Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

This is one of Fudge's closest confidants, Amelia Bones, the current Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, who had arranged for her to replace Crouch after he came to power.

"We did make some discoveries, Mr. Secretary."

Fudge calmed his breathing and spoke.

"Just tell me the result."

"We investigated several employees in the Executive Department who had the closest relationship with Crouch, and finally found a wizard named Pierce in the Office for the Prohibition of Abuse of Magic. His memory had traces of modification."

"Are you sure it's related to Crouch?"

"We just tried to restore his memory at the beginning, but he behaved very unnaturally later, and it seemed that he was not very willing to tell us the recovered memory."

Fudge had a gloomy face and said in a cold voice.

"So why are you looking for me now?"

Amelia hesitated a little and spoke through her.

"I wanted to ask you if we could do something... uh, I mean..."

She also acted so hesitant, and Fudge became even more impatient.

"Remember what I said to you before! No matter what means! I want to know everything related to Crouch! As long as it is not discovered by others, don't you hear me! No matter what means!"

Amelia then lowered her head and said.

"I see."

"I'll give you thirty minutes. After thirty minutes, I hope that the memory that Pierce hid can be turned into information and placed on my desk!"

"I will do as you wish."

In fact, thirty minutes did not pass at all. Twenty-six minutes later, Fudge had a detailed information report in his hand.

Seeing this memory obtained through absolutely forbidden means, Fudge's fat face showed a smile full of surprise and fear.

Early the next morning.

Nearly every wizard in Britain received today's Daily Prophet.

Because of the recent major events that have happened one after another, even wizards who had not subscribed to the daily newspaper due to various reasons have chosen to subscribe.

Without television, the Internet, or mobile phones, the only way for wizards to learn about current events and changes is through newspapers.

As soon as today's newspaper was received, every wizard who read it during breakfast had already forgotten about the cold bread in front of him.

He stared straight at the news on the front page and read it over and over again.

This is not like news written by a reporter, but more like an announcement written by the government.

In the notice, the official Ministry of Magic stated in an extremely stern tone that an investigation revealed that Barty Crouch, the former Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and current Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, used his position to facilitate favoritism and fraud and cover up his own death-eating. The disciple's son escaped from Azkaban.

The Aurors sent people to Azkaban Island last night to collect evidence overnight, and found the so-called "Barty Crouch Jr." who died in Azkaban, and the body was almost turned into bones. Using magic, he finally It was detected that the dead "Barty Crouch Jr." was actually Barty Crouch's wife, Kath Crouch, who claimed to have died of illness at home.

And outside, in Kath Crouch’s tomb, there was just an empty tomb!

After preliminary conclusion, Barty Crouch took advantage of his position to exchange his wife with his son in prison, thus hiding the truth and rescuing his heinous son.

And it cannot be ruled out that Barty Crouch has actually been in cahoots with his son for a long time. He has always been an undercover agent arranged by the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic. It was only because of the fall of the mysterious man that he fell silent.

If this is true, then he has recently spoken out one after another, exposing that he was kidnapped by Death Eaters and that the mysterious man will return. This is all because he acted for his own selfish purposes, deceiving Dumbledore and trying to get into the position of Minister of Magic. , in order to secretly rescue his fellow Death Eaters who are still imprisoned in Azkaban.

As soon as today's Daily Prophet came out, the entire British wizarding world seemed to add fuel to the fire and exploded again.

The wizards are not fools. They have scolded Fudge for so many days, and now of course they cannot just listen to his words and just believe his words.

More shouting letters were sent to the minister's office. Each one was scolding Fudge for confusing right and wrong. Even in such a crisis situation, he still had to engage in political struggle and make up such loopholes in lies. He wanted to get rid of Fudge. Crouch stepped down.

Even within the Ministry of Magic, which has always been relatively stable, some fierce voices began to appear, and they were extremely dissatisfied with Fudge's ability to tell lies with his eyes open.

After all, the era of white terror imposed by Voldemort had not passed long. Everyone still remembered Crouch's contribution to the fight against Voldemort. No one believed that he would be an undercover agent, let alone protect his son.

If he really wanted to cover up, he wouldn't have arrested him in the first place.

Just when the situation seemed to be getting worse and worse for Fudge, and there were voices everywhere asking him to step down, on the day this newspaper was published, the Wizarding Court Wizengamot held a hearing on Crouch's accusations. .

What everyone couldn't believe was that in the trial court, Crouch confessed on the spot that he took advantage of his position to murder his wife and help his son escape from Azkaban, who was supposed to be imprisoned for life. .

The news had not yet spread to the outside world, and the Wizengamot wizards in red robes were all shocked.

As the first choice wizard of the Wizengamot, Dumbledore naturally attended the trial.

He stared at Crouch, who was sitting in the middle of the stage with his head down, and his expression was unknown. His eyes were full of fatigue.

After Crouch admitted his crime, the entire courtroom was silent, and only Fudge showed a smug smile on his face.

Dumbledore ignored Fudge's smiling face and knocked the gavel in front of him. He looked at Crouch and asked loudly.

"Barty Crouch, have you ever joined the Death Eaters?"

Crouch slowly raised his head, and there seemed to be no expression on his face. He was very calm, and the calmness made people feel a sense of vicissitudes.

"No."

"Have you used your position to provide information about the Ministry of Magic to anyone who is loyal to Voldemort?"

When Dumbledore said the name of that person, almost everyone in the courtroom subconsciously turned pale and trembled.

Only Crouch remained calm.

"No."

"Have you ever used improper behavior to gain power for yourself and sit in a higher position?"

"No."

After asking these three questions, Dumbledore stood up from his seat and turned to leave the courtroom. A trace of anger that was being suppressed rose in his originally deep and calm blue eyes.

He and Crouch, who was sitting on the iron chair now, knew it very well.

These last three questions and answers will not appear in tomorrow's newspapers. The only thing that the Daily Prophet will report is his confession of helping Barty escape from prison.