Chapter 358: Declaration of Force

These Aurors and Strikers were wearing brand new uniforms, and I have to say they looked handsome.

Barty Crouch hired someone to redesign the Ministry of Magic uniforms?

"It's Aurors and Strikers!"

Ron immediately stopped and looked at them in surprise.

Harry immediately put down the bucket and asked softly:

"Auror? What is an Auror and what is a striker?"

Malfoy's eyebrows knitted together:

"Strikemen are the law enforcement force of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. They have a large number of people, a bit similar to the police in Muggle society.

But Aurors—Aurors are specifically responsible for tracking down those vicious dark wizards. Almost all the prisoners in Azkaban were sent in by Aurors.

Very powerful, they are the most powerful force in the Ministry of Magic. "

Harry's eyes began to sparkle and his breathing began to quicken.

Listen to it, specialize in tracking down dark wizards! Arrest them and send them to Azkaban!

"I want to be an Auror!"

"You?" Malfoy squinted at him, snorted from his nose, and said slowly:

"Potter, it's not that I look down on you. It's not easy to be an Auror. It requires at least five N.E.W.T exams.

They must also pass a criminal record background check and a rigorous character and aptitude test.

You also have to pass exams such as stealth and disguise.”

Harry said confidently: "Five doors? That's not too difficult!"

Malfoy made Harry completely lose confidence with just one sentence.

"Oh Potter, I forgot to tell you, one of them is potions."

Harry's eyes gradually lost their brightness.

Zhang Xiao did not participate in the chat with his friends, but looked at them seriously.

Wanting to see what these people were planning to do, not only him, but the entire camp gradually became quiet.

The wizards stopped what they were doing and looked at the Aurors and Strikers scattered around the camp in shock.

In their impression, these things did not happen in previous World Cups.

A sharp whistle sounded, and these figures seemed to have received some order.

They all raised their wands and pointed to the sky.

Streams of light shot out rapidly from the wand.

Zhang Xiao almost thought that what they were holding was not a magic wand but a fireworks stick.

He closed his eyes and then opened them suddenly, his dark brown pupils became a little brighter.

【Dharma Eye! 】

The curse that filled the sky immediately became clear, and Zhang Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and began to distinguish.

Safe guarding, all protection, Muggle expulsion, quietly

Are they all protective magic?

Hundreds of magic spells kept flying into the sky. In everyone's shocked eyes, a bright, super-large semicircular transparent protective shield slowly formed, with various brilliance flashing from time to time.

It flickered like this for a while, then the light exploded, and finally disappeared into the air.

The strikers and Aurors neatly put down their wands, lowered the brim of their hats, and then apparated away.

It was only then that the previously lost sounds seemed to have returned. A huge, noisy buzz sounded in every corner of the camp, and people enthusiastically discussed this unprecedented aspect.

The foursome picked up the buckets again and rushed towards the place where they were fetching water, but the topic of conversation changed to what had just happened.

"Did you see it? Did you see it?" Ron's ears turned red with excitement. He swung the bucket and almost hit an equally excited wizard.

The wizard glanced at him dissatisfied, then immediately turned back and participated in the discussion with interest.

Ron shrank his head and his movements softened a lot, but he was still shaking with excitement:,

"It's so cool. Look at their uniforms and the way they collectively lower their hat brims. Is this the Ministry of Magic? Is this the Auror?"

Malfoy nodded: "I care more about why they did this. Barty Crouch is not Fudge's idiot. He must have a purpose for doing this."

"Compared to this." Harry pursed his lips, as if he had made up his mind, and said worriedly: "Guys, if I go to Professor Snape to have a good chat, I can give it to him at Christmas. A big bottle of the most expensive shampoo, is it possible for him to get me a N.E.W.T potions certificate?”

Send shampoo to Snape?

Zhang Xiao looked at Harry in surprise, what do you think? Do you think Snape's oily head is due to shampoo?

It's obviously because I often study potions, and I get smoked by the vapors from the potions, okay?

"Harry, are you sure you want to show off Professor Snape instead of mocking him?"

After silently nodding "Harry", Zhang Xiao closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief:

"I can guess why Crouch did this."

"for what?"

The three little ones immediately turned their attention to Zhang Xiao.

"Establish prestige! In other words, establish prestige. No, it should be said to create an impression that the Ministry of Magic is very powerful."

Zhang Xiao stopped, placed the bucket on the ground, turned on the faucet, and said slowly:

"During Fudge's era, the prestige of the Ministry of Magic was already in jeopardy. He repeatedly made unintended moves, which disgraced the Ministry of Magic. Especially when he left office, he desperately defended himself as being controlled by the Imperius Curse.

This even pushed the Ministry of Magic's face to the ground and stepped on it several times. "

Seeing the confused faces of Harry and Ron, Ponyboy frowned, and then looked like he suddenly understood:

"I understand, Zhang. Fudge said he was under the Imperius Curse. This means that the Minister of Magic could be easily controlled by the Death Eaters, which means that the Ministry of Magic is a group of incompetent people.

Indeed, I don't believe in the Ministry of Magic very much."

Zhang Xiao nodded approvingly: "Yes, that's right, Draco. So after Crouch came to power, he has been trying to rebuild the prestige of the Ministry of Magic, such as lifting the restrictions on Aurors.

Allow them to use all means to attack the Death Eaters, such as constantly making tough speeches and declaring their attitudes.

For example, they just showed force, all of which are."

They returned through the camp. Because they were carrying water, they walked much slower. The campers on the field gradually woke up.

The first to get up were those families with children.

The little wizards rode on toys and swept, flying low. These brooms were a bit like children's versions of auspicious clouds. They were all used to coax children. They could only fly just now. Their toes gently brushed the dewy grass, and crisp laughter echoed in the camp.

Some children stole their parents' wands and waved them around casually, with a series of sparks coming out of the wands.

The tent was soon set on fire, and Harry almost poured the water he had finally fetched on it if Zhang Xiao had been a little slower.

The wizards and witches in plaid pajamas rushed out of the tent, and they grabbed the wands from the children in a rage.

They raised their hands and slapped them hard on the buttocks, accompanied by crying. More wizards gathered around to watch the rare scene of beating children.

From time to time, adult wizards could be seen coming out of their tents and starting to make breakfast.

Some looked around furtively and lit the fire with their wands;

Some were striking matches with a skeptical expression on their faces, as if they thought it would definitely not work.

Two African wizards sat there waiting for something, with a pile of suspicious, purple flames in front of them. After a while, a cheetah ran wildly from a distance, causing bursts of screams.

The leopard still had a hare in its mouth. When it approached the campfire, it suddenly rolled on the ground and turned into a wizard wearing a white robe.

He handed the rabbit to his companion, and then sat quietly in front of the campfire, waiting for his companion to roast the rabbit.

"This should be a student who graduated from Vagadu."

Malfoy's face was full of envy, and he whispered to his friend:

"Vagadu's students are very good at human body transformation, that is, Animagus. Although they can only transform into those animals, the success rate is quite high."

At this moment, there was a sudden green light in front of them, even a little dazzling, and they were surprised to find that the place they had just walked into was covered with a thick layer of clover on all the tents, which looked like countless strange green hills emerging from the ground.

"I know, clover! This is the supporter of the Irish team!"

Ron said firmly, and he suddenly became curious: "By the way, what do you think the Bulgarians will hang on their tents?"

"Let's go and take a look!" Harry said.

So several people hurried to another place.

When we got there, we found that the Bulgarian tents were not covered with any plants, but each tent had the same poster with a very gloomy face and thick black eyebrows.

Although it was still a moving picture, the face only blinked and frowned.

Hmm - Zhang Xiao looked at these pictures. This should be the first tragic male supporting actor who really discovered Hermione's potential.

Viktor Krum.

"Krum." Ron whispered.

"What?" Harry.

"Krum!" Ron said, "Viktor Krum, Bulgarian seeker! A genius, I heard that he is only 18 years old, and he is said to be the best seeker in the world!"

"Really?" Harry was a little unconvinced. He felt that he should be very good.

In fact, Zhang Xiao felt that if Harry played Quidditch, after more professional training, he might be able to compete with Krum in the World Cup.

Top Quidditch talent is not a boast.

When they returned to the camp, Mr. Weasley still hadn't lit the fire. There were matches around him, but he still used it as if it was his first time.

He carefully lit the match, then put it under a bundle of firewood, looking at it expectantly, but soon the match went out again.

"Let me teach you, Mr. Weasley," Zhang Xiao said gently after putting down the water, but he didn't mean to laugh at him.

Not to mention Arthur, even many ordinary people don't know how to light a fire correctly, because it's impossible to light the firewood directly with matches.

Zhang Xiao broke some very thin branches, and found some dried weeds, toilet paper and the like.

He piled up the firewood, leaving enough space underneath, and then stuffed the flammable material in. After easily lighting the weeds with matches, he immediately started to stuff small branches in.

"We should fan it now and blow some wind."

Zhang Xiao conjured up a cattail fan and fanned it hard.

"Oh oh—" Mr. Weasley nodded hurriedly, then looked at the fire in amazement as it grew bigger and bigger, with billowing smoke and dust rising from below. When the fire finally rose, he clapped his hands vigorously, as happy as a child.

After lunch, the little guys slipped out immediately. Their tent was on the only way to the stadium.

The officials of the Ministry were running back and forth on the road, and Mr. Arthur's good popularity was undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

All the officials who passed by greeted Mr. Weasley warmly when they passed by. Zhang Xiao seriously suspected that Hermione's ability to become the Minister of Magic in the original book had a great relationship with her being the daughter-in-law of the Weasley family.

This is also an important reason why Percy was able to get such a good position as soon as he graduated.

He is not the only wizard with good grades in the same class as Percy. For example, his girlfriend, Penelope, the head girl of Ravenclaw, is very beautiful and has excellent grades, not worse than Percy.

But because of her ordinary birth, she can only choose to do the simplest copywriting work in the Daily Prophet, and the Ministry of Magic does not accept her at all.

However, these are not what the little wizards consider. They are tired of constantly greeting, so they slip out as soon as they have the opportunity.

As the afternoon wore on, a palpable cloud of excitement spread over the camp.

At dusk, even the still summer air seemed to tremble with anticipation.

As darkness fell like a curtain over the hundreds of eagerly waiting wizards, the last traces of pretense fell away: the Ministry seemed to have succumbed to the inevitable, no longer fighting against the obvious signs of magic everywhere.

Every few steps, an Apparating vendor descended from the sky with iron trays and carts filled with strange and bizarre things.

Everyone was so excited that they rushed up with fistfuls of Galleons and couldn't wait to buy all kinds of souvenirs.

Like glowing badges - green for Ireland, red for Bulgaria.

As long as you tap the badge, they can scream out the names of the team members;

There are national flags of two countries, which will play their national anthems when waved; and there are small models of real flying Firebolts - as long as you open your palm, they will fly back and forth quickly.

Zhang Xiao likes this kind of thing very much. He simply bought a board and gave one to everyone. Everyone knows that Zhang Fuyou is incredible, but no one cares. ,

Just smiled and said thank you.

Zhang Xiao probably took a look and thought that all the things were very interesting. Those little people were moving figures - such as the statues of the players of the two teams.

Those little statues can walk around on your palm, looking very proud.

"Zhang, thank you so much!" Ron said happily while buying souvenirs.

"Thank you for introducing the job to my mother. My pocket money has doubled several times. Otherwise, I can only choose one or two to buy!"

Ron shook his pocket, and the gold galleons made a crisp sound in it.

He was very generous and bought a dancing clover hat, a large green rose-shaped badge, and a small statue of Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum.

The small Krum walked back and forth in Ron's hand, frowning and staring at the green badge above him.

"By the way, this hat is for you!"

Ron bought another tall green hat and looked forward to Zhang Xiao wearing it.

"No!" Zhang Xiao looked at the green hat and shook his head firmly. It was simply too much. What's wrong with giving me a green hat? ? ?

Malfoy laughed and pointed at the green hat and said:

"In the East, green hats are not good, so no one wants to wear a green hat."

Is that so? Ron could only give the green hat to Ginny with great regret. Seeing Ginny's happy look, Zhang Xiao mourned for her.

Uh - poor Ginny, maybe she really wore the hat, because Harry's girlfriend seemed to have a good relationship. Although she was two years younger, she was both beautiful and had a good personality.

Harry was so fascinated that he was about to get married right after graduation, but his girlfriend said her family didn't support her dating so early, so she didn't make it public and didn't dare to come to Harry.

"Wow, look at these!" Harry said, rushing to a cart that was piled high with things that looked like binoculars, but covered with all kinds of weird knobs and dials.

"Panopticon," the wizard vendor enthusiastically promoted, "You can replay the scene... in slow motion... If necessary, it can also quickly flash an analysis of the game. Deal - ten Galleons a piece."

"Ten Galleons?" Ron's eyes widened in surprise. He opened his pocket and counted, five. He looked at the panopticon again with envy.

Even though the salary was much higher, the Weasley family still had many children, and Ron's pocket money was not so much that he didn't take Galleons seriously.

Mr. Ha and Mr. Ma immediately took a step forward without hesitation and were about to pay:

"I'll help you--"

Zhang Xiao pulled back one hand each and pulled the so-called panoramic telescope. Suddenly, the memory of his past life came to him. He imitated his wife:

"Five galleons a piece, we'll buy it. Do you want to sell it?"

"Deal!" The vendor immediately handed over the telescope with a smile on his face.

Zhang Xiao stepped back with satisfaction, hiding his achievements and fame, leaving only Mr. Ha and Mr. Ma with their mouths open.

In fact, it's interesting to bargain occasionally.

After the purse was empty, they returned to their tent.

At this moment, a deep and deep gong sound came from somewhere in the distance of the woods, and immediately, thousands of red, green and yellow lanterns bloomed on the trees, illuminating the road to the stadium.

"It's time!" said Mr. Weasley, looking as excited as everyone else: "Hurry up, let's go."

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