Chapter 830 Questions and Answers

All the armed forces lined up neatly in front of the temple gate. Albert, the leader, gave an order. All the armed forces, including those tall giants, took a step to the right with their right legs in a uniform order, and put their hands behind their backs. When Minister of Magic Owen came out with his son Allen and the others and sat on the seats arranged at the press conference, the originally noisy venue immediately fell silent.

Owen cast a Loud Voice Charm using silent and wandless techniques. After a brief welcome, Owen's next measures caused a lot of uproar: "The Ministry of Magic has always been committed to maintaining the peace and stability of the British wizarding world, and doing its best for the people. Provide protection. In the entire European magic world after the return of the mysterious man, we Aurors have guaranteed that our UK is the safest place. However, in order to better maintain law and order and make up for the insufficient number of Aurors in this attack, the protection umbrella The company's armed forces will assist the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic to maintain law and order, and together protect the safety of the magic world."

"Minister Harris! Aurors have passed various strict examinations and trainings, and can only take up their posts after passing the examinations. Is the armed force of the umbrella company assisting Aurors in handling affairs, is it not rigorous enough?"

"The Umbrella Company is a private enterprise after all, and mixing it with official forces is suspected of violating public rights?"

"If the Umbrella Corporation enjoys the authority of the Auror, it is considered a private use of public power, right? And as far as I know, many members of the Umbrella Corporation are from abroad... Will this cause more serious security problems?"

"The public and the private are mixed together, and the public and the private are not separated. If things go on like this, where will the next Minister of Magic be placed?"

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"This is just a necessary measure to better protect everyone's safety in extraordinary times, but don't worry, the security personnel provided by the Ministry of Magic with the umbrella do not have administrative law enforcement powers. They are only assisting Aurors in maintaining law and order, and All work must be carried out under the leadership of at least one professional armed Auror. In addition, the Umbrella security personnel will not wear the Auror logo, and their uniforms will still have the Umbrella Corporation logo, which is easy for everyone to distinguish..." Owen Harris Instead of being offended by these reporters' increasingly pointed questions, he patiently explained the status and authority of the Umbrella Corporation's armed forces in assisting the Aurors.

However, the discussion in the audience was not as sharp as those reporters. A gentle wizard puffed up his chest and analyzed with reason: "Although the questions of those reporters sound reasonable, in fact, since Minister Harris came to power, our The law and order has obviously improved. There are frequent terrorist attacks in other countries, but we don’t have them here. In the final analysis, it is because of the Ministry of Magic and these patrolling Aurors, those Death Eaters dare not show their faces.”

"I actually think that the number of patrolling personnel has increased, and the frequency of patrolling will definitely increase. This makes me feel safe. Since the reform of the Aurors, theft and disputes are much less now..." A middle-aged man The witch hugged her child and echoed, "Let me tell you, the Umbrella Company provides so many armed forces to maintain law and order, and the cost may not be small... Isn't the Harris family paying their own money to protect the magic world? I don't know if they What else is there to be dissatisfied with? Why do these people keep clinging to the small problems of the Ministry of Magic? Do they have a grudge against the Ministry of Magic? This is too harsh..."

"Remember last year's Ministry of Magic reshuffle? I guess it's the dirty political struggles of these pure-blood families. Maybe behind them are those pure-blood families who were kicked out of the Ministry of Magic...to take revenge on purpose..."? Looked The scene fell into chaos. The gentle wizard from before watched the other people follow his words with a dazed expression. He was quite proud, shook his coat, and stood up straighter, "I don't care how they want to fight. But it's a good measure to make my life safer..."

A few ordinary wizards who were eating the out-of-season watermelon ripened by magic unconsciously nodded in agreement. They didn't feel much about the struggle of the upper class, but they were happy with this measure.

This resonated with many commoner wizards. After all, the more power to protect their safety, the safer they would be.

In fact, like the pure-blood families, Owen also installed some of his own people to guide public opinion, but the difference is that this time he did not use Rita Skye, who was entangled with other pure-bloods. Professionals like Tet confront those reporters head-on. As long as they get entangled, it will appear that the Ministry of Magic is incompetent no matter what, so Owen just let Harris's people say something at a critical moment in the audience to make the incident more controversial. That's fine - after all, these upper-level battles have nothing to do with those melon-eating wizards, as long as they see the benefits they can get from these measures, they will naturally not be any trouble.

Then, taking the opportunity, Owen announced the casualties caused by the devil's attack on Hogsmeade and the specific rescue measures to the media present. As soon as his words fell, the reporters all raised their hands for a rare opportunity to ask questions.

"Minister Harris, does this attack prove that the Ministry of Magic is still negligent in maintaining security? What measures will the Ministry of Magic take in the future?"

"Has the Ministry of Magic investigated the mastermind? Can it be announced to the wizards?"

"Did the Ministry of Magic not get wind of the devil's attack at all? This should be a major intelligence omission. How can the Ministry of Magic make up for its own mistakes? Is this the rumor that Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror office, was excluded? Something to do with getting enough command?"

"Guaranteeing and maintaining the safety of the magic world is the first responsibility of the Ministry of Magic and related functional departments. The Ministry of Magic cannot attribute the reason to the strength and cunning of the other party. Is the government suspected of evading responsibility and prevarication in such a report? , what does Secretary Harris think?"

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The cameramen pointed their lenses at Owen, and the flashes worn by the old-fashioned cameras continued to explode and smoke, and they did not miss the slightest change in the expression on each other's faces.

Regarding these sharp questions, Owen Harris remained calm, and his voice was calm: "Thank you for your questions. Regarding the mastermind behind the scenes, who is still under investigation, but according to the on-site surveillance Ribeyer's own confession and presence at the scene The testimonies of passers-by... I am sorry, according to the current information, although the exact identity is still being investigated and confirmed, it is true that some of our own pure-blood families in the British magic world have connections with devils and even mysterious people behind the scenes , participated in this attack...I think this is a serious act of betrayal, our Ministry of Magic will continue to investigate this matter strictly, we will not wrong any innocent person, and of course we will not spare any participants in the attack."

As a well-informed pure-blood family, they were very angry when they heard that Owen Harris knew that the devil's attack was caused by the Mysterious Man and the Death Eaters, but he used the devil's words to pour this basin of sewage on their heads. They really wanted to bring the Harris family down, but this matter had nothing to do with them. In fact, if it wasn't for the return of the mysterious man, if it wasn't for them, they would be more afraid of the crazier Dark Lord, and if it wasn't for Dumbledore and They have fought openly and secretly for many years and his old age made these pure blood think that if the current situation requires the existence of Allen, they would have launched a stronger counterattack long ago, instead of expecting to compromise with each other as they are now.

"Slander! This is slander!" A young wizard waved his arms angrily: "Minister Harris, you and I both know that a real pure-blood family doesn't bother to do such a thing! What's more, killing two little witches is so important to British pure-bloods." There is no benefit for the blood? Does the Ministry of Magic have no ability to find out the truth?"

"Sorry, sir, I just told the truth about the situation we investigated. In fact, I also regret it. You must know that my family, my wife's family is also a member of British pure blood. I am sorry for what happened. Such a thing is deeply saddening... As a father, I am also very angry. I think the people behind this devil want to stimulate and degrade my son... If they succeed..." Owen looked very sad, with a look of suffering Looking aggrieved, he turned his head and beckoned to the audience, "The reason why the Ministry of Magic didn't release this video before is because we haven't been able to determine the specific description of the devil, but I didn't expect that many family media would respond faster than the "Prophecy." Home Daily is even faster..."

Soon, a surveillance clip of Bayer's speech was released on the TV at the makeshift press conference: "...you know, your pure-blood families from the UK offered me an offer that I couldn't refuse. Tribute..."

?? Hearing Bayer's words with his own ears, seeing the situation at that time, thinking that although the devil's words are not credible, they will never tell lies. In addition, the interests of the pure-blood family and the Harris family have recently been involved, and The performance of these pure-blood families, so even if they know that it is their nature for the devils to deliberately provoke, many people already believe that they may really have something to do with this attack.

"Minister Harris, would you rather believe what a devil said? Would you rather believe our family that has been rooted in England for many years?" The young wizard roared loudly. He heard whispers from around him and saw some people Suspicious look, blue veins on forehead.

Under his leadership, many troublemakers echoed, clamoring for the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic, preferring to believe the devil's one-sided words - but after all, their number is not large enough compared to the mixed-race and Muggle population, these words did not destroy The controversy brought about by the video just now caused the scene to fall into chaos for a while.

"May I ask Minister Harris, if there is such an opponent that Aurors alone cannot solve quickly, what should we do as ordinary wizards?" A reporter with a gray beard raised his hand holding a pen. Glasses, deftly diverted the topic of debate, and pointed directly at the weakness of the Ministry of Magic in this incident, "As far as I know, even the Aurors were unable to contact the headquarters for a while during this attack. As ordinary people, if we encounter this situation, who should we count on to help us? I think even with the selfless dedication of the Harris family, this cannot solve the problem of the Ministry of Magic being prominent in the Hogsmeade attack. Mr. Alan Harris can't be patrolled everywhere, please excuse my rudeness...I don't think even if he patrols it can't solve this problem."

This reporter is Dempster Wiggswald, who originally worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, and also served as an advisory columnist for the "Daily Prophet", answering questions related to the law. After the duel, Harris officially went to the front and back of the stage and lost his original status. It was not until the recent pure blood and Harris' struggle that he was allowed to play his specialty by those pure blood who accepted him.

"Wigswald, you raised this question very well. The next thing to be announced is related to this. My successor Alan Harris will announce that this is his decision." Owen He pointed to his youngest son with his hand.