Chapter 1017 Mutated Muggles

? "Have you seen enough? If you have seen enough, then come out!"

When Maca and the wizard in the windbreaker were still wandering around in the black and white London, a figure appeared from outside that space.

There is no doubt that it is Haierbo——Although he didn't enter the space where Maca was, he seemed to be able to see what was happening inside with his own eyes, and looked at the big place in the distance. direction of the clock.

And the next moment after that, all the Muggles who were sent to the Ministry of Magic's dungeon by Maca began a terrible mutation.

Obviously, if those Muggles had problems only individually, it could still be called "accidental". But if it happened almost at the same time, no one would believe that no one was behind the scenes.

...

"Currently, the ten underground floors where the dungeon is located have been completely isolated, and none of the Aurors who were dispatched before have returned..."

In the meeting room of the Ministry of Magic at the moment, Snape and Slughorn were listening to a report on the status quo.

Judging from the entire known process described in the report, the Muggle mutation that broke out in the dungeon was quite sudden. If Maca and Kingsley hadn't carefully planned the response to the emergency in advance, it would be too late to say anything now.

"According to the instructions of the room chief, there were two groups of team members guarding and patrolling the corridor outside the dungeon at that time. And the therapists sent by St. Mungo just happened to leave immediately after conducting routine inspections on the Muggles. out of the cell..."

"So, when the cell door was destroyed, only a group of left-behind team members died. Everyone else, including the therapist, is now confirmed to be alive."

After hearing the report from the Auror who was in charge of escorting the therapist at the time, Snape thought about it, and quickly asked:

"So? Do you have any more specific details about those Muggles?"

"Oh, Hankins knows better than I do about that."

When the Auror saw him asking, he immediately turned around and gestured to the other Auror behind him.

"He's Tommy Hankins, and he was the team member responsible for patrolling after the therapist's check-up time this morning—" he introduced, "At that time, their team also left after we escorted the therapist away. They left about ten minutes earlier than the third group who stayed at the end to buy time for us."

Speaking of this, the Auror couldn't help but pause a bit.

They are Aurors, and when they become Aurors, they are already psychologically prepared for such things as sacrificing on duty. However, it is still sad that a colleague died to ensure that his two teams completed the task.

However, they are enlightened after all. After a small pause, he changed his face and said:

"In addition, Hankins' team is also the team responsible for opening the multiple protective spells, and they are the ones who completed the emergency isolation of the ten underground floors."

"On behalf of the Ministry of Magic, thank you again for your dedication." Scrimgeour nodded sincerely beside him.

Of course Snape didn't pay attention to Scrimgeour's words, and after the Auror gave a brief statement about his colleague's work, he then set his sights on the Auror surnamed Hankins.

"Hello, Mr. Snape."

Hankins took a step forward, his tough facial features revealing his resolute heart.

"I did pay special attention to the state of some Muggles at the time," he said earnestly. "Actually, it was a kind of black air that made us notice the abnormal change at first. Those black air were clinging to the ground, coming from the gap in the door of the cell." A little bit diffused out - I think it is a bit similar to Voldemort's black dead, of course, I can't tell if there is a difference."

"And not long after, the solid metal prison door was broken by some kind of huge force, and those Muggles rushed out from inside."

Snape nodded slightly, frowned and said:

"It's also like the black dead disciples, with black air all over their bodies?"

"No, that's not true," Hankins shook his head, "the black air will disappear soon,

And when those Muggles appeared, they were basically no different from ordinary people. "

As for this, he suddenly turned around and said:

"But more importantly, I think they should at least retain some wisdom - when the three groups stayed to block, some of the Muggles obviously tried to bypass them. If it weren't for the three groups of colleagues desperately blocking , maybe our second group will not be able to complete the isolation task."

The dungeon on the tenth floor underground of the Ministry of Magic, and the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor underground, both existed since the predecessor of the Ministry of Magic - the Wizarding Council, which naturally included the multiple protection magic used for isolation today.

And this is why McGonagall and Snape chose to wait and see for a while.

But in fact, the only thing that can be used as a temporary reliance is the isolation between the tenth and ninth floors underground.

After all, the Department of Mysteries on the ninth basement floor is too special. If those alienated Muggles broke into that floor, the situation would really get out of hand.

After getting the initial performance of the Muggle mutation, Snape immediately fell into thinking. Seeing that he stopped talking, Slughorn on the side took the conversation.

"Minister Scrimgeour," the bald, fat old man finally stopped smiling as usual under the current emergency situation, "I remember the Auror mentioned it just now, and then you sent someone down to look at it. Pass?"

"Yes! Professor Slughorn."

Scrimgeour was, of course, a student at Hogwarts. As for the former head of Slytherin House in front of him, this former little snake, he still showed considerable respect.

"A total of four strikers and two Aurors were dispatched successively, all of whom disapparated after the Ministry of Magic's anti-apparition spell was temporarily lifted. Unfortunately, none of the six people came back," he said , "After reaching the agreed line of sight for fifteen minutes, we waited for another five minutes or so, and in the end we had to turn on the anti-apparition again and no longer risked letting more people go down."

"It seems that the situation here is not optimistic!" Slughorn shook his head regretfully and said, "Minister Scrimgeour, I think your approach is correct, and there is no way to give up."

And after that, the long table of the conference finally fell into a silence, and no one knew what to do.

Finally, Scrimgeour suddenly said:

"I'm going to send another letter to the International Federation of Wizards right now—not to mention anything else, at least I have to get a response from there first."

From his words alone, it can be known that he has already sent a letter, and most of it was a request for help when he sent someone to Hogwarts.

However, the federation has not yet responded.

...

Leaving aside the silence from the Ministry of Magic, at this juncture, Luna was accompanied by Flitwick to the street park where Maca disappeared.

It can be seen that the deep pit dug by Maca himself a few days ago has not been filled. And everywhere around the park, people led by Kingsley set up Muggle-repelling curses to prevent unknown Muggles from approaching this place that might still be dangerous and hidden.

"Miss Lovegood, take care! Don't go too fast!"

The little Flitwick swung his short arms and legs, and followed closely behind Luna.

But Luna didn't pay much attention to Professor Flitwick's screaming call, she seemed to be very curious about this place, and she ran around almost every inch of space without any intention of letting go.

Since Aberforth was not directly involved in Maca's disappearance after all, and even heard about the general situation from other people, he didn't bring Luna here last night.

No, in fact, the whole night yesterday was just Luna wandering around London on her own.

"Miss Lovegood, have you found anything?"

"Oh, um..." Luna bent over and looked at the bottom of the pit, but she answered irrelevantly, "Professor Flitwick, how deep do you think this pit is? Will I hurt my legs if I jump down like this?" Did you break it?"

"Ouch!" Flitwick hastened to hold his wand firmly, and said sharply, "Don't jump, don't jump—don't talk about whether you will break your leg, who knows if there is any magic arranged by Haierbo here? ?”

"Eh?" Luna immediately straightened her waist and said, "The magic arranged by Hai Erbo... will it be there?"

To be honest, a few days have passed, and even if there were any traces of magic power at that time, it has probably faded away by now. So although Luna checked very carefully, she still hasn't found anything until now.

And if there is any place in this small park that has not been sensed, it is undoubtedly the deep vertical pothole in front of him.

"Professor Flitwick, I want to go down and have a look."

"No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible!" Flitwick waved his hands quickly and said, "Besides, Sirius and the others must have not missed checking the bottom here. If there are clues, they will definitely tell."

"But besides the bottom, have you really seen everything else here? As for the outside of the park, the possibility of finding Maca must be even lower..."

Before the words were finished, Luna pulled out her wand and waved it towards the ground. The soil turned up by Maca's digging was immediately gathered by her, and it was quickly transformed into a bundle of strong ropes.

After wrapping the two ends of the rope around the nearby tree trunk and her waist respectively, Luna jumped into the pit in a snap.

"Hey!"

Flitwick wanted to stop the inexplicably reckless Luna, but he didn't expect that Luna's speed was much faster than he expected. In particular, he didn't expect that Luna jumped into it without even the slightest hesitation.

Fortunately, Flitwick's reflexes were quite good.

Caught off guard, he quickly chased to the edge of the pit with his two short legs upside down, and the magic wand in his hand quickly threw a silent levitation spell.