Cannon Fodder Collection [Comprehensive]

Because Lin Ning was performing diplomatic duties as an official of the Ministry of Magic, she did not take the pitcher plant with her, but she promised to bring it back with Billywig, and also sent it to the Pest Advisory Office, indicating that if there was Whatever works for it, let the Pest Advisory staff take it with you.

And the White Queen?

There is no need for Lin Ning to ask more about this. As the strong backing of their family, she always takes care of other things in an orderly manner, so that Lin Ning has no worries.In this way, Lin Ning and her two Ministry of Magic staff members went to Australia.

The existence of the international Floo network makes this kind of long-distance travel extraordinarily easy.

Officials from the Australian Ministry of Magic were also waiting there. After exchanging pleasantries, they rushed to the home of the wizard who reported the presence of Voldebat.

What should I say about this matter?

Not only Voldebat was involved, but a victim was also involved.

The victim was Janus Hopko, and his wife, Mrs. Hopko, reported the Fantastic Beast mutilation.It turned out that a few days ago she found that her husband had disappeared, and only saw a note on the bedside table, which said: 'Oh, no, a volleyball bat caught me, I can't breathe I'm angry. '

Mrs. Hopko looked at the clean and empty bed again, and believed that there was indeed such a monster that killed her husband.

When the Australian Ministry of Magic stated the case, it also copied a copy of the note and sent it to Lin Ning.

Lin Ning realized the trickiness when he just listened to the description, and after reading the note, he was even more sure that the case was speechless.It was mentioned earlier that Voldebat came to attack the wizards when they were asleep, causing them to suffocate to death before they could resist. So how did the victim, Janus Hopko, take the time to leave such a note?Could it be that he reached an agreement with Voldebat?

Or was he awakened when Voldebat came in, and he thought he couldn't hide, so he hurriedly wrote the murderer first, instead of picking up his wand and fighting Voldebat desperately to save his own life?

This in itself is contradictory.

Not to mention looking at the "last words" he left, saying that Voldebat had caught him and he was out of breath, so how did he write down the words in full?You must know that when a Voldebat kills someone, it will firmly cover the victim's mouth and nose, and seal the victim's face tightly with its body.In this situation, a person's instinct will prompt him to struggle as much as possible, thinking about breathing more, okay?

Janus Hopko is clearly lying.

Also, there are very few records of Voldebats attacking wizards, for the reasons mentioned earlier, and in the records of the Ministry of Magic, there is still a relatively complete description of Voldebats attacking wizards.This record happened more than 100 years ago. At that time, a man named Flavi Poppy went to Papua New Guinea for vacation. At one o'clock in the morning, he finally started to feel a little tired, and at that time he heard something strange. There was a slight rustling sound in the distance.

At first, Flavio Poppy thought it was just the rustling of leaves outside, so he turned over on the bed, turned his back to the window, and saw a black shadow slip through the crack of his bedroom door. Come in.He lay motionless on the bed, dazedly trying to figure out what could have caused such a shadow in his room where only the moonlight came in.

No doubt Flavio Poppy's immobility had given the little shadow the illusion that he was fast asleep, and so, to Flavio Poppy's horror, the shadow began to crawl toward the bed.

Undoubtedly, it was a Voldebat.

Voldebat is very light and looks like a billowing black cloak.

At that time, Flavio Bobby was so frightened that he was paralyzed, and when the Voldebat lightly covered his face, the cold, wet and greasy touch made him sit upright all of a sudden.

Then the Voldebat slid onto his face without any explanation, covering his mouth and nose, trying to smother him, but he still struggled, feeling that his whole body was wrapped in its icy chill all the time.Unable to shout for help, he fumbled for his wand.He felt so dizzy from the thing's sealing over his face that he couldn't even draw a breath, but he concentrated on the Stunning Charm with all his might.

This spell has no effect on Voldebat.

Flavio Poppy tried the Impeding Charm again, and it didn't help either.

Fortunately, Flavi Bobby didn't give up. He struggled frantically, rolled around on the bed, and finally fell heavily on the floor.At that time, he was completely enveloped by Voldebat and felt suffocated. In desperation, he finally pulled out his wand, gathered the last bit of strength, inserted it into the folds of Voldebat, and then recalled Recalling his happiest time in the past, he used the Patronus Charm.

Thanks to Merlin, the Patronus Charm works.

Voldebat was thrown into the air, and quickly slid away and disappeared.

And according to the relatively complete record of Flavio Poppy, people know that the effective spell against Voldebat is the Patronus Charm, and besides being used against Voldebat, the Patronus Charm is most commonly used to resist the Voldebat. The ghosts, and Lin Ning banned the dementors in Azkaban, but did not eradicate them. After all, their defection to Voldemort in the original book has not happened in this parallel world, and they used to guard Azkaban. Ban has hard work without credit. Lin Ning will not just catch them all because of unknown things. She just doesn't let them guard Azkaban anymore. There are still other jobs arranged for them.

As for the Patronus Charm?Lin Ning has practiced intensively. Her patron saint is almost exactly the same as her Animagus, and they are not suitable for frequent use. You must know that there are still rumors of magical animals that have never been discovered before in the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve. The legend is coming.

Having said that, the murder of Janus Hopko by Voldebat this time should actually be renamed the Fraud Case.

Lin Ning came here to see what he was deceiving.

Soon they arrived at Hopko's house, and Mrs. Hopko was heartbroken.

Lin Ning could tell that her sadness was genuine, "If you don't mind, can I have a look around?"

Mrs. Hopko responded.

Among the members of the British Ministry of Magic who followed Lin Ning, one was from the Department of International Magical Cooperation, which involved international diplomacy after all, and the other was from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

The Department of Magical Law Enforcement originally consisted of four departments, namely the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Department, the Misuse of Magic Office, Auror Command and the Wizengamot.After Lin Ning took charge, these four departments were integrated, and the work of each department was refined. For example, the Auror Command, which was originally responsible for training and deploying Aurors to conduct black magic crime investigations, was upgraded to a crime investigation department. Conduct criminal investigations on black magic, and other cases that violate laws and regulations will be subject to a unified investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division. The method of evidence collection is not only to check the magic wand of the wizard involved in the case, but also covers other more formal aspects. However, this still requires further training, but after such a long period of exposure, the members of the Criminal Investigation Section have made great progress.

This time, before Lin Ning looked around, he made a point with the members of the criminal investigation department who followed her. After she walked away, he was ordered to take notes for Mrs. Hopko.In his questioning, Voldebat was not mentioned. Instead, he asked about the Hopko family's financial problems, what happened to Janus Hopko before his disappearance, and so on.

The officials of the Australian Ministry of Magic were a little confused at first, and gradually came to their senses: "Your director means that Janus Hopko was not killed, but disappeared?"

"And it has nothing to do with Voldebat."

Australian Ministry of Magic official: "How do you know that?"

"I think this needs to be explained in detail by the director."

Lin Ning came back soon, and she asked Mrs. Hopko: "Do you know a woman whose initials are jp? Her work can reach Australian opaleye."

Mrs. Hopko thought for a while: "Jessica Pierce, she is my friend. What's wrong?"

Lin Ning said bluntly: "She is your husband's lover, and your husband is at her house now."

Mrs. Hopko: "!"

"He left a note saying he was murdered by Voldebats, but he wasn't, and there were no Voldebats—if he was caught by Voldebats, he wouldn't have had time to get out his pen and leave such a complete statement, even Not even missing punctuation; and if you've checked your closets carefully, his underclothes are gone, which I don't think Voldebats would eat."

Lin Ning paused and continued: "In addition, I found the letter between him and the lady whose initials is jp at your home. The contents of the letter are a bit unsightly. Then to sum it up, Mr. Hopko In order to be able to live with his lover, it was designed so that Mrs. Hopko and others thought he was killed by Voldebat."

"All in all, Mrs. Hopko needs a divorce lawyer." If there were divorce lawyers in the wizarding world.

Mrs Hopko let out a loud sob.

In the end, the Australian Ministry of Magic did find the "resurrected" Janus Hopko at Jessica Pierce's home, and he probably didn't expect to be revealed so soon.

So is his lover.

And there are indeed no divorce lawyers in the magic world, but there are marriage laws, and how the three parties are torn apart is not within the scope of Lin Ning's attention. She had a good chat with officials from the Australian Ministry of Magic. The trade between the magic world and the Australian magic world, and when Lin Ning left, the British Ministry of Magic and the Australian Ministry of Magic had already reached a consensus on several cooperation projects.And these cooperation projects will bring a lot of income to the magic circles of the two countries only economically, which naturally includes the Ministry of Magic, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

Of course, it wasn't just about the economy, they were also talking about the next Quidditch World Cup.Quidditch is the most popular sport in the wizarding world. It is similar to football in the Muggle world. In fact, its development history is similar to that of Muggle football. Similarly, the Quidditch World Cup is held every four years. Once, the most recent one was last year, the main host was Ireland, and the next host has not yet been confirmed.Obviously, the Quidditch World Cup is a grand event in the entire wizarding world, and its organizers can get enough attention and huge benefits. The UK has not been given the main hosting right for many years because of the Dark Lord's invasion. The Australian Ministry of Magic also has intentions, and the two sides pushed me down, but in the end they didn't reach any consensus.

Lin Ning's interest in the Quidditch World Cup is actually not that great, but the right to host can be won, so she also has a systematic understanding of Quidditch.Among them, the Quidditch Committee under the International Federation of Wizards has written and published a book, "The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup", which provides information about the history and rules of the Quidditch World Cup. It is a large tome. It is only sold in the most reputable bookstores, and the price is 39 Gold Galleons.

This is not ordinary expensive. You must know that Arthur Weasley's family's deposit in the Gringotts vault does not exceed 10 gold Galleons at most.

Ugh.

It is worth mentioning that the Chinese team's best result in the Quidditch World Cup was runner-up. Lin Ning couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

There are also the Ministry of Magic of India, the Ministry of Magic of Iran, the Ministry of Magic of Pakistan, and the Ministry of Magic of Bangladesh. They all look at the sport of Quidditch with suspicion because they prefer to use flying carpets rather than flying broomsticks. Travel, so Quidditch World Cup finals generally don't see their shadows.Lin Ning had never been to these countries during her previous travels. She had rarely visited Asian countries. At most, she went to Tibet and saw the snowman in Tibet.

There are almost no factors that are more timid than nostalgia. It is more because she does not know how to look at the Celestial Dynasty in the parallel world derived from the works described by foreigners, and the Celestial Dynasty has always been very low-key. Lin Ning thought about it I think if she has the chance in the future, she will still go and have a look.

One more thing, Lin Ning pays attention to Quidditch. In addition to being related to the right to host the Quidditch World Cup, she also wants to refer to the development history of this most popular game in the wizarding world, as a reference for a project she is planning.

Generally speaking, Lin Ning has gained a lot from his visit to Australia this time.

And return with a rewarding experience.

Their family doesn't have to worry about the Billywig bugs not "sucking" enough.

Since Lin Ning wanted to win the right to host the Quidditch World Cup, after returning to the Ministry of Magic, Lin Ning raised it with Minister Millicent Barnold, and Minister Barnold asked Lin Ning to talk to the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic Consult and plan.The Department of Sports and Sports is mainly responsible for promoting and organizing various magical sports, and it has the headquarters of the British Quidditch League under its jurisdiction.The Department of Sports and Sports was not very active before. After all, the atmosphere in the British magical world has not been harmonious for many years, but it has become much better recently. Lin Ning's plan, but also showed great enthusiasm.

In addition, Beth Whisp also mentioned: "The Gobstone Official Club has received letters from members, who believe that the Ministry of Magic does not pay enough attention to the Gobstone Official Club, even if the "Daily Prophet" does not publish any news related to Gobstone. "

Gobstone is a game popular among wizards and children. It uses a special kind of stone. It is played similarly to Muggle marbles. A foul-smelling liquid is sprayed on the human face.A standard pair of Gobstones game contains thirty small and round stones, and each player has fifteen at the beginning of the game. If one party collects all the opponent's stones, then he is the winner of the game.

This game is relatively niche, not so "cool", and still a little childish.

Lin Ning glanced at Beth Whisp: "Are you a lover of Gobstone?"

Beth Whisp generously admitted, "When I was studying at Hogwarts, I was the vice-captain of the Hogwarts Gobstone team. I remember that the captain at that time was Irene Prince, that Prince's house. After graduating from Hogwarts, I haven't seen her again, and I originally wanted her to work in the official Gobstone Club of our Ministry of Magic."

Lin Ning didn't move her eyebrows, but she knew an Irene Prince, who was the mother of Severus Snape, head of Hogwarts Slytherin and Potions professor.The other party was a pure-blood wizard who married a Muggle after graduating from Hogwarts, and that marriage was unfortunate.Lin Ning skipped this thought and turned back to Gaobshi, "Do you want to pay more attention to Gaobshi's official club and Gaobshi?"

Beth Whisper nodded, and then said: "This is just my own selfishness. It is up to you and the Minister to decide what the Ministry of Magic should do." Having said that, Beth Whisper was very upset. It is clear that the Minister of Magic is now in a semi-retired state, and it is the 'Gidero Lockhart' in front of him who makes the decision.Beth Whisp had no objection to this, and thought it would be great if 'he' had any good advice.

Lin Ning, who had high hopes, was silent for a moment and said, "Actually, I have never played Gaobushi before."

Beth Whisp: "..."

Lin Ning silently added: "Quidditch too."

"I fly at low altitude every time I fly." Gilderoy Lockhart did have a personal signature engraved by magic on the Quidditch pitch. Each letter is twenty feet long, and he once said He made the following rhetoric: He will make a Philosopher's Stone before graduation, then lead the England team to win the Quidditch World Cup as the captain, and finally become the youngest Minister of Magic in the United Kingdom.

Despite his mediocre flying lessons, he didn't even qualify for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.

Beth Whisp: "...and shall I start a broomstick race with you?"

Lin Ning didn't know what to think of, and said in a relaxed tone: "If you can blow up the Tower of London this time, then I agree with the organization."

Beth Whisp laughed too.

Huh?

What is this?

It turned out that broomstick racing was popular for a while, but because of an extraordinary accident, the game was automatically downgraded by the officials. Later, Quidditch came head-on, and broomstick racing gradually became less popular. , but it still maintains a certain degree of enthusiasm. For example, the International Broomstick Competition held by the Swedish Ministry of Magic still has many contestants participating. The contestants have to fly from Koppalberg to Arjeplog, a distance of three hundred miles , During the period, they also passed through a particularly exciting fire dragon protection area. It can be said that this competitive competition has been famous for burning many players over the years.

And that extraordinary accident?

It happened at the end of the eighteenth century, when the British Minister for Magic and the Italian Minister for Magic co-hosted a famous broomstick race from Aberdeen to Rome.In order to avoid the attention of Muggles, the race was held at night, and representatives of ministers and supporters gathered in the Colosseum to wait for the arrival of the competitors.However, just as the two contestants were about to approach the Colosseum, supporters of both sides clashed, which triggered an explosion that destroyed the Colosseum.

Fortunately, Olabella Nutley, a staff member of the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic, stepped forward, repaired some pillars with the spell she invented, and handed it over to other colleagues of the Ministry of Magic who were still in a daze, and finally woke up from the sound of the explosion Before the Muggles arrived, the Colosseum was restored to its original state.

That is to say, the Muggles will never know that the Colosseum suffered a devastating blow, and Merlin knows, have other famous buildings been destroyed and restored?

And Lin Ning's statement about bombing the Tower of London is half true and half false.

(Tower of London: "...")

But in the end, after consideration, Lin Ning rejected the broomstick race.She did order a set of gobstone game sets, took it home and planned to play with the White Queen and Nepenthes.The White Queen was at home. Before Lin Ning could ask, she said, "The staff of the Nepenthes and Pest Advisory Office have gone out to work."

Lin Ning asked, "What magical animal?"

White Queen: "Bandimang."

Lin Ning: "... Bandemans have all the characteristics of fungi and scavengers in a broad sense. Nepenthes should have no problem eating them." Bandemans are good at crawling under floors and behind skirting boards, forming groups The appearance of the team in the house, usually when things rot and emit a stench, there will be bandems.When it is resting, it looks like a piece of fungus with eyes. Once it is frightened, it will rush away on its innumerable slender legs. It is a very magical magical animal.

Well, most of the Fantastic Beasts in the wizarding world are magical and completely disregarding the Basic Law.

Lin Ning had confidence in the stomach of the pitcher plant, so he turned to tell the White Queen about his experience in Australia, which reminded the White Queen of one thing: "Bloomberry Publishing House sent a congratulatory message, the book " Vampire and Werewolf was a great success after its publication, and the sales volume was comparable to that of "Vampire", or even worse." You must know that "Vampire" is the second story in "Greenwood Adventures", then At that time, "The Adventures of Greenwood" had already laid a good reader base through the first story "The Devil Says".

The popularity of "Vampire and Werewolf" is really unexpected and reasonable.

love.

Lin Ning let out a "huh", a little lack of interest.

White Queen: "They also asked if you are interested in trying this subject again."

Lin Ning frowned: "Pure love? Forgive me, I can add extramarital affairs, unrequited love, abnormal love and other elements in the next book."

White Queen: "I guessed you would say that, Amir."

Lin Ning shrugged and put the topic aside: "Do you want to play Gaobushi?"

White Queen: "Okay."

Lin Ning tidied up the living room, and the two of them started playing pinball. At the same time, Voldemort Five said, "What the hell is Lockhart trying to do?"Is he trying to take our place?Speaking of which, I vaguely heard him talking about Greenwood before, do you think he was actually talking about Grindelwald? '

Voldemort quickly understood the deep meaning in his words: "You want to say that he has something to do with Grindelwald?"Hmph, if he had something to do with Grindelwald, would Dumbledore let him go like this? '

Voldemort Five thought for a moment and said, 'Yes. '

Voldemort twisted himself: 'Dumbledore, Dumbledore!He's always been in the way, at Hogwarts, and since I became Voldemort.That Potter must have been something Dumbledore did secretly, otherwise how could a mere baby escape from my Avada Kedavra!Just wait and see, when I get back together, I won't make it easy for them, Potter, Dumbledore, Malfoy, and damn Lockhart! '

Voldemort Five agreed: 'Potter, Dumbledore and Malfoy really deserve to be called Avada [-] times. '

Voldemort: '...I said that Lockhart has nothing to do with us! '

is it?

Half an hour later, the rune snake, feeling hungry, said, "Why hasn't Lockhart come to feed us?"Did he hear you two say bad things about him?I'm Merlin's stinky sock, don't bother me if you two are crazy.He also swears that he will cut him into pieces, and he will starve us to death before that!Merlin, what did I do wrong? '

Voldemort Five: '……'

Voldemort himself: '...'

Since they use the same stomach, the feeling of hunger is common, and Voldemort Five and Voldemort himself feel hungry too.Relatively, Voldemort himself was better. After all, in the past ten years, his life was miserable. It was common for him to eat and eat. Especially in the forest where he lived, almost all the animals wanted to eat. Extinct, but he didn't get any better.For so many days, Lin Ning has taken good care of the Rune snake. The food mix is ​​rich in nutrition, and it is fed at a fixed time, unlike this time when it was half an hour late.

"hungry--"

Harry Potter, who was reading a book over Privet Drive, murmured unconsciously.

The big black dog beside him: "??"

Harry was also puzzled: "I don't know what's going on, I just feel very hungry all of a sudden, but I just finished eating." And it was delicious candy sent by the Honeydukes Candy Store. The incarnation of a dog was bought by his dog godfather by his side, which also changed his cousin Dudley's attitude towards him.

Sirius didn't even think about it, and just pushed the pile of candies towards Harry again.

After thinking for a while, Harry still took a sizzling bee candy, took a bite and asked, "What kind of person is that Mr. Lockhart? I heard Dudley said that he came to visit at home. After he left My aunt and uncle didn't sleep well all night, and they said he was bullying." But after he left, his uncle and aunt let him move into the room where Dudley lived as a child on the second floor, although they were reluctant.

The big black dog snorted. Now that he is transformed into an Animagus, he can't speak naturally, but his attitude doesn't have any good things to say.

Harry finished the sizzling bee candy, and reached out to touch the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. For some reason, this scar seemed to be hot sometimes recently. He seemed to hear something vaguely, but he always felt that it was not It was true, it seemed that he was dreaming, and after waking up, he couldn't remember what he had dreamed, but he remembered seeing a strange looking snake.He unconsciously went to get another chocolate ball, took a bite and asked the dog godfather in a low voice: "Sirius, is there a snake with three heads in the magic world?"

Sirius didn't answer, but slipped out, and after a while he came back maintaining his doglike appearance, still holding a book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in his mouth, and turned to one of the pages for Harry to read.When Harry saw it, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He just dreamed of this kind of snake with three heads, which was exactly like the one in the picture, but it was so strange, he had obviously never seen this kind of snake before!

This is really amazing, Harry thought, grabbing another butternut squash.

The result was that he was full and had diarrhea.

It wasn't until evening that the scorching hunger disappeared.

This relieved the godfather of dogs, and he stopped barking at the shivering Dursleys.He mainly felt that it was the Dursleys who treated Harry badly in the past, making him unable to bear a little more food, it must be their fault!

And after he walked away, Petunia Dursley said in a sharp but deliberately low voice: "I'll call the animal control tomorrow! Tell them to take this stray dog ​​from nowhere! Let them sterilize it!"

Mr. Dursley shuddered, but thought it was a good idea.

Dudley Dursley didn't have time to talk at all, he was hiding in the room busy stuffing the moving ice mouse into his mouth.

As for why the candy moves around?That's not a problem at all, okay?

Lin Ning really didn't forget to feed the rune snake on purpose, didn't she have fun with the White Queen?

Although Gobstone is a niche, it is still quite interesting, and when Nepenthes came back from the Ministry of Magic, it also joined the battle. As a result, it was sprayed the worst by the mucus splashed from Gobstone stones.

Lin Ning laughed unkindly at the side, and was thrown by the pitcher plant. The White Queen survived because she hid behind her in time.

Lin Ning: "..."

After Lin Ning gave himself a clean-up, he felt that the game of Gaobushi had its merits, but if he wanted to promote it, simply running a game would not have a good effect.In the past, it was not that there were no gobstone enthusiasts who did that. The British Gobstone Association, as a group dedicated to promoting the gobstone movement, once held a recruitment event called "Look at Gobstone Again". However, the publicity effect Not quite.Of course, this may also have something to do with the promotional poster they posted. On the promotional poster, they added a photo of Gobstone Championship winner Kevin Hopwood, and Kevin Hopwood's eyes are full of mucus in the photo. As a result, people who are interested in this sport will not only not be interested but will avoid it after watching it.

Ugh.

Lin Ning thought of this and smelled her clothes.

Then silently gave myself another cleanup, and then another one.

"Can't they improve the smell?"

Nepenthes thinks it's okay, the bandemans it ate today has a rancid smell, but because the bandemans grow very long and taste quite chewy, it's still okay.

Lin Ning still went to take a shower and changed his clothes, only then did he feel that the unpleasant smell dissipated. "I have to promote this game, I have to make entertainment in the wizarding world more colorful."

The more popular games in the wizarding world include Quidditch, Wizard Chess, racing, etc., while the less popular ones are Gobstone and Inverted Broom Games.There are also some ridiculous games, such as chasing a round piece of cheese that rolls down a very dangerous hillside, and there is also a medieval game of cauldron, in which players have to compete with each other with a rope. The cauldron on the helmet catches stones that fall from the sky.

On the bright side, the game is now banned.

By the way, there is also the International Wizards Annual Horticultural Competition Grain Distortion Competition that caused the crop circle. This competition seems to be more popular than Gobstone. I don’t know what the wizards think.

Lin Ning sighed while flipping through related books.

During the period, she raised her eyes and saw the pitcher plant eating snacks, and then she remembered that she hadn't fed the rune snake yet, so she got up to feed it, and ignored the resentful eyes and hissing of the rune snake's three heads, and then Cold and ruthless, he returned to the living room.Seeing her coming back, the White Queen beckoned her to come over: "Qi Luo is back, I think you have to see what he looks like now."

Lin Ning raised his eyebrows and walked over to look at the screen.Didn't Quirrell change his memory and stay in that forest before? Now he's back intact, but he's wearing a purple turban, and his face is paler than before. It can be said that his current appearance Much like the one described in the original book.But the problem is, he was not possessed by Voldemort like in the original book, so what happened to that ridiculous turban?