Chapter 971 is here, action against Harry

As expected, the Daily Prophet reported yesterday's wand testing ceremony extensively the next morning.

All news is time-sensitive, but since The Daily Prophet officially became the official newspaper media of the British Ministry of Magic, some major news are always not reported in a timely manner.

If Gu Fei and Rita were still in the newspaper office, as soon as they finished interviewing the warriors, the newspaper over there would have updated the news in real time.

As for the most important content, just take a look at the pictures for fun and don't take them seriously.

"What?!" Ron, who was eating breakfast and reading a newspaper, suddenly screamed strangely, scaring many students around him and choking them.

Harry, who was closest to the table, was the most seriously affected. If the oatmeal spoon had not been large and stuck in his throat, he would have swallowed it directly into his stomach.

"I'm sorry, Harry." Ron apologized and anxiously spread out the newspaper, pointing to the second section in the middle.

"Look, this crappy newspaper is praising Malfoy to the skies."

Harry turned his head to look at a puddle of mud curled up on a chair at the Slytherin table, and then looked at the article Ron was pointing at.

"Draco Malfoy: a noble and elegant gentleman"

Below the title was a moving picture of Draco giving Krum a friendly smile, presumably extracted from a video recording device.

The content of the article was extremely exaggerated. It was all praising Draco for being polite and courteous, and for being able to show the greatest goodwill even when facing competitors, and for how excellent he was.

Harry's expression became more and more tense.

No wonder Ron reacted so strongly. The official newspaper of the Ministry of Magic was simply telling lies with blatant eyes. It was even more shameless than Rita.

He angrily picked up the milk in front of him and drank it down in one gulp.

Ron glared at the mess on the Slytherin table fiercely. "Old Malfoy must have bribed the Ministry of Magic. I should have filmed last night's training so that everyone could hear his screams."

Talking about last night's training, Harry glanced at Vincent, who was reading the newspaper calmly, with lingering fear.

He beat Draco violently - the way he trained Draco to withstand blows could be described as brutal. Harry had no idea that the human body was so resistant that it could still scream like a pig being slaughtered after thousands of beatings.

Judging from the mess at the Slytherin table, that is, Draco's condition, he couldn't expect to fully recover in the next day or two.

Harry smiled and looked back at the newspaper. There was a small page about him in the lower right corner.

"Harry Potter - is he really capable of being a champion?"

The smile on Harry's face disappeared instantly.

"What's wrong?" Ron followed his gaze and clenched his fists in anger.

A large part of the article was about yesterday's interview, during which Harry seemed particularly nervous because of Snape standing at the classroom door, and Bagman and old Barty had to repeat their questions several times before he could hear them.

Such a poor performance will definitely be compared with other Warriors teams, but the words used by the official paper "The Daily Prophet" in this article are particularly sharp, and there are almost no compliments.

Ron crumpled up the newspaper. "Harry, I'm sure this is old Malfoy's doing!"

Hogwarts has two champions, and champions from different schools will be compared, let alone champions from the same school.

With the shameless and exaggerated praises before, people will naturally be more likely to have a good impression of Draco under the preconceived inertia of thinking.

Although Harry did not perform well, he has the aura of a savior.

But if there are more similar news, there will definitely be voices questioning him.

Vincent put down the newspaper and looked at the angry Ron and the bewildered Harry.

Lucius is a shrewd speculator. He would spend money to buy a good reputation for his son, but he would not dare to deliberately discredit Harry, who was born with a halo.

Once the truth comes out, the Malfoy family will face tremendous pressure.

And what benefit can he get from it?

The benefits and risks are not proportional, so this report is most likely not written by him.

Then, there are only two possibilities left.

First, the Ministry of Magic went crazy again and did not carefully review the content of the article.

Second, someone is deliberately discrediting Harry in an attempt to achieve some ulterior motive.

"Beep, beep, beep--" Vincent's magic communicator suddenly rang.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the contact name intriguingly.

He stood up and walked out of the auditorium into an empty utility room.

When the video call was connected, what appeared before his eyes was Sirius' extremely angry face.

"Vincent, how is Harry now?"

"Feeling wronged and at a loss."

Sirius was silent for a moment. "Isn't it just a competition of who has more money? If the Malfoy family can buy newspapers with money, then so can I!"

Vincent looked out the window meaningfully.

The sky is blue and the clouds are white, but dark storm clouds are coming soon.

"Sirius, could it be that someone is deliberately provoking you?"

Sirius in the projection screen suddenly fell silent.

They are all smart people, so of course he can figure out that the article that discredits Harry is most likely not written by Lucius.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, "Was it the person who tampered with the Goblet of Fire?"

Vincent withdrew his gaze from the blue sky and white clouds outside the window and said, "I don't know, but if anything happens against Harry recently, I think it is very likely to be that person."

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"I understand." Sirius hastily cut off the communication.

Vincent could guess what he would do.

If someone wanted to harm his godson, he would probably pull that person's cloak all over the ground.

At the same time, Ministry of Magic.

Sirius pressed the elevator button aggressively and arrived at the new department on the 7th floor underground, the Department of Magical News.

As this department was established less than a month ago, the position of director is temporarily vacant. Three young people from the original Prophet Newspaper are temporarily responsible for the operation of the entire department.

When Sirius came in, a young man was busily picking up the manuscripts scattered on the ground, another was typeset for tomorrow's news, and the last one was sitting at his desk editing the interview video recorded yesterday.

"Ahem—" He cleared his throat.

The young man at the desk quickly stood up, "You're here, Mr. Black."

Sirius remembered this young man. When he was trying to clear his name and was used by the Ministry of Magic to divert people's attention, this young man was responsible for writing articles for him.

"Good morning, Gary. I hope I didn't disturb you from working."

The young man named Gary shook his head vigorously. "How could that be, Mr. Black, this way please."

Sirius was led to a sofa with piles of briefcases on it.

Gary waved his wand and gathered up the bags of documents. "Sorry, we've been so busy lately. Please forgive us."

The newly-formed Magic News Department cannot be said to be a makeshift team put together on short notice; it can only be said to be a small team with much room for improvement.

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