Emergency Meeting

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Pushing open the door of the Auror Command, Ethan was surprised to find that it was filled with people from the top.

Cornelius Fudge - Minister of Magic, Dumbledore - Headmaster of Hogwarts, and Barty Crouch - Director of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation.

Amelia Bones - Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and Rufus Scrimgeour - Head of the Auror Division, gathered in the Auror Command to discuss something.

Hearing Ethan and Tonks pushing the door in, they turned their heads in unison and looked at the door.

Seeing Ethan coming in, Fudge hurriedly greeted Ethan, and Dumbledore smiled and nodded to Ethan.

Barty Crouch turned his head arrogantly to the other side and kept looking down on Ethan.

Because Fudge facilitated Ethan's entry into the Ministry, Barty Crouch always regarded Ethan as an incompetent associate.

"He escaped from Azkaban! Sirius Black escaped from prison!"

As soon as Ethan came over, Fudge couldn't wait to talk to Ethan.

"Ethan, Sirius Black was a friend of Harry's parents, but he betrayed them and gave their whereabouts to a mysterious man," Dumbledore explained Sirius Black to Ethan.

"He also killed his friend Peter Pettigrew, as well as 12 Muggles, and was sentenced to life in Azkaban."

"Thank you for the explanation, Headmaster Dumbledore." Fudge swallowed and thanked Dumbledore.

Although Fudge has always been afraid of Dumbledore's seizure of power, when encountering such an emergency, the first thing that comes to mind is to ask Dumbledore for advice.

"So, how did Sirius Black escape from Azkaban? Isn't that the most strict prison? Who is responsible for such a big mistake?"

Barty Crouch arrogantly asked several questions, each directed at Fudge, and Barty Crouch took every opportunity to target Fudge.

Ethan saw the veins on Fudge's temple jump and burst out, and his face flushed instantly. He didn't expect Barty Crouch to attack in public here.

And he couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, so he could only passively suppress his anger and keep silent.

"I don't think this is the time to find out who's at fault, Mr. Crouch." Ethan stepped forward to help Fudge.

"The mad criminal Sirius Black is still escaping outside. The best thing we should do now is to find a way to catch him instead of complaining about each other here!" Ethan said righteously.

A trace of anger flashed in Barty Crouch's eyes. "So what can you do? Mr. Ethan?" Barty Crouch said word by word through gritted teeth.

"Speak out your strategy quickly so that everyone will know that you, the leader of the Magic Crisis Response Team that fell from the sky, are not unworthy of the name!" Barty Crouch did not intend to give anyone any face and responded forcefully.

"The most important thing we should do now is to protect the safety of Harry Potter!" Ethan stood up and said to everyone.

"Sirius Black's potential escape plan likely revolves around seeking vengeance against Harry Potter, aiming to avenge his fallen master. We must take action to ensure Harry's safety and protection." Ethan said firmly.

After hearing Ethan's words, Rufus and Amelia nodded, agreeing it was the best advice.

Dumbledore looked at Ethan with relief. He didn't care that Ethan was on the side, and now Ethan was indeed doing his duty as a Hogwarts professor and trying his best to protect Harry.

In Dumbledore's view, Voldemort's enemy is his friend.

"I can send Aurors to protect Harry Potter." Rufus Scrimgeour stood up and asked Ying to protect Harry Potter.

"I think it is very appropriate to send Mr. Ethan to protect Harry Potter," Dumbledore gently stated.

"Yes, that should be the case." Fudge agreed with Dumbledore: "Mr. Potter needs the protection of powerful people like Mr. Ethan."

"I'm willing to protect Harry Potter, and I promise not to let him get hurt over my life," Ethan said seriously.

"This is the attitude you should have against evil!" Fudge clapped a few times from the side, and only Dumbledore cooperated with him.

Barty Crouch snorted coldly, turned his head, and made no comment.

"Then now," Fudge stood up, straightened his clothes, and said solemnly.

"Just send an Auror team to cooperate with Mr. Ethan to protect Harry Potter while the rest of the Aurors do their best to capture Sirius Black and post his wanted notice." Fudge wanted to say something but was hesitant one time.

"Also, I will authorize the dementors to leave Azkaban and assist the Aurors in capturing Sirius Black. Hopefully, we can catch Sirius Black before Hogwarts starts; otherwise, we must let the dementors on campus."

"It's not appropriate" and "How can it be?" Rufus Scrimgeour and Amelia Burns invariably objected to this opinion.

"Cornelius, I sincerely hope you will reconsider this opinion," Dumbledore said sincerely to Fudge.

"That's it!" Fudge could have been more tricky about this. He didn't intend to allow other people to discuss it, so he finalized the matter.

"I think everyone can act now," Fudge said solemnly.

Auror Command was silent, and Rufus Scrimgeour was the first to rise.

"I'm going to assign the Aurors," said Rufus Scrimgeour before leaving the Auror Command.

Amelia Bones and Barty Crouch also left behind Rufus Scrimgeour.

Ethan was a little surprised that Barty Crouch didn't object to Fudge's decision—but he quickly figured it out.

Barty Crouch wished something had happened to the Dementors that Fudge had sent so he could have a reason to target Fudge.

Ethan and Dumbledore then left.

"Ethan, can we talk?" Dumbledore said to Ethan kindly.

"Sure," Ethan agreed to Dumbledore and went to the corridor's corner.

"Ethan, I've been looking for and learning about Voldemort's traces during this period. I ran a lot of places, but unfortunately, I still found nothing." Dumbledore's mood was a little low when he said this.

"But I'm almost certain that Voldemort should have made more than one Horcrux like that diary," Dumbledore said seriously.

"From the clues I have followed, it seems that Voldemort was slowly losing his mind over time, and he seems to be becoming less and less human." Dumbledore crossed his hands.

"It means that the damage to his soul goes beyond what we call general evil and maybe more than once," Dumbledore said.

"So Ethan, if you get any clues about the Horcrux, you must tell me immediately. This is very important," Dumbledore said seriously.

"I will," Ethan replied to Dumbledore equally seriously.

"Thank you, Ethan, thank you," Dumbledore sincerely thanked Ethan.

"One more thing, Ethan, can you teach Harry some ways to protect himself while protecting him? I know you have a lot of great tricks," Dumbledore asked.

"I'll do my best," Ethan agreed to Dumbledore's request.