Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

“Since you have no objections, then… we can start the inspection on the spot! As for who will do the inspection…” President Picquery surveyed the hall, then fixed her gaze on Dumbledore.

“Professor Dumbledore… could you help us examine the memories of the witnesses?”

Dumbledore nodded without hesitation, turning to Lived and Tom, he said, “You wait for me here, don't run around.”

Then, he left his seat and walked towards the stage.

“It's over, Professor Dumbledore is going to be used as a scapegoat…” Lived said helplessly.

Tom asked, “What's going on?”

“If I'm not mistaken, the memories of these witnesses should have been altered by people from the Magical Congress.

The purpose is to target Grindelwald,” Lived said.

“Yeah, indeed… otherwise, where would they get so many witnesses to prove Grindelwald is guilty?” Tom nodded.

“Originally, the American Magical Congress absolutely didn't want to be inspected, otherwise the matter of altering memories would be exposed.

However, now the testimony is overwhelmingly leaning towards Grindelwald…”

Tom said, “You mean, President Picquery suspects that the witnesses' memories have been altered by Grindelwald again?

Hiss… that's right, in that case, they would propose to inspect the memories.

Once it's proven that the witnesses' memories have been modified, then their previous testimonies will all be invalid!”

Lived smiled and said, “I'm afraid… the result may not be as she expects.

So far, Grindelwald hasn't miscalculated a single step… would he not have thought of this?

How do you know that these witnesses are real witnesses?”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“If these witnesses are confirmed to have had their memories modified, then there's nothing to say, but what if… they're just simply lying?

Examining memories doesn't require Legilimency… in front of everyone, Dumbledore can only check if their minds have been tampered with.

”

Tom gasped, “Hiss… in that case, even if they are lying, but without using Legilimency, Dumbledore wouldn't know if they are lying, he can only determine that their minds haven't been modified… in that case, it can only prove that what they said is true!

But… Veritaserum…”

Lived laughed and said, “How do you know that the Aurors who gave them Veritaserum are not compromised?”

“Ah? Even the Veritaserum is fake? This… if you guessed correctly, then the American Magical Congress is probably already riddled with spies…” Tom was completely shocked.

“Have you forgotten the series of disappearances that broke out in the American Magical Congress before?

Did you really think that Grindelwald's actions here were simply to lure Dumbledore away?” Lived smiled and said, “If it were me… I wouldn't tamper with the disappeared people… I would bring the disappeared people back, and then… quietly replace the others who didn't disappear with my own people.

At that time, everyone's attention is on the disappeared people, when everyone is carefully identifying the identities of these returned disappeared people, who would notice that those who didn't disappear might become a little different from before one morning?”

“Hiss… indeed… that's the only way to explain it.

Everyone thought that those who were brought back might have problems, but no one thought that those who weren't lost might have already been replaced… but, why did you just say that Dumbledore is going to be used as a scapegoat?”

Lived said helplessly, “If there's nothing wrong with these witnesses, then who has a problem?

What if, at this time, there are rumors that Dumbledore, who examined the witnesses, lied?

His past friendship with Grindelwald… will become the seed of suspicion.

In this way, Grindelwald still can't completely get rid of the controversy.

And President Picquery can calmly extricate herself from it… people will at most think that she was just deceived, they won't think that she was the one who actively framed Grindelwald…”

Tom said in surprise, “So, President Picquery had already started using the backup plan she prepared when she let Professor Dumbledore go up to inspect… Professor Dumbledore was also used as a shield by her.”

“Yes… but Professor Dumbledore still went up without hesitation… he really wants to protect President Picquery, even if his reputation may be damaged.

Even if he knows he has been used as a shield.”

“Is this what you call sacrifice? How noble,” Tom sneered.

He completely couldn't understand Dumbledore's thoughts.

“Mr. Weber's memory has not been modified.”

Dumbledore's voice rang out at this moment.

Everyone looked at Dumbledore in shock, including President Picquery.

“How is that possible?” President Picquery stood up, looking at Dumbledore in horror.

After seeing Dumbledore's confirming expression, President Picquery closed her eyes.

The witnesses she had specially selected, whose memories had been modified to frame Grindelwald, not only had inconsistent testimonies, but also… their memories hadn't been modified?

This is enough to explain the problem…

In other words, her so-called plan may not have been truly implemented from the beginning!

How could she not think of the problem that even eleven-year-old Tom could think of?

Now, she probably doesn't have anyone around her who can be trusted… what a terrifying thing!

But fortunately…

President Picquery glanced at Dumbledore, who was still diligently continuing to examine the remaining witnesses.

She knew that Dumbledore was willing to shield her from the storm that was about to come, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to help examine the witnesses.

In other words, she is still safe for the time being!

Just as she was thinking this, Dumbledore's voice rang out again.

“Mr. Wright's memory… has been modified…”

“Hmm?” President Picquery looked at Dumbledore in surprise.

In fact, not only her, but even Dumbledore himself looked at Mr. Wright in front of him with a surprised expression.

He had checked it several times and found that Mr. Wright's memory had indeed been modified!

This Mr. Wright is the only witness who accused Grindelwald!

He insisted that Grindelwald had harmed his Muggle wife!

President Picquery quickly said, “Can the modified memory be restored?”

“…Are you sure?” Dumbledore looked at President Picquery.

Mr. Wright accused Grindelwald, but his memory was modified?

In other words, his accusation…

This only accusation in the entire venue is actually a modified memory?

This is actually quite dramatic, this ridiculous proportion is too abnormal…

It would be more normal if there was only one testimony proving Grindelwald's innocence.

Everyone present turned their gaze to President Picquery…

President Picquery's mind, which had been somewhat muddled by the blow, finally woke up at this moment.

Does she still have her own people around her?

So, the one who modified the witness's memory must be Grindelwald's man!

Why would he leave someone with modified memories to accuse himself?

Grindelwald would never do such a thing without a reason!

Therefore, this witness's memory must not be restored!

"Then… for the time being, we won't…"

However, President Picquery was interrupted by Grindelwald before she could finish speaking.

"How can we not restore it? Everyone is already skeptical of their testimony. Since there are memories that have been modified, it's best to restore the memories and take a look. Otherwise, what if everyone thinks that I sent someone to modify the memories? Ah… that's right, I am now in prison, even if I wanted to modify the witness's memory to accuse myself, I wouldn't be able to send anyone to do anything, wouldn't you agree? President Picquery?"

Picquery was rendered speechless by Grindelwald's sarcastic remarks…

"Restore the memory!"

"The trial needs to be fair and just!"

"Modifying a witness's memory? That's against the law! The person who modified the memory needs to be tried!"

…

Some people suddenly started to clamor, and it was unclear whether they were plants that Grindelwald had prepared in advance, or simply too righteous.

However, no one could arrest them as Grindelwald's accomplices because of this.

After all, what they said was actually not wrong at all… Doesn't a trial need to be fair?

Read without errors, word by word, sentence by sentence!

However, shouted out at this time, President Picquery had no way to delay it any longer.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, she couldn't forcibly refuse to restore Mr. Leight's memory…

"Then… re… restore…" President Picquery said through gritted teeth.

Knowing that there was a deep pit dug for her by Grindelwald ahead, she had no way to stop it! She could only watch helplessly as she was pushed into it!

Dumbledore frowned, looking at Mr. Leight, who was still in a daze under the effects of Veritaserum.

Of course, he could imagine that this must be a trap left by Grindelwald.

However, even if he wanted to break the rules again and help President Picquery.

However… under the watchful eyes of the public, even someone as powerful as Dumbledore could not subtly alter the memory of this man in front of him…

Moreover, it was under the circumstance that he had no idea what memory Grindelwald had modified…

Dumbledore helplessly picked up the Elder Wand and removed the magic that was acting on the memory in Leight's brain.

Mr. Leight's eyes rolled back, and he fainted…

The Aurors immediately stepped forward to give him very professional treatment.

Picquery's heart turned cold when she saw this scene.

So eager to help Grindelwald, these subordinates whom she once trusted the most… have they all betrayed her?

Soon, Mr. Leight was revived.

"I want to accuse! I want to accuse!" The first thing he did after waking up was to shout loudly. "I accuse President Picquery of threatening me!"

"My wife was affected by the Aurors during the battle! When I asked the Congress for compensation, she! Picquery! She wanted me to change my story, as long as I insisted that my wife was harmed by Grindelwald, she would give us compensation! And she would give us double! Otherwise, she wouldn't give us any compensation! Helpless, I could only agree… In order to prevent me from revealing any flaws, she even had someone modify my memory! But she even changed my memory of claiming compensation! She intends to embezzle all of our compensation! Therefore, I want to accuse!"

Mr. Leight's words caused an uproar in the audience!

President Picquery closed her eyes in despair.

Obviously, Leight was also one of Grindelwald's people… He was now lying, slandering her.

However, she was completely powerless to do anything about it…

When she arranged so many witnesses, it was equivalent to clearly telling everyone that she was going to frame Grindelwald.

However, reality ruthlessly slapped her in the face. The Magical Congress had been completely infiltrated at some unknown time.

Her so-called plan had failed before it even started…

"In this case, even the last witness who accused me of being guilty is gone…" Grindelwald slowly walked out of the dock and faced the crowd, "Everyone! Perhaps you still have doubts about these testimonies, and even some people may have doubts about Dumbledore. However, it doesn't matter, anyone who has any doubts can come up and check! See if these witnesses' memories have been modified and whether they are consistent with Dumbledore's test results?"

As soon as Grindelwald finished speaking, many wizards rushed up. Most of them were skeptical of Dumbledore!

President Picquery's face had lost all color. Since Grindelwald dared to say this, it was naturally foolproof.

Moreover, with Leight's accusation and Grindelwald's proposal, she had even lost Dumbledore as a shield!

Grindelwald walked up to Dumbledore with a smile and whispered: "You want to be someone else's shield… did you ask me?"

At this time, those wizards who were re-examining shouted loudly: "Dumbledore's test results are not wrong! Only Leight's memory has been modified!"

"My examination results are the same!"

"Mine too!"

Grindelwald turned to look at the jury and then at President Picquery, "Then… can the verdict be announced? Am I… guilty or not?"

Ten minutes later.

"…All charges against Gellert Grindelwald… are not valid. Therefore, the High Court rules that Gellert Grindelwald is acquitted and released in court…"

When President Picquery read the entire verdict powerlessly.

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted from the audience!

In the venue, nearly half of the wizards rushed up together, crowding around Grindelwald and walking towards the stage!

On the way, people kept reaching out their hands, wanting to touch Grindelwald.

At this time, Picquery on the stage watched Grindelwald go away, until her figure was finally submerged by the constantly crowded crowd…