Chapter 396 Just pretend I was never here

Not every wizard who arrived at the island later knew the cause and effect.

In fact, Professor McGonagall contacted Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office. The other wizards were ordered to come, and they didn't know what kind of enemy they would face before they came.

When they appeared with the portkey, they saw the Obscurus wreaking havoc on the island, and Dumbledore and several Hogwarts professors were fighting against the dark creatures.

Many people were killed by the Obscurus, and there were more Muggles lying on the ground.

The Aurors naturally took on the role they were most familiar with, that is: fighting against dark creatures and protecting the weak and pitiful Muggles.

A young Auror with purple-red hair saw a seriously injured Muggle lying on the ground groaning at the edge of the battlefield, and immediately cast a spell to pull the other party out of the dangerous situation that was almost caught in the black fog.

"Are you okay? Where are you injured? Oh, sorry!"

She used too much force and accidentally let the soldier hit the lamppost next to her. The young Auror thought he seemed to hear the sound of broken bones.

The soldier almost rolled his eyes, gasping for air and unable to speak.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm always so clumsy, are you okay? Does it hurt?"

The young Auror apologized hurriedly, and his hair turned gray with her mood.

The soldier squinted at her hair changing color, coughed a few times, and asked: "Who are you?"

"Me? I'm Nymphadora Tonks, you can call me Tonks." Tonks said guiltily: "Wait a moment, I'll find someone to treat you."

"Are you... wizards?"

The soldier had seen the scene of many wizards holding up their wands to control the Obscurus, but still asked: "Are you all?"

"Yes, we are all wizards from the British Ministry of Magic."

Tonks nodded, and suddenly remembered that this was a violation of the Statute of Secrecy, and she couldn't help but panic.

Then she remembered that this scene was no longer confidential, as long as all the Muggles' memories were erased afterwards, then she would not be breaking the law.

Tonks patted the Muggle soldier's arm with confidence and said:

"Don't worry, your injury can be cured in just one second! We will also deal with the guy in the sky soon. When you wake up tomorrow morning, everything will be back to normal."

The soldier did not answer. He watched the witch whose hair could change color automatically draw her wand and join the fight against the black fog.

No one cared about these Muggles who were lingering on, nor did they think they could do anything except run for their lives and scream. When the Obscurus appeared, the main opponent of the wizards naturally shifted.

The soldier lying on the ground vomited blood and crawled towards the ruins of the building not far away.

He was just a soldier at the bottom. He didn't know what the Obscurus was, and he didn't know much about the research in the base.

But he had been instilled with the idea that since a long time ago, evil wizards were servants of the devil. They brought endless disasters to the world and were the source of poverty, disease and misfortune for ordinary people.

In the soldier's view, the facts seemed to be exactly like this - everything was fine in the past, but when the wizards arrived, the "black devil" suddenly appeared, the buildings collapsed like the sky and the earth, and the people around were wiped out like weeds.

That was not a number or a symbol, but his friend, his partner, and the person he liked.

The soldier crawled to the edge of the ruins with difficulty, pushed away the rubble, pushed the body away, and pulled out a machine gun from under the body.

He rubbed his heavy body to the edge of the cement block, used the stone next to him to raise the gun, and pointed the gun at the wizards over there.

The blood flowed from his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision and making him unable to see the figures clearly.

But it didn't matter, for the soldier, everyone standing was an enemy.

Including the witch who was shouting just now.

He took a deep breath and pulled the trigger without hesitation -

"Da da da da da da..."

In the dense gunfire, bullets shot at the wizards who were fighting against Mo Mo Ran like a rainstorm.

Six or seven people immediately spurted blood from their chests and abdomens. Some of the remaining wizards hurriedly cast the Armor Charm to protect themselves, while others immediately rushed behind the bunker.

The originally orderly situation of suppressing the Obscurus was immediately broken. With a "whoosh", the Obscurus instantly rushed out, and the wizards behind him only had time to smash a piece of its tail.

A spell flashed from the sky, and the barrel immediately twisted, and Dumbledore suddenly appeared with an ugly face.

He raised his wand and the machine gun flew away.

"Damn, what's going on?"

Scrimgeour furiously chopped with his wand, and the cement block blocking the soldiers immediately flew out, and then everyone heard a crisp explosion.

"Bang!"

Scrimgeour's wand quickly folded, and a transparent barrier blocked him, but he was not attacked.

After seeing the scene in front of him clearly, this lion-like man had a stiff expression, and his anger had nowhere to vent.

The soldier who fired the gun had already committed suicide with his pistol. He lowered his head and spread his legs casually, as if silently mocking the arrogant wizard.

"Help! Help!"

Another young Auror hugged Tonks, looked at her bloody body, and cried loudly: "Help, she's dying!"

"Shut up! Haven't you learned the hemostatic spell?"

Scrimgeour cursed, he limped over and used his wand to treat Tonks.

Then, everyone froze.

They heard the roar of the Obscurus again.

This time, the black monster attacked the wizards.

Dumbledore sighed, waved his wand, and a large piece of the Obscurus was blown to pieces.

The black fog suddenly shrank and suddenly drilled into the ground, and the stones on the ground cracked and moved. After a while, the Obscurus came out from the other side, and its black tentacles rolled towards the frightened Fudge.

A series of magical lights shot at the Obscurus again, but this time, it seemed a little sparse and scattered.

Scrimgeour looked at his dying subordinates while looking at the tense battlefield not far away. When he was about to take back his wand and give up treatment, a figure suddenly appeared.

"Leave her to me."

Madam Pomfrey said, and quickly took over the treatment of the wounded.

"Madam Pomfrey!" Several young Aurors shouted in surprise.

More than 90% of the staff of the British Ministry of Magic had studied at Hogwarts. As long as they were not particularly old, almost all of them had been treated by this lady.

Scrimgeour breathed a sigh of relief and turned to deal with Obscurus. At the same time, he ordered the few Aurors who could still move:

"You guys, knock out all the Muggles in this damn place, whether they are women or children, don't hold back any of them!"

"But..." The young Auror was still a little hesitant.

[Wizards cannot use magic on Muggles] - this is a provision written into the law.

Although most wizards don't really follow it, these young people still regard it as a golden rule.

"Do you still want to be shot?" Scrimgeour roared angrily: "Go! I'll take all the responsibility!"

"Yes... yes!"

The young Aurors ran out and began to look for Muggles who seemed to be relatively intact. When they found one, they immediately cast a Stunning Spell.

Even if the other party was already unconscious or even dead, the young Aurors cast spells meticulously.

…

After the gunshot, Wade immediately returned to the window and saw the chaos in the distance.

Several Aurors were injured and needed treatment, and several had to be assigned to deal with Muggles. The manpower to deal with the Obscurus was immediately stretched.

The Obscurus also learned to be smart. It no longer rushed into the encirclement of wizards, and even stayed away from Dumbledore. It only attacked lone wizards on the edge from time to time, and sometimes ran to kill Muggles on the island.

It seemed that the smoke and dust from heavy industrial pollution spread everywhere, becoming the best protective color of the Obscurus. No one could figure out where its core was.

People were more afraid that the Obscurus would escape - the powerful destructive power of this creature placed in the city would cause immeasurable damage, and more importantly, it would seriously undermine the Statute of Secrecy.

Decades ago, an Obscurus (Credence) caused a series of destruction on the streets of New York, USA. Although it finally used venom mixed with rainwater to eliminate the bad memories of Muggles in the entire city, no one could guarantee that everyone had forgotten that experience, and no one could guarantee that every photo of magic was destroyed.

——What if someone doesn't like to get wet in the rain? What if someone thinks that memory is exciting and interesting and not bad at all?

Today's magic world is like the ostrich that buried its head in the sand in the story. As long as it pretends that the magic world has not been exposed, it can deceive itself that everything is normal and does not want to hear any contrary voices.

Moreover, with the changing times and the rapid development of Muggle communication media, it is more than hundreds of times more difficult to completely hide the incident of an Obscurus causing huge damage than in the past?

The only thing to be thankful for is that this guy is now determined to fight to the death on this island and has no intention of escaping and causing harm to other places for the time being.

…

"What's wrong with Mabel?" Hayley clutched the bed sheet tightly with both hands and asked worriedly: "Is she injured? Do you think it's inconvenient to tell me?"

"Mabel is not injured." Wade pointed outside the window: "She's there."

The little girl wanted to sit up from the bed immediately, but suddenly covered her chest with a painful expression.

She slowed down for a while, still got up, and lay on the window to look out.

She saw the ruined buildings, the rolling black fog, the wizards holding wands, and the soldiers lying on the ground. In Hayley's eyes, this scene that would make ordinary people doubt their worldview was like a not-so-exciting baseball game broadcast.

She stared at it for a while, then turned to look at Wade: "I didn't see Mabel!"

Wade looked at the pair of clear eyes, paused, and then said: "The black fog is Mabel - because of her past pain, she gave birth to the dark creature Obscurus. As its host, Mabel was wrapped in the black fog."

Hayley stared at Wade for a while, then turned to look at Obscurus seriously.

Wade didn't know if she believed it or not. After waiting for a moment, he said again: "I hope you can help awaken her humanity - otherwise, when the Obscurus reaches a certain level emotionally and mentally, it will completely lose control and completely transform into Obscurus, and it will never recover."

"Awaken?"

Hayley looked a little unconfident, but she clenched her fists, stepped on the windowsill, opened the window, and took a long, deep breath.

Wade watched her climb up: "......?"

He had planned to persuade Hayley and take her to a closer place, but seeing that Hayley had opened her mouth to shout, Wade quickly cast an amplification spell.

"Mabel——————"

The little girl's sharp and clear voice pierced the sky, penetrated the darkness, and shook everyone's eardrums.

The chaotic battlefield was silent for a moment, and then, Silently disappeared from the place in an instant, and a gust of black wind swept towards this side.

Vader quickly lifted Hailey off the window sill, pulled her against the wall, waved his wand and threw several armor spells.

The next second, the thick black fog came in through the window, and quickly shrank and faded, finally turning into a thin figure.

The pale Mabel looked at the girl and called her name in disbelief——

"Hai...Hailey?"

"Mabel!"

Hailey cheered and threw herself into her arms.

The two hugged each other tightly, with expressions on their faces as if they were in a dream.

Hailey: "I'm so afraid something will happen to you!"

Mabel: "I heard you were dead!"

The two voices overlapped and sounded like one person speaking.

Vader couldn't help but laugh.

Maybelle looked at him and said gratefully: "You saved her, right? Thank you."

Vader thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No... the person who really saved Hailey was you... and the second one was Madam Pomfrey."

When he and Mabel arrived, it was actually too late to save people.

Hayley was saved because Vader reversed his time; and the reason he did this was because Mabel gave birth to the monster Obscurus.

So the bottom line is that Mabel traded her future for Hailey's survival.

Maybelle was puzzled, but she didn't ask any further questions. She just held the little girl in her arms.

Silence suddenly disappeared, and the wizards in the ruins were confused and nervous. They still maintained a vigilant formation, fearing that Silence would suddenly attack from the corner.

Dumbledore, standing alone at a high place, looked into the distance and suddenly disappeared from where he was.

Later, he appeared in the operating room.

Seeing the two girls hugging each other and talking, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It seems like your plan worked."

"Fortunately everything went well." Wade said happily.

"Logically speaking, as the hero who solved this matter, you should go down there now and accept the praise and cheers from everyone. Maybe your photo will be on the front page of the next issue of the Daily Prophet..."

Before Dumbledore could finish his words, Wade waved his hands hastily: "No, please don't mention my name, just pretend I haven't been here."

Compared with vain praises and titles, Vader still feels that the time turner is what he loves most.

Think about it, how many Ministry of Magic prohibitions he violated on this island today... Just name any of them, and the Ministry of Magic would have an excuse to take back the Time Turner.

Dumbledore couldn't help laughing and said: "This is what I mean - at your current age, too much attention is not a good thing for you. Today's honor will be someone else's tomorrow. Reasons to criticize you.”

"So Professor Snape will send you back to school, and I will cover up any traces of the Time Turner being used. Don't tell anyone anything about what you saw here today."

Wade looked solemn, nodded and said, "I understand."

He knew that the principal was not trying to cover up or deprive himself of his credit, but to protect him - an organization that could do such a thing, their revenge and counterattack must be extremely terrifying.

He asked: "So, Miss Skeeter and those children in the dungeon..."

"Don't worry, someone will take care of this matter." Dumbledore said, "After this experience, Miss Skeeter's trouble can be completely solved."

He pointed his wand, and the silver phoenix suddenly flew out.

After a while, the erratic Professor Snape appeared at the door with a dark face. He said hello to the principal, grabbed Vader's shoulders and apparated, and the two of them instantly appeared at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Wow--"

Huge cheers came from the nearby Quidditch pitch.