Mastering Thunder from Hogwarts

Crouch's expression froze, and his face darkened suddenly, "How can you blame me for this? He is obviously your person!"

"Are you saying it has nothing to do with you?" Bagman curled his lips like a scoundrel, "I asked her to ask you to sign a signature that day. After she came back, she became like this. If you ask me, it must have been you.

"

Crouch couldn't help being speechless after hearing this. After thinking about it, he thought of the reason for his defense, and then added, "When Bertha left my house, she accidentally hit the eucalyptus tree in the yard. I would say that her brain must be

It was broken then, just like this time!"

Anduin couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. Was Director Crouch's reaction a little too extreme?

Moreover, his brain was damaged. This reason sounds very unreliable.

After all, Anduin knew best that he had made up the story of Bertha falling unconscious. He never expected that Director Crouch would use this reason to defend himself. It sounded like it was made up.

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However, Bagman didn't really want to blame Crouch for Bertha's incident. He was more interested in venting his dissatisfaction, so he didn't pursue anything further.

When Crouch saw this, he actually showed an expression of relief, which made Anduin even more suspicious. Could Bertha's matter really be related to Director Crouch?

Crouch seemed to be aware of Anduin's gaze on him, so he casually excused himself and left the scene with a guilty conscience. He didn't know that he was running away.

"Ignore that old guy Crouch. Since the death of his wife and son, old Barty's temper has become more and more strange. He always gets angry because of some inexplicable things."

Bagman looked at Crouch's leaving back, curled his lips indifferently, and then smiled and moved closer to Anduin.

"Let's talk about some serious business. The dungeon project you told me about before has been approved for commercialization, and I'm also very interested in it." Of course, Bagman's words were nonsense. He didn't even know about dungeons.

What is it, he is just interested in Anduin and Silver Flash Trading Company.

"It's just that the committee still has some concerns about safety, so they are planning to organize an investigation team in the next school year to go to Hogwarts for a few days to conduct an on-site inspection of the overall operation mode of the replica project."

Then Bagman seemed worried that what he said would arouse Anduin's dissatisfaction, and quickly explained, "Of course, everyone is very confident in what you make."

"This so-called investigation is just a formality. As long as no major accident occurs, there will definitely be no problem. After all, no one has ever heard of your new dungeon project, don't you think so?"

"No problem, you can visit the copy of Hogwarts at any time without even informing me in advance." Anduin replied calmly.

When Bagman saw Anduin showing such confidence, he gradually relaxed his nervousness. The big boss in front of him was a cash cow for the Ministry of Magic, and every department was eager to have a relationship with him.

Therefore, in the past two years since the Department of Magical Sports and Sports entered into a cooperation with Silver Flash Trading Company, Bagman has been very active.

However, Anduyin's focus seemed to be elsewhere. When he looked at Bagman again, he asked about Crouch.

"You just seemed to have said that Minister Crouch's wife and children are no longer here? When did this happen?"

"It's been about eight or nine years..."

Although it was unclear why Andu was interested in such a thing, Bagman still answered truthfully.

"If I remember correctly, just two years after Barty Crouch Jr. was tried, Barty Crouch Jr. was first found dead in his cell due to physical weakness. Not long after that, Crouch Sr. announced

His wife also passed away due to grief."

"Hey..." Bagman sighed, "I had not become the Director of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports at that time. At that time, I had just retired from the Wimbourne Hornets. I was in the sports room under the jurisdiction of the Quidditch

Served in Alliance Command."

"During that period, Crouch Sr. was depressed and worried every day. He must have not gotten over the grief of his wife's death."

"Oh? Couldn't he be sad about the death of his son?" Anduin raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Him? Come on..." Bagman sneered, "That guy has no feelings for Barty Jr., have you forgotten how he killed his relatives out of necessity? When he was trying Crouch Jr., he didn't even

After paying attention to his son's defense, he hurriedly sentenced him to the maximum sentence. It looked like a trial, but in fact it was more like venting anger."

"I see..." Anduin nodded clearly, "In this case, Director Crouch must not have visited the prison after Barty Jr. was imprisoned."

"That's not true..." Bagman shook his head. "Although old Barty is very disappointed with his son, his wife still loves the child deeply. Old Barty often takes his wife to visit Azkaban.

Little Barty.”

Anduin couldn't help but fell into silence after hearing this. He didn't raise his head silently until Bagman and the others left the conference room.

"There must be something wrong with Director Crouch." Anduin murmured with a solemn expression, "When I mentioned Bertha just now, the other party must know something inside, and his expression cannot be fake."

"But could he be a remnant of Death Eaters? It doesn't seem like it..."

At this time, Anduin recalled the excitement and joy that Crouch showed last year when he was looking for the news that he was sure that Voldemort had been captured. That emotion could not be faked.

"Then...the things Director Crouch concealed are probably related to his wife and children..." Anduin secretly guessed.

Judging from the information we just learned, Barty Jr.'s sudden death seems very strange. It's not like Anduin has never seen the other party. He was the one who subdued him in the trial room with his own hands.

Such a strong young wizard would suddenly die suddenly a year or two after entering Azkaban? This seems a bit unreasonable.

After all, Sirius, who wanted to die back then, was able to persist in Azkaban for so long, so there's no reason why little Barty can't.

"Could it be that?"

A bold guess suddenly came to Anduin's mind, but this unfounded guess could not support him in questioning a director.

"If we need more evidence, let's start with Bertha."

Thinking of this, Anduin quickly left the Ministry of Magic. When it entered the night, he suddenly broke into Bertha Jorkins' residence quietly and used Legilimency on her while she was sleeping.

After some careful exploration, Anduin discovered that Bertha's memory space had suffered serious damage.

And that deleted memory happened to be the time when Bertha went to Crouch's house to find him on business.

And this memory was cleaned very cleanly, leaving no room for recovery, which even affected Bertha's entire thinking.

"Sure enough, memories are destroyed by people. So Director Crouch is highly suspicious of someone who can do such a thing... What exactly is he trying to hide?"

Anduin muttered a few words secretly in his heart, then exited Bertha Jorkins' residence and turned towards the Crouch family.

However, when he arrived at the Crouch family's residence, he found that the lights were still on. In response, Anduin could only cast various invisibility and silencing spells on himself, and then found a way to sneak in.

In this old house, in addition to Barty Crouch Sr., there is also a timid-looking house elf.

At this time, Old Batty was sitting in the study dealing with official duties. It could be seen that no matter which department he was in, he was very conscientious in his work.

After a while, the house elf suddenly appeared in front of Old Barty's desk and respectfully advised, "Master, it's already very late, you'd better go to bed early."

"Immediately! After the increase in foreign trade in the past two years, the things that the department has to worry about have become a lot more complicated, not to mention the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament..."

Old Barty said a few perfunctory words, and then suddenly raised his head, "Twinkle, how is little Barty? Have you fallen asleep?"

"Back to the master, the little master has rested. He was very good today and didn't cause any trouble." The elf said with joy in his tone.

Then after hesitating for a moment, Twinkle took the initiative to persuade Crouch, as if he had made up his mind, "Master, my little master has performed so well over the years, can you give him a little reward? Even if it is to go to the garden to absorb

How about some fresh air? The little master is also very unhappy when he is stuck at home every day."

"Hmph...he asked you to persuade me, right?" Crouch said with a stern look, "Tell him to stop having delusional thoughts and don't forget that he is still a prisoner and we can let him spend time at home.

The following sentence will be extrajudicial."

Speaking of this, Crouch suddenly remembered the topic that Bagman and Anduin discussed during the meeting during the day. He quickly looked at Twinkle with sharp eyes and said, "Also, be more careful than usual when taking care of little Barty. It's okay."

Don't keep chatting with him."

"Do you know how much trouble it caused last time when Bertha found out? If you don't want to be found out here, just pay attention to me!"

"It's the master!" Shining bowed down humbly, and then walked out of the room step by step.

Crouch, who was in the study, was also extremely depressed by the topic he had raised. He sat at the table and kept sighing.

As for Anduin, who had already slipped into the room, he also heard the conversation between the two clearly.

"As expected." Anduin nodded secretly in his mind, "Barty Sr. has assisted his son Barty Jr. to escape from Azkaban. The method used may have been to have his wife use Polyjuice Potion to switch bags. Azkaban

The guards in Kabane should not be suspicious of Crouch's identity."

And Barty Crouch Jr.…

Anduin was very interested in this former Death Eater, so he silently used the shuttle spell to exit the room. Old Barty, who was so worried, didn't even notice the slightest bit.

Soon, Anduin found Barty Crouch Jr. in a bedroom in the basement. He was immersed in sleep, and there was a high-quality invisibility cloak on the bedside table next to him.

And after approaching Little Barty, Anduin immediately felt a strong aura of black magic, and after careful identification, he determined it to be the Imperius Curse.

"Use the Imperius Curse to restrict little Barty's freedom, and then let Twinkle take care of his food and daily life?"

Anduin shook his head slightly. He was really speechless about Old Barty's complicated emotions. As a parent, he didn't want his children to suffer in Azkaban.

But as the Director of the Ministry of Magic, I don't want to see little Barty, a sinner, go unpunished. In the final analysis, I can only describe it as entangled...

"It can be seen that Director Crouch is still a very upright person, but for Barty Jr., a former Death Eater, there is no way he can stay. Doesn't he know that the soul-stealing technique is permanent, and the recipient

Will resistance gradually develop?"

After sighing with emotion, Anduin took out his wand and pointed it at the sleeping Barty Crouch Jr., preparing to get rid of him in one go.

But soon, Anduin changed his mind and said, "Isn't it a waste to kill him like this? This guy is still loyal to Voldemort after so many years. He must be his favorite general. We can't use such good material."

It’s a bit of a waste…”

After thinking about it for a while, Anduin finally made up his mind. Then he put away his wand, took out a metal ball that was not much bigger than a grain of rice, and slowly placed it in the middle of the little Barty.

Not long after, a few more fine, hair-like metal wires spread out from the small metal ball, and dragged the body of the metal ball into the opponent's body along Little Barty's nostrils.

Soon, the sleeping little Barty noticed the discomfort. He wanted to raise his arm to scratch his nose in discomfort, but his whole body seemed to be burned in a piece of amber.

The Imperius Curse on little Barty not only controls his daily actions, but also restricts all his movements. Not to mention raising his hands to scratch an itch, he even wants to open his eyes.

Can't do it.

Fortunately, after a while, the itching feeling slowly subsided, and little Barty continued to be immersed in his dream of accompanying his master Voldemort and conquering the world.

"That should be enough." Anduin nodded secretly, and then quietly exited the Crouch family. Until this moment, the family did not even realize that someone had broken into the house.

After returning to the base camp, Anduin took stock of the gains he had made in recent days.

"Voldemort's side is gradually getting on the right track, and today we made another unexpected discovery. This little Barty may have unexpected effects."

Anduin sat down on the sofa in a good mood, looking into the void in the distance with a smile.

"In the end, we have to see how Lockhart performs in Azkaban. If he can get things done, he will save me a lot of time."