Chapter 298 A playful parade

"Are you really going to do this?"

On the way to Hogsmeade, Penello looked at Mike with a worried look and asked.

"Of course, if they want to poop on my head, of course I have to resist."

Mike replied disapprovingly, took Penello's hand and continued walking forward.

"But...will this work?"

Penello asked a little worriedly, and after saying that, he turned around and glanced worriedly at the large group of Hogwarts students behind them.

Although today is the weekend, when Hogwarts students go out for fun once a week, there are not so many people going to Hogsmeade in the past.

These people were naturally called by Mike.

"Don't worry Penelo, everything will be fine." Franklin licked his lips and said, "I can't wait to have a big fight!"

The worry in Penello's eyes became even more intense.

"Don't make it sound like we're going to have a gang fight. We're just going to Hogsmeade to have an outdoor barbecue party!"

George complained.

As soon as they finished complaining, the Weasley brothers burst into laughter.

Roast various magical animal meats in front of a group of extreme magical animal protectors!

This idea that Mike came up with is so fun!

Of course, it would be better if those people couldn't help but do it.

This way they could reasonably defend themselves because, after all, they were just having an outdoor barbecue party.

They can't wait to see the expressions of those extremists at that time.

Laughter is always contagious, and Mike laughed when he saw this.

This method he copied from the methods used by farmers and breeders in Muggle society to deal with animal protectors.

I think it should have some effect.

The crowd moved on and soon arrived at Hogsmeade.

Christmas is less than a month away, and at this time, Hogsmeade has also been dressed in silver.

However, in this snowy environment, there was a group of people, naked and flushed with excitement, marching back and forth on the main road of Hogsmeade Village, shouting slogans, holding signs and donation boxes.

There were not many of them, probably only a few dozen, but they were the most eye-catching group of people in the entire Hogsmeade village today.

Everyone who comes and goes will cast their eyes on them, and then they can no longer look away.

After all, it’s rare to see a fool wearing nothing in this kind of weather, especially since there are several good-looking women among this group of fools.

And when Mike and his entourage arrived in Hogsmeade, the group of fools swarmed up like sharks that smelled blood, weaving back and forth among the students in school uniforms.

They didn't seem to know Mike, the person they were condemning, and they completely ignored Mike and others at the top of the list. They only called on other students to condemn Mike the Dragon Slayer and called on them to donate money to those poor magical creatures.

Seeing this, Mike already understood.

These extreme magical animal protectors in front of us are actually the same as those in the Muggle world.

In fact, Mike is actually quite in favor of protecting magical animals.

On the one hand, those rare magical creatures do have considerable value, so it is a pity that they become extinct like this.

On the other hand, Mike couldn't bear to see those cute magical creatures being killed.

This is the human empathy mechanism and is inevitable.

But even good things can turn bad once they go to extremes.

And these extreme protectors of magical animals often do such good deeds that go bad.

This kind of thing is actually more common in Muggle society.

In order to attract more people's attention, their methods can be said to be extreme.

Externally, they claim that this is to call on more people to protect animals, and at the same time punish those who abuse animals.

But Mike believes that they are just trying to make money.

Mike, this is not a random idea, but a practical example.

Piyitiai, a global animal protection organization, is also a strange organization that uses indecent photos to attract attention.

At first, they targeted animal laboratories and breeding farms. They often used sit-in protests or even more extreme means (whether they were warnings or warnings) to obstruct or even destroy these enterprises.

Later, their attack range became wider.

The most outrageous thing is that they started to attack games such as "Pokémon", "Farming Simulator", "Final Fantasy", "Super Mario" and so on, claiming that the settings of these games involve animal cruelty.

There are many other bizarre operations and remarks made by Pi Yi Ti, but the incident that really made everyone realize its true colors was another scandal.

Animal euthanasia incident!

According to data, from 1998 to 2008, Piyitiai took in a total of 25,112 pets, and 21,339 pets were killed by them.

In 2008, they took in 2,216 pets, 96% of which were killed and only seven were adopted!

After these data were summarized, they immediately caused an uproar. Everyone was frightened by this terrifying data.

Afterwards, Pi Yitiai quickly came forward to clean up the situation. The explanation they gave was that due to the organization's limited financial capacity, it could not afford the food and housing of these pets, so they had no choice but to euthanize these pets.

At the same time, they also said that keeping pets is actually enslaving animals, which is inhumane, and directly euthanizing them can save them from suffering.

The statement about lack of money makes sense at first glance, doesn’t it?

But the problem is, there is data showing that Pi Yiti collects tens of millions of dollars in donations from caring people every year. With such a large amount of money coming in every year, it doesn’t make sense to say that he has no money, right?

In fact, Mike understands them quite well. After all, everyone has to eat in time!

No matter what you do, you can't last long if you use love to generate electricity. How can you do it if you want to make it big without making money?

After investigation, Mike already knew.

Those who want to hold a parade in Hogsmeade belong to an organization called the 'Fantastic Beasts Liberation Front', and their leader is Carlo Parker.

This Carlo is a mixed-race who grew up in Muggle society. Even after graduating from Hogwarts, he did not stay in wizard society, but chose to return to Muggle society.

Three years ago, this guy suddenly returned to the wizarding world.

As soon as he came back this time, he started organizing various charity activities and established this magical animal protection organization.

A guy who has been living in Muggle society suddenly said that he fell in love with magical creatures and would devote his whole life to the cause of protecting magical creatures.

Smart people should have been able to figure out what he was asking for.

On the other side, Fudge also gave an explanation for the Daily Prophet.

The staff who reviewed the last article of the Daily Prophet accepted a bribe and secretly changed a simple rainbow fart article into a black article.

The staff member who took the bribe has been detained, and after being interrogated, he also revealed the person who bribed him.

Carlo Parker.

Things are very clear at this point. Carlo is the main messenger behind this incident, and their purpose is also very simple, which is to gain more traffic by stepping on Mike, the current topical figure.

As for the magical creature protection organization that was causing trouble to him, Mike felt that they just wanted to make money.

It is even said that these extreme animal protectors in the wizarding world are even more ugly than their counterparts in the Muggle world!

Nowadays, things haven’t even gotten hot yet, and people are already looking for donations everywhere.

It's a pity that most of the people who came to Hogsmeade today were invited by Mike to join the barbecue party. Naturally, these people will ignore these people. They prefer free barbecues to donating money. .

It is even more impossible for the other adult wizards in Hogsmeade Village to donate money, because in the eyes of traditional wizards, magical animals and the like are completely at their disposal.

But there are exceptions. Our young master Malfoy was so moved by the behavior of these people that he generously donated 5 gold galleons.

After discovering his generosity, the naked marchers immediately surrounded Malfoy. The naked women took the lead and gathered around Malfoy, chattering and thanking Malfoy for his generosity.

The young Malfoy had never seen such a scene before, and his face instantly turned red. As a last resort, he had to give them all the Galleons in his pocket, and those people finally gave up.

Things on his side naturally attracted the attention of Mike. George and Fred smiled and made a bet, saying that Malfoy must have given the money because those women could not even afford clothes.

The dirty meaning in his words almost overflowed.

But only Mike knew that Malfoy really was a person who loved magical animals, but the only magical animals he liked were fire dragons.

Malfoy also noticed that Mike was looking at him, and saw that his originally pale face suddenly turned a little whiter, and then he ran away as if a mouse had seen a cat.

Malfoy is really afraid of Mike now.

His name Draco sounds very similar to dragon, and his nickname is also Xiaolong.

This has made him like fire dragons very much since he was a child. Sometimes he even fantasizes that he is a fire dragon, powerful and free, and he can do whatever he wants!

But that day, Mike killed an adult fire dragon alone in front of him!

This gave him nightmares for a whole week, and the nightmare was always about Mike cutting off his head with a knife!

The Malfoy incident was just an episode. After arriving at their destination, Mike and others quickly took out various equipment and a large amount of meat and food from the traceless stretching spell bags as planned, and started their journey. barbecue party.

These meats are all dragon meat and other magical animals. Although there are no particularly precious protected creatures in them, Mike still spent a lot of gold galleons in order to get enough meat to sustain this extra-large barbecue party. .

The aroma of barbecue soon spread, and the students who had been entangled by the marchers quickly gathered around. Even those who were watching the excitement were attracted by the aroma.

Mike very generously invited them to attend this party, which made them extremely happy.

The naked animal protectors almost went crazy on the spot, because the meat that Mike brought was not cut at all, and the exaggerated shape was clearly not something ordinary animals could have.

The scene suddenly became very joyful.

On one side was Mike and others who were happily eating hot barbecue.

On the other side were naked, stunned demonstrators holding signs.

"You devils!" A thin middle-aged man didn't know whether he was angry or cold, but he was trembling all over and pointed at Mike and said, "You butchers!"

As he spoke, he raised the sign in his hand, on which was engraved with pattern magic a dynamic picture of a poison-sac leopard being skinned. It looked very bloody and disgusting.

Following his actions, the demonstrators also gathered and raised their signs. Without exception, all kinds of disgusting pictures were engraved on the rows.

Some people who were still feasting frowned, this approach would only make them lose their appetite.

When the demonstrators saw this, they all smiled on their faces, as if they had won some great victory.

"Hurry up and put down the meat in your hands! Those are all sins. If you continue like this, the magical creatures in this world will soon become extinct!" The thin man said with a sad face, "For the sake of wizards For the sustainable development of the world, throw away the evil in your hands. Only joining us is the most correct thing!"

"Are you Carlo Parker?"

Mike stepped out from the crowd and asked with a smile.

"Yes! I am Carlo from the Frontline for the Liberation of Magical Creatures, a man who devotes the rest of his life to the cause of protecting magical animals!" Carlo said righteously, and even made a pose as he spoke, "You are Mike Soup Li, right? That butcher! I know you! What you do will make you go to hell!"

Looking at Luo Nan in front of him who seemed to be exuding holy light, Mike chuckled lightly and did not respond to him. Instead, he turned to several adult wizards beside him and said:

"That's him."

Nodding, those people took out their wands without saying a word, and each cast a petrification spell to put Carlo, who was still posing, in place.

The people around were all shocked. They never expected that someone would use magic spells to attack others in public. The crowd around them immediately started to commotion.

Seeing this, one of the two people took out a badge that belonged exclusively to Auror and said while showing it to the people around him:

"Don't panic! We are Aurors! This guy is a fraudster. He specializes in taking advantage of other people's kindness to get money for his own use. We have been watching him for a long time!"

There was an uproar in the crowd, and those who were originally infected and moved by Carlo's speech were stunned.

Several men among the demonstrators saw that the situation was not going well and ran away.

It's a pity that they couldn't escape the hands of these professional Aurors. They just ran out and followed in Carlo's footsteps.

Seeing this, the women who were eating their bodies quickly squatted down skillfully, put their heads in their hands and shouted at the two Aurors:

"None of our business! I was just hired by Carlo to act!"

The two Aurors shook their heads in confusion, and first controlled these women, and then began to escort them back to the Ministry of Magic.

Something happened, and I'm in a very emotional state right now, which also led to this chapter being written the same as Shi. I'll come over and change it in the future when I calm down.