The Previous Incident Caused an Uproar / Pettigrew's Whereabouts Suddenly Come to Light

Believing baseless rumors from who-knows-where that a student could actually break out of Azkaban prison is already laughable enough. If they continue down this path, the Ministry of Magic will lose all face.

However, although Harry successfully tricked Fudge into walking into a trap, Harry also knew that the Ministry of Magic would definitely be convinced that he was responsible for the prison break, because the Dementor had already recognized Harry.

Harry's peculiar, heightened emotions were the most delicious food in the world to the Dementor. That's why even though he had used Polyjuice Potion and hadn't manifested his Patronus, the Dementor could easily recognize him.

Moreover, these dark creatures possess a certain ability to communicate, and they will certainly tell Fudge what they have sensed.

But Harry didn't care at all. The Dementor's words, like the fingerprints he had found before, were not admissible as evidence.

A bunch of blind, malevolent ghosts who take pleasure in persecuting humans. They can't even see things with their own eyes, and their so-called 'perception' is nothing but subjective conjecture... If the Ministry of Magic dares to bring them out as witnesses, Harry will instruct Rita Skeeter jokes and roast them to death.

In fact, he has already been doing just that...

In mid-May, Xenophilius's the Quibbler was reissued, and the first issue of the bi-monthly magazine was an instant and explosive success.

Such results are to be expected; Harry had done a great deal of preparation beforehand to revive the magazine.

In order to achieve the maximum publicity effect, he even came to Diagon Alley in person that day, not only to help Xenophilius launch the magazine, but also to release a 'Dark Mark' that almost covered the entire sky.

But don't get me wrong, Harry couldn't possibly have created a skull with a snake's tongue sticking out. He simply searched the memories of a few Death Eater, fully mastered the spell for Morsmordre, and then used the principle of this spell to project the magazine cover and title page directly into the sky.

By the way, Gilderoy Lockhart seems to have done something similar when he was in school. He enlarged his photo and projected it onto the school's Quidditch Pitch... and then he got grounded by Madam Hooch, and also had to pay for a patch of turf.

However, Harry will not be punished for doing this. Business management in the Wizarding World is relatively rough, and there are no crimes such as malicious competition. Moreover, Harry did not slander his opponent; at most, he was just doing more publicity.

So, with Harry making such a big fuss in Diagon Alley, the Ministry of Magic was bound to come looking for trouble under the pretext of 'causing panic,' but once they saw Harry there, they all left quietly after weighing their options... and a few even went so far as to subscribe to magazines for the next two weeks.

Although the conflict between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts was already out in the open, some of the lower and middle-level staff were just trying to make a living. They didn't want to get involved in the conflict between Fudge and Dumbledore (actually Harry), so offending neither side was the best option.

Most of the shops in Diagon Alley share similar thoughts.

Before the magazine was released, Harry had also talked to them about collaborations, placing some "The Quibbler" promotional leaflets in these shops to ensure that passing wizards would pay attention to it and choose to preview or subscribe directly.

These shops are naturally quite happy to provide convenience for Harry, since Harry now largely represents Hogwarts, and Hogwarts is the main consumer base for the Diagon Alley.

Especially for shops like Flourish and Blotts and Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, which sell textbooks and school uniforms, their main source of income is almost entirely Hogwarts students. Now that Harry has come to them to discuss business, they naturally have to give him some face.

Moreover, this was originally a mutually beneficial arrangement. After the revamp, "The Quibbler" changed from a monthly to a bi-monthly publication, Harry also had Xenophilius add a special advertising and business development section. When the magazine becomes a big hit, these shops can use it to promote their stores or specialty products.

As for helping "The Quibbler," would that offend the Daily Prophet or even the Ministry of Magic?

Heh, the merchants of the Wizarding World have never been afraid of these government officials.

As mentioned before, the economic system of the entire Wizarding World is relatively backward. Although the Ministry of Magic collects various taxes from merchants, it cannot actually guarantee all the rights and interests of the merchants, nor has it formulated many laws that merchants need to abide by.

Therefore, when trouble arises, business people should turn to Ministry of Magic rather than the Gringotts... Although those Goblin are greedy, at least they can resolve the problem properly after receiving payment.

Furthermore, any intelligent person can see that the conflict between the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts will only last for a while, and will definitely not be a long-term antagonism.

After all... the Minister of Ministry of Magic can be changed through elections, and each Minister's governing philosophy will be different; but there is only one Hogwarts, and even if Albus Dumbledore steps down, the new headmaster's school policy won't deviate too much.

As the alma mater of all wizards in Britain, would Cornelius Fudge really dare to defy the world and touch it?

And once he's no longer able to fight, or even ousted from power, the Daily Prophet will naturally no longer be willing to act as the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic...

"We made a fortune! Haha, this time we've definitely hit the jackpot!" When it was time to close up shop that evening, Xenophilius carefully calculated the day's sales and was so happy that he couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear.

In just one day, we earned what used to be nearly two months' worth of revenue from the monthly magazine, and keep in mind, the magazine's reputation hadn't even fully taken hold yet.

"Things will only get better from here on out," Harry said, much calmer than the other person's excitement. "And this is only part of it. Don't forget, Luna Lovegood and the others also help sell it at school."

Diagon Alley is where magazine sales are primarily driven, but Harry won't forget Hogwarts, his home base.

Today, all the members of the Werewolf Kill Detective Agency were out in force, transforming into magazine salesmen and hawking their products throughout the school.

Although sales figures haven't been released yet, Harry is confident they won't be bad.

The events preceding Chapter 464 caused a huge uproar.

The design philosophy Harry and Xenophilius adopted for this revised edition of "The Quibbler" was to cater as much as possible to the reading tastes of the general wizarding community.

The revamped magazine is divided into several different sections, including news, academics, and interesting anecdotes, to ensure that everyone who opens "The Quibbler" can find the part that interests them most.

Of course, this might lose the original characteristics and depth of <The Quibbler>... but for a publication that aims to seize a large market share, the least needed thing in the early stages is actually professional depth.

If a magazine chooses to conduct in-depth analysis of a particular field before it has even identified its target readership, and even uses that as its main selling point, this approach may seem professional, but in reality, it reduces the magazine's overall audience from the very beginning.

Even the best publications can never be all-encompassing, but most readers are forgiving. As long as they can find a few highlights in the magazine that suit their tastes, that's enough to keep them subscribing.

So there's a saying that goes something like this: it seems like all roads lead to Rome, but once you choose to embark on a particular road and delve deeper into it, only one road remains leading to Rome.

The more actively you choose, the fewer options you'll have. What Harry wants to ensure is that readers of "The Quibbler" will always have different choices.

Of course, Xenophilius was still the editor-in-chief of the magazine, so the Quibbler wasn't completely transformed.

His favorite pastimes—speculations and pseudo-science about various unknown Fantastic Beasts —were naturally retained as the core of the magazine...

However, this part will probably become the least popular section in the future.

Even if he gets upset about it, that's a problem for the future. At least for now, he's happily counting his money.

"By the way... I think I saw Agubashjit these past couple of days, a dark, fuzzy thing that just drifted past this area." Xenophilius, who was tidying up the equipment, remarked inexplicably, "I knew it, Fudge is definitely up to something. His Ministry of Magic is probably crammed with these dark, misty little guys."

Harry, eager to get back to school, paid little attention to Xenophilius's 'nonsense'.

Xenophilius himself obviously had no idea that, not long afterward, the words he casually uttered today... would become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Back at school, Harry asked Hermione and the others about the magazine's sales, and the feedback was equally satisfactory.

The magazine that once seemed to be full of nonsense has now reappeared in this all-encompassing yet humorous form, and students are generally quite receptive to it.

Especially when they discover that this magazine actually puts forward many bold and novel academic views and experiments, it will undoubtedly hit the spot of excitement for many students.

For example, the Weasley Twins kept pestering Hermione throughout the magazine's release, asking whether Harry would actually be able to catch the lightning in the sky a month later.

After all, in their view, even Dumbledore, who was known as the master alchemist, might not be able to accomplish such a feat.

As for the other students, they were very interested in the joint statement issued by Professor Binns and Bathilda Bagshot regarding the revision of the History of Magic. They had almost no idea that a debate in the Great Hall that day would actually rise to an academic level, and might even change the textbooks currently used at Hogwarts, and even the history of the entire Wizarding World!

Of course, the Slytherin students were quite upset about this, but even if they were just angrily tearing up the magazine after buying it, it was still a sale, wasn't it?

Of all the sections in this issue of the magazine, what shocked the entire Hogwarts school community, students, and readers the most were the various juicy articles written by an editor-in-chief named 'Beetle'.

For example, detailed records of the private dealings between Cornelius Fudge and Lucius Malfoy;

For example, how did Piers Thicknesse, the current head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, scheme to oust his former superior Amelia Bones?

In addition, there is the story of Rufus Fudge, the Minister for Magic's nephew, and how he embezzled funds during the final stages of the Quidditch World Cup after becoming the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.

These revelations are absolutely eye-catching. Although most of them lack concrete evidence, the editor-in-chief of 'Beetle's' flowery and extravagant language manages to create the feeling of a live broadcast.

What's even more intriguing is that the editor's revelation also included a recent operation by the Ministry of Magic.

Based on dubious evidence, the Ministry of Magic suspects that Harry Granger, a third-year student at Hogwarts, trespassed into Azkaban and kidnapped three notorious Death Eater. The Ministry of Magic stormed into Hogwarts, but after a violent and destructive search, they found nothing.

The entire exposé by the editor-in-chief of 'Beetle' was not only full of dramatic twists and turns, but also included pictures, sound, and evidence. Even photos of the Ministry of Magic secretly breaking into and searching the Muggle Granger family were published in the magazine, making it solid, irrefutable evidence!

This has caused deep panic among many students from ordinary backgrounds, including some wizards who have already entered the Wizarding World.

As we all know, Harry Granger is the famous "The Boy Who Lived" in the Wizarding World. If even his adoptive parents are subject to arbitrary searches by the Ministry of Magic, then what about other families who cannot guarantee their rights and privacy?

In short, with the continued release of this issue of the magazine, the outcry against Fudge and the Ministry of Magic throughout the Britain Wizarding World reached a new peak in the coming days.

Thanks to the authenticity of this exposé, the credibility of other exposé articles written by the editor-in-chief of 'Beetle' has also been steadily increasing among readers.

Despite the Daily Prophet's repeated denials, at the behest of the Ministry of Magic, and even its public declaration that it would pursue legal action against the "Beetle" editor for baseless defamation, one undeniable fact remains unchanged...

The song "The Quibbler" is a huge hit!

Oh, and by the way, there was something else that made things even worse for Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic.

The French Ministry of Magic and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic simultaneously sent an official letter to the International Confederation of Wizards of Wizards, accusing Cornelius Fudge of groundlessly suspecting and disturbing the Flamel couple were now residing at Hogwarts, and demanding that Gibbon, on behalf of the Britain Ministry of Magic, issue a public apology at the Unified Meeting of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Given the reasonableness of the proposal, Dumbledore, then president of the International Confederation of Wizards, naturally signed the consent form.

When this decision was delivered to Fudge, he was naturally furious...

"Damn it... damn it! Albus Dumbledore, and Harry Granger... bastards! Those two, one old and one young, are both bastards!!"

Chapter 465 The Whereabouts of Peter Pettigrew Appeared Without warning

In the Ministry of Ministry of Magic's private office, Cornelius Fudge, who had just finished a meeting, was currently venting his anger with wild gestures.

Scattered on the brightly colored carpet were shards of broken glass... No one could have imagined that just minutes before, it was a priceless antique vase, even in the Malfoy family.

Logically speaking, Fudge, as a professionally trained politician, shouldn't have vented his emotions like that... but he simply couldn't help it.

In fact, this wasn't the first time he had been so angry.

Since the first issue of the bi-monthly magazine "The Quibbler" was published, Fudge held several meetings in just a few days, either to discuss ways to refute the rumors or to formulate a policy of sanctions against "The Quibbler" and Hogwarts.

However, these meetings not only ended without any results, but at one of the meetings that just concluded, Fudge even received a letter of accountability from the International Confederation of Wizards!

A group of France wrote to him, nagging him not only to compensate Hogwarts for its losses, but also to publicly apologize to Nicolas Flamel at a meeting of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Fudge was so angry about this that he almost exploded.

However, this wasn't what angered him the most. The French Ministry of Magic, somehow finding out what happened in Azkaban, insisted that Lucius Malfoy was the one who went to break out of the prison, and that the Britain Ministry of Magic was trying to protect Malfoy and undermine Dumbledore by framing Harry.

They even dug up previous reports of Rita Skeeter's ramblings, accusing Lucius Malfoy of conspiring with Peter Pettigrew Peter to secretly carry out a restoration of the Dark Lord; they also said that if the Britain Ministry of Magic couldn't catch the two fugitives, Malfoy and Peter Pettigrew, the Auror of France would apply to enter the country to assist in their capture.

All these internal and external troubles were heavy blows to Fudge, leaving him feeling exhausted and on the verge of losing his temper several times.

He certainly tried many ways to retaliate. For example, he proposed a vote at the Ministry of Magic to completely cut off the Ministry of Magic's financial support for Hogwarts, so that this disobedient school would realize who really was in charge of the Britain Wizarding World.

However, before Fudge could even secure the votes within his own side, Dumbledore's counterattack had already struck.

After Harry brought the conflict with the Ministry of Magic into the open, Dumbledore clearly realized that continuing to endure it was pointless.

So he began to follow Harry's earlier plan and personally went to the twelve School Governor to lobby for and solicit sponsorship.

As for the result, with the powerful and influential Greengrass family as an inside agent, coupled with Albus Dumbledore's naturally excellent speaking skills, the effect was naturally outstanding.

He not only successfully secured a large sum of money from the twelve School Governor for the 'renovation of the old people's home,' but also helped Hogwarts obtain a wave of financial subsidies.

With the support of this gold, Hogwarts could not be completely free from the financial control of the Ministry of Magic, but it would be perfectly capable of being self-sufficient until Fudge stepped down.

This is also why the twelve School Governor were willing to be taken advantage of.

After all, it's obvious to everyone that Fudge's political career is probably over, while Hogwarts has both Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel as pillars of stability, plus some other connections in the Wizarding World... Whether to offer help in times of need or kick someone when they're down, the School Governor know all too well.

"Damn it! Dumbledore, and Granger, they're simply..."

Bang bang bang~

"Come in!" The sudden knocking made Fudge suppress his anger. After tidying up the scene, he opened the office door.

"What is it?" Fudge asked with his small eyes as Umbridge came to report. He was hoping that his most capable subordinate could bring some good news.

Otherwise, he would really start to wonder if all the people he was supporting were incompetent.

"It's great news, Minister Fudge!" Umbridge reported excitedly, "We've received news about Peter Pettigrew!"

"Is it true? Then what are we waiting for? We must send out all the Auror right now and bring him back alive!!"

Upon hearing Umbridge's words, Fudge was utterly thrilled. He even forgot to verify the information's veracity, and didn't give it any further thought...

Why did Peter Pettigrew, who had been hiding so well, suddenly and inexplicably reveal his tail?

Harry didn't pay much attention to the infighting outside or the Ministry of Magic's operation to capture Peter Pettigrew.

It's now late May, and the full moon is approaching. Harry's research on the Feral Wolf Virus is truly coming to an end.

"Roar!" "Awooo!!"

Inside the desolate Magical Combination Chest, the long howls of canines rose and fell, each roar seemingly containing an irrational madness.

The full moon in May 1994 should have occurred after the 25th, but it's only the 23rd now, and Harry has already managed to make Greyback and the other two Werewolf completely lose their human appearance.

He was artificially inducing the Werewolf to transform. Ever since he thoroughly researched the conditions required for Werewolf to transform, Harry had been trying to actively control it and had finally achieved his current success.

The method is quite simple: inject the Werewolf with a relatively large dose of adrenaline to change their physical state and meet the basic criteria for Werewolf to transform; at the same time, hypnotize Werewolf to deceive their biological rhythms and make their bodies believe that it is now the night of the full moon.

With these two factors combined, the Werewolf would naturally obediently transform as Harry requested.

To verify whether this forced transformation was entirely the same as a normal Werewolf transformation, Harry even directly treated the Death Eater Mulciber Jr. as prey, allowing the two Werewolf to tear him apart.