Chapter 551 Barty Crouch investigation ends

Barty Crouch?

Kyle felt like he hadn't heard this name in more than half a year.

Not long after the school started, after Sirius was acquitted, Barty Crouch was criticized by everyone for not trying Sirius and putting him in Azkaban.

In fact, speaking of it, there was nothing wrong with this kind of thing at the time. Even Sirius himself thought so... Kyle remembered that he even had a good opinion of Crouch.

Before Voldemort fell, Crouch advocated the use of some tough measures to give the Aurors some new rights.

They no longer can only arrest, but have the right to kill, and are allowed to use the Unforgivable Curse on Death Eaters... Sirius is not the first person to be handed over directly to the Dementors without trial.

This kind of violence against violence made Aurors as ruthless and ruthless as many Death Eaters. Although it doesn't sound like that now, in that chaotic era, it really made many People survived.

And it is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Magic has been able to keep the Death Eaters evenly matched for several years.

In the end, if his son, Barty Crouch Jr., was not confirmed to be a Death Eater, Fudge would not be the current Minister of Magic.

Therefore, Sirius actually doesn't hold a grudge against Crouch that much. He just wants to regain his freedom so that he can take care of Harry, rather than holding anyone responsible.

But even so, Crouch was investigated for this mistake on the grounds that he was suspected of intentionally helping Peter Pettigrew cover up his crimes and damaging the reputation of the Ministry of Magic.

And the investigation lasted for half a year.

Kyle looked at the photo in the newspaper.

In just half a year, Barty Crouch seemed like a different person. His neatly trimmed beard became messy, and his whole person became extremely depressed.

On the contrary, Fudge in the photo looked very satisfied.

"He is probably very happy. No one can compete with him for the minister's position..." Kyle cursed in his heart.

But Kyle didn't care.

He continued to read the newspaper.

The investigation into Crouch contained no substantive evidence of his connection to the Death Eaters.

So after the investigation was completed, he could still continue to work in the Ministry of Magic and retained his position as Director.

The only difference is that he was transferred from the International Magical Cooperation Department to the Magical Transportation Department.

This is probably the most fringe department of the Ministry of Magic, only slightly better than the Department of Physical Education and Sports.

Of course, it's not that the Department of Magical Transportation is unimportant, it just depends on who you compare with.

If people were asked to choose between the Department of International Magical Cooperation and the Department of Magical Transportation for the same position, 100% of the time no one would choose the latter.

In addition, except for Crouch, all other people under investigation also left their original positions and were reassigned to more peripheral departments, such as the Department of Magical Sports and Sports.

Ludo Bagman should be very happy, after all, this is the first time that so many people have been assigned to his department.

However, the Ministry of Magic does not seem to want to publicize this matter. Logically speaking, such important news must be placed on the front page, but this time it only appeared on the back of the newspaper, an inconspicuous corner, and most of the content was There is only one result in one stroke.

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"It must have been Fudge."

During the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning, Sirius stood next to Kyle and said in a low voice.

I don't know if it was because of Crouch's matter, Professor Moody took a leave of absence, so before he came back, the fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class was also handed over to Sirius.

He asked the students to review the Iron Armor Curse they had learned before, and he ran next to Kyle and chatted about what was in the newspaper.

"It must be Fudge, I can guarantee it." Sirius continued: "He himself is a person who is extremely obsessed with power, and he just took advantage of this opportunity to remove those who supported Crouch from important positions in one fell swoop.

"I don't know if you have noticed that almost all those under investigation this time are people from the International Magical Cooperation Department and the Legal Enforcement Department.

Although there are many people in other departments who are related to this incident and firmly support Crouch, nothing happened to them. "

"Does this need to be said?" Kyle said: "Except for the Minister of Magic, even if others have suitable reasons, it is impossible to mobilize so many people at once."

"I don't like Fudge." Sirius looked around and lowered his voice again, "Although I regained my freedom because of him, I just don't like him. He is a little too obsessed with power.

"Moreover, he has hinted more than once that he wants me to accept more interviews with the Daily Prophet and highlight how I was acquitted."

"Obviously, he wants to establish an image of himself as fair and serious," Kyle said. "Fudge is the interrogator of the retrial. As long as you mention the retrial, you can't avoid him no matter what."

"Yes, that's it."

Sirius said with some irritation, "I have been interviewed three times before, but he still keeps asking owls to deliver letters to me... as if he wants me to cry about my experience in the Daily Prophet every day. "

"Who made you be portrayed as a tragic hero at that time?" Kyle said with a smile, "Of course he wanted to use this opportunity to promote himself more."

"Who says it isn't?" Sirius shook his head, "I really didn't want to continue saying those things that I repeated countless times, so I just wanted to find a reason to hide away, and then I came to Hogwarts.

"I really didn't expect that Dumbledore would actually agree to let me come to Hogwarts to be a professor... To be honest, I have to thank Fudge again. It was because he was so annoying that I had the opportunity to teach Harry in person. .”

Kyle looked at the cheerful Sirius and suddenly didn't know what to say. How to say it? He felt that Dumbledore was the one who wanted to thank Fudge the most.

Dumbledore's biggest problem every year was how to find a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. When someone came to the door, he certainly couldn't refuse.

But from the look of Sirius, he didn't seem to care about this.

In order not to attract too many people's attention, Sirius quickly went elsewhere to guide those who had not yet completed the Iron Armor Curse.

After not practicing for several months, some people have almost forgotten this magic spell.

Sirius walked around in a circle until he came to Kyle again when get out of class was about to end.

"I really don't know what the Ministry of Magic will be like in the future." Sirius looked out the window and said: "Fudge's methods are very clever, but his character... Forget it, let's not talk about it. After all, I regained my freedom because of him. .”

He suddenly sighed, "In short, without Crouch's restriction, Fudge will no longer have to worry about someone threatening his position as minister. To be honest, this is not a good thing for the Ministry of Magic." .”

"Isn't there still a principal?" said Connor on the side: "People say that he trusts Professor Dumbledore very much, and every year when he encounters a problem, he comes to Hogwarts to ask the principal's opinion."

"Yes... Dumbledore is here too." Sirius said, but his tone was a little forced.

He didn't know what happened in the past few years, but this year, since he became a professor, Fudge has not come to Dumbledore once.

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