Chapter 672 You Have to Learn to Tolerate Death Eaters

London, Ministry of Magic, Basement 2, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Auror offices.

"Boss!"

Montgomery pushed open the door of the Auror command room, looking pale.

Scrimgeour raised his head from behind the desk, his hawk-like eyes inspected his face, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, "The investigation is back?"

Montgomery nodded, opened the file bag from his hand, and took out a few magic photos.

"Looking at the picture of the burning room, the initial judgment is that the Black Magic Fierce Fire Curse was used, but Ann... Director Weasley is obviously very good at controlling this spell, and the burning is controlled to the point where everything outside the walls of the room is burned. do."

Scrimgeour blinked, nodded, did not speak, just stared at the photo in silence.

"Look at this one again."

Montgomery swallowed, and tremblingly pushed the photo with his fingers to turn it to face the director at an angle, "These Muggle corpses have been floating in mid-air. We have tried many methods, but there is no way to make them fall."

"The most important thing is that the characteristics of their death are very strange, the blood in the whole body has disappeared, and..."

He took a deep breath, "We asked an expert to check, and the other party judged that the reason for the death of these Muggles is that they were sucked out of their souls by dementors!"

Scrimgeour frowned, "The kiss of the dementor?"

This is the method used by the Ministry of Magic to execute criminals in the past, allowing dementors to absorb their souls. This terrible punishment can effectively prevent the possibility that someone will use the resurrection ceremony to save criminals.

This is an extremely severe punishment, and there is no possibility of the criminal becoming a ghost after death.

"Yes." Montgomery posed more magical photos, "But we all know that the dementors are all in Azkaban now, and it is impossible for Director Weasley to mobilize them to kill these Muggles."

"Given his past experience, I think we can at least be clear about..."

Montgomery hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Anthony Weasley is an extremely powerful dark wizard, and he is so powerful beyond our imagination."

Scrimgeour chuckled, and nodded at the photo on the table, "Is it strange? The battle between him and the mysterious man at the Ministry of Magic was only less than ten days ago."

"But……"

Montgomery clasped his hanging hands tightly, his knuckles turned pale, "He's a dark wizard!"

Scrimgeour pursed his lips, took out a silver metal cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and took out an exquisite and simple lighter...

He stared blankly at the lighter, since he had been an Auror for decades, this was the first time he received a gift from his subordinates.

It's not that no one gave him a gift. As the leader of the only legal violent organization in the Ministry of Magic of a country, there were too many temptations, but he coldly rejected them all.

Only the lighter that kid gave him, he accepted with a smile.

Maybe it's because he, who has been exposed to the dark side of the world too much, can't help but be impressed by such a crystal clear and pure heart.

Perhaps it was to keep a token of past friendship with such a powerful figure who might become Dumbledore in the future. As an old Auror, he definitely has a keen sense of opportunity, and maybe when it will be used.

But no matter what the reason was, he actually liked Anton a lot.

"Boss!" Montgomery didn't know when it started, his eyes were flushed, his lips twitched as if he was enduring something, and his words became trembling.

"We Aurors have fought against dark wizards all our lives, so many..."

"So many familiar figures fell in front of us one by one, and were sent to St. Mungo's Magical Injury Hospital one by one, and never came out again..."

"Hmm." Scrimgeour nodded lightly, flipped the lighter, a flame was lit in the dark office, and after a while, he raised his head and exhaled deeply.

"Montgomery..."

His voice became a little ethereal, as if his thoughts were already flying.

"But do you know? The purpose of our Auror office has always been to uphold the "Secrecy Act". We also fight against dark wizards for this reason."

"To be honest, the "Secrecy Act" is just an expedient measure for the wizarding community. The huge changes in the Muggle world three hundred years ago made us wizards shift from being attached to the Muggle king to keeping our own existence secret and accumulating strength."

"If the times change, the Aurors must adapt to the changes and choose to tolerate the dark wizard."

Montgomery was stunned, "But...we Aurors just want to maintain fairness, peace and justice..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Scrimgeour just smiled and shook his head, "Then tell me why half of the prisoners in Azkaban were captured by your teacher. Why is it such a great contribution? He Mad-Eye Alastor Moody retired and I became head of the Auror office?"

Montgomery was speechless.

"Or tell me, why some wizards didn't do much wrong, but they were sentenced to felony just because they hurt Muggles instead of wizards?"

Montgomery was still speechless.

"Then tell me again, I am calling the name of the mysterious man loudly now..."

Scrimgeour said loudly, vigorously, word by word, "Volt! Earth! Demon!"

Montgomery's expression became tense, and he pulled out the wand in his hand instantly, carefully observing his surroundings.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Hahahahahaha..."

Scrimgeour pointed at him and smiled, his whole body trembling, "Tell me why, he has obviously been resurrected, and he also sensed that someone dared to say his name openly, why didn't he send someone to come kill me?"

As he spoke, he patted his thigh vigorously, and then tapped his chest vigorously with his fingers, "From here to his legs, his name was mentioned because of the implementation of the combat plan back then, and they just Rushed here and almost ripped me in half!"

"You know, they don't care about the Ministry of Magic. Voldemort doesn't care about the Ministry of Magic at all."

Scrimgeour exhaled faintly, "Understood? Times have changed. The mission of us Aurors is to protect the "Secrecy Act", and the mission of the "Secrecy Act" is to protect our ethnic group, but ah... "

"Now the "Secrecy Act" seems to be unable to protect our ethnic group. Instead, a dark lord like Voldemort has come to such an opportunity inexplicably, and has become a very complicated character."

"They are all smart people. He saw this opportunity and blatantly formed a force in Azkaban. And those people who shouted and shouted in the past, what Aurors, what Order of the Phoenix, haha~"

Scrimgeour clicked his tongue twice.

"I know you have a good relationship with Anton, and you hate dark wizards very much. This discovery makes you feel extremely uncomfortable."

"But I want to say that you should learn to tolerate Anton's identity as a so-called dark wizard."

"It's not because we're trying to favor one another."

Scrimgeour lowered his head, eyes filled with cold emotion, "Because, next, you need to learn to tolerate dark wizards, saints, and Death Eaters!"

Montgomery stared at Scrimgeour with wide eyes, "Boss, what are you talking about?!!!"

Scrimgeour stood up with a cigarette in his mouth, and walked out from behind the desk with slightly lame steps. His tall body looked down at Montgomery, biting his teeth with a cigarette in his mouth, and his eyes became serious.

"Listen, the statement that Aurors uphold justice is just a kind of political correctness. In the beginning, everyone was wearing such a glamorous skin. It was the first time the mysterious man started a terrible war, and it was too cruel. That's what turns 'upholding justice' into something that's really supposed to be something we're supposed to do."

"But you have to remember, not to mention dark wizards, even ordinary wizards are evil to Muggles. When you measure it with the morality in your heart, you will find that if you are in a situation of complete justice , you should choose to capture all the wizards in Azkaban."

"Don't just believe what you say."

"From the beginning to the end, the Auror Office has been doing one of the cruelest things since it was established for three hundred years, which is to wantonly use the Amnestic Curse to clean the memory of Muggles, which has led to countless terrible consequences. Maybe you should really go to Look at our dossiers!"

"Aurors are violent institutions to protect the wizarding community. No matter which country's Ministry of Magic they are, they are all Aurors. Do you understand?"

Montgomery stared blankly at Scrimgeour, and finally nodded weakly, "I see."

"Oh, I got it, I got it, I don't understand." Scrimgeour muttered, "When you really see the Muggle witch hunt, when you really experience the war between wizards and Muggles , you know what I'm talking about."

He pointed hard at the photos on the table, "I'm telling you this because you've got the wrong direction."

"Ha, of course I understand what you're thinking. Anton is an extremely powerful master of magic. These Muggles were brutally killed like ants on the ground. This is against justice and your belief."

"But I want to tell you, this is just your belief. Your belief was given to you by your teacher, Mad-Eye. His belief was passed down from the old-fashioned people of the Merlin Sir Order. They all revolved around In Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix!"

He squinted his eyes and grabbed the photo in his hand so hard that it deformed.

"And these are not the beliefs of our Auror office!"

"You may not know that our Ministry of Magic was established under the auspices of the International Federation of Wizards to oppose the idea of ​​Sir Merlin. And the Auror Office was established to promote the idea of ​​the Ministry of Magic. Formed."

"When did the set of beliefs of Sir Merlin become the beliefs of our Auror office?"

With his back to Montgomery, Scrimgeour said in a low voice, "I am gradually clearing my mind in the office to meet the challenges brought by the future. Montgomery, you are my favorite Auror, don't let me down..."

Montgomery was silent, he looked at the magic photo pinched into balls by Scrimgeour in a trance, and remained silent for a long time.

The two stood like this for a long time.

It wasn't until the sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside the Auror Command, and the two Aurors walked away talking and laughing, that Montgomery let out a deep breath.

"Boss, I remain firm in the need for justice, in the need for punishment of criminals."

"But I will give everything I have for the Auror Office. I have been in this office since I graduated, and I have been working in this office for countless years. I am willing to uphold the belief of the Auror Office."

Slytherin pursed his lips, turned his head to look at Montgomery's determined expression, and chuckled, "As stubborn as your teacher Mad-Eye..."

But at least, he had no way to doubt the loyalty of the young man in front of him to the Auror office.

If one day the Order of the Phoenix and the Auror Office stood on opposite sides, he knew that Montgomery would stand on the side of the Office, and that would be enough.

"Listen, in the eyes of the Aurors, when encountering such a case, the first thing they pay attention to is not a crime committed by a dark wizard, understand? Don't be always trying to catch a dark wizard."

"These people are no longer ordinary Muggles. Of course, we will not take the initiative to harm any Muggle civilians, because wantonly letting wizards hurt these Muggles is against our morals, and it will also bring the wizarding community into a terrible situation. .”

"But these people are not civilians! They are spying on the wizarding world!"

"You need to change your thinking. When encountering such a thing, the first thing that comes to mind should be the 'witch hunt', and then investigate in this direction. If not, then of course it is very good, but if it is... ..."

Scrimgeour didn't say anything more, but Montgomery already knew.

"The times are different, the times are undergoing drastic changes..."

He grabbed Montgomery's shoulder vigorously, "Those dark wizards released from Azkaban before, relax their restrictions and let them help us keep an eye on some Muggles."

Montgomery was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.