Chapter 303 303. The Dark Lord May Need Help

A new week has arrived.

On Monday morning, Scott came to the hall with his roommates to have breakfast with his books.

"This Saturday is our first game of the school year." Roger said to Scott.

"The opponent is Gryffindor." Eddie said, "Of course, this is also the first time our tactical advisory group has participated in the game. I have collected enough information about the opponent, and others have begun to formulate tactics!"

When the two spoke, they turned their heads and stared at Scott.

Even Milton said, "You can't push yourself too hard, Scott, it's also good to watch the game occasionally to relax."

"Okay, I know." Scott raised his hands in surrender, "I will go to watch the game on Saturday."

His roommates smiled with satisfaction.

Walking into the hall, Scott glanced at the Gryffindor long table before sitting down.

"What are you looking at?" The sharp "gossip expert" Eddie immediately asked curiously.

Scott glanced at him helplessly, "Nothing."

He ignored Eddie's curious eyes and started eating on his own.

Scott actually wanted to see if Harry had arrived.

He suddenly realized that he could actually understand Voldemort's current situation through Harry.

There is an invisible connection between Harry and Voldemort.

In the "original book", after Voldemort was found by Pettigrew and regained some power, Harry immediately saw him in his dream.

Although Voldemort's restored power was limited at that time, he could only be held in Pettigrew's arms like a baby.

When Voldemort was completely resurrected, the connection between Harry and him became closer, and he saw the scene of Nagini attacking Arthur Weasley in his dream again.

At this time, the owl delivered a new issue of the Daily Prophet.

After reading the newspaper, the students began to disappointingly denounce the Ministry of Magic's incompetence and inaction.

"Look at today's news headlines, "Operation to Recapture Edinburgh: Research in the Department of Mysteries is progressing smoothly, and a major breakthrough will be achieved soon."

"Oh, they said this more than once!"

"That is to say, the Ministry of Magic has not yet started formal action!"

"I bet they have been completely stumped!"

Everyone no longer believes the so-called progress and breakthroughs reported in the newspaper, thinking that it is all the Ministry of Magic fooling everyone.

"Are they just going to let those people occupy Edinburgh forever?"

"They probably have no way to deal with the protective magic outside the castle!"

"The Department of Mysteries has been studying it for a week."

"Won't they invite Dumbledore over?"

While eating, Scott kept an eye on the door. Not long after, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hurried into the hall.

Scott saw the red Q-version doll on Harry's schoolbag at a glance. It was a mini [Harry Potter], which was also a gift Scott had given to Harry when he was sick.

Scott didn't look back. Silently, his magic had connected to the [Harry Potter] doll and conveyed his instructions.

From now on, as long as Harry talked about the keyword [Voldemort], the [Harry Potter] doll would record his words.

And when Scott appeared near it, the doll could repeat the conversation to Scott.

Scott did all this quietly without being discovered by anyone.

At this time, he noticed that his roommates around him also began to discuss the content of today's newspaper.

"He's dead!" Roger said loudly.

"What happened, Eddie?" Scott asked the "gossip expert" beside him.

"Oh, it's Peter Pettigrew. The Ministry of Magic issued a notice that Peter Pettigrew was confirmed dead in Azkaban." Eddie handed the newspaper to Scott.

"Oh?"

Scott reached out to take the newspaper.

There was only a short notice in the corner of the newspaper. The text in the notice announced Pettigrew's death without emotion.

"The cause of death was natural death?" Scott looked at this conclusion in surprise.

Eddie smiled and said, "Surprised, I thought he was executed by the "Dementor's Kiss" just now."

At this moment, the Weasley twins exclaimed loudly from the Gryffindor long table next to him.

"Oh Merlin! Ron, your Scabbers are dead!"

"Poor little Roro! You love it so much!"

Then, Ron's angry roar came from the other side, "Shut up! Fred! Shut up! George!"

Scott put the newspaper in his hand aside and continued to eat.

Natural death?

Scott didn't believe such a statement. He would rather believe that Snape finally found a way to kill Pettigrew.

Although Dumbledore stopped Snape from killing Pettigrew, Scott still felt that he might not give up.

Moreover, a potion master certainly has the ability to make a wizard "die naturally".

Of course, all this is just Scott's irresponsible guess.

After a few more days, the Ministry of Magic's operation to retake Edinburgh Castle seemed to have made no real progress.

And Harry didn't give Scott any feedback.

Maybe Voldemort still hasn't recovered his strength?

On Saturday morning, Scott sat in the lively stands, still thinking about these things in his mind.

Yes, Voldemort himself is just a remnant soul, like a lonely ghost, and has no power.

I'm afraid it's too late for him to avoid Medea now, so how could he jump out before he regains his strength?

Mrs. Hooch's whistle sounded and the Quidditch match began.

Scott sat steadily in the cheering crowd, watching the players flying around in the sky while continuing to think.

It seems that the down-and-out Dark Lord needs a helper.

After all, in the "original book", it was after Pettigrew went to the Albanian forest to find Voldemort's remnant soul and helped him create a baby body that he could temporarily inhabit that the Dark Lord regained some of his power.

But now that Pettigrew is dead, Scott thought, what the Dark Lord needs now is his most loyal subordinate - Barty Crouch Jr.

Barty Crouch Jr. is the son of Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic.

This son was also the reason why Barty Crouch, who was the Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement, failed in his bid for the position of Minister of Magic.

A high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic who had tried many Death Eaters had his own son turn out to be a Death Eater. This was a huge scandal.

And Barty Crouch Jr. was a very loyal Death Eater.

After Voldemort failed, in order to find the whereabouts of the Dark Lord, he and several Death Eaters used the Cruciatus Curse to torture the Longbottoms to find out the information, causing the two to be completely tortured and went crazy.

Everyone knows that this crazy young man was sentenced to life in Azkaban by his unselfish father, and eventually died in prison.

But Scott, who knew much of the "original" plot, knew even more.

Barty Crouch Jr. didn't die, his mother saved him.

The mother begged her husband to swap herself with her son—

She transformed into Barty Jr. through Polyjuice Potion and died in Azkaban in his stead, while the real Barty Jr. took the form of his mother using Polyjuice Potion and was brought home.

After being released from prison, Barty Sr. was disappointed to find that his son was still a fanatical supporter of Voldemort.

In the end, he had to use the Imperius Curse to confine his son at home, put him in an invisibility cloak and have him guarded by house elves.