Chapter 218 Dumbledore Wants to Play a Big Game

After the magician disappeared, the entire tavern fell into a long silence.

Everyone was digesting everything they saw and heard, and the faces of those Aurors were filled with the anger of being played, and the slightest fear.

The Ministry of Magic had already preset a very high level of strength for this illegal alien, which was why so many Aurors acted together, but the reality was even more outrageous than the Ministry of Magic had presupposed.

Even if the Aurors were unwilling to admit it, each of them could feel the despair and powerlessness they felt when facing the magician.

The other party seemed to be a ghost, no, more invisible than a ghost.

All magic attacks are completely ineffective against the opponent, but the opponent can easily hurt himself.

They could imagine that if the other party was about to kill them, people like them might be seriously injured. Maybe the other party was right, he just spared the people present.

"What should I do?" an Auror whispered.

"What can we do? We have nothing to do with him. We should go back and report to the director. We need to increase the threat level of the magician and re-formulate the plan to capture the magician."

"What about these people in the Leaky Cauldron?" Auror said hesitantly: "I mean, it seems that the magician gave a speech here? Although we did not hear everything, we cannot rule out that he may have persuaded Some people support him."

"We have all seen that man's contagious and inciting power."

The Auror, who was obviously the captain, shook his head slightly and said: "This is also what worries me, but we currently do not have the right to arrest the people present. Obviously their actions do not violate the laws of the Ministry of Magic."

He pondered for a moment, raised his voice, and said loudly: "Gentlemen, we all know that the magician is an extremely vicious criminal. He brutally killed three wizards and burned down a Muggle house."

"We have no doubt that his evil behavior will continue."

"I hope to waste some time for everyone, cooperate with the Ministry of Magic's investigation, and truthfully inform you of everything the magician did here before our arrival."

There was a moment of silence among the tavern patrons, and someone shouted: "Are you going to restrict our freedom?"

The Auror keenly felt the hostility in the other party's tone. He carefully looked at the expressions of the guests and found that there were many hostile people.

This made him feel bad. Obviously, it was impossible for ordinary wizards to show hostility to Aurors. He even knew some of these people. The impact caused by magicians was more serious than he imagined.

He said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Of course not, gentlemen, it's just a routine inquiry. This is also for everyone's safety. After all, no one wants a murderer to go unpunished."

Someone in the crowd let out a disdainful chuckle, but no one responded.

At this time, a man stood up from the bar stool.

"Mr. Auror, although I am willing to cooperate with your inquiries, I'm afraid I don't have time anymore." He said politely: "I need to return to Hogwarts to teach the young wizards."

"Who are you?" The Auror looked at the Easterner with a thoughtful expression: "You are the new Divination professor at Hogwarts, the seer, Mr. Sen. Tang?"

Tang Sen shook his head and said, "I would rather call myself a diviner than a prophet."

The Auror did not dwell on this point, but asked: "Professor Tang, I have heard about your deeds. You predicted the incident in Azkaban. I wonder if you can. I mean, are you willing to fight for the capture of Azkaban?" Can you provide some help to the other party?"

Townsend smiled and said: "Although I am not British, I have always been willing to cooperate with the British Ministry of Magic. Many people know that I have a good relationship with the Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, and I also have business cooperation with the Department of Magical Beasts. As for the magician—"

He looked at the others and said, "Unfortunately, I'm not good at fighting."

"Also, I think the Ministry of Magic's energy should be more focused on You-Know-Who, and I don't mean to offend Magicians."

The Auror's expression was ugly: "Professor Tang, the so-called resurrection of the mysterious man is nonsense."

"Of course." Tang Sen nodded and smiled: "I never force myself to change other people's minds. Mr. Auror, please give way. I don't want to miss the first class of first-year students."

The Aurors had no reason to stop a Divination professor from leaving. Green flames ignited and Tang Sen's figure disappeared into the fireplace.

There was an awkward silence in the tavern until Old Tom finally coughed lightly and said, "Just ask me if you have any questions. In fact, the magician said some very remarkable things."

Returning to his office, Tang Sen breathed a sigh of relief and showed a satisfied smile.

To be honest, Tang Sen knows that the world is a complex whole. No matter whether a war will break out between wizards and ordinary people, or how the war will proceed, how it will develop, and who will win and who will lose - Tang Sen cannot predict these things. .

As a fortune teller, he did not have enough information to foresee such a distant and complicated future.

But does it matter?

unimportant.

This does not prevent Townsend from choosing one of the possibilities, exaggerating it and making it provocative, and convincing himself and some of the audience.

This does not affect Townsend's packaging of the magician as a fanatical idealist, shaping him as a crazy leader, and setting off a revolution in the magic world.

Until the day when the final truth is revealed, no one will know that the magician himself does not exist, these ideals are made up, and the incredible powers displayed by the magician are just tricks.

The mysterious and powerful power that wizards see only comes from the unknown of the magician's methods.

For example, when he was in the tavern, Tang Sen was able to make a fortune teller and a magician appear in front of everyone at the same time, relying on the ability of the stand-in paper man to create illusions.

And in the subsequent battle, no one would have thought that when the Aurors entered the tavern, the magician standing on the bar had become a void image, and the Aurors' spells were just attacking the air. .

The person who really controls all of this is the fortune teller sitting on the bar.

Tricks are just tricks after all. Tang Sen naturally knows that once the wizards put on an iron armor spell, he has nothing to do with them. If he tries to rely on these tricks to scare people, one day they will be exposed, and the collapse will not happen. Just a character.

Fortunately, the initiative is in your own hands. As long as the magician doesn't take the initiative, no one can find the magician.

Townsend has plenty of time to develop.

"One or two months should be enough for Smaug to learn English."

"During this period, I have to hurry up and acquire extraordinary characteristics and concentrate on studying ancient magic."

Walking out of the office, Tang Sen clearly felt the difference in the atmosphere in the castle.

The students still don't know what happened in the Leaky Cauldron just now. In fact, they are still discussing Tang Sen's prediction in class yesterday and whether the mysterious man is really resurrected.

Obviously, the students were divided into two groups, each arguing with each other. However, with more and more evidence, the disbelieving group became more and more at a loss for words. Inevitably, fear filled the castle. spread within.

When Tang Sen stepped into the Divination classroom, he could see the different expressions on the first grade wizards' faces.

"Professor Tang, did you really predict the resurrection of the mysterious man yesterday?"

One student asked eagerly.

"To be precise, it's divination." Tang Sen said gently: "I use a divination technique called coin divination. I think if some students have previewed the divination class textbook, they should be able to have a certain understanding of coin divination. learn."

He saw the students' uneasiness and smiled: "Students, don't worry about the mysterious man. At least here, in Hogwarts, I will never tolerate anyone hurting you."

His whole person exuded a warm aura, which made the young first-year students calm down.

"Just let the adults handle adult matters. Your task is to study hard and have a wonderful school life."

He shook the roster and said, "Okay, let's start class."

The divination class ended smoothly. For Tang Sen, it was obvious that he was able to deal with these eleven-year-old children with ease. Not surprisingly, after class, the little wizards' fear of the mysterious man had already turned into fear of the new divination class professor. of worship.

And this kind of admiration still spread in the afternoon class of third-year students. It was not until a week later that Tang Sen finished all the divination classes for the week, and the atmosphere in Hogwarts had returned to normal.

This made Professor McGonagall, who was worried about this matter, look at him with admiration. She obviously noticed the important role Tang Sen played in stabilizing the students' emotions, and she was always willing to chat with him with a smile when they met.

As for Professor Umbridge, she was obviously deliberately avoiding Townsend. She did not interfere or comment on Townsend's behavior. She even stopped paying attention to those students who preached that Voldemort had returned. She used her attention and energy to On another matter.

The remarks and thoughts about the magician in the Leaky Cauldron have spread to Hogwarts Castle through various channels.

Umbridge hated such remarks so much that she declared that any young wizard who dared to talk about "magicians" in the castle would be severely punished. It must be said that such a move was enough to praise the magician. Because of her prohibition, these ideas spread among young wizards at a faster speed.

As a result, poor Mr. Harry Potter was locked up in Umbridge's office almost every night, and sometimes even Miss Hermione Granger, who had always been a good student, was not spared from being punished.

After all, both of them grew up in Muggle families, and Hermione's parents were all Muggles. Compared to other wizards, they were better able to understand the "Internet" mentioned in the magician's remarks. ”, and the psychology that Muggles might have.

However, compared to Harry Potter's enthusiastic admiration for the magician's ideas, Hermione was much calmer. She pointed out that the magician's ideas may be exaggerated and unrealistic, and that the other party killed someone, There was even Malfoy's father among them - everyone knew the news the next day, and they never saw little Malfoy again from that day on.

Therefore, Hermione believed that even if the original intention described by the magician was good, such a method could not be called kind, and was closer to those evil dark wizards.

Townsend paid no attention to the commotion in Hogwarts. Apart from attending classes these days, he has not been idle either. Half of the digestive potion prepared by Professor Snape has been consumed. It can be seen that he has been busy in the past few days. What an amazing amount of food.

In addition, the research on ancient magic is also proceeding steadily, but after all, Tang Sen does not have any foundation in magic, so the progress is a bit slow. So far, Tang Sen has not been able to release even the simplest transformation technique. , not to mention those complex living body deformations.

On this day, Tang Sen was studying ancient magical transformation techniques in his office, when there was a knock on the office door.

Tang Sen did not show any surprise. In fact, there has been an endless stream of students coming to his office in the past few days. Basically, they all came to ask Tang Sen to divine fortune for them. Some parents even entrusted their children to come. Looking for Tang Sen.

Their divination requests were all kinds of strange. Naturally, Tang Sen did not fully satisfy their requests. Except for demonstrating a few times for some students who were really interested in divination and came to ask for advice, Tang Sen's other requests were ignored. Mori declined mildly.

Standing up, Townsend opened the door. Unexpectedly, he saw Professor Snape standing in front of the door.

"I was just going to find you, Professor Snape." Tang Sen stepped aside and motioned for the other party to come in: "Your potion is very useful. I hope to get more."

Snape: "."

"What did you do with my potion?"

"Promote digestion." Tang Sen said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will pay for it."

"This is not a matter of money, forget it." Snape stood still and said, "I am here to convey Professor Dumbledore's invitation. He is waiting for you in the principal's office."

Tang Sen raised his eyebrows and said, "This is surprising. What does Professor Dumbledore want from me?"

Snape said with a straight face, "Aren't you a diviner? You should know better than me."

"No one will pay attention to the future all the time. I only care about things that will bring danger." Townsend said: "Obviously, Professor Dumbledore's invitation is not within this scope."

Snape didn't say anything, just walked away with a sway.

The smile on Tang Sen's face faded, he closed the office door and thought for a moment.

Dumbledore's invitation was something he had expected. After a period of preparation, the magician's reputation has grown. Although in various mainstream newspapers, this name is often associated with terms such as murderer and dark wizard. But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the other party already has a small group of supporters.

As the person who first introduced the magician and even guided Snape to meet him, Professor Dumbledore would not easily ignore him.

Tang Sen thought that the other party's invitation would be earlier, but now it seems that Dumbledore may be very busy these days.

Also, Voldemort had just rescued his loyal Death Eaters from Azkaban, and the Order of the Phoenix led by Dumbledore was facing greater pressure. Coupled with Fudge and Umbridge's increasingly crazy targeting, The greatest white wizard of this century is probably a little worried.

Tang Sen raised his wrist and let the crystal pendant fall down.

"Dumbledore will use Legilimency on me."

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After reciting silently seven times, Tang Sen saw that the pendulum was slowly rotating in a counterclockwise direction.

This did not reassure Tang Sen. He walked to the desk, took out a piece of white paper, and wrote a line of words on it.

"Dumbledore's intention in inviting me to talk."

After reciting this line seven times in his mind, Tang Sen closed his eyes, leaned back, and entered the dreamland.

He could see an office with various moving portraits hung neatly on the wall. There was a wooden bracket in the corner, with a fiery red phoenix with long tail feathers perched on it.

In the middle of the picture, Professor Dumbledore, who is wearing a gray robe, is sitting in his chair. Opposite him is Professor Snape, who is always wearing a black robe.

"I can confirm that on the day the magician appeared at the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Tang was also present."

This was Professor Snape's voice.

"Moreover, according to the news from people present, Professor Tang had a brief communication with the magician. He made a prediction that corroborated the magician's remarks about the Internet."

"Severus, do you have a different opinion about magicians now?" Dumbledore remained as calm as ever.

"I still think this is a madman." Snape replied with a cold face: "But he hides his madness under seemingly reasonable reasons. I have to say that he is much more dangerous than I imagined. "

"As I said before, Severus, thoughts are the most terrifying thing." Dumbledore showed a recalling expression: "Many years ago, there was a person whose thoughts were very similar to those of the magician, except that he Think wizards should rule over Muggles, and this magician—"

"His goal is even further. He is trying to integrate the wizarding world and Muggles to form a more brilliant civilization." Speaking of this slogan, Dumbledore paused and then continued: "There is no doubt that, The magician’s thoughts are more provocative, because no one can deny that his original intentions are good, and the future he depicts is even better.”

"I noticed." Snape's face turned even uglier: "Unlike those who tried to change in the past, this person's ideas can even incite those wizards with good nature. Many young wizards have begun to believe... I mean , and even believe in this person, especially those little wizards who were born in mixed-race or Muggle families."

"This includes Mr. Potter, who has expressed his vision for a civilization that integrates magic and technology many times in public."

"Severus, you are indeed paying attention to Harry as always." Dumbledore teased, and then returned to the topic in a measured manner: "How do you think we should treat magicians? Enemies? Or friends?"

"At least not a friend." Snape replied without hesitation: "I am the first person to come into contact with him. I can see clearly that he is an ambitious man. If we don't stop him, it may lead to huge disasters." disaster."

Dumbledore nodded and suddenly changed the subject: "What do you think of Professor Tang? I heard that the students like his class very much."

Snape looked thoughtful and finally shook his head: "I still can't tell what the purpose of this person is and whether it has anything to do with the magician."

"But what is certain is that he will not be on the mysterious man's side."

"Tom's behavior has become more and more crazy recently." Dumbledore shook his head and said slowly: "He has controlled the dementors in Azkaban and has the support of the giants. Now, they are working closely together. Contact all the pure-blood families, and I think the day will not be far when he will stand on the stage."

"I really want to stop him, but there is still some key information that I have not figured out, and there is still an important part that has not been solved. Severus, I have an idea."

He stood up, walked in front of Phoenix, stroked its feathers, and said: "Maybe we can use the magician's power. Judging from his current performance, he doesn't seem to be afraid of Tom, and Tom will never agree with it." His philosophy, they have no basis for cooperation.”

Snape's expression changed.

"Albus, do you mean to start a fight between the Magician and You-Know-Who?"

"We need time." Dumbledore said: "We cannot let either the Magician or Tom achieve their goals before everything is ready."

"But this is difficult." Snape frowned: "Obviously, neither the magician nor the mysterious man can be manipulated, especially the magician. I am sure that no one can shake his ideas. .”

"There is someone who can." Dumbledore said: "Our Divination Professor."

"...He's not worth trusting," Snape said.

"I know, Severus." Dumbledore turned around, looked deeply at Snape, and said, "So, I need your help."

Snape was stunned for a moment and understood what Dumbledore meant, because the last time the other party spoke to him in this manner, he asked him to become an undercover agent next to Voldemort.

He showed a ridiculous look and asked in disbelief: "You want me to follow the magician? I already..."

"I know, I know, Severus." Dumbledore said with an apologetic tone, "This is difficult, but only you can do it. Only you can master the delicate balance among the three parties."

"Severus, I believe you."

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Snape was silent for a long time before asking: "Albus, if the magician defeats the mysterious man. Although this possibility is very small, but if it happens, will Harry Potter no longer need Did you face the mysterious person?"

Dumbledore's movements paused for a moment, and then said: "We will do our best to ensure Harry's safety as always, won't we?"

"I'll try," Snape whispered.

"Thank you." Dumbledore said sincerely: "Next, please inform Professor Tang."

"I need to talk to him."

The picture disappeared and Tang Sen woke up from the dream divination.

He slowly opened his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Professor Dumbledore wants to play a big game of chess."

He stood up, straightened out the wrinkles in his clothes, and walked out of the office.

"Looks like the rest of the conversation will be interesting."

I'm too lazy to write a chapter today.