Chapter 489: Unexpected Tracking in Hogsmeade Village

But when Yang Tian was bored and looking around, a figure who was trying to hide himself hurriedly walked past the transparent window. With the appearance of this figure, Yang Tian's heart was inexplicably shocked, because he recognized that this person was Minister Fudge who had been staying at home for a long time.

It seems that due to his damaged reputation, the Minister of Magic is now very low-key and almost never appears in public. So why did he hide his whereabouts and come to Hogsmeade this time? Moreover, why did he choose to come on the opening day? Wouldn't such contradictory behavior be more likely to attract other people's attention? Yang Tian frowned, full of doubts. He rushed out of the door in a hurry without saying hello to his friends. As soon as he walked out of the store, Yang Tian immediately cast a unique Disillusionment Spell on himself in a hidden corner, and then followed Minister Fudge's figure and went away secretly...

He followed along in many twists and turns and soon arrived at Minister Fudge's destination, the Three Broomsticks. When Fudge opened the door of the bar, Yang Tian hurried in.

It was not yet time for customers to enter the bar, and there were not many customers in the bar. The proprietress, Mrs. Rosmerta, was tidying up the chairs while humming a very popular wizard song.

Seeing someone enter, the proprietress just took a look and turned away knowingly; she didn't even say hello, but led the way as if by default. The two walked straight through the bar and walked through a narrow corridor, and an extremely secret little room appeared in front of them.

After a series of knocks like a password, the door finally opened slowly from the inside. The person who opened the door was a short middle-aged man, who was known to almost all the staff of the Ministry of Magic. He was Piers Thicknesse, the director of the Beast Office.

At this moment, he no longer had the indifference he had during the Ministry of Magic meeting. Humility and flattery were already written on his face: "Minister, you are finally here." As he said this, he bent down and moved aside to make room for the door.

In fact, Yang Tian was also a little troubled at this time. Although he was very confident in his unique body illusion spell, the body illusion spell was only a body illusion spell after all. It could change the refraction of light and could make the body virtual, but his body could not disappear out of thin air! After all, he followed behind the two people in the previous tracking, and there was no risk of being exposed. But at this moment, facing a narrow door and an uncertain closing time, how could he enter it quietly without touching anything?

Fortunately, Yang Tian always managed to stay calm when faced with difficulties. He did not rush to find an opportunity to enter, but carefully observed the situation in the secret room through the door frame... Soon, a smile appeared on his face. In the corner of this secret room, there was a gap of about one meter square between the tall bookshelf and the wall.

With a quick turn of his eyes, Yang Tian immediately came up with a plan. He first set the space mark in the gap, but when several people entered the door one after another and the door was about to close, he quickly teleported; the next moment, his figure accurately appeared in the gap, and the bookshelf blocked everyone's view.

Seeing that everyone was still greeting each other and didn't seem to notice anything unusual, Yang Tian carefully cast another unique Disillusionment Spell on himself. After everything was ready, he calmed down and looked towards the center of the secret room, only to see a total of seven people, including Fudge and Mrs. Rosmerta, sitting at the conference table. At this moment...

"Hmm?" A gray-haired old man suddenly frowned. His eyes were full of doubts. He scanned the surroundings but did not find anything obviously abnormal. However, his doubts were not eliminated, and he still lowered his head to sense something. This man was the Director of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic, Oldfield Evans.

"Oldfield, is there any problem?" Fudge looked at the old man in confusion.

"Nothing, maybe I was distracted just now." The old man smiled apologetically, trying to hide his uneasiness. But he still felt a little uneasy in his heart: just now, he clearly felt a magical power. Although this power was weak, it was enough to arouse the vigilance of a wizard like him. But after searching for a long time without any results, the old man had to put aside his doubts for the time being.

"Well, let's talk about the current situation." Fudge didn't care too much and immediately brought the topic to the right track: "Is there any unusual movement on the part of old Barty?"

"They have been extremely quiet during this period. As far as we know, all of their personnel are in a dormant stage." Pierce Thicknesse reported weakly, "Alas, it's always like this. When our people relax a little, they will suddenly move. But when we want to get serious, they can quickly return to silence... I really suspect that they have planted a mole in our department."

"There are bound to be moles, but that's normal, isn't it? Don't we have spies in their departments?" Yale Maxwell, director of the Office of Alien, said seriously, "But those are all low-level infiltrations and are insignificant. The real question now is whether Umbridge is trustworthy or not!"

"Yes, that's what I'm most worried about." Fudge pressed his brow in distress and said earnestly, "Although Umbridge has been in contact with me for more than a year and seems to be as loyal as ever, I don't know why I always feel uneasy."

Hearing what Fudge said, Yang Tian almost burst out laughing: You sold out your own men until nothing was left, and now you still want to trust them without feeling guilty? Don't you know what a guilty conscience is? No one can do this, right?

But the people present at the meeting obviously didn't care about the so-called right and wrong, especially Oldfield, who said directly and coldly: "Isn't one of the purposes of us gathering here today to test her loyalty?"

"Yes, yes." Yale smiled slyly, "So many people from our faction showed up in Hogsmeade on the open day. Although everyone was disguised, it was normal for them to be recognized. There are Umbridge's strikers here now, and I don't believe she didn't get any wind of it. If there were strangers spying at the Three Broomsticks, then everything would be clear. After all, Umbridge has been in office for too short a time, and she would not entrust such a secret mission to these new colleagues."

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