Chapter 664： Surprise！

"Fluorescent flashes."

Kingsley lit his wand.

"Hold your wand and follow me," he commanded, then walked ahead.

The other four Aurors followed in an orderly manner, and Umbridge, who had lost his wand, followed Dawlish closely.

This tunnel is very low, even a squatty guy like Umbridge has to go forward, because they don't know what's ahead, so everyone is vigilant, and the Aurors have to walk while walking. Pay attention to details in the tunnels, so they don't travel very fast.

But in their team, there was another Umbridge who was not working hard and was injured, so even if the speed was not fast, she started to pant after walking for less than ten minutes.

The Aurors persuaded her to go back more than once, or stayed in the tunnel temporarily and waited, but they were all rejected by the stubborn Umbridge, and everyone could only stop and go all the way, and it took at least two normal times. It took time to reach the end of the tunnel.

Kingsley was the first to get out of the hole, and he looked around with his wand up...

Outside the tunnel was a room, a messy, gray room. The wallpaper was peeling, the floor was stained, the furniture was all torn as if someone had smashed it, and the windows were boarded up.

Although this place seemed a little familiar, Kingsley didn't have the time to delve into it for the time being. He whispered to the others in the tunnel, "It's safe for now, come up."

Four other Aurors climbed up the tunnel one after another, and finally Umbridge.

However, as soon as she leaned out of the hole, she blushed and stopped.

"Pull me..." She gritted her teeth, lowered her voice and asked for help: "I'm stuck..."

Kingsley and the others glanced at her speechlessly, and persuaded again, "Why don't you just wait in the tunnel."

"No!" Umbridge also refused again: "I must personally participate in this search!"

Not only because of Professor Trelawney's prophecy, but also because she feared that the Aurors would rob her of her credit.

What's more, she lost her wand, and it was safest to be with the Aurors.

Kingsley had no choice but to go forward with Delixi, grab one of her arms by himself, and struggle to "pull" Umbridge out of the tunnel.

"I think I might know where this is," Williamson said suddenly after looking around. "This should be the inside of the Screaming Shack."

"The Screaming Shack?" Umbridge asked. "The supposedly haunted house in Hogsmeade?"

"That's right," Williamson nodded affirmatively, "The Shrieking Shack is also wood-panelled with doors and windows, and judging from the distance from the tunnel, it's almost Hogsmeade. The most important thing is... …”

He licked his lips, and said with a hint of excitement that he had discovered the secret, "If I remember correctly, the Shrieking Shack became famous around the same time that the Beating Willow was planted at Hogwarts."

Then his guess was echoed by another Auror named Prout: "You're right, I remember the beating willow when I was in fourth grade, and I was in third grade. I visited here, and it was just an ordinary house at the time, not called a screaming shack at all."

Kingsley, who was originally relieved, became nervous again when he heard the words...

Could Dumbledore really be discovered by Umbridge?

However, this guess was quickly rejected by him, because no matter how he thought about it, he did not think that Dumbledore would make such a stupid mistake that the Invisibility Cloak was hooked by a branch.

"Anyway, everyone should be careful." Kingsley reminded softly, then raised his wand and continued to lead the way out of the room.

The six cautiously walked out of the room and searched the first floor of the screaming shack.

"It doesn't look like a place that's been abandoned for a long time..." Williamson wiped the old wooden table with his fingers. "Have you found it? There is almost no dust accumulation... Someone must come here from time to time to clean."

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Umbridge growled anxiously: "This is Dumbledore's secret stronghold! Don't waste your time, it's been a long time since we came out, and the Minister doesn't know how long it will take. !"

While trying to get credit, she was constantly recalling Professor Trelawney's prediction that she was likely to be in danger, and from Umbridge's current point of view, it was most likely Fudge. Dumbledore noticed a flaw in the Minister's place, and he attacked himself when he rushed over...

After all, she's the main discoverer of this secret, and she's been fighting against Dumbledore at Hogwarts all this time, and what's worse...her wand was ripped off by the beating willow!

The Aurors were very dissatisfied with Umbridge's bossy, but because of Minister Fudge's orders, they did not show it, and just continued to search silently.

Just as Umbridge kept urging the Aurors, Dumbledore, who she thought might come at any time, was sitting in his office, drinking black tea, There was a chat with Cornelius Fudge about something less important.

From the very beginning, Fudge had talked to Dumbledore about the same old-fashioned topics—such as banning the return of Voldemort, cooperating with the Ministry of Magic's educational reforms, and so on.

The importance of these topics is actually average. Anyway, it is definitely not enough to require Minister Fudge to bring the Aurors non-stop after "finishing other things".

Cornelius Fudge actually knew that he did this, and it was very likely that Dumbledore would see the problem, but Dumbledore's long-term concessions for the overall situation caused Fudge to have a problem. He did not dare to tear up with the Ministry of Magic. It's a shameless illusion, so even if this behavior is a bit flawed, Fudge doesn't think it will be a big problem.

And of course Dumbledore couldn't take the initiative to stab Fudge. The Minister of Magic personally testified for himself. What a good alibi!

The bad old man took a sip of tea and put on a meaningful smile on his face.

"The first floor has been inspected, and no problems have been found," the Aurors reported to Kingsley after quickly and meticulously searching the first floor of the Screaming Shack.

"If there is really anything here, it seems to be hidden on the second floor..." Kingsley didn't think Dumbledore deliberately leaked a flaw, just to trick them into coming here for nothing, he reminded: "All Be vigilant, it is very likely to be dangerous above."

However, when he reminded him, he saw Umbridge who had no problems on the first floor, and he ran upstairs in a hurry but after hearing Kingsley's warning After that, she immediately slowed down again and stopped embarrassingly on the stairs.

The Aurors glanced at her in disgust. When they were on the move, they were most afraid of encountering pig teammates like this. Unfortunately, such teammates abounded in the Ministry of Magic.

Kingsley sighed helplessly, and then quickly instructed the Dawlish and the others, asking them to join hands to hold up the defensive spell as before, while he continued to maintain the fluorescent spell, and led everyone to the second floor carefully. .

As soon as he stepped on the second floor, Kingsley froze...

The door of the room facing the stairs was wide open... To be precise, the entire door of the room had been demolished, and even a part of the wall had been demolished, allowing him to easily see everything in the room.

In the room in front of him, there was no furniture at all, only a giant snake that almost filled the room was entrenched in it. Its body is as thick as the trunk of an oak tree, and its scales are green and gleaming with the dazzling light of a poisonous snake.

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