Chapter 679 Interview
In the main hall of the Ministry of Magic, the dark wooden floor on the ground was polished and polished, and the peacock blue ceiling was inlaid with gleaming golden symbols. The lobby and reception area were crowded with people.
The wizard journalists with long guns and short cannons surrounded the Magic Brothers fountain, poking their heads and waiting for the elevator on the other side. Some armed Aurors separated them and left a passage, blocking them outside the passage. John Bartha, the new director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, was assigned to be in charge of the reception. He stood at the door tiredly and helplessly and said, "Gentlemen and ladies, be quiet...don't be crowded...be careful."
Suddenly the crowd erupted into applause and cheers. The Auror quickly turned around and found that the new savior of the wizarding world, Alan Harris, came out with Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater. elevator.
The Auror immediately raised his vigilance and straightened his waist and abdomen even more.
A short, grumpy man holds up a big black camera, jumping around to take pictures, and each time the flash flashes blindingly, puffs of purple smoke come out of the camera. Not only him, but all the reporters frantically pressed the shutter again and again, and thick smoke floated in the air.
Hermione Granger dressed as a Hogwarts student and Penelope Clearwater in an Auror uniform were half a step behind Allen. After Allen returned to the modern style, he did not change back to the modern style, just like Voldemort was wearing the same robes as Dumbledore, and he had been wearing the ancient style of wizard robes, waving to the media reporters who were excited by their presence.
The reporters were asking all kinds of questions in a hurry. They crowded and shouted, hoping that their questions would be accepted by Allen. Among them, Allen responded by saying that he could not see clearly the questions about things behind the veil. It was not until two sharp questions were raised by a reporter from a foreign newspaper that the noisy scene fell silent, but everyone was ready. Well, record Alan's answer, and they wait for Alan's answer.
"Mr. Alan Harris, what do you think of the recent rumors that the mysterious man was not defeated by you alone?" The reporter who asked the question was flushed with excitement, his hand holding the microphone trembled slightly, but his waist was straight To put it more bluntly, he felt that he was shouldering the great mission of being a media person, not afraid of power, and bravely pursuing the truth.
Allen did not lose his composure at all. He looked at the logo on his microphone and the ID hanging on his chest, and replied politely: "Thank you for your question, Bout reporter of the New York Ghost."
Allen mentioned that the name of their newspaper was like a bucket of ice water pouring over the head of a reporter who was in a state of fanatical justice. He kept telling himself that it was useless to retreat, anyway, their headquarters were in the United States and the United Kingdom There is no way to control them, and this is also for the integrity of media people.
"I've also heard the recent rumors about this kind of news, which has created panic in many people's minds again, and who is benefited by this panic. You tried to argue the truth at that time, why not let me tell other people the answer with practical actions, I hereby invite the mysterious half-blood wizard Tom Riddle, welcome Mr. Riddle to come and have a one-on-one life and death with me at any time Duel. Everyone is welcome to come to the duel site for interviews. If Mr. Riddle doesn't mind, Harris TV will broadcast the duel live - I think this is the best way to prove the truth, isn't it? "At this moment, Allen behaved like a star who was slandered by malicious rumors, acting helpless to these rumors, and made this invitation as if he was really like a savior and wanted to reassure others. Then Alan smiled gently at the reporter who asked the question, "So please help me publish this invitation to a duel with Mr. Riddle, and if anyone can contact him, please help me I'll inform him that if he wants to, he just needs to write a letter to the Ministry of Magic so that we can confirm the time and place, thank you!"
After a brief silence,
The surrounding media reporters were in an uproar. Allen's confidence and plan plus the initial hint made everyone present be infected by his self-confidence - plus the little-known mysterious person who advocates pure blood. The mixed-race identity was understated by Allen once, which made those rumors look like just another malicious and rogue conspiracy of the mysterious man.
The American journalist Bout was soothed by Alan's smile, and his heart was full of strength, thinking that his question helped the savior to present the facts. Now he was infected by Alan's confidence, and his thinking was also brought into Alan's thinking. The misunderstanding that asked him to enter: "Thank you, Mr. Alan Harris, I understand. This must be a conspiracy of the mysterious man. He is trying to distort the facts to make people think that he still has great power!"
"Mr. Reporter, this is only a possibility. I think you must be a good reporter who dares to pursue the truth from the perspective of your words and deeds without fear of power. Therefore, I think we should not make assumptions without evidence. It is unfair to Mr. Riddle to make a positive judgment and write it in the newspaper, even if it seems likely, so I hope that when you report, you will at most just report this speculation, and not deliberately report it. Discredit Mr. Riddle..."
"Well! Mr. Alan Harris, I swear by my Thunderbird Academy honor at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I promise I will do this!" Boot felt his mission as a reporter was full of him. Feeling, he was thinking like a spring, wishing to return to his office immediately and start creating news content.
"Mr. Alan Harris, first of all, I have to congratulate you. You must be the winner of our magazine selection this year. In addition, I would like to ask Miss Luna Lovegood who is good with you. There are rumors that her The real identity is Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of Hogwarts, can you tell us about it?" Amidst the uproar, the female reporter of "Wizard Weekly", a magazine popular with witches, yelled again After asking, another piece of news that was spreading hotly in the dark came out.
"Wizard Weekly" contains articles, divination quizzes, advice columns, recipes, etc., and also reports a lot of celebrity news. Gilderoy Lockhart's 5 most charming smile awards are also selected by it As for Allen, because of his young age, "Wizard Weekly" thought it was not suitable for nomination for the time being, but after the Ministry of Magic war, it was clear that "Wizard Weekly" had realized its short-sightedness.
However, Allen, who heard this question, just shrugged helplessly and smiled, and did not answer the question directly, and at this time, he learned that he would get the liar Gilderoy Lockhart who made him more repulsive. The same award is not good news for Allen now.
"Idiot! How can you gossip magazines disturb Alan with this kind of question? Mr. Harris!" The reporter of the "New York Ghost" who was later praised by Allen, now looks like Allen Seeing Alan's appearance, he misunderstood that the other party was helpless because of this low-energy problem, so he immediately refuted the female reporter of "Wizard Weekly".
And some experienced reporters saw that they might not be able to find anything from Allen, so they set their sights on Hermione and Penello behind him, trying to dig out some news from these two, especially those who were still wearing Huo Hermione in Gwartz's school uniform, many reporters have already leaned towards her.
"Miss Hermione Granger, Miss Penelope Clearwater, in view of the fact that Mr. Alan Harris and the Animagus forms of both of you are magical creatures, and from the previous successful or registered From the perspective of the relationship between Animagus-transformed wizards and the Harris family, can we understand that you have successfully developed a new method to improve the transformation efficiency of Animagus? One thing to know In the past century, before Mr. Alan Harris, if the existence of Mr. Sirius Black is not counted, there are only 7 Animagus registered in the world." The anxious reporters asked in a hurry Said, their microphones were stretched too close, Peneno frowned, and glanced over coldly, the reporter who almost put the microphone on Penello's mouth shivered, and withdrew his hand embarrassingly.
But obviously other reporters did not give up because of this. A wizard dressed as an old scholar wearing thick-bottomed glasses from "Transfiguration Today" asked in an almost self-contained tone: "According to my investigation, there happened to be a human head during the Goblet of Fire period." The manticore appeared in the UK, and was killed by members of the Dangerous Creatures Committee under the management and control department of Mrs. Alan Harris' aunt, Ms. Josephine Harris, and there were also others from the Abyss The Demon Hunter was obtained by Mr. Alan Harris during the competition, and the Animagus forms registered by Miss Hermione Granger and Miss Penello Clearwater today happen to be Sphinx The tailed beast has the characteristics of a demon hunter spider, may I ask if there is any connection between them?"
"Yes, I have mastered the new method." Allen admitted directly and neatly beside him.
This simple sentence caused an uproar. Although the reporters had probably guessed this kind of result before, such a straightforward admission still made them unexpected.
"Merlin's underpants! Those old pedants should have awarded you the Most Promising Newcomer Award in "Today's Transfiguration"! You shouldn't have said anything until your O.W.Ls and N.E.W.T transfiguration grades come out! Alan Harry Mr. Si, please be sure to publish the new paper on the transformation method of the Animagus in our magazine!" The old reporter sighed and accepted the invitation as a matter of course.
"I don't intend to make it public right now." Allen shook his head and clearly rejected it. Minerva McGonagall won this award for Ningren's impressive transformation ability and achievements after finishing her studies in 1954. So even if Alan wants this award, he only needs to wait until N.E.W.T is also excellent, which is almost enough.
"Thank you, we... eh? What did you say... why?" The old scholar obviously didn't expect the other party to respond like this. In fact, "Transfiguration Today" is an academic book that focuses on the latest developments in the field of Transfiguration. Publications, this journal will not only publish some academic articles, but also publish some papers of some outstanding and knowledgeable scholars in this field - this old scholar usually serves as the chief reviewer of papers rather than being good at interviewing and debating The front-line reporter, if it weren't for the registration of two Animagus of magical creatures today, he wouldn't have come out in person.
"Why didn't you announce it? Aren't you the savior? If other wizards also learn this ability, wouldn't they be more likely to protect themselves?" A reporter who was supported by a pure-blooded family thought of what the buck-toothed patriarch had said to him. Confession and Jin Gallon, seize the opportunity to incite.
"Then if it's announced, wouldn't it also allow the dark wizard to learn, be more likely to harm people and successfully hide?!" Hermione was a little angry, and she directly refuted the other party's logical loopholes.
The reporter stopped debating the above topic, and he opened up a new battle field because he was good at fanning the flames, and decided to go too far in order to arouse people's suspicion of Allen: "There are rumors that his current skin And the hair should be due to the negative energy erosion caused by the excessive use of the necromancer faction in black magic, not because it entered the veil... so selfish, why is the heir of the white wizard, if he really enters the veil, he can’t see clearly , Why did you change the robe again, the belt is made of a devil’s skull, maybe it’s some kind of dark wizard.”
Seeing that Allen was being satirized, Penello suppressed the idea of killing him directly, and looked at the reporter angrily, remembering his appearance: "According to your logic, I will go to your house and kill you later." All the wealth of the poor is equally distributed.”
Although being a little scared by the female Auror, the reporter obviously knew that the other party would not attack now at least, "Look! This is not what a black wizard is like!"
The scene became chaotic for a while, but after more than ten seconds, the discussion of the reporters was interrupted by clapping applause.
Allen withdrew his clapped hands and put them behind his back: "Good inference, but I only correct one mistake you made."
"Then tell me, what mistakes did I make?" The reporter responded stiffly. In fact, he had already made up his mind to flee abroad after leaving the Ministry of Magic. Put it on your body.
A massive four-legged dragon with five dragon heads and a wyvern-like tail appeared in the noisy interview scene. It appeared from Allen's hands with a somewhat exaggerated size, slapping himself majestically Their great wings began to fly around the Fountain of Magical Brothers, a group of solid gold statues of wizards and witches, centaurs, goblins, and house-elves that stood behind them.
Everyone present was infected by the guardian power contained in it. Hermione and Penello were very puzzled about the change in the form of the patron saint of Allen, but it was not easy to ask in this case.
The power of the patron saint has nothing to do with its size, but the positive energy contained in Alan's five-headed dragon makes it easy for even wizards with no sense of magic to judge that the power of Alan's new patron saint is undoubtedly comparable to it. This image of .
"Merlin's Majesty!" A half-breed wizard yelled out a mixed-style exclamation: "This is bigger than the patron saint summoned by the invincible Andros, the ancient Greek wizard on the chocolate frog card! And just like him in the legend, he was summoned without a staff!"
Bout's eyes lit up and he beckoned his cameraman to take a picture of this spectacle. Hearing the admiration of the half-blood, he couldn't help but add: "It is said that the one summoned by the invincible Andros is only the size of a giant. Already made him unique in previous history, and Mr. Alan Harris is now summoning the size of a fire dragon! Dark wizards can't summon such a powerful Patronus! They can only summon magic maggots with the Patronus Charm Devour yourself!"
As the Patronus Charm dissipated, the scene returned to silence.
"I am not a black wizard, but I have never admitted that I am a white wizard or the heir of a white wizard." Allen stood behind the microphone and shook his head, pretending to look helplessly at the troublesome reporter who was still a little stunned, as if he was thinking about it. He regretted his mistake: "So I am not Dumbledore, and I will not turn a blind eye to your groundless accusations, Auror!"
All the Aurors present responded neatly: "Here!"
The reporter realized that something was wrong, but due to the situation, he could only think of an excuse, "What do you want to do?! The reporters are watching! How dare you mess around? Do you really think that the Harris family can cover the sky in the Ministry of Magic?! "
"You're right, the Ministry of Magic is just the Ministry of Magic, and Harris has never violated the law or abused his private power..." Allen didn't talk to the other party any more, but saluted Penello sideways and exaggeratedly, "Miss Auror."
Penello also pretended to respond: "Sir, may I ask?"
Allen said sternly: "This gentleman just tried to slander me with unsubstantiated rumors, and I am here to report the case to you."
"Understood, sir, we will investigate clearly, please rest assured, if this is the case, we Aurors will definitely return your innocence." Penello nodded, saluted Allen solemnly, then turned to look at the other Aurors Luo, "Did you hear that?! Why don't you invite this reporter back to assist us in our investigation?"
"You...you can't! Ouch!" The reporter was stopped by the Aurors as soon as he opened his mouth. He had no idea that Allen would go through the normal report form like a joke and arrest him directly.
Then Alan waved his hand and pulled it. The purse of the Untraceable Stretch Curse hidden on the reporter's body was pulled away by Alan's magician's hand, and his Galleon fell to the ground, which made the surrounding reporters immediately take it away. The camera is aimed at this side.
"Why do you bring so much money for interviews?! Who bought you to pour dirty water on Mr. Harris?" Bout was the first to ask questions before the media reporters belonging to the Harris faction. Originally, he had changed his attitude towards Allen just now. Some doubts, but with Allen's patron saint spell and this abnormal situation, out of the reporter's sensitivity and hearing about such things, he immediately thought of the reason why this person had a bad attitude from the very beginning Clearly.
"That's right, they were the ones who spread the rumors before, aren't they the spies of the mysterious man?!" This time it was the turn of the reporter of "The Quibbler" to lead the rhythm.
"Maybe it's the family that supports the mysterious person. This time they can't escape the guilt by saying that they were cast with the Imperius Curse!" The reporter from Harris TV also added.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. reporter, I accidentally knocked your wallet away when I was practicing magic just now, Aurors, please work hard to help him pick it up." Alan, who had found out what the other party was thinking, withdrew his right hand , and then added to the already silent reporters around, "But Miss Clearwater, obviously, as a reporter, she brought so many Galleons with her during the interview. Reporter, is it true that, as other journalist friends have speculated, they were bought by Mr. Riddle or some other family with evil intentions to make such remarks."