Chapter 474 Ludo Bagman
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 474 Ludo Bagman
"What's wrong! Is it... those Bulgarians, or those Chinese wizards... Ludo! Who did it!"
asked Mr. Weasley quickly, looking angrily.
The miserable situation of Ludo Bagman shocked everyone.
"Bang bang (help) me... Wetherby!"
Bagman spread out his hand, holding the teeth... bloody in the palm of his hand.
McGuffin saw the roots of those teeth were all in pieces... and it hurt like hell just to look at him.
"Restored as before!"
Mr. Weasley hastily waved his wand, and the broken teeth flew up one by one, and were caught in Bagman's mouth.
After the two fiddled with each other for a long time, Mr. Weasley finally put down his wand, "Okay, that's about it, I can only do this, your injuries look serious... why don't you go to a professional therapist from St. Mungo's?"
Bagman took a few quick breaths, feeling that there was no leak, and then thanked Weasley, "Arthur, thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I really don't know what to do?"
"What's going on? Who did it? Those Japanese wizards? It was the Maori war dance... Uh, it was the New Zealand aboriginal wizards? Or did they say that the Chinese wizards did it? Let's go, we have to find an explanation from Fudge?"
At this time, Mr. Weasley finally had the opportunity to start asking Ludo Bagman what was going on.
"No, no, it wasn't the gringo... Don't get me wrong..." Ludo waved his hand and rejected Mr. Weasley's guess, but he refused to go any further when he went deeper into the reason.
However, this made Mr. Wesley even more suspicious that those foreign wizards did it. Perhaps he was afraid of causing diplomatic disputes, so Lu Duo swallowed this matter with blood.
But because Ludo Bagman himself insisted that the matter be ignored, Mr. Weasley couldn't do much more than ask Bagman to sit down and eat something.
Bagman clutched his cheek and just drank some milk. (He grinned in pain at first, and went directly to leave here to treat his injuries, but after seeing McGuffin here, his eyes lit up again, and he stayed.)
After chatting with Mr. Wesley for a while, Ludo finally took the opportunity to say, "McGuffin Albert... I have something to ask you? Can I talk?"
The guy's tone was indescribably polite, which made everyone present very strange.
Hearing such a sentence suddenly, McGuffin, who was thinking about the relationship between the mountain peak in the sky and the secret realm, and other spatial dimensions, froze for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Ludo Bagman.
"Um, okay?"
Before he agreed, Ludo jumped up with renewed enthusiasm, and directly pulled McGuffin into the woods over there.
After avoiding the Weasleys' tent for a certain distance, Ludo looked carefully at the Ministry of Magic officials passing by in all directions, and then said in an unusually low voice, "McGuffin...you...can you...I have an investment project, maybe you can invest in it?"
He looked very embarrassed.
McGuffin fixed his gaze on Ludo Bagman, this guy... Could it be...
He remembered that in the original plot, Ludo Bagman seemed to owe a lot of money to the goblins now.
Could it be that these injuries were all caused by goblins... No wonder the bruises are so swollen, it looks like they were beaten by a troll.
This guy has been driven to a dead end, and he will try to find a life-saving rope at all costs... Now that he finds himself, he probably treats him as a big fat sheep.
And... McGuffin looked at the woods behind Ludo Bagman... The wind was blowing, the leaves and branches rubbed against each other, and there were faint and sneaky sounds...
- This is a great opportunity!
McGuffin pretended to be worried and asked hesitantly, "What investment project?"
Bagman smiled and said eagerly, "McGuffin, look... Isn't the Quidditch match the final? We can hold a bet and set an odds... I can convince many people to bet... However, I still need some start-up funds. I heard that your werewolf suppression device sold to the Ministry of Magic and made a lot of money. Maybe we can make a lot of money together through this matter."
Seeing that McGuffin didn't respond, he persuaded him even more anxiously, "Albert, this is a very good opportunity! It's really, really good... Not only me, but even the goblins at Gringotts secretly set up similar bets every year... I once participated in it and earned some hard money."
"Fairy?"
"That's right. McGuffin, don't think that a few thousand Galleons are enough to survive in the wizarding world. I used to be so naive... But you don't know that if you want to buy a suitable residence in a village where wizards gather... these Galleons are far from enough."
"What's more... After you graduate, you will know how difficult it is to find a good job in this magical world, especially for a wizard like you who will be rejected by pure-blood wizards..." Ludo said.
"If Muggle wizards can't buy a house in a wizarding place, they'd better find a job in the Ministry of Magic, otherwise they will be reduced to the fringes of the wizarding world... Otherwise, when you are threatened, blackmailed, or even violently treated, no one will speak for you..."
Seeing the startled look in McGuffin's eyes, Ludo continued to threaten, "Albert, don't think that all places in the wizarding world are the same as the ivory tower at Hogwarts...peaceful and safe..."
"The other side of the magical world is the bloody Colosseum....Dark creatures, dark wizards, pure-blood wizards, research madmen...Crazy wizards who secretly even collude with Muggles to explore the essence of magic power abound, but you will never see all this in any newspaper...When you graduate and start a family, these things will all come together...Especially for Muggle wizards like you who have no power but money...Everyone treats you like a big sheep!"
——Don’t you just treat me like a big fat sheep?
McGuffin complained in his heart, but he had to continue to cooperate with Bagman to continue this absurd show.
Because compared to an old fox like Dumbledore... Bagman, a stupid bumblebee, is more reliable, and now that Voldemort is resurrected (when the plot is completely deviated), he must have a timely source of news from the Ministry of Magic to ensure that he can respond in time to ensure his safety.
"Mr. Bagman, what do you mean... I must earn more money to be slaughtered..."
"Well, you must have more money before you can be... Hahaha!"
Ludo Bagman followed the little wizard's words, and then he came to his senses. He looked up at the little wizard's suspicious expression, and after a burst of embarrassing laughter, he hurriedly explained, "Some gold Galleons will only bring disaster, but a large amount of gold coins will give you a certain status in this society...Only a large amount of money allows you to gain access to rights and protect your safety..."
Bagman tried to simplify the explanation, trying to make the little wizard understand that his current situation was not safe, and he wanted to scare McGuffin.
While the guy was explaining endlessly, McGuffin interrupted, "Mr. Bagman, I'm not interested in how much money I make..."
"However, what you said is very reasonable... Just now I received a ban notice from the Department of Magic against the abuse of magic, which proves it... It will be very difficult for a Muggle-born wizard like me to survive in this magical society if I don't have certain rights or connections."
"So... shall we cooperate in another way?"
McGuffin took out a golden card from his pocket, with images of goblins and human wizards printed on it, and a fire-breathing dragon on the back.
Ludo Bagman stared straight at the thing.
"This is?"
"Well, that's right, Gringotts imitated the Muggle Bank's...gold card, this thing is worth a thousand galleons..."
Ludo's eyes glowed with extreme desire, as if he wanted to pounce over and snatch it away, but after coughing twice, he barely suppressed his desire.
McGuffin threw the gold card to Ludo.
Seeing his incredible expression, he said, "Before there is no secret order, this thing is worthless, Mr. Bagman, you should listen to my conditions?"
"What condition?" He seemed a little disappointed when he understood that Bagman was playing with the gold card, but then regained his interest, "Say it?"
"You should have a good relationship with the pure-blood wizards...and other magic departments, right?"
"Let me tell you this... More than half of the seats in the top box are sold or given away by me. I know almost everyone in the Ministry... I can't hide any troubles or movements in the Ministry of Magic... Whatever you want to know, I can tell you!"
Bagman seemed to have noticed something, and he immediately said with ease.
It seems that this is not the first time this kind of intelligence broker has been done.
The Ministry of Magic is so corrupt, it's no wonder Voldemort can easily control it...
McGuffin shook his head in his heart, reconfirming what he thought in his heart. Dumbledore's old fox is unreliable, and pig teammates like the Ministry of Magic should not be counted on.
The revived Voldemort, Gan...you still have to find a way to kill yourself.
If Harry, the child of destiny, is killed by relying on the development of the plot, who knows how long it will take, and whether he will be killed in the process!
Just like that unlucky Cedric Diggory, who just stole Harry's limelight and was killed by the plot.
"How about this? I want to test whether you are really well-informed. If it is true, this card will be given to you... as long as you pay attention to some specific news for me in the future!"
"Ask whatever you want!" Ludo Bagman carefully put the gold card into his pocket. He saw Mr. Weasley stretching his head to inquire in the clearing beyond the woods, so he said hastily,
The guy seemed pretty confident about it.
McGuffin was thinking about the original plot and the current news in the magic world, trying to find a question that was neither important nor revealed his purpose, but could also test Ludo Bagman.
After a moment, he asked, "Do you know anything about Bertha Jorkins, Mr. Bagman!"
McGuffin really wanted to know what happened to Bertha Jorkins in the plot, and from this incident, he could see how much inertia the original plot still had.
"How do you know this? It should have been strictly sealed by Crouch and Fudge..." Bagman asked in a rough voice, extremely surprised, and then he said, "Although everyone who should know knows it, as far as I know... Arthur Weasley hasn't realized it yet. How did you know it, Dumbledore?"
"What happened?" McGuffin asked coldly again without answering.
"Poor old Bertha was attacked by a vampire... When she got lost in a wizard's tavern, she was directly attacked by a vampire afflicted by [bloodthirsty]. The only luck was that this unlucky bastard was not infected by the black magic curse and was afflicted by [bloodthirsty]...so she became a new vampire."
"Who is the vampire?" McGuffin thought immediately of Bellatrix, the only vampire he knew at that moment.
"I don't know, everyone knows that Bertha Jorkins' memory is worse than that of a fish... She has long forgotten why she was there? Why was she attacked, and what did the vampire who attacked her look like?"
"What do you know about this matter? Forget it, don't tell me, this news is worthless... No one will buy it..." Ludo asked back, but then immediately gave up.
"Well, what's the news you want me to keep an eye on?" Bagman said eagerly.
"Pure-blood wizards..." McGuffin thought about the original plot, and added another name, "And Barty Crouch's movements... Tell me if they have any strange movements."
"As for the secret order of the gold card..." McGuffin said, "Alibaba is fighting the forty thieves! (Chinese)"
"what?"
"This is the secret order of this gold card, and you can only use it if you have this card... In Chinese——Alibaba fiercely fights the forty thieves!"
"Chinese?" Crouch was very puzzled, "Ali Papa?"
He imitated and said, the pronunciation was very strange.
Bagman stared at this strange little wizard, a little confused about the meaning of this secret order,
For a moment, Ludo thought of all the strange rumors about the little wizard in front of him in the Ministry of Magic...
But what did it matter to him?
Ludo Bagman in a good mood rubbed the gold card excitedly, and took it out to look at the exciting golden luster.
"Mr. Bagman, remember... you must provide me with information about the pure-blood wizards and Barty Crouch in the future!" McGuffin emphasized again, but Ludo Bagman, who had the golden card and the secret order, obviously did not take the little wizard seriously.
"Uh-huh……"
He dealt with it coldly and perfunctorily.
Although I already knew from the original plot that Ludo Bagman was a bad guy, I didn't expect this guy to turn his face and deny it on the spot.
McGuffin's heart turned cold, and he planned to teach this guy a profound lesson.
"Mr. Bagman . . . let me warn you—"
"There is a price for paying you. You have to do a small thing for me, just a small thing... You must pay attention to the news and movement that you should pay attention to... In this way, everyone will live in peace with each other."
Ludo stopped being obsessed with the golden card, and watched the little wizard threatening him with amused expression.
McGuffin said coldly, "Otherwise you will know... that it is much more comfortable to owe the goblin gold... than to owe me money."
"What about you?... Albert, how do you know? Merlin! I warn you not to talk nonsense..."
Ludo Bagman was taken aback, and hurriedly wanted to intimidate the little wizard, but before he finished speaking, he felt as if he was being strangled by someone...
He saw an extremely frightening scene...
McGuffin waved his hand... Four or five goblins in black robes, two braids, and daggers, seemed to be pulled backwards by an invisible rope... Rolling over from the woods behind Ludo himself, screaming.
--boom!
It fell directly under their feet.
And these goblins are the hateful guys who just taught him a lesson and robbed him of all his gold coins.
"how is this possible?"
Bagman was terrified and couldn't believe it, so he stayed there for a while.
(End of this chapter)
"What's wrong! Is it... those Bulgarians, or those Chinese wizards... Ludo! Who did it!"
asked Mr. Weasley quickly, looking angrily.
The miserable situation of Ludo Bagman shocked everyone.
"Bang bang (help) me... Wetherby!"
Bagman spread out his hand, holding the teeth... bloody in the palm of his hand.
McGuffin saw the roots of those teeth were all in pieces... and it hurt like hell just to look at him.
"Restored as before!"
Mr. Weasley hastily waved his wand, and the broken teeth flew up one by one, and were caught in Bagman's mouth.
After the two fiddled with each other for a long time, Mr. Weasley finally put down his wand, "Okay, that's about it, I can only do this, your injuries look serious... why don't you go to a professional therapist from St. Mungo's?"
Bagman took a few quick breaths, feeling that there was no leak, and then thanked Weasley, "Arthur, thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I really don't know what to do?"
"What's going on? Who did it? Those Japanese wizards? It was the Maori war dance... Uh, it was the New Zealand aboriginal wizards? Or did they say that the Chinese wizards did it? Let's go, we have to find an explanation from Fudge?"
At this time, Mr. Weasley finally had the opportunity to start asking Ludo Bagman what was going on.
"No, no, it wasn't the gringo... Don't get me wrong..." Ludo waved his hand and rejected Mr. Weasley's guess, but he refused to go any further when he went deeper into the reason.
However, this made Mr. Wesley even more suspicious that those foreign wizards did it. Perhaps he was afraid of causing diplomatic disputes, so Lu Duo swallowed this matter with blood.
But because Ludo Bagman himself insisted that the matter be ignored, Mr. Weasley couldn't do much more than ask Bagman to sit down and eat something.
Bagman clutched his cheek and just drank some milk. (He grinned in pain at first, and went directly to leave here to treat his injuries, but after seeing McGuffin here, his eyes lit up again, and he stayed.)
After chatting with Mr. Wesley for a while, Ludo finally took the opportunity to say, "McGuffin Albert... I have something to ask you? Can I talk?"
The guy's tone was indescribably polite, which made everyone present very strange.
Hearing such a sentence suddenly, McGuffin, who was thinking about the relationship between the mountain peak in the sky and the secret realm, and other spatial dimensions, froze for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Ludo Bagman.
"Um, okay?"
Before he agreed, Ludo jumped up with renewed enthusiasm, and directly pulled McGuffin into the woods over there.
After avoiding the Weasleys' tent for a certain distance, Ludo looked carefully at the Ministry of Magic officials passing by in all directions, and then said in an unusually low voice, "McGuffin...you...can you...I have an investment project, maybe you can invest in it?"
He looked very embarrassed.
McGuffin fixed his gaze on Ludo Bagman, this guy... Could it be...
He remembered that in the original plot, Ludo Bagman seemed to owe a lot of money to the goblins now.
Could it be that these injuries were all caused by goblins... No wonder the bruises are so swollen, it looks like they were beaten by a troll.
This guy has been driven to a dead end, and he will try to find a life-saving rope at all costs... Now that he finds himself, he probably treats him as a big fat sheep.
And... McGuffin looked at the woods behind Ludo Bagman... The wind was blowing, the leaves and branches rubbed against each other, and there were faint and sneaky sounds...
- This is a great opportunity!
McGuffin pretended to be worried and asked hesitantly, "What investment project?"
Bagman smiled and said eagerly, "McGuffin, look... Isn't the Quidditch match the final? We can hold a bet and set an odds... I can convince many people to bet... However, I still need some start-up funds. I heard that your werewolf suppression device sold to the Ministry of Magic and made a lot of money. Maybe we can make a lot of money together through this matter."
Seeing that McGuffin didn't respond, he persuaded him even more anxiously, "Albert, this is a very good opportunity! It's really, really good... Not only me, but even the goblins at Gringotts secretly set up similar bets every year... I once participated in it and earned some hard money."
"Fairy?"
"That's right. McGuffin, don't think that a few thousand Galleons are enough to survive in the wizarding world. I used to be so naive... But you don't know that if you want to buy a suitable residence in a village where wizards gather... these Galleons are far from enough."
"What's more... After you graduate, you will know how difficult it is to find a good job in this magical world, especially for a wizard like you who will be rejected by pure-blood wizards..." Ludo said.
"If Muggle wizards can't buy a house in a wizarding place, they'd better find a job in the Ministry of Magic, otherwise they will be reduced to the fringes of the wizarding world... Otherwise, when you are threatened, blackmailed, or even violently treated, no one will speak for you..."
Seeing the startled look in McGuffin's eyes, Ludo continued to threaten, "Albert, don't think that all places in the wizarding world are the same as the ivory tower at Hogwarts...peaceful and safe..."
"The other side of the magical world is the bloody Colosseum....Dark creatures, dark wizards, pure-blood wizards, research madmen...Crazy wizards who secretly even collude with Muggles to explore the essence of magic power abound, but you will never see all this in any newspaper...When you graduate and start a family, these things will all come together...Especially for Muggle wizards like you who have no power but money...Everyone treats you like a big sheep!"
——Don’t you just treat me like a big fat sheep?
McGuffin complained in his heart, but he had to continue to cooperate with Bagman to continue this absurd show.
Because compared to an old fox like Dumbledore... Bagman, a stupid bumblebee, is more reliable, and now that Voldemort is resurrected (when the plot is completely deviated), he must have a timely source of news from the Ministry of Magic to ensure that he can respond in time to ensure his safety.
"Mr. Bagman, what do you mean... I must earn more money to be slaughtered..."
"Well, you must have more money before you can be... Hahaha!"
Ludo Bagman followed the little wizard's words, and then he came to his senses. He looked up at the little wizard's suspicious expression, and after a burst of embarrassing laughter, he hurriedly explained, "Some gold Galleons will only bring disaster, but a large amount of gold coins will give you a certain status in this society...Only a large amount of money allows you to gain access to rights and protect your safety..."
Bagman tried to simplify the explanation, trying to make the little wizard understand that his current situation was not safe, and he wanted to scare McGuffin.
While the guy was explaining endlessly, McGuffin interrupted, "Mr. Bagman, I'm not interested in how much money I make..."
"However, what you said is very reasonable... Just now I received a ban notice from the Department of Magic against the abuse of magic, which proves it... It will be very difficult for a Muggle-born wizard like me to survive in this magical society if I don't have certain rights or connections."
"So... shall we cooperate in another way?"
McGuffin took out a golden card from his pocket, with images of goblins and human wizards printed on it, and a fire-breathing dragon on the back.
Ludo Bagman stared straight at the thing.
"This is?"
"Well, that's right, Gringotts imitated the Muggle Bank's...gold card, this thing is worth a thousand galleons..."
Ludo's eyes glowed with extreme desire, as if he wanted to pounce over and snatch it away, but after coughing twice, he barely suppressed his desire.
McGuffin threw the gold card to Ludo.
Seeing his incredible expression, he said, "Before there is no secret order, this thing is worthless, Mr. Bagman, you should listen to my conditions?"
"What condition?" He seemed a little disappointed when he understood that Bagman was playing with the gold card, but then regained his interest, "Say it?"
"You should have a good relationship with the pure-blood wizards...and other magic departments, right?"
"Let me tell you this... More than half of the seats in the top box are sold or given away by me. I know almost everyone in the Ministry... I can't hide any troubles or movements in the Ministry of Magic... Whatever you want to know, I can tell you!"
Bagman seemed to have noticed something, and he immediately said with ease.
It seems that this is not the first time this kind of intelligence broker has been done.
The Ministry of Magic is so corrupt, it's no wonder Voldemort can easily control it...
McGuffin shook his head in his heart, reconfirming what he thought in his heart. Dumbledore's old fox is unreliable, and pig teammates like the Ministry of Magic should not be counted on.
The revived Voldemort, Gan...you still have to find a way to kill yourself.
If Harry, the child of destiny, is killed by relying on the development of the plot, who knows how long it will take, and whether he will be killed in the process!
Just like that unlucky Cedric Diggory, who just stole Harry's limelight and was killed by the plot.
"How about this? I want to test whether you are really well-informed. If it is true, this card will be given to you... as long as you pay attention to some specific news for me in the future!"
"Ask whatever you want!" Ludo Bagman carefully put the gold card into his pocket. He saw Mr. Weasley stretching his head to inquire in the clearing beyond the woods, so he said hastily,
The guy seemed pretty confident about it.
McGuffin was thinking about the original plot and the current news in the magic world, trying to find a question that was neither important nor revealed his purpose, but could also test Ludo Bagman.
After a moment, he asked, "Do you know anything about Bertha Jorkins, Mr. Bagman!"
McGuffin really wanted to know what happened to Bertha Jorkins in the plot, and from this incident, he could see how much inertia the original plot still had.
"How do you know this? It should have been strictly sealed by Crouch and Fudge..." Bagman asked in a rough voice, extremely surprised, and then he said, "Although everyone who should know knows it, as far as I know... Arthur Weasley hasn't realized it yet. How did you know it, Dumbledore?"
"What happened?" McGuffin asked coldly again without answering.
"Poor old Bertha was attacked by a vampire... When she got lost in a wizard's tavern, she was directly attacked by a vampire afflicted by [bloodthirsty]. The only luck was that this unlucky bastard was not infected by the black magic curse and was afflicted by [bloodthirsty]...so she became a new vampire."
"Who is the vampire?" McGuffin thought immediately of Bellatrix, the only vampire he knew at that moment.
"I don't know, everyone knows that Bertha Jorkins' memory is worse than that of a fish... She has long forgotten why she was there? Why was she attacked, and what did the vampire who attacked her look like?"
"What do you know about this matter? Forget it, don't tell me, this news is worthless... No one will buy it..." Ludo asked back, but then immediately gave up.
"Well, what's the news you want me to keep an eye on?" Bagman said eagerly.
"Pure-blood wizards..." McGuffin thought about the original plot, and added another name, "And Barty Crouch's movements... Tell me if they have any strange movements."
"As for the secret order of the gold card..." McGuffin said, "Alibaba is fighting the forty thieves! (Chinese)"
"what?"
"This is the secret order of this gold card, and you can only use it if you have this card... In Chinese——Alibaba fiercely fights the forty thieves!"
"Chinese?" Crouch was very puzzled, "Ali Papa?"
He imitated and said, the pronunciation was very strange.
Bagman stared at this strange little wizard, a little confused about the meaning of this secret order,
For a moment, Ludo thought of all the strange rumors about the little wizard in front of him in the Ministry of Magic...
But what did it matter to him?
Ludo Bagman in a good mood rubbed the gold card excitedly, and took it out to look at the exciting golden luster.
"Mr. Bagman, remember... you must provide me with information about the pure-blood wizards and Barty Crouch in the future!" McGuffin emphasized again, but Ludo Bagman, who had the golden card and the secret order, obviously did not take the little wizard seriously.
"Uh-huh……"
He dealt with it coldly and perfunctorily.
Although I already knew from the original plot that Ludo Bagman was a bad guy, I didn't expect this guy to turn his face and deny it on the spot.
McGuffin's heart turned cold, and he planned to teach this guy a profound lesson.
"Mr. Bagman . . . let me warn you—"
"There is a price for paying you. You have to do a small thing for me, just a small thing... You must pay attention to the news and movement that you should pay attention to... In this way, everyone will live in peace with each other."
Ludo stopped being obsessed with the golden card, and watched the little wizard threatening him with amused expression.
McGuffin said coldly, "Otherwise you will know... that it is much more comfortable to owe the goblin gold... than to owe me money."
"What about you?... Albert, how do you know? Merlin! I warn you not to talk nonsense..."
Ludo Bagman was taken aback, and hurriedly wanted to intimidate the little wizard, but before he finished speaking, he felt as if he was being strangled by someone...
He saw an extremely frightening scene...
McGuffin waved his hand... Four or five goblins in black robes, two braids, and daggers, seemed to be pulled backwards by an invisible rope... Rolling over from the woods behind Ludo himself, screaming.
--boom!
It fell directly under their feet.
And these goblins are the hateful guys who just taught him a lesson and robbed him of all his gold coins.
"how is this possible?"
Bagman was terrified and couldn't believe it, so he stayed there for a while.
(End of this chapter)
