Chapter 396
Just Pretend I Wasn’t Here
Chapter 396 Just Pretend I Wasn’t Here
Not every wizard who arrived at the island later knew the whole story.
In fact, Professor McGonagall contacted Minister of Magic Fudge and Auror Office Director Scrimgeour. The other wizards came on orders and did not know what kind of enemy they would face before they came.
When they appeared with the portkey, they saw the Obscurus wreaking havoc above the island, and Dumbledore and several Hogwarts professors fighting against the dark creatures.
Many people were killed by the Obscurus, and there were more Muggles lying on the ground.
The Aurors naturally took on the roles they were most familiar with, namely: fighting against dark creatures and protecting the weak and poor Muggles.
A young Auror with purple hair saw a seriously injured Muggle lying on the ground groaning at the edge of the battlefield, and immediately cast magic to pull the other party out of the dangerous situation where he was almost caught in the black fog.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Oh, I'm sorry!"
She used too much force and accidentally caused the soldier to crash into the lamppost next to him. The young Auror thought he heard the sound of broken bones.
The soldier almost rolled his eyes, gasping for breath and unable to speak.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I've always been so clumsy. Are you okay? Does it hurt?"
The young Auror apologized hastily, her hair turning grey to match her mood.
The soldier squinted at the change in color of her hair, coughed a few times, and asked, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm Nymphadora Tonks, you can call me Tonks." Tonks said guiltily, "Wait a moment, I'll find someone to treat you."
"You are... wizards?"
The soldier had seen the many wizards holding up their wands to control the Obscurus, but he still asked, "All of you?"
"Yes, we are all wizards from the British Ministry of Magic."
Tonks nodded, then suddenly remembered that this was a violation of the Statute of Secrecy, and she couldn't help but feel panicked.
Then she remembered that there was no question of keeping this kind of scene secret, and as long as she erased the memories of all the Muggles afterwards, she would not have violated any law.
Tonks patted the Muggle soldier's arm reassuringly and said:
"Don't worry, your injuries can be healed in just one second! We will also deal with the guy in the sky soon. When you wake up tomorrow morning, everything will be back to normal."
The soldier did not answer. He watched the witch whose hair could change color automatically draw out her wand and join the fight against the black fog.
No one cared about the lingering Muggles, nor did they think they could do anything except run and scream. When the Obscurus appeared, the wizards' main enemy naturally shifted.
The soldier lying on the ground vomited blood and crawled towards the ruins of a building not far away.
He was just a soldier of the lowest level, he didn't know what the Obscurus was, and he wasn't actually clear about the research in the base.
But he had long been indoctrinated with the idea that evil wizards were servants of the devil since long, long ago. They brought endless disasters to the world and were the source of poverty, disease and misfortune for ordinary people.
To the soldiers, this seemed to be the case - everything was fine in the past, but when the wizard arrived, the "black devil" suddenly appeared, the buildings collapsed like the sky was falling and the people around were wiped out like weeds.
Those are not numbers or symbols, they are his friends, his partners, and the people he likes.
The soldier crawled to the edge of the ruins with difficulty, pushed aside the rubble, pushed the corpse aside, and pulled out a machine gun from under the corpse.
He slid his heavy body to the edge of the cement block, used the nearby stones to raise the gun, and pointed the muzzle at the wizards over there.
The blood flowed down his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision and making it impossible for him to see the figure clearly.
But it doesn’t matter. To the soldiers, everyone standing is an enemy.
Including the noisy witch just now.
He took a deep breath and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Da da da da da da..."
Amidst the dense gunfire, bullets rained down like heavy rain on the wizards who were fighting against Obscurus.
Immediately, blood spurted out of the chest and abdomen of six or seven people. The rest of the wizards hurriedly cast the Armor Spell to protect themselves, while others immediately rushed behind the cover.
The originally orderly situation of suppressing Mo Mo Ran was immediately broken. With a "whoosh", Mo Mo Ran rushed out in an instant, and the wizard behind him only had time to break a piece of its tail.
A spell flashed from high in the sky, the barrel of the gun twisted immediately, and Dumbledore suddenly appeared with a grim expression.
He flicked his wand and the machine gun flew away.
"Damn it, what on earth is going on?"
Scrimgeour furiously swung his wand, and the concrete blocks blocking the soldiers flew out immediately. Immediately afterwards, everyone heard another crisp explosion.
"boom!"
Scrimgeour quickly folded his wand, and a transparent barrier appeared in front of him, but it was not attacked by anything.
After seeing the scene clearly, the lion-like man's expression became stiff, with nowhere to vent his anger.
The soldier who fired the shot had already committed suicide with his pistol. He lowered his forehead and spread his legs casually, as if silently mocking the arrogant wizard.
"Help! Help -"
Another young Auror held Tonks in his arms, looked at her bloody body, and cried out loudly, "Help! She's dying!"
"Shut up! Haven't you learned the bleeding-stopping spell?"
Scrimgeour cursed as he limped over and used his wand to heal Tonks.
Then, everyone's expressions froze.
They heard the sound of the silent whistling again.
This time, the black monster attacked the wizards.
Dumbledore sighed and waved his wand, shattering a large part of the universe.
The black fog suddenly shrank and burrowed into the ground, causing the rocks on the ground to crack and move. After a while, Momoran came out from the other side, and its black tentacles rolled towards the frightened Fudge.
Rays of magical light shot towards Mo Moran again, but this time, they seemed a little sparse and scattered.
Scrimgeour was looking at his dying subordinates, while at the tense battlefield not far away. When he was about to retract his wand and give up treatment, a figure suddenly appeared.
"Leave her to me."
Madam Pomfrey said, quickly taking over the treatment of the wounded.
"Madam Pomfrey!" Several young Aurors shouted in surprise.
More than 90% of the staff of the British Ministry of Magic have studied at Hogwarts, and almost all of them, unless they are particularly old, have been treated by this lady.
Scrimgeour breathed a sigh of relief and turned to deal with Obscurus. At the same time, he gave orders to the Aurors who were still able to move:
"All of you, knock out all the Muggles in this damn place, no matter if they are women or children, don't hold back a single one!"
"But..." The young Auror was still a little hesitant.
[Wizards cannot use magic against Muggles] - This is a clause written into the law.
Although most wizards don't actually follow it very much, these young people still regard it as the golden rule.
"Do you want to be shot again?" Scrimgeour roared angrily, "Go ahead! I'll take all the responsibility!"
"Yes Yes!"
The young Aurors ran out and began to look for Muggles who seemed to be relatively intact, and cast a Stunning Spell on them immediately after finding one. Even if the other party was already unconscious or even dead, the young Aurors cast the spell meticulously.
……
After the gunshot, Wade immediately returned to the window and saw the chaos in the distance.
Several Aurors were injured and needed treatment, and a few had to be assigned to deal with Muggles, so the manpower to deal with the Obscurus immediately became insufficient.
Obscurus also learned his lesson. It no longer rushed into the encirclement of wizards, and even stayed away from Dumbledore. It only attacked lone wizards on the edge from time to time, and sometimes ran to kill Muggles on the island.
It was as if the smoke and dust from heavy industrial pollution spread everywhere, becoming the best protective color for the silent moon, and no one could figure out where its core was.
People are more afraid that the Obscurus will escape - the powerful destructive power of this creature in the city will cause immeasurable damage, and more importantly, it will seriously undermine the confidentiality law.
Decades ago, an Obscurus caused a series of destruction on the streets of New York City. Although venom mixed with rainwater was finally used to eliminate the bad memories of the Muggles in the entire city, no one can guarantee that everyone has forgotten that experience, and no one can guarantee that every photo of magic has been destroyed.
——What if someone doesn’t like getting wet in the rain? What if someone thinks that memory is exciting and interesting and not bad at all?
Today's wizarding world is like the ostrich in the story that buried its head in the sand. As long as it pretends that the wizarding world has not been exposed, it can deceive itself into thinking that everything is normal and it is unwilling to hear any contrary voices.
Moreover, with the changing times and the rapid development of Muggle communication media, it is hundreds of times more difficult than in the past to completely conceal an incident in which an Obscurus caused huge damage.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this guy is currently focused on fighting on this island and has no intention of escaping and causing trouble elsewhere.
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"What happened to Mabel?" Haley asked worriedly, clutching the bed sheet tightly with both hands. "Is she hurt? Is it inconvenient for you to tell me?"
"Mabel is not hurt." Wade pointed out the window: "She's right there."
The little girl immediately tried to sit up from the bed, but suddenly she covered her chest with her hands and looked uncomfortable.
She paused for a moment, then got up and leaned against the window to look out.
She saw the ruined buildings, the rolling black fog, the wizards with wands and the soldiers lying on the ground. This scene, which would make ordinary people doubt their own worldview, seemed to Haley like a not-so-exciting baseball game broadcast.
She stared for a while, then turned to look at Wade: "I don't see Mabel!"
Wade looked at the pair of clear eyes and paused before saying, "The black mist is Mabel. Because of her past pain, she gave birth to the dark creature Obscurus. Mabel, as its host, was engulfed in the black mist."
Haley widened her eyes, looked at Wade for a while, then turned to look at Moslem seriously.
Wade didn't know if she believed him or not. After waiting for a moment, he said, "I hope you can help awaken her humanity. Otherwise, when the Obscurus reaches a certain level emotionally and mentally, it will completely lose control and completely transform into an Obscurus. It will never recover."
"wake?"
Haley looked a little lacking in confidence, but she clenched her fists, stepped onto the windowsill, opened the window, and took a long, deep breath.
Vader looked at her climbing up: "......?"
He had planned to take Hayley to a closer place after convincing her, but seeing that Hayley had opened her mouth to shout, Wade quickly cast an amplification spell.
“Mabel——————”
The little girl's sharp and clear voice pierced the sky, penetrated the darkness, and vibrated everyone's eardrums.
The chaotic battlefield fell silent for a moment, and then Mo Moran disappeared from the spot in an instant, and a gust of black wind swept towards this side.
Wade quickly lifted Hayley down from the windowsill, pulled her against the wall, and waved his wand to cast several Shield Charms.
The next second, thick black fog came in through the window and quickly shrank and faded, finally turning into a thin figure.
Mabel looked at the girl with a pale face, calling her name in disbelief.
"Ha...Hailey?"
"Mabel!"
Hailey cheered and threw herself into her arms.
The two hugged each other tightly, with expressions like in a dream on their faces.
Hailey: "I was so scared something happened to you!"
Mabel: "I heard you were dead!"
The two voices overlapped and sounded like they were spoken by one person.
Vader couldn't help but laugh.
Mabel looked at him and said gratefully, "You saved her, right? Thank you."
Vader thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No...you are the one who really saved Hayley...the second person should be Madam Pomfrey."
When he and Mabel arrived, it was too late to save people.
Hayley was saved because Vader reversed his time; and the reason he did this was because Mabel gave birth to the monster called the Obscurus.
So in essence, it was Mabel who exchanged her own future for Haley's survival.
Mabel was puzzled, but she didn't ask any questions. She just hugged the little girl, feeling relieved.
Mo Mo Ran suddenly disappeared, and the wizards in the ruins fell into confusion and tension. They still maintained a vigilant formation, fearing that Mo Mo Ran would suddenly attack from the corner.
Dumbledore, standing alone on a high place, looked into the distance and suddenly disappeared from where he was.
Later, he appeared in the operating room.
Seeing the two girls hugging and talking over there, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It seems that your plan was successful."
"Fortunately, everything went well." Wade said thankfully.
"Logically speaking, as the hero who solved this matter, you should go downstairs and accept everyone's praise and cheers. Maybe your photo will be on the front page of the next issue of the Daily Prophet..."
Before Dumbledore finished speaking, Wade waved his hand hastily: "No, please don't mention my name, just pretend I was never here."
Compared to empty praise and titles, Vader still felt that the time turner was what he loved most.
Just think about how many Ministry of Magic bans he had violated on this island today... Pick any one of them and the Ministry of Magic would have an excuse to take back the Time-Turner.
Dumbledore couldn't help laughing. He said, "That's what I meant. At your age, too much attention is not a good thing for you. Today's honor may become a reason for others to attack you tomorrow."
"So Professor Snape will take you back to school, and I will cover up any traces of the Time Turner being used. Don't tell anyone about anything you saw here today."
Wade looked serious, nodded and said, "I understand."
He knew clearly that the principal was not trying to cover up or deprive him of his credit, but to protect him - an organization that could do such a thing would certainly be extremely horrific in its revenge and counterattack.
He asked, "So, Miss Skeeter and those kids in the dungeon..."
"Don't worry, someone will take care of this matter." Dumbledore said, "After this incident, Miss Skeeter's troubles can be completely solved."
He pointed his wand and a silver phoenix suddenly flew out.
After a while, Professor Snape, who was in poor health, appeared at the door with a dark face. He greeted the headmaster, grabbed Wade's shoulder and Apparated. The two of them instantly appeared at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
"Wow--"
There was a huge cheer coming from the nearby Quidditch pitch.
(End of this chapter)