Chapter 164 Undercurrents Hidden Underwater
After getting permission, the person outside the office door paused, and then the door was pushed open violently with a loud noise.
Wright looked at the person who came and it was none other than the Minister of Magic, Fudge Connelly.
He was wearing a striped suit, a red tie, a black cape, and a dark green hat.
He looked sweaty, as if he had been urgently summoned while working.
As soon as he entered the room, he questioned Dumbledore angrily: "Professor Dumbledore, did you attack the Dementors?"
At this moment, Fudge ignored Wright, who was still in the office, ready to watch the show.
He stared intently at Dumbledore, who was sitting behind his desk.
"You came so quickly, did you have a plan in place long ago, assuming that I would take action?"
Facing the aggressive Fudge, Dumbledore did not directly answer his question, but asked a counter-question as he had expected.
"Answer my question, Dumbledore! Is it you?" Fudge's face became even redder.
"It's not me. You know me. Once I take action, none of those things can escape!"
Dumbledore frowned slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied with Fudge's aggressiveness.
Hearing Dumbledore's explanation, Fudge's face turned pale and he raised his voice, almost shouting:
"Who is that, that little wizard? Don't tease me, who else but you, the greatest wizard, can destroy a dozen Dementors easily."
After saying this, Fudge pointed at Wright who was watching the show on the side, but his eyes were fixed on Dumbledore.
Just as Dumbledore said just now, the Dementors that are difficult for others to deal with are not difficult for him to deal with.
That is why Fudge came immediately when a Dementor died.
Hearing Fudge's groundless accusation, Dumbledore rubbed his brow and sighed softly.
He then turned his cold eyes to look at Fudge, whose face was flushed with excitement.
His face was expressionless, his voice was even, and he said coldly, "If it were me, what would you do? Would you take me to Azkaban?"
Hearing the unreserved threat in Dumbledore's flat voice.
Fudge, with a flushed face, took a few steps back in panic.
"I...I...just, I just don't understand! I don't have any other ideas." Fudge explained hurriedly, without any of his previous majesty.
In his expectation, Dumbledore should entrust himself to his duty so that he could protect him.
However, the current situation is completely different from what I imagined. There are no nice words, only silent threats.
Originally, according to his idea, he wanted to use Dementors to surround Hogwarts to provoke him and force Dumbledore to make a mistake.
Then he would manipulate the people who opposed Dumbledore and gradually strip him of his reputation and status...
This was originally a setup using Sirius Black. A mere fugitive shouldn't have caused such a big fuss.
The purpose of all this is to force Dumbledore to take action and completely bring him down.
In this way, not only would he not have to worry about him replacing him as minister, but he could also gain the support of those who opposed Dumbledore.
Those who opposed Dumbledore also gained satisfactory results, and everyone has a bright future.
With a vision for the future, Fudge put down all the work in his hands and hurried over.
But at this moment, there was undisguised dissatisfaction in the eyes of the most powerful wizard.
Fudge seemed to have a bucket of cold water poured over his head, and he calmed down completely.
Watching his expression change constantly, Dumbledore calmly absorbed all of Fudge's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Originally, he recommended Fudge to the position because he was one of the few officials who advocated recuperation after the Voldemort rebellion.
As it turned out, he was right. After more than ten years of rest, the entire wizarding world has almost recovered.
However, the price he paid was that the optimistic and open-minded young man turned into this.
Now, Fudge is like a hyena, biting anyone who may threaten him in order to maintain his status.
While Dumbledore felt sad, he also felt a subtle sense of relief, relief that he had not become such a person.
Wright, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, looked at the two people confronting each other fiercely, confused for a moment, and thought to himself:
"Do they have any stand-ins? Why do they feel like they are in a fierce battle?"
Fudge, who was confronting Dumbledore, faced the pressure from the most powerful wizard, but he managed to hold on by relying on his composure as a minister for more than ten years.
But when he saw it, his eyes gradually became indifferent, and he seemed to have returned to Dumbledore during the Wizarding War.
Fudge's heart trembled, and the ministerial demeanor he had accumulated for more than ten years suddenly disappeared, and he forced down his trembling legs.
He swallowed, put his hands behind his back, and said in a very official and slow manner:
"Wanted criminal Sirius Black, planning the Dementor uprising!"
"Headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore has crushed the enemy's plot and should be rewarded."
After explaining the cause and result of the incident, Fudge did not stay any longer and turned around and left the principal's office.
Looking at Fudge fleeing in panic, Wright found it inexplicably amusing.
"It's very interesting, isn't it?" Dumbledore looked at Wright with a smile on his face and said helplessly.
"It's okay! It's just you. If it were a wizard with a worse temper, he would have just given this guy a big Avatar bite."
"There's no point in playing political games with them."
Hearing Dumbledore's quip, Light tilted his head and continued his words.
Understanding the hidden meaning in Wright's words, Dumbledore shook his head and said:
“Violence is indeed the easiest means to achieve the end, but it is not the most appropriate method.”
When Wright heard Dumbledore was about to start talking about the truth of life, he interrupted and asked:
"What should we do next? With Fudge here, it won't be easy for Blake to overturn the verdict."
Hearing Wright's question, Dumbledore felt even more troubled and said in annoyance:
"Indeed, the people I have found during this period have obvious resistance to the Black family."
"The Black family has too deep a connection with Voldemort. In the current environment, no one wants to have any deep contact with them."
"Besides, Connelly won't let him overturn the verdict so easily."
"The Ministry of Magic has received a large number of complaints about the Dementors surrounding Hogwarts."
“If there is another situation where the prisoner is wrongly accused and no one comes to his aid, he will not be far from stepping down.”
"So, he won't let this happen..."
Dumbledore stopped talking, looked up at the innocent-looking Wright, and waved his hand to let him leave:
"These are not things that a child like you can participate in. Leave now! Go away..."
"Okay! I'll leave first then."
Seeing Dumbledore starting to drive people away, Wright said goodbye and turned to leave.
