Chapter 514: ?The tragedy of Diagon Alley

The chaos in Diagon Alley continued. Through the dedicated Floo network, the reinforcements of the Ministry of Magic soon arrived in Diagon Alley, but when they did arrive, the Aurors of those two teams had already been beaten to death. Up.
The Muggle wizards didn't even use the spell, but just beat them to death with their fists.
Benjamin at the top of Gringotts Tower doesn’t know which method of death or being killed by a spell is more painful, but there is no doubt that the Aurors who came to support must be very angry after seeing the tragic situation of their colleagues , Because at this moment they have aligned their magic wands at the crowd rushing towards them!
"Everywhere! Attack!"
With an order from the on-site commander, dozens of scarlet lights burst out violently.
This time they did not keep their hands, but went all out!
In their eyes, these guys who hurt their colleagues need no sympathy at all!
And their attacks also had a very good effect. As soon as the dense red glow entered the crowd, Diagon Alley remembered the screams one after another.
Under the action of these high-intensity disarming curses, the people who stood at the forefront of the crowd were knocked out like rag dolls, fell into the crowd behind them, and knocked down a large group of people.
However, there are too many people gathered in Diagon Alley nowadays. These dozens of Aurors' attacks are nothing but a drop in the bucket. Although they have used all their strength, they are finally driven to despair.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic had already known the situation here, and subsequent reinforcements continued to rush over from all over the country, which enabled the Aurors to sustain themselves under the attack of a large number of rebels.
In the end, with the continuous support of the Ministry of Magic, the combined force formed by the Auror and the strikers finally gained the upper hand, and became a crowd several times more numerous than them.
But this was only a repulsion. Seeing those who showed their magical powers and fled, the Aurors and the hitters who had won were filled with helplessness.
The opponent's number is really too much. Although it is not an opponent of one's own side in a hard fight, but now the other party breaks into pieces and retreats to his own side, there is no way.
In desperation, they could only do their best to intercept, but the effect of doing so was not very good. In the end, the number of people who became was simply pitiful, and most of them were injured and lost mobility.
The battle ended, Diagon Alley finally returned to calm, but now that the former prosperous Diagon Alley no longer exists, in this battle, except for individual places including Gringa, other buildings are Suffered varying degrees of damage. The most central area of ​​the battle was almost razed to the ground!
A gray-headed wizard climbed out of the collapsed house with difficulty, and then stared blankly at the ruins around him.
These people are all customers and businesses in Diagon Alley. In today's battle, it is not the rioters and any party in the Ministry of Magic who are most injured, but these ordinary people.
Some of them have lost the industry they have struggled for all their lives, some have lost their family members, and some have simply lost their lives.
For a while, there were crying all over the ruins, and even the sky above everyone's heads that was stained gray with black smoke was filled with a sad atmosphere.
Many Aurors and the strikers also showed sorrow on their faces when they saw it, and they also lost many colleagues in this battle.
Out of sympathy and responsibility, many Aurors began to comfort and rescue these disaster-stricken people spontaneously, but when they really started to contact these people, they were shocked to find that things were far less simple than they thought.
"Blame you! Why did you choose to fight in Diagon Alley?"
"You pay my son's life!"
"Hey! My shop was destroyed by you, you must compensate me! Did you hear that?!"
"You group of executioners!"
...
The scene that had settled down became chaotic again. The dust-faced survivors were entangled with the Aurors and the strikers. One of the mothers who had lost her son even hung on an Auror. He opened his mouth and bit the Auror's shoulder, no matter how much the other party shook it, he would not let go.
In the thinking of these innocent passers-by, all this must be blamed on the Ministry of Magic. If they can do their work better, then these things will not happen at all.
The businessmen’s thinking is even simpler. They must be compensated for their losses. Most of the rioters are now missing, and they don’t seem to be able to afford the money. .
Then the matter is very simple, the Ministry of Magic is not short of money anyway, just throw all the responsibilities to the Ministry.
In this chaos, those arrested and rioters seemed to have been inspired by something, and began to shout that the Auror had caught the wrong person, and that they were also innocent passers-by.
Some of them even threatened to complain to the Aurors at the Ministry of Magic, only to be kicked and fainted by a hitter on the side.
Above the spire of Gringotts, Benjamin watched all this silently, then took out the pen and paper to write something down, and finally sighed deeply, pressing the Freemasonry coin in his hand and disappeared.
When he appeared again, he had already returned to the secret territory of the Freemasonry.
Unlike the chaotic Diagon Alley, the secret of Freemasonry at this time was filled with a festive taste. Mike and Zhou Hong and other Freemasonry members were accompanying Emily to celebrate their action. The great success.
The banquet was served by Shuke and Beta as the waiters. Numerous fine wines and delicacies were piled up on the large exaggerated round table in the living room. In the corner, there were a bunch of musical instruments playing elegant music.
The sudden intrusion of Benjamin made Mike and the others stunned, but they quickly reacted.
I saw Mike excitedly stepped forward and slapped Benjamin on the shoulder twice, and said with a smile:
"You are finally back! Our hero."
Other people around also gathered around, laughing and saying compliments to Benjamin.
They all know that as the most effective field staff of Freemasonry, the reason why Freemasonry can become is Benjamin's
"This is what I should do."
Benjamin responded neither humble nor humble, looking extremely elegant.
But he soon lost his grace, because Zhou Hong, with a smirk on his side, had pushed Emily to Benjamin's side.
Today’s Emily is no longer what she looked like when she was in Loya’s hut. Under the meticulous decoration of Penello and others, at this moment, she is wearing a white dress that is as white as snow, and she is still hanging a lot of shiny Her jewelry, the whole person looks jeweled, dignified and generous, but the face is scary and scary at the moment, with a shy look, which can be loved and pure, making people can't help but want to embrace her.
She should have been forcibly pushed by Zhou Hong, so she was extremely shy, especially when she was watched by Benjamin, even her earlobes had turned attractive pink.
But even so, she boldly forced herself to look into Benjamin's eyes and said:
"Thanks...thank you!"
After that, she quickly took out a bracelet woven from various wild flowers and plant rhizomes from behind and stuffed it into Benjamin's arms.
"This……"
Benjamin was a little at a loss, but looking at the girl's pleading gaze, he finally put it on his hand.
"you are welcome."
Benjamin nodded and said politely.
At this time, Emily ran back to where she was, hiding behind Penello and secretly looking at Benjamin.
‘She likes herself. ’
Benjamin made such a judgment immediately.
This is not surprising at all, the little girl Emily has some slight problems with her own intelligence, plus she was rescued by herself, and she was given a very good gift during her freemason training. It's not surprising that treatment can produce such emotions.
Emily's cooperation is also based on the above reasons.
As long as this kind of girl treats her well, it is too easy to fool around.
It's just... she's only fourteen years old!
Although she developed...cough cough...but it's too young!
Benjamin thinks he can't do this kind of thing at all, the copper smelter or something is really disgusting!
Besides, I already have a girlfriend!
Thinking about this, Benjamin almost instinctively raised his head and looked in Soraka's direction.
But just as he raised his head, his body froze.
Because at this moment Soraka was waiting for a pair of murderous eyes to stare at him.
As if he noticed that Benjamin was also looking at her, Soraka thought for a while and stretched out to compare with a pair of scissors!
Benjamin took a deep breath and instinctively gave birth to a chill in his heart!
You know Soraka is a therapist, or the best kind.
If the other party really wants to do this, it's not impossible.
At this banquet, Benjamin was terrified. He didn't even dare to eat anything, and was afraid that Soraka would drug it. With his understanding of Soraka, the other party could definitely do such a thing.
Fortunately, the banquet did not last long. When Mike announced that the banquet was over, Benjamin followed Mike into his office.
Benjamin let out a long sigh of relief as soon as the office door closed.
The feeling of being stared at by Soraka was really terrible, and at the same time a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. Zhou Hong's mischief was more and more excessive.
But Mike, who was not far away, reduced his smile on his face. As soon as he sat behind the desk, he asked with a serious face:
"How's the investigation going?"
Hearing this, Benjamin's expression also became serious, he straightened himself, and replied with the same seriousness:
"The Ministry of Magic is indeed in an extremely weak situation. The Aurors and the hitters they can call now are probably no more than two hundred people."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, this time the trouble in Diagon Alley is so big, the Ministry of Magic must have mobilized all their armed forces that can be deployed. But even so, the Ministry of Magic personnel on the scene are only in their early 100s, plus For some personnel who stick to the Ministry of Magic, this number will not differ too much."
The corners of Mike's mouth rose slightly. He snapped his fingers and said in a brisk voice:
"Then send out that statement in the next step, arrange for Emily to give a few live speeches, and be prepared to receive a large number of new recruits."
"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Benjamin said hesitantly, "If you know that you do this, it means that all of us's intentions will be exposed."
"Don't worry, just do as I said." Mike said meaningfully, "The Ministry of Magic and Voldemort are not worth mentioning now."
Hearing that the worry on Benjamin's face did not dissipate, he seemed to want to persuade Mike, but looking at the determined expression on Mike's face, he finally responded and stepped back and left the office.
...
The next day, what happened on Diagon Alley finally spread.
Almost all the media reported on the Diagon Alley incident, and even traditional large media such as the Daily Prophet did not leave.
Mike believes that the Ministry of Magic must be very eager to silence these media, and has also tried.
Regrettably, this time the incident was so violent that even the direct media of the Ministry of Magic such as the Daily Prophet couldn't turn a blind eye.
Because once they do, the reputation of the Daily Prophet will be greatly damaged.
No one likes a media dedicated to the Ministry of Magic!
So all they can do is to use the Spring and Autumn Period brushwork to cover up some of the facts, so as to throw all the responsibilities on the people.
But this is really an act of concealment, because even if they don't say it, other media will still say ~EbookFREE.me~ such as "Singing and Singing".
This newspaper, which has been taken over by Mike for private ownership, has acted as Mike’s mouth from beginning to end in this incident, transmitting the most authentic information to the outside world. Just the previous one was hung on the facades of various shops in Diagon Alley. The magical portraits on the book were perfectly reproduced in the newspapers.
This has also contributed to the recent increase in the sales of "Sang Sang Tiao", Luna's father is very happy, and he firmly believes that the reason why "Sang Sang Tiao" can sell well is entirely his credit.
Mike is naturally not interested in this kind of credit. Luna's father wants to give it to him.
What Mike is interested in is the current social form and the current state of those people.
Unsurprisingly, those people became more radical after receiving Emily's, and became more irrational, so that since yesterday, various demonstrations and magic exposure cases across the country have surged.
All of this has put tremendous pressure on the Ministry of Magic. For this reason, many staff members in the Ministry are even thinking about resigning!