17 17.Look At This Pot

"Goldstein, you'd better have a reason," Picquery said coldly.

Tina's face turned pale. She knew she couldn't escape the consequences this time. Moreover, if the officer is reinstated and remains her elite Auror, I'm afraid the entire Magical Congress will no longer have a place for her.

Nevertheless, she spoke up. She couldn't ignore New York's catastrophe. In the magical world of the United States, where the Auror profession is excessively revered, Tina's passion for pursuing her predecessors and her sense of justice remains.

"Yes, I do, President," Tina took a deep breath and retrieved the box confiscated from Newt. "There are many magical creatures in this box. Unfortunately, they escaped..."

"Magical creatures?!"

"Could it be that the streets of New York..."

"Where did this box come from?"

"Did Grindelwald do this? To use magical animals in the United States as he did in Europe?"

The participants buzzed with conversation, and the British representative looked unhappy.

Newt, an employee of the British Ministry of Magic, or at least he used to be, understands the ways of Hufflepuffs better than anyone.

The charming female minister, representing Brazil, also regarded Newt with a peculiar expression.

Newt had been to Brazil before, and because the Ministry of Magic highly values magical animals and plants, they welcomed any wizard who adored these creatures. Newt, being an expert in the field of magical creatures, had a delightful experience during his exchanges in Brazil.

Coincidentally, due to their close friendship, they were aware that Newt possessed a magical suitcase...

Grindelwald, sitting next to Newt on the stairs, said smoothly, "My Aurors informed me that they discovered a venomous horned beast running wild in New York's Central Park, along with other magical animals scattered throughout the city..."

These words proved enticing. Picquery, who had been seated in the Magical Congress, was convinced. She inquired, "Whose box is this?"

Without Tina needing to respond, everyone naturally directed their attention to Newt and Jacob, who were bound.

Picquery waved her wand and removed the seal from Newt's mouth.

"No! President, the destruction in New York was not caused by magical animals!" Newt exclaimed, but when faced with the pressure of hundreds of people, Newt, already somewhat fearful of society, lost much of his momentum. "At least, not entirely..."

"Did you arrive in the United States yesterday?" Picquery asked Newt.

Newt didn't understand why, but he instinctively nodded.

Picquery laughed angrily. "Ha! An unregistered wizard unleashing magical creatures in New York..."

"No..." Newt attempted to speak in his defense, but he couldn't find the words. He did not enter through the Ministry of Magic but went through Muggle customs. He was smuggling into the country.

Although smuggling into the magical world is not a big deal, it is not something that can be stated openly.

The Magical Congress of Magnesia prohibits raising magical animals in any form - this is something he only learned from Tina during the day.

The two faults are added together, and the fault comes first, which makes his argument very unconvincing.

"And you," Picqueli rushed to Tina, "You didn't think you should come and tell us until someone was killed and half of New York was destroyed terribly?"

Tina was horrified. "No, Ma'am, I just found out about it too!"

"Enough!" Picquery rudely interrupted Tina's defense again. Under the influence of preconceptions, Picquery would not believe anything Tina said.

"Arrest them!"

"No!" Tina's wand was instantly withdrawn, and she and Jacob received the same treatment as Newt - their hands were tied and they were clipped behind their backs.

"No! No! Don't hurt those creatures, please, you don't understand, they won't cause harm to anything!" Newt begged in panic.

Picquery sneered. "It won't cause any harm?!" Almost word for word, she waved her magic wand and photos of the tragedy on the streets of New York were printed in the air.

Among the ruins, the injured were wailing, and the tragic body parts of the deceased were visible.

These victims would have seemed familiar to Aurelius if he had seen them. These people who were killed were all people who had sinned against Credence in one way or another.

The final highlight is, of course, Henry Shaw - this young and promising presidential candidate has even been regarded as a future president!

Aurelius didn't even intend to care about this unlucky guy, but with Obscurus, simple hatred turned into a way to kill him.

Newt's eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to have found the only hope. His voice became sharp. "No! This was not done by a magical creature! No magical creature can cause such death!"

... After hearing Newt's words, many people hesitated.

To be honest, most of them are politicians, not magical beast experts. Before Newt became famous, magical beasts were not taken seriously by wizards, and their understanding of magical animals and magical plants was very superficial.

They were a little unsure whether Newt was telling the truth or not.

Of course, politicians don't care about the truth at all, but this time, they are facing the entire wizarding community and the Muggle community, and they must know the truth.

Picquery also doesn't understand magical creatures. There are only two people in the entire America who do because the MACUSA completely prohibits the breeding of magical creatures. She couldn't help but gaze at Veccia Santos, the Brazilian Minister of Magic.

Brazilian wizards have always been adept at controlling magical creatures, and Santos is no exception. After exchanging glances with several Brazilian wizards, she subtly shook her head at Picquery.

"Really?" Picquery was taken aback. She was on the verge of blaming the British Ministry of Magic.

"What's this, Mr. Scamander?"

Newt approached, his hands tucked behind his back. Picquery also brought up the reappearances of Henry's death and several others who had experienced similar deaths to Newt.

Newt studied the information for a while, suspecting it was an Obscurus. He had witnessed people being killed by Obscurus before, but the circumstances surrounding these deaths were different.

"It's an Obscurus... Although the manner of death is different, it aligns with the characteristics of an Obscurus attack." Newt nodded gravely.

These deceased individuals appeared mummified but without any blood drained from their bodies. Their blood was still inside.

This closely resembles the characteristics of an Obscurus attack. Those killed by an Obscurus also tend to appear worn out.

"Obscurus?!"

"Impossible!"

"Impossible!"

...This time, the uproar was even greater.

Picquery narrowed his eyes, "Don't go too far, Mr. Scamander! There are no Obscurials in America!"

The country of America was once a place where obscurities were rampant. The reason is the same old story: the Salem witch hunt.

Due to the large number of hunts and killings of wizards, those young wizards had to suppress their magic power and even had a desire to survive and an aversion to magic power. This led to the frequent occurrence of Obscurials, and then the destruction caused by the Obscurials, which caused No-Majs to hate and hate wizards even more, and the cycle started over and over again, forming a vicious cycle.

But after the implementation of "Rappaport's Law", wizards and No-Majs were isolated from the world, and the birth of Obscurus inevitably required the young wizard to suppress his magic power. Is this possible something that would happen to wizard families?

Newt pointed out that the attack may have been carried out by the Obscurial, which was a slap in the face to President Picquery.

It is almost equivalent to accusing the Magical Congress, of failing to protect wizard children and failing to enforce the secrecy law, resulting in wizard children living in the No-Maj world. Only in this way can it be possible to give birth to Obscurus.

Good guy, just now he was planning to blame the British Ministry of Magic, but now Newt is going to blame the Magical Council of the United States?

Can this be tolerated?

Anyway, she couldn't bear it for Picquery.

"Graves! Seize that box! Take them into custody, all Aurors! Capture all the magical animals in the city, and if necessary - kill them!"

"No!"