The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

The atmosphere in the Leaky Cauldron has been heightened to the extreme.

The sad and angry crowd began to plan for the parade.

The more timid ones drank glass after glass of firewhiskey, eager to use alcohol to stimulate their courage.

It is foreseeable that under the influence of this group of drunkards, the parade will turn into a riot of beating, smashing and looting.

And looking at all this, Tom was almost going crazy.

He gave everyone free drinks to ease everyone's sadness, not to let people drink enough to go out and cause trouble.

Tom suddenly turned his head and glared at Apu in front of the bar.

I saw that the smile on the corner of this guy's mouth could no longer be suppressed, and he looked triumphant.

The encouraging words that the other party just said, coupled with the other party's secret identity as a Frenchman, it is clear at a glance what kind of person this person named Apu is.

It made Tom want to shove his face into the pan he was frying bacon in!

But his remaining sanity prevented him from doing so.

He knew very well that no matter what the other party's true identity was, the other party's registered identity in the Ministry of Magic was that of a wizard from the Kingdom of China.

In the magic world of the Republic of China, those who innocently beat the wizards of the Republic of China will be punished.

Quite a severe punishment!

The reformed Ministry of Magic is very strict in terms of security management, and even the Leaky Cauldron will be closed down if it fails!

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

After taking several deep breaths, Tom suppressed his anger.

He gestured silently toward the window behind him that led to the kitchen.

The guy who was working there ran over quickly, wiping his hands with a rag as he ran.

"Go and inform the Ministry of Magic that someone is instigating a march here and ask them to send people to maintain order!"

After listening to Old Tom's words, the guy glanced outside the bar, then nodded and quickly slipped out along the cargo passage.

It wasn't until all this was done that Old Tom finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the feeling of betraying your companions was unpleasant, it was still better than watching these guests hang at the door of Gringotts.

But when he turned around, he unexpectedly discovered that the man in a suit and tie in front of the bar was looking at him intently.

This made Old Tom freeze up.

'Did everyone see what I sent to report just now? '

Old Tom thought so and subconsciously made a silencing gesture towards the man in the suit.

But the man in the suit stood up regardless, turned around and walked towards the noisy and roaring crowd not far away.

"Everyone! Listen to what I have to say!"

The man in the suit raised his wand and spoke loudly.

With the flames shooting out from the tip of the staff, almost all eyes in the Leaky Cauldron fell on him.

This made Old Tom turn pale.

At this moment, he felt that he would never have to worry about any renovation and decoration issues of the Leaky Cauldron.

Because once their informant is revealed, these angry drunkards will tear down the entire Leaky Cauldron!

However, the next moment, I heard the man in the suit pointing at Apu and saying:

"The words that this gentleman just said are all nonsense! I know that the Daily Prophet has made many false reports in the past, and is even good at using various writing techniques to obscure the truth of things in an attempt to cover up The eyes of the people. But at least this time, the reports in the Daily Prophet are all true. The number of casualties is real, and the Dark Mark is also real! I can guarantee this with my life!"

After finishing his words, before the crowd could react, Apu on the side sneered:

"Who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to make this guarantee? And guarantee it with your life? It's really ridiculous!"

The crowd also burst into laughter at the right time.

Obviously, everyone didn't take the man in the suit's words seriously and just thought he was drunk and talking nonsense.

This kind of thing is all too common in the Leaky Cauldron.

Every night there is a drunk guy here who says he is the Minister of Magic.

But the man in the suit, who was surrounded by countless ridicules, did not get angry like a normal drunkard.

He just calmly took out an ID from his chest, held it up to his face and said:

"Because I am the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, Adam Wilson, and this is my ID. If you think this is not credible, you can just look for yesterday's Daily Prophet. There was a story about the Daily Prophet newsroom and my picture was in it.”

The laughter in the Leaky Cauldron stopped abruptly.

Everyone's eyes widened, their gazes darting back and forth between the face of the man in the suit, Adam, and his ID. Some people even pulled out yesterday's "Daily Prophet" for comparison.

After a brief silence, Apu continued to sneer:

"Oh! It turns out to be our editor-in-chief. How come a big shot like you comes here to drink? What did you do? You actually said such things, do you think we will still believe you?"

"Roar--"

A loud roar drowned out Apu's voice.

Immediately afterwards, the sturdy man with a big beard rushed out from the crowd.

He grabbed Adam by the collar, lifted him up and roared:

"You are the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet. You must know what is going on at Hogwarts now, right? Tell me, how is my daughter doing now!?"

The sturdy man's words seemed to remind the people present.

Everyone suddenly understood and rushed to Adam, eager to ask for news about their children.

But when Adam saw this, he couldn't help but laugh.

This laughter was unpleasant to hear, like the cry of an old ape, and hot tears burst out.

"The Ministry of Magic had already sent a letter about the child's situation as soon as the matter ended, so didn't you already know about the child's situation?" Adam said loudly, "Don't you just want to do it yourself?" You lied to yourself! These letters and today's "Daily Prophet" are real. They are the situations I collected after personally going to Hogwarts! It's so miserable there..."

As Adam spoke, he suddenly began to flap wildly.

The bearded burly man was already very angry, but now that he heard what he said and was kicked twice, he wanted to throw him to death!

But at this moment, a photo flew out of Adam's jacket pocket.

Upon seeing this, Adam immediately let out a strange scream, and suddenly broke away with a huge force that the tough man had not expected. Then he pounced and took the photo into his arms again, and began to feel pain.

"Joseph! My son, my son..."

The burly man instinctively looked towards the photo, and happened to catch a glimpse of the young man's body in the photo, which was riddled with holes and even his neck was deformed due to the rope binding.

This caused his already raised fist to freeze in mid-air.

Not only him, but many other people around him were also stunned.

Because some of them also received similar photos.

That's the photo of their child.

Wails began to sound from the crowd.

The big man's raised fists were powerless to lower.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have no reason to lose his temper with the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet in front of him.

Although his daughter Rani suffered inhuman torture, she will even have sequelae that are difficult to cure for life and will no longer be able to have children.

But at least his daughter is alive.

And the man in front of him, his son is dead!

For this reason, it seems that the other party has no motive to defend the Daily Prophet and the Ministry of Magic.

So, everything written in the Daily Prophet is true?

This is a very simple truth. Everyone is just blinded by anger and sadness, and they are not fools, so they can naturally understand it.

It is precisely because of this that although the sadness in the Leaky Cauldron remains the same, the smell of gunpowder around it has become much lighter.

In front of the bar, Apu frowned and kept darting his eyes among the crowd, seeming to be thinking about the next step.

The gaffe development before him was something he had never expected.

He couldn't understand how the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Prophet" dared to jump out to vouch for the "Daily Prophet" and the Ministry of Magic on such an occasion, and he couldn't understand what the hell the Ministry of Magic of the United States was so crazy about. They will reveal all the truth about this matter and even send explanatory letters to the parents of every injured student!

Don't those officials at the Ministry of Magic know how much public outrage this will cause?

Apu's breathing became heavier and heavier.

The situation in front of him was no longer under his control.

For now, it is unlikely that anyone will be willing to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest.

All these changes made him want to punch the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet in the face!

But just when he was furious, he saw the editor struggling to get up.

The other party carefully put away the photo, and then walked towards the Floo Fireplace in the corner of the bar.

"Hey! Where are you going!?"

Apu roared like he was catching a thief, his eyes flashing.

If we can take this opportunity to pour a few basins of dirty water on the other party's head, this matter may turn around.

However, the editor named Adam said without looking back:

"I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to find out. My son can't die in vain."

"You...you're going to the Ministry of Magic to protest?"

Apu said in disbelief.

The people around him also looked surprised.

Old Tom jumped out from behind the bar, grabbed Adam's shoulders and said:

"What are you doing? Didn't you just advise everyone not to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest and march? Why are you going to do it again now?"

Tom's voice was thick with anger.

He felt like he was going crazy.

What happened in his tavern today was like a roller coaster, reaching the top and falling sharply again...

But after hearing this, Adam looked at Old Tom strangely and said:

"When did I advise everyone not to go to the Ministry of Magic to protest? I'm just telling you that the Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet have not done anything to hide this matter."

"So since the Ministry of Magic did not lie or hide anything, why do you go to the Ministry of Magic to protest?"

"I have already answered this. I want to avenge my son."

Adam spoke categorically, "Now the Ministry of Magic has only announced the casualty results at Hogwarts. Other than that, they have not revealed anything. Including, the issue of how to take revenge.

And this is exactly why I want to go to the Ministry of Magic.

I want the three members of the Ministry of Magic to see my attitude as a family member of the victim.

I want them to understand that the so-called casualties in this "Daily Prophet" are not just cold statistics, but living people who have died!

If I don't let them hear my voice, then the matter will most likely turn into a simple condemnation in the end, or another long negotiation, and finally let the French spit out a compensation payment.

But this is not what I want. Blood revenge should be repaid with blood! "

"That's right! That's how it should be!" Apu's attitude suddenly changed and he shouted excitedly, "I absolutely support you, Mr. Editor-in-Chief!"

Old Tom rolled his eyes at Apu and continued to persuade Adam:

"Calm down. It's only been a day since the incident happened. The committee members must be meeting to discuss the matter now. Why don't you wait for them to announce their decision first? If you are not satisfied with the decision they announce, then go and protest. It’s not too late!”

"Thank you, Tom. I know you are doing it for my own good. I am also familiar with our three committee members and understand that I will not end up well if I go to the Ministry of Magic now." Adam said firmly, "But I still want to go, Because if I don’t go now, I may not have the courage to go again in the future!”

After saying this, Adam broke free from Tom's hand and continued walking towards the Floo Fireplace.

Tom instinctively stretched out his hand to grab it again, but was blocked by the bearded man beside him.

It was only then that Tom realized that many people had gathered around Adam.

Even the bearded man who had previously had a conflict with Adam was included.

Their eyes seemed to be burning with fire, and they followed Adam forward firmly.

Seeing this scene, Tom was extremely conflicted.

On the one hand, he was glad that Adam did not reveal his informant behavior, but on the other hand, he felt sorry for the people in front of him.

In his opinion, this group of people might not be able to get together at the Leaky Cauldron for a long time in the future.

"You are crazy!"

Tom cursed weakly.

Upon hearing this, Adam, the leader in front, turned to Tom and nodded with a smile, then grabbed a handful of Floo powder from the bag beside the fireplace and was about to sprinkle it into the fireplace.

But at this moment, a ball of green magic flame suddenly exploded in the fireplace.

The huge flames and smoke forced everyone to retreat, and Tom was relieved when he saw this.

Because through the smoke, he immediately saw the guy he sent out.

When you come back at this time, you should have informed the Ministry of Magic and asked the Ministry to send Aurors over, right?

But, is this speed a bit too fast?

Tom felt a little strange.

Then he saw that his buddy had already cleared the smoke.

There were no Aurors or Strikers behind him.

But in his hand, he held a brand new copy of the Daily Prophet.

"The latest news...just came out from the Ministry of Magic..."

The guy was breathing heavily and waving the newspaper around.

And on the exposed page of the newspaper, there was a large headline clearly written - "Declaration of War".