Chapter 356： Grindelwald, candidacy

"Have you found anything?" Hermione asked curiously when Sean walked out of the ring.

Sean furrowed his brows, his eyes filled with confusion.

He said slowly: "There is a little...it's just weird..."

In Sean's original idea, he might be able to learn some more specific information about the [Returner] through the hidden monster's vision, such as the other party's personnel composition, gathering place, contact information, and so on.

However, the intelligence of the hidden monster is much lower than he imagined.

Occult is an accidental creature. Phineas Fletch, who was involved in the trade of prohibited artifacts and animals at the time, wanted to ship a trafficked invisible beast to the New World to make invisibility cloaks. But the Invisible Beast escapes on the boat and interbreeds with a smuggled ghoul. Their offspring escaped into the woods of Massachusetts after the ship docked and continue to infest the area today.

This kind of creature also has the ability to be invisible, but the philanthropic character of the invisible beast, the short-term prediction of the future, and the extremely high level of intelligence among magical animals have not been inherited. character and the instinct to hunt and kill.

The occult loves to feed on humanoid creatures, and his favorite prey is humans. Magiczoologists speculate that this is because Phineas Fletcher has cruelly treated those animals under his control.

This also made it difficult for Sean to communicate with the hidden monster even if he had won the trust of him.

Yes, that hidden monster is very affectionate to Sean, and wants to taste his flesh...and this guy's intelligence is too low to teach normal recipes at all...

It took a considerable amount of effort for Sean to dig some information out of the barren brain of the Hideout, who tried to taste one of his fingers more than ten times during that time.

Originally, the hidden monster's brain, which only knew prey and eating, could not keep so many memories, but some extremely terrifying magic fluctuations were recorded by his instinct, and those creatures that could not be provoked were also written into the memory. .

The one that impressed me the most was an old man with a white beard. After Sean took out Dumbledore's portrait, the hidden monster even trembled.

Summarizing the memory fragments of the hidden monster, Sean learned some of the content of Dumbledore's cooperation with the returnees.

Dumbledore seems to be looking for something, and those things are known only to the returnees. In the memory of the hidden monster, the descendant of the Karkas family who was killed by Sean once led Dumbledore to several places.

A long-abandoned castle, an inland lake shrouded in swamps, woods, mist, and a small village that has been in ruins for a long time.

In the memory of the hidden monster, the first place Dumbledore went was the old castle that had been abandoned for a long time. At that time, the wizard who led the way by the Karkas family seemed to be very afraid of Dumbledore.

And Dumbledore stayed in that castle for a long time, and when he finally appeared, he seemed very unstable.

The barren descriptive power of the occult monster said: The old man with the white beard came out of the pile of stones, he became more terrifying than any creature, I wanted to escape from that place, but was bound, and wanted to The idea of ​​eating the other party does not dare to have any rise again.

After the trip to the abandoned castle, when Dumbledore went to the other two places again, the people of the Karkas family were not so afraid. However, in the latter two places, no one dared to enter except Dumbledore. As a magical animal tool, the hidden monster naturally did not know what happened.

That's all Sean has dug up from the Hidden Monster.

Among them, the attitude of the Karkas wizard made Sean very concerned.

I was very apprehensive when I abandoned the old castle, but it won't be like this after that...

Does that mean that Dumbledore hadn't reached a partnership with the returnees during his trip to the castle? Dumbledore may have learned some news from the castle, and then formed a cooperative relationship with the returnees...

For the latter two places, Sean couldn't figure out where they were, but he was very curious about the old castle now. What did Dumbledore find in it?

He had an intuition that if he could find the location of the old castle, he might be able to find the secret that Dumbledore had been hiding.

Moreover, Sean also speculated about one thing.

Dare to cooperate with Dumbledore on such a mission, the group of returnees are obviously not fools. Combined with the change in the attitude of the Karkas wizard, Sean feels that Dumbledore is likely to form some kind of contract with the returnees.

For example: Unbreakable oath.

In this way, Dumbledore's state of not revealing any information to Sean is also explained.

After thinking about it personally, Sean felt that if he was in the position of a returnee and there was no unbreakable oath to restrain Dumbledore, he would never dare to cooperate with the other party.

Otherwise, I don't know when the opponent will be stabbed from behind.

Today, there are still incomprehensible things about the cooperation between Dumbledore and the returnees.

Among the goals of the returnees, suppressing Grindelwald and controlling the wizarding world should account for a large part.

And Dumbledore's goal is not clear enough.

However, it's better than the dark eyes before and not knowing anything.

Sean closed his eyes and pondered, his mind was a little swollen now, but there were some things that he couldn't tell Hermione and Daisy.

If only I could discuss it with Grindelwald...

In the evening, a message came from Lupin.

"Look at this," Lupin handed over a note in the reception room, "This news will be published in all newspapers tomorrow, and we got first-hand information from the candidates' dinner for the International Federation of Wizards. "

Sean took the note and pressed his lips together.

"Charles Vogel, the current president of the International Confederation of Wizards, officially announced on the penultimate day of the end of his term that all charges against Grindelwald were dropped due to insufficient evidence and the actions of the escort."

This must be Grindelwald's handwriting... Sean's mind immediately popped the news.

Lupin continued: "And, according to our people, Charles Vogel is likely to announce immediately that Grindelwald will also participate in this presidential election."

"He wants to participate too?" Sean said subconsciously.

"It's very likely," Lupin nodded. "Vogel seems to have persuaded many members of the committee, and several other candidates seem to acquiesce."

"A few other candidates, do you have any specific information?"

"Yes, look at it."

...

In Germany, on the third floor terrace of a castle, several men and women in formal dresses with the aura of superiors are talking.

In the night sky in front of them, the green fireworks had not completely dissipated, and there were still people's warm voices in the street.

A woman in a gorgeous dress and her hair pulled up high looked at the middle-aged wizard in the middle with a serious face.

Isanne Archer, from Greece, is the most vocal candidate in this general election, no one. She proposed a number of measures and won the support of many wizards. At the same time, there were many hidden and powerful pure-blood family forces behind her.

"Mr. Vogel," Archer said solemnly, "withdrawing the charges against Grindelwald doesn't seem to have passed the committee's vote yet?"

The person standing in the center is the president of the International Federation of Wizards, Charles Vogel, who is about to be 'laid off'.

Vogel was a calm-faced man with a Chinese character. He glanced at Archer and shook his head with a helpless expression.

"Ma'am, you can't be more aware of the current situation, look, look at the crowd that has just dispersed below. The guards are constantly being exposed to all kinds of shady stories, so how can the people choose to completely believe them? Moreover, Grindelwald is New York. The headmaster of Mongard, most of the group of people who came just now are his former students, and they worship their headmaster."

"After the various situations of the **** team were exposed, you should understand how much public opinion pressure we have endured, demanding a thorough investigation of the truth every day, and a clean letter from Grindelwald being continuously sent by owls, and the **** team has now I haven't even held a press conference. Ma'am, although I'm about to step down, I'm still the president of the federation, and I have to respond to the people's voice."

He sighed. "You think I don't want to leave this position quietly and peacefully where I've been in for decades without any trouble? But can I?"

Vogel stood in the night wind, with a hint of desolation of the ending hero: "Instead of handing the mess to one of you, I might as well take the blame."

"Haha—" He smiled bitterly, "This is the last thing I can do."

Archer and another candidate from Africa, Vahag da Silva, who is also quite vocal, looked at each other. Of course, those who can get to this position will not be swayed by Vogel's words. easily moved.

But they also have to admit that, according to the current situation, it is unrealistic to want to continue to want Grindelwald, so it is indeed a good choice to leave this fault to the outgoing Vogel.

"Mr. Vogel, you've worked hard," Da Silva pondered, and then his eyes sharpened again, "I can accept that the charges against Grindelwald are withdrawn, but what I can't understand is that he will also become another Candidate."

"Sir, this is what you just let us see, then please take a look too." Da Silva walked to the terrace and pointed to the noisy crowd that had not dispersed.

Those Grindelwald supporters had expressions of fanaticism and anticipation, and they and the people around them all leaned tightly, constantly casting green spells toward the sky.

"Boom—" The green light reflected on everyone's faces on the terrace.

Da Silva said in a heavy tone: "What Grindelwald wants, you and I who are present know it better. He is going to start a war between wizards and Muggles!"

"Prison escapes are frequent in various places, and the frequency of Muggle attacks has hit a record high in decades. The exposure risk of the wizarding world in various countries is already the highest in history—"

Archer also stepped forward: "Mr Da Silva is right, this is not the selfishness of one of my candidates, it is a fact. If Grindelwald is elected, the new war will destroy the Muggle world, and the same It will also destroy our world."

Vogel's face became more serious: "So, let him run for election, so he can't be allowed to win."

"I understand the mood of the candidates, and I believe that you are not raising this concern out of selfishness. But I must remind you that my proposal for him to run is not for this war, but to avoid the war at hand."

His chest heaved up and down, and there was dignified and a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Because of the stupidity of the guards, Grindelwald is now an innocent victim in the eyes of most people! And his loyal subordinates are just as good at stirring the hearts of the people as he is, I don't need your reminder. I can also see that his supporters are more fanatical than any wizarding group, and you can't deny that such wizards have always existed and never disappeared, and Grindelwald's philosophy fully meets their needs, It was unavoidable that they were united."

Vogel took a deep breath: "So, he has to run for the public to see. If Grindelwald doesn't get elected, they can't raise objections. If not - in our Immediately, the wizarding world will be plunged into a strife of compatriots and compatriots."

At this time, he looked at the serious-looking candidates again: "So, the key to everything is that he cannot be allowed to win, ladies and gentlemen."

Vogel's private secretary stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mr. Chairman has long considered these, so this time we will restart the ancient election method - unicorn."

All the candidates were startled, some were slightly excited, some secretly thought not good, everyone's mind was attracted by the unicorn. But they did make one thing certain If the Kirin election is restarted, then the elected person will definitely not be Grindelwald.

In a place that no one could see, Charles Vogel turned around, his face was illuminated with green light by the magic spell that exploded in the sky, and a smile loomed on the corner of his mouth.

...

Hogwarts, where owls were banned from biography, ushered in a commotion, perhaps because things were too big, and the Ministry of Magic sent a message.

"All charges against Gellert Grindelwald have been dropped due to insufficient evidence and suspicions that the guards were creating a falsehood to frame innocents."

Before the shocked students could digest the news, more exciting news came again.

Charles Vogel, the current president of the International Federation of Wizards, officially announced that Grindelwald, who has just been removed as a suspect after the age of 100, will participate in this general election.

Moreover, considering that the current situation is tense, many wizards are unable to conduct voting activities normally, the Federation will use the ancient election method - unicorn election.

Ten days later, the general election will be officially held!