Chapter 316 The storm is coming

Bagman was taken away, and Mr. Crouch's body was also taken away by the Aurors. The Aurors will conduct an autopsy on his body at the Ministry of Magic in order to obtain some other information.

Unfortunately, not everyone wants Crouch's body to be autopsyed.

You must know that Mr. Crouch is a very popular official. At this time, his former subordinates and friends jumped out one after another and prevented the autopsy from being carried out on the grounds that the body could not be desecrated.

In desperation, the Ministry of Magic had no choice but to bury Mr. Crouch's body.

Fudge, then Minister of Magic of the United States, also appeared at the funeral. He also announced that since Mr. Crouch had no other relatives, the funeral was held and all expenses were paid by the Ministry of Magic.

He said that this was a reward for outstanding officials like Crouch who had served the Ministry of Magic for a lifetime, and said that in the future he would make this a practice and write it into the bill and establish a foundation to ensure that everyone who has no relatives Ministry of Magic staff are able to have a decent burial when they die.

As soon as this statement came out, the whole country was immediately applauded. According to statistics, after major mainstream media reported this incident, Secretary Fudge’s vote share increased a lot, reaching more than 40%. If nothing else happens If so, Minister Fudge should be able to be re-elected as minister in the future.

Of course, some tabloids claimed that Fudge was a hypocrite. They also used a picture of Fudge wiping tears at Crouch's funeral as the cover and called it Crocodile Tears.

They discovered the truth to a large extent, but the reality is that their power is too small, and their weak voice was quickly drowned out by the praises of the mainstream media.

At this point, not many people care about how Mr. Crouch died.

Everyone has gotten what they want.

According to Mike's idea, Fudge's next step should be to quickly get Bagman to admit that he killed Crouch, and then execute Bagman to build up his reputation.

As for whether Bagman is the real murderer, it really doesn't matter at all.

Mike didn't believe that politicians like Fudge would care about boring things like the truth. People like them should only care about one thing.

That is benefit, a greater and greater benefit!

In this way, Mike can rest assured. Regardless of whether Bagman is Barty Jr. pretending to be Barty Jr., as long as he is executed or thrown into Azkaban, then Mike can eliminate an option.

It's a pity that Fudge was stupid again. Instead of doing what Mike had imagined, he released Bagman that day after conducting some basic questions about him.

Bagman did not rush back to Hogwarts after he was released. Instead, he returned to Hogwarts a month later, after Mr. Crouch's funeral was held.

Maybe he thought this would draw less attention to him, but he obviously underestimated the level of gossip among Hogwarts students.

When he appeared in the Hogwarts auditorium again, the originally bustling auditorium immediately became silent. Everyone instinctively held their breath and looked curiously at the man in front of them who still looked energetic.

Bagman obviously didn't care much about the looks of the students. Without saying a word, he walked silently through the auditorium and towards the stairs. Looking at that direction, he should be looking for Dumbledore.

When Bagman disappeared from everyone's sight, a burst of intensive whispers broke out in the auditorium.

During this period, the murder of Mr. Crouch caused a lot of trouble for this group of students. Many people were trying their best to find out or fabricate inside stories about Bagman and Crouch in order to be able to tell their classmates. Let's show off.

Originally, the heat of this matter should have cooled down a month later, but the sudden appearance of the protagonist Bagman at this moment immediately made the students' already cooled hearts become heated again.

"To be honest, I'm not surprised at all that Bagman wants to kill Crouch!" Draco said excitedly, "My father told me that they had actually become enemies for a long time. That was when the mysterious man disappeared just now. At that time, Bagman leaked a piece of information to a Death Eater, and then Crouch wanted to use this matter to put Bagman in Azkaban. Unfortunately, Bagman was a Quidditch star, and many people on the jury were his fans, so Crouch's proposal was not passed."

There were not many people present, only Mike, Penelo, Hermione and Ron.

After hearing this, the four of them did not reply. Among them, Ron and Hermione had a look of disgust on their faces.

Mike shook his head. He came to find Harry, but he was entangled by Draco just as he met Hermione and Ron.

Drake was not annoyed when no one answered, and continued:

"And Mr. Crouch's son, Barty Crouch Jr., is also an amazing person. He achieved twelve excellent results in the Ultimate Wizard Level Examination! And after graduation, he also joined the mysterious man , became one of the most powerful assistants of the mysterious man. Unfortunately, after the mysterious man fell, he was imprisoned in Azkaban by his biological father, Mr. Crouch, and finally died there. My father said If he hadn't died and been imprisoned in Azkaban, he might have taken his father's place by now."

"You mean the twelve are excellent?"

Hermione exclaimed, and a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of Mike and Penello.

They all have a very clear understanding of how difficult the ultimate wizard level exam is. Each of these twelve courses is extremely advanced and requires a lot of energy or outstanding talent to learn well. Therefore, most of them of students will only take a few of the twelve subjects.

But even so, it is extremely difficult to get an 'excellent' rating in the exams for the subjects they choose. Take Potions for example. If you want to get an excellent rating at the ultimate wizard level in Potions, you need to Be able to skillfully make a variety of advanced magic potions including elixirs, and the success rate must exceed the dividing line drawn by the invigilator.

It can be seen that little Barty was definitely the kind of academic who dominated all subjects when he was at Hogwarts, and there is a high probability that he also got the help of a time turner. Otherwise, even if he is a genius, he would not be able to study at the same time. Twelve Ultimate Courses.

Just when everyone was sighing that little Barty was so scary, Ron suddenly said disdainfully:

"What's so great about this!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the room looked at him, and Drake even showed contempt, and directly said sarcastically:

"Weasley family, although I have known that you are an ignorant and stupid person, you have just exceeded my expectations of you. I really can't imagine that a person can be so stupid. Could it be that you Don’t you even know what the Ultimate Wizard Level Exam is?”

"Get out of here! Malfoy! You're not welcome here! Why are you stuck here like a dog-skin plaster?"

Looking at Ron who was blushing and having a thick neck, the look of disdain on Draco's face became even stronger.

He curled his lips, put on a gentle look and said to Mike:

"It seems like you don't have the final say whether you welcome me or not, right? I came here to find Mike, and it's him who drives me away!"

Hearing this, Ron quickly looked at Mike with expectant eyes, but Mike didn't say a word. Instead, he looked at Ron like he was a fool.

They had a feud before about Zhou Hong. Why did Ron think that he would help him for no reason?

Seeing that Mike was silent and showed no intention of chasing anyone away, Draco smiled, very happily.

On the other hand, Ron felt very uncomfortable.

His face turned as red as his hair again, and he ran away with an urgent roar.

"Ron!"

Hermione called Ron's name anxiously, but to no avail, Ron ran away without looking back.

The angry Hermione first glared at Draco fiercely and then looked at Mike, as if she wanted to accuse Mike of his previous inaction.

At this time, Draco also felt something bad. Now he did not dare to underestimate Hermione, a mudblood. Rita Skeeter's article described her as a bad woman with deep scheming and monstrous means. The young Draco naturally believed that report, and coupled with the various rumors among his classmates about Hermione and Mike having an affair, Draco quickly said:

"Oh! Mike, I suddenly thought of something else, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, just like Ron before, he left without looking back, leaving only Mike and others speechless.

Hermione really didn't like Draco. Even though Draco had fled in a hurry, she still stared fiercely in the direction he left.

"Hermione, so where did Harry go?"

Hearing this, Hermione finally turned her head. She glared at Mike angrily and said:

"He started having nightmares again and is currently receiving treatment in the principal's office."

"Huh? Didn't he say that his headache was cured last time? Why did he start having nightmares again?"

"I don't know either." Hermione looked worried. "This morning he suddenly said that he had a terrible dream last night, and then he went to find Dumbledore!"

Mike nodded and said nothing.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Hey guys, what are you talking about?"

Everyone heard the sound and saw Harry walking towards them as if nothing had happened.

"Harry, what did Dumbledore say? Can he cure your illness?"

Facing Hermione's eager inquiry, Harry smiled awkwardly and replied:

"It's nothing serious."

"Yeah?"

Hermione's brows furrowed.

"Harry, can you tell us what kind of dream you had?" Mike asked, "You know, we are all worried about you."

Harry lowered his head and remained silent. After a long time, he raised his head, took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, and said:

"I dreamed about Voldemort, and Peter Pettigrew, and oh, by the way, there was a big snake! In my dream, Voldemort was torturing Peter Pettigrew, gouging out his bones with Cruciatus (Harry's voice when talking about this curse) Starting to tremble)!”

The two girls, Hermione and Penello, couldn't help but become nervous after hearing this.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just a dream." Harry comforted with a forced smile, "Maybe it's just because I have thoughts and dreams every day and night. As you know, there have been many people in school these days. It is said that Mr. Crouch was killed because he exposed Voldemort's return plan. I may have had this dream because I heard too much."

Hermione nodded upon hearing this, what Harry said did make sense.

But Mike's brows furrowed. Among everyone present, he was the only one who knew that there was still a piece of Voldemort's soul hidden in Harry's soul, and there was a spiritual bridge between him and Voldemort.

This means that Harry's dream about Voldemort has a high probability of being true.

And if Harry's dream is what really happened, then it means that Voldemort is really back.

Seeing that Mike still looked worried, Harry smiled.

He was very happy that he had such a group of close friends. This joy even dispersed the fear and worry caused by the nightmares before.

But although Harry was happy that his friend could worry about him, he still comforted him:

"It's okay Mike, really. Oh! By the way! Dumbledore also told me some information about the third project when we were in the office just now."

At this point, Harry paused and looked around cautiously. When he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he leaned close to Mike's ear and whispered:

"The third project will be held on the night of June 24th. After dinner that day, we will be taken to the Quidditch pitch. A large maze is being built there, and we will enter it then. In that maze, whoever reaches the end first will be the final champion. But it’s not that easy to reach the end. They put a lot of dangerous mechanisms and magical creatures in the maze, and those things will prevent the warriors from reaching the end!"

Although he already knew these things, Mike still thanked Harry, and Harry waved his hands repeatedly and said that this was just normal help between friends.

Afterwards, several people chatted for a while, and then Mike and Penello said goodbye to the two of them and returned to the Ravenclaw lounge.

On the way, Penello suddenly approached Mike's ear and asked softly:

"What do you think happened to Draco today? Why is he suddenly trying to please us so much? It's obvious that the relationship between us is not good."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Mike's mouth.

"Isn't it obvious?" Mike said. "The Malfoys are looking for cooperation."

"But...why?"

"Does this need to be said? The Malfoy family must have encountered some trouble."

Penello nodded when he heard this, frowned and asked:

"Then do we really want to cooperate with them?"

The smile on Mike's face became even brighter now.

"Of course, if you can make money, why can't we cooperate?"