bioinnovel Chapter 155 One Sentence Can Be Deadly
Chapter 155 One Sentence Can Be Deadly
Chapter 155 A Word That Leads to Death
Dolores Jane Umbridge, a witch who exudes an aura of utter dread.
She was short and fat, with a broad, loose-skinned face, no visible neck, and a large mouth that drooped downwards.
Its large, round eyes bulge outwards.
Umbridge's unattractive appearance isn't her fault, but her terrible fashion sense is. To paraphrase an old saying: pink is too delicate, how old are you now?
Belvina is fond of all kinds of long dresses and skirts, while Umbridge prefers sweet, girlish outfits.
They have a fondness for excessively gaudy or garish objects that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
For example, tonight, Umbridge was wearing a fluffy pink suit, her short, curly hair adorned with a pink bow, and she was carrying a small pink handbag.
This outfit would look like an old cucumber painted green on Belvina, let alone on Umbridge, who is more than ten years older than Belvina.
Dolores Umbridge looked like a pink toad tonight.
However, her ugly appearance and terrible taste were not the reasons why people hated Umbridge. What really made people hate her was her heart, which was even uglier than her appearance. Umbridge was notorious in the ministry for her wickedness, tyranny, cruelty, and opportunism. She always took credit for the achievements and hard work of others.
If you follow other leaders, the leaders get the meat, and the subordinates get the soup; if you're lucky, you might even get a piece of meat. But if you follow Umbridge, forget about getting soup; Umbridge will take away even the pots and pans, and you won't even get a whiff of the food.
In addition, Umbridge went to great lengths to please every superior. Flattery was her specialty. She would put fish on the leaders' hooks so that they would never come away empty-handed. These were all routine operations.
Through all sorts of shameless tactics, Dolores Umbridge quickly became the first senior member of the Ministry of Magic, rising through the ranks at a speed like a newly released firebolt, and before she was even thirty, she was already the head of the Office for the Prevention of the Abuse of Magic.
Now, Umbridge is just one step away from the top position in the Department of Law Enforcement.
Some people also said that the ministry has nominated Umbridge as deputy minister, and it is just waiting for the resolution to be passed.
Often, you can dislike someone without any reason, but Umbridge has too many reasons to be disliked, so it would be somewhat impolite not to.
Belvina's dislike for Umbridge is all-encompassing, from head to toe, inside and out. She feels that talking to Umbridge is irresponsible towards her own life, so she does something extremely impolite.
When Umbridge spoke again, Belvina covered her mouth and frowned, backing away as if Umbridge were a piece of foul-smelling garbage.
“Indeed, you should be unhappy to see me,” Umbridge said in a high-pitched, girlish voice, “because I bring bad news: your brother, Sirius Black, has escaped from prison.”
Umri spoke in a strange, eccentric tone, focusing on the familial relationship between Belvina and Sirius. It wouldn't be accurate to call his intentions malicious, but rather that he had ulterior motives.
Currently serving as Minister of Magic, and now as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement; formerly Director of the Department of Law Enforcement, now Director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation.
By badmouthing Belvina in front of three powerful officials, Umbridge really made a fool of himself.
Belvina couldn't be bothered with Umbridge's forced performance, so she turned her head and began to speak quietly with Cornelius Fudge again.
"Minister, Amelia still hasn't told me how Black escaped from Azkaban?" Belvina said. "No one has ever managed to slip right under the noses of a Dementors."
Connelly Fudge and Ms. Burns exchanged a glance.
Finally, Ms. Burns stepped forward and said, "Nobody knows how he did it. By the time the Dementors realized it, the cell was already empty."
"Gentlemen," Barty Crouch began, "the focus right now isn't how Black escaped, but why he suddenly broke out of prison and what he's going to do after he gets away."
The Crouch family is one of the oldest pure-blood families in Britain, and Barty Crouch himself almost became Minister for Magic, once being a leading figure of the hardliners in the ministry.
During the war, Barty Crouch served in the Department of Law Enforcement, which permitted Aurors to use the Unforgivable Curse without warning.
Both being highly prestigious pure-blood wizarding families, the Crouch and Black families faced the same problem of extinction.
The Black family had a glimmer of hope; although Sirius Black had been imprisoned in Azkaban, at least he was still alive.
Belvina was even more lively and energetic.
The Crouch family's only hope was that old Crouch would have a second spring in his life, remarry, and have another child.
As the former head of the Law Enforcement Division and a wartime hero, Barty Crouch immediately demonstrated his professionalism by grasping the key point of the prison break incident—why Sirius Black suddenly escaped from prison.
"Gentlemen," Buddy Crouch continued, "Black has been imprisoned in Azkaban for twelve years. Why didn't he run away sooner?"
Why run now of all times, instead of later?
Ms. Burns pinched her square chin and said, "What's Black up to all this time? Is it for Harry Potter?"
Upon hearing this, everyone tensed up. Sirius Black had every reason to go find Harry Potter.
It was he who betrayed the Potters to Voldemort.
"Amelia, it's entirely possible that Black went to find Harry Potter, or even wanted to kill him," Barty Crouch said. "What I want to know is, what was the deciding factor that led Black to escape from prison?"
Barty Crouch is no longer as tall and straight as he used to be, but his slightly hunched figure still exudes a powerful presence.
He continued, "I believe that by finding out why Blake suddenly escaped from prison and knowing his purpose, we can pinpoint his location."
“That’s right, but this won’t be easy,” Ms. Burns said, stroking her square chin. “The search in Little Wheelingham and at Hogwarts cannot be relaxed; we should pursue both approaches simultaneously.”
In a few words, Barty Crouch and Ms. Burns formulated a preliminary arrest plan. It is believed that they will hold a formal meeting later to refine the preliminary plan and implement the arrest plan.
Compared to the two directors of the Department of Law Enforcement, Minister Cornell Fudge was like a Muggle at this moment, standing aside unable to get a word in edgewise and only able to watch others steal the spotlight.
The minister looked very unwell.
Belvina remained silent. Although she still held the title of ministerial advisor, this matter was deeply intertwined with her.
Aside from fully cooperating, nothing Belvina could say would be appropriate.
Most importantly, Barty Crouch and Ms. Burns held Sirius Black's life in their hands, and Belvina worried that the species would recklessly plunge headlong into the trap set by the Ministry of Magic.
At this moment, Umbridge's toad-like eyes darted around, and his wicked schemes resurfaced.
"Ahem," Umbridge said in his affectedly high-pitched voice, "As far as I know, last summer dear Belvina went to Azkaban to visit Black."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.
Felix and Bob Gordon's eyes burned with anger; Umbridge's blatant accusations had infuriated them.
Barty Crouch and Ms. Burns looked at each other with confusion. Did Umbridge think that she was the only smart one?
Minister Cornell Fudge's eyes were filled with more doubt. Even if Umbridge wanted to use this to smear Belvina, her method was too blatant. Who would believe such a clumsy accusation!
Moreover, Belvina's visit to Sirius was a year ago, while Cornelius Fudge had only recently returned from Azkaban.
Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about? Is Umbridge out of her mind?
Jealousy can distort a person beyond recognition, it can cause plasmolysis, it can trigger meiosis. Jealousy made Umbridge so eager to attack Hypervina that it flooded her mind with malice.
"I don't know you, Umbridge, please don't use such an intimate term for me," Belvina said with disgust. "Please call me Black, or Miss Black."
Belvina paused for a moment, then continued, "Since you know so much about my whereabouts last year, you must also know about the Dementors' unprovoked attack on me. That attack wouldn't happen to be related to you, would it, Umbridge!"
Originally, Belvina wanted to find an excuse to beat up Barty Crouch to vent her resentment.
But Umbridge kept charging forward, looking like she was rushing to her death. If Belvina remained unmoved, it would be somewhat incomprehensible.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand," Umbridge said in a coquettish voice. "Besides, why would a Dementor attack you for no reason? Who knows what you did or whether you angered the Dementors—"
Cornelius Fudge glared at Umbridge and snapped, "Shut up, you idiot! If you suspect Belvina, why don't you suspect me first? I not only chatted with Blake for a bit, but I also gave him a newspaper!"
"No—Minister, that's not what I meant—I didn't mean that—" Umbridge panicked, finally remembering that Fudge had recently visited Azkaban.
Barty Crouch looked at him with disdain. He was one of the few old men in the department who was unmoved by the "old man's pleasure". Crouch despised Umbridge, who was a sycophant, from the bottom of his heart.
Ms. Burns, Umbridge's direct superior, wanted to disappear into the ground; the Department of Law Enforcement had been utterly disgraced by Umbridge.
"I didn't believe them when they said that before, but now I do."
Ms. Burns suddenly said to Belvina, "No wonder you didn't want to join the Department of Law Enforcement."
Belvina smiled without saying a word, neither denying nor admitting it, after all, she hadn't chosen the Department of Legal Enforcement in the first place because she wanted to just lie down and do nothing.
Umbridge panicked even more. The minister's anger, her superior's sarcasm, and Barty Crouch's contempt were all things Umbridge didn't want to face and couldn't bear.
The more the three superiors showed their protection of Belvina, the more intense Umbridge's jealousy and hatred became; he wished he could kill Belvina with his eyes.
Dolores Umbridge has always been envious of Belvina. She is young, beautiful, and comes from a wealthy family. Belvina has everything that Umbridge has never had.
Gradually, Umbridge's jealousy turned into resentment, and she tried every means to target Belvina, but Belvina stayed in the public news department and wouldn't come out, leaving Umbridge with nowhere to vent her anger.
Tonight, Umbridge finally got her long-awaited "opportunity." She didn't want to miss it, but she didn't want to make things worse and end up pissed off by her boss, which would be a net loss.
Belvina sensed the malice in Umbridge's eyes. At that moment, Umbridge was like a naked woman, and anyone could easily see through her thoughts.
"Everyone here knows my last name is Black," Belvina said. "From the first day I joined the Ministry of Magic, I have never denied my relationship with Sirius Black, nor with Bellatrix Lestrange."
Belvina never denied that her relatives were imprisoned in Azkaban, nor did she deny that her relatives were Death Eaters.
In stark contrast to Belvina's candor, Umbridge went to great lengths to avoid mentioning her family and parents. Whenever asked, she would say that she was a pure-blood wizard and that her father was a prominent figure in Wizengamo.
But in reality, Umbridge is not pureblood at all; she is half-blood. Her mother is a Muggle, and her father works for the Magical Maintenance Department and has no connection whatsoever with Wizengamot.
By this time, Umbridge had realized what Belvina was about to do and tried to stop her, but it was too late.
Belvina replied dismissively, "My father is Orion Black, my grandfather is Arcturus Black, and you, Umbridge?"
I am Belvina Black, who are you!