Chapter 1255 ?
Smoke kept coming out of the Ministry of Magic under the night, and the air was filled with a pungent smell. Above the headquarters of the Ministry of Magic, around Whitehall in central London, it caused a scene even more panic than wizards.
If the Ministry of Magic is the administrative center of the British wizarding world, then Whitehall is the seat of the British government center. Many departments including the British Ministry of Defense, the Royal Horse Guards Parade and the British Cabinet Office are located here. Therefore, "Whitehall The term is also synonymous with the British central government.
Only a small part of the Aurors who returned at this time went in to put out the fire, while most of them had already taken over and surrounded the area.
The Aurors of the Ministry of Magic and other departments are slowly pointing their wands from the ground to the sidewalks and sky around Whitehall, laying out an invisible energy field in the streets and alleys, and at the same time laying out a large number of Muggle expulsion spells to prevent As more and more Muggles approached - because of lack of manpower, they only surrounded the Ministry of Magic itself, but as more and more Muggles were alarmed and wizards returned, they began to expand this in order to maintain the law of secrecy. The scope of isolation expands the entire Whitehall area on the ground in the energy field.
Rows of police officers with live ammunition stood there in a daze, their eyes out of focus. Many fire engines have arrived at the scene, but the firefighters have not started their work. Like the police, they, together with some high-level Muggle government personnel who rushed over, are being rescued by the Ministry of Magic's Reversal of Incidents Team, Memory Cancellation Command, Muggle The wizards of the problem mediation committee took control and began to gradually erase and reverse the bad memory of tonight.
Many Muggles turned around and left after their memories were reversed into night fog in London, and went back to doing their own things step by step, as if nothing unusual had happened.
Like a silent reef, the Muggle Prime Minister standing in the middle of the street just watched his colleagues, bodyguards, army, and police all familiar and unfamiliar faces stagnate, and then came back to life... In front of wizards, Those agents were manipulated by the wizards without any power to fight back, and were at the mercy of the other party.
Although the Prime Minister knew from previous contacts that the power of wizards is not comparable to that of ordinary people, but witnessing such a large-scale ordinary people being controlled and such a disparity in strength filled him with fear and despair. The muscles from the neck to the shoulders to the thighs were all stiff, as if the whole body was under a freezing spell, it was so cold that he couldn't move.
And the prime minister also knew the reason why he was able to stand here soberly: he had witnessed the explanation of his former subordinate, the Russian alias Christopher Lee, to his subordinates, so that he did not have to be erased from his memory.
But that's all, the former "man" of the prime minister didn't say a word to the prime minister, so he left the prime minister here, as if he was transparent, and then he noticed the British Ministry of Magic The arrival of Minister Owen Harris.
The Prime Minister immediately raised the corners of his mouth, showing a masked smile, and wanted to greet his acquaintance Owen, but at this time Owen was in a hurry to go down and didn't care about a Muggle. He turned around and noticed the long eyes, and ordered: "Long Eye, come and entertain the Prime Minister."
Before Changyan responded, Owen walked directly to the newly repaired telephone booth elevator, ignoring the Muggle Prime Minister, as if he hadn't seen him just now.
Different from the usual friendly reception, the Muggle Prime Minister who felt neglected and devastated, pinched his palms, tried his best to control his emotions, greeted the approaching long eyes, and tried to make his voice sound brave : "Li, you guys... um... yours... I mean, what's going on with this fire?"
"Your Excellency, a Death Eater ran over and set off Fiercefire." Changyan's tone was as gentle as ever, "Don't worry, the arsonist has been killed by us."
"Death Eaters, those people you mentioned, did they fight back to the UK?" The Prime Minister was originally a little annoyed by the long-eyed tone,
But after hearing the content clearly, he pinched his palm so that his voice didn't sound so panic-he estimated that if the disasters caused by the Death Eaters attack happened again, the people would not believe in hurricanes and the like. reason.
"Oh? Your Excellency, you are worrying too much. In fact, this is their last struggle." Changyan noticed the prime minister's concerns, and he decided to reveal some facts to the other party to strengthen the other party's confidence, "Minister's son Alan Harris The headmaster defeated their leader, the Dark Lord, a few days ago, so our Ministry of Magic arrested families connected with the Death Eaters in the country a few days ago, and this is nothing more than their death-struggling revenge."
The Prime Minister asked pleasantly: "Mr. Alan Harris defeated the You-Know-Who? There won't be any villains or dementors coming to the Muggle world to make trouble?"
"Your Excellency... Just like you can't guarantee that there are no criminals in your country, I can't guarantee that people in our world will not continue to commit some crimes... At least recently, some people forget to activate the stealth mode from time to time to drive flying cars in the Muggle world. Quite a lot." Long Eye responded, and then he smiled at the Prime Minister, "But it is true that large-scale vicious incidents will be rare in the Muggle world of Britain."
"That would be great!" The Muggle Prime Minister breathed a sigh of relief.
What happened today made the Muggle Prime Minister terrified. Some of the Muggle Prime Minister's economic professionals already knew the inside story, and speculated from the cooperation project that the British Ministry of Magic was probably subject to economic sanctions from other magical countries. And he understood that it was this sanction that made their current relationship with the wizard look good because of cooperation.
But the Prime Minister was wary of this kind of close relationship and being happy because of the growing economy before, but he was a little thankful for the subsequent contact and the other party's current approach: the other party seemed to have no intention of ruling the world other than this , and even wizards have generally looked down on ordinary people—this bad sense of being discriminated against in the past now makes the Muggle Prime Minister feel a sense of security.
later.
On the ground floor of Whitehall, in the hall of the Ministry of Magic, there was no obvious flame or thick smoke at the scene of the fire. The Aurors and the staff of the Ministry of Magic had stopped casting spells to fight the fire, which meant that the fire had been effectively controlled.
Only some fragments of the interior of the Ministry of Magic are still smoking. Although various decorations and items inside have been burned, the main structure of the Ministry of Magic has been preserved. The Harris who rushed over and led his staff were ignoring the exhausted organization. Lead personnel to count and fix.
Owen, who is the Minister of Magic, took out a handkerchief and wiped the dust on his cheeks just now due to the commander sitting in command. After completing the initial layout work, he stood behind a colonnade and accepted various departments to conduct inspections on him. Reporting of damage and availability of personnel keeps the overall picture in check.
With the entire Ministry of Magic running at high speed in an organized and deployed manner, the tone of the Minister of Magic speaking to the heads of these departments who came by turns, when Penello came out of the elevator shaft to report, Owen had no sense at all. Instead of the impatience just now, he seemed as kind as usual.
"Report!" The girl put down her arms and strode towards the corner where Owen was. Her posture was different from her usual posture at home. She was standing straight and straight to show her respect for Owen.
"You've worked hard tonight." Owen said in an encouraging and appreciative tone, and then asked with concern, "Have you encountered any difficulties? Is there any additional support from the Ministry for this mission?"
"Minister, please rest assured that I have always done things cleanly." Penello replied confidently, with a rather clear voice, "This task was completed smoothly, and Victor's finishing work did not encounter difficulties. Additional support."