Chapter 422: People from the Ministry of Magic come to test the level of pollutants

At this time, the Honeydukes store had cleared out all the customers, leaving only the store manager and clerk standing uneasily in the lobby.

Seeing Lin Xia arriving, the store manager's eyes lit up and he quickly pointed at Lin Xia and said: "It was this outstanding student who discovered it. Our store is innocent!

If she hadn't recorded it for me, I wouldn't have known that I had ever purchased this kind of candy. I can guarantee that we are definitely not colluding with the evil world! "

Hearing the store manager's shout, someone walked out of another container.

It's Professor McGonagall.

She had come to Hogsmeade several times to solve the broomstick problem. This time, not long after she returned to Hogwarts, she received an urgent reminder from Hogsmeade.

Because contaminants were suspected to be found there, the level of emergency alert was very high. Hogwarts took it very seriously and asked all professors still in school to come to Hogsmeade.

Snape and Professor McGonagall were the first to arrive and already had a preliminary understanding of what was going on.

The two also saw "flash fireworks explosive bombs" that were suspected of being contaminated. The appearance of this candy was very confusing, and it was also locked in a special transparent window.

That transparent window looks ordinary, but it’s actually a strange thing that can cover up the smell of pollutants!

The smell of pollutants is very obvious. Once exposed, it will quickly cause disaster and it is basically impossible to hide it for a long time.

But with the help of this strange thing called a transparent window, the smell can be concealed for at least a month.

However, this strange object can only be ignored by ordinary wizards. If it were any high-level wizard, the shielding effect of the strange object would not work.

Professor McGonagall nodded to Lin Xia: "When I received the report from Honeydukes store and learned that the suspected contaminated items were found by a female outstanding student at Hogwarts, I thought of you. Tell me. How did you discover it?"

Lin Xia glanced at the store manager and other store employees.

Professor Snape immediately said: "Unrelated personnel please leave here first."

The store manager and the clerks looked at each other, especially the store manager who wanted to hang around and urged the clerks to leave quickly.

But Snape was following them, staring at the store manager unblinkingly with his cold eyes.

The store manager had no choice but to leave the store as well.

As soon as they walked out of the shop, Snape slammed the door in their faces.

Outside the door, the store manager and clerk were shocked by the loud slamming of the door closing.

The store manager couldn't help but muttered: "Whose store is this?"

Inside the door, Snape cast several more anti-eavesdropping spells around him. McGonagall thought of something and cast another defensive spell.

Mag said cautiously: "Just in case."

Lin Xia told what happened, and she covered up the fact that Harry took them there.

The invisibility cloak is the legendary Deathly Hallows, which even senior wizards cannot detect. As long as Harry doesn't reveal his true identity, no one will know that he has ever been to Hogsmeade.

As for the voice calling him that Harry heard from the candy, Lin Xia had already thought about it on the way here, and she respected Harry's wishes.

Harry didn't want to tell the professor, so she wouldn't tell her either.

In fact, if she hadn't sensed something was wrong and found a loophole in Harry's language, she would have understood that he didn't stumble upon flashing fireworks and exploding candies by chance, but was specifically looking for the past.

Otherwise, Harry also wanted to keep them in the dark.

After covering up Harry, Lin Xia said that they came to that place accidentally and found these very beautiful candies.

Snape said coldly: "You are just ordinary little wizards, and they are the clerks of Honeydukes store. They often deal with candy and are very familiar with this place.

Even they didn't notice anything was wrong, so why did you find a way to hide these candies?

Lin Xia, the explanation of 'found by accident' cannot convince me. "

Lin Xia said calmly: "To be precise, we didn't find them by accident. I was the first to find these candies and then led the way to find them.

I spotted the candy at a glance, and was surprised why others couldn't spot it. As for Hermione and Ron, they also found this place under my leadership. "

Professor McGonagall made a choice and asked in a serious tone: "You mean, the shielding spell here has no effect on you."

Lin Xia said lightly: "It should be so, I saw the candy at a glance, and quickly noticed something was wrong with the candy and looked away.

But except for me, the other wizards stared at the candy and asked me to wake them up one by one. "

Snape looked at her suspiciously: "Even I lose my mind for a moment when I see flash fireworks and explosions, but these candies don't work on you?"

Lin Xia corrected him: "It's not that it doesn't work, professor, I was also absent-minded for a while, but I quickly regained my sanity."

Mag didn't know what he thought of, but said very understandingly: "Snape, Lin Xia is completely resistant to the evil god's murmurs, and ordinary murmurs have no effect on her.

Although there are many evil gods' murmurs attached to these candies, after being isolated by the strange object of the window, there are only a few left that can attract people's attention, which should not pose a threat to Lin Xia. "

"Bang! Bang!"

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Professor Flitwick shouted: "McGonagall, Snape! It's me, and I'm bringing other professors here!"

Professor Flitwick paused and shouted again: "The Aurors from the Ministry of Magic are here too, and they brought test disks."

Mag looked at Lin Xia and said quickly: "You don't need to answer when those Aurors ask you questions. I have a general understanding of the situation at the scene and how you found out. I will answer on your behalf.

Lin Xia, please remember to be careful in your words and deeds, and don't reveal too much information, especially your own special physique.

Completely resist the evil god's whispers, don't let them know, remember, Lin Xia. "

Mag warned again and again.

Lin Xia nodded towards her.

At this time, Snape had already arrived at the door and opened it.

A large piece of wind and snow invaded through the crack in the door, and everyone immediately felt the cold.

A group of people walked into the store one by one, including professors from the school, Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, and the manager and clerk of the Honeydukes store.

Because many people came and crowded in the living room, Lin Xia actually felt crowded.

The leading Auror of the Ministry of Magic is Rufus Alley.

When Lin Xia held a paper conference at the Ministry of Magic, it was Ai Li's team who was responsible for protecting her safety.

Later, he was forced by Lin Xia to take action against the descending object.

To be honest, the initial communication was not pleasant. Everyone was in a very tense state, and their tone of voice was somewhat tit-for-tat.

But no matter what, Lin Xia and he stood on their own sides to safeguard their own interests.

When they met again this time, Lin Xia took the initiative to say hello to Aili: "Hello, Auror Aili, long time no see!

The last time you fought against a descendant, how was your health? You looked very reluctant and seriously injured at the time. "

Ai Li's face changed slightly. Why did he bring up that issue if he didn't want to mention it?

Now that he mentioned that incident, he felt extremely aggrieved. It was clear that his purpose in the past was to take advantage of the chaos to transfer the A-class rare object "The Wailing Bell" to the Death Eater organization!

As a result, he was inexplicably involved in a confrontation with Bella Crix, and both sides were injured in the fight, and he was almost beaten to death by her.

But in the end, no benefits were gained.

He was given a combat evaluation by the Ministry of Magic: the merits and demerits were equal to no merit!

Although his step forward played a certain role in turning the tide, the main solution to the problem of the descendants was the wailing bell, and he even took out the wailing bell privately.

No matter how Eli explained, he took out the Wailing Bell because he anticipated something was wrong in advance, but after all, he did not inform the Ministry of Magic when he took it away, and there was no record of the taking away from the Ministry of Magic, so this matter was classified as "Stealing rare things."

If he hadn't stood up from behind and resisted the arrival, he might not have been able to stay in the Ministry of Magic now, but would have faced an investigation by the Ministry of Magic's Special Disasters Committee!

Although Eli still stayed in the Ministry of Magic, and his position was still Deputy Ministry, he had been very cautious in the past few months. Even if the Death Eaters sent several summons, he did not go through.

I'm afraid of being caught!

At this time, Lin Xia directly told him about the incident in their first meeting since that incident, and Aili's expression instantly turned disgusting.

He thought back to that period of uneasiness.

But Ai Li still needs to be polite. He is an adult and does not care about children. He did not answer Lin Xia's question. Instead, he looked at Professor McGonagall and asked questioningly:

"I remember that Dumbledore had already erased his memory about that incident. Why does she still remember it?"

Without McGonagall's answer, Lin Xia could answer: "I was the host of that paper conference and made many outstanding contributions. Even the Minister of Magic could not ignore my contribution, so he did not eliminate me memory."

Ai Li also knew that Lin Xia had a special status, so he just asked casually and did not think about causing trouble for her through this matter.

He said sternly: "Where the suspected contaminants are, I will do a test now."

Snape said indifferently: "I will take you there."

Eli took a few steps forward, then suddenly turned around and said to the other Aurors: "You don't have to follow me. Don't have too many wizards watching during the test, otherwise the test will get out of control and we will all be infected."

The Auror stopped immediately.

Although no contaminants were seen, the Aurors had a lot to do.

They took out various detection objects from the traceless retractable ring to check whether other parts of the Honeydukes store were also contaminated.

When the Auror was in action, McGonagall walked up to Lin Xia and asked doubtfully: "The Auror captain has a problem with you? He doesn't seem to be friendly to you."

Lin Xia smiled: "There is a bit of misunderstanding between us, but it's not a big problem."

Professor Flitwick also came over and said, "McGonagall, what's going on? Is that contaminant of a high grade and will it pose a threat to Hogsmeade?"

Mag said with a serious expression: "No, on the contrary, the grade is not high and it does not pose a threat to people at the moment.

But it is highly contagious, and once it spreads, the entire Hogsmeade Village and Hogwarts will be affected.

Flitwick, we must find a way as soon as possible to destroy this batch of contaminants! "

The Ministry of Magic's test has not yet come out, but based on experience, McGonagall has determined that the "flash fireworks explosive bombs" are definitely pollutants.

It is precisely because of the characteristics of the evil god's world that it is so deceptive.

Lin Xia originally thought that she would be unable to contribute. After all, her current identity was just a young wizard with a high talent for research, and she had not shown any great strength to the outside world.

But while the professor was discussing, they suddenly looked at her.

Professor McGonagall said with a burning look: "You are completely resistant to the evil god's whispers, so it is most appropriate for you to carry out the most central destruction, and destroying pollutants will also bring you some benefits."

Lin Xia's expression moved: "What do you mean, professor?"

On the other side, Snape and Ali came to the "Flash Fireworks Exploding Candy".

When he was outside, Ali felt that there was some kind of force preventing him from entering.

But this force is very weak to high-level wizards, so he broke it easily.

Then, he saw the batch of flash fireworks exploding candy.

Ali was distracted for a moment, but soon his eyes regained clarity and he frowned: "There is no need to test it, it must be a pollutant.

How could a mere candy be so confusing? Even I was a little distracted."

Snape said coldly: "We need the Ministry of Magic to be a witness. This pollutant was first discovered by Hogwarts. At the same time, the Ministry of Magic needs to assess its harmfulness and make it public to warn others.

Hogsmeade was discovered by Hogwarts in time because it is close to Hogwarts, but many places are buying candy to prepare for Christmas. It is hard to guarantee that other places have not been put into flash fireworks and exploding candy."

Alli said without thinking: "Okay, I will do the test now."

He took out a strange object from the ring. It was a large plate with dense lines and mechanisms on it.

This test plate was invented by Nicolas Flamel.

Because the raw materials used are very precious, only three were made and no more were made.

This test plate can effectively identify the registration of pollutants and can also peek into the properties of pollutants.

But because there are few pollutants in the wizarding world, the test plate is often put aside.

The Ministry of Magic has only used this test plate three times this year.

You only need to place the test plate under the candy, then remove the transparent window, start the test plate, and the light will continue to flash from the plate surface to shine on the candy, so as to conduct the test.

The detection process varies from one minute to one hour or even longer depending on the level of the pollutant. The stronger the pollutant, the slower the detection.

From the perspective of usage, the test plate is not omnipotent. It can only test pollutants that cannot be moved and are less harmful.

If you encounter pollutants that are more harmful and can still move, the light of the test plate cannot be stably shone on the pollutant, and it is very likely to be damaged by the pollutant during the test.

When the test plate was started, Snape cast several anti-eavesdropping spells around and said coldly:

"What are they thinking? They actually put pollutants into the candy. Do they want to destroy all the children?" (End of this chapter)