Hogwarts in the shadows

Fudge finally came to his senses at this time.

He suddenly raised his voice and shouted urgently,

"I need to check the authenticity of this truth serum."

Bones glanced at Fudge. "A reasonable request."

She then ordered, "Give this bottle of potion to Minister Fudge for inspection."

Fudge waved his hands quickly. With his limited knowledge of potions, there was nothing he could detect.

"It would be better to ask Bruce and other potion masters to check it for me."

Bones nodded slightly and turned his gaze to Bruce: "Master Bruce, thank you for your help."

Bruce smiled gently and nodded.

The truth serum was passed around among several potion masters, and was finally confirmed to be correct:

"It is truth serum."

"Jimmy, it's time to start," Bones ordered.

Jimmy walked towards the restrained Umbridge, who had already opened her mouth consciously.

Jimmy suppressed his nausea and dropped three drops of truth serum into her mouth.

Umbridge's eyes suddenly became empty and her face relaxed, as if her soul had been taken away.

"Umbridge, can you hear me?" Bones' voice was clear.

Umbridge's eyelids fluttered slightly, and then she responded mechanically, "I can hear you."

"Then please tell me the truth," Bones said seriously.

"Why did you order the attack on Percy Weasley?"

Umbridge took a deep, shuddering breath, her voice flat and cold.

"On July 10, Minister Fudge summoned me, informed me of the plan to attack Weasley, and ordered me to carry it out.

I was hesitant, very hesitant.

But Secretary Fudge threatened to remove me from my position as senior deputy minister.

I had no choice but to agree. ”

Fudge was struck by lightning. He was stunned at first, and then rushed towards Umbridge angrily.

He kept roaring: "She's lying! She's lying..."

Jimmy and another Auror reacted quickly, restraining the frantically struggling Fudge from the left and right.

However, Fudge's bloated body burst out with amazing strength, and they were all unable to suppress it.

Finally, Jimmy had no choice but to take out his wand and give Fudge a "knockout" shot.

Fudge fainted, and Jimmy breathed a sigh of relief.

No one present noticed the hint of confusion that flashed across Fudge's eyes before he fell into coma.

The Auror who had been holding Fudge's head did not let go even after he lost consciousness.

Jimmy noticed this scene and thought Tony was too nervous, so he comforted him.

"Okay, Tony, that's enough."

Tony took a few more seconds before slowly releasing his hand.

He also let out a long sigh and explained stutteringly,

"I'm just... a little nervous. After all, this is..."

Jimmy patted his shoulder and said nothing.

In fact, he was also extremely nervous. After all, the person they had just subdued was the Minister of Magic.

The pressure is extremely great.

Although Umbridge's testimony was bound to push Fudge into despair.

But what if?

He would probably be hated to death by Fudge.

Bones's expression was also extremely ugly.

This case will undoubtedly be the biggest scandal in the history of the Ministry of Magic.

Imagine, the Minister for Magic plotting the assassination of the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.

If this were to get out, it would undoubtedly become a laughing stock around the world.

"Take Umbridge and Fudge away and detain them first. The case will be tried later."

Bones turned around and glanced at the whole audience, his voice cold and hard,

"This case has not yet been concluded, and no one is allowed to leak any information to the outside world."

Everyone present had complicated expressions, but no one objected.

Hephis took back his magic power. Fulla's shadow was really useful.

He was reluctant to return it.

Fudge's crazy behavior was naturally affected by the amplification of emotions.

As for Tony, he is a member of the Shadow. He kept pressing Fudge's head, just to buy time for the Shadow soldiers to tamper with Fudge's memory.

Umbridge's memory was also tampered with by the shadow soldiers.

However, Hefeth did not expect that Bones would decide to postpone the trial, otherwise this would not have to happen.

Three days later, the Wizengamot court convened again.

Percy still hasn't returned because of the Federation's affairs.

In fact, he didn't want to attend. After all, there was no benefit and only harm.

This time, sitting in the dock was Cornelius Fudge.

The interrogator was still Ms. Bones.

Facing interrogation, Fudge continued to defend himself frantically.

However, in the face of ironclad evidence and witness testimony.

He was unable to refute and even dared not accept the test of truth serum.

Because in his tampered memory, he was the mastermind behind the attack on Percy.

As the mastermind, Fudge violated the provisions of the Criminal Code such as intentional injury and abetment of crime and was sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment in Azkaban.

As an accomplice, Umbridge was guilty of crimes such as intentional injury and escape. In view of her meritorious performance, she was sentenced to ten years in Azkaban.

The details of the trial were finally revealed in the Prophet.

The entire British wizarding community was in an uproar.

This is simply a shocking piece of news.

Arthur Weasley's face showed anger and helplessness.

He was angry that Fudge had the audacity to send someone to attack his son Percy.

Unfortunately, this attack was most likely a trap set by Percy.

Fudge's imprisonment means that the Ministry of Magic must elect a new Minister as soon as possible.

The people most likely to take this position in the entire Ministry of Magic are Stringer and Bones.

Although Percy is a possibility, these two are undoubtedly his biggest obstacles.

Because of Percy's suggestion, Stringer is now trapped in a research institute in Nepal, and his life or death is unknown.

Bones is well-known for her impartiality as the judge of this case, but her ruthlessness towards her old boss and even old friends also makes everyone feel wary.

Those who have the right to vote need to think about whether their bottoms are really that clean.

Even Arthur didn't want to see Bones take the throne, let alone others.

Molly asked as she saw Arthur putting on his coat.

"Arthur, are you heading out? It's almost lunch time."

"I'm going to meet some old friends. You and the kids can eat first!"

Arthur put on his hat and went out.

Since his son is working so hard, he, as a father, cannot just stand by and watch.

You know, if the Weasley family's connections work at full capacity, they can influence at least a quarter of the votes.

At the same time, several well-known candidates for the Ministry of Magic were also announced.

Each of their deeds and comments were published in the Prophet Newspaper.

While people are watching the show, they also have their own opinions on the candidate for minister.

Among them, Percy and Bones have the highest voices.

Although Percy is distrusted by many people because of his age.

However, his tough stance in the international arena has also won him a large number of supporters.