Umbridge attached great importance to the information "pried" from Harry and Ron, and brought the information back to the Ministry of Magic immediately, and received high praise from Fudge.
It is obviously very difficult to nip danger in the cradle.
But it is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to let elite Aurors fight head-on with Acromantulas, especially in ghost places like the Forbidden Forest. Those giant spiders are even more dangerous than dark wizards. Even elite Aurors may lose them if they are not careful.
Little life.
Therefore, it is extremely important to capture Fred and George and extract from their mouths the way to enter the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix. This is also the best solution Umbridge gave Foget, and thus she was appointed with full authority to handle the matter.
"What if Albert Anderson steps in to stop it?"
Before leaving, Umbridge did not forget to mention her worries, "He and Weasley are very good friends. I suspect that Weasley's actions may have been helped by him. As we all know, Arthur Weasley
The Lai family is not wealthy."
"If Anderson tries to prevent you from arresting Weasley, then arrest him too. I believe that a few months in Azkaban Prison will completely wake up his brilliant mind." Fudge said coldly, he would definitely
We will not tolerate anyone trying to remove us from office.
"I will take care of it." Umbridge returned to Hogwarts in a happy mood.
However, this good mood did not last long because the plan to capture Fred and George did not go as smoothly as expected.
Fred and George, armed with the Marauder's Map, were always able to cleverly evade the encirclement and make Umbridge's group fool around.
The anti-toad movement in Hogwarts became more powerful, and more and more students joined in, and they could always bring new troubles to Umbridge.
As the only one in the school who took refuge with the toad, Filch became the target of the students' mischief, causing Filch to go to the hospital every day, and everywhere became his new home.
"Damn it, damn it."
At this moment, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Umbridge was angrily smashing things in the office to vent her inner anger.
It was really hard for Umbridge to imagine that she had been sneak-attacked by some despicable and shameless person. When she woke up, she found herself covered in smelly mud, squatting like a comatose toad in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
On the podium, on the blackboard behind was the propaganda slogan of the Anti-Toad Alliance and the symbol of Umbridge's toad spitting out snakes.
What made Umbridge most angry was that she stood in that position on the podium for an entire class, and no one was willing to help her remove the full-body binding spell.
"Madam, I'm afraid we have to think of another way." Filch said listlessly: "It's not easy to catch those two little beasts using ordinary methods."
The caretaker had given up on catching Fred and George through conventional means. Just a few days ago, he caught Fred and George late at night, and the two beasts just used a spell to lock him in place.
, and deliberately wetted his clothes, causing Filch to catch a severe cold and lay in the school hospital for several days.
"You're right, we have to find other ways to lure them out." Umbridge was also tired of this cat-and-mouse game.
She also discovered that she could not use the same methods to deal with students to deal with the little beasts of the Weasley family. They should be regarded as the most vicious dark wizards.
Yes, in Umbridge's eyes, Fred and George are more hateful than the dark wizards.
Because they are trying to overthrow the Ministry of Magic.
However, Umbridge couldn't think of any good solution for the time being.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the office.
"Come in."
Umbridge calmed down her emotions and looked at the visitor with a fake smile.
"Professor, there are rumors going around in the school that are not good for you." Malfoy got straight to the point and talked about the latest information he had just heard.
"What rumors?" Umbridge had a bad feeling.
"Everyone is saying that Fred and George will return to school next month with a secret weapon that can drive you away from school and send you to Azkaban." Malfoy said from Ron.
After learning about this, he immediately came to inform Umbridge.
"I will not let their conspiracy succeed, absolutely not." Umbridge said through gritted teeth.
"By the way, it seems that several gas bombs were thrown into the administrator's office. There is a foul smell inside." Malfoy glanced at Filch and continued, "There is also a cat hanging on the wooden door.
This should be a good thing done by those people.”
"Damn it, my cat."
Filch immediately realized something and rushed out of the office.
Looking at Filch's leaving figure, Umbridge frowned slightly.
"Professor, you seem to be in trouble." Malfoy asked knowingly.
"Mr. Malfoy, if it's you, is there any good way to catch the little beast of the Weasley family?" Umbridge turned her attention to the young Malfoy in front of her.
"They know the secret passages of the Ministry of Magic better than anyone else, and they want to use ordinary methods to catch them." Malfoy raised his eyebrows, as if he was seriously thinking about the so-called method, "Maybe, we can start with the resistance organization. Harry
"Potter is undoubtedly one of the masterminds of this conspiracy. Perhaps he can try to arrest them and claim that they created these conspiracies, forcing the Weasley twins to come forward and explain."
Forcing the Weasley twins to appear?
Of course not.
Malfoy just wanted to blame Harry Potter so that Umbridge could find an excuse to kick Harry out of Hogwarts.
"However, even if the Weasley brothers bear all the charges, it will not be easy to catch them." Malfoy reminded seriously. Although he was very reluctant to admit it, the dueling level of Fred and George was indeed far higher than that of George.
The members of the investigation team are much more powerful.
Two days ago, most of the members of the investigation team were sent to the campus hospital by Fred and George.
Just when Umbridge and Malfoy were discussing the feasibility of the plan, they heard footsteps outside, and Umbridge walked into the office stiffly.
"Madam, please save my cat!"
Filch's Lady Norris was petrified by the spell again, and her whole body was as stiff as a stone.
Facing the cat on the table, Umbridge tried several pretentious attempts to break the curse, but to no avail, so she could only take Filch to find Snape.
No matter what, Filch is her favorite disciple at Hogwarts, and he can never give up on her easily.
"A very powerful petrification magic."
Snape poked Filch's cat gently on the table and gave his judgment.
"Can it be cured?" Umbridge asked directly.
"It should work."
"should?"
"If the uncurse method doesn't work, you can try to use mandrake to boil a potion to remove the spell." Snape picked up the wand on the table and began to try to uncurse Filch's Lady Norris.
Snape soon discovered that the effect of the spell-breaking effect was very average. After several consecutive attempts, the cat on the table broke free from the petrification spell and recovered.
"Thank you, thank you." Filch held Mrs. Norris in his arms and kept thanking Snape.
"It must have been done by the Weasley beast." Umbridge said through gritted teeth.
"It is difficult for Hogwarts students to master such advanced dark magic." Snape shook his head.
"Someone will," Umbridge said firmly.
"You mean Anderson?"
Snape raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Umbridge. He felt that the guy in front of him was trying to cause trouble.
"Yes, that's him."
"Anderson does have such an ability, but the probability is actually not high." Snape shook his head. He felt that Umbridge was completely running towards death.
Despite the fact that Albert was easy to get along with, it was actually just an appearance. He was a very vindictive guy. Although Snape disliked Albert very much, he never denied his abilities.
"Oh, why?" Umbridge asked suspiciously.
"Because Anderson is not an idiot." Snape said directly. "A smart guy like that would never do something stupid that he could guess who did it at a glance. If he really wants to do something, you can't find him."
Just a cat."
"I hope you can brew the Veritaserum as soon as possible." Umbridge ignored Snape's sarcasm and took the initiative to change the subject, "I will need that thing soon."
"You have to wait at least another half month, unless you want to poison the user." Snape felt that Umbridge was trying to cause trouble again, and frowned and reminded: "There is one more thing I have to remind you.
Veritaserum actually has an antidote, and with Anderson’s level of medicine, it’s not difficult to brew the antidote to Veritaserum.”
Snape had no intention of giving Umbridge the real Veritaserum, so he gave Umbridge a warning first.
As for why it has no effect, it is naturally the antidote to the other party's use of truth serum.
Throwing the blame to Albert, Snape didn't have any psychological pressure. Anyway, both parties disliked each other, and he didn't think Umbridge could do anything to Albert.
Even the Dark Lord was humbled in front of that guy, let alone Umbridge.
After asking about the use of Veritaserum antidote, Umbridge left Snape's office with a sullen face. She recalled in her mind the previous process of using Veritaserum to torture students. Did anyone use the Veritaserum antidote?
.
After being reminded by Snape, Umbridge was sure that the damn Mudblood must have secretly prepared Veritaserum.
As for the others... Umbridge found no trace of them using the antidote after taking Veritaserum, but it was difficult to say.
As for finding a way to lure out Fred and George?
Umbridge did not make a decision immediately, but consulted with someone first.
Even if you succeed in luring people out, you still have to find a way to catch them. Once they are run away, it may be difficult to have such an opportunity again.
To this end, Umbridge told Fudge about her plan, and Fudge immediately summoned a group of his own people to discuss how to take down the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix in the Forbidden Forest and destroy the secret weapons carefully prepared by Dumbledore.
Once the plan successfully captures the Weasley twins, they will be handed over to Percy Weasley for persuasion. If that doesn't work, the only option is to use veritaserum to extract a confession.
Fudge would never let Dumbledore get his wish, let alone allow the so-called "secret weapon" to destroy his career.
However, there are always exceptions.
Kingsley, who had just been called to an emergency meeting, was stunned by the current situation. It was difficult for him to understand what the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix was.
"12 Grimmauld Place?"
"It does not seem."
After hearing Umbridge's plan, Kingsley was stunned.
How come you don’t know about this?
Especially when I heard that the so-called secret base is hidden in the Forbidden Forest, and the entrance is guarded by a large group of spiders.
Besides, who would use a swarm of Acromantulas to guard the door?
The whole thing sounded very unreliable, but what surprised Kingsley the most was that someone actually believed it, and it was the Minister of Magic Fudge who took the lead and planned to capture Fred and George and destroy the secret base that never existed from the beginning.
?
Oh my God, this is so magical.
Kingsley couldn't help but wonder if the so-called secret base was created by Fred and George?
"Isn't this... a bit of a fuss?" Kingsley carefully considered his words: "In any case, they are just two children who have not yet graduated. Moreover, if the Ministry of Magic uses Veritaserum, it may
Cause trouble."
"Then what do you think?" Umbridge looked at Kingsley with a fake smile on her face.
"I mean this may be an excuse for others to attack the minister, and I have heard some bad news recently." Kingsley did not continue to argue, but just performed his duty.
That day, all members of the Order of the Phoenix learned the news.
Except for Mrs. Weasley who was very angry about what Fred and George did, everyone found the whole thing inexplicable.
"Do we really have such a secret base in the Forbidden Forest?" Sirius cast a doubtful look at Mad-Eye.
"How is it possible? And even if there is, it can't be hiding near a group of Acromantulas." Mad-Eye Moody took a sip of the drink in the bottle and curled his lips and asked, "By the way, who is the big spider in the Forbidden Forest?"
Who came up with Hagrid’s pets?”
"I don't think it's strange that Hagrid keeps a big spider." Bill couldn't help complaining.
"Don't worry Molly, Fred and George are very smart, they just found a reason to fool Umbridge."
"Even if she doesn't do that, Umbridge will most likely cause trouble for Harry." Lupine explained patiently: "So, it's not Fred and George's problem."
"I heard that they are planning to open a store in Diagon Alley. Have you found the location of the store?" Sirius changed the subject.
"They looked at a few things, and they seemed to be discussing the price." Bill said with a smile: "They seemed to think the price was too expensive, and they seemed to think the price would come down again, so they planned to wait."
"We have to find a way to remind them." Molly still wasn't worried about Fred and George.
"We will."
"I dare say they have been prepared for it, or even deliberately." Sirius was not worried about these problems. Albert was much more reliable than James, and he could easily solve problems even if they did encounter them.