Chapter 254: The situation seems to be taking a turn for the worse. Fudge is anxious.
Barnabas Guffey said leisurely, "However, Ms. Umbridge may not understand the situation. This special report has attracted widespread attention in the wizarding world. Many celebrities have sent us letters, asking us to persist in reporting and reveal the truth. If anyone obstructs the publication of the newspaper in any name, or requests an internal meeting, they will all request to be present as observers. Moreover, due to excessive pressure, we have approved all these applications."
Looking at Umbridge's uncertain expression, Barnabas smiled and continued, "Those who are going to attend include: Lucius Malfoy, Hector Parkinson, Madam Zabini, Heyman Greengrass, Albus Dumbledore..."
Every time he mentioned a name, Umbridge's expression became more serious, but at the end Barnabas seemed to remember something and added: "Oh, by the way, old Barty Crouch of the Ministry of Magic will serve as the supervisor. If you are sure you want to convene an internal meeting as a special observer, I will issue a notice now."
"You...you...you are going against the Ministry of Magic and Minister Fudge!" Umbridge was already a little overwhelmed. The pressure she had to face seemed to be much greater than she had imagined.
"Oh? Ms. Umbridge means that Minister Fudge believes that letting the people know the truth about the evil organization is to go against him? Could it be that Minister Fudge has already learned the relevant information? But I don't know why the minister is so afraid of the people finding out the truth? Is he afraid that he has already had contact with the evil organization?" Rita instantly seized the loophole in Umbridge's words and began to fight back.
"You're talking nonsense! Minister Fudge has been committed to eliminating the black-robed wizards and has made great achievements in the process." Umbridge immediately retorted sharply.
"Then why does he prevent the public from knowing the true face of the evil organization? Are all the actions of Minister Fudge before just part of his deal with the evil organization?" Rita cleverly used the reporter's questioning skills to repeatedly throw dirty water on Fudge.
"You...you are slandering me outright! You will pay the price for this!" Umbridge continued her strong defense and threats.
"But how do you explain that Minister Fudge prevents the people from knowing the true face of the evil organization? This is simply unbelievable behavior. What is even more incomprehensible is why so many wizards are on the evil organization's blood sample list, but only you and Minister Fudge are not on the list? Can you explain this problem?" Rita finally revealed her true colors as planned.
When the audience heard her question, they all exclaimed:
"What? They're not on the list?"
"real or fake?"
"It seems to be true. Even Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, could not escape the clutches of the murderer, but Fudge and Umbridge were not on the list. This is simply unbelievable!"
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Umbridge was completely panicked at this moment. In fact, she had also paid attention to the blood sample list privately. She was originally complacent that she and the minister were not on the list, but now it seems that things are far from as simple as she imagined! This seems to be a trap! At this moment, she could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere around her. If everyone was still making a fuss before, then now, the suspicious and hostile eyes made her suffocate.
"You...I...how should I know? This is most likely a trap. If you have the guts, make the person who provided the information public, and I can..."
Before Umbridge could finish her words, Rita interrupted her disdainfully, "Publicly? Do you want the person who provided us with such important information to be exposed so that you can achieve your goal of killing and silencing him?"
"You're talking nonsense, this was all a trap." Umbridge's defense was weak.
"If the absence of your names on the list is a trap, then why are you two desperately trying to prevent wizards from knowing the true face of the evil organization? You are not thinking of saying this is also a trap, are you?"
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At this time, Rita's speech was like a machine gun and she couldn't stop at all. Umbridge was already sweating.
Feeling that she could not hold on any longer, she decisively chose a tactical retreat: "Hmph, I don't have time to mess around with you guys now. I still have to continue to perform my official duties! Just wait, this matter will not be let go like this!" After saying that, she straightened her chest and raised her head, ready to leave.
But Rita continued to ask: "Ms. Umbridge, you haven't answered the question just now. What do you think of blood..."
Seeing that Rita was unwilling to give up, Umbridge could no longer remain calm and ran away in a panic...
Umbridge, who had fled the scene, rushed back to the Ministry of Magic without stopping, and told Fudge everything that had happened in front of the newspaper office. Of course, she also exaggerated and criticized Rita and Barnabas to cover up her own incompetence, especially when she mentioned the list of blood samples, she gnashed her teeth.
Fudge was a veteran politician after all. He quickly sensed the conspiracy and realized how bad his situation was! The blood sample list was likely to be the last straw that broke the camel's back!
Fudge certainly would not sit still and wait for death. That night, he took Umbridge to visit several pure-blood families one after another. However, the situation they faced this time was very different from the past. Although these pure-blood families still received them politely, they obviously lacked enthusiasm. What's worse, when they asked for help and further cooperation, the other party just perfunctorily dealt with it and made various excuses to get away with it.
After walking a full circle, the two looked at each other in bewilderment. They began to realize that the situation might be much more serious than they had imagined.
But they had no idea that this was just a small prelude to a huge storm...
On Thursday morning, "The Evil Organization's Horrible Layout in These Years (Part 4)" finally met with the majority of wizards. In this article, Rita gave everyone a detailed introduction to the evil organization's garrisons in various cities in the UK, including the number of personnel, member composition and other information.
At the end of the article, Rita made it clear that these black-robed wizards were not eliminated, but gathered together, preparing to launch a huge conspiracy!
The report ended abruptly here, leaving people with a feeling of wanting more. Compared with the explosiveness of the revelations in the previous two days, it was even less exciting.
Readers were not happy with this and some even suspected that Rita was under pressure and did not dare to report the truth.
But soon, they found out that they were wrong, because today's explosive news was actually in the newspaper's supplement...












