ATPnovel Chapter 167 Rita
Chapter 167 Rita
Chapter 167 Rita
On the spiral staircase, only Linde and Dumbledore walked up slowly, and the rest did not go here.
Linde held the beetle in his left hand, and Dumbledore walked slowly in the outer circle, taking every step he took as Linde took two steps.
"I really didn't expect you to have such an arrogant side!" Dumbledore said with a smile, his eyes narrowed into a half-moon shape, which fit perfectly with his glasses.
"I just hope they can stop those false slanders against you." Linde smiled, and then pinched the beetle to show Dumbledore, "I hope that those rumors will not appear in the newspapers outside."
Dumbledore obviously thought it was impossible, "That would be difficult!"
"I think there are many things that can be reported. The Lockhart incident is enough for them to follow up and analyze the details for a month. After all, he was a big star who won the most beautiful smile award a few days ago, and he will be a prisoner tomorrow. too!
No matter how bad it is, you can write about me in the newspaper, humiliate you, and so on, and you can write for several days, right! "Speaking, Linde suddenly changed the subject and said to Dumbledore,
"Professor, can you put some traceable spells on this beetle?"
"Huh? Why?"
"This way we know where its home is! Put one that is difficult to remove and has a long enough tracking time."
"It's rare to see you look like a child!" Dumbledore was a little surprised, and then drew out his wand.A little on the beetle's back, a burst of red light glowed, then disappeared again.
Seeing that Dumbledore had finished casting the spell, Linde withdrew his hand and aimed the beetle's head at himself.
"Anyway, I don't want to see any negative reports about this incident, Professor you, in any newspaper. This is just a small expectation, a small expectation!"
Linde deliberately elongated and emphasized his tone on "this incident" and "negative reports".
The beetle nodded.
"Go!" Linde raised his hand slightly, and spread the beetle on his hand. The next second, the beetle couldn't wait to spread its elytra and wobbled away.
"The professor? Shall we go back to school now?" Linde pushed open the door on the eighth floor, and then turned sideways to let Dumbledore walk over.
"I remember I said that every time I come to London, I have to go and see somewhere, not to mention I'm going to run out of snacks." Dumbledore said with a smile.
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Deep in an alley in London,
A woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Her hair is disheveled, but it can be seen that it is not messy, but messed up. She wears a pair of jeweled glasses, and her fat fingers are clutching an crocodile leather handbag. It's about two inches long and painted red.
At this time, she was full of anger, kicking the trash can with her high heels in the alley, and screaming hysterically.
"How dare he, how dare he threaten me," Rita Skeeter yelled.With her frantic movements, her glasses drooped to one side.
Born in Ravenclaw, she has been working as a journalist for 20 years. With her indifferent moral sense and courage different from ordinary people, she became a man of the industry early.
It's also inseparable from her Animagus in beetle form, and it's not registered with the Ministry of Magic.
Relying on this spell, she can sneak into countless places to obtain secret information that other reporters cannot obtain, and "polish" it with her own unique style before publishing it, always getting a lot of applause.
Just today, she still relied on her beetle Animagus to sneak into the courtroom of the superstar Gilderoy Lockhart, hoping to obtain a lot of shady first-hand information.
According to previous experience, this matter is almost not dangerous, but I didn't expect...
When the boy stood up and covered her with his hands, she scolded him for delaying her.
When the child kept pinching herself and did not let go, she became a little scared.She was afraid that this was a brat, so she threw herself on the ground and stomped hard.
She didn't realize it until they walked out of the courtroom and reached the spiral staircase,
she fell
She's probably exposed.
The child turned his head to him and told himself in an irresistible tone, "Don't have any negative reports about Dumbledore."
She could only nod helplessly.
Thinking about it, Rita drew out her wand and began to clean herself with the only little spell left in her mind.
She didn't find any tracking spells on her body, nor did she find any marks or anything like that.But……
But that was the spell Dumbledore cast,
It's normal that you can't find it yourself, isn't it!
Thinking about it, she copied her purse and threw it against the wall, not the trash can, the trash can was dirty, and the purse was expensive.
She didn't calm down until the green shorthand quill broke in two and fell out after smashing and smashing.
She instinctively wanted to report about Dumbledore, but...
Although the child didn't say it clearly, she didn't dare to gamble, she couldn't gamble.She writes those impactful reports and biographies every day, but she can still live well today, relying on her knowing what to write and what not to write.
That kid is serious, he really can't write.
After cursing twice more, she rearranged her hair and clothes.Then Kuai walked out of the alley.
Anyway, Lockhart can indeed write a lot, she comforted herself like this...
Step back in time for a moment—
At the end of the trial, Lockhart has been escorted to a confinement room not far from the courtroom, and he will be sent to Azkaban tomorrow.
And his notary, Hammond, was standing outside the door at this time. There was an iron gate between them, and there was a fence in the middle of the iron gate.
Hammond stood outside the door at this time, looking at the dark room through the fence with a puzzled expression.
"Lockhart?! Lockhart?!"
A hand suddenly stretched out from the fence, and the nails that hadn't been trimmed for a long time scratched towards his face.
boom!
The hand stopped suddenly in front of his eyes, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move any further, because the other's face was about to be crushed by the fence
At the same time, a pair of bloodshot eyes fixedly stared at him at the fence, and panted heavily like a wild animal.
"That's what you said, leave everything to you?!"
"Lockhart, calm down. This is a plan, trust me, I didn't hurt you!" Hammond looked flustered, trying to regain Lockhart's trust in him.
"You have seen our cooperation with Fudge today, right? In two days, Dumbledore's reputation will be ruined. I will appeal again at that time, and I will definitely get you out!" Hammond whispered quickly.
Lockhart still held his hand straight, staring at him with devouring eyes.
"Believe me, what I told you today, use the badge to tell them to wait for me to start the court, they agreed, didn't they! I know these politicians too well." Hammond grabbed Lockhart's hand, begging,
"What good is it for me to let you in?"
Lockhart's hand was grabbed by him, and he seemed to calm down a bit, "You... are you telling the truth?!"
"It must be true, what nonsense are you talking about. At most one week, I will definitely appeal again and get you out." Hammond said in a low voice.
"Hold on, no matter what, hold on until I come to pick you up," Hammond said.
Lockhart withdrew his hand at once, "Okay, I believe you."
"It won't be long."
"That day is coming soon."
……
Walk out of the Ministry of Magic and onto the ground.Hammond put on a bowler hat and chuckled.
boom!
The body collapsed inward at once, and the space distorted.But in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
manchester
In an apartment.
The space was distorted, and a person seemed to appear out of nowhere, and landed lightly on the wooden floor of the bedroom.
He glanced left and right and put down his briefcase.Then go to the living room.
The living room is extremely spacious, except for a single sofa set aside, there is nothing like other family living rooms.
But he also has other living rooms
A tall statue of Ke Zong is placed in the center of the living room.
Hammond walked over to the front of the armchair.There is a man sitting on it.
He was barefoot, with only a cloak on his body, and nothing else, and his head was completely covered by the hood, making it impossible to see his face clearly.
"How's things going?" said the hooded man slowly.
Hammond took off his hat, knelt in front of him on one knee, lowered his head, and said respectfully, "Mr. Quirrell, it's almost done!"
"Almost?" Quirrell's tone became dangerous, but he restrained himself, "Tell me in detail."
"After I got your instructions, I kept looking for a way to meet Lockhart who was in custody.
I said that I am his fan, I will always support him and believe in him.After talking like this for two days, I gained his trust.After that, I proposed myself and said that I would become his notary.
After many exchanges, I instructed him to take full responsibility.
All went well.So even in the end, he still didn't expose your presence in the Ministry of Magic. "
"What about after that? He definitely can't just give in like that, maybe he will grab everything he can, such as... me." Quirrell said lightly.
"Please rest assured, after the verdict is over, I went to find him again." Hammond showed an expression that everything was under control.
"I told him that I would continue to appeal to help him so that he would not dare to act alone, but would grab me as a lifeline.
However, he doesn't know that my promise is just a blank check, just to delay his last time.
When he arrived in Azkaban, he had his soul sucked by the dementors every day, and he would have no chance to expose you and us in front of the Ministry of Magic. "
After speaking, he lowered his head again.After hearing what he said, Quirrell nodded, "Is there anything special about it?"
"There are some interesting things. I don't know if you are interested, sir."
"Say!"
"First of all, the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore are at odds, especially the current minister, Fudge, who seems to be very afraid of Dumbledore and tries to find fault with him.
Secondly, Lockhart was actually arrested because of a second-year student. "
The Ministry of Magic's reports on Lockhart these days have only general directions, and have not specifically mentioned the circumstances of the incident at the time.So this is also a breaking news.
And Quirrell, who heard the first point, was still lazily leaning on the sofa, but when he heard that Lockhart was arrested because of a second-year wizard, he straightened up immediately, with his right hand supporting his right knee, and his left hand Hold a wand and rest your elbows on your thighs.
"Tell me in detail."
"Yes!" Hammond was delighted to see Quirrell's reaction so fiercely, "Fudge has repeatedly..."
"Stop!" Quirrell interrupted him roughly.Hammond looked at him in bewilderment.
"I'm talking about the incident where Lockhart was kidnapped by a second-year wizard." Quirrell said lightly.
"Ah? Okay." Although he didn't know why, he still reacted quickly.
"The little wizard is called Lynd Green Augustus, and he defeated Lockhart head-on, so..." Halfway through Hammond's words, Quirrell collapsed on the sofa again,
"Hahaha, ahahaha!" An undisguised, crazy laugh came from his mouth.
Hammond didn't know what was going on, so he just shut up and waited quietly for Quirrell to laugh.After a while, Quirrell slowed down, then looked up at Hammond, "Come here!"
Hammond stood up and walked over to Quirrell's sofa, and Quirrell raised his wand and waved it in the air.
"Soul out of the body!"
Hammond's eyes suddenly became blank, his pupils were dilated, and he drooped his head weakly. After a while, he raised his head again, "Sir!"
"Go ahead and continue to meet Lockhart. Even if he is sent to Azkaban tomorrow, he cannot be taken lightly."
"Yes!" Hammond nodded, and then went back to the bedroom, back to London again.
"Augustus, you're really good!" Quirrell's voice echoed in the empty living room.
After a while, he stood up, then knelt devoutly in front of the statue, with his eyes closed, without saying a word.
(End of this chapter)