Chapter 1036 People in the spotlight

After packing his things, Harry came to the atrium and prepared to get off work through the floo network. However, when he walked to the magic fountain sculpture, he saw a person from a distance and immediately turned around and walked back subconsciously.

"Hey, Harry!" Cormac McLaggen greeted warmly.

"Why don't I use the Invisibility Charm?" Harry cursed in frustration, then turned his head and looked at McLaggen with a smile.

"Why are you leaving at this time?" McLaggen said politely.

"What about you? Working overtime?"

"You know I never work overtime, only losers work overtime. Oh, by the way, we are going to have a party later, do you want to go with us?"

"No, Ginny is waiting for me at home..."

"Come on, don't be so boring." McLaggen put his arm around Harry's shoulders and walked towards his companions who were waiting for him. "Don't worry, there are no old-fashioned Ministry of Magic officials attending the party. Do you remember Anne? She used to be a magician.

People from the medicine club, she looked like nothing when she was little, but now she has completely changed."

When Slughorn replaced Severus Snape as Potions Professor in 1996, except for Ernie Macmillan, none of the senior Hufflepuff children chose Slughorn's senior magician.

In the Potions class, they organized a Potions club just like Harry Potter organized a DA remedial Defense Against the Dark Arts class in order to resist Umbridge in the previous school year, to complete the homework and papers for the Potions class, but they did not

Instead of going to the Room of Requirement, I borrowed one of Professor Sprout's greenhouses.

"I don't remember you being a member of the Potions Club," Harry recalled.

McLagan is also not a member of the Slug Club, although he can be seen at many club events.

"What does it matter? We are the winners, Harry. Winners should enjoy the fruits of victory, parties, wine and music. What's the point of going home so early?"

"do not you know?"

"what do you know?"

"Nothing." Harry stared at McLaggen's hand, as if thinking about how to get rid of it.

"Look!" McLagan looked at the huge banner hanging in the atrium with a huge "M" logo on it. "In the past, Fudge would print his own portrait on it. What is the Minister of Magic thinking now?"

"Maybe he's looking for ideas." Harry said, staring at McLaggen's profile.

"Or he couldn't find a good photographer." McLagan thought while holding his chin, "Let me think about which angle Kingsley looks best from."

While McLaggen was distracted, Harry immediately slipped to the nearest fireplace. As a burst of green flames rose, a series of furnace doors flashed past in a blur, and Harry could vaguely catch a glimpse of the scene outside the furnace.

But the process didn't take long, and soon Harry was standing on solid ground, and he appeared in the fireplace of the old Black mansion.

The fireplace was in the living room, so he immediately saw Kingsley Shacklebolt sitting on the sofa opposite the fireplace. He looked very tired and his hair was much whiter than before.

"Minister? I heard you're not here..."

"I was waiting for you, Harry." Kingsley said quietly. "Fortunately I didn't have to wait long."

"Are you waiting for me?"

"And Ron Weasley, he should be arriving any moment."

As soon as Kingsley finished speaking, the unique sound of Apparition sounded outside the window. Harry looked out the window and found Hermione and Ron appearing outside the door.

"It's like going back to the old days of the Order of the Phoenix." Kingsley said. "Are we going to the restaurant?"

"No, this will do." Harry said, "We don't use that room much. We usually eat in the kitchen."

"This house is well-kept." Kingsley looked at the newly renovated old house. "There are no cobwebs or foxy girls. Where is the portrait of Mrs. Black?"

"Bill took it."

"It feels so strange to be so quiet." Kingsley walked to the clock. "When you are used to a woman making a lot of noise, and she suddenly disappears, it feels like something is missing?"

"What exactly are you doing at my house today?"

"We'll find out soon." Kingsley said mysteriously, and not long after, Ron and Hermione appeared at the door of the living room.

"Hi, Harry." Ron smiled stupidly. He was dressed in traveling clothes and looked dusty.

"And the Minister." Hermione reminded behind Ron. Ginny stood at the back holding James Sirius Potter, looking worried.

"Kingsley, why are you here?"

"Please take a seat, Mr. Weasley." Kingsley said seriously, Ron and Hermione walked in and sat down on the sofa opposite him.

"What I'm going to talk about now is the plan for this werewolf terrorist activity. You are the key to this operation." Kingsley pointed at Ron and said.

"Me?" Ron pointed at himself in disbelief.

"The werewolf plans to cause riots during the broadcast of league games..."

"Merlin's beard, Muggles also want to watch Quidditch?" Ron said in surprise.

"It's Muggle football, idiot." Ginny said impatiently.

"As Mrs. Potter said, the werewolves plan to transform during the game and broadcast live together with the football game, so that they can achieve their goal of exposing the magical world."

"Then what should we do?" Ron asked after thinking for a moment.

"It depends on how you behave, Ron. Do you have the Deluminator Dumbledore gave you?"

"Beautiful!" Harry exclaimed, everyone except Kingsley was looking at him.

"Come on, guys, it's obvious!"

Ginny, Ron and Hermione still looked at him in confusion.

"Hermione, don't you even know?"

"I don't watch football that much," Hermione said. "My parents don't really like it either."

"Premier League games are mainly night games. At night games, spotlights must be turned on. If the lights are out, even if the cameras are on, nothing can be captured."

"In fact, starting tonight, the live broadcast of the focus events will be held at night. I have already discussed with the Muggle Prime Minister's Office. They will interrupt the TV station's broadcast signal immediately after we turn off the lights. The next step is to prevent on-site riots and erase memories.

That's why you're so important, Ron."

"What the hell," Ron muttered.

"This Deluminator was designed by Dumbledore himself. I have asked the Ministry of Magic to imitate magical props with similar functions, but before they are manufactured, it still depends on you, Ron."

"How could a werewolf leak information to us so easily?" Harry asked, "Is it a trap?"

"There are many games in the league. If we prepare for every game, we will get tired soon." Kingsley said, "And they can also disperse our troops. The most important thing is how to stop the werewolves from causing trouble."

"Why didn't you come to the meeting today?" Harry asked. "You are in London, right?"

Kingsley didn't answer him.

"Wait a minute, if I'm here to guard against werewolves, who's going to track down Peter Pedro?" Ron asked.

"Don't worry, there is a more suitable candidate."

"That's Amos Diggory, right?" Harry asked Kingsley. "I heard he retired early."

"He wants to avenge his son, and I think we should support his idea," Kingsley said.

"So the matter is settled. Ron comes to deal with the werewolves. Does Diggory know that Peter Pedro has a Horcrux on him?" Harry asked again.

"No," Kingsley said, "That's top secret. Not many people know about it, except those you told."

"Who first thought that there were other Horcruxes?" Harry said angrily. "Maybe he was mistaken."

Everyone looked at him.

Harry was so irritated that he walked around the living room, pulling at his hair, which suddenly became as messy as James Potter's.

"My scar hurts sometimes, but as you know, the scar will hurt when the weather changes."

"This is logical, Harry. If I didn't know you were a Horcrux, I would have made another Horcrux to make up the seven." Hermione said.

"Cedric Diggory, he made the Horcruxes right before your eyes, mate," said Ron.

"Maybe I'm wrong, I didn't see any black fog or flash."

"The Confusion Charm doesn't have a flash either, but it's a powerful spell," Hermione said.

"Then what am I? Was what I did then meaningless?" Harry glanced at everyone angrily.

"Maybe Albus is not mistaken." Kingsley said, "You are indeed a Horcrux, but the mysterious person doesn't know it either."

"What a vague statement you make," Harry said unhappily.

"It's not vague, Harry Potter. Ten blind men touched an elephant. They touched different parts and got different views. This requires a more comprehensive perspective to see one thing clearly and restore the true face of the elephant.

." Kingsley said, "We are often swayed by dualism, good and evil, right and wrong, black and white, but this world view is incomplete. We forget that there is a 'middle' between left and right.

The way and ideas of people who stand in the middle often determine the key to victory or defeat. Muggles will win the support of the middle when they run for office, and your victory in school also gained the support of the middle."

"Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs," Hermione whispered.

"Ravenclaw gave you the opportunity to publish the truth, and Hufflepuff publicly supported you, even though Slytherin had the absolute advantage at the time." Kingsley said, "The neutrals will conduct comprehensive observations before making bets. They

It’s usually the person who can see the elephant.”

"But things can go wrong." Hermione said with a smile, "Especially when they are blinded by the benefits."

"That's all I have to say." Kingsley stood up. "Please sit down, Mrs. Potter. I will find my own way out."
To be continued...