"We have confirmed that ten felons escaped from Azkaban late yesterday."

Hermione was sitting at the long table in the bustling Hogwarts Great Hall, reciting the "Daily Prophet" she had just received.

"We strongly suspect that the mastermind of this prison break is a man who has escaped from Azkaban, a notorious murderer -"

"Sirius Black!"

After reading this, Hermione looked at Harry sitting next to him, and as expected, there was an angry look on his face.

"Shit! Everyone knows that it was Voldemort who did it! Professor Tang has already predicted this!"

"I really didn't expect that the Ministry of Magic actually allowed him to succeed even after knowing the prophecy in advance!"

"Obviously, not everyone believes Professor Tang's prediction." Ron said: "It's not like you didn't see those roaring letters at dinner last night. And the look on Professor McGonagall's face, I can be sure that she received

There are enough reports about Professor Tang to fill her desk."

"But the fact is that Professor Tang's prediction has been confirmed!" Harry shouted: "Now people should always believe that Voldemort has returned, right?"

"This was mentioned in the newspaper." Hermione shook the newspaper and continued reading: "Our reporter asked Minister Fudge and mentioned that earlier yesterday afternoon, the new Divination professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,

Professor Sen. Tang believes that the so-called mysterious man has been resurrected and will attack Azkaban in the near future."

"Why is it that despite the prediction, the Ministry of Magic is still not sufficiently prepared?"

"Good question!" Harry waved his fist, "At least there are sane people in the Daily Prophet! Which reporter is this?"

Hermione turned the page forward and saw the author of this report, with an expression as if he had eaten a fly, and said: "Rita Skeeter."

"." Harry immediately closed his mouth.

Hermione continued reading:

"Minister Fudge responded that Professor Tang is an excellent diviner. In fact, I personally approved and recommended him to be the professor of Divination at Hogwarts. I believe Professor Tang's prediction, but this prediction is not what everyone thinks."

The circulating version."

"Minister Fudge stated that Ms. Umbridge, the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, the Senior Investigator of Hogwarts, and the current Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, has personally confirmed with Professor Tang that the other party has never said that the mysterious person has been resurrected.

This kind of statement is just a prediction that something will happen to a certain prison in the near future."

"Based on the belief in Professor Tang's prophecy, the Ministry of Magic immediately dispatched Aurors to Azkaban, but time was too tight. By the time the Aurors arrived at the scene, the prison break had already occurred. We regret that we did not catch it.

If there is a chance, the Ministry of Magic will try its best to hunt down these fugitives, including of course the mastermind of the prison escape-Sirius Black."

"This is a lie!" Harry stood up excitedly: "We have all heard it, Professor Tang said it himself, Voldemort has been resurrected! And will attack Azkaban!"

Hermione sneered and continued: "Our reporter said that this mistake by the Ministry of Magic is regrettable, but it is understandable that out of a responsible attitude towards the public, the Ministry of Magic needs to spend time to confirm the truth of the rumors.

False. And there were only a few hours between the prophecy and the jailbreak."

"As for those rumors, after interviews by this reporter, we have reason to believe that the source comes from the boy-who-lived Harry Potter. He always likes to sensationalize and consider himself a savior. As far as the reporter knows, Mr. Potter

His academic performance is not ideal, and he has long lost his former aura. Perhaps it is this gap that makes him do this kind of thing, to gain a sense of superiority and existence by spreading some childish rumors."

Hermione paused, seeing that Harry's face was already red with anger, and read out the last paragraph: "Of course, such shameful and unrealistic rumors can be spread widely in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and even make people

Many students believe it to be true. Our reporter believes that this may not be something that just a fifth-grade student can do, and there are people behind it who are adding fuel to the fire."

"Senior Investigator Ms. Umbridge said that she is trying her best to control and educate the young wizards so that they can have sound and independent thinking abilities and will not be taken advantage of by some students headed by Harry Potter. Of course,

, during this process, she felt huge resistance, and many of her actions and plans could not be executed smoothly at Hogwarts. This reporter has reason to speculate that someone is preventing Ms. Umbridge from doing the right thing."

"And who will be the person who has this right in Hogwarts Castle?"

Harry was so angry that he was shaking all over. He snatched the "Daily Prophet" from Hermione's hand, looked at the dynamic picture of Sirius on it, and the Azkaban whose corner was broken by the curse, and shouted with extreme anger.

Said: "Can this reporter tell the truth? How could she write about me like this!"

"This is not the first time." Hermione said: "Moreover, she also tried to lead readers to think that your actions were instigated by Professor Dumbledore. Although she did not mention Professor Dumbledore in the report.

name."

"I'm going to find Professor Tang!" Harry shouted: "Professor Tang can prove that everything she said is false!"

"Calm down, Harry." Hermione pulled him and said, "What's the use of Professor Tang's proof? The Daily Prophet is controlled by the Ministry of Magic and will never publish the truth."

"Even if the students at Hogwarts know that what is in the newspaper is a lie, we have no channel to speak out. Moreover, I am afraid that except for the fifth-year students, people in other grades have begun to be a little doubtful."

Harry noticed the various looks he received from other students in the auditorium and gritted his teeth.

"This reporter, or the Ministry of Magic, will kill us all!"

"We are still students, and many things are beyond our control." Hermione said soberly: "The most we can do is to stop Malfoy's attempts. Speaking of which, I didn't see Malfoy today.

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"Who knows what this bad guy is planning. Anyway, Professor Tang can no longer stand on Voldemort's side. He has exposed Voldemort's secrets. Damn it, I have to remind Professor Tang that Voldemort may cause trouble for him.

"Harry jumped up.

"Are you going to alert a fortune teller?" Ron interjected: "Harry, let's take care of ourselves first. Isn't there any good news every day?"

He picked up the newspaper casually, scanned the other pages, and read: "A violent incident occurred in Knockturn Alley, and two wanted dark wizards died in public."

"Huh? Isn't the person in this photo Professor Snape?"

Ron's words attracted the attention of the two people. They came over and saw a thin and tall man standing in the dynamic photo. He was holding a cane and standing in the middle of an alley. He could see

There were raging flames burning everywhere in the alley. Two corpses were lying in the flames, and opposite the man was a black-robed wizard.

Even though it was just a back view, Harry could still tell the other person's identity at a glance.

"Ha, it's indeed Snape, you can tell from his hair." Harry mocked: "I really hope someone can give him a bottle of shampoo."

He quickly glanced at the report and let out a light sigh.

"Magician? I remember that Snape mentioned this name yesterday in Professor Dumbledore's office. Is this the person he was talking about?"

"What did Professor Dumbledore say?" Hermione took the newspaper. She was always interested in these news, so she picked a passage and read it out loud: "Obviously this is a wizard who has entered the country illegally. We have not found it yet.

The origin of this man is that he killed two wizards. Although he was a wanted dark wizard, he still violated the law."

"The Department of Magical Law Enforcement has set up a team to search for this person in England. The director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement said that the British wizarding community will never tolerate the occurrence of such public murders. There is only one ending for this person - to be killed.

Imprisoned in Azkaban."

"According to the reporter's interviews with people present, the person claimed to be a 'magician' and came to the UK with the purpose of saving the wizarding world. From these words, we can see that this person is mentally abnormal and extremely uncontrollable. The reporter tried to

I interviewed the person who had close contact and had conversations with this person, Mr. Severus Snape, the Potions Professor of Hogwarts School, but was refused by the other party."

Hermione frowned, looked at the photo again, and said, "This person doesn't look like a madman."

"Normal people wouldn't say anything about saving the wizarding world." Ron complained: "Unless he also cuts a lightning scar on his forehead."

This joke, which was not funny at all, succeeded in getting Harry's glare. Ron suddenly laughed and said: "I mean, the wizarding world has been chaotic enough since last year. For example, near Harry's home

Encountering dementors, like Azkaban. Now there's another madman, damn, I really don't know if we can graduate successfully."

"You don't have to worry about this problem, Ron." Hermione said, "Even without these things, you may not be able to graduate with your current grades."

She ignored the two of them and continued reading: "Late yesterday, a fire broke out in a house outside London, which frightened several Muggles. The Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters confirmed that there were traces of wizards in it and was cleaning it up.

Muggle memories and when investigating the scene, the staff discovered a body."

"The body was severely burned. We are temporarily unable to confirm the identity of the body, but we found the Malfoy family crest on the body."

Hermione raised her head suddenly and saw Ron and Harry looking equally horrified.

"Malfoy is dead?"

"No, it's impossible, it should be someone from the Malfoy family."

Hermione quickly continued reading: "On the wall at the crime scene, we saw a message that was most likely left by the murderer."

"For a more brilliant civilization."

"The Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters suspects that this is related to the 'Magician', and the case has been transferred to the Department of Legal Enforcement."

"If anyone can provide any information and whereabouts about this criminal, you can write to the Department of Law Enforcement. The reward will range from one hundred gold galleons to five hundred gold galleons."

The three of them fell into silence for a long time.

"Tsk, tsk."

Tang Sen sat in the room of the Leaky Cauldron, stuffing the meat on the plate into his mouth while reading the newspaper in his hand.

"Voldemort is not kind in what he does. He is not willing to accept a corpse for his subordinates."

The plates were quickly cleared. Tang Sen took out a small bottle of lavender potion, poured a drop into his mouth, waited quietly for a moment, then stood up and shook the bell placed in front of the door.

There was a slight sound of air explosion, and a house elf appeared in front of the door, holding a large plate of new stew in his hand.

"This is the seventh plate of breakfast, Mr. Tang." The elf said respectfully.

"How many are left?" Tang Sen looked at the wall clock on the wall: "Bring it over together. I don't have much time to eat, and I have to rush to Hogwarts."

If during the previous meal time, Tang Sen was worried that he couldn't eat so much, now Tang Sen is even more worried that he eats too slowly.

After getting the digestive potion from Snape yesterday afternoon, he immediately tested it. He was indeed a master of potions. The effect of the potion was indeed good. Tang Sen finished it that afternoon and usually took it for ten days.

amount.

The effect was immediate. Tang Sen felt that his physical fitness had improved by about one-tenth, and the floating spell he released changed from a small flame to a larger flame. The weak gains described by the shepherd's characteristics now seem to be really only weak.
To be continued...