"Don't be useless, just listen to me first!" Scrimgeour loudly stopped everyone from discussing. "Guidero, did you grab the Horcrux?"

"Of course I took it out." Lockhart nodded. "We destroyed some of the defenses above that day, but most of it was effective."

Scrimgeour pondered for a while, then said helplessly: "The facts tell us that the mysterious man can feel his Horcrux being hurt - that is to say, we must have a way to destroy the Horcrux instantly, I have no idea. I've heard of some magic that has such an amazing concentrated burst of destructive power. But nothing is absolute, Gilderoy, you know more about black magic, think of a way to find or create a power that has the power to instantly destroy Horcruxes The spell—"

"Don't be naive, Rufus." Lockhart sneered before he heard it, "Horcrux is not strictly a living thing, if it doesn't get opened by Parseltongue like that pendant... destroy it. It must completely destroy its defense and internal structure. It is said that the damage of black magic is higher than that of white magic. Using the same magic power, the damage caused by black magic is indeed greater and more thorough than that of white magic - but it also has to obey the rules. , even if Merlin came, he couldn't use any spell to cause damage equivalent to the magic power he consumed that could theoretically cause more than 100% of the damage - alas, the explanation is not clear, in short, if you want to destroy the Horcrux, you must Two conditions must be met: one is to have enough magic power to completely destroy it, and the other is to have a destruction speed faster than its own repair speed. Both are indispensable. This is not necessarily related to the spell. In theory, any damage Spells are fine!"

"Okay alright, I don't know much about theory, but I trust you." Scrimgeour nodded, "Then there is another way to destroy the Floo network. Then slowly destroy the soul. It's impossible for the mysterious man to teleport to the Horcrux without relying on the Floo network."

"But, we can't destroy that Horcrux now with the strength of a few of us - even if other Aurors gather together. We'll have to send someone out to destroy the Floo network..."

Scrimgeour waved his hand: "You didn't mention the point, Miss Granger. The difficulty is that the Floo Network cannot be destroyed... It is invisible, and when we say cutting off the Floo Network, we are actually letting the Department of Transportation The people who manually cut off the connection between the power supply system under the Ministry of Magic and the Floo network. Simply destroy the power supply route of the Department of Transportation, and with the help of magic, it can be repaired quickly..."

"Then what the hell!" said Lockhart irritably.

"If you want to cut off the Floo network for a long time, you must go deep underground and destroy the energy supply system of the Ministry of Magic. It must be a damage that is difficult to repair in a short time."

Except for Scrimgeour and Lockhart, everyone here knows nothing about the Ministry of Magic's energy supply system, and all Lockhart knows is that it is under the Ministry of Magic. As for what it looks like and how it works, Where to go from here, I don't know.

"How to do it?"

"Remember the Department of Mysteries, the most mysterious of all departments, responsible for all kinds of major, secret magical matters. The duties are highly confidential. It consists of many parts..."

"Yeah, we've seen a lot of them—" Harry interjected. "There's a brain in one room...and one that's all clocks. Yes, there's a prophecy room."

"Well." Scrimgeour nodded. "And the Planetary Chamber and the Chamber of the Dead. There's a lot of things in there that can't be explained even by magic, and wizards are researching these things... but in fact these researches and mysteries are the most important things. Compared with important responsibilities, it only plays the role of covering."

"What an important duty." Harry said with wide eyes.

"The most important duty of the Department of Mysteries is to guard the door that is always locked." Scrimgeour opened the mystery, "Accurately, not always locked, but most people never have the chance to see it in their entire lives. Open."

"What's in there?" Hermione looked at Scrimgeour longingly. "I read in books that there is a power in it. More than death, more than human wisdom. More magical and more terrible than the power of nature. Someone Guess there's 'love' in there. But what is that?"

"That's a deceptive statement. I only learned the truth after I became the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and I didn't hear it through official channels, but from a former friend." Scrimgeour sold out: " The Department of Mysteries, every once in a while, will select a few from the best Aurors and make them 'secrets', or 'silent people', 'people who don't know what they are'... whatever you want What do you call them? These people with unknown responsibilities, who claim they are performing top-secret missions, are actually trying to ensure that outsiders cannot break into the locked door. Once someone breaks in, they will immediately pass through the dedicated Floo network. Directly teleport over to block the intruder, behind that door, it is said to be the energy supply system of the Ministry of Magic."

"Power system! Secret?" Black said. "That sounds amazing."

"Not only does it sound miraculous, but their duties are equally miraculous - although most of them are of Auror origin, once they become whistleblowers, they are no longer responsible to the wizarding world, only to that door... no matter who is in power , it has nothing to do with them, they just make sure that no one breaks into that door and destroys the power supply system... until these keepers are too old to walk, they will not be replaced - do you know what that means."

"It means they won't help us," Lockhart said. "Those who keep secrets must be persuaded or controlled by force, but where are they? Even Aurors know to hide their addresses. These Auror-born secretaries will probably pay more attention. That's it."

"Of course, but I've been an Auror for over thirty years, and there are always a few colleagues who have been chosen to be whistleblowers," Scrimgeour said, frowning. "One of them is very close to me, and I know he lives in Where, I'm afraid I'll be sorry for his trust now..."

"We're not going to kill him, let him do him a favor," Lockhart said dismissively. "He's just dereliction of duty, but he can save our lives!"

"It's not that simple~lightnovelpub.net~ Confidentialists must be bound by something like an unbreakable oath... leaking secrets, or dereliction of duty, may threaten their lives."

"For the sake of the lives and interests of more people, we must defeat the mysterious man and take back the Ministry of Magic. No matter how big the price is, it's worth it. What's wrong with sacrificing him!" Lockhart said without hesitation, but before he finished, He realized that something was wrong... For the benefit of others, if an innocent wizard had to be sacrificed, what was the difference between such behavior and the Death Eaters?

Scrimgeour and Lockhart looked at each other for a while before Scrimgeour spoke. "You also realize that if the keeper was you, would you give your life to protect those Muggles and Muggle wizards?"

"Of course not..." Lockhart reluctantly admitted, "That's why the Auror Handbook has that entry..."

"That's right, 'do not exercise moral judgment while on duty'." Scrimgeour no longer looked at Lockhart, and he was reluctant to harass his friends if possible, but now "more lives were lost." and interests", including the lives of himself and his family, so he can only do things according to the Auror's principles.

——(To be continued)