"lady!"
A somewhat timid figure stood outside the office of the Director of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. She hesitated for a moment before raising her hand to knock on the wooden door.
"What is it, Mafalda?"
Umbridge gave her assistant a false smile.
"Well..." Mafalda Hopkirk hesitated.
"Just say it!" Umbridge raised an eyebrow.
"What you want me to pay special attention to is... that is, the Improper Use of Magic Office has received news that a large number of Hogwarts students have recently violated the "Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards Act."
Mafalda seemed to feel very uneasy about reporting this to her superiors. She was well aware of the dire consequences this might bring, but... if she wanted to continue working at the Ministry of Magic, she had no better choice.
"You think it's the students who were expelled from Hogwarts?"
Umbridge seemed to realize something, and her eyes shone with a fascinating light.
"It seems that those people are not going to accept the goodwill of the Ministry of Magic and go to the Muggle-Born Registration Committee for an interview." She looked up at her assistant and asked, "Can the Improper Use of Magic Office track them down?"
"I, I don't know. I just got the news and rushed over."
Mafalda looked uneasy, she obviously knew what Umbridge was going to do.
"I need the Improper Use of Magic Office to keep tracking their whereabouts. If Fudge asks, just say it was my request." Umbridge stood up from her seat and went straight to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to find Yaxley and told him about it.
"You think that group of muggle-born students are running around."
Listening to Umbridge's report, Yaxley frowned slightly. After spending a few months with the woman in front of him, he had a new understanding of Umbridge's cruelty.
"I think we should let the search team solve the problem." Umbridge kindly reminded: "Since Scrimgeour's death, most of the Aurors are unreliable. They may deliberately let the prisoner go when searching for Muggle-borns. The last time they let the prisoner escape is the best proof of this."
"You are right. Those Muggle-borns have repeatedly violated the 'Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards Act'. Their fate is to have their wands broken and be sent to Azkaban," Yaxley said sinisterly. "However, the Ministry of Magic is fair. I hope that after we catch them, they will have a fair trial."
As far as Yaxley knew, many of the wizards who were "fairly judged" by Umbridge died as soon as they entered Azkaban.
The woman in front of him liked to use the Cruciatus Curse to torture prisoners and obtain evidence before trying them. Those unfortunate people who were tortured to death by the Cruciatus Curse would find it difficult to survive the terrible environment in Azkaban prison.
Sometimes Yaxley was surprised that Umbridge was not a Death Eater.
"I will, they will receive the most fair and just trial, I promise." Umbridge gave a hypocritical smile.
The two walked out of the office together and headed towards the Abuse of Magic Office, ready to personally take care of the matter.
After all, ever since the Ministry of Magic established the Muggle-Born Registration Committee and began trying Muggle-borns, not many idiots would be foolish enough to go to the Ministry of Magic for trial.
"Rufus, I wish I could hear some good news from you."
Yaxley looked at the fence-sitter in front of him and had no choice but to appoint Rufus Fudge. The Death Eaters suffered heavy losses and they had to absorb some fresh blood. Allowing the Fudge family, who had once rebelled against them, to join was a new signal sent by the Dark Lord.
In fact, Cornelius Fudge, who was under the Imperius Curse, also worked for the Ministry of Magic.
Rufus Fudge looked at his immediate superior and said in a flattering tone, "It is Apparition. All the students whose Trace Threads reacted used Apparition."
"Oh." Yaxley raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What did you find?"
"Somewhere, the traces are reacting densely."
Rufus Fudge pointed to a place on the map and handed a piece of parchment with information to Yaxley. "There is no doubt that the group of underage wizards were gathered together. This is almost impossible, unless..."
"They are students who have just been expelled. Someone is planning to provide them with asylum." Umbridge smiled brightly. "Perhaps, we should send someone to invite them to the Ministry of Magic to be interviewed by the Muggle-Born Registration Committee."
"I'll let Dawlish lead the team, and send two search teams to help him." McNeill frowned and asked, "If necessary, I can lead the team myself."
As one of the few surviving veteran Death Eaters, McNeill also got a big piece of the pie in this game of power division. He was promoted several levels from the executioner of the Committee for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to being directly transferred to manage the Auror Office.
"Let Dawlish lead the team. I bet this matter is most likely related to the Order of the Phoenix."
Yaxley put down the parchment in his hand, stared at the large map of Britain in front of him, and asked Umbridge beside him.
"Is it true that there are no records of Muggle-borns now
"Unfortunately, according to the report from Percy Weiss, the relevant records of the Ministry of Magic have been destroyed by Scrimgeour," said Umbridge.
"Can that Wesley be trusted?" Yaxley asked with a frown.
"It should be credible. Percy Weiss fell out with his family a few years ago. He is a young man who likes power."
Umbridge had an impression of Percy and had met him before. He was a very ambitious man.
Yaxley fell into a brief silence. The records of Muggle-borns were destroyed. Although the Dark Lord's mission was indeed completed, it made it more difficult to search for Muggle-borns hiding among Muggles.
There is no doubt that it is obviously necessary to pull the rats out of their holes.
"Perhaps, we can consider starting from Hogwarts. Snape is an old friend of ours." Umbridge glanced at Yaxley and suggested, "Hogwarts should have relevant records. After all, they need to send letters to those people every year."
As if she could see that Yaxley and Snape had a bad relationship, Umbridge took the initiative to take on the job. "Leave this to me. Even if Snape can't do anything, we can still rely on the Ministry of Magic. We can always think of a way. Maybe Scrimgeour can hide or destroy the list, but we can't kill the people who recorded those things. As long as they are still alive, we can always get what we need from their brains by some tricks."
"You are always so reliable, I will leave this matter to you."
Yaxley looked at Umbridge in surprise, who had taken the initiative to take on the task, and nodded in agreement. He liked subordinates who were worry-free.
That afternoon, they received a report from Dawlish.
The Auror team found no other Muggle-borns near the designated location.
However, they used tracking magic and all signs indicated that the group was nearby and might be hiding, but the Ministry of Magic's cracking team did not find the group's hiding place. They suspected that the group was hiding in the house protected by the Fidelius Charm.
"Oh, I remember now. Yaxley seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "That's the headquarters of the Defense Association."
"Defense Association?"
Umbridge wondered where she had heard the name before.
"The organization founded by the Mudbloods?" McNeill frowned, suddenly feeling that this matter was a little tricky.
"It must have been protected by the Fidelius Charm, so the Improper Use of Magic Office revealed the location through the trace thread, and Dawlish couldn't find them."
Yaxley guessed why.
"So, it's that Mudblood who is providing shelter to those Muggle-born wizards?" Umbridge frowned when she heard the name. She had a very bad impression of Albert.
“That should be right. My people captured Diggory’s son and tortured him to get the location of the Defense Association headquarters. I sent people there at that time, but found nothing. I didn’t expect that guy to not lie.
If that was really the headquarters of the Defense Association, it wouldn't be surprising that it was protected by the Fidelius Charm. That guy could definitely do it with his level.
"Do we need to send more people to monitor the area?" McNeill asked Yaxley for advice.
To be honest, he didn't really want to provoke the Mudblood. After all, there were so many unlucky guys like him as precedents.
Although Scrimgeour is dead, Albert Anderson is still an opponent that cannot be underestimated. Even the Dark Lord has failed to kill him after many attempts.
Many people suspect that he is the next Dumbledore.
Maybe, the Mudblood is not as good as the old immortal now, but even if he is not, he is still not someone they can deal with, not to mention that the other party is a master of prophecy, that kind of guy is more dangerous.
Now Albert has used the lives of countless Death Eaters to tell everyone that he is not to be trifled with.
"Send a few of them to monitor and see how they react. We also need to speed up the search for the families of the Muggle-borns who were expelled from Hogwarts. It would be best if we act before they take them away."
Whether it was controlling and utilizing them or throwing them into Azkaban, they needed to act as soon as possible.