance of winning."
Even though they dealt heavy blows to the Death Eaters and were not afraid when facing the mysterious man, the gap in strength was there. There were some things that there was no need to try. It was a completely meaningless sacrifice.
"How about contacting Anderson first and telling him about this matter." Bill suggested, "Maybe he will have a solution."
Bill will never forget Charlie's death. He now cares about Albert's advice more than anyone else. The guy really has nothing to say in some aspects.
Actually, it can be seen from the fact that none of them have had any accidents so far.
"Don't think about it. Anderson can't agree. That guy is too sensible. He will definitely not risk stepping into a trap set by others." Moody, who pushed the door in, reminded, "It is even less likely that he will allow himself to be led by the mysterious man. Walk on your nose.”
“The training over there is over?”
"It's over, they are making rapid progress." Moody put the finished bottle of wine back into his pocket, picked up the newspaper on the table, glanced at it, and threw it back on the table.
“Don’t count on him too much.”
Sirius took the communication bookmark used to contact Albert urgently, and briefly informed the other party of what had just happened.
They actually have no hope of solving the problem.
This is simply an unsolvable problem.
The atmosphere throughout the evening was very depressing. When we talked about this matter after dinner, what surprised everyone was that even Harry thought that he should not step into the enemy's trap.
“What did Albert say?” Hermione asked.
"He hasn't replied yet." Sirius shook his head and said, "How about you send him another message."
“I think he will probably suggest that we kill the Death Eaters directly and solve the problem at the root. This is also the only solution at the moment.”
Ron, who was eating dessert after dinner, suddenly interjected, "As long as the Death Eaters are dealt with, even You-Know-Who will probably not be willing to do it himself."
“Shut up Ron.”
"Some things have to be done sooner or later. Do we expect us to kneel at the feet of the mysterious man and pray for peace and forgiveness." Ron laughed at himself, "Think of Charlie."
The atmosphere suddenly changed.
Charlie's death is undoubtedly painful for the Weasley family.
Finally, under the intimidation of Mrs. Weasley's gaze, Ron obediently continued to eat.
Since Sirius' plan succeeded in getting Galleons, everyone's food has obviously improved. People who were originally disgusted with doing so have also shut up. Although they are eating food in their mouths, they will easily offend people if they continue to chatter. bother.
Ron's words silenced many people. Those who originally thought that directly killing the Death Eaters was too drastic began to consider this issue.
They are no longer just bystanders watching the excitement. As people who have been affected, they have their own interests.
Many people are surprised to find out that this is a really good solution.
As for the pitiful guilt of killing the dark wizard, they have long since kicked it to the corner.
“We can’t save everyone.”
Albert replied shortly after dinner. His opinion was undoubtedly tactful, but his attitude was also clear. He obviously did not agree to step into a trap and fight the Death Eaters head-on.
While they were discussing in low voices the feasibility of dispersing the villagers in advance, another piece of news came from over there.
“Don’t let the mysterious person think that this is our leverage, otherwise it will only harm more ordinary people.”
“You think we can evacuate the residents there in advance to reduce Muggle casualties as much as possible.” Hestia also put forward her own opinion.
"It's difficult. We can't be sure whether there are Death Eaters ambushing that village. Since they set up such a trap like that, they must have been prepared, not to mention..." Under the surprised eyes of everyone, Harry calmly reminded them not to If there is any delusion, "Even if we really succeed in rescuing the residents of that village, the Death Eaters just need to find another place... If they really want to do that, we can't stop it at all. I think Albert should be this means."
"I think after this incident, many wizards will probably start to question us." Tonks didn't look happy. She didn't like those guys who only knew how to talk nonsense.
“Perhaps this is also one of their purposes.”
“Are you using this to suppress us?”
Everyone suddenly felt that it was really possible for this reason. The growth of anti-Voldemort forces had posed a threat to them, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were trying to suppress them.
But, do we expect them not to resist, but to all bow to Voldemort in exchange for that humble peace?
is it possible?
impossible!
(End of this chapter)