Umbridge's mood at this time was actually one of ups and downs.

The reason why she took such a risk was to rashly find Fudge with just a few confessions, precisely to prevent Dumbledore from using Fawkes' ability to let Harry Potter and the others escape.

She knew that she could only take real action after Fudge and the others went to the principal's office to keep an eye on Dumbledore.

After all, she had seen Phoenix-like abilities up close in her own office. In order to ensure nothing went wrong, she had to go behind Fudge's back and agree to some of the other party's conditions that she considered unreasonable.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but quicken her pace, walked in front with her head held high, and led a group of people straight to the fourth floor with great momentum and momentum.

At the same time, in the Room of Requirement, Harry and the others were practicing the Patronus Charm attentively.

Suddenly, Seamus Finnigan rushed in, shouting in horror:"We are surrounded! I just saw Filch outside with the people from the Special Investigations Operations Group surrounding this place. It seems that Um Richie is no longer satisfied with letting Filch guard this place alone!"

Seamus' words hit everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, and everyone stopped practicing and stared at him blankly.

Harry felt a pang of regret wash over him.

They saw the notice in the afternoon but didn't pay much attention.

He believed that no one would be willing to betray them for Umbridge. As a courageous Gryffindor, he had no intention of abandoning his original training plan because of such a trivial matter - what does that have to do with surrendering to Umbridge? Difference?

"Umbridge must have discovered something," Harry said solemnly."Is it related to the new interrogation notice?"

His brows were knitted together, and he couldn't help but start to think about the next response strategy.

Seamus looked around the room, and his eyebrows were also knitted together:"Ron hasn't come here yet. He won't be caught, right? Neville defended Ron on the side:"Don't forget, Ron is often late. This time it may just be because he was delayed by something else.""

These words made everyone feel a little more at ease.

However, Colin Creevey's brother Dennis Creevey raised his hands with a pale face and said in a trembling voice:"Colin hasn't arrived yet. He is not usually late. Yes, did something happen this time?"

His words made everyone feel relieved again.

Angelina asked sharply:"What should we do now? Will we be discovered? Umbridge's punishment is terrible!"

She also knew she was scared at this time.

Harry straightened up and glanced at the panicked people. He tried to look calm and said,"Don't panic, everyone, they can't get in anyway..!"

After everyone heard this, they all thought of the special nature of the Room of Requirement.

Harry was right. Most people would never have thought that there was such a magical room here without warning, let alone entering it. From this point of view, staying in the Room of Requirement is the safest. , therefore, everyone finally became calmer.

However, they did not realize that as the leader, Harry himself was still nervous, and the wand that was turning nervously in his hand betrayed his inner thoughts.

For a moment, he couldn't think of a good way. Instead, the thought"It would be great if Hermione or Levin were here" was running through his mind. He knew that if they were here, there would be something good to do.

At the same time, outside the corridor——

"Why are we guarding this empty corridor?"Dumbledore clasped his hands, pretending to be confused.

Umbridge dragged Ron, who was in a daze, to Dumbledore. When she saw the flash of surprise on the other person's face, she finally showed her With a proud smile, he said loudly:"This is my witness. Mr. Ron Weasley told us that tonight, in a secret room on the eighth floor of the castle called the Room of Requirement, Mr. Harry Potter will be there." D held there.A—That is, the unlawful assembly of Dumbledore's Army. Dumbledore glanced at Ron and said in a low voice:"Looking at Mr. Weasley's current state, I'm afraid his words cannot be used as evidence." He was obviously not sane, and it was not his will. I seriously suspect that Mr. Weasley was illegally administered Veritaserum."

At this point, his voice became more stern,"Hogwarts prohibits the use of Veritaserum on students, which is protected and recognized by the law issued by the Ministry of Magic of the Underworld. Umbridge was a little panicked, but she still said:"We only added two drops of Veritaserum to him. Don't worry, the effect will not have any bad impact on Mr. Ron Weasley."……"

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and she felt a little lack of confidence. After all, she was forced to do this because she had no choice, otherwise she would never let Fudge know about it.

However, she believed that as long as Dumbledore's guilt could be confirmed or Potter was expelled, Fudge would pretend that the incident never happened

"dolores……"Fudge couldn't help but speak. The invalidation of evidence obtained through Veritaserum has always been one of his governing concepts. His political philosophy has always been to be lenient and conciliatory. Otherwise, he would not have been able to defeat Bartik, who is known for his toughness. Rauch.

Umbridge gently reminded:"Minister, in special times, we need to use special methods. As long as the dose of truth serum is controlled well, asking a few simple questions will not cause harm to the students."

Fudge frowned , seemed a little hesitant, but in the end did not say anything to stop him.

When Umbridge saw this, she felt happy and said immediately,"Besides this, I still have other evidence."

After saying that, she immediately disappeared into the flames of the fireplace again.

When she reappeared, she was holding a student in one hand. The two students' eyes were as dazed as Ron's.

"Dolores, how dare you do this to my students!"After Dumbledore saw Colin Creevey and Euan Abercrombie, an angry expression appeared on his face for the first time. He could see that Umbridge had used an overdose of Veritaserum on them. This This behavior undoubtedly caused serious physical and mental harm to the students.

Therefore, he did not give Umbridge a chance to ask, and directly pulled out the wand and knocked the two of them down.

However, what he did was no different from admitting his mistake.

"It seems the evidence is conclusive."Fudge's voice was full of excitement, as if he had seen the dawn of victory.

At this moment, he completely forgot about Umbridge's use of Veritaserum, and did not care about Dumbledore's increasingly gloomy face.

Dumbledore Blido ignored the excited Fudge, but stared at Umbridge. The stern look in his eyes made Umbridge take a step back involuntarily.

"'Umbridge, don't you know that excessive use of Veritaserum may cause irreversible damage to the brain?"

Umbridge's expression changed slightly, but soon returned to normal.

With Fudge by her side, she forcibly changed the subject and pointed to the corridor:"Dumbledore, don't do this. It doesn't matter even if you insist on not admitting it. Combined with what Mr. Weasley said, we can conclude that they must be here."

As she said that, she looked at Fudge again and suggested,"Minister, we can send people to guard here in turns. Even if they don't want to come out now, they still have to eat, right?"

Fudge also echoed Umbridge's words, narrowed his eyes, and took a few steps in the corridor:"Although we can't see them now, we can indeed send people to guard here. Dumbledore, you and your Fawkes may have to suffer for a few days. Although I do not have the authority to arrest you directly, I still have the authority to let the Auror keep an eye on you and your bird for a period of time to prevent your phoenix from secretly picking them up."

"Connelly, there's no need, I'll let them out right now."Dumbledore's eyes calmly swept across the entrance to the Room of Requirement, then took out a piece of parchment, lightly touched the parchment with his wand, and then handed it to Fawkes beside him.

Fudge mistakenly thought This was a hint that Dumbledore was about to surrender. He immediately shouted excitedly and jumped up and down like a child who got candy.

"Aha! Dumbledore, you can't use the phoenix, even to deliver messages. I know that your phoenix can teleport people."

Percy quickly agreed upon seeing this:"Oh, the minister has thought carefully, and the minister is right! However ,

Dumbledore just shook his head slightly, his half-moon glasses drooping on his crooked nose,"I think you will find that you are mistaken on this point, Cornelius.""

As he spoke, Dumbledore pulled out a golden phoenix tail feather from Fawkes. The tail feather shone dazzlingly under the light. He waved it lightly, and the tail feather held the letter and disappeared into flames. In front of them.

In the Room of Requirement, a phoenix tail feather suddenly appeared in Harry's hand.

He was stunned for a moment, and then heard Dumbledore's voice coming from the letter above:"Come out."

The little wizards in the Room of Requirement had absolute trust in Dumbledore, so when Dumbledore's voice came from the letter and asked them to come out of the exit, they all breathed a sigh of relief and filed out of the exit obediently. I thought Dumbledore had solved the problem...

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