Chapter 406 Isolated Fudge
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Bai Bai Le Kai Shui
Little Barty actually knew that things were not going so smoothly tonight when he saw Tver coming back with a few intact students.
With the Dark Lord's cruel temper, it's impossible for those students to be fine!
As a result, the Dark Lord only left a wound on Potter's face!
Realizing that something was wrong, after confirming that the Dark Lord was successfully resurrected, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos and sneak away.
But he didn't expect that not only did he fail to leave here, but he was also heartbroken by Tver...
"No matter what, the Dark Lord has been successfully resurrected!" Barty Jr. smiled ferociously.
"With his ability, he will soon be able to gather Death Eaters who are willing to obey his orders and rule the magical world again!"
"impossible!"
Fudge suddenly yelled.
"It's all an illusion! This can't really happen. How can the dead be resurrected? I've never heard of such a thing!"
"Yes, it must be Barty Crouch. It must be him. In order to bring panic to the magical world, he destroyed the peaceful situation that I worked so hard to manage so that he could take advantage of the chaos to replace me!"
"Fudge!" Dumbledore came back to his senses, the calmness of his expression clearly contrasting with Fudge's madness.
"If Voldemort is not dead, then he just got a body from the state of a lonely ghost, that's all."
"He doesn't deserve your fear, and he shouldn't let the mistake of being greedy for power happen to you."
"Fear?!" Fudge sneered, but his face looked very distorted.
"I'm not afraid, I just don't want people with ulterior motives to destroy the peace of the magical world!"
"The only one who destroys peace is Voldemort."
"No Voldemort!" he roared, and it took him a moment to realize that he had said the name for the first time.
"...I mean, the mysterious man!" He swallowed in panic.
"Alright, Bagman, notify Delis and ask him to bring the Aurors and, of course, the Dementors!"
Bagman, who had been watching the show, heard his name being called. He glanced at Dumbledore hesitantly, and when he saw that there was no intention to stop him, he quietly turned around and left.
But he didn't expect that this action would sting Fudge's heart and drain away the last bit of respect he had for Dumbledore.
In other words, fear.
"Barty Crouch Jr. was instructed by his father to send these children out of Hogwarts in a coordinated manner, and then instilled some inappropriate ideas into them, with the intention of disrupting the situation in the wizarding world!"
He demonstratively looked at Dumbledore and recited a long passage as if he were reading.
But Fleur, who saw Voldemort's resurrection scene with her own eyes, couldn't bear it.
"We did see the Dark Lord resurrected. If Professor Welfare hadn't saved us, we wouldn't have come back safe and sound. How do you explain this?"
"I said," Fudge turned back quickly, staring at her and the three Viktors who were trying to respond with cold eyes, "This is an illusion!"
"Little Barty cannot lie in the state of Veritaserum." A calm voice spoke at this time.
Harry turned his head and looked happily, but he didn't expect that it was Snape who explained to them!
Fudge smiled proudly.
"Veritaserum makes it impossible for a person to lie, but he will only tell things that he 100% believes. As for the truth, Crouch is obviously hiding it, isn't he?"
After this set of self-justifying logic, Snape stared at Fudge coldly, unable to say anything.
In fact, this is the reason why the Ministry of Magic does not dare to use Veritaserum when interrogating suspects.
After all, in the magical world, it is too easy to modify a person's memory.
If Aurors relied on the effect of Veritaserum, they would be easily deceived by dark wizards using bait, or even set traps for them!
Seeing Snape not speaking and Dumbledore gradually becoming silent, the smile on Fudge's face became more and more arrogant.
"It seems that everyone has no objections, so let these children go back quickly. I remember Dumbledore said that the curfew time is up, right?"
"Hagrid, please take Harry and Cedric to the school hospital and let Madam Pomfrey check them out."
"Of course, Karkaroff and Ms. Maxim, you can also bring Viktor and Fleur there."
Dumbledore rarely agreed with Fudge's thoughts. Although it was just two simple sentences, in Fudge's eyes, it was Dumbledore's compromise with him!
"Well, Albus, I think you have not forgotten our agreement, that is..." Karkaroff suddenly said to Dumbledore coyly.
As for Fudge’s thoughts…
Come on, if the Ministry of Magic is useful, then Dumbledore was used to stand up against the Dark Lord last time? !
"...Don't worry, that agreement still stands." Dumbledore responded speechlessly.
Karkaroff was relieved now, and happily dragged Viktor away who still wanted to eat melon.
After the group left, only Fudge, Dumbledore, Snape, Turville, and little Barty, who was firmly tied to the ground, were left in the central area of the maze.
Of course, the trophy is still sitting alone on the high platform, waiting for any warrior to come over and protect it...
However, the scene did not remain deserted for long, as Bagman came back with Delis with great efficiency.
But I only brought back Delish.
Facing Fudge's slightly displeased look, he himself was confused.
"Well, as soon as I arrived at the school gate, I saw Delis coming."
"Forget it, Delis came just in time!" Fudge's momentum suddenly rose, pointing arrogantly at Dumbledore.
"Catch him and take him back for processing."
Malvolio was stunned by Fudge's arrogance.
Not to mention him, even Gartwell would not be stupid enough to arrest Dumbledore so arrogantly!
"Ahem, I mean, Barty Jr. behind Dumbledore!"
Fudge originally wanted to scare Dumbledore, but he didn't expect that everyone present, including Delis and Bagman, looked at him like a clown!
"Send him back to Azkaban directly and let the dementors entertain him!" In order to save face, he raised his eyebrows at Dumbledore demonstratively.
But he didn't expect that his most trusted Delis would embarrass him.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Minister, the newly appointed Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Ms. Cynthia, asked me to bring little Barty back to the Ministry of Magic. She said that little Barty was involved in a secret plan of the Ministry of Magic." Ma Fu Leo said forcefully but politely.
"Cynthia?" Fudge was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked back at Tver, only to see a sarcastic smile.
It made him even more angry than Snape's sneer next to him!
He glared angrily at Malvolio.
"I am the Minister of Magic, you can only obey my orders!"
"Sorry." Malvolio's smile disappeared.
"I am an Auror from the Ministry of Magic, not your house elf..."
"Cough cough."
"Well, I'm not your slave. I will only abide by the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Magic."
Fudge immediately realized something was wrong, and his shocked eyes flickered back and forth between Malvolio and Tweel.
"It turns out that you have been colluding together for a long time!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, but Malvolio showed no intention to refute.
He immediately understood that he was in an isolated and helpless situation here, and he missed his assistant Percy who had returned to the castle first to accompany his mother.
Thinking of this, he glared around, waved his sleeves and strode away from here.
When he comes next time, he must make these people look good!
With the Dark Lord's cruel temper, it's impossible for those students to be fine!
As a result, the Dark Lord only left a wound on Potter's face!
Realizing that something was wrong, after confirming that the Dark Lord was successfully resurrected, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos and sneak away.
But he didn't expect that not only did he fail to leave here, but he was also heartbroken by Tver...
"No matter what, the Dark Lord has been successfully resurrected!" Barty Jr. smiled ferociously.
"With his ability, he will soon be able to gather Death Eaters who are willing to obey his orders and rule the magical world again!"
"impossible!"
Fudge suddenly yelled.
"It's all an illusion! This can't really happen. How can the dead be resurrected? I've never heard of such a thing!"
"Yes, it must be Barty Crouch. It must be him. In order to bring panic to the magical world, he destroyed the peaceful situation that I worked so hard to manage so that he could take advantage of the chaos to replace me!"
"Fudge!" Dumbledore came back to his senses, the calmness of his expression clearly contrasting with Fudge's madness.
"If Voldemort is not dead, then he just got a body from the state of a lonely ghost, that's all."
"He doesn't deserve your fear, and he shouldn't let the mistake of being greedy for power happen to you."
"Fear?!" Fudge sneered, but his face looked very distorted.
"I'm not afraid, I just don't want people with ulterior motives to destroy the peace of the magical world!"
"The only one who destroys peace is Voldemort."
"No Voldemort!" he roared, and it took him a moment to realize that he had said the name for the first time.
"...I mean, the mysterious man!" He swallowed in panic.
"Alright, Bagman, notify Delis and ask him to bring the Aurors and, of course, the Dementors!"
Bagman, who had been watching the show, heard his name being called. He glanced at Dumbledore hesitantly, and when he saw that there was no intention to stop him, he quietly turned around and left.
But he didn't expect that this action would sting Fudge's heart and drain away the last bit of respect he had for Dumbledore.
In other words, fear.
"Barty Crouch Jr. was instructed by his father to send these children out of Hogwarts in a coordinated manner, and then instilled some inappropriate ideas into them, with the intention of disrupting the situation in the wizarding world!"
He demonstratively looked at Dumbledore and recited a long passage as if he were reading.
But Fleur, who saw Voldemort's resurrection scene with her own eyes, couldn't bear it.
"We did see the Dark Lord resurrected. If Professor Welfare hadn't saved us, we wouldn't have come back safe and sound. How do you explain this?"
"I said," Fudge turned back quickly, staring at her and the three Viktors who were trying to respond with cold eyes, "This is an illusion!"
"Little Barty cannot lie in the state of Veritaserum." A calm voice spoke at this time.
Harry turned his head and looked happily, but he didn't expect that it was Snape who explained to them!
Fudge smiled proudly.
"Veritaserum makes it impossible for a person to lie, but he will only tell things that he 100% believes. As for the truth, Crouch is obviously hiding it, isn't he?"
After this set of self-justifying logic, Snape stared at Fudge coldly, unable to say anything.
In fact, this is the reason why the Ministry of Magic does not dare to use Veritaserum when interrogating suspects.
After all, in the magical world, it is too easy to modify a person's memory.
If Aurors relied on the effect of Veritaserum, they would be easily deceived by dark wizards using bait, or even set traps for them!
Seeing Snape not speaking and Dumbledore gradually becoming silent, the smile on Fudge's face became more and more arrogant.
"It seems that everyone has no objections, so let these children go back quickly. I remember Dumbledore said that the curfew time is up, right?"
"Hagrid, please take Harry and Cedric to the school hospital and let Madam Pomfrey check them out."
"Of course, Karkaroff and Ms. Maxim, you can also bring Viktor and Fleur there."
Dumbledore rarely agreed with Fudge's thoughts. Although it was just two simple sentences, in Fudge's eyes, it was Dumbledore's compromise with him!
"Well, Albus, I think you have not forgotten our agreement, that is..." Karkaroff suddenly said to Dumbledore coyly.
As for Fudge’s thoughts…
Come on, if the Ministry of Magic is useful, then Dumbledore was used to stand up against the Dark Lord last time? !
"...Don't worry, that agreement still stands." Dumbledore responded speechlessly.
Karkaroff was relieved now, and happily dragged Viktor away who still wanted to eat melon.
After the group left, only Fudge, Dumbledore, Snape, Turville, and little Barty, who was firmly tied to the ground, were left in the central area of the maze.
Of course, the trophy is still sitting alone on the high platform, waiting for any warrior to come over and protect it...
However, the scene did not remain deserted for long, as Bagman came back with Delis with great efficiency.
But I only brought back Delish.
Facing Fudge's slightly displeased look, he himself was confused.
"Well, as soon as I arrived at the school gate, I saw Delis coming."
"Forget it, Delis came just in time!" Fudge's momentum suddenly rose, pointing arrogantly at Dumbledore.
"Catch him and take him back for processing."
Malvolio was stunned by Fudge's arrogance.
Not to mention him, even Gartwell would not be stupid enough to arrest Dumbledore so arrogantly!
"Ahem, I mean, Barty Jr. behind Dumbledore!"
Fudge originally wanted to scare Dumbledore, but he didn't expect that everyone present, including Delis and Bagman, looked at him like a clown!
"Send him back to Azkaban directly and let the dementors entertain him!" In order to save face, he raised his eyebrows at Dumbledore demonstratively.
But he didn't expect that his most trusted Delis would embarrass him.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Minister, the newly appointed Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Ms. Cynthia, asked me to bring little Barty back to the Ministry of Magic. She said that little Barty was involved in a secret plan of the Ministry of Magic." Ma Fu Leo said forcefully but politely.
"Cynthia?" Fudge was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked back at Tver, only to see a sarcastic smile.
It made him even more angry than Snape's sneer next to him!
He glared angrily at Malvolio.
"I am the Minister of Magic, you can only obey my orders!"
"Sorry." Malvolio's smile disappeared.
"I am an Auror from the Ministry of Magic, not your house elf..."
"Cough cough."
"Well, I'm not your slave. I will only abide by the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Magic."
Fudge immediately realized something was wrong, and his shocked eyes flickered back and forth between Malvolio and Tweel.
"It turns out that you have been colluding together for a long time!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, but Malvolio showed no intention to refute.
He immediately understood that he was in an isolated and helpless situation here, and he missed his assistant Percy who had returned to the castle first to accompany his mother.
Thinking of this, he glared around, waved his sleeves and strode away from here.
When he comes next time, he must make these people look good!
