v3 Chapter 178： Azkaban Liaison Office

If it were someone else, surrounded by so many dementors, I'm afraid I would have fainted long ago. But Tom, who wears the crown, is not afraid of the desperate atmosphere created by the dementors. He is completely immune.

The arrival of Burns alerted the Dementors, who drifted towards Burns with malicious intent.

Burns saw the Dementors start to move, waking up from a dream. At this time, she didn't have time to think about the relationship between the masked man and the dementors, she knew that she should prepare to take out the official documents of the Ministry of Magic in the shortest time, and let these dark creatures calm down. She believes that the Patronus Charm of her ancestors is enough to deter these crazy guys.

Just then, the masked man moved. He stretched out a hand, and all the moving dementors seemed to be frozen, not daring to take another half step.

After all the dementors had stopped, Tom took a few steps forward to Burns.

"Hello, Minister Burns."

At this time, Borns saw the appearance of the masked man. In a split second she recognized the guy - the "people" she met at the Hog's Head that day.

This mask, she will never admit it wrong!

Before, she thought that the masked man was Dumbledore's confidant, but now she is not sure - who has ever seen a wizard who can live in harmony with a Dementor! The two can live in harmony, just like the hungry wolf and the fat sheep have become good friends.

So she thought, this thing is probably not some strange magical animal, right? Or that a particularly clever Dementor was born over the long years, and it eventually evolved into the King of Dementors?

"I didn't expect you to have such an identity." She said with a complicated expression.

Tom:  …

Tom didn't know what to say to Burns.

"Why are you here?" he asked openly.

Burns informed Tom of his purpose.

"How? Would you like to send some Dementors to help me search Knockturn Alley? Those who are caught will end up being escorted to Azkaban, which is a good thing for your Clan." Bones She looked at Tom nervously. She didn't know whether the negotiation would go on smoothly after the talker appeared in the Dementor.

After all, there is a big difference between fooling a high-level intelligent creature as smart as a wizard and fooling a group of fools.

"Why should I and my tribe help you?" Tom was keenly aware that there seemed to be a loophole in Burns's words. In this loophole, he heard the sound of ripping off.

"Because... the captured wizard will be sent to Azkaban, and you will have more fresh food." Borns's eyes flickered slightly.

"Aren't criminal wizards sent to Azkaban all the time? If I don't go out this time, won't you send people here?"

Dementors and Azkaban are the only prison institutions in the British magic world, and even the entire magic world. Is there a more absolute monopoly in the world than this? nonexistent.

As far as Tom knows, the Ministry of Magic in other countries only has relatively simple short-term prisons, or custom prisons like Nurmengard, large prisons that can hold many wizards for a long time, only the Azkaban family.

This is a pure seller's market. Even if Tom refuses Burns' request, can Burns turn his face? You and me, where are your prisoners, Gringotts?

Or do you set up an agency to temporarily detain wizards who commit petty crimes at the Ministry of Magic?

Burns:  …

It really got tricky! She was wary of this mysterious fellow now: it was too suspicious. According to Burns' judgment, the creature had become involved with Dumbledore, and there must have been a very close cooperation between the two - they joined forces to overthrow Fudge's rule. It was with their help that he took the seat of the minister.

When she didn't know the identity of the masked man before, she was not so worried. Dumbledore and his henchmen, it was normal. This kind of thing has happened countless times in history - the Malfoy family is the best among them. It's not too bad to be overtaken by Dumbledore, it's better than being overtaken by a pure-blooded noble. But now Burns is anxious, because it seems that this is no longer a wizard infighting, but a racial confrontation.

What is Dumbledore going to do? How could he collude with such a dementor?

Burns analyzed it a little, but felt that Dumbledore's personality should not cause such a thing to happen, then there might be a hidden story behind it. The identity of the masked man is still up for debate.

After figuring this out, Burns wasn't so nervous. She felt that the top priority was to persuade this guy to send out a dementor to help her clean up Knockturn Alley. Well, to question Dumbledore later.

"Without your help, even if someone could be caught, it wouldn't be much."

Tom didn't know that he almost became an alien careerist who challenged the status of a wizard in the mind of Minister Burns. He was just thinking about what kind of price should be offered as a condition for his "soldier".

"There seems to be no official communication channel between the Ministry of Magic and the Dementors," Tom said calmly, "I hope you can set up a Dementor Liaison Office, or a Dementor Office, and I will be in charge of magic. Communication between the Ministry and the Dementor clan."

When Burns heard this, his first reaction was to search his mind to see if there was an agency in the Ministry of Magic that matched the description of the masked man. Then she was surprised to find that in the huge Ministry of Magic, there was no dedicated department responsible for liaising with the dementors!

Generally speaking, non-human creatures should be managed by the Division of Magical Creatures Management and Control, but the seven offices under this division (Beast Office, Alien Office, Ghost Office, Goblin Liaison Office, Centaur Liaison Office, Pest Advisory Office, Misinformation Office) office), none of which are concerned with the management of dark creatures.

If dementors are classified as ghosts Ghost Office can manage them, but they are really not ghosts!

Borns considered for a moment, and after some careful consideration, she found that she could only set up another agency to be responsible for liaising with the Dementors. And this agency must be very important, because it is responsible for the interface with Azkaban. Those joking offices in the Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control are definitely out of place.

"Then I'll just set up an Azkaban Liaison Office, under the jurisdiction of the Magic Law Enforcement Department."

Tom of course had no opinion.

The two discussed for a while, and finally reached a consensus: Tom sent a dementor to help Minister Burns capture the dark wizards in Knockturn Alley, and by the way suppressed their ability to escape. In return, Bones will establish an Azkaban Liaison Office after the end of Operation "Whirlwind" to be responsible for all Azkaban affairs. This department is in the hands of Tom.