Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

Seeing everyone rushing over, Dawlish pointed to the tent in front of him with horror on his face.

"Right there...he's dead! Dead!"

All the Aurors were shocked when they heard the words, but Kingsley Shacklebolt opened the curtain of the tent first, and then stayed at the door.

Lockhart followed his colleagues and followed Kingsley's gaze. As a result, he saw a corpse there.

And the owner of that corpse was the director of the International Department of Bulgaria.

Chapter 260 Tracking

The moment they saw the corpse, no matter whether it was Lockhart, the Aurors or the staff of the Ministry of Magic from other departments, they gasped.

It's not that they haven't seen the corpse, and it's not that they are afraid, but they all know what consequences this corpse will bring to the British Ministry of Magic.

A foreign dignitary was killed in the UK, and he was still a person in power in their country.” Even without thinking about it, they know what kind of political storm they are about to face

Fudge sat down on the ground in fright when he heard about this incident. He was at least 80% responsible for this incident, because he was the one who let the Auror at the door let people out.

"I need to talk to the Bulgarians... It was a total accident... Yes, an accident... Also, how the hell do you do your security? Why do you let killers in the camp?"

Probably because he knew what he was about to face, Fudge seemed a little hysterical

But Lockhart didn't have time to pay attention to the ball kicked by this person now. Scrimgeour and the others had to do this kind of wrangling. He wanted to work with Moody to solve this new trouble.

The criterion for distinguishing whether a politician is still "seeing the past" is to see whether his first reaction after the incident is to solve the problem, or to shirk responsibility first. Fudge is obviously the latter

In line with the style of "practical cadres", Lockhart still retains the basic habits of a small civil servant, and settles the matter first.Because he knew that if the situation could not be controlled, he would be pushed out to take the blame.

How 0 how did he die? " Lockhart asked his colleagues who went forward to check

The person in charge of examining the corpse stepped aside and sighed.

"See for yourself, it's obvious."

Several people including Lockhart and Moody surrounded the past and began to examine the corpse.

The facial expression of the corpse owner was terrified, and his eyes were wide open, but there were no traces of struggle on his body.

"I can't run away, a simple and direct killing curse." Moody said firmly, a I have seen at least 100 killing curse victims in my life, and I didn't expect to see them again after so many years of retirement. "

Kingsley also flipped through the clothes on the deceased, and told Moody what he found: "Although he smelled of alcohol, it wasn't heavy, so it wasn't a fight after drinking, and all the valuables on him were For example, the purse, pocket watch and wand are all gone... Dawlish, have you moved this way before?"

Dawlish was taken aback for a moment, then blushed.

"No! I'm an Auror! Not a petty thief!" he yelled at Kingsley.

Only then did Kingsley realize that his words had caused others to misunderstand: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that? Dawlish...I mean 7. How did you find him and find out that he was dead?"

"I called Flynn Temple's name outside this tent for a long time, but he didn't come out to answer, so I came in, and then I saw this person lying motionless on the blanket..."

Lockhart suddenly felt that he had discovered something: "Is this Flint's tent?

"That's right." Dawlish pointed to the outside of the tent, "His family's logo is printed on the door.

Heraldry, I'm not mistaken.

"So what about Flint?" Lockhart stood up abruptly, "I think he came to the box to watch the game."

The wizards onlookers confirmed Lockhart's statement

"I'm still wondering, originally he said he didn't want to come, but today he told me

i changed my mind

Looking at the onlooker wizard, Lockhart always felt as if he had heard his voice not long ago.

He asked the onlooker wizard bluntly: "Did Flint follow you when you went to persecute Muggles together just now?"

"I"didn't' persecute Muggles, and Flint"didn't' think about doing it," the pureblood wizard corrected Lockhart seriously.

Lockhart didn't bother to talk to him: "I mean, when you went to set off the fireworks together, did he follow?"

"Uh..." The wizard recalled vigorously, "It seems that there is no... But I don't remember clearly, you know, people are very complicated..."

Oops!

After hearing the words, Lockhart quickly returned to the corpse, then squatted down under the strange eyes of the rest of the Aurors, and then tore off the wizard hat from the corpse's head.

Under the hat, the head of foreign guests' hair was well-groomed as always, but a small piece of hair above the left sideburn was bald.

Lockhart murmured that something was wrong, and then quickly ran to his colleagues in the Transport Department of the Ministry of Magic

"Mrs. Eckmore!" he cried, "where is our Portkey to Bulgaria?"

Mrs. Eckmore didn't know why, but she still lowered her head and glanced at the register.

Answered Lockhart's words.

"Over there...Mount No. [-], there is a big tree tied with a red ribbon on the mountainside over there, and there is an old kettle lid in the tree hole. That is the key to Bulgaria, A"

As she spoke, she pointed to Lockhart.

"Who else knows about this besides your traffic department?" Lockhart asked again.

Apart from our transportation department, only the Bulgarians know about it, and they have been notified in advance. ’ answered Mrs. Eckmore honestly.

"Thank you."

Lockhart didn't hesitate anymore, and rushed to his colleagues in the Auror's office.

Mang Kelastuo, please continue to help watch the camp, your legs and feet should not be able to keep up.Rufus, lend me two, we're going to look at the Portkeys in Bulgaria, I've got a bunch of translators, you know. "

Scrimgeour looked at him suspiciously: "Why? Our current manpower is tight

"I suspect the murderer wanted to escape to Bulgaria." Lockhart told him. "After all... Bulgaria is not far from Albania."

Scrimgeour became even more confused: "What does this have to do with Albania?

What do you want to say? "

If he really had to explain everything to him, Lockhart felt that he might have to explain for hours, but unfortunately he had no time.

"In short, lend me two first, and I'll explain when I get back." He said hastily, "In short, the purpose of the murderer should be the key to the port leading to Bulgaria."

Scrimgeour stared at Lockhart for a while, then turned his head again, glanced at Fudge who was still reprimanding the guard at the door, and finally nodded.

"Baohu Kingsley!"

"Yes!" The two stood up.

"You two follow Director Lockhart and go up to Mount No. [-] to have a look!"

"Ok!"

Then Scrimgeour turned to Lockhart again: "Need a broomstick? I have two left."

"Thanks, but the flying target is too big."

Lockhart declined Scrimgeour, and then called Kingsley Shacklebolt and Bob Ogden to come over.

"Use a tracking spell on me later, so that I won't get separated... okay? The group is invisible!" He took out his wand and drew a silver circular pattern above his head.

Silver sparkles descended one after another as if leaking from the air cut through the circumference, enveloping Lockhart and the three of them, and then the three disappeared into the air

Chapter 260 IX Death Eater's Declaration

If Lockhart was only suspicious before, then when he took the two Aurors up the mountain, he no longer doubted the truth of the matter.

And not only him, but even Kingsley and Bob found out.

A dark green Dark Mark was generously painted on the tree used to mark the Portkey, full of ominous meaning.

Bob Ogden wanted to go up to check the situation, but was held back by Lockhart

"Be careful, Bob, whoever did this is probably still around, or even booby-trapped."

Ogden felt that it made sense when he heard the words, so he didn't go any further.

The three of them first searched around the tree, and only after they found no trace of other people/"cautiously approached the marked tree.

The portkey in the tree hole has long since disappeared, replaced by a letter written in red ink.

After confirming again and again that there was no mechanism, Lockhart frowned and took out the letter.

This letter gave him a very bad feeling, as soon as he opened it, there was a smell of blood. Lockhart suspected that the message was written by that person with blood.

As expected, the person who wrote this letter was Barty Crouch Jr.

"By the time you read this letter, I should already be in Europe, you belated fools!

During the hibernating days of the frog snake, a group of rats occupied the burrow and made the place stink.

You call the Great Temporary Departure 'Victory' and this stench of corruption 'Peace'.Compared with more than ten years ago, everything has not made any progress, but has become more decadent and depraved.

But it will all be over soon, scumbags!

The Dark Lord's most loyal servant is about to return to his command and he is about to make a comeback, enjoy your last days to the fullest, for it is running out.

To the former servants of the Dark Lord: You are not loyal, but if there is still a trace of guilt and remorse in your dirty hearts, then hurry up and prepare the crown for my king's enthronement, when he returns like lightning, You will repay the devil's tolerance to you with bones and blood.

To the arrogant villain: I could have killed you in your braggadocio and put an end to your ridiculous little trick, but I liked your remark that without a master, those scumbags do Like a group of sheep that have lost their heads, a skeleton that has lost its backbone.So I have mercifully decided to save your life until I return.

To my hopeless father: If you think that I keep your life because of the love of father and son, then I advise you to dispel this unrealistic delusion as soon as possible.

The reason why I keep it is because your death is far from enough to quell one ten thousandth of my hatred for you.And before I come back, please take care of your body, because if you don't have a good body, you may not be able to enjoy the tricks I customized for you, and your days are still long!

Barty Crouch"

After reading this letter full of malice and curses, Lockhart and his two colleagues felt a little uncomfortable.

"That guy is simply a lunatic!" Ogden's hands were shaking, "He acted so recklessly..."

It's no wonder he was so angry, because Crouch Jr.'s behavior was obviously provocative.

provocative.

He killed the distinguished foreign guests of the Ministry of Magic, and then escaped with the Ministry of Magic's Portkey in front of everyone in the Ministry of Magic. This is tantamount to slapping the Ministry of Magic directly.

"But... how did this guy do it?" Kingsley was puzzled, "When did he stab? How did he escape from the camp?"

Lockhart sighed: "It should be Polyjuice Potion, I just found that our guest's hair is missing a piece, probably Crouch Jr. made Polyjuice Potion from his hair

This guy pretended to be a person who came to watch the game, and then tried to get the director of the Bulgarian International Department out. After asking about the location of the door key, he took the opportunity to kill him, and then he used polyjuice potion to pretend to be ours. guests, and hang out with the gang at the bar. "

Kingsley was so surprised that he couldn't speak: "If you say that, he did all this under our noses?"

"I'm afraid so," said Lockhart dryly.

Lockhart had reason to be so skeptical—because if he hadn't been among the hooded thugs, Crouch Jr. would never have heard himself say "a flock of sheep without a head, a skeleton without a backbone" In this sentence, the "arrogant villain" in the letter was obviously talking about himself.

In other words, when he was showing his prestige to the mob, that guy Crouch was mingling with the crowd, staring at him bleakly?

Lockhart couldn't help but clenched his fists.

Very well, bold bastard, you win this game!

There are still many things he doesn't know about this matter, such as the relationship between Crouch Jr. and the Bulgarian International Director, how he got the compound soup ingredients, and why the Director died in Flynn In Te's tent.

"Come on!" said Lockhart to Kingsley. "Let's take these things back and... investigate the whole thing."

Lockhart originally thought that after such a big incident, there would be an uproar in the British wizarding world, but he underestimated Fudge's ability to control the media.

The "Daily Prophet" reported the death of the Bulgarian foreign minister in just a few sentences, and these few sentences also specifically marked that he "ignored the dissuasion of the security personnel and insisted on going to the bar for entertainment". Died unexpectedly.

Letters of protest from the Bulgarian side snowflaked to Lockhart's Office of International Cooperation, making Lockhart terribly annoyed.Even if he has no responsibility in this matter, it can even be said that he played quite well.But as a whole, he still needs to bear the blame for the "poor security" of the British Ministry of Magic.

Probably knowing Lockhart's grievances, Fudge took the initiative to let go of his body on a rare occasion.

While trying to downplay the death of the foreign dignitary, he promoted Lockhart as the hero of the fan riots on World Cup night.