Chapter 432 Exposing Peter Pettigrew
Hearing Dumbledore directly say the man's name, the little wizards on the field suddenly panicked.
However, thinking that the person the Dark Lord feared most was standing in the stands at this moment, they felt much relieved and turned to discuss who the shameful betrayer was.
"It must be Black!" Percy immediately thought of Black who was on the run and suddenly said loudly.
More and more people have guessed this, and have spoken angrily against Black, thinking that he is a shameful villain.
"Yes, many people thought so in the past, including me!" Dumbledore paused here, his tone became higher, and he continued.
"However, after my investigation, I found that the betrayer was someone else. The Ministry of Magic made a very wrong decision. They imprisoned Black directly in Azkaban without trial!"
"Based on this, I need to apologize to Mr. Black, because this is also part of my fault!" Dumbledore finally added.
After Dumbledore's words ended, there was a dead silence. All the little wizards were speechless in surprise. They even wondered if they had heard wrongly?
Sirius, who is wanted by the Ministry of Magic, is actually innocent?
How can this be?
Apparently Black sneaked into the castle a few days ago and planned to kill Harry
Countless questions shrouded their minds, and the students present were all talking about it. Even if these words came from Dumbledore, there were many people who doubted it.
After all, the announcements issued by the Ministry of Magic have been brainwashing them for several months, and it will be difficult to change this inherent impression for a while.
"quiet!"
Seeing the scene becoming increasingly chaotic, Dumbledore cleared his throat and once again attracted everyone's attention.
"I know this news is too shocking, and you may have a lot of doubts, but it would be inappropriate for me to explain it, so I think it's better to let the person involved come up and explain!"
With that said, Dumbledore clapped his hands, and the closed door of the auditorium was suddenly opened!
Sirius Shi Shiran, wearing a black robe, walked in from the door, walked step by step from the aisle in front of the dean's desk of the four universities to the front of the stage, holding a frantically struggling mouse in his right hand.
Harry followed him nervously.
Although Sirius at this time was different from the embarrassed look on the notice, but combined with Dumbledore's previous words, there were still many smart little wizards who guessed it at once.
"He is the fugitive Black!" Seamus, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help but screamed.
Sirius, who was walking forward, couldn't help turning his head and glanced at him. Seamus suddenly shivered, but Seamus soon discovered that Sirius just smiled at him gently and didn't say anything.
Seamus felt more at ease now.
The rest of the students were equally frightened by Sirius' sudden appearance.
Fortunately, many caring people also noticed Harry's presence, and a series of voices soon sounded from below.
"That Black is actually with Harry. It seems that what Professor Dumbledore said should be true."
"Did the Ministry of Magic really make a mistake? They imprisoned an innocent man in Azkaban for more than ten years? And now he is wanted?"
While everyone was talking, Sirius and Harry had already walked onto the stand, and Dumbledore leaned to the side, giving up the center position.
Harry nervously took a few steps forward, facing everyone and mustering up the courage to speak.
"What Professor Dumbledore just said is true! I, like you, think Black is an out-and-out murderer and hate him for revealing the whereabouts of my parents to Voldemort."
Harry became smoother and smoother as he spoke, and his true words were extremely contagious and won recognition from many people.
"So Sirius is not only not a murderer, but also a hero who once resisted Voldemort and the Death Eaters! The real betrayer is Peter Pettigrew, another friend of my father's.
In order to confuse Voldemort, Sirius was willing to act as a bait on the surface to attract the attention of the Death Eaters, but privately he agreed with Peter to change the identity of the Secret Keeper! "
Harry told everything he knew in one breath.
"But Peter Pettigrew is dead!" A little Hufflepuff wizard standing near the front suddenly stood up, retorted, and then continued.
"My mother once told me that he was very incompetent but also very brave at critical moments. After that incident happened, he went to chase Blake alone, and was eventually killed by Blake!"
"No, it's not such a child!"
Sirius, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. He looked at the little Hufflepuff wizard and felt that he was probably the descendant of an old friend, so he could understand this past event so well.
But now was not the time to think about it, so Sirius answered quickly. "Peter Pettigrew is not dead, but is hiding silently. Now I have caught him, he is here!"
Sirius threw up the mouse in his hand, then waved his wand, and a dazzling light hit Scabbers' body.
The mouse screamed wildly, and then quickly transformed into a short, fat, bald, middle-aged wizard in front of everyone.
The little wizards sitting nearby squeezed back in fear.
Dumbledore tied up Peter with a wave of his wand, pointed at him and said.
"As you can see, Peter Pettigrew is an unrecorded Animagus. He hid his secrets by transforming into a mouse, confusing the Ministry of Magic and all of us! And he hid in a wizard's family for more than ten years. Years later, he eventually became Mr. Weasley's pet."
When some informed little wizards heard this, they turned to look at Ron. Many Gryffindor little wizards had seen Ron playing with his big mouse on different occasions, even while taking a bath. Take it with you.
Ron stood up with a disgusted look and nodded, confirming this.
Percy Weasley on the other side suddenly changed his expression. Scabbers had also been with him as a pet for a while. Fortunately, he lost this annoying mouse to Ron a few years ago.
"Oh my God, this is so disgusting!" George looked at the dirty, short and fat Peter, and felt a chill in his heart when he thought that Peter had stayed at home for so long without being discovered.
"Yes! Mom would be scared to death if she knew the news!"
Fred was even more frightened. After knowing that they had played tricks on Peter and used him for various interesting experiments, it was really not easy for him to still be alive to this day.
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