"Shocking Scandal! Auror illegally arrested an innocent passerby and caused his death!"
"Malicious Frame-up! Who will guarantee our safety?"
"Everyone is in danger! Unregulated Justice"
"No need for trial? The Tragedy of the Wizengamot"
"Question! Where is the upper limit of the power of the Law Enforcement Department?"
"Secret Interrogation! The Unknown History of the Auror Headquarters"
"Fifty thousand Galleons! Philanthropist Murphy Donates to St. Mungo's"
Rita Skeeter is worthy of being the first penman in the wizarding world. She is so familiar with concocting topic news. For several days, the *Daily Prophet* was filled with news about Auror torture.
Under the continuous bombardment of public opinion, the wizards were shocked by the story told by Rita Skeeter.
The Auror Headquarters is the only legal violent institution in the British wizarding world.
Originally, wizards thought that this was just an agency used to combat crimes involving dark magic items, attacks on Muggles, and other insignificant matters, but it actually had such terrible power!
Not only can they arrest a wizard without any definite evidence, they can also force wizards to give any testimony they want through Legilimency, Veritaserum, and even various torture methods.
The most terrifying thing is that they can even put wizards they think are guilty in Azkaban without trial!
And, they have done this before!
This one-stop service of arrest, forced confession, and imprisonment is comparable to the Muggle Inquisition in the wizards' memory!
Such great power and such a casual style of behavior are like a sword hanging over the heads of all British wizards. Who wouldn't be afraid?
During the First Wizarding War, in order to combat Death Eaters and curb crimes committed by dark wizards, Aurors were given tremendous power. To this day, the Law Enforcement Department is still the largest agency in the Ministry of Magic.
However, the Wizarding War has been over for several years. Voldemort has disappeared and is said to be dead. The Death Eaters have been imprisoned. The Aurors have no enemies. Who will they point their sharp swords at?
In several articles, Rita Skeeter quoted many of the arguments taught by Murphy, such as the confusion between legislative power and judicial power, the usurpation of law enforcement power over judicial power, etc., trying to describe the Law Enforcement Department and the Auror Command as a terrible violent machine that can supervise all wizards but is not subject to any supervision.
In her story, the Auror Command can capture you while you are still asleep, so that you wake up and find yourself moving into a single dormitory in Azkaban.
Their power is so great and their actions are so domineering and cruel that they are simply the Western Jinyiwei and the East Factory in the wizarding world.
This story is so terrible.
But the evidence is conclusive.
Sirius Black was imprisoned without trial, and now the anonymous person died in the interrogation room. Wizards can't help but be afraid.
And Rita Skeeter's conspiracy theory is actually reasonable.
There is really no organization in the wizarding world that can supervise Aurors, and wizards have never even thought that Aurors need to be supervised.
But after being enlightened by Rita, wizards found that such supervision seemed indispensable.
So, for a time, the public was outraged, demanding severe punishment for the Aurors involved, a retrial of Sirius Black, and even letters demanding Scrimgeour and Barty Crouch to step down, flying to the Ministry of Magic like snowflakes, filling the Minister's complaint mailbox.
One month after the incident fermented, Scrimgeour resigned.
At the same time, the Wizengamot announced that the Sirius Black case would be retried on a certain day.
On the day Scrimgeour resigned, the atmosphere at the Auror Command was extremely depressing.
Scrimgeour closed the door of the director's office and handed the key to the Auror beside him. In a blink of an eye, he saw a group of former colleagues standing in the corridor.
"I didn't know they had arranged a farewell party." The old lion still looked serious, but he actually made a joke.
"Rufus," Kingsley said, looking thinner. "I'm sorry, I didn't listen to your advice, because I..."
Scrimgeour patted him on the shoulder, "Never underestimate your opponent, always be more patient than the enemy. However, we are still lucky, we still have a chance to learn a lesson."
After experiencing the first wizard war, Scrimgeour had seen many of his comrades die in the fight against Voldemort. Compared with that kind of sacrifice, the current setback was not worth mentioning.
"But it shouldn't be you. I made the mistake I made..."
"The other party is targeting me. Even if you are pushed out, it won't be enough. It will just be a loss of one more person."
Public opinion is surging. Even the minister is on pins and needles. For such a big thing, just pushing out an Auror captain is not enough to calm the wave. In fact, even Barty Crouch, the director of the Law Enforcement Department, is about to lose his position.
Once the Sirius case is retried and there is a turn, Barty Crouch will immediately face impeachment.
In fact, in order to eliminate this incident, Barty Crouch's resignation is the most effective way. It can not only preserve the power of the Auror Office to the maximum extent, but also remove the hat of "usurpation of judicial power" from the Law Enforcement Department.
But it is obvious that Director Crouch does not want to step down in disgrace with such a big pot on his back.
So, he, Rufus Scrimgeour, can only leave.
He had no complaints about this.
He knew Kingsley's actions in advance, so he naturally took leadership responsibility.
Subordinates fought on the front line while superiors drank tea in the back. Those who had made contributions rushed to the front line, and those who ran away when something went wrong were politicians, and Scrimgeour disdained it.
The Aurors were fighting on the front line, so he naturally wanted to let them have no worries.
Since he didn't make better arrangements beforehand, then taking some responsibility for them afterwards was the only thing he could do.
It was just a pity that he was ordered by the minister to help protect the Muggle Prime Minister that day, and he didn't show up at the scene in time, otherwise the matter wouldn't have been so embarrassing.
Now that I think about it, that order should also be Murphy's means.
Inferior skills, one step behind!
Murphy Darkholme is really like the Dark Lord in the past.
No, he was just as crazy and ruthless, but in terms of carefulness and cleverness, he was even better than Voldemort.
It was not unfair for him to lose.
Kingsley Shacklebolt was filled with remorse, but he did not apologize again. Even the pain on his face gradually subsided, and he returned to his gentle, wise and calm appearance.
But his words were tougher than ever before: "One day, I will make the truth known to the world and give you justice."
Scrimgeour felt the power, patted the other's arm, and turned away.
His war was over.
And with himself as a burnt sacrifice, future warriors have obtained the armor to fight the new devil.
Be patient, Shacklebolt.
Be more patient than your enemies.
Because darkness cannot cover light forever, and truth cannot yield to lies forever. Observe patiently, lie dormant patiently, and then wait for the dawn of a lonely white light. Eliminate the darkness.
(End of this chapter)
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