Chapter 275 Be Confident and Fearless

Seeing the white-hooded people slowly being burned to death in front of him, Mike took a long breath, raised his wand again, and turned the flaming python that was turned into a fierce fire together with the ordinary people burning in the camp. The flames were extinguished.

It was only then that the melon-eating audience felt relieved. Harry, Ron and others rushed directly to Mike's side regardless of the danger.

"You are so cool! Was that fire snake just now also a fire spell? Isn't it too strong?"

Mike was silent and just smiled at Harry who asked him questions.

Hermione on the other side looked at Mike with an ugly face and complicated eyes and said;

"That's Li Huo, right?"

"That's right." Mike admitted without hesitation.

Hermione's expression turned even uglier now. She seemed a little disbelieving, and involuntarily took two steps back, further away from Mike.

"What is Li Huo? What are you two talking about?"

"Fire is a cursed fire and a black magic." Hermione gritted her teeth and said, "A very powerful and very dangerous black magic!"

Hearing this, Harry and Ron were both stunned and looked at Mike in disbelief.

"But I used it to save people, didn't I?" Mike said with a smile. "The murderer used the knife to kill people, but it was not the knife's fault. The knife can also be used to do many good things, such as cutting vegetables. Like cutting fruit.”

"well said!"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, a cheer came from not far away.

When everyone heard the news, they saw a tall girl with a delicate face and white hair as bright as a star walking over holding a little girl who looked very similar to her but was a little timid.

"Tools are not guilty, but those who use them to commit crimes are guilty." Fleur walked up to Mike, smiled and stretched out her hand, "Long time no see Mike, thank you for stopping that group of thugs and saving my sister. Gabrielle.”

"Long time no see, this is what I should do."

Fleur's appearance immediately conquered all the men present except Mike. Harry and Ron recovered from the shock of Mike knowing black magic and looked at Fleur with straight eyes.

Suddenly, Ron seemed to be unable to control himself anymore. He walked up to Fleur and said with a stupid look on his face:

"Hello, beautiful lady, can I invite you to have dinner with me? Oh! I forgot to introduce myself first. My name is Ron, Ron Weasley, the man who will become the Minister of Magic in the future."

I have to say that Ron is really a man full of smiles. Mike was so amused by his self-introduction that he almost couldn't maintain the Occlumency technique.

Fleur seemed to be accustomed to this kind of chatting, and she didn't pay attention to Ron at all. Instead, she looked at Hermione playfully.

"Are you... having trouble with your girlfriend?" Fleur hugged Mike's arm as she spoke.

Hermione on the other side was furious when she saw this, and said angrily:

"Mike! What you just said is a complete fallacy! You and I both know that the reason why black magic is black magic is not at all because it is often used to do bad things! Just take care of yourself!"

After saying that, he stamped his right foot hard, turned around and left.

Mike didn't chase him at all, he didn't even mean to refute, because he found that the people from the Ministry of Magic had finally arrived.

"Mike, it's really unexpected that we meet again after only a few hours apart."

Fudge, whose eyes were half-closed and slightly tired, came to the scene with a group of Aurors. He smiled and greeted Mike and others with a kind attitude.

But then, when an Auror in uniform said something in Fudge's ear, Fudge's look at Mike changed instantly.

"You actually used the Fire Curse!? Do you know the serious consequences if that thing gets out of control? There are nearly 100,000 people around here!" Fudge shouted hysterically, "Merlin's beard! You must be crazy!"

"But I succeeded, didn't I? I killed those thugs and saved everyone."

Perhaps it was Mike's indifferent eyes that completely angered Fudge. His fat face turned red instantly, and his expression became ferocious. He pointed his finger at Mike as if he wanted to teach him a lesson.

However, before he could say anything, there was an explosion in the woods in the distance.

When everyone heard the sound, they saw a faint green light point rising quickly into the sky, and then exploded after climbing to the top.

A huge green skull appeared in the night sky, and a huge python emerged from the skull, like an outrageously long tongue. This strange pattern looked like a new figure against the night sky. constellation.

"Merlin's beard!"

Fudge looked at the pattern above their heads with his mouth wide open, murmured something, and fell down as his feet went weak.

The Auror beside him quickly supported him to prevent him from embarrassing himself in front of Mike and others.

However, Fudge obviously didn't appreciate it. The Auror's support seemed to make him react. His face turned red, he pushed away the Auror who was supporting him, and roared:

"Go and catch him! Catch the guy who released the Dark Mark! No matter what the cost! You must catch him! This is a blatant provocation to the Ministry of Magic!"

Even though he was sprayed with saliva, the Auror was not angry. He just wiped the saliva from his face silently and led a group of Aurors towards the woods.

Mike sighed. If it weren't for what those white hoods were doing that he couldn't stand, then he would have caught the little mouse who released the Dark Mark in the woods by now.

Fudge, who heard the sigh, turned to look at Mike and said with a gloomy expression:

"I'm very busy right now and I don't have time to deal with your matters at the moment. Just go to the Ministry of Magic with me first!"

After saying that, two people in Ministry of Magic uniforms came closer and stretched out their hands to signal Mike to hand over the wand to them.

This move undoubtedly treats Mike as a suspect. To be honest, this is too much, but Mike has no worries in his heart because he knows that nothing will happen to him.

But Fleur on the side obviously didn't think so. She pushed away the two uniformed men, rushed to Fudge and shouted:

"How could you do this? Do you know how critical the situation was just now? You didn't come when it was most critical, but now you want to take away the hero who saved us all? Don't you feel ashamed?! "

Fleur was very excited, but Fudge opposite her was expressionless. After she finished speaking, she said calmly:

"Are you done?"

"No! Let me tell you! I am a student of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France. If you dare to arrest Mike, I will tell my classmates and teachers exactly what happened today and let them take a good look. You corrupt Ministry of Magic..."

Before Fleur could finish her words, Mike covered her mouth. He had had many interactions with law enforcement officers in his previous life, and he knew very well how stupid Furong's actions at the moment were.

Think about it, law enforcement is a violent institution. You actually have the guts to threaten a violent institution?

Isn't this seeking death?

"The little girl is ignorant and makes the minister laugh."

Fudge glanced at Mike with an unkind expression and left without saying a word.

The two men in uniforms stretched out their hands again.

Mike obediently handed over his wand and followed the two uniformed men in the direction Fudge came from.

Behind her, Furong shouted:

"Mike, you must be careful!"

…

Perhaps because Fudge did not directly order the arrest of Mike, the two uniformed men did not control Mike's mobility, but escorted him from left to right, through the teleportation fireplace to a prison with only a few dozen cells. inside and stuffed Mike into one of the cells.

This is the temporary prison of the Ministry of Magic, specially used to hold prisoners who have not yet been tried.

Mike is no stranger to this place.

Some time ago, after Victor and the others were arrested for causing trouble, Mike came here to fish for people, but he didn't expect that not long after that, he would be imprisoned here.

After sighing for a moment about the vagaries of life, Mike lay down.

To be honest, the conditions of the cells here are pretty good. Although they are not as clean as the BT prisons I stayed in in my previous life that required prisoners to clean them every day, at least they have the necessary things such as beds and so on.

Because he had just fought a fierce battle and exhausted a lot of his physical strength, Mike fell into sleep not long after lying down.

And when he woke up again, the first thing that caught his eye was Fudge's fat, smiling face.

It can be seen that our minister must not have rested all night. In addition, he has been busy with the Quidditch World Cup for a long time. Now Fudge's face can no longer be seen.

Not only did bags and dark circles appear under the eyes, but the entire face was swollen and greasy.

Behind Fudge was a middle-aged man dressed as an old-time gentleman. He was slender and had a carefully groomed mustache. At this moment, the wand in his hand was trembling slightly, and his lips were smiling. The undetectable squirming is clearly casting a spell!

Seeing that Mike finally woke up, Fudge said kindly:

"Come on, Mike, tell us, what happened that night?"

"Have you caught the guy who released the Dark Mark?" Mike answered the question and turned his attention to the gentleman with the mustache. "And you, don't waste your efforts anymore, I know Occlumency."

The wand in the mustache-faced man's hand trembled even more. This time he was not casting a spell, but because he was angry.

However, just as he was about to attack, Fudge stopped him with his eyes.

"Hey! Looks like I missed it."

Mike sighed deeply, while Fudge on the other side could no longer maintain the smile on his face after hearing this, and said with a serious face:

"Based on the Flashback Charm (a spell that causes the wand to cast the last spell it cast) and the testimony of witnesses at the scene, we have confirmed that you used the Fire Charm to kill those White Hoods. Now, we suspect They are the guys who released the Dark Mark, and you have fought with them, so I ask you, do you know who those people are?"

Mike lowered his head and thought for a moment, then sneered:

"Of course I know."

Fudge was silent, and the wand in the hand of the mustachioed gentleman behind him stopped trembling, and even started to aim at Mike.

At the same time, Mike's nerves became tense, and Papi the Raven, who was lodged in his pendant, was also ready to attack.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Since you know, I'll tell you directly. This matter cannot be known to the public." Fudge waved his hand to stop the moustache gentleman's movements, "Furthermore, you must cooperate with us to reduce the impact of this time to a minimum. lowest."

Now it was Mike's turn to be silent.

He knew very well that the Ministry of Magic would never disclose the identities of the white-hooded people to the public, because once the people knew that the white-hooded people were the originally aristocratic nobles, the entire wizarding society would be in turmoil.

This is something the Ministry of Magic cannot allow!

Although Fudge and the others guessed wrong about the person who released the Dark Mark, their reasoning was actually very reasonable.

After all, there were already many of Voldemort's subordinates among those white-hooded ones, so it's not surprising that there would be someone who still misses Voldemort and wants to put the Dark Mark on them to show off.

After a long time, Mike slowly said:

"Can."

Fudge and Mustache both breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I want compensation!"

Fudge's smile that had just bloomed froze again.

The mustache on the side even cursed:

"Don't push yourself too far! Just one person..."

"Stop acting! You don't even dare to kill me and silence me! If I guessed correctly, there is already a turmoil outside, right? The thugs are at large, but the heroes who saved people are imprisoned. Haha, what a big news!" Mike He directly interrupted the mustache and said, "You can say those three words that you wanted to say but didn't say, because the compensation I want is your life!"

The gentleman with the mustache panicked. He cast his eyes tremblingly at Fudge aside. Seeing him lowering his head and saying nothing, as if he was thinking about whether it was worth it, he instantly fell to the ground with a weak foot.

Now Mike felt comfortable. He sat on the bed and crossed his legs, looking at the ugly appearance of the mustache with a smile.

"Stop making jokes about Yaheng, let's do this, Mike. You should know, the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin." Fudge said, "Do you think the title of Triwizard Tournament champion combined with those families is wrong? How about your promise to take action?”

"you mean?"

"Haha, cheating is a common practice in the Triwizard Tournament, and as the organizer of this competition, we naturally have an inherent advantage in this regard."

"Did you make something wrong?" Mike said with mischievous eyes, "With my strength, I am the champion of the top three tournaments in the region, but I still need your help? As for the promise you mentioned, isn't this what it should be?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"Don't you understand? It's not enough to win the Triwizard Tournament. You have to pay more."

"Okay, tell me the number."

"I want you to give the Los Santos Corporation a tax exemption for one year."

"Can."

Fudge agreed without hesitation, which surprised Mike.

You must know that with the current size of the Los Santos Group, the annual tax is absolutely an astronomical amount, and this kind of behavior in exchange for the tax-free policy is undoubtedly corruption!

But Mike soon came to his senses.

This money doesn't need to go to the Ministry of Magic's account at all. No matter how much benefit he gets from Fudge, Fudge will squeeze it out of the families of those white-hooded people. Naturally, he doesn't feel bad about spending other people's money.

Ever since, Mike laughed and stretched out his hand and said:

"make a deal!"