Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 186: In Downing Street

It was now afternoon, and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, enjoying the delicious afternoon tea at No. 10 Downing Street, while reading a series of long reports.

The contents of the report slipped through his mind without leaving any trace.

In fact, the prime minister is waiting for a call from the president of another country on the other side of the strait... This call is so important that he has no way to focus on other things now!

Theoretically speaking, the call should have been made five minutes and twelve seconds ago...but the other party was unbelievably late...God knows what the president's secretary is doing now, Perhaps helping him zip?

Honestly speaking, the Prime Minister is under a lot of pressure during this time... This is mainly due to his predecessor, a crazy woman who only brought war and recession to the country...

So that he is in a very difficult situation now: the influence of the country is declining, the economy is collapsing, and the party has only a slight advantage of 18 seats in the parliament...

The "Maastricht Treaty" he ratified and signed not long ago was a deadly fuse and became a weapon for political opponents to attack him

The more the Prime Minister tried to concentrate on the paper in front of him, the more clearly he could see the gloating smiles on the faces of his political opponents.

They circulated a lot of rumors that the Prime Minister had a nervous breakdown because of these terrible things; that he spent a lot of time hiding in the wardrobe every day; An unsent letter of resignation to the Queen...

Although the Prime Minister has always sneered at these rumors, he has to admit that these are actually true...

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The more he thought about it, the more irritable the Prime Minister became.

He opened a new report and looked at how long it was; after gesturing the length with his hand, he threw it into the trash can like a piece of waste paper.

He stretched his arms above his head, wistfully imagining when this terrible situation would end.

Just then, he heard a soft cough coming from behind him.

The prime minister froze suddenly.

He knew that cough, he'd heard it before.

Now, he turned slowly and looked at the empty office.

"Hello?" he asked softly.

The Prime Minister believes that he should be more serious and calm in Britain.

For a brief moment, he was ready to believe that no one would respond to him.

However, a voice responded quickly, with a crisp, decisive voice that sounded like it was reading a prepared statement.

It's coming like the prime minister knew from the first cough

The previous cough came from a small, frog-like man in a long silver wig... Well, a man depicted in that dirty oil painting in the far corner of his office.

Because of this poor portrait, the prime minister's taste was secretly ridiculed by many staff members.

"To the Muggle Prime Minister.

We need an emergency meeting.

Better reply as soon as possible.

Sincerely, Barnold”

The frog-like man in the portrait looked at the prime minister and waited for his response after saying this.

"I have a very important call to answer, from a president on the other side of the ocean..." the Prime Minister begged, "This call may affect the fate of this country..."

"If it's a call from other heads of state in Europe, I don't think it's necessary to answer it!" The little man shrugged, "Okay, I don't need to say...the minister has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bright green flame suddenly appeared in the stone fireplace.

Then, a broad, round-jawed woman crawled out. Her black hair was cropped short and her face looked edgy.

Look at the person first, trying not to look surprised or wary.

"Hello..." he said dryly, "Minister Barnold... I don't know what you are doing today..."

The Prime Minister tried his best to speak calmly.

"Ah...Prime Minister." As Millicent Barnold said, she shook her head lightly, "I don't think you can think of worse news..."

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Strictly speaking, it is difficult for the Prime Minister to really welcome this other minister in front of him...

First of all, she is a female politician... A female politician is undoubtedly the creature that the prime minister hates the most in this world.

Secondly, she looks very strong... A strong female politician is undoubtedly the creature that the prime minister fears the most in this world.

In the end, she is an alien (compared to the Prime Minister), an alien with terrifying abilities... This is undoubtedly a creature that feels very scary even in the prime minister's dream.

So even in a dream, the Prime Minister is very afraid of the ugly man in the portrait suddenly coughing

But of course, what should come will come back.

It had been like this since his first day as Prime Minister, during their first meeting.

What happened that night was like yesterday to him, and this unlucky memory may haunt him until he dies.

At the time, in this very office, he stood alone, enjoying a victory he had dreamed of and planned for years.

That's when he heard a cough behind him, and found the hideous figure speaking, announcing that the Minister for Magic was arriving and introducing himself.

Naturally, he thought the long and tense campaign had driven him crazy.

But when he saw the portrait talking, he fell into a complete panic, although it was not as crazy as when a wizard emerged from the fireplace and shook hands with him...

He was a little speechless for a while, although the other party seemed friendly... When she turned the prime minister's teacup into a gerbil, the prime minister fell completely.

Millison Barnold was like an old mother looking at her silly son and kindly explaining to him that there are many wizards and witches who still live in secret in this world.

And he can rest easy because the Ministry of Magic is taking full responsibility for wizarding society and preventing non-magical people from getting news of their existence...

A detailed introduction to all this

Then, while the prime minister was still in a daze; she left.

It all seemed like a dream.

The Prime Minister tried to deny all of this, trying to convince himself that Millicent Barnold's existence was merely a hallucination caused by lack of sleep during the campaign.

But all attempts to get rid of these bad things are in vain. He tried to get the secretary to remove the ugly portrait announcing the arrival of the Minister for Magic...

But to the prime minister's dismay, it turned out that the portrait could not be removed. The prime minister has given up trying and just wants the thing to remain motionless and silent during his tenure.

Of course, so far, this little wish was suddenly shattered!

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"I think the war has already begun, Prime Minister..." Minister Millicent Barnold walked over quickly and said impatiently.

"War?" The Prime Minister shouted with some fuss, "How is this possible...I hate war the most...and that monster that can create war has disappeared from this world two years ago..."

"I'm not referring to the war between you Muggles... but the war between wizards and Muggles..." Barnold frowned.

"Wizards...Muggles...war..." The Prime Minister seemed terrified. He had never been so frightened when he heard his approval rating suddenly drop by five percentage points during the last general election.

"When you came last time, you seemed to tell me... there is the Ministry of Magic, and the Ministry of Magic will protect our safety... to ensure that Muggles will not know the existence of the wizarding world..." the prime minister stammered Said.

"Yes, it was like this a few hours ago." Minister Barnold sighed:

"But now, I have been deposed... just because I don't want to sign the general declaration of war on Muggles..."

Hearing the news of the other party's dismissal, the Prime Minister suddenly felt a sense of gloating in his heart... Although in the current situation, it seems that this is not appropriate.

But even if my support rate is very low and the public's evaluation is also very bad, at least I can govern stably until the end of my term...

A sense of superiority suddenly came from the heart.

"Unbelievable, I never thought that there are so many people from Grindelwald hidden by my side..." Barnold continued, "The speed of their attack is unbelievable..."

"Grindelwald, I still remember this name!" The Prime Minister was taken aback, and quickly shouted, "You seemed to have mentioned him when you came here last time...you said he was the greatest wizard in the world... "

"That was before, I never thought that Grindelwald's concept would be so terrifying and hidden so deeply..." Barnold said impatiently: "Hurry up, our time is running out... "

"Oh... war..." The Prime Minister almost forgot those words earlier.

He jumped up hastily, but quickly sat back down again.

"May I ask... what would a war between wizards and Muggles look like?" he asked softly.

"I don't know..." Minister Barnold shook his head:

"Should be mind control, memory modification or something... I don't know what they're going to do, but I think they're going to do it soon... and you, as the leader of the Muggles, will be their number one goal."

The Prime Minister's legs trembled suddenly, and he felt that he almost peed out.

"Then what should I do?" He looked at the witch in front of him for help.

Minister Millicent Barnold glanced at the Muggle in front of him: "Write a letter first...inform the important officials in your Muggle government and tell them to hide...at the same time inform all the people of your Muggles , Let them prepare for war!"

"What are you still in a daze for?" She almost roared angrily.

The prime minister nodded quickly as if waking up from a dream.

He was just thinking about whether his approval rating would increase if he entered the war mode, and whether he could drive away more members of the opposition party in the parliament...

As well as those congressmen from the opposition party... If the battle is unfavorable, they will come to attack you, will you step down?

"Okay, I'll call my secretary right now..." He hurriedly said, "Ian, Ian... Come in!"

"Secretary... is he trustworthy?" Barnold frowned and asked with some doubts.

"I can entrust him with my wealth and life!" The Prime Minister proudly showed off: "He is very capable and can do twice as much as other people."

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A middle-aged man wearing a suit and looking smart broke in.

"Prime Minister..." he asked calmly.

"Hurry up, I need to write... to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales..." The Prime Minister began to recall the names of important members of the government one by one.

But it's in this flashing room

The middle-aged man named Ian suddenly pulled out a strange little wooden stick from nowhere.

"Avada Kedavra!"

A strong green light suddenly flashed in front of the Prime Minister...

The terrifying light completely frightened him this time.

Although the target of this green light is not him... but Millicent Barnold.

The former minister of the Ministry of Magic did not respond, his eyes were still wide open...

She fell to the ground, her whole body was up and down in an instant, and she lost any vitality... She died!

The Prime Minister stumbled back a few steps and fell to the ground.

Then, the always shrewd and capable secretary turned his gaze to the minister. ,

"You...you are...also...a wizard..." the Prime Minister stammered.

A red light flashed, and he was stunned to the ground.

In the fireplace of the prime minister's office, the fire was lit again.

The secretary put away her wand, and glanced at the man in black who stepped out of the fireplace next.

"You let the Minister escape!" He asked a little harshly~IndoMTL.com~Sorry," another wizard apologized repeatedly, "I didn't expect that she would use the Minister of Magic and the Muggle The private channel between the prime ministers, to try to warn the Muggles... It took me a little time to connect the Floo network to the Muggle prime minister..."

"Is the Ministry of Magic under control?" the secretary asked again.

"It's all right now... There are very few truly radical rebels, although most of them hold certain objections...Edgar and Amelia Burns are under house arrest, Scrimgeour The attitude is fairly stable...we have completely controlled the situation!"

"That's good!" The secretary nodded.

He raised his wand again, aiming at the fainted Prime Minister on the ground:

"Império!"

The Prime Minister, who was still in a coma, slowly got up from the ground; but now, his eyes have become extremely dim, and there is no luster at all...