From Professor McGonagall's point of view, her request was reasonable, but Umbridge would be damned if he could accept it. In other words, a little guy like her doesn't have the right to accept it at all.

The evacuation of the dementors can and can only be ordered by the Minister of Magic, and the current Minister of Magic just happens to be irresponsible. Rather than expecting Fudge to order the removal of the dementors, it would be better to expect Sirius to die from eating poisonous mushrooms in the wild.

Umbridge: Are you finding fault? Are you embarrassing the investigator?

"Minerva, please stop joking!"

"I'm not joking."

Umbridge: …

Umbridge didn't even bother to put a smirk on her face as she screamed, fast and fast, "That's impossible. Minerva, I warn you that removing a dementor is extremely dangerous. , will cause Hogwarts to lose its protection, will cause innocent children to be exposed to the sight of evil lunatics, you can afford to-"

"But Sirius has already slipped in under the eyes of the dementors once." Professor McGonagall crossed his hands and looked indifferently at the clown in front of him. "The fat lady's portrait hasn't been repaired yet."

"I think the teachers in the school and Principal Dumbledore are enough to protect the students. Even the Mysterious Man can't do anything to us, let alone a Sirius. To put it bluntly, it is your Ministry of Magic who has caused the most harm to the students. Dementors."

The last sentence directly broke Umbridge's defense. She immediately started to play badly: don't listen to Mag's chanting!

Looking at Umbridge's non-violent and non-cooperative appearance, McGonagall is also a cat catching toads, with nowhere to go. Non-violent non-cooperation means that the use of violence will lead to cooperation. However, Umbridge is also an official of the Ministry of Magic, and Hogwarts is not the den of dark wizards, so how could he attack serious officials?

Professor McGonagall was helpless. Negotiations have reached an impasse.

She knew it was hard to get the Ministry of Magic to admit it was wrong, and it was almost impossible to get them to remove the dementors, but she had to try. Because this is the perfect time to drive out the dementors.

At this time, the bell for the end of get out of class rang, and Umbridge, who was at a disadvantage in the negotiation, said to Professor McGonagall as if he was grasping at a straw: "Minerva, class is over, shall we go to lunch first? To be honest." , I miss the pudding in the cafeteria very much.”

"Of course." Professor McGonagall, who was distracted from the topic, took a deep breath and led Umbridge towards the castle.

Umbridge behind her showed a smug smile. This trick was a trick she figured out in the ministry: when encountering difficult things, you can delay for a while, let the other party's spirit wear down, and then wait for the opportunity to find a flaw. Of course, it is also her selfishness to return home.

Umbridge did not do well in Hogwarts when he was a student, but now that he has "successful and famous", he will naturally come back to show off his power.

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"Before class next week, everyone should hand in a werewolf-themed paper, two rolls of parchment, focusing on how to identify werewolves. get out of class is over!" Snape finished his homework and dismissed class, leaving the little wizards wailing in the classroom.

Tom followed the crowd out of the classroom, ready to go to the auditorium for lunch. As he walked through the corridor, he saw from the corridor window that Professor McGonagall was walking down the stairs into the auditorium with a pink mass.

"Umbridge? What is she doing here?" Tom immediately recognized the witch who visited Hogwarts with Fudge two years ago. He felt that this guy probably didn't have any good intentions when he came to Hogwarts. He couldn't possibly be here to visit his alma mater, right?

After a little analysis, Tom immediately guessed the purpose of Umbridge's coming here: to clean up the mess left by the dementors.

"Maybe this is an opportunity that can be used?" According to Tom, he didn't want the dementors to hang around the gate of Hogwarts every day. If he could take this opportunity to drive the dementors away from Hogwarts, it would be the best Well, if not, then he should also see if it is possible to use Umbridge to improve his reputation among the dementors.

Tom was making plans in his mind as he entered the auditorium. Umbridge was already sitting on the staff chair at this point.

Soon she regretted it.

Umbridge, who was wearing a tender pink wizard robe, immediately attracted the attention of the students, and many students sat in the audience and pointed at her. This is nothing, after so many years of experience, Umbridge has long been as thick-skinned as social bullying, and pointing fingers is nothing.

The point is that Professor McGonagall's next move is simply to put her on fire.

Professor McGonagall stood up, cleared his throat, and tapped the goblet in his hand, signaling the students to quiet down.

"Students, please welcome Ms. Dolores Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic and Inspector of the Ministry of Magic, to Hogwarts."

Professor McGonagall paused, glanced at Umbridge, and continued: "As we all know, during the Quidditch match last Saturday, the dementors broke into Hogwarts and disrupted our match day. The dementors under the control of the Ministry of Magic have caused such a bad incident, and the Ministry of Magic is deeply sorry, so Ms. Umbridge was specially sent to assist us in investigating the riots of the dementors a few days ago. I believe she will give us a satisfactory answer."

Professor McGonagall closed his mouth after introducing Umbridge, waiting for the little wizards to applaud Umbridge. Although Umbridge's personal image is not good, but after all, he came to deal with the dementor incident, and the little wizards applauded in a very face-saving manner.

The applause made Umbridge a little embarrassed, who just wanted to go back to her alma mater and pretend to be an asshole: she knew that the students wanted to punish the dementors herself, but her purpose was the opposite of theirs. The children's sincere smiles and applause are so ironic at this moment. Of course, after so many years in the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge no longer has the slightest moral burden, so this embarrassment quickly turned into embarrassment—Umbridge felt that these little wizards were really She is ignorant, adding trouble to herself and the Ministry of Magic, and Minerva who instigates them is even more hateful...

Amid the applause, Umbridge gradually adjusted his mentality. She thought very clearly: she only needs to give an explanation, and someone will always believe it.

There is an extremely critical idea in the marketing field called "any publicity is good publicity", which means that if you want to promote an idea, even creating negative news is better than no one cares about it. A president with a loose mouth openly insulted reporters at a press conference, and some voters thought he was "flesh and blood". What's more, Umbridge is really backed by the Ministry of Magic's endorsement, and the statement put forward is very reasonable. Reliable?

She is naive. Professor McGonagall's opening remarks can only be regarded as igniting the fire. It was Professor McGonagall's next question that really set her on fire.

"Ms Umbridge, can you tell the children about your plan for punishing the dementors?"

"Of course, wait, what punishment?!" Umbridge was taken aback, his small eyes widened, and his voice became a little louder.

"No matter what the original intention of the dementors' actions is, they do exist to trouble the students, so punishment is inevitable." On the way to the auditorium, Professor McGonagall thought of something: it is difficult for the Ministry of Magic to On the bright side, he backed down, but he could let them suffer a hidden loss-first punish the dementors in fact, and then verbally fight the Ministry of Magic.

And in front of the teachers and students of the whole school, the advantages of this public opinion environment can be magnified as much as possible.

Sure enough, after hearing what Professor McGonagall said, there was a buzz in the auditorium. The little wizards all felt that Professor McGonagall was right, no matter what the starting point of the dementors was, they should be punished.

"My father said that dementors are just servants of wizards, and now they dare to do such a thing, they really devour the Lord!" Malfoy sat at the long table in Slytherin College, complaining loudly with. The dementors that appeared during the game that day really made him a little upset.

"No reason should be an excuse for the dementors to escape punishment!" More and more little wizards realized this.

"If you make a mistake, you should be punished!" Tom raised his voice and shouted, which attracted the echo of the students around him.

Sweat was already breaking out on Umbridge's forehead. Fudge did agree to punish the Dementors, but that was the bottom line of the Ministry. As a result, Minerva directly bypassed the investigation and demanded that the dementor be punished first, and then discuss it. This is really terrible!

How can any negotiation start from the bottom line of one party? ! Also, if they dared to punish the dementors now, she wouldn't dare to think about what they dared to do in a while!

"Well... realizing, maintaining, and developing well are the interests of the majority of wizards and the basic principles of the Ministry of Magic. We have decided to let the young wizards of Hogwarts enjoy more real, sufficient, and extensive powers, and focus on solving your most serious problems. concern, the most direct and practical interests. For this, we have built a reliable, proficient, efficient and high-quality service team for the Ministry of Magic. Of course, we will also strengthen our own construction, play a coordinated role, and strive to To gather strength and coordinate the overall situation—we will use extraordinary determination and drive, extraordinary tough measures, and extraordinary work results to fulfill our mission..."

Umbridge didn't know what to say for a while, so he took out the words that were often said in Ministry of Magic meetings and began to repeat them. These clichés seem to be elegant and full of ambition, but in fact they don't express any real point of view. They have only one advantage, and that is that speaking can never go wrong.

"So is the Ministry of Magic going to punish the dementors? Yes or no?" Fred was so dizzy that he stood up and asked loudly.

"Student, please don't interrupt my speech. This is a waste of everyone's time. There are so many teachers and students in the school. If you waste a minute for each of you, it is a waste of a dozen or even dozens of hours— Umbridge was a little dissatisfied, dissatisfied that his speech was interrupted, and dissatisfied that Fred raised a very sharp question.

So she scolded him severely. According to her idea, Fred should sit down with a face full of shame and fall into autism.

But he didn't. It's impossible for Fred to fall into autism because of such a trivial matter, he is not such a person. So he ignored the angry look his brother Percy was throwing at him.

"Time cannot be superimposed!"

At this time, a sentence diverted the attention of everyone present.

"Sorry, what?" Umbridge thought he might have misheard something.

"I said that time cannot be superimposed," Tom repeated what he said, "a minute for a person is a minute, a minute for a group of people is still a minute, and it will not become five minutes or ten minutes because of the increase in the number of people. minutes. So at most Fred wasted everyone a minute."

Umbridge: …

After Tom finished speaking, the students around him echoed.

"That's right!"

"yes-"

"Ms Umbridge, I would like to let Fred waste my time."

All the students looked at Umbridge, waiting for her reply.

"Yes" or "no", two simple words were placed in front of Umbridge, cornering her.

"Yes and no," Umbridge replied bravely, "This is a big matter that requires long-term consideration and serious and rigorous investigation!"

Hearing what she said, the little wizards were a little disappointed. They thought this official was here to help them out, but they didn't expect to have a long-term plan. Do you really think their experience is fake?

The auditorium gradually fell into silence.

"Why don't you ask the dementors?" A crisp voice sounded in the auditorium.

Umbridge looked towards where the sound came from, and saw a little girl with pale blond hair in a strange dress speaking.

It was Luna who spoke.

When the people around heard her speech, they couldn't help covering their foreheads: This crazy girl is falling ill again! Dementors, how do you communicate with them? This method is too unreliable.

But Umbridge on stage didn't think so. After hearing what Luna said, her eyes lit up, she really found an excellent solution!

Little wizards who don't know the truth always think that dementors are inhuman, indifferent and cruel ~lightnovelpub.net~ monsters that cannot communicate, but in fact they are not. As an insider of the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge knew something about the nature of dementors.

She knew very well that this monster could actually communicate. Otherwise, how would the Ministry of Magic control them and set rules for them?

But they are really cold and cruel... so few people want to communicate with them. But coincidentally, Umbridge is a person who can understand their meaning and is willing to communicate with them. When she entered the Ministry of Magic, she suffered a lot in order to get promoted.

She immediately borrowed the **** to get off the donkey, saying that it should be like this, and after lunch she took the school professor to question the dementors.

Since this incident involves dementors, it is natural to ask about the "monsters" involved! As for what to ask...

Hey hey...

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