Lu Mingfei: Hogwarts repeater

Chapter 124 Yes, it was Lu Mingfei who attacked the Minister of Magic and the Director of the Auror Office!

As the government organization of the British wizarding community, the Ministry of Magic's office is not in a majestic building, but deep underground on Whitehall Street in central London. This street is also the centerpiece of the British Muggle government.

Lu Mingfei has seen relevant information. The explanation for the British Ministry of Magic choosing to be established underground instead of above ground is——

To hide a vast institution from Muggles while avoiding explaining to them why a multi-storey building apparently owned by the government had no public purpose.

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the theory, but if you think about it carefully, it is a bit intriguing.

Because Diagon Alley is on the surface and faced the risk of disappearing as Muggles rebuilt the entire Charing Cross Street, the wizards spontaneously joined forces to cast a spell to save it.

Since then, no one would be confused if they looked at the construction drawings of Charing Cross Street and saw that there was a large area that was not used for any purpose.

The area occupied by the British Ministry of Magic is certainly not as large as Diagon Alley, which basically means the center of the British magical world, but it cannot replicate the same operation...

It would be even more wrong to say that it is because the British Ministry of Magic has ten floors and is difficult to hide.

Because they are both the "Ministry of Magic", the location chosen for the Magical Congress of the United States of America was the Woolworth Building in New York. It was built in 1913 and was sixty stories high. It was the tallest building in the world at that time!

"The tenth floor is the trial room, which cannot be reached by elevator. We are now in the main hall on the eighth floor." Facing Lu Mingfei's doubts, Tonks answered.

They came to the end of the main hall, where there was a security checkpoint and a row of golden doors.

The elevator had reached the second floor and opened. Dumbledore, Fudge and others walked out first, followed by Lu Mingfei, Harry and Tonks. As she spoke, she looked forward and shook her head.

Since Fudge and Scrimgeour were both here, the security checkpoint was useless and they walked straight in.

"I don't know, you think it's weird too, right? But Savage told me that Aurors shouldn't have too much curiosity..." Tonks whispered.

“The Department of Magical Law Enforcement is the largest department in the Ministry of Magic, and you could consider it the most important of the many departments, as it is equivalent to a collection of police and judicial facilities.

"Forget it, Savage will definitely say that all Auror matters need to be kept strictly confidential..."

Are you complaining about your colleagues and superiors from this distance? It's better to just jump in front of someone's face and point their nose at him, at least his "death" will be tragic enough.

"It's hard to imagine, but I still want to give him a "rare normal person" evaluation." Lu Mingfei lowered his voice.

Seeing that Tonks was about to start complaining, Lu Mingfei quickly stopped her and changed the subject.

"Ms. Tonks is a Metamorphmagus. She is born with the ability to change her appearance at will, and her hair will also change according to her mood." Lu Mingfei noticed Harry's curious eyes and took the initiative to introduce him to him. explain.

"Oh, nothing like what you did, 'The Boy Who Lived'~" Tonks winked lively at Harry.

"No, I'm just an intern Auror. It will take several years of internship experience before I can become an official Auror." Tonks' hair turned a somewhat depressed gray.

"Let's introduce this place to us. As you know, it's our first time for Harry and I to come to the Ministry of Magic."

Although Apparition is a high-level magic, many adult wizards can master it.

Lu Mingfei's evaluation of the Ministry of Magic has reached a new level. He somewhat understands the reason why the British Ministry of Magic has a very low evaluation among British wizards and has no authority.

"Oh, Lu Mingfei, your evaluation is as sharp as ever." Tonks shook her head and sighed.

The first-in-command and the second-in-command are in conflict, they themselves are not rigorous in their work, and their status is not aloof enough... Such an organization has not had any major problems so far. Is it entirely because of the support of Professor Dumbledore, the world's number one wizard?

Harry stared straight at Tonks' hair.

"Okay... we'll talk about it later. This is the second floor of the Ministry of Magic, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

When they actually led people to the main hall on the eighth underground floor of the Ministry of Magic by apparating directly, Lu Mingfei was even more embarrassed in his heart.

Tonks stopped and began to introduce them.

Can you reach here directly by apparating? !

Even if the Apparition here is limited to Ministry of Magic employees and chartered persons... it is not difficult to control or even instigate such an employee.

"Although I haven't been to the Magical Congress of the United States of America, it seems that the style of the British Ministry of Magic is really low..." Lu Mingfei muttered to himself.

It feels like it doesn’t even need to be that big of a move, as long as Professor Dumbledore is willing to write a few letters, that’s enough!
But just thinking about it, Lu Mingfei felt that no matter how mentally retarded the guy was, he shouldn't be able to do such a thing - turning against Professor Dumbledore, who always avoided Voldemort when he met him?
To borrow a famous saying from Professor Snape, "To say that your head is full of bezoars is an insult to bezoars"!
Passing through the long, splendid main hall, I stepped on the polished dark wooden floor and saw the peacock blue ceiling inlaid with sparkling golden symbols.

Lu Mingfei originally thought there was some mysterious passage behind the golden door, but when the door opened, he discovered that it was just an elevator spacious enough to fit all of them in.

It can be understood whether it is set at the top or bottom level. It can be set in the middle.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but start thinking.

If one day, the Ministry of Magic loses its mind and wants to confront Dumbledore, Professor Dumbledore rises to the top and raises his arms, and the heroes respond, and the Ministry of Magic instantly falls...

Her immediate boss and her most immediate boss are only five or six meters away in front of her!

"I think you probably haven't realized your reputation yet. Can I ask you for a gift as a souvenir? This might be something worth bragging about..."

"Why should the main hall be set up on the eighth floor?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask in the end.

There are ten floors in the Ministry of Magic, but there are only numbers one to nine in the elevators.

"What a magical ability." Harry sighed.

"It was only after I came in that I discovered that the people in the Ministry of Magic were different from what I imagined..."

Moreover, this building is a mixture of No-Majs (American wizards' name for ordinary people) and wizards. Wizards only need to cast the correct spell when entering and they will be transferred to the space of MACUSA.

Lu Mingfei noticed that many other Ministry of Magic employees had apparated away from here, which meant that their apparation was not a temporary permission granted by Minister Fudge, but had always existed.

"...Are you already an Auror?" Lu Mingfei felt that he was no longer able to complain about the incomprehensible operations of the Ministry of Magic, so he chose to change the topic.

"If it weren't for Professor Dumbledore's existence, I'm afraid his actual status wouldn't be much higher, right?"

This means that it is ridiculously easy to directly break into the headquarters of the British Ministry of Magic!
As long as wizards are willing, all of them can cause great damage. All it takes is a wave of dark wizards and a raid organized by Death Eaters, and the Ministry of Magic may be gone in an instant...

Here, there are the Auror Office, the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts, the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Magic, and the Wizengamot Governing Body..."

"Let me guess, is the minister's office on the first floor, or on the third floor?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked.

"Yeah, how do you know the minister's office is on the first floor?" Tonks asked in surprise.

"Just a wild guess..." Lu Mingfei twitched his lips.

The combination of police and justice, doesn't it mean that the most powerful forces in the Ministry of Magic are basically concentrated here? Therefore, it makes perfect sense to have the minister’s office nearby. It’s safe!

It's just that it's a bit abstract at the first level.

The first floor is the closest to the ground. If one day the Muggles plan to develop the underground structure of Whitehall Street and get an excavator to dig, they may dig a hole and fall down in a few strokes, causing the Minister of Magic to become paralyzed. …

That would be great fun!
They walked through two heavy oak doors and saw the Auror office.

This is an open space, divided into a number of small compartments. Each compartment belongs to an Auror. It seems that the layout is probably based on the layout of Muggle office areas. The compartment belonging to the director is Completely isolated.

Scrimgeour quickly took out a large pensieve from his director's office. When Aurors caught dark wizards, they often needed to convict with memory. The pensieve was an indispensable item.

"Okay, let's end this matter quickly..." Fudge couldn't wait to say. He looked confident, if you exclude the faint sweat on his forehead.

"My memory with Tonks..." Savage hesitated. He was not sure whether Scrimgeour had told Fudge about his memory problems.

"Hurry up, Savage, right? Let me see the efficiency of Aurors." Fudge urged with a serious face.

The Minister of Magic's words had no effect on Dumbledore, but they were quite effective on an ordinary Auror.

Savage glanced at Scrimgeour nervously. After seeing him nod slightly, he gritted his teeth, pointed the tip of the wand on his temple, whispered "Legilimency", pulled out the silver-white memory, and put it into meditation. In the basin.

"Come on, Albus, Rufus, let's see..." Fudge called the most authoritative people here.

Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows slightly, and he noticed a smile on Scrimgeour's cold face... After thinking about it carefully, he did not remind Fudge aloud.

In this matter, Scrimgeour is the one who stands with him. Moreover, at least he seemed to give Lu Mingfei a much better feeling than Fudge.

As for Professor Dumbledore, there was no need for Lu Mingfei to remind him. Professor Dumbledore was already familiar with Lu Mingfei's fighting style during countless previous trainings.

After all, there are really not many methods he can use to fight...and even fewer that can be used in single training with Professor Lido.

The pensieve is large enough, even if there are a few more people in it, it is more than enough.

Dumbledore, Fudge and Scrimgeour each chose a direction, and together they soaked their entire faces into the pensieve, which was filled with silvery white, water-like mist as Savage put in his memories.

Fudge opened his eyes eagerly.

The Pensieve is a very powerful magical object that allows the person who views the memory placed in it to view the memory from a third-party perspective, rather than completely replacing what the owner of the memory can see.

People will inevitably overlook some things when recalling their subjective memories, but this does not mean that the body does not receive this information and store it in the memory.

So, in this case, there is a huge advantage in accessing the memory from a third-party perspective.

The memory that Savage extracted began with the Ministry of Magic rushing to Knockturn Alley.

When they arrived at Knockturn Alley, they saw Lu Mingfei, Harry, and the group of wizards lying on the ground. Tonks recognized Lu Mingfei, communicated, and prepared to go back to the Ministry of Magic together...

"There's no problem, isn't it? Everything is normal. No, I mean, there's no connection with the mysterious man at all, right? They just look like a bunch of bastards who want to steal money."

Fudge breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Dumbledore, who was standing silently aside, for confirmation.

"Let's keep watching." Dumbledore said noncommittally.

"Of course, Albus..."

At this time, when the memory scene finally progressed to the point where they were setting off, Lu Mingfei suddenly stopped and asked Tonks if she had brought anyone else.

Fudge's breathing suddenly became faster, and he realized that now was the crux of the problem.

So he tried his best to keep his eyes wide open. After Lu Mingfei answered "That's right," he saw a dazzling red magic beam coming towards him. He looked over there and saw a figure covered in black robes, completely blind. A guy who doesn't give out any information. After that, Lu Mingfei quickly pulled the person away, and the wand in his hand bloomed with light...

Fluorescent flash (×), light explosion (√)!

Unprepared, Fudge, who was observing carefully with wide eyes, perfectly received this completely copied "enhanced version of the flash bomb" in an instant!
He screamed, raised his head suddenly, stumbled out of the pensieve, fell to the ground, kept using his hands and feet to back away, and ignored the pain when he bumped into the table.

"I'm being attacked! Someone's attacking the Minister of Magic!" he screamed in panic.

"Calm down, Connelly."

Dumbledore took action, and his gentle voice made Fudge reluctantly calm down. Fudge felt that his white eyes suddenly returned to normal under the soft feeling.

Fudge looked around and found everyone standing looking at him curiously. His old face turned red, he quickly got up, pretended to be calm and said [Clean up] to himself, and shouted, "There is a memory problem!"

Following his shout, Fudge's eyes first glanced at Lu Mingfei, and finally fell on Savage, as if he suspected that Savage had manipulated the memory when he extracted it.

Although in the memory it was Lu Mingfei who set off the light explosion...it was obvious that Lu Mingfei had a close relationship with Dumbledore, and Fudge didn't want to provoke him unless necessary.

Savage quickly looked at Scrimgeour.

"The memory is correct, Minister. This is what Savage experienced at that time. I have personally confirmed it." Scrimgeour said, "I just didn't expect you to not react."

Such obvious ridicule made Fudge's face flush. However, he was unable to say anything in defense, because this was the fact. Scrimgeour and Dumbledore, who were observing at the same time as him, were both fine.

"I was just... careless!"

Fudge said loudly, "Let us continue to check the memory. That memory cannot prove anything, it is just a dark wizard shrouded in black robes..."

After getting ready, they immersed their faces in the pensieve.

But the entire scene after that was completely white. Fudge and the others seemed to be standing in a completely white cloud, and they could only hear sounds coming from all around.

The sound of "healed as before" came from Lu Mingfei, the strange voice that was so cold that Fudge couldn't help but shiver, and then a series of explosions.

Only in the end did the pensieve barely recover to the point where blurry images could be seen around it.

The three of them left the pensieve.

"Why couldn't you see anything just now?"

Fudge couldn't help but ask. He had never seen anything like this in the pensieve. "I just said there was something wrong with this memory!"

"Merlin's shirt, Minister, he was blinded by that light!"

Scrimgeour said impatiently, "The pensieve can help people find details that they have not noticed and included in their memory, but it cannot help people construct things that they have not received in the first place! It is normal to have such a picture. "

"Then... that voice... doesn't mean anything, does it?
There is no evidence. It is impossible for me to announce to everyone that the mysterious man has returned with just a cold voice and a damaged memory... There must be definite evidence! "

It was rare for Fudge to speak so forcefully.

But I have to say, what he said makes sense.

This time it was Scrimgeour's turn to find ways to confirm Voldemort's return.

As Head of the Auror Office, he could benefit a lot from this, and might even become the new Minister of Magic.

No one wants the current Minister of Magic to be a weak and incompetent person when encountering Voldemort. People will want a capable and strong leader to lead them in such a time.

Scrimgeour obviously meets these requirements better, so he wants to promote this matter.

Scrimgeour's first thought was to search Lu Mingfei's memory.

The people affected do not have complete memories, but the instigator himself cannot be without them.

That light explosion was released by Lu Mingfei. He cast the spell without a wand. With such advanced skills, he obviously had prepared countermeasures.

But when his eyes fell on Dumbledore, he gave up the idea.

There is no doubt that provoking Dumbledore is no better than provoking Voldemort...

But if you want to confirm the information, you can't leave Lu Mingfei.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Scrimgeour's mind, and he suddenly had an idea.

"Albus, I suppose it would be okay to check your student's wand with the [Pre-Flashback Curse]?" Scrimgeour asked.

"You have trained a good student. We only need to prove that the magic spells he used are normal. Then the dark wizard who caused such huge damage to the anti-guidance, even if he is not a mysterious person, deserves our attention and preparation! "

Scrimgeour really didn't think about Lu Mingfei's destruction of Knockturn Alley.

How could Lu Mingfei, who was close to Dumbledore, make such a destructive move? Second time, Lu Mingfei is still a student...

Even if you repeat a grade for several years, you are still a student, a young man who has never experienced the wizarding world!
However, Lu Mingfei's heartbeat stopped for a beat.

[Pre-Flashback Curse], he knew this, it could make the wand show the image effect of the spell used before!
Wouldn't this expose oneself?

After hearing this, Dumbledore pondered for a moment: "I don't think this is a good idea, Rufus. I completely trust Lu Mingfei."

"But, it's just to check the wand, it won't affect anything!" Scrimgeour frowned, not understanding the reason for Dumbledore's refusal, but still persisted.

The atmosphere in the Auror's office became a little quiet for a while.

In the end, Dumbledore nodded slowly.

He said softly: "Of course, Rufus, that seems like a very good idea. What do you think, Connelly?"

Fudge wanted to say no.

He didn't think Lu Mingfei could do such a thing.

But Dumbledore said so, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

The three people's eyes fell on Lu Mingfei.

"Mr. Lu Mingfei, did you hear everything? I need to do some tests on your wand."

Scrimgeour said impatiently, and even stretched out his hand in front of Lu Mingfei, with his palm facing up.

Lu Mingfei looked at Dumbledore immediately.

Professor Dumbledore could not change his mind because of Scrimgeour's insistence. Lu Mingfei believed this. He believed that Professor Dumbledore would not let himself be exposed, so he must have a better idea...

Dumbledore nodded slightly to Lu Mingfei.

At the same time, a subtle, almost inaudible sound suddenly sounded in Lu Mingfei's ears.

But even so, Lu Mingfei was convinced that the voice came from Dumbledore, and the content was——

"Throw it to him."

Wait, throw it to him?

Your own wand is not something you can just throw around!

Lu Mingfei's eyes suddenly became a little weird. The other side of Professor Dumbledore's amiable nature... he finally saw it again!

But he hid it well and returned to normal without showing it at all.

So, Lu Mingfei also stretched out his hand and handed out the magic wand that was as light as nothing in his hand.

He glanced at Scrimgeour's right hand, which was held almost horizontally, palm up.

"Be careful, Mr. Scrimgeour."

"what?"

Scrimgeour was stunned and laughed, "Don't worry, Mr. Lu Mingfei, it's just a flashback spell. I won't damage your wand..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Mingfei had already suspended the wand above Scrimgeour's palm, about twenty centimeters away, and then released it.

Lu Mingfei's wand is a warrior monk from the East. It is made of fairy metal, mahogany and the heartstrings of the Fire Dragon King. It is two meters and four meters long and weighs forty kilograms...

It was only when it was in the hands of the recognized Lu Mingfei that the wand seemed as light as nothing.

For anyone else who is not acknowledged, this wand is a solid forty pounds!

When Lu Mingfei let go of his hand, he "slightly" added a little more force to "throw" it down.

Students who often go to the gym to exercise may know that forty pounds is the weight of a common barbell in the gym.

Use it to do squats or bench presses, it is easy for people who have done some exercise.

But if you are like Scrimgeour, he reaches out with his hands almost flat, with the palm of one hand facing upward, without any mental anticipation, and just wants to catch it like a chopstick...

That is wishful thinking!
Unless you let a weightlifter weighing several hundred kilograms do it, you will have to suffer some injuries.

Not to mention, Scrimgeour is just a wizard who doesn't pay attention to physical exercise at all. He stays in the office all year round and uses a wand. His body is weaker than the average Muggle office worker of the same age!
"what!!!"

After a scream, Scrimgeour fell to the ground, clutching his dislocated arm and screaming in pain.

"Mr Scrimgeour!"

Lu Mingfei suddenly looked anxious, but he was thinking about other things - first he blinded Fudge's eyes through the memory light explosion, and now he used the wand to cripple Scrimgeour's hand...

Did he inflict serious injuries on the Minister of Magic and the Director of the Auror Office in one day?
I am really just a Hogwarts repeater who loves learning and yearns for peace!
PS: Today’s sanity discussion post – How will Voldemort view Lu Mingfei and what measures will he take?
(End of this chapter)