Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"That's none of our business..." Major spread his hands.

Lockhart's tone was not without blame: "Look at what you said, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland are four in one, and they are all part of the Ministry of Magic. How can you say that it has nothing to do with us?"

Major's dead fish eyes suddenly widened: "Your Ministry of Magic can control the Irish

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"It's an Irish wizard." Lockhart corrected, "Of course, as Britons, we are very saddened by the political division in Ireland. If you feel the need, we can help you think of a way in this regard in the future... "

Major stopped his complaints immediately, then waved his hand, motioning for Lockhart to continue: "Okay, I understand...you are going to hold a big competition, and I will notify the local police, so that no matter what they find Leave it alone."

"Thank you very much, but we may have more than one big game." Lockhart made an apologetic gesture, "That's the second thing... After September, we will hold a competition called "Five Powers" The game is held in the Scottish Highlands. To this end, we need to introduce several fire dragons, a sphinx, several thunderbirds, poison horn beasts, and a chimera from abroad. "

Major was speechless for a while, and then asked back, "Where's the poison leopard?"

This time it unexpectedly turned into Lockhart: "You actually know that the poison leopard 0

"That guy told me." Major pointed to the portrait in the office

"Oh... because it is too dangerous, and the land corroded by its venom will not be able to grow plants for a long time, we canceled that proposal." Lockhart told him.

"Fortunately," said Major dryly, "but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me."

"If you wish, we can invite you to watch the game. Of course, according to the provisions of the "Secrecy Act", it is only limited to you and your chief secretary." Lockhart said lightly and suddenly.

Major didn't react for a moment: "What? Who? Me? Watching the battle?"

"Yes, in fact, since the establishment of the Ministry of Magic in 1704, our wizarding community has not invited non-magical leaders to participate in large-scale wizarding activities. You may be the first one, but considering the relationship between you and us Pleasant cooperation, we decided to make an exception.",

Lockhart seemed very patient, and he quietly created a storm in Major's heart.

After Major figured it out, a great sense of excitement and satisfaction immediately flooded into his blood and mind.

"Wait, you mean, I can go to the scene to see dragons, chimeras, sphinxes, and unicorns?" There was indescribable excitement in his tone.

"There is no unicorn, it is too timid and shy to be used in competitions." Corrected Lockhart.

"Great." Major seemed excited as if he hadn't heard this sentence, "What kind of speech should I prepare?"

We don't intend for you to give a speech, Lockhart thought.

But he could understand Major's excitement: as the saying goes, a man is a child until he dies,

It's also perfectly normal for him to feel excited when a fantasy world suddenly opens up to him.

Lockhart could have declined the prime minister's request to speak, but he was surprisingly eloquent at this moment.

"We will hold a welcome party for you, during which there will be celebrities from the wizarding world to welcome you. As for your speech... because this competition is at an international level, besides us in the UK, there are also the United States, France, and Norway. , Uganda’s magic school, considering language and customs issues, we hope you can use our prepared speech.” He said to Major.

"Wow, that was quite a party..."

——Hearing that there were Americans and French among the guests, Major immediately raised his emphasis on this competition to another level: "Uh, in this competition, are we Britons considered big?"

"It's huge." Of course Lockhart refused to lose face.

Fortunately, what Major wanted was simply to show off, so the speech was very important to him, and the content of the speech was not that important, so he immediately agreed to Lockhart's condition.

Anyway, my speeches are usually prepared by political officials and secretaries.

It doesn't matter if it's just another place to be a ruthless reading machine.

Chapter 240 The First Return from the Wizarding World

After talking about these two things, the atmosphere in the office has improved a lot compared to the beginning.

While the Prime Minister was happy, Lockhart began to talk about the real drama:

Io We owed you a lot when we caught the most wanted man Sirius o Blake some time ago, but we haven't been able to repay it. We feel very guilty, especially after finding out that it was the wrong person in the end 5 of us Feeling even worse…”

Lockhart said this with an apologetic expression on his face, as if any wizard would feel guilty about Muggles.

But Prime Minister Major didn't know that Lockhart was acting. Even though he had seen so many duplicity people, Lockhart belonged to the kind he couldn't see through.

Besides, he thought it was perfectly normal for Lockhart to feel guilty, because the wizards had really caused him a lot of trouble.

Regardless of his "high position and authority", it seems that it is not difficult to issue a warrant for Sirius Black in the Muggle world, but in fact he has also endured a lot of pressure.

Especially when the police station searched all over the country's household registration and did not find this person named "Sirius * Black", many policemen complained that their prime minister had another convulsion and teased them with a non-existent person It's boring.

When members of the backbench questioned the Prime Minister "tactfully" about this, Major was at a loss for words—he couldn't explain to his subordinates and members of parliament what was going on

If he really told the truth, those guys would be overjoyed, and immediately called the doctor from the madhouse, and put the tights of the sick man on him.

He had hoped to restore his reputation after catching this man named Blake, but that damned fat Fudge just said lightly, "We

Get it wrong" and get rid of him, now, so to speak, in Major's dilemma.

"That incident really caused me a lot of trouble, and I still don't know how to explain it to the police station." Meijie once again straightened his face, and the speed of changing his face was even faster than that of Sichuan magicians: "If you I'd be very grateful to have that guy named Blake explain it himself."

"Of course, it should be so." Lockhart is now as easy-talking as a receptionist in a bathing center, "and we are determined to redeem this negative influence for you."

Major became a little more interested: "Oh? What plan do you have?"

"I heard that some prisoners from your side have escaped recently, is that true?" Lockhart asked.

Major's lips tightened unconsciously—it's such a bad story, how did even the wizard hear about it?

"Why, are you going to solve this problem for me?"

Major crossed his legs, trying to make himself look more relaxed, but his expression management was not very good, so he couldn't do it in the end.

"Why not?" Lockhart asked.

Major was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed: "You mean, your people are willing to help me catch those two terrorists?"

"Of course, I hope this can compensate you." Lockhart crossed his hands. "In fact, as long as we know their names and looks, we can find them within 10 minutes, even if they are hiding at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean."

"They have guns," Major reminded.

"A firearm is nothing more than a tool that is fired by gunpowder and then uses high-speed metal objects to physically kill. Any wizard who has received basic education can save himself from such clumsy physical damage." Lockhart said without changing his face. tell a lie.

In fact, all protective spells such as the Iron Armor Curse have limits, and witches

Unless the teacher is well prepared, the speed of chanting incantations is far slower than that of firearms, even silent incantations are slower.

But Prime Minister Major didn't know this, he was bluffed by Lockhart anyway.

"That would be great...why don't we start yet?" He stood up immediately.

Lockhart tried to calm him down: "Don't be impatient, Lord Major, you can catch these guys at any time, it's just that we have more than one thing to solve now, such as how to make Black's arrest warrant reasonable. Withdrawal, this also requires us to think of more ways."

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, Major sat down again: "Tell me, I think you must have an idea."

"A half-baked idea...I want to put these two things together to solve

Seeing that he had indeed attracted the Prime Minister's attention, Lockhart began to explain his ideas.

Lockhart's idea is not complicated-since the police don't believe in the existence of Sirius Black, let him show up by himself and help the police catch the two fugitives. No matter how stupid the police are, seeing the arrest warrant People on the top will not admit their mistakes after appearing in front of them.

"Then how do we explain that he's not on the file?" Major asked again.

Lockhart immediately gave the answer: "Just use your most common method—because it needs to be kept secret, this reason can explain everything."

Major felt that Lockhart's words were harsh, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that he had no way to refute.

Because Lockhart is right, this is the government's most common method of cover-up.

Seeing that the Prime Minister stopped talking, Lockhart continued to express his ideas: "...we can say that Black is actually a secret agent of the government bureau, ordered by the Prime Minister

The warrant was issued to infiltrate the enemy, so the arrest warrant was issued only to confuse the enemy, but now Black has followed the vine, obtained the information that the enemy smuggled weapons into the UK, and caught the terrorist who escaped from prison..."

Major understood: "In this way, the issue of withdrawing the arrest warrant and lack of files can be solved together, and even the arrest of terrorists can be used as... Wait!"

Halfway through his speech, he suddenly felt a little confused.

"But we don't know how the terrorists smuggled weapons in," he said.

While talking, Lockhart took out-A" crystal bottle.

"This—it's called Veritaserum, it's colorless and tasteless, as long as you drink three drops, the prisoner will confess everything he knows, even if his old mother stole a few men back then. .”

Major swallowed, and glanced nervously at the crystal bottle in Lockhart's hand, wondering if he should trust him.

But after thinking about it for a while, he still compromised.

"If that's the case, you can try it, and... this will also eliminate the bad influence." The Prime Minister whispered.

Lockhart put the crystal bottle on his table: "I hope this can make up for some of our mistakes. We don't want you to misunderstand us and think that we wizards are a bunch of irresponsible people."

"Absolutely not." Major couldn't take his eyes off the vial.

Chapter 240 Five People Who Know the Rules

To be honest, if possible, Major didn’t want to use Veritaserum to interrogate any prisoner at all. He wanted to pour this into the mouth of the newly elected leader of the British Labor Party, Anthony Blair, and asked him what he was going to use what plot to attack yourself

It's a pity that the opposition party is attacking too tightly now, so he can only use it for interrogation, and try to find a way to blackmail another bottle from this wizard later.

Thinking about it in his mind, he realized that Lockhart had already told him three things.

"So, what's the last thing?" Major asked.

"The last thing is a private matter." Lockhart smiled. "Although it's not good to talk about private matters during office hours, fortunately, no one knows about it here."

- Hearing that this is a private matter, Major raised his vigilance a little: "What's the matter?"

"Well... we wizards have been running a little business in Nigeria lately. I hear you went to Nigeria when you were young, didn't you?" Lockhart asked.

Hearing his question, Major immediately put his left hand on his slightly inconvenient left leg.

"God bless me, that's where I got into a car accident. Even if you want me to forget it, I can't forget it," Major replied.

He has already vaguely guessed what Lockhart will say

"And you are a member of the Bankers' Guild now?" Lockhart asked.

"I'm ashamed, but...it's not good to be the Prime Minister. Many organizations will come here without invitation." Major said "modestly".

Lockhart made a happy look: "That's great, our small business over there is in great need of someone who is proficient in finance and has a good understanding of the Nigerian environment.

More familiar consultants, would you like to condescend and settle down?

Mei Jie thought that this guy really came to him after doing enough homework, and every move hit his weakness.

He really feels recently that his position as prime minister is not stable, and he doesn't get much support in the party. According to the usual practice, he should also start to find a way out for himself.

"What deal?" Major blurted out.

But as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted a little—now that the other party wanted something from him, he should be more reserved.

- this evil wizard must have cast a spell on him - Major reassured himself.

But Lockhart didn't use Legilimency on him, and he didn't know the careful thoughts that were going on in the Prime Minister's mind, so he honestly told his details.

"Oil, our company has just drilled a few oil wells and is preparing to exploit them and enter the London futures market for trading."

"Nigeria...Oil..."

Major repeated this sentence, as if something suddenly lit up in his mind.

He stood up suddenly: "Hey, man, do you guys start the Sniff Drilling Company?" "

Although the Prime Minister has a lot of things to do every day, anything that is related to the lifeline of the country like oil is not a trivial matter, so of course Major learned something from people he knew in the market early on.

Some oil tycoons approached Major in political clubs, and they all expressed concern about the emergence of the Sniff Drilling Company because it was not under their control.

Moreover, this company doesn't even drill exploration wells, and every well drilled will produce oil from one well. The return on investment is too high. If it continues like this

- "Britain's oil industry is in danger of being shaken"

Because it is "uncoordinated with virtue" and does not belong to the sphere of influence of the traditional oil circle, everyone is eyeing this "small" company with a registered capital of only tens of millions of pounds.

Everyone wants to swallow it, but no one knows the details of this company, so they have been afraid to do it.

But now the truth is out—it's a company run by wizards!After learning the truth, Prime Minister Major did not relax. His headache now is how to explain to his Conservative Party donors.

"It's a drilling company run by wizards with magic skills, so it's all right 5

Major was sure that if he dared to say that to those people, they would immediately launch a vote of no confidence in him in the party on the grounds of "insane tongue L".

Seeing his hesitation, Lockhart thought it was because he hadn't made an offer yet.

"In terms of annual salary, our board of directors believes that 20 pounds is a more reasonable figure, what do you think?" He asked.