Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 917: Explosive news

  Chapter 918 Explosion News

  On the streets of Hogsmeade, students wandering around can be seen everywhere, especially the third-year students who have just been allowed to visit Hogsmeade. Every place here is very novel to them.

  After a brief discussion, Albert and the others decided to go to Zuko's Joke Store first, as a way to inquire about information and see if there are any new products in Zuko's store.

  The unchanging Zoko’s joke shop cannot be their opponent in the future.

  "This summer vacation, you can start advertising in the "Daily Prophet". Next semester is a good time to promote and sell joke props. Don't miss it."

  When Albert came out of the Honeydukes candy store, he casually said to Fred and George, "Skip class candy should not appear in the advertisement openly, after all, students need to use them to skip class, if the professors know , skipping class candy is not easy to use.”

   "I guarantee its skipping use will not appear on the product instructions." George said sincerely.

   "Or on the advertisement," Fred added.

  "That's a good idea. You only need to give everyone a little hint, and they will know the real purpose of those candies." Lee Jordan laughed nervously, "As long as there are classes, there will be students I started vomiting and nosebleeds, and I don’t think even the professor can figure out the real reason for a while.”

  "There are also wizard cards, and I plan to release the Hogwarts Four Houses series first." Albert threw an explosive stuffed candy into his mouth, and said as he walked: "There may be portrait problems in it, and, we It is best to combine games with learning, so as to make our products more popular with everyone. At least, while playing games, we can also let everyone learn some useful knowledge. As long as parents are convinced and children like it , there will be no lack of sales of wizard cards."

  "It sounds difficult, and how are you going to convince Snape?" Lee Jordan expressed doubts about this, they didn't think Albert could persuade Snape, it was really too difficult, that guy was like a star Stone, hard and smelly.

  "The other professors should be fine. As for Snape, if he doesn't want to, we can replace him with the previous Slytherin dean." Albert had already thought of a solution, "By the way , Your plan last time was very good, I am helping you revise it, it should be completed next month, and then you can start trying to sell wizard cards."

  "You still know the previous head of Slytherin?"

  "Of course I do. The last time I went to the Magic School Potions Tournament was led by Professor Horace Slughorn. It is said that he also formed the Slug Club before."

  "The Slug Club, that name is disgusting."

   All three of them had expressions of disgust on their faces.

  "Professor Slughorn is a pleasure-seeking, vain, and somewhat snobbish guy, but he is not bad in his bones. When he was teaching in school, he knew many famous wizards and had a wide network of contacts." Albert Brief comment on Slughorn: "It's actually very easy to deal with him. You just need to remember to send him a bottle of aged mead every Christmas. On his birthday, send a pineapple compote and a birthday card. He's the nicest type of old friend I know."

  "I think he doesn't know as many famous people as you do."

  “He must know more people than me.”

  Albert knows a lot of people, but not many people really keep in touch, otherwise how could he be busy.

   "Which type of people do you think is more difficult to deal with?" George asked curiously.

   "For knowledge exchange, sometimes writing a letter is more difficult than writing a paper for a magazine." Albert did not lie. Pull to form a small circle, and then bring the problem to the circle to discuss together.

  Albert and the others crossed the road and walked into the small bar opposite.

  The three broomsticks were still crowded as usual. After Albert entered, a gust of heat rushed towards his face. His eyes quickly swept across the bar, and he walked towards the nearest empty table with Fred, George and Lee Jordan go.

  After they sat down, they exchanged glances with each other, and finally they were so bored that they used guessing to decide who would go to Ms. Rosmerta to buy butter beer.

  "Well, you win!"

  Lee Jordan looked at the open palms of the other people and at his clenched fists, shrugged helplessly and stood up.

  Albert took out two Sickles from his pocket and said, "I want warm."

  “So do we.”

  Smiling, Fred and George took out their Sicos and placed them in front of Lee Jordan.

  "Really."

  Lee Jordan took Sickle to the counter to buy beer, and quickly got four cups of butterbeer heated with warm water. When he distributed the butterbeer to everyone, he raised his finger in a certain direction and said in a low voice: "Look over there, look, what I found."

  The three of them looked in the direction of Lee Jordan's finger, and found that Ludo Bagman was sitting and talking with a group of goblins in a dark corner of the bar.

  "Bagman's luck seems to be not very good, is he being entangled by a goblin again?"

  Fred clinked glasses with George with a smile, with unconcealable schadenfreude in his tone, "Do you think we should go over and add fire to Bagman, I believe he will have a headache."

  "If you go there, Bagman will definitely find an excuse to run away." Albert prefers to watch Bagman and the goblin gesticulate over there, but unfortunately the monitoring technology is still not good, otherwise they can drink beer here , listening to their words, happy.

  "Do you want to use this thing?" Fred and George took out the flesh-colored retractable ears from their pockets.

  "If you want to eavesdrop, you can use another method, you are too blatant."

   "What do you think they're talking about?" Lee Jordan stared at the excited goblins and asked after taking a swig of butterbeer.

   "The goblins are collecting debts." Fred and George said happily.

  "Bagman will definitely not pay back the money, and he probably has no money." Albert speculated, "If I were Bagman, I would probably have another round of betting with the goblin. If I win, The accounts of both parties will be written off, and if you lose, it doesn't matter if you owe another sum, anyway, if you have too many debts, you don't have to worry about it."

   "It makes sense. If I were Bagman, I would pressure you to win the Triwizard Tournament." Fred patted Albert on the shoulder and said, "After all, none of the other warriors are your opponents. It's obvious."

  "The goblins are not stupid, and they will definitely not agree." George added.

   "So, they're arguing now." Lee Jordan looked at the menacing goblin with his arms crossed with interest, quietly took out a detection ball from his pocket, and rolled it towards Bagman's position Go, ready to eavesdrop on them in the name of picking up the ball.

  After all, eavesdropping is easy to be discovered aboveboard, so it's best to find an excuse for yourself.

  "That guy really likes these gossip news. If you didn't ask him to get involved in the wizard card, I doubt that Lee Jordan would become a reporter for the "Daily Prophet" after graduation, or a reporter for "Wizard Weekly", like Li Tar Skeeter likes to gossip around." Fred looked at Lee Jordan's back and said to Albert.

   "We have already thought up the column name for him, and it is called the little secret that makes your heart beat." George added with a smile.

   "Let's continue to study the follow-up arrangement of the joke shop!" Albert felt that these two guys were too idle, and was going to find something for them to do. He reached out and took out a notebook from the deformed lizard leather bag.

   "I've always been curious about when you started getting this notebook." George asked with raised eyebrows as he flipped through the old notebooks.

  "Originally, I planned to sell black magic defense props in the last two years, and took the opportunity to make a fortune. Later, with your joining, the whole money-making plan was expanded."

   "It's been a long time since I saw you playing with the protective bracelet. What version is it now?" Fred asked curiously. They knew that Albert had this money-making plan for a long time, and they had been nagging for several years, but they didn't expect that the time was quietly approaching.

  "Version 3.2 is almost at its limit now, and there is no way to continue to improve it. The effect is not very ideal, but it lasts longer than the previous protective bracelet. Now it can last for about two years. In fact, I am not sure. But it can certainly last longer."

  "If the next semester is really turbulent as you said, then you will really make a fortune."

  The two of them did not forget Albert's prophecy about the turmoil in the magic world, "Perhaps, we should hoard some items for defense against the dark arts first, and then sell them in one go."

  "It's not the time yet, but you can accumulate a part of your reputation first, and then you can make a lot of money by providing defense packages to the Ministry of Magic. I have to say that most of the employees of the Ministry of Magic are really good at defense against the black arts. Hip pulling."

  "Maybe we can get five hundred orders." George muttered, "We should be able to get nearly 10,000 Galleons."

   "If you wear a dragon suit, it will definitely be more popular." Fred suggested. "The protective effect of that thing must be very good."

  "Do you think it's possible? That kind of clothes are too ostentatious." Albert didn't think the dragon suit would work. Many dark wizards especially like to use Avada Kedavra.

  "The dragon skin is a good thing. Except for Avada Kedavra, it can basically block or weaken most magic effects. When I really make a lot of Galleons, I will definitely get myself a dragon leather jacket first. "George said to Albert, "Safe and handsome. Of course, if you can strengthen the defensive effect of the dragon leather jacket, it will definitely make them a top-level defense against the dark arts."

  "This is a good proposal. It can be made into a high-end fire dragon vest and worn on the body." Albert thinks this is a good business opportunity, "With this thing, as long as you don't get hit by the Unforgivable Curse, you won't There's too much of a problem that the purse strings could get hurt."

  "Believe me, there will never be a shortage of rich people in the magic world, especially Aurors. If dark wizards really run rampant, they would all want to ask you to customize a set of super-defensive fire dragon suits, and those high-ranking officials, they must also I am afraid of death, and pay more attention to my own safety." Fred looked very excited, he felt that the field of defense against the dark arts had a lot of money.

   "At that time, we can still divide into levels." George opened his mind and said, "We can sell ordinary protective equipment and customized high-level protective equipment. After all, most wizards can't afford high-end products. Hmm , so you have thought of it a long time ago, saying that you are going to hand over ordinary protective equipment to us for manufacturing, is this really reliable?"

  "Your Iron Armor Curse can be used proficiently. It is enough to make general protective equipment. Although the use time may be shorter, it should also be able to prevent general curses, and there must be a difference between advanced and ordinary. , otherwise how to attract those rich people to take the bait? This is like ordinary broomsticks and firebolts.”

  "As expected of you, are you planning to directly monopolize the market?"

  "Monopoly, no, what we want is a brand." Albert shrugged, "Even if someone competes with us in the future, they will not be able to steal us."

  "What's the matter with the magical witch series above?" Fred took the notes from George and flipped through them, and found that Albert had prepared a lot of money-making plans.

   "When did you manufacture so many beauty products?" George asked curiously, leaning his head.

  "These are not all my research results." Albert explained: "If someone else does this part, it should be divided separately."

   "Your girlfriend?" George asked.

   "Isobel is also one of the researchers of beauty potions, remember those two foreign girls in the last Quidditch World Cup?" Albert reminded.

   "I remember, very beautiful girl." George teased, "At that time, we thought you had found two other girlfriends."

  "They are Isobel's friends. We met last time at the Potions Tournament of the Magic School. Later, we developed beauty potions together. I can be considered as a bonus, sometimes helping the girls." Albert shrugged Shrugging, "They opened a beauty shop in the United States and were welcomed by countless girls."

  "What beauty potion?" Lee Jordan had returned after picking up the detection ball.

  "What the girls like." George shook the note in his hand and asked, "What are they talking about?"

  "As we guessed, Bagman wanted to make a bet to offset his debts. The goblins disagreed with Bagman choosing Albert's final victory as a bet, so they quarreled." Lee Jordan He smiled and said to Albert: "It seems that Bagman has great confidence in you."

   While several people were chatting, Rita Skeeter followed her pot-bellied photographer into the Three Broomsticks. As soon as she went to the bar to buy a drink, she stared at Bagman who was entangled by goblins , ran to talk to Bagman with a glass of mead, and tried to interview the other party, but the conversation between the two sides was not pleasant, Bagman said a lot of nonsense, and quickly left with the group of goblins.

  "Bagman doesn't seem to want to talk to us, what is he doing, why is there a large group of goblins behind him? He also said that he took goblins to visit Hogsmeade... It's nonsense... I bet sure What happened." Rita Skeeter looked at Bagman's leaving back with great interest, and said to the colleagues beside her, "...If we can dig something out, Director of the Department of Magical Sports, Lu Do Bagman's reputation will definitely be discredited... This is really exciting... Follow Fu Zuo, let's see what secret Bagman is trying to hide."

  Fred, George, and Lee Jordan looked at each other, planning to take this opportunity to tell Rita Skeeter about Bagman.

  Just as they were about to stand up, they heard a sharp voice from the bar.

  "Are you trying to ruin someone's life again?"

  Many people turned their heads and looked over when they heard the voice. Rita Skeeter also stopped. Greet Harry, "Great Harry, I didn't expect to see you here..."

   "Why did you treat Hagrid like that?" Harry asked angrily.

  "Our readers have the right to know the truth." Rita Skeeter still had a smile on her face, showing no embarrassment at all, "I am just fulfilling my responsibility."

  "Who cares about him..."

  What Harry was about to say was interrupted by Hermione.

   "The truth, are you sure?" Hermione looked at Rita Skeeter coldly, the corners of her mouth curled up contemptuously, "As long as you can get the story and enough Galleons, you don't care about anything, no matter what No one is left alone, is the truth as important as Galleons? Obviously not, I know you care more about the sales of newspapers and how many Galleons you can get, so this time you plan to treat Ludo Bagman— "

   "You silly little girl, don't talk nonsense about things you don't understand." Rita Skeeter said coldly.

   "Are you angry at what I said?" Hermione sneered without fear of Rita Skeeter's gaze.

  "Oh my **** Skeeter, don't you ever do something serious?"

  Sirius appeared out of nowhere, reached out and pressed Harry and Hermione's shoulders, smiling at the angry Rita Skeeter.

  "You actually have time to bicker with a little girl here, no wonder the "Daily Prophet" recently reported more and more rubbish." Sirius said with a heartbroken expression, "I used to like to read "" The Daily Prophet, at least I can get some useful news, but now there is nothing in the newspaper except a bunch of garbage, or that the "Daily Prophet" is trying to use this garbage to help the Ministry of Magic cover up the truth."

  "Cover up the truth?" Rita Skeeter looked at Sirius with a smile, "Oh, are you going to share with me some big secret that I don't know? To be honest, I'm very interested in your so-called truth .”

  "Did you know the news that Peter Pettigrew came back to life? That guy also used the Imperius Curse to control him and murdered Barty Crouch, Director of the International Department of Magic Exchange and Cooperation." Sirius said with a smile.

  "We have already reported this matter, you seem to have been in Azkaban for a long time, and your memory is declining a bit." Rita Skeeter laughed sharply, "I suggest you buy a The memory ball may be able to save you from being so forgetful."

   "Then why didn't you report how Peter Pettigrew came back to life?" Sirius was not angry, and asked back with a smile, "You didn't investigate such an important matter? You still don't want to report it."

   "You make it seem clear." Rita Skeeter said coldly.

  "Of course, I got first-hand information." Sirius smiled, "Peter Pettigrew's mother died in Azkaban instead of Peter, so the body of Peter buried by the dementors actually drank the compound potion Mrs. Peter."

  The entire small bar suddenly became silent. Everyone was shocked by the news. They never thought that Mrs. Peter would be willing to do this for her son.

  "Do you have any evidence?"

   Rita Skeeter suddenly had a bad feeling.

  "Mrs. Peter made a deal with the Minister of Magic with half of Peter's family property in exchange for the opportunity to visit her son in Azkaban. As a result, Peter died in Azkaban within two days. Mrs. Peter Then he also died, and Peter's house was engulfed in raging fire." The smile on Sirius' face became more kind, "This matter can be found out, even the Minister of Magic can't hide it, I dare say "The Daily Prophet" definitely I also know about this, but you don’t seem to want everyone to know the truth, is it because Fudge refuses to let it go, or is it because the "Daily Prophet" has paid hush money and shut up on this matter?"

  The bar suddenly started whispering.

   "Someone swore earlier that it was her duty to let readers know the truth." Hermione sneered sharply.

   Rita Skeeter looked at Hermione's disheveled hair indifferently and fiercely, obviously with malicious intentions.

   Without giving Rita Skeeter a chance to speak, Sirius continued, "Poor Mrs. Peter, who sacrificed everything for her son and got this result. Look at how Peter escaped from Azkaban What a good thing you did when you came out."

  "Do you know why Peter Pettigrew used the Imperius Curse to control Crouch? You didn't even report what Peter Pettigrew did at Crouch's house, has the Daily Prophet turned into magic now? Is there a microphone in the department?"

  Sirius was in a particularly happy mood, and he planned to break a big news here.

   Rita Skeeter was about to leave with a dark face, but Sirius used magic to hold her in place.

  "Don't leave in a hurry, everyone needs the truth, not the innocuous truth you say." Sirius said, playing with his wand, "You are really incompetent, since the "Daily Prophet" doesn't know anything, As a reporter, you should stay here and listen to what I have to say, and go back and write the information I provided as an article to report. Readers have the right to know the truth, otherwise, what is the use of you? Do you want everyone to be fools? Or Say you think everyone is a fool?"

  Sirius' words were very sharp, which directly made Rita Skeeter, who was fixed in place, begin to doubt her life.

  "Dumbledore is the party involved in this matter."

  Sirius smiled and said to the audience in the bar, "That night, he and Bagman went to Barty Crouch to discuss the safety of the second project of the Triwizard Tournament. I think everyone knows this , but you don’t know what Dumbledore encountered at Batty’s house.”

  So everyone swallowed their saliva, waiting for Sirius to solve the truth of the mystery.

  "A very ugly baby who can't even handle life, but who can pick up a wand, is the one that drags Dumbledore for a few minutes." Sirius raised the corners of his mouth happily and threw a heavy bomb , "That baby is Voldemort."

  When the word Voldemort came out of Sirius' mouth, there was a sound of gasping and knocking things in the Three Broomsticks bar.

  Mrs. Rosmerta trembled even more, and the entire jug fell to the ground without even noticing it.

  "I know you guys don't want to believe the truth, but this is the truth. No matter what, the truth is there, no matter how it is distorted or covered up, it can't be changed." Sirius looked at everyone's expressions and felt happier, "We It is not known whether Voldemort is alive or dead, but he is there, and there is no way to know how to become a baby in some terrible way. Of course, you can rest assured that the baby is dead, but Voldemort is under Dumbledore's nose Run away, according to Dumbledore's memories, Voldemort at that time was very similar to a ghost, but not a ghost, and spells could not harm it."

   "Mr. Sirius, is the devil who can't even mention his name really still alive?" A wizard couldn't help asking.

   "I don't know, we have consulted many experts, but they don't know what the situation is, but I think he should still be alive." Sirius said calmly, "It's just that, living in that form, his situation It's bad, it's weak, it's very weak, and a famous expert tells us that as long as Voldemort continues to wander in this way for a hundred years, his soul will decay, he will lose consciousness completely, and by then there may be no more threats."

  "This is really good news."

   "No, this is not really good news." Sirius laughed at himself, "According to the latest news we got, Voldemort actually wanted Dumbledore to escape because as long as Peter escaped Voldemort will have a way to turn himself into a baby again, of course, the Ministry of Magic also knows about this, so Fudge asked the Aurors to hunt down Peter Pettigrew with all their strength to prevent him from resurrecting Voldemort again."

  Speaking, Sirius found out a wanted list of Peter Pettigrew from nowhere, and joked with a smile, "Believe me, this is definitely the most expensive wanted criminal in history."

  Peter Pettigrew's bounty is a full 30,000 Galleons, which is far higher than Sirius' original wanted bounty.

  Everyone looked at Peter Pettigrew's wanted list and fell silent.

  Peter Pettigrew's wanted list of 30,000 Galleons has been criticized all the time, and everyone didn't understand why, but it was indeed surprisingly higher than the bounty offered, which attracted a large number of bounty hunters.

  "The Daily Prophet really doesn't know anything? They just don't want to say it, maybe they are afraid of causing panic, but I think they are gradually becoming the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic." Sirius looked at Rita with a half-smile Skeeter continued, "Don't worry, this whole thing is not over yet, I will tell you some news that the Ministry of Magic and the "Daily Prophet" are unwilling to tell you."

  Everyone's heart fell to the bottom all of a sudden, and their eyes were fixed on Sirius Black, worried that some bad news would come out of the other party's mouth again.

  “I still remember the Dark Mark on the World Cup, which was actually made by Barty Crouch. Well, you heard me right, Barty Crouch Sr.’s son is still alive. This was confirmed by Barty's house-elf, remember when the Daily Prophet reported 'Barty's house-elf was found on the spot', old Barty gave the house-elf clothes and fired the poor house elf."

  "I see. No wonder Winky walked so weirdly back then. It would make sense if she was being dragged. No wonder Harry's wand was in her hand." Hermione suddenly realized.

  "Now do you know what is going on with the Dark Mark?"

  "After the World Cup, Peter brought Voldemort to visit Old Barty, so that unlucky guy was controlled by the Imperius Curse. As for Little Barty, he has been released and is executing an evil plan. We It is suspected that he is trying to restore Voldemort to his original power."

  "Is this true?"

  "It should be true. We once wanted to find Barty Crouch Jr. through a certain prophet who lived in England. We, in the next few years, the environment in the British wizarding world will become worse and worse, and he is already planning to move."

   "Of course, divination is difficult to say, but we will soon see some omens." Sirius shrugged.

  "Barty Crouch Jr. is still alive?"

  "Yes, I don't think the information revealed by Barty Crouch's house elf is false." Sirius shrugged, "As for how Barty Crouch Jr. got from Azka Ben came back to life in prison, and his situation is actually similar to Peter. And old Barty paid the price of his life for this mistake, which is actually the reason why Peter took the risk to silence him. They tried to cover up that little Barty was still alive, and Voldemort tried to Get back the truth of the original power, because once the old Batty is alive, he will tell everything, he knows too much, and was silenced."

  Sirius waved his magic wand, unlocked the magic on Rita Skeeter, and said calmly, "Look, isn't the news I revealed more valuable than your pile of **** news?"

  Rita Skeeter walked away without saying a word.

   "I know you may think this is crazy, but whether you like it or not, this is the truth," Sirius laughed at himself, looking at the back of Rita Skeeter, "If "The Prophet The Daily has become the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic and deliberately concealed this part of the report. You can subscribe to this issue of the "Defense Guide". I will explain the whole thing clearly on it from beginning to end, especially when everyone needs the truth. "Defense Guide" can always bring you the truth, instead of keeping you in the dark."

   "So you're promoting your own magazine?" Someone couldn't help but sneer.

  "Do you think it is necessary to promote a magazine that is about to be blocked?" Sirius was not angry, but asked instead, "Sometimes, people don't like the truth, because the truth is too cruel."

  Sirius ignored the others, smiled and said a few words to Harry, then walked towards Albert.

  "Great speech, I found that your eloquence is surprisingly good." Albert said with a smile, "Still looking for Peter Pettigrew?"

   "That guy was offered a reward of 30,000 Galleons~IndoMTL.com~ I think this is a good opportunity." Sirius did not hide his malice, "We can share the reward in half, how about it? It's a good deal, I'll do it myself."

  "It's not bad, but this is not the place to talk about it." Albert stood up after drinking butter beer and said, "Change the place, the chances are slim now, I suspect they have left the UK."

   "What are Fred, George and Lee Jordan going to do with Rita Skeeter?" Hermione walked to Albert's table with a butter beer and asked.

   "They plan to tell Rita Skeeter about Ludo Bagman." Albert shrugged, "They are going to use that woman's hand to retaliate against Ludo Bagman for using fake money. Long paid the bet and swallowed their principal, but I think the effect is not great. The Ministry of Magic should know some dirty things. In the end, at most, it would discredit Bagman, lose his job and run away. However, I think Bagman is probably about to run away."

   "Bagman owes Galleon a lot?" Hermione couldn't help asking.

   "Many, not only goblins, but also wizards owe a lot of debt. We also set up a debt collection group to get back the principal of the bet and give Bagman a chance to pay back the money slowly." Sirius shook his head and said, "But Bagman seems unwilling to pay back the money, so you don't have to sympathize with him."

  (end of this chapter)