Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Thirty minutes later.

Dumbledore and his group arrived at Jacob's bakery to rest.

"Where's Queenie?" Dumbledore asked.

Jacob shrugged. "She happened to be visiting her sister when I planned to go as a witness. It's a good thing, otherwise... I wouldn't know how to hide it from her, you know... she... always knows."

Dumbledore nodded. "You should leave America too. Now... it might be better for you to leave."

Newt agreed, saying, "Yes, Grindelwald is at the height of his power right now... You absolutely can't stay here. Who knows if he'll retaliate against you?"

"Alright, I have no objections... This world is really... nowhere is peaceful anymore..." Jacob said with emotion.

The Muggle world was at war, and the wizarding world couldn't find peace either. For a moment, even optimistic people like Jacob began to feel lost.

Dumbledore was silent for a while before saying self-reproachfully, "Actually, this is my fault... I once sneaked into the dungeon, but I didn't find you... If I had found you sooner..."

Grindelwald said on the note that he had already given Dumbledore a chance. At that time, Newt and Jacob, these two powerful witnesses, were in the dungeon.

But Dumbledore was upset at the time and didn't have the mind to search the dungeon everywhere, so naturally he didn't find them...

As for how to know Grindelwald's location without searching?

Finding Grindelwald was too simple, just go to the place with more guards!

In other words, Grindelwald did give him a chance...

Missing the opportunity made Dumbledore very guilty.

Leif said, "Professor, don't be like this. Grindelwald said that to make you feel bad on purpose. I think, regardless of whether you had the conditions to search the dungeon at the time, even if you had carefully checked the dungeon at that time, you shouldn't have been able to find them... How can you completely believe Grindelwald's words?"

Newt also said, "Yes, Professor Dumbledore, don't blame yourself. Even if you really found us, he might not have been willing to let you take us away... He might have even left a special trick to deal with you, you never know. Maybe it's a good thing you didn't find us."

"I think that's most likely the case! Since that guy dared to put us so simply and directly in the dungeon, not afraid of you finding us at all, there must be something wrong with it!" Jacob also said.

Dumbledore sighed again. He sighed more today than he had in the entire past year.

However, since everyone said so, he finally cheered up.

Grindelwald's sudden change of style really caught everyone off guard...

"Now that things have reached this point, the top priority is to help Jacob and the others evacuate from America first," Newt suggested.

"Okay... It's time to go back." Dumbledore looked at Leif and Tom, "I'm still with them, so I have to be careful."

"It's okay, don't worry, you can help Mr. Kowalski, we can go out for a walk ourselves..." Leif said.

But he was interrupted by Tom before he could finish speaking, "Grindelwald is in power now, and you still dare to go out? Can you not cause trouble for the professor! Can you be more mature?"

Leif looked at Tom in shock. This guy was so bold today! He actually dared to lecture him!

After Tom said this, he hid, fearing that Leif would retaliate on the spot.

He really didn't want to provoke Leif if he could avoid it!

But he didn't want to stay in America for even a second now!

Dumbledore is in a state of unease now!

If he didn't speak up, maybe this old man would really be fooled by Leif again!

"Tom is right, Leif, don't be naughty now... I'll use the fireplace to send you back first..."

"Okay... Okay... It's not easy to come to America for a walk," Leif said regretfully.

In fact, he wanted to sneak a peek at Grindelwald's speech.

Yes, the first thing Grindelwald did after coming out was to set a time and place directly after seeing so many followers gathered in America, preparing to give another speech to bewitch people's hearts.

But now, Leif's plan was directly ruined by Tom.

...

After Leif and Tom returned to England.

The Daily Prophet spent several days reporting the news that Grindelwald had successfully cleared his name.

Moreover, Leif also saw in the Daily Prophet that President Picquery, who wanted to use Dumbledore as a shield, had now stepped down.

As for the newly appointed chairman... Leif knew he was a pure-blood wizard just from seeing the look in his eyes in the photo...

The fanaticism in his eyes when he occasionally looked at Grindelwald's figure not far away while taking pictures... was simply overflowing.

It wouldn't be strange if this guy rushed up and shouted "Sieg Heil!" to Grindelwald.

In fact, after sending Leif and Tom back, Dumbledore took many people and continued to go to America to sit in town.

After Grindelwald successfully cleared his name, Dumbledore and the others were worried that Grindelwald would still use violent means in secret to deal with people who disagreed with him, as he had done before.

However, after guarding against him for several days, they discovered that Grindelwald's way of doing things had truly changed completely!

He completely abandoned his old ways and didn't attack any wizard who opposed him!

Instead, he chose to debate with those dissenting wizards many times in the American wizarding newspapers!

Later, both sides seemed to find debating in newspapers too slow, so they directly arranged offline debates!

Those who dared to oppose Grindelwald were naturally extremely courageous wizards.

They directly agreed to Grindelwald's challenge.

And then... they all lost!

When it came to debate, none of the wizards who opposed him could out-argue him!

Reporters faithfully compiled the content of these debates and published them in wizarding newspapers and magazines for wizards all over the world.

So, while Dumbledore and others were on high alert,

Grindelwald not only didn't take any violent actions, but also used the debates to spread his thoughts and ideas to the wizarding world as much as possible!

If Levid hadn't guessed wrong, his next step would be to publish a book!

After all, many people who were originally uninterested in his affairs have now become interested in his ideas after seeing his debates!

By the time the various Ministries of Magic reacted and wanted to ban newspapers from publishing his debates, it was already too late...

Just when everyone was speculating that he would take a position in the American Magical Congress and officially enter politics, Grindelwald suddenly disappeared.

This time, his disappearance lasted a full half month.

This left everyone scratching their heads.

Read it all without missing a single word!

Among them were Dumbledore and his group, who were preventing him from committing crimes.

However, when Grindelwald reappeared, he was already standing next to British Minister for Magic, Fawcett...

When Dumbledore saw the photo in the newspaper of Grindelwald standing next to Minister Fawcett, chatting cordially, he felt like the sky was falling...

He was still on guard in America... and his home had been stolen!?

When Dumbledore returned to England, the new issue of the Daily Prophet reported that Grindelwald had successfully obtained a high-level advisory position in the British Ministry of Magic...

Senior Advisor was originally an idle position, generally prepared for pure-blood families who donated money to the Ministry of Magic and wanted to obtain a certain status.

In fact, there is not much real power.

Advisor, advisor... the only power is to offer some suggestions to the Ministry of Magic.

Whether or not to adopt them depends on the mood of the Ministry of Magic.

So, this is just a leisurely job.

But... a leisurely job is also relative!

The Ministry of Magic can ignore those pure-blood families' random suggestions.

But...

Who would dare not take Grindelwald's suggestions seriously?

Even if he doesn't say anything, his followers can trip you up in secret, which is enough to give you a hard time!

Therefore, his position as a senior advisor has become extremely powerful!

Even when Dumbledore returned to England and visited Minister Fawcett at the British Ministry of Magic, this situation did not improve at all!

Dumbledore can protect you for a while, but he can't protect you forever!

Moreover, Dumbledore is too rule-abiding... but Grindelwald is too insidious!

He doesn't even need to take action himself to get revenge on you!

Therefore, many people would rather offend Dumbledore than offend Grindelwald...

As a result, when the idle position of senior advisor fell on Grindelwald's head, it suddenly became more useful than the Minister of Magic!

Dumbledore really couldn't do anything about it!

Because all of Grindelwald's actions now are completely reasonable and legal...

It can be said that since Grindelwald cleared his name, Dumbledore has never gained any advantage over him! He has always been at a disadvantage!

This is something that no one had expected!

A Dark Wizard, instead of practicing Avada Kedavra, starts thinking about becoming an official! Who can stand that!

When Dumbledore saw Grindelwald again at the Ministry of Magic, it was a full month later.

He was talking and laughing with several senior officials...

When everyone saw Dumbledore, they tacitly left, leaving them a space where they could talk alone.

"How is it? Can't stop me, can you? I told you a long time ago," Grindelwald said with a smile.

"I will eventually find a way to stop you..."

"At this moment, your words are so pale and weak... Dumbledore?" Grindelwald laughed: "So what if you captured the Elder Wand? Do you think... I will give you a chance to use it?"

Dumbledore was silent. Indeed, although he had captured the Elder Wand, so far, he hadn't had any record of using it against the Supremacists... because he simply hadn't been able to use it!

"Dumbledore... don't be so naive. You and I both know that there is only one way to stop me... and that is, you also pick up the weapons of power!" Grindelwald picked up his wine glass and took a sip, "But... do you dare? Do you dare to touch power?"

"The era of fighting and killing is over... Dumbledore..."