From Professor McGonagall's point of view, her request was reasonable, but Umbridge would be damned if she could accept it. In other words, a little guy like her simply had no right to accept it.
The evacuation of the Dementors can and can only be ordered by the Minister of Magic, and the current Minister of Magic happens to be irresponsible. Expecting Fudge to order the evacuation of the Dementors is worse than expecting Sirius to accidentally eat poisonous mushrooms in the wild.
Passed away.
Umbridge: Are you looking for trouble? Are you trying to embarrass this investigator?
"Minerva, please don't joke!"
"I'm not kidding."
Umbridge:...
Umbridge didn't even bother to put a fake smile on her face. She screamed quickly: "This is impossible. Minerva, I warn you, removing the dementors is extremely dangerous.
, will cause Hogwarts to lose its protection, and will cause innocent children to be exposed to the eyes of evil fanatics. You can afford it-"
"But Sirius has already slipped in under the eyes of the Dementors once," Professor McGonagall crossed her arms and looked at the clown indifferently, "The portrait of the Fat Lady has not been repaired yet."
"I think the teachers of 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, the one who causes the greatest harm to the students is the one you are fostered by the Ministry of Magic.
of Dementors.”
The last sentence directly broke Umbridge's guard. She immediately started to show off: I won't listen to McGonagall's chanting!
Looking at Umbridge's non-violent non-cooperation, McGonagall is like a cat trying to catch a toad, with nowhere to claw. Non-violent non-cooperation means that the use of violence will lead to cooperation. However, no matter what Umbridge said,
Officials from the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts is not the home of dark wizards, how could they attack serious officials?
Professor McGonagall was helpless. The negotiations reached a deadlock.
She knew that it would be difficult to get the Ministry of Magic to admit their mistake, and it would be almost impossible to get them to evacuate the dementors, but she had to try. Because this was the best time to expel the dementors.
At this time, the bell rang for the end of get out of class. Umbridge, who was at a disadvantage in the negotiation, said to Professor McGonagall as if she was grasping a life-saving straw: "Minerva, get out of class is over, let's go have lunch first? To be honest, , I miss the pudding in the canteen very much.”
"Of course," Professor McGonagall, who had the topic changed, took a deep breath and led Umbridge towards the castle.
Umbridge behind her showed a proud smile. This trick was a trick she learned in the ministry: when encountering a difficult matter, you can delay it first to let the other party wear down their energy, and then wait for opportunities to find loopholes. Of course.
, returning home in fine clothes is also a little bit of her selfishness.
Umbridge did not do well at Hogwarts when she was a student, but now that she has become "successful", she naturally wants to come back and show off her power.
…
"Everyone will hand in a werewolf-themed paper and two volumes of parchment before class next week, focusing on how to identify werewolves. get out of class is over!" Snape finished the assignment and dismissed the class, leaving the little wizards wailing in the classroom.
Tom followed the flow of people out of the classroom and prepared to go to the auditorium for lunch. When he walked through the corridor, he saw Professor McGonagall walking up the stairs into the auditorium with a group of pink things from the corridor window.
"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 in coming to Hogwarts.
, it’s impossible to come here to visit your alma mater, right?
After a little analysis, Tom immediately guessed the purpose of Umbridge coming here: to clean up the mess left by the dementors.
"Perhaps this is an opportunity that can be exploited?" According to Tom, he didn't want the Dementors to hang around the door of Hogwarts every day. If he could take this opportunity to drive the Dementors away from Hogwarts, that would be the best option.
Well, if not, then you should also see if there is any possibility of using Umbridge to improve your reputation among the dementors.
Tom was thinking about the plan in his mind as he walked into the auditorium. At this time, Umbridge was already sitting on the staff bench.
She soon regretted it.
Umbridge, wearing a soft pink wizard robe, immediately attracted the attention of the students. Many students sat in the audience and pointed at her. This is nothing. After so many years of experience, Umbridge
I already have a thick-skinned face like a social bully, and pointing fingers means nothing.
The key is that Professor McGonagall's next move was to roast her on the fire.
Professor McGonagall stood up, cleared her throat, and tapped the goblet in her hand to signal the students to quiet down.
"Students, please welcome Ms. Dolores Umbridge, Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic and Ombudsman of the Ministry of Magic, to Hogwarts."
Professor McGonagall paused, glanced at Umbridge and continued: "As we all know, during last Saturday's Quidditch match, the Dementors broke into Hogwarts and disrupted our match day.
The Ministry of Magic was deeply sorry that the Dementors under the control of the Ministry of Magic had caused such a bad incident, so they specially sent Ms. Umbridge to assist us in investigating the Dementor riots in the past few days.
I believe she will be able to give us a satisfactory answer."
After Professor McGonagall introduced Umbridge, she shut her mouth and waited for the young wizards to applaud Umbridge. Although Umbridge's personal image was not good, she was here to deal with the Dementor incident after all.
Yes, the little wizards applauded very proudly.
This burst of applause made Umbridge, who just wanted to go back to her alma mater to show off, a little embarrassed: she knew that the students wanted to punish the dementors, but her purpose was the opposite. The children's sincere smiles and applause at this moment were
So ironic. Of course, after working in the Ministry of Magic for so many years, Umbridge no longer has any moral burden, so this embarrassing emotion quickly turned into shame and anger - Umbridge felt that this
This group of young wizards is really ignorant and has caused trouble for themselves and the Ministry of Magic. Minerva who instigated them is even more hateful...
Amidst the applause, Umbridge gradually adjusted her mentality. She thought clearly: she only needed to give an explanation, and someone would 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, it is better to create negative news than no one cares about it. A certain president with a loose mouth is in
Voters considered him "flesh and blood" even when he blatantly insulted reporters at a press conference. What's more, Umbridge was really backed by the Ministry of Magic, and her argument was reasonable. How reliable was it?
She was naive. Professor McGonagall's opening remarks could only be regarded as igniting the fire. What really set her on fire was Professor McGonagall's next question.
"Ms. Umbridge, can you tell the children about your plan to punish the dementors?"
"Of course, wait, what's the punishment?!" Umbridge was startled, her little eyes widened suddenly, and her voice became a little higher.
"No matter what the original intention of the Dementors' actions is, the trouble they cause to the students is real, and punishment is inevitable." On the way to the auditorium, Professor McGonagall figured out something: it is difficult for the Ministry of Magic to
He gave in openly, but he could make them suffer a hidden loss - first punish the dementors in fact, and then start a verbal war with the Ministry of Magic.
And in front of all the teachers and students of the school, the advantages of this public opinion environment can be maximized.
Sure enough, after hearing what Professor McGonagall said, the auditorium immediately buzzed with buzz. The young 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 slaves of wizards. Now they dare to do such a thing. They are really devouring the master!" Malfoy sat at the long table of Slytherin House and complained in a loud voice.
The dementors that appeared during the game that day really made him a little unhappy.
"No reason should be an excuse for the Dementors to escape punishment!" More and more young wizards are realizing this.
"If you make a mistake, you should be punished!" Tom raised his voice and shouted, causing the students around him to agree.
Sweat broke out on Umbridge's forehead. Fudge did agree to punish the Dementors, but this was the bottom line of the Ministry of Magic. As a result, Minerva directly bypassed the investigation and demanded that the Dementors be punished first before any discussion.
.This is really fatal!
How can any negotiation start with one party's bottom line?! Also, if they dare to punish the Dementors now, she won't even dare to think about what they will dare to do in the future!
"Well... realizing, maintaining and developing well is in the interests of wizards and is the basic code of conduct of the Ministry of Magic. We have decided to let the young wizards at Hogwarts enjoy more real, full and extensive power, and we will focus on solving your problem.
The most concerned, direct and realistic interests. To this end, we have built a reliable, business-savvy, efficient and high-quality Ministry of Magic service team. Of course, we will also strengthen our own construction, exert coordination and strive to
Play the role of gathering strength and coordinating the overall situation - we will use extraordinary determination and energy, extraordinary tough measures, and extraordinary work results to perform well..."
Umbridge didn't know what to say for the time being, so she took out the wheelbarrow sayings that were often said in meetings of the Ministry of Magic and began to reread them. These clichés seemed elegant and full of ambition, but in fact they were not at all true.
None of the opinions are expressed. They have only one advantage, that is, they will never go wrong when spoken.
"So is the Ministry of Magic going to punish the Dementors? Yes or no?" Fred felt dizzy, so he stood up and asked loudly.
"This classmate, 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 one minute for each of them, it is a waste of a dozen or even dozens of hours -
—" Umbridge was a little dissatisfied, dissatisfied with her speech being interrupted, dissatisfied with Fred raising a very pointed question.
So she scolded him sternly. According to her idea, Fred should sit down with shame on his face and fall into isolation.
But he didn't. It was impossible for Fred to fall into autism because of such a trivial matter. He was not that kind of person. So he ignored the angry look his brother Percy gave him.
"Time cannot be superimposed!"
At this moment, one sentence diverted the attention of everyone present.
"Sorry, what?" Umbridge thought she might have heard something wrong.
"I said time is not superimposable," Tom repeated what he said. "One minute for one person is still one minute, and one minute for a group of people is still one minute. It will not become five minutes or ten minutes because of the increase in the number of people."
Minutes. So Fred only wasted everyone one minute at most."
Umbridge:...
After Tom finished speaking, the classmates around him echoed.
"That's right!"
"yes--"
"Ms. Umbridge, I'm willing to let Fred waste my time."
All the students looked at Umbridge, waiting for her reply.
"Yes" or "no", these two simple words were placed in front of Umbridge, forcing her into a corner.
"Yes and no," Umbridge replied bravely, "This is a serious matter that requires long-term consideration and serious and rigorous investigation!"
Hearing what she said, the little wizards were a little disappointed. They thought that this official was here to help them vent their anger, but they didn't expect that he actually wanted to discuss it in the long term. Do they really think that their experience was fake?
The auditorium gradually fell into silence.
"Why not ask the dementors?" A crisp voice sounded in the auditorium.
Umbridge looked towards the place where the voice was coming from and saw a little girl wearing strange clothes and with light blond hair speaking.
The speaker is Luna.
When the people around heard her speech, they couldn't help but cover their foreheads: This crazy girl is getting sick again! How can you communicate with things like dementors? This method is too unreliable.
But Umbridge on the stage didn't think so. After hearing what Luna said, her eyes lit up. She really found an excellent solution!
Young wizards who don't know the truth always think that Dementors are inhumane, cold, cruel, and incommunicable monsters, but this is not actually the case. As an insider of the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge has some understanding of the nature of Dementors.
of.
She knew very well that such monsters could actually communicate. Otherwise, how could the Ministry of Magic control them and set rules for them?
But they are indeed cold and cruel...so that few people are willing to communicate with them. But coincidentally, Umbridge is the one 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 donkey from Poxia, saying that this was how it should be, and after lunch she took the school professor to question the dementors.
Since this incident involves dementors, it is only reasonable to ask about the "monster" involved! As for what can be asked...
Hey hey hey...
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