"What about us..." Major spread his hands.

Lockhart's tone was not without blame: "Look at what you said, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland are four in one, all under the Ministry of Magic, how can you say that it has nothing to do with us?"

Major's dead fish eyes suddenly widened: "You Ministry of Magic can control Ireland.

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"Irish sorcerers," Lockhart corrected, "of course, as Britons, we are deeply distressed by the political divisions in Ireland, and if you feel the need to do so, we can help you in this regard later. "

Major stopped complaining immediately, then waved his hand and motioned to Lockhart to continue: "Okay, I get it... You guys are going to hold a big game, I'll notify the local police and let them know what they find. Don't worry about it."

"Thank you very much, but we may have more than one big game." Lockhart made an apologetic gesture, "This is the second thing... After September, we will also hold a "Top Five" Hegemony's competition is held in the Scottish Highlands. To this end, we will introduce several fire dragons, a sphinx, several thunderbirds, poison horns, and a chimera from abroad. "

Major was speechless for a while, then asked back, "Where's the Poisonous Leopard?"

This time, it turned into Lockhart unexpectedly: "You actually know that the poisonous leopard 0

"That guy told me." Major pointed to the portrait in the office

"Oh...because it's too dangerous, and the turf corroded by its venom will not be able to grow plants for a long time, we canceled that motion," Lockhart told him.

"Fortunately," said Major dryly, "but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me."

"If you want, we can invite you to watch the game. Of course, according to the Statute of Secrecy, it's limited to you and your chief secretary." Lockhart suddenly said lightly.

Major didn't react for a moment: "What? Who? Me? Watching the game?"

"Yes, in fact, since the establishment of the Ministry of Magic in 1704, we in the wizarding world have not invited non-magic leaders to participate in large-scale wizarding events. You may be the first, but considering the relationship between you and us Happy to cooperate, we decided to make an exception.",

Lockhart seemed very patient, and he quietly set off a storm in Major's heart.

When Major figured it out, a huge sense of excitement and satisfaction flooded into his blood and mind immediately.

"Wait, you mean, I can go to the scene to see dragons, chimeras, sphinxes, and unicorns?" There was unspeakable excitement in his tone.

"There's no unicorn, it's too timid and shy for a game," Lockhart corrected.

"It's great." Major seemed excited as if he hadn't heard the words. "What kind of speech should I prepare?"

We have no intention of giving you a speech, Lockhart said.

But he could understand Major's excitement: as the saying goes, men are children until they die,

It's perfectly normal for him to get excited when a fantasy world suddenly opens up to him.

Lockhart could have refused the Prime Minister's request to speak, but he was curious to speak.

"We will hold a welcome party for you, and there will be celebrities from the wizarding world to welcome you. As for your speech... Because this competition is at an international level, in addition to our UK, there are also the United States, France, and Norway. , Uganda's School of Magic, and considering language and customs, we hope you will use the speeches we have prepared," he told Major.

"Wow, that was such a grand event..."

- Hearing that there were Americans and French among the guests, Major's attention to this game was suddenly raised a notch: "Uh, in this game, do we British people have a big monthly birth?"

"Very big." Of course Lockhart refused to lose face.

Fortunately, what Major wanted was purely to be in the limelight, so the speech was very important to him, and the content of the speech was actually not that important, so he immediately agreed to Lockhart's condition.

Anyway, my speeches are usually prepared by administrative officials and secretaries.

It's just another place to be a ruthless manuscript reading machine, it doesn't matter.

Chapter 244 The first return from the wizarding world

After talking about these two things, the atmosphere in the office has changed a lot compared to the beginning.

Taking advantage of the pleasure of the Prime Minister, Lockhart began to talk about the real meat:

When Io arrested Sirius o Black, a wanted criminal, we owe you a lot, but we have never been able to pay it back. We are very ashamed, especially after we found out that it was the wrong person. 5 Ours Feeling is even worse…”

Lockhart said this with an apologetic look on his face, as if any wizard really felt guilty about Muggles.

However, Prime Minister Major didn't know that Lockhart was acting. Even though he had seen so many duplicitous people, Lockhart was the kind he couldn't see through.

Besides, he thought it was perfectly normal for Lockhart to feel guilty, because the wizards really caused him a lot of trouble.

Regardless of his "high power", it seems that it is not difficult to issue Sirius Black's wanted notice in the Muggle world, but in fact he has also been under a lot of pressure.

Especially when the police department checked the household registration all over the country and did not find this person named "Sirius * Black", many police officers were complaining that their prime minister was out of his mind again, teasing them with a non-existent person The stuffy boy.

When the backbenchers questioned the Prime Minister "euphemistically" about this, Major was hard to say - he couldn't explain to his subordinates and MPs what was going on.

If he really told the truth, those guys would be overjoyed, and immediately called the doctor from the insane asylum and put the patient's tights on him.

He had hoped to recover his reputation after catching the man named Black, but that **** fat Fudge just said lightly, "We

Get it wrong" and dismissed him, and now it can be said that it is causing Major to be in a dilemma.

"That incident did bring me a lot of trouble, and I don't know how to explain it to the police until now." Mei Jie's face turned serious again, and his face changed even faster than the magic actors in Sichuan: "If you guys I'd appreciate it if the guy named Blake could explain it himself."

"Of course, it should be." Lockhart now speaks like a receptionist in a bath center, "and we are determined to restore this negative impact for you."

Major was a little more interested: "Oh? What plan do you have?"

"I heard a few prisoners on your side have escaped recently, haven't they?" Lockhart asked.

Major's lips pursed involuntarily—it's really bad news, how come even wizards have heard about it?

"What, are you going to solve this problem for me?"

Mei Jie cocked Erlang's legs, trying to make himself feel lighter, but his expression management was not very good, so he couldn't do it in the end.

"Why not?" Lockhart asked.

Major was stunned at first, then overjoyed: "You mean, your people are willing to help me catch those two terrorists?"

"Of course, I hope this compensates you." Lockhart folded his hands. "In fact, as long as we know their names and looks, we can find them in ten minutes, even if they are hiding at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean."

"They have guns," Major reminded.

"A firearm is nothing but a tool that is fired by gunpowder, and then uses high-speed metal objects for physical damage. Any wizard who has received basic education can save himself from this clumsy physical damage." Lockhart did not change his face. Lie.

In fact, all protective spells, such as Iron Armor, have limits, and witchcraft

Unless the teacher is well prepared, the speed of chanting spells is far less than the speed of firearms, even silent spells are slower.

But Prime Minister Major didn't know this. He was stunned by Lockhart anyway.

"That's great...why haven't we started yet?" He stood up immediately.

Lockhart tried to calm him down: "Don't worry, Lord Major, you can catch these guys at any time, but we have more than one thing to solve now, such as how to reasonably make Black's wanted warrant. Cancellation requires us to think more about it.”

Hearing what he said was reasonable, Major sat down again: "Let's talk about it, I think you must have an idea."

"An immature idea...I want to put these two things together to solve

Seeing that he had indeed attracted the Prime Minister's attention, Lockhart began to formulate his ideas.

Lockhart's idea is not complicated - since the police don't believe in the existence of Sirius Black, let him reveal it himself and help the police catch the two fugitives, no matter how stupid the police are, they will see the wanted notice. The person above will not fail to admit their mistakes when they appear in front of them.

"Then how do we explain that he's not on the file?" Major asked again.

Lockhart immediately gave the answer: "Just use your most common method-because of the need for confidentiality, this reason can explain everything."

Major found Lockhart's words a bit harsh, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he had no way to refute it.

Because Lockhart is right, it's the government's most common cover-up.

Seeing that the Prime Minister stopped talking, Lockhart continued to talk about his ideas: "...We can say: Black is actually a secret agent of the government bureau, ordered by the Prime Minister.

The order broke into the enemy's interior, so the wanted order was issued just to confuse the enemy, but now Blake has followed the clues, got the information that the enemy smuggled weapons into the UK, and caught the terrorist who escaped from the prison..."

Major understood: "In this way, the issue of revoking the wanted order and not having a file can be solved together, and even catching terrorists can be regarded as... wait!"

Halfway through he said, he suddenly became a little confused.

"But we don't know how terrorists smuggle weapons in," he said.

As Lockhart spoke, he took out the -A" crystal bottle.

"This one is called Veritaserum, it is colorless and tasteless, as long as you drink three drops, the prisoner of Yiren will confess everything he knows, even if his mother stole a few men back then. ."

Major swallowed and glanced nervously at the crystal bottle in Lockhart's hand, wondering if he should trust him.

But after thinking about it for a while, he still gave in.

"If that's the case, it's a good idea, and ... it will also eliminate the bad effects," the Prime Minister whispered.

Lockhart put the crystal bottle on his table. "Hopefully this will make up for some of our faults. We don't want you to misunderstand us that we wizards are a bunch of irresponsible people."

"Absolutely not." Major couldn't take his eyes off the vial.

Chapter two hundred and forty-five people who know the rules

To tell the truth, if possible, Major didn't want to use Veritaserum to interrogate any prisoners at all. He even wanted to pour this into the mouth of the newly elected British Labour Party leader, Anthony Blair, and asked him what he was going to use. what conspiracy to attack yourself

It's a pity that the opposition party's attack is too tight now, and he can only use it to arraignment, and he will find a way to blackmail a bottle from this wizard later.

He thought about it and found that Lockhart had told him three things.

\"So, what's the last thing?" Major asked.

"The last thing is a private matter." Lockhart smiled. "Although it's not very good to talk about private matters during office hours, but fortunately no one here knows."

- It was a private matter, and Major raised his guard slightly: "What's the matter?"

"That's it... We wizards have been doing a little business in Nigeria recently. I heard you went to Nigeria when you were young, didn't you?" Lockhart asked.

When Major heard him ask, he immediately put his left hand on his left leg, which was slightly inconvenient to move.

"God forbid, I was in the car accident there. Even if you want me to forget it, I can't forget it." Major replied.

He had already vaguely guessed what Lockhart was going to say.

"And you're a member of the Bankers' Guild now?" Lockhart pressed.

"Ashamed, but... it's not good to be the prime minister. Many organizations will come uninvited." Major said "humbly".

Lockhart gave a happy look: "That's great, our small business over there is in great need of someone who is proficient in finance and has a better understanding of the Nigerian environment.

More familiar consultants, I wonder if you would like to condescend to be humble?

Mei Jie said in his heart that this guy really came to him after doing his homework, and he hit his weakness with every move.

He does feel that his position as prime minister is unstable recently, and he doesn't get much support in the party. As usual, he should also start to find a way out for himself.

"What business?" Major blurted out.

But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he regretted a little - now that the other party is asking for him, he should be more reserved.

— must have been the evil wizard who had cast a spell on him — Major relieved himself.

However, Lockhart didn't use Legilimency on him, and he didn't know what the Prime Minister was thinking right now, so he told his details honestly.

"Oil, our company has just opened a few wells and is preparing to extract them and enter the London futures market for trading."

"Nigeria...oil..."

Major repeated this sentence, as if something suddenly lit up in his mind.

He suddenly stood up: "Hey, man, is it the \"Sniffer Drilling Company\' that you run? "

Although the Prime Minister has a lot of opportunities, something like oil that is related to the lifeline of the country is not a trivial matter, so of course, Major learned something early from people he knew in the market.

Major oil tycoons have approached Major in political clubs, and they've all expressed concern about the emergence of Sniff Drilling—because it's not under their control

Moreover, this company does not drill oil wells and even exploration wells. Drilling a well produces oil from one well. The return on investment is too high. If it continues like this

- "The UK oil industry is in danger of being shaken"

Because it "does not match morality" and does not belong to the sphere of influence of the traditional oil circle, everyone is eyeing this "small" company with a registered capital of only tens of millions of pounds.

Everyone wants to swallow it, but no one knows the details of this company, so they have been afraid to do it.

But now the truth is out - it's actually a company run by wizards! After learning the truth, Prime Minister Major did not relax. His headache now is how to explain to his Conservative Party sponsors.

"It was a drilling company run by a magician, so 5

Major was sure that if he dared to say that to those people, they would immediately launch a no-confidence vote in the party on the grounds of "mental misunderstanding."

Seeing his hesitation, Lockhart thought it was because he hadn't made an offer.

"In terms of annual salary, our board of directors believes that 200,000 pounds is a relatively reasonable figure, what do you think?" he asked.