Chapter 419 Strange Circle

The second project was over, and the stands by the Black Lake were demolished overnight, but people still talked about what happened that day, especially what happened underwater.

People are always curious about things they don't know or don't understand.

People were eager to know what happened below the Black Lake, but Hermione, Ginny, and Gabri either kept silent or told the truth without any exaggeration.

Obviously, this is not the "truth" that everyone wants to know. So, people turned their attention to Ron, the only boy, and wanted to pry out some secrets from him.

Ron finally got his wish and became the focus of everyone. He told the underwater story over and over again while floating, and the story was not the same version every time.

In order to satisfy his ego, Ron added a lot of things that didn't happen, turning his unconscious underwater into a thrilling kidnapping story and a legend of the hostages trying to save themselves.

In fact, in Professor McGonagall's office, Dumbledore used magic to hypnotize the hostages, and first assured them that they were absolutely not in danger and would wake up as soon as they emerged from the water.

Every time she heard Ron bragging and saw his beaming look, Ada wanted to throw Ron back into the Black Lake to see if he could defeat the heavily armed mermaids again and cause havoc in the Black Lake.

If not, then stay at the bottom of the Black Lake and open the door for the mermaids.

After entering March, the weather became a little clearer, but Ada's mood took a turn for the worse. She felt as if she was trapped in a strange circle. The more you try to get out of this strange circle, or see this strange circle clearly, the deeper you will fall.

While staying at the Burrow over the summer, Ada learned about Bertha Jorkins' disappearance from Mr. Weasley. This is the cause and beginning of things.

Bertha Jorkins is an employee of the Ministry of Magic. She is not very smart, has a strong curiosity, and does not know when to say something. People like her are not suitable for politics. Bertha was constantly being driven from one department to another, and seemed to be a burden wherever she went.

After Bertha Jorkins disappeared, most people at the Ministry thought she was simply losing track of time because her memory was not very good. She might have had too much fun in Albania and there was no need to waste time looking for it. She would come back after a while.

But now more than half a year has passed, and Bertha still has not appeared in the Ministry of Magic, neither alive nor dead.

In addition, although Bertha Jorkins worked in the Department of Magical Sports and Physical Education of the Ministry of Magic before her disappearance, she had served in many departments. She was also a subordinate of Barty Crouch.

If Bertha Jorkins was an employee of the Ministry of Magic and her disappearance had nothing to do with Ada, then what happened after her disappearance could be related to Ada.

The disappearance of Bertha Jorkins did not cause any waves. The 1994 Quidditch World Cup was held as usual, and then the suspected Death Eater parade and the Dark Mark occurred.

When the Dark Mark took off, Ada was at the camp, and she had a conflict with Ministry of Magic personnel headed by Barty Crouch. After the conflict, the matter was settled, and to this day the Ministry of Magic still has not caught the perpetrator.

After that, it’s the old tradition of Hogwarts, Halloween Horror.

It's just that Halloween in 1994 was not as scary as before. It was just that the number of candidates for the joint entrance examination of the three schools increased by one, making it four. This extra warrior happened to be Harry Potter.

The matter once again involved Harry, which made people think more.

As for Barty Crouch, he is the Director of the International Magical Cooperation Department and one of the main persons in charge of the Triwizard Tournament. He also serves as the referee of the competition.

The existence of this Ministry of Magic official who killed relatives for righteousness connected these three things together, forming a circle, and he was the center of the circle.

In the past, Barty Crouch left the impression on Ada that he was a righteous genocide because he sent his son to Azkaban. After the World Cup, Ada had only one word left to evaluate him: stupid.

Without a brain hemorrhage, a person with tens of thousands CC would not be able to do such a stupid thing. He could actually put the shit basin with the Dark Mark on Harry Potter's head. Barty Crouch acted as if he was seriously ill. .

Facts have also proved that Barty Crouch is indeed ill, and there is really something wrong with his body.

On Halloween night, the day the fourth warrior was born, Barty Crouch looked sick and looked worried.

But at that time, everyone's focus was on Harry Pott, so no one noticed Crouch's condition or noticed anything unusual about him.

After the first project, Barty Crouch never appeared at Hogwarts again. The Yule Ball and the second project were all handled by Percy. Percy's statement was that Crouch was sick from overwork and was recuperating at home.

This is consistent with the news that Ada received, that Barty Crouch did indeed claim to be ill and stay at home.

Ada fell into this strange circle called "Barty Crouch". Three consecutive things can be related to this patient who has had a "cerebral hemorrhage" for many years. Is this his problem, or is it just a passing time? unfavorable?

It's really hard for Ada not to doubt Barty Crouch. After putting him in the role of the mastermind behind the scenes, all the things that didn't make sense seemed to make sense.

Bertha Jorkins was once a subordinate of Barty Crouch. It was assumed that she accidentally discovered some secrets about her boss, and then she disappeared.

Because Bertha's superiors knew her well and knew that no one in the Ministry of Magic would mobilize troops because of her "disappearance".

Assuming that the person who cast the Dark Mark at the World Cup camp was an old acquaintance of Barty Crouch, or he himself, then his retarded performance in making things difficult for Harry Potter would make sense.

How can such a person be a retarded person who can serve as the director of the Legal Enforcement Department and still occupy the position of director of a department after losing all prestige.

If the person sitting in that seat was really mentally ill, all the bones and dregs would have been eaten long ago.

Barty Crouch shoved the shit basin on Harry not because he was mentally retarded, but because he had to do it. He must hold off everyone present to give the real culprit enough time to escape, or to cover himself.

Coincidentally, Sirius and Ada were both present at the time, and their impulse indirectly helped Barty Crouch, allowing him to successfully delay time.

After that, Crouch threw out his own house elf Winky to take the blame and hastily closed the case.

Assume that it was Barty Crouch who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire on Halloween because he had the time and the ability.

Crouch knew the format of the Triwizard Tournament and the Goblet of Fire. He knew that once Harry's name was chosen by the Goblet of Fire, Harry would have to participate in the competition.

From the "disappearance" of Bertha Jorkins, to helping cast the Dark Mark, to putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire, Barty Crouch is more than capable of doing all three.

After the incident was completed, Barty Crouch withdrew himself and hid aside to silently pay attention to the progress and changes of the matter.

These three things seemed to have reasonable explanations and were all justified, but Ada knew that these statements of hers were simply untenable, and she alone had countless ways to refute herself.

Everything is just Ada's guesses and assumptions, without any real evidence, and there are still some unreasonable aspects.

This is the strange thing about the strange circle. There are too many unreasonable and unreasonable things about it.

Whenever you explain one of them clearly, more questions will immediately arise. These new questions will overturn all your previous conclusions.

In the final analysis, it still comes down to that sentence, what is Barty Crouch’s motivation, or purpose.

It really doesn't make sense that someone who can imprison his own Death Eater son in Azkaban would choose to help the Death Eaters or assassinate Harry!

Moreover, what kind of shocking secret or contradiction could cause Bertha Jorkins to "disappear"?

Everything is back to square one. Everything that happened this year is like a mess, and Barty Crouch, who seems to be the center of the circle, is just one of the threads.

Snape and Karkaroff, the two Death Eaters who were successfully cleared, were also involved, as well as Alastor Moody, who was attacked before the start of school. What roles did these three people play this year? ?

What happened this year is like an invisible and intangible hand that muddied everything, making it difficult for people to see clearly and guess.

Ada knew that only by finding this hand and its owner could she break this vicious circle and get the truth about the matter.

But where is that hand?