"Yes, it's Ginny's way of playing. Of course, if the ball turns green, it means Harry and I are really annoying..."

Cheerful laughter came from the responsive room again. "Okay, there's a lot to talk about today, you can practice whatever you want. Maybe in two years, there will be a few outstanding Occupationists and great self-hypnotists among us!"

Seeing everyone happily starting to practice, Lockhart called Harry aside and whispered to him, "You watch here, I went back beforehand."

"Okay, professor, go get busy."

Lockhart hurried out of the Response Room and took out the Order of the Phoenix message: Quickly go to the headquarters for a meeting.

What happened, so nervous? Lockhart was a little worried, and he immediately came to the headmaster's office, where Dumbledore was sitting quietly behind his desk.

"What happened, Headmaster?"

"The member responsible for guarding the Prophecy Ball was attacked today, just when the Ministry of Magic was off work," Dumbledore explained. "He is now seriously injured and in critical condition, and has been sent to St. Mungo's."

"Who is it?" Lockhart's heart tightened. "What happened to the prophecy."

"It's one of Moody's apprentices, Rey Diaz Pangzhi. He has been working in the Ministry of Magic. You should be unfamiliar with it. The Prophecy Ball is fine. Obviously, it's not Voldemort who went."

Lockhart was not familiar with this person, but he was a member of the Order of the Phoenix after all, and he still had a worried expression. "Then, will you go with me?"

"I can't just enter the protection area of ​​the Crimson Loyalty Charm, you know, and I seem to have found another clue to a place where Voldemort hides his Horcrux. I'm going to look for it now, you go." Dumbledore handed the kettle to Lo Hart.

Lockhart picked up the kettle, slightly dazed, and arrived at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Guidero, here you are!" Moody said with a serious face, "Just now there was news from St. Mungo - Rey Diaz is dead."

The day finally came. At this moment, the sense of insecurity finally swept Lockhart. Although he didn't want to admit it, Lockhart realized that he was involved in a war, not a house, and he immediately made a sad expression, after all, a comrade-in-arms died. "I'm sorry, Alastor, my condolences."

Moody shook his head: "He died fighting for justice, and I would be proud of him."

Tonks was also full of sadness at this time, and he was familiar with Rey Diaz: "He is a brave boy, and he successfully sent a message when he was attacked."

"Then Dumbledore and us immediately rushed over there and brought William under control." Blake explained with a frown.

"William? That young Auror?" Lockhart was startled, not all his actions against the giant were exposed.

"He disappeared two days ago when he was on a mission. It seems that he was caught by a mysterious man. Dumbledore has determined that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse, not a Death Eater."

Lockhart breathed a sigh of relief: "Now, who's watching?"

"Mundungus, Arthur, and Lupin went over to watch."

"It seems that the mysterious man is bound to win that ball, and he may come in person next time!" Moody growled.

"Add more people and hold on until the end of the semester. If he hasn't taken it by then, we'll let Harry take the ball." Blake suggested, "Never let the mysterious man succeed!"

"If we send more people, we won't have the manpower to deal with the other Death Eaters wandering outside and wreaking havoc!" Moody said angrily.

Tonks interrupted the two: "Guidero, what's your idea?"

Lockhart rubbed his chin: "It's obviously not appropriate to get all the members of the Order of the Phoenix to see a prophecy ball at this time, so let's discuss with Scrimgeour, let him squeeze out an Auror every day, and then we also send A person."

"It's a good idea to watch in groups of two!" Moody nodded.

"Working with the Ministry of Magic again? Fudge has never liked us very much!" Black disapproved.

"I don't believe Scrimgeour would have spoken to the Minister about this, but he trusts us in the Order of the Phoenix." Of course Lockhart would not say it, he had already "followed" Scrimgeour, but he did not betray Order of the Phoenix, with a clear conscience.

"Besides that, we should also set up some alarm magic in the Department of Mysteries. If the mysterious person takes action in person, it is very likely that neither of them will be able to raise the alarm!"

"Well, we'll talk to Arthur later."

"You guys go back first, by the way, when Lupin comes back, let him go to school tomorrow to find me. I found an errand for him, just in time to protect Harry." Lockhart added, "I'll go to Scree first. Lin Jie, you are free."

"Okay, be careful." Tonks urged gently.

After Lockhart contacted Scrimgeour, he confirmed that he was waiting for him in the office, and then set off, entered the Ministry of Magic normally through the visitor channel in London, and came to the Auror office.

"Good evening, Gilderoy." Scrimgeour greeted coldly.

"Good evening, Mr. Scrimgeour."

"You can call me Rufus. Isn't it tiring to call Mr. Scrimgeour every day? You are not my subordinate now."

"Okay, Rufus..."

Scrimgeour interrupted Lockhart's words: "You Order of the Phoenix are so powerful, one of our Auror departments was controlled by the Imperius Curse, and was caught by the Order of the Phoenix in the Department of Mysteries! I need to explain! "

"Calm down, Rufus, I'll explain to your satisfaction."

So, next, Lockhart revealed to Scrimgeour the origin of the prophecy ball, some of the prophecies in it, and the story that the mysterious man and the ball had to tell.

"It turns out that the mysterious man disappeared more than ten years ago because of this ball!" Scrimgeour said in surprise, the frost on his face subsided, "Well, now I can understand the behavior of your Order of the Phoenix. Yes, but in any case, you are so disrespectful to the Ministry of Magic, and I will try to describe this as a covert operation in our Auror office."

"Thank you, Rufus." Lockhart thanked. "Also, I think the mysterious man will forcibly get this prophecy ball in the past few months. We need the assistance of the Auror department to guard."

"You don't need to say I will send someone! How did you arrange it?"

"Every day, a member of the Ministry of Magic will watch the Department of Mysteries after get off work until the Ministry of Magic goes to work the next day."

Scrimgeour closed his eyes and thought for a moment: "Well, I'll have two people guard the Department of Mysteries every day. One striker is on duty during the day, and the other Auror is on night duty with your people at night."

"That's great."

"It feels like your Order of the Phoenix regards the Ministry of Magic as a back garden..." Scrimgeour sighed, "How did you get in?"

Lockhart was about to refuse to answer the question, but Scrimgeour took the initiative to let go: "Forget it, I don't care, anyway, the Death Eaters will definitely have no less channels to enter the Ministry of Magic than you. There are not many pure lands that have penetrated."

"I'm sorry about that, but after all, the Ministry of Magic is in the bright spot, there's nothing I can do."

"Okay, I'm going to see William in St. Mungo's and see if he remembers anything," Scrimgeour gave Lockhart a sharp look, "you can go back, and, my people Guarding the Department of Mysteries starts tomorrow."

"You go, I'll go right now." Lockhart nodded, left his office, and returned to Hogwarts.

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