Chapter 320： abnormal situation

Facing Lupin's question, Sean pondered.

The Muggle attack and the prisoner's escape were clearly the same people behind the scenes, but Sean has always had a point that he hasn't figured out.

That is, the attack seemed rushed.

In comparison, mass escapes from felon prisons across the country are more of a carefully planned outcome.

The word 'prison break' doesn't seem to have much real sense, but not only Sean, but every wizard deeply understands the weight of this word.

As far as Azkaban is concerned, this wizard prison on an isolated island in the North Sea is a nightmare for many people, and even well-known great wizards will frown when they talk about Azkaban.

The biggest claim to this wizarding prison is that no one has escaped since its inception.

As far as Sean knows, Azkaban is located in the sea, and the entire island has been casted with magic like a space extension spell, and the area there is far larger than the area of ​​the island itself. In addition to all kinds of magic that hinders observation, there are also trigger-type magic traps on the high prison walls.

Every month, the Aurors who **** the Dark Wizards to Azkaban reinforce the magic there, and they also hold a Ministry-specific pass to safely enter and leave the prison via a small boat.

In addition to the frightening dementors, Azkaban also has a team of prison guards composed of strikers (Auror reserve), who are mainly responsible for guarding those prisoners whose crimes are not so serious, and also part-time visitors and criminals. Confirmation of the identity of the full releaser.

Veritaserum, Manifestation Spell, Repeated Decoction, these things, even Aurors need to confirm one by one.

Under such circumstances, it is unimaginable that Azkaban could have a large-scale escape.

In Sean's memory, Azkaban's jailbreak only happened twice in the original book, the first time was Sirius, who relied on Animagus to keep his senses, and finally turned into a black dog and swam abruptly to the coast.

The second time was the escape of the Death Eaters, which was actually a special case because the Dementors, the main guards of Azkaban, fell on Voldemort.

However, in this case, Sean has been in contact with Dementors from Azkaban to Hogwarts, and he can be sure that this emotionless demon has not yet fallen to another unknown underworld.

Such a large-scale jailbreak is enough to imagine how much energy the behind-the-scenes forces planning this event have spent. Although there is no evidence, Sean is almost certain that there must be an inner ghost in the batter team responsible for guarding, the Auror team responsible for escorting, and the Department of Magic and Law Enforcement.

Azkaban is like this, so other countries must be in a similar situation.

So it is very simple to infer that this behind-the-scenes force has interspersed enough ghosts in the Ministry of Magic of various countries, and the sheer size of this force is almost terrifying.

And what about the corresponding Muggle attack?

Although it is very rude to the casualties and their families to think that the number of casualties is not enough, it has to be said that given the scale of this force, the consequences of the disaster do not seem to be as difficult to bear as imagined.

You know, when Sean was on the phone with his family just now, Mr. Wallup said that most of the people didn't know about it, and the government concealed the truth very quickly. First, there was the help of wizards, and second, the scope of the matter was indeed not large. .

In terms of scale and shock, it is completely inferior to the two fires that Grindelwald set in Paris.

That's why Sean thought the Muggle attack was rushed.

The most serious consequence of this matter is that, because there are more blooms in various countries and regions, the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to deal with it reluctantly, so as to ensure that the Secrecy Act is still in effect.

However, if the people behind the scenes want to overturn the Secrecy Act, with the energy they show, they can obviously plan larger and more vicious attacks. After all, not every fire in Paris has Newt recruited. Under the Thunderbird, it rains of venomous demons.

So what is the deeper purpose?

Sean pursed his lips and finally looked at Lupin: "Sir, can you tell me what you think?"

Hearing his words, Lupin touched his chin and said slowly after a while, "I think this kind of large-scale event should be viewed from the perspective of an ordinary wizard."

"How to say?"

"The prisoner escaped, followed by the Muggle attack. What was the first thought of ordinary wizards? It must have been made by a radical terrorist organization. In the current situation, I believe most people After the consternation, the first thing that comes to mind is Grindelwald," Lupin explained.

"Oh? See what you mean, don't you think Grindelwald did it?"

Lupin glanced at him helplessly: "Didn't you give me that list? A group of graduates from Nurmengard... If it was Grindelwald, you wouldn't have come back so eagerly to confirm yourself. Parents are safe."

Sean was dumbfounded and forgot about this...

Lupin went on to analyze: "This is the first opinion of ordinary wizards, and if the Ministry of Magic does not investigate the true identity of the forces behind the scenes, they will definitely put the matter on Grindelwald because of the two photos. And the opposing public opinion will be reversed all of a sudden.”

"And for Grindelwald, it's probably not a bad situation..." Lupin said softly, and glanced at Sean, "He has the ability, he has the skills, and the Ministry of Magic put him in the blame means another Thing—many radical wizarding supremacists will fall to Grindelwald's camp in secret, and there will even be many dark wizards who come to the door to ask for allegiance..."

"This invisibly strengthens Grindelwald's underground forces, and those radical potential elements will involuntarily fall to him..."

Sean nodded slowly, which was in harmony with his thoughts.

"So, the next situation is likely to be that the Ministry of Magic will issue a series of tightening and even high-pressure management regulations, and the current situation will be even more tense. At the same time, the Muggle government is likely to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic, which will It's something Grindelwald would love to see," Lupin said.

Sean said: "So, do you think that the official forces will confront Grindelwald's underground forces next, or even, maybe because of the growth of Grindelwald's forces, the two sides will stand on the stage to confront each other?"

"It's just a guess, but it looks like the current situation is developing." Lupin spread his hands.

That's true... That is to say, that unknown behind-the-scenes force is to exacerbate the current level of turmoil in the wizarding society, and even in some cases, they helped Grindelwald...

So their purpose is to make the wizarding world completely chaotic? Sean thought to himself.

mess up...what's this for...

Fishing in troubled waters, what is this fish?

But what he and Lupin could surmise, Grindelwald must have figured out, he was still a prophet.

So what measures will Grindelwald take to deal with it?

Sean, who couldn't take the initiative to contact the evil old man, was quite distressed.

According to Grindelwald's character, even if he knew that this was the intentional act of the behind-the-scenes force, he would probably accept it readily...

It was a conspiracy to get key figures at the center of the storm to voluntarily enter the circle.

"Oh... trouble..." Sean lay down weakly, his tone mostly helpless.

Lupin smiled aside: "Boss, you think too much. In fact, you may not need to think about many things."

"Sir, just call me Sean." Sean smiled bitterly.

It's not that he wants to think too much. The point is that I'm actually in the center of the storm. If I lift my butt, the lead from my belly button may be ignited.

Otherwise, who doesn't want to be a third grader happily learning magic and chatting and laughing with female classmates?

"Sean, I mean, maybe, people who haven't acted have anticipated this and prepared for it?" Lupin said with a smile.

"You mean... Professor Dumbledore?"

Lupin nodded: "Yes, Professor Dumbledore will not sit back and watch disasters happen. I believe he is always capable of turning the tide."

Yeah, Dumbledore... Sean's eyes widened unconsciously to the ceiling.

Grindelwald said that Dumbledore is probably planning... But what is this game?

"It's too tiring to deal with these high-IQ old men..."

Lupin probably guessed what Sean was thinking, he smiled and shook his head: "Dumbledore has always been like this... When we were in school, our group often got into trouble, and Dumbledore was always like 'I know what the **** you are? It looks like I decided to secretly guide you, but after graduation, the troublemaker is as mature as he thinks."

"Is Sirius considered mature?" Sean joked.

Lupin shrugged. "Mature in comparison."

"Hey, by the way, sir, are you familiar with Professor Snape?" Sean suddenly became interested and asked about Snape.

After all, in a world where Snape, though, seemed, presumably, maybe, still parted ways with the group, they seemed to have had a long friendship when they were in school.

Speaking of Snape, Lupin sighed in an inexplicable tone: "Yes, we were very good friends back then, although we quarreled every day and greeted each other from time to time, we were indeed friends at the time... It's just that we were still too immature at the time..."

Looking at Lupin's expression of regret and regret, Sean couldn't help but make up a lot of things.

Gee, it must have been wonderful then.

However, seeing Lupin's reluctance to say more, Sean didn't ask any more questions.

"Sir, our work is still going on, not to any side," Sean stood up, "of course, it's still the old rules, your identity is still not exposed, the person in charge on the bright side remains the same, our foundation It's still underground mode for a short time - by the way, if someone investigates, let go of the fake identity I gave you last time."

In order not to be exposed, the foundation established by Sean is still operating in secret. On the surface, it is a small charitable organization. The leader of the organization is an old and wealthy British wizard who has no children. He is a member of the Muggle world. A lesser-known philanthropist is now preparing to carry out his own charitable work in the wizarding world - this benevolent gentleman has all the legal identification, whether in the Muggle world or the wizarding world.

For the current Sean, it is not difficult to get a shadow figure.

Lupin also stood up and nodded: "Well, I understand, and I will tell them to be more careful."

"I can rest assured that you are doing things. At the same time, the direction of our foundation's work needs to be tilted."

Lupin waved his wand, and the pen and paper flew into his hand: "Well, you say."

"Focus on the original families of Hogwarts students, those rich pure-blood wizards don't have to worry, our focus is the personal safety of the families of Muggle-born students, and if necessary, we can provide some help. If possible, I will I hope you can help me make a form and let me know the details these days, and the student form will be sent to you when I go back."

Lupin nodded: "No problem, what about mixed-blood families? There are also some pure-blood wizard families whose living conditions are average."

Sean thought for a moment and said: "Also pay attention, mainly for personal safety, you can confirm the specific situation of the accident No problem, my people just delivered the butter beer two days ago. The merchants have established a relationship, and the news channels have been greatly expanded.”

"Very good, keep it up, money is not a problem, anyway, we can find all reasonable excuses to throw money at them. We don't need their trust, we just need to ensure the accuracy of the news."

"no problem."

"Also, we can't control the foreign countries for the time being, but we can investigate the news. The main direction is the family situation of the students of various magic schools..."

While memorizing key points, Lupin looked at Sean, who was frowning and speaking, but was coherent and thorough.

There are so many tricks in the Muggle world... and the underage boss in front of me is really rich...

If this continues, it will take less than two generations, perhaps only ten years, or even less, and their wizarding rights foundation will have unimaginable personal connections and social prestige.

Lupin thought that if Sean wanted to, maybe he could be elected Minister of Magic before he was thirty. No, maybe the International Co-Chair of Wizards is also promising.

He explained to Lupin the focus of the foundation's next work. Sean also handed over the special floo powder to the other party. If there is any news, throw the floo powder into the fireplace, and the paper with the news written on it can fly to Newmonga. Germany.

Sean, who returned to Nurmengard, set the symbol of the Golden Dawn around the fireplace. This is a small variant of his self-created marking magic. Just change the trigger conditions.

As long as there is a situation in the fireplace, the symbol of the Golden Dawn will be triggered, and Sean can naturally feel it and go to check it. The only downside is that there is no wizard as a carrier, and Sean has to go and "recharge" the markers every week.

After doing all this, Sean walked into the Vanishing Cabinet and returned to Hogwarts.