Special Operations Team Office.
When Lin Ze opened the door and walked in, there was only Ben Frick in the office, lying on the table writing furiously.
"Brother, you are finally back!" Ben raised his head, his eye sockets were sunken, and a layer of green stubble appeared on his chin.
"In the past few days while you were away, Moody dumped all the case documents in our team on me, twenty-seven reports, twenty-seven! I haven't written as many words in my life as I have written in these few days!"
"It just so happens that you can take this opportunity to make progress." Lin Ze walked around the piles of documents piled on the floor, walked to his workstation and sat down.
"What a progress, I can see parchment floating in front of my eyes when I close my eyes." Ben leaned back.
"Where are Kingsley and Amelia?"
"Kingsley went to arrest people, Amelia went to the interrogation room, Moody arrested a few more Death Eaters."
Moody is still as efficient as ever.
"By the way, I heard that you brought back a distant cousin?"
Lin Ze scolded Ministry of Magic again in his heart for the speed at which the news spread.
"Yes, a distant relative, something happened at home, so he asked me to take care of him temporarily."
"Oh."
I didn't think much about it and continued to fight with the pile of documents with my head down.
Lin Ze didn't spend much time in the office either.
He planned to go to Beast Division under the Fantastic Beasts Management Department to talk to Kage·Greengrass who he had never met before about his "excellent" performance in Karkaroff's memory, as well as Werewolf's management and control loopholes during the war...
Beast Division is on the third underground floor of Ministry of Magic.
As Lin Ze walked down the stairs, the details in Karkaroff's memory were still going through his mind.
Beast Division Director Kage·Greengrass.
In Karkaroff's memory, this Mr. Greengrass appeared at a rally of Death Eaters.
In the memory, he crawled at Voldemort's feet, promising Voldemort that he would definitely instigate those Werewolf who had no intention of fighting, and let them charge into battle for the great master...
The door of Beast Division is a heavy oak door.
The bronze plate on the door reads "Ministry of Magic Fantastic Beasts Management Department·Beast Division".
Lin Ze raised his hand and knocked twice.
No one responded.
He knocked twice more, but still no one answered.
Lin Ze frowned and was about to push the door open when the door was pulled open from the inside.
The one who opened the door was not a wizard, but a House-elf.
This House-elf looks the same as the other House-elf in the department. It is wrapped in a tea towel and is meticulously wrapped, except that there is a small piece of tape on its ear, as if it was scratched by something.
"Hello... Hello..." House-elf's voice was very high-pitched, and his two tennis ball-sized eyes stared at Lin Ze nervously.
"I'm here to find Mr. Greengrass."
"The master... the master is not here..." House-elf said, quickly glancing behind him, then back again, his ears trembling slightly.
Lin Ze followed House-elf's gaze and glanced in.
The office was very messy, with several desks piled with documents. There was only one old wizard in the entire office sorting out the documents in his hands.
Obviously, this old wizard is not Kage·Greengrass.
The desk at the back of the office was empty except for a dark brown coat.
"Where has he gone?"
"No... I don't know... the master came and left this morning... didn't... didn't say where he was going..." House-elf's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Did he say when he would be back?"
House-elf shook his head like a rattle, and slapped his two big ears on his face.
Lin Ze looked at House-elf who was so nervous that it was about to take off on the spot, then looked at the office behind it and nodded.
"Okay, I'll come back another day."
House-elf saluted with relief and quickly closed the door.
Lin Ze stood in front of the closed door and touched his chin thoughtfully. Kage was not here, but his own House-elf was here...
After leaving this floor and passing Department of Magical Transportation's tea room, he suddenly heard a low-pitched conversation coming from the tea room.
"Let me tell you, the escort team thing is not that simple. Four people went out, two died, and Peter also died, but the one who came back alive was the young master of Crouch family. Do you think it was a coincidence?"
"Shh--keep your voice down! If Director Crouch hears this, do you still want to work in the ministry?"
"I'm just going to talk about it here... but to be honest, this matter has made many people in the ministry feel upset."
"Someone over at Wizengamot is already spreading the news, saying that Special Operations Team's investigation was too harsh and that Death Eaters was forced to take such a big step."
"I think those people should have been investigated."
"It's time to check, but you also have to think about it. If you continue to check like this, many people from Ministry of Magic will have to switch to Azkaban to work..."
Lin Ze did not stop or look into the tea room, but the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
It seems that the ministry has a lot of objections to his Special Operations Team, especially those who have their own problems.
Although some people may not be Death Eaters, it cannot be ruled out that they helped them during the war out of fear.
When returning to Special Operations Team's office, Lin Ze found that Moody had returned.
He was sitting in his creaky chair, wiping his magic eye with a cloth.
"Oh, you're back, Lin." Moody raised his head and glanced at Lin Ze, then continued to wipe the magic eyes that were spinning in his hands.
"Back." Lin Ze nodded.
"Norway How is it over there?" Moody put the magic eye back into his eye socket and blinked twice.
"When I found Karkaroff's hiding place, I found that I was a step too late and he had already run away." Lin Ze lied without blinking an eyelid.
"But I found some things he left there, which contain some information, and I'm still sorting them out."
Moody snorted, "It's pretty good to be able to gain something."
After get off work, Lin Ze went to Diagon Alley.
Diagon Alley's magic street lamp has been turned on, the dim yellow light shines on the cobblestone road, and several late-night owls fly overhead.
He was about to go to Leaky Cauldron to order something to drink to refresh his mouth, when he suddenly saw a sneaky figure passing by at the entrance of the alley.
Lin Ze subconsciously slowed down his steps and moved in that direction against the wall.
Turning the corner, he saw a man in a dark cloak squatting in front of a closed shop door, holding a wand in his hand and scratching the door lock.
Sliding the door and picking the lock?
Sure enough, it's not a good thing. Now that I've encountered it, let's go and take a look.
Lin Ze pulled out the wand and quietly touched the figure.
When he was three or four steps away from the other person, the person seemed to notice something and turned around suddenly.
As the other person turned around, the hood of his cloak fell down, revealing a familiar round face.
"Mr. Fudge?" Lin Ze was stunned for a moment, and quickly raised the wand a little higher.
A ray of purple light flew past Fudge's scalp, and there was a burnt smell in the air. When he looked closely, it turned out to be Fudge's hair being set on fire by Charms.
Lin Ze quickly waved his magic wand twice, and a column of water appeared out of thin air and poured it on Fudge's head.
"Cough... cough cough..." Fudge was drenched by the sudden water column. His mouth and nose sucked in a lot of water due to fright, and he choked and coughed.
"Lin...Deputy Team Leader Lin!" Fudge hurriedly wiped the water stains on his face, not caring about blaming the other party.
Lin Ze stopped "Aguamenti", Fudge quickly used the wand to dry the water stains on his body.
"Why are you here?" Fudge, who was looking fresh and fresh except for a strand of hair missing from his head, asked.
"I should be asking you this, right?" Lin Ze put the wand back on his waist and looked Fudge up and down.
"You are squatting at Diagon Alley to pry open the door. Is this Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes's new business?"