Chapter 158 Headlines

Wormtail's death caused an uproar in the Ministry of Magic for a while, and it spread to ten, ten, and hundreds, and even quickly spread to the ears of the newspaper.

Rita Skeeter received the news about the Ministry of Magic's eyeliner immediately. She picked up the fancy and expensive quill with excitement and prepared to have a big fight.

In the office area of ​​the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department, Batty the Elder was flipping through today's documents in his independent office.

Suddenly the door of the office was pushed open rudely, and the person who came in closed the door and cast a soundproof spell in the office.

"Crouch, what's the difference between what you're doing and an unscrupulous Death Eater?" Dumbledore stared at Crouch sharply.

Crouch put down the document in his hand, looked at Dumbledore calmly, "I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Enough, don't go any further," Dumbledore shouted.

Old Batty stood up, and he still said flatly, "You suspect that I poisoned Peter? Do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence? You know it very well," said Dumbledore.

"Don't try to use Legilimency on me, you know it won't work on me." Old Batty said.

Senior officials of the Ministry of Magic like Old Batty know too many secrets. Occlumency is a compulsory course for their senior officials, and all of them have practiced well.

"Peter should die, and you shouldn't be the one to execute it. What awaits him is the trial of the Ministry of Magic. If you kill him, Black's grievances will never be cleared." Dumbledore approached the old Batty and said.

Old Batty said irrelevantly, "Isn't he supposed to die? You ask the Potters whether he deserves to die, you ask Black? If you send him to the trial court, he will be imprisoned in Azkaban at most. I think Black I'd rather have him dead than jailed."

Black really wanted Wormtail to die, but he wanted to do it himself, and Dumbledore wouldn't believe a word of old Batty's hypocritical bullshit.

Using the dead Potters as a shield made Dumbledore even more disgusted.

"If he's dead, Barty Jr.'s escape from prison won't be exposed, so your position as director can be secured, right?" Dumbledore broke Old Barty's mind.

Old Batty was not angry either, he admitted that he was trying to secure his position as director.

"Twelve years ago, I was transferred from the Department of Magic Law Enforcement to the Department of International Magic Exchange and Cooperation. Although it was a flat transfer, you know how much difference there is in actual power."

"I have worked diligently for ten years, and I should be the most likely to succeed Millicent Barnold as the new Minister of Magic, but Cornelius Fudge, a hypocrite and despicable guy, actually took my son's The old things have been turned over."

"I can't let him get caught anymore, and I have to run for the next minister."

Dumbledore said coldly after hearing his motive for the murder.

"So, the most important thing in your heart is the director. For it, you will not hesitate to use it privately."

Just as he was about to refute, he heard old Batty say something again.

"Yes, I must keep this director position." He looked at Dumbledore and continued, "What about you, do you want Hogwarts to be closed?"

Old Batty is threatening Dumbledore with the Haierbo incident. Is Dumbledore a person who is afraid of being threatened? Yes, especially threatening him with Hogwarts.

As the headmaster, he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. He has to protect everyone in Hogwarts. Facing the threat of old Barty, he chose to back down.

Barty Sr. was no longer his friend, he had become a power-hungry desire puppet.

"I will keep the promise between us." Dumbledore left the director's office full of disappointment.

A person like Wormtail who sees the wind and turns the rudder,

Generally speaking, he would live for a long time, but in the end he became a victim of power, and he could only be blamed for mixing with Barty Jr.

That night, the front page headlines of , which caused a stir in Britain's wizarding world, were written by Rita at the time.

The evening edition of the magazine is different from the general ones in that it will only be published when major events occur to ensure the timeliness of the news.

As a member who paid the annual subscription to the newspaper, Chrissy also received an owl at dinner.

Few of the students knew about the event of the battle between Black and Wormtail twelve years ago. Rita wrote about the events of that year in the article. Peter.

Chris was not interested in the news, she carefully opened an envelope, which was a letter from her grandfather.

Sean was taken aback when he saw the newspaper. He never thought that Wormtail would die like this, and he still couldn't guess the reason.

It was because he didn't know old Batty yet, and he didn't think about him at all. Even Dumbledore only realized today that the old buddy had changed.

The person who really cares about Rita's article is Harry. In the article, Rita mentioned that the person who really betrayed the Potters was Peter who died in suspended animation. Although she guessed it out of thin air, she guessed it very accurately this time. .

"Harry, it says that Sirius Black may be innocent." Hermione poked her head out of the dining table and said in a low voice.

"I'm going to die." Ron said with a disgusted look on his face, "Banban turned out to be a fat and ugly middle-aged man."

This paragraph was revealed by Dumbledore. After Peter faked his death, he turned into a mouse and hid in Weasley's house for eleven years.

Harry looked at the newspaper and didn't know what he was thinking. He couldn't judge the authenticity of the report, because just now Percy asked him to pay attention to the editor of this article was Rita Skeeter.

Percy had come into contact with this woman during the four-school magic exchange competition last year. Her words, deeds, and reports were all very exaggerated, and the authenticity of the articles she wrote usually needs to be verified.

However, it is precisely because of Rita's controversial report that tonight's doubled extra issue.

Dumbledore came back during dinner. When he entered the auditorium, the teachers and students were still eating. He walked slowly towards the long Slytherin table on the far left.

"Chris, after dinner, come to my office." Dumbledore said.

Sean thought about it with his toes and knew that Dumbledore was going to talk about little Barty, so he couldn't help asking.

"Professor, have you seen Director Crouch today?"

Sean's question made Dumbledore's question silent, and he pondered for a while and said.

"Shawn is coming too."

Sean felt that Dumbledore must have encountered something in the Ministry of Magic today, and it had something to do with old Batty.

After dinner, the two went to the headmaster's office accompanied by Snape. Dumbledore's first sentence was to ask Chris.

"Your uncle Barty Jr. escaped from prison, did you know that?"

"I know." Chris replied.

This is what the old Batty taught her. In the letter, the old Batty asked Chris not to care about this matter, and Dumbledore just answered truthfully.