Chapter 908 New members bring new information
The secret of the Horcruxes is of great importance, so Dumbledore certainly won't reveal everything.
Every time someone knows about it, the danger increases.
It would be fine if the children stayed in school, but once the members of the Order of the Phoenix were caught, even if they were much more determined than Peter Pettigrew, Voldemort would have countless ways to know all the secrets in their hearts.
Therefore, the fewer people who knew about the Horcrux, the safer the plan to destroy it would be.
The reorganized Order of the Phoenix currently has two things to do: one is to investigate the whereabouts of the Hufflepuff Cup, and the other is to find out where Voldemort is hiding.
Dumbledore was honest this time and told the three Death Eaters he had marked during the attack.
"The mark finally lost contact near the old house of Gaunt. When I rushed over, there was no one there."
The members of the Order of the Phoenix knew something about Voldemort's life experience, and they could only express regret for this result.
Doggie keenly discovered the key, "Albus, as you said, we must find the kidnapped person as soon as possible."
He even took that man with him when he escaped. He must be very important to the Death Eaters and even Voldemort.
Everyone turned their eyes to the new member Tonks.
With Kingsley away, the Ministry of Magic would have to rely on her to provide intelligence.
She seemed particularly nervous. "Scrimgeour once ordered an investigation into all the missing persons on the Muggle side, but... the number is too large, and we haven't found any clues yet."
Although there are not many illegal immigrants and homeless people in the UK, they are comparable to the total population of the wizarding world.
It is simply impossible to complete the investigation one by one in a short period of time.
Dumbledore groaned, then shook his head slightly, "Voldemort would not be interested in Muggles. Rufus is investigating in the wrong direction."
How could a Dark Lord who wants to enslave Muggles be interested in Muggles? It seems that the Ministry of Magic is completely out of ideas and can only work hard on these tedious and useless things.
Moody remained silent.
He knew Scrimgeour had made his move, but to be honest, he didn't really hold out much hope.
If it was so easy to find Voldemort's whereabouts, Peter Pettigrew would not have hidden for 13 years.
Tonks poked Moody again, as if she had something to say.
"If you have something to say, just say it. The Order of the Phoenix is not the Ministry of Magic."
Hearing this, Tonks glanced at Dumbledore who was analyzing the Death Eaters' ultimate goal.
"Voldemort has always only cared about the results and never the process."
If it was important to the Death Eaters, then just investigating missing persons would not be enough.
Death Eaters have a history of using the Imperius Curse to make innocent victims obey their orders. They have no moral bottom line and cannot be reasoned with by normal people.
Tonks was a little anxious, and when Dumbledore finished speaking, she raised her hand like a student.
She was more nervous than before, becoming the center of attention once again. "Uh... well... I have a piece of information that I don't know if it can be considered intelligence. It's about whether there is a mole in the Ministry of Magic."
Vincent had worked with her to investigate the traitor who tampered with the magic projection, but the investigation was temporarily put on hold due to the attack.
The two had previously speculated that the pure-blood masters or the Alchemy Association had bribed some high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic to cause trouble for Wayne Enterprises during the broadcast of the finals.
After the attack, the Ministry of Magic has been extremely busy every day, and the recent event broadcasts have been going on normally, so it doesn't matter whether they find the traitor or not.
However, the existence of the mole reminded Tonks of a spy, August Rookwood.
"Kingsley and I suspect..." She paused, glanced at the eyes of everyone looking at her, and quickly lowered her head.
"Well, I suspect there is something fishy about August Rookwood's death. Not long after Peter Pettigrew was kidnapped on the day of his execution, he died of illness in Azkaban. This is simply too much of a coincidence."
Tonks's information made everyone's faces change drastically, even Snape, who had never looked happy the whole time, was no exception.
Rookwood was a spy planted by the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic. He couldn't say he knew everything about the Ministry, but he knew it pretty well.
If such an experienced spy had not died, or even successfully escaped from Azkaban...
Everyone looked at Sirius at the same time.
When it comes to prison breaks, he is the most authoritative person in the entire wizarding world.
Sirius thought for a moment and shook his head decisively, "Impossible, unless Rookwood can transform into an Animagus like me, he can't hide from the perception of those Dementors."
Dementors have no eyes, they track prisoners by sensing their thoughts.
When Sirius turned into a dog, his thinking was no different from that of a dog, and the Dementors could not sense his true identity, so he was able to walk out of Azkaban with confidence.
And if Rookwood was an illegal Animagus, he wouldn't have been imprisoned for more than ten years before suddenly escaping from prison.
What's more, Azkaban has increased its defenses exponentially after Sirius escaped from prison. Now Azkaban is airtight and there is no way to escape from the inside.
Tonks raised her hand again, "Well...actually I have another piece of information."
She was still a little nervous this time. "The day before yesterday, when I was changing shifts with the skinny monkey Monacius, I heard him talking about something with the tumbler Terry."
She paused, letting herself relax a little. "They said that on the day of Peter Pettigrew's execution, Scrimgeour hurried out of Peter Pettigrew's ward and ordered them to stand guard outside the ward."
Ten minutes later, Scrimgeour hurriedly told them to remain on guard.
"After more than ten minutes, he came back again."
Not long after Scrimgeour entered the ward, he personally escorted Peter Pettigrew out.
Tonks' scalp tingled under everyone's gaze. "Thin Monkey Monacius said something must have happened in the ward that day. Terry the Tumbler confirmed this guess. He also said that he had never seen Scrimgeour so flustered."
Sirius and Lupin beside him looked at each other, and a bolder guess appeared in their minds at the same time.
On the day of execution, they both felt that there was something wrong with Peter Pettigrew who was brought up.
Although they couldn't tell what was wrong, both of them felt that Peter Pettigrew was particularly strange at the time, as if he had suddenly become a different person.
Now that I think about it again, the more I think about it, the more I feel something is wrong.
If Peter Pettigrew had been rescued while he was in the ward, then who was later escorted to Godric's Hollow?
August Rookwood, who died of illness shortly afterwards?
A chill went down Sirius and Lupin's spines.
These two seemingly unrelated pieces of information from Tonks were too coincidental, like two pieces of a truth that was deliberately concealed.
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