Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 176

The title should be: [Chapter 178 The Culprit? 】

McGuffin could not imagine a human face twisted like that.

——What an eye-opener!

Fauci stared at the crowd with Godzilla-like eyes, scanning the room.

"Who did it! Which guy is it?...Let me know...I can't spare him!" Fauci roared in extreme frustration, spitting all over the place.

"I know, I know, it must be among you... or among those outside... If any guy is dissatisfied with me,... say it openly... Otherwise, I will use Veritaserum later..."

"Secretary!" David Goodman yelled, interrupting Fauci's next words, stopping his idiotic, political suicide.

Then he felt that the situation was wrong, and directly drove out all the wizards in this room...Mr. Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Rita Skeeter, Lucius Malfoy, and of course, McGuffin.

"What... so what!" Then he said to Fauci unhurriedly.

There was a reassuring power to his words, and Fauci finally began to calm down after listening.

At this time, Goodman saw McGuffin's small movements (looking at the two people in the door with wide eyes, even those who were not afraid of Fauci. They were eating melons, but only McGuffin stood at the door and poked his head in), he smiled at McGuffin, and waved his wand.

The oak door slammed shut.

Crunch - snap!

The sound of the door being closed finally caused the petrified Umbridge to break the curse.

She trembled, which seemed to restore her sanity, and then her whole body began to sway like a wire in a hurricane, shaking constantly.

Umbridge looked up at the others and saw a pair of meaningful, mocking eyes.

But at this time, she no longer had the arrogance just now. She just wanted to quickly dispel the minister's negative impression of herself, and didn't have the energy to pay attention to this little wizard at all.

Looking at the old toad shaking, McGuffin felt extremely happy.

And at the oak door,

The other wizards in the corridor gradually began to gather together.

"What the hell happened? Fauci is so angry! His mouth is crooked!" A wizard said calmly, gloating.

McGuffin found the voice familiar.

"That's right..." Mr. Weasley subconsciously agreed, but found that the person was——Lucius Malfoy said it.

For a moment, the expressions of the two after realizing it were like fen.

Nausea was so extreme that Mr. Weasley fell to the ground and retched a few times out of thin air.

"It's true that his mouth is crooked, but it's in that portrait... If I were your Mr. Lucius, I would be more careful. Fauci is really angry this time!"

A word came from behind, telling the reason why Fauci was so angry, but because they didn't know the cause and effect, everyone was still at a loss.

Hearing the sound, the MacGuffin knew who it was.

Dumbledore!

A large number of Aurors followed behind him... Almost all the hitters, it seemed that half of the Aurors present followed behind him, and a few wizards in red robes also came from behind.

"Department of Magical Law Enforcement... the red-robed dog of the trial..." McGuffin heard someone whispering in front of him, his tone full of fear and disgust.

What is this for?So many Aurors?
—Do you want to arrest Voldemort?

Almost everyone was extremely surprised by this scene. Among them, even Rita Skeeter, who was originally gloating and holding a notebook with capital letters, stopped writing. She also felt terrified when she saw these people, and unconsciously took two steps back.

"Mr. Dumbledore, why are you here? So what do you mean by what you just said...and what are they doing!"

A slightly fat, balding wizard with an Arab face asked hurriedly.

But before he got Dumbledore's answer, Rufus waved his hand immediately, and the Aurors leaned over and surrounded the group of people.

"What is this for..."

At this time, all the wizards who had tried their best to calm down panicked, and even wizards like Arthur Weasley felt guilty—"Did it happen that I collected Muggle items and transformed them with magic?" was discovered.

Is Fauci playing for real this time?
If this kind of thing is to be caught, almost half of the employees of the Ministry of Magic will be in the Azika class.

No, no, what did Fauci just say, and what did Dumbledore mean?
What portraits, ... and Fauci with a crooked mouth ... what is that?
"Don't worry, I was also questioned just now, Fauci lost his composure...just wait for him to come back to his senses...I will talk to him properly." Dumbledore said.

Then all the wizards followed Dumbledore and were taken to Fauci's office by the Aurors... McGuffin was also among them. In fact, no one suspected that such a child just wanted to eat a big melon.

In front of the huge and luxurious table in the office of the Minister of Magic Fauci, it was covered by a black cloth, just like Muggle magicians performing those big transformations on the stage, the black cloth floated in the sky to present a ladder shape...

All the wizards who were taken away by the Aurors passed by in a line, entered the black cloth one by one at the request of the Aurors, and were driven out within a few seconds.

Aha-hoo!

In it, they will definitely want to laugh, but they will hold it back immediately.

This made McGuffin very interested in what was in there?
He approached Mr. Weasley slowly, and Mr. Weasley was already close to the thing with the black cloth floating there.

He took advantage of everyone's concentration on a wizard who couldn't help laughing wildly when he came out, and then sneaked into the bottom.

There is a blue fluorescent ball inside which glows slightly, just enough to make people who enter it—see clearly what is inside?
Pfft...hahaha...

McGuffin bit the back of his hand, made a puff puff sound, and beat his chest hard, trying to find a way to keep himself from laughing.

Inside is a portrait, exactly the same as the huge portrait of Fauci that McGuffin saw outside the hall of the Ministry of Magic just now.

just now...

—his mouth was turned up at an unnatural angle to one side!

The mouth is rendered like this:

~(￣√￣)~
——Minister Crooked Mouth! !

That was the thought that immediately popped into McGuffin's mind, and he bet most wizards thought the same way when they saw the portrait for the first time.

and……

The crookedness of the mouth is constantly adjusted...for a while, it turns to the left, sometimes to the right, and sometimes it even violates the limits of the human body, making a certain maximal √, which seems to have a sense of ridicule and contempt for the absurd.

——It can be said that the atmosphere expressed in the whole picture is directly broken.

Connery Fauci does have reason to be so angry.

——But who has such a big enmity with him?
And McGuffin immediately thought of the huge portrait outside, and it must be displayed there like this portrait.

It is estimated that the editors and reporters of the [Daily Prophet] are frantically rushing to complete an article [Minister Fauci is angry, why? 】What about the manuscript?
"It's your turn, Arthur Weasley..."

cried the Aurors suddenly.

"What are you... doing?"

A certain host with a wry mouth growled loudly.

Cornelius Fauci rushed in from the outside with David Goodman and Dumbledore.

"Rufus... I asked you to find the culprit, are you here just to mock me? Or is it actually you who did everything?"

"Who cast what magic on that portrait, have you investigated it clearly?"

There was a cold light in Fauci's eyes, full of anger and suspicion.

"Minister, listen to me explain..."

"There's nothing to say! You traitor..."

Fauci was so angry that he took out his wand and pointed it directly at Rufus.

"Fauci!"

"Connelly!"

Fortunately, Dumbledore and David Goodman hurriedly pulled Fauci down from left to right, otherwise we would have seen another headline from the [Daily Prophet]:

——【British Minister of Magic and his Aurors fight each other, and it turned out to be an 'indescribable' painting? 】

McGuffin uncovered the black cloth and peeked out half of his head to see the scene. He guessed that no one was paying attention to him, so he took this opportunity to sneak into the wizards standing over there.

But Dumbledore blinked at McGuffin when he saw this scene.

The old bee!
What the hell does he mean!
McGuffin was in a cold sweat, feeling something was wrong.

When David Goodman pulled Fauci aside to persuade him to calm down.

Dumbledore took over and started questioning Rufus.

"Professor Dumbledore, you saw it too...I am doing this to confirm who is the real criminal?" Rufus hurriedly explained.

"You also know this kind of thing, and you can't easily find traces through magic, and this portrait has been touched by too many people at the same time, so it is impossible to find the suspect..."

"And this kind of incident, strictly speaking... did not violate any legal provisions, and the wizards from the Law Enforcement Division can prove this... Of course, even if the law is violated, we can't put this building so far. All the wizards who have entered and exited have used [Veritaserum] or [Inspirit] to find the truth!"

"So we thought of a way!"

"The criminals destroyed the portrait must have used this to tarnish Secretary Fauci's reputation."

"Normal people see this portrait... for the first time, they will burst into laughter involuntarily. Only criminals will not react because they are familiar with it or say they made it by themselves... If there is no natural instinct to laugh, our magic crystal ball will tell us the answer!"

As he spoke, he beckoned, and an Auror next to him took out from behind his back something similar to Neville's memory magic crystal ball, except that the inside changed from red mist to blue mist.

"As long as you don't smile sincerely, the crystal ball will turn black..."

"In this way, we can easily know who the criminal is!"

"We did things strictly according to the minister's instructions!" Rufus finally called out.

If Rufus hadn't answered with such a smile on the corner of his mouth, the credibility would undoubtedly be much higher.

On the other hand, McGuffin was a little dumbfounded, this Auror is so cool!
Is it okay to yell at the Minister of Magic with such nonsense?
— This Aurorbi is about to quit!Already found a home.

——Fauci's honey operation finally aroused public outrage, and the Aurors couldn't help it, and began to secretly resist.

"Okay! Okay! Do you like it or not!"

"Let me put the ugly words first... If you can't find the criminal, don't leave here..."

Goodman had no time to stop, Fauci waved his wand in self-defeating, the black cloth was thrown aside forcefully, and hung on another portrait next to it.

——The true face of [Minister Crooked Mouth] appeared!

Immediately, the corners of almost everyone's mouths began to bend upwards from both sides unconsciously.

Some guys with a strong laugh even bit their lips, gritted their teeth, and made wheezing sounds.

The only one who can't laugh is Rufus!
Because he found that the crystal ball did not turn into pitch black as he said.

Or there are no criminals among these people, of course Rufus most wants to answer Fauci like this now.

But Cornelius Fauci obviously did not accept this answer.

He was watching Rufus with 'Avada Kedavra'.

——You guys are dead!

Such a meaning is undoubtedly conveyed!
And in this scene someone is obviously very happy.

— Rita Skeeter.

She wholeheartedly wanted to use this big piece of news to regain her proper position in the [Daily Prophet].

She was crouching in front of the portrait and studying it carefully, when she suddenly called out.

"Why is there something short around this picture frame!"

"what?"

"Why are the magic runes on it missing..." Someone in the magic repair and maintenance office shouted directly, and McGuffin found...as if he remembered something?Several wizards among them trembled.

But at this time, no one paid attention to them.

Everyone gathered around to check.

[Minister Crooked Mouth] There is indeed something sunken around the frame of the portrait, but most people don't know it, even Fauci doesn't know it. When they first discovered the problem, they thought it was just a special decoration.

After this incident, the wizard from the Magic Maintenance Department was naturally listed as a key suspect. Naturally, the farther away from this portrait, the better. Naturally, it was not clear what was wrong with the portrait.

"Such an obvious thing, Rufus, why didn't you Aurors see it! And the employees of the Magic Maintenance Department... What's the use of this..." Fauci lost his temper in a rage and blamed him, but gradually he recovered his composure and began to think.

——Who is the criminal?
——And by what means did all of this come about.

When everyone else fell into doubt and suspicion, the atmosphere became silent.

McGuffin began to sweat coldly.

In order not to draw attention to his bulging pockets, he began to back away, trying to hide behind other wizards.

Um, or mainly behind wizards like Lucius Malfoy and Umbridge—they are relatively close.

Fortunately, everyone was focused on that portrait. This thing has a strange magic power, which attracted their eyes to fix it tightly, and they couldn't move it away at all.

And McGuffin pinched his thigh hard, trying to stop the trembling.

Because he knew the criminal—who the hell was it!

——Just now, two warm, fluffy guys went down his trouser legs and turned into his two pockets from behind.

——Why are they here?

I don't even need to think about it, it must be the good deeds of these two 'uncles'!
——Garon and Xi Ke, these two guys!
your uncle's...

McGuffin was covered in blood!

(End of this chapter)