Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

The Triwizard Tournament will undoubtedly attract the attention of British wizards throughout the year.

As for what the people like to read, the Daily Prophet, the largest newspaper in the British wizarding world, will naturally report on it.

Even if Rita Skeeter, the reporter who is currently responsible for this matter, is missing, the fact that Harry has such a special status and was kidnapped during the game will definitely occupy the front page of the next day's newspaper. .

However, something unexpected happened. In fact, the day after the game, an even more shocking news occupied the entire cover of the Daily Prophet!

The title of this news alone is enough to make people who read it wonder whether the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet has gone crazy.

[Director Crouch, who has been missing for five months, declares: The mysterious man is regaining power, and I have been controlled by the Death Eaters’ Imperius Curse]

The content of the news is entirely Crouch's own retelling. Obviously, even if the Daily Prophet dared to report this news, it did not dare to express its clear position in it. It neither said it believed Crouch's words nor criticized him. What doubts are expressed.

In this report, Crouch claimed that in September, after the Quidditch World Cup ended, he was controlled by the mysterious man's men using the Imperius Curse. They arranged for him to sneak into Hogwarts in an attempt to assassinate Hogwarts. Fitz's current Defense Against the Dark Arts professor - Sherlock Forrest.

But the mysterious man's plan did not succeed. He himself also successfully escaped the control of the Imperius Curse and was imprisoned by the Death Eaters. Finally, with the help of Dumbledore, Sherlock successfully rescued him.

Crouch told the entire report in great detail, hiding nothing, and listed all the names of the Death Eaters who imprisoned him and imposed the Imperius Curse.

But the three Gargsons are dark wizards who have long since disappeared from the magic world. Even if their identities are exposed, there is no way to directly find their whereabouts.

Today's Daily Prophet has, as expected, completely erupted in the British wizarding world. Countless wizards have written to the Ministry of Magic to inquire whether Crouch's words are true and whether the mysterious man is really coming back.

Even Hogwarts High School exploded on this day. Many students, like Hermione, subscribe to the Daily Prophet every day. They all got the news today, which directly overwhelmed the attack on Harry yesterday. .

Many brave little wizards ran to Sherlock's office and asked him about the authenticity of the news. Sherlock did not shy away and told them that nothing Crouch said in the newspaper was a lie.

This shocked the students in the castle even more.

And just when today's Daily Prophet was being spread everywhere, the current British Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, had just obtained the newspaper.

After reading the entire report about Crouch, his knuckles turning white from holding the newspaper too hard.

Fudge's usually fat, smiling face was extremely ugly. His face was red and the muscles on his face were twitching with anger.

"Why did I get this news from the newspaper!"

The minister's secretary standing aside said cautiously.

"We also got this news from the Daily Prophet newspaper today. I will inform you as soon as possible."

Fudge was so furious that he smashed the hand holding the newspaper on the desk.

"Crouch came back yesterday, why didn't anyone notify me?"

"Winches said that he had already told you about this matter. You said that you don't need to worry about him. You also asked us to prepare a lawsuit against him for slacking off in work." The secretary continued bravely.

Fudge's eyes seemed to be able to spit out fire. It wasn't because he was angry with Crouch, or because of this new minister's secretary who had recently arrived and was not at all sensible.

"I want to know! Why did Crouch come to me to discuss such a big matter as soon as he came back, but wanted to publish it in the newspaper!"

The secretary hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively.

"Shall I call Mr. Crouch over now?"

After all, he is a professional politician. Fudge has now suppressed his emotions and looked at him coldly.

"You can go back to the Centaur Liaison Office now and ask the newly appointed secretary to the minister to call me the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet!"

After Crouch suddenly dropped an atomic bomb on the public opinion field of the wizarding world without any warning, Fudge also reacted very quickly.

The newly appointed secretary to the minister had only been in office for less than half a day. All he knew was that the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet had been in the minister's office all afternoon. The day after this blockbuster news was released, the new front page changed again.

[Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge: We have not received any news about the resurrection of the mysterious man for the time being, and what Crouch said may have an ulterior motive]

Fudge did not directly deny what Crouch said, calling him fart.

Although politicians and street gangsters are both playing hooligans, the difference lies in whether they still want the memorial hall after becoming a bitch.

Fudge is undoubtedly a qualified politician who knows how to play the right bitch and get the arch.

He declared to all British wizards in the Daily Prophet that he had not received any news about the mysterious man's resurrection, and he had no way of knowing whether what Crouch said was true.

But what he knew was that Crouch had always been resentful of not becoming the Minister of Magic, and wanted to overthrow him by various means. This political struggle, which was originally still in the internal situation, seemed to have spread to the wizard masses.

Fudge did not say that Crouch was talking nonsense, but he said Crouch was talking nonsense throughout the article.

On this report, the Daily Prophet, which did not express its position yesterday, gave a "comment" below.

In short, it was to persuade Minister Fudge and Director Crouch not to let the conflict affect the normal order of the wizarding world, communicate rationally, and leave the problem to be solved internally.

Such comments were very disgusting.

It seemed that he was acting as a peacemaker, but in fact he was completely helping Fudge and directly regarded what Fudge said as an established fact.

This made most British wizards subconsciously believe Fudge's words, and Crouch's reputation dropped sharply.

But there were also a group of people who were skeptical about this report and did not jump to conclusions, because if according to Crouch's statement, there were still two most important people who had not spoken.

Dumbledore and Sherlock also played key roles in this incident. The most important question is whether they acknowledge the truth of what Crouch said.