Chapter 114: The Ministry of Magic Mobilizes

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Allen Finis looked at the white building before him and began to hesitate; he knew the bank certainly had a very tight security system, but tonight's operation had gone too smoothly, making him unable to help but relax a bit.

Besides, I'm just casting a spell, I won't go inside; moreover, the vaults are all underground, so there's probably nothing in the building on the ground, and the defenses shouldn't be that strict. Allen thought silently in his heart.

Then he thought of the golden key from the Daily Prophet publishing house, and he became even more wavering...

Gringotts is much wealthier than the Daily Prophet publishing house; what material would their key be made of? It must be very precious! Allen continued thinking.

In the end, it was the sense of security provided by the Invisibility Cloak on his body that made him decide.

He quietly walked up the steps of Gringotts alone, looked at the magnificent, glittering bronze doors, hesitated for a moment, and then cast a spell at the doors: "Alohomora!"

As expected, a key model appeared in Allen Finis's mind; it was an antique-looking bronze key that looked very old...

Allen Finis wanted to transfigure the key into existence, but found to his surprise that the entrance of Gringotts was unexpectedly clean, with no debris available for transfiguration...

However, Allen Finis was prepared; he took a piece of wood from his pocket, placed it gently on the ground, and then cast a Transfiguration spell on that piece of wood.

The wood was transfigured into a huge bronze key; Allen Finis bent down to pick it up and found it was much lighter than expected...

By all rights, things should have ended at this point, but Allen Finis thought again that behind the bronze doors, Gringotts had a second silver door, and this door was engraved with words warning intruders...

Allen Finis suddenly felt an impulse to open the bronze door and then continue casting an Unlocking Charm on the silver door...

Because Allen Finis knew that the purest color of many metals is silver, that silver door looked more precious than the bronze door at a glance, which made Allen Finis's heart start to beat with anticipation.

Allen Finis looked back at Diagon Alley in the night; it was still as quiet and peaceful as ever; he looked at the old watch on his wrist again; it was now 2:30 in the morning; it was still early...

Allen Finis made a decision once again.

He found the keyhole on the door; the position of the keyhole was very low, which must have been specially designed to accommodate the height of goblins...

Allen Finis found he had to bend down to reach the keyhole; he gently inserted the key and then gently turned it...

"Click!" The lock opened, just as expected...

Allen Finis gripped the doorknob, took a deep breath, gently pulled the doorknob, and the bronze door was pulled open by him very easily; during the opening process, the door didn't make a single sound...

The second silver door appeared before Allen Finis's eyes just like that; moonlight spilled on the silver door, making the door even more solemn and mysterious...

Allen Finis quickly regained his composure; he cast a spell on the silver door and completed the planned procedure...

He picked up the newly transfigured silver key from the ground.

This silver key was larger than the bronze key just now, but it was much lighter in weight; moreover, the structure of the silver key was obviously more complex and precise; it emitted a charming glow under the moonlight...

Allen Finis had never seen such metal; he held the key in his hand and weighed it, feeling that even if it were made of aluminum alloy, it couldn't be this light...

Allen Finis glanced at the silver door, turned around without hesitation, and left; his goal for today had been fully accomplished; there was no need to create unnecessary trouble; he was preparing to go back and rest...

But at this moment, a continuous "pop pop" sound came from the streets of Diagon Alley...

After every "pop pop" sound, a wizard appeared via Apparition; some wizards were even wearing pajamas and nightcaps...

After they appeared, they kept waving their wands and firing red light into the open doors of Gringotts...

Allen Finis had already walked down to the bottom of the steps under the Invisibility Cloak,

every spell was quite far from him; he had just roughly counted, and there were at least a dozen wizards outside...

He began to feel regret for his suicidal behavior...

"Intruders of Gringotts, you are surrounded by us; hand over your wands and surrender quickly!" the wizards outside shouted loudly, and they stopped firing red light.

But Allen Finis dared not respond at all...

He quietly observed the surroundings and found that goblins were starting to appear all around; Diagon Alley had come alive at this moment; lights were constantly being turned on in the shops along the street; employees or bosses of magic shops also discovered the situation in front of Gringotts...

"Don't bother! The intruders must have run away! Let's go in and see if we can find some clues." Allen Finis heard a steady male voice sound outside.

"Yes! Mr. Scrimgeour!" Many people kept greeting this Director Scrimgeour...

"Kingsley! Go around Diagon Alley and see if you can find any clues!" Scrimgeour issued an order.

"Okay! Mr. Scrimgeour!" A person received the order and left.

Immediately after, Allen Finis saw a tall, thin wizard and a goblin walk up the steps, passing by him...

Under the Invisibility Cloak, Allen Finis felt his heart rise up; he didn't dare to breathe heavily...

"It seems the intruders have already escaped; the intruders did not trigger the subsequent magical alarms." That goblin said. "Thank you for arriving in time, Mr. Scrimgeour!"

"That's what I should do!" Scrimgeour seemed unwilling to say much more.

At this moment, a fat man walked in, panting heavily.

"Mafalda, why have you come too?" Scrimgeour asked.

"I detected a Trace near someone casting many Unlocking Charms and Transfiguration spells in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures; we found that the place where the spells were cast was Diagon Alley, so we hurriedly came."

"An Unlocking Charm cannot open this first door!" That goblin said confidently.

"But this door has been opened!" Mafalda said.

Scrimgeour, however, asked thoughtfully: "Are there any students studying at Hogwarts in Diagon Alley? Mafalda."

"There is a second-year young wizard named Allen Finis who is boarding at Ollivanders Wand Shop; I just checked before I came..." Mafalda replied.

"This name sounds so familiar!" Scrimgeour frowned.

"Two years ago, at a Muggle orphanage, also late at night, the number of people dispatched that day was much larger than today." Mafalda reminded.

"I remember now." Scrimgeour said.

"I think we can investigate this Allen Finis." Mafalda proposed.

"The positioning of the 'Trace' is not very precise; there are so many wizards in Diagon Alley; as long as someone casts a spell, it will be captured by the 'Trace'; the probability that it is this Allen Finis is very small." Scrimgeour objected.

"Anyway, we have no other clues right now; besides, this place is very close to Ollivanders Wand Shop." Mafalda pointed to the Ollivanders Wand Shop not far away and said.

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Allen Finis listened to this rapidly deteriorating conversation on the side; he felt his heart rise to his throat...

In this situation, he couldn't return to the wand shop before these wizards...