Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

Amon was silent for a long time. Finally, he put down his right hand that was stroking the monocle, and while tracing the corners of his mouth, he whispered to himself:

"interesting."

It's just that his smile looks a little crazy no matter how you look at it.

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Time, like a pair of invisible hands, slowly pushes the wheel of history forward, regardless of whether that direction meets our expectations.

Throughout the ages, how many Muggle philosophers have thought deeply about this, but in the end they can only sadly discover that time never passes, but human beings themselves do. (Note 1)

Compared with Muggles, wizards with magical abilities have also been more active in trying to explore this proposition.

For this reason, they created a "time converter", but they also discovered that time cannot be changed. They were just writing history as it was!

At the same time, those who play with time will surely be played with by time!

Severe violations of time rules can have all kinds of dire and catastrophic consequences.

These possible bad situations include, but are not limited to: wizards mistakenly killing their past or future selves; completely changing a person's life trajectory; causing time anomalies so that some people who should have existed were never born.

This is not alarmist, nor is it theoretical speculation, but a bloody real accident!

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic has extremely strict control over "Time Turners". It not only puts all "Time Turners" on the market under unified control, but also formulates hundreds of laws specifically for this purpose and prohibits the abuse of Time Turners. The behavior is subject to the most stringent laws and penalties, which almost limits the use of the "Time Turner" to the extreme.

However, at this moment, in the main hall on the eighth floor of the Ministry of Magic, which was temporarily transformed into a conference hall, all the officials of the Ministry of Magic and the professionals specially invited by the Ministry of Magic had to gather here early in the morning to discuss a meeting. An extremely serious question: Should we use the "Time Turner" to investigate.

I really don’t blame them for making a fuss out of a molehill. What happened yesterday was so magical:

A dark wizard sneaked into the Ministry of Magic without anyone noticing and assassinated the former Minister of Magic. Then everyone discovered that the dark wizard was suspected of being the resurrected Voldemort!

Immediately afterwards, another mysterious dark wizard attacked Azkaban and captured all the dementors!

As for Sirius's jailbreak, it seems a bit insignificant compared to the first two...

That night, the entire Ministry of Magic stayed up all night, all departments were on standby, and the Aurors were dispatched collectively in a two-pronged approach.

As a result, after nearly ten hours of tracing, neither the Ministry of Magic nor Azkaban found even a single feather!

Even Sirius seemed to have evaporated from the world, with all traces disappearing.

The haggard-looking officials of the Ministry of Magic were in a daze, as if they had seen the huge wave of public opinion set off by the Magic Society after the "Daily Prophet" exposed these things today.

The turmoil caused by the dark wizard incident at Hogwarts a month ago will pale in comparison.

Moreover, unlike the situation at that time when most people were still supporters of Dumbledore, given the Ministry of Magic's consistent reputation and the fact that nothing was found overnight, I am afraid that the yelling letter insulting the Ministry of Magic could bring down the entire Ministry of Magic. The ten-story building was flooded.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic summoned the editor-in-chief and reporters of the Daily Prophet to the Ministry of Magic last night in the name of a press conference, so now we can postpone the exposure time and allow for more meetings and discussions. time.

Of course, this can't be delayed for too long.

After all, the Ministry of Magic's big move must have attracted the attention of many wizards, especially the families of Ministry of Magic members.

In addition, the Ministry of Magic cannot illegally detain journalists for a long time, otherwise it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among these pen-holders, which will have a negative impact on the direction of public opinion.

This is especially true of a tacky old woman who likes to make things up just to catch people's attention.

She had started screaming accusations hours ago, how much better her voice sounded without having to yell!

But at least she can be controlled for the time being... The dark-skinned, bald-headed Kingsley Shacklebolt raised his hand and rubbed his forehead and thought helplessly.

This was the only thing that made the senior Auror feel happy at the moment.

Then, Kingsley looked up at the conference hall in front of him, which was as noisy as a busy city, and sighed softly.

The impact of several events that happened one after another yesterday was really too great, especially the scene before the flashback, where Minister Fudge was assassinated, and Voldemort suddenly appeared.

This made everyone wake up like a dream, but at the same time they felt sincerely frightened, fearing that the Dark Lord would take revenge on them.

After all, leaving aside the power of that man in the past, he can now even come and go from the Ministry of Magic!

So, do their lives depend on that person's thoughts?

Therefore, the officials, who were all in danger, hurriedly ordered to quickly assemble all the forces of the Ministry of Magic. Even the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures and the Department of Magical Sports and Sports were asked to stay on standby.

They felt that this would at least give them some confidence.

However, this inexplicable confidence did not last long.

Because news of Azkaban came quickly.

Although the Ministry of Magic officials who knew the whole story of the Azkaban incident had no evidence, they immediately concluded that the man who captured the dementors was Voldemort!

After all, there is no such coincidence in the world. After Voldemort assassinated the Minister of Magic, a powerful dark wizard attacked Azkaban.

Moreover, Ministry of Magic officials really couldn't think of anyone other than Voldemort who had the ability to capture Dementors.

At the same time, as we all know, the dementors are actually slaves of that person!

Once all these reasons are laid out, even if the dark wizard is not Voldemort, he can only be Voldemort.

As for why Voldemort didn't rescue the Death Eaters in Azkaban, the official who slapped the table couldn't figure it out.

They could only guess that the Dark Lord's strength may not have returned to its peak, and he did not want to run into Aurors and chose to remain dormant temporarily.

But this speculation was quickly refuted by some people. Those people said: He came and left as he pleased when he entered the Ministry of Magic just like he came home. Is this why he has not returned to his heyday?

The two sides discussed this for a long time but did not come up with a solution.

But in the middle, someone suddenly remembered the dark wizard incident at Hogwarts a month ago, and speculated whether the mysterious dark wizard might be Voldemort.

As soon as this conjecture was raised, a crowd of responders immediately gathered.

It's not that everyone really agrees with this point of view, but the Ministry of Magic really doesn't have the energy to hold Dumbledore's trial anymore.

What's more, now that Voldemort has been resurrected and returned, Dumbledore is an absolutely indispensable key force - at this time, no one really expects Harry Potter to defeat Voldemort. Maybe Harry Potter has this potential, But he was only a little wizard who had just finished his second year, and Dumbledore was recognized as the most powerful wizard of our time!

Immediately afterwards, with a few words of tacit understanding, Dumbledore's trial scheduled for a few days later was cancelled.

At the same time, everyone remembered that Dumbledore himself was at the Ministry of Magic.

Suddenly, these officials seemed to have a backbone and regained more reason and calmness.

Then, the Aurors came back empty-handed to report.

The investigation found nothing, and the officials of the Ministry of Magic breathed a sigh of relief again, because at least there would be no violent attacks in the future, and they would have more time to think about countermeasures;

But on the other hand, this also aggravates their inner panic, because the enemies lurking in the dark are always more frightening than the opponents on the surface.

Moreover, they mobilized all their forces to investigate for a long time but found nothing. How can they deal with public opinion? Is it possible that they will be labeled as incompetent again?

In the end, everyone exchanged opinions and prepared to find a reason that was reasonable and would not show the Ministry of Magic's incompetence, so as to bring in Dumbledore, those pure-blood families, and some reputable wizards. This was how today's meeting took place.

Otherwise, officials from the Ministry of Magic would only propose using a "time turner" to investigate unless they were crazy.

Because they knew very well that the consequences might be more terrifying than Voldemort's resurrection!

Therefore, according to the plan, the scene of the quarrel now should have been performed for those in attendance...

But Kingsley looked around the venue and found that his colleagues were all red-faced and thick-necked, and it was obvious that they had gotten into a fight...

As for the reason for the quarrel - Kingsley turned to look across the long table at the extremely arrogant looking pure-blood family wizards headed by Malfoy - they misjudged the reaction of the pure-blood family!

In fact, the "Time Turner" is not a secret in the magic world, at least not to the wizards in the upper class of magic society.

As a pure-blood family with a long heritage, even if they don't have a "Time Turner" in their vault, they should be very aware that the risk of a "Time Turner" far outweighs its value.

Therefore, before the meeting began, Kingsley and the others had no idea that the pure-blood family would vote in support.

In Kingsley's view, this move by the pure-blood family was very stupid and had no practical significance.

Because pure-blood families must know that the Ministry of Magic cannot really pass this resolution. Even after they understand the purpose of the meeting, they should instantly understand that the Ministry of Magic holds this meeting to "distribute information" in addition to informing and soliciting opinions. Pot" - the Ministry of Magic cannot allow itself to be at the forefront of public opinion, and bringing in Dumbledore, pure-blood families and well-known wizards not only fulfills its obligation to inform, but also brainstorms how to deal with Voldemort who may be coming back soon, and also It can allow the public to shift their attention more to business, instead of all criticizing the Ministry of Magic.

For the Ministry of Magic, this is the perfect way to handle it now.

It's a pity that this flawless strategy is now blocked by the pure-blood family!

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