The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Greed and desire are synonymous with human beings.

It is an instinct that has been imprinted on human DNA since ancient times.

It is the purest form of animality.

Many people in Link's previous life believed that it was the existence of war that led to the rapid development of human technology in modern times.

Some 50Ws with ulterior motives even distorted this theory and came up with a terrifying 'truth' - the reason why an ancient country that has been passed down for thousands of years can develop into what it is today is entirely due to the continuous encounter with foreigners. invasion and domination.If there hadn't been foreigners who invaded and destroyed this ancient country every time it started to become extremely decadent, then I'm afraid this country would be like the Asan Kingdom next door, where all the people have been brainwashed and indoctrinated, and there are evil people everywhere. situation.

There is no doubt that this is a fallacy!

The reason why we can draw this conclusion is not that the butt determines the head, but that this theory is wrong from the underlying logic.

It has never been war that drives human development, but desire and greed itself.

It is precisely because of human beings' instinctive possessiveness and greed for resources that the Industrial Revolution was born, the explosion of technology was born, and the monster war was born.

But despite greed and desire changing our lives.

This does not mean that greed is good.

Greed can also lead to destruction.

This is a double-edged sword!

Therefore, Link has always believed that when facing greed, one must always remain cautious.

This is true for the greed in one's own heart, and even more so for the greed of others who can threaten oneself.

So adhering to this concept, when late at night, old Barty, wearing a thick hood, pushed open the door of the Room of Requirement according to Link's instructions and appeared in front of Link, Link didn't say a word nonsense.

He didn't even wait for Old Barty to take off his hood and salute him, before he couldn't wait to raise his wand.

"Legislasia!"

As the white light flashed, Old Batty lay stiffly on the ground as if he had been electrocuted, and began to twitch continuously.

In order to ensure the authenticity of the information obtained, Link went all out in the true sense this time.

This will inevitably cause intense pain to Old Barty, but Link feels that this is not a big deal.

Compared to his negligence that allowed the dementors to escape into Voldemort's camp, this was really just a small punishment.

After more than ten minutes, Link put down his wand, closed his eyes and recalled the memory image he had just seen.

Things are already clear.

The reason why Voldemort was able to win over the support of the dementors even though Link got the news in advance was not because either Old Barty or Percy chose to rebel.

This is also more in line with Link's previous conjecture.

After all, Percy is still a fledgling and is far from ready to fly solo.

Old Batty signed an 'unbreakable oath' with him.

During that signing, Batty Sr. could be said to have signed countless unequal contracts. Link felt that even if Batty Sr. was smart enough to find loopholes that could be exploited, he would not completely rebel.

From this perspective, Old Barty's status in Link's organization is indeed lower than Percy's.

At least Percy can still be regarded as Link's subordinate, while Old Barty is a complete slave.

The real reason why all this is happening now is actually very simple.

Ever since Barty Sr. defeated Fudge with the support of Link, their power in the Ministry of Magic began to grow extremely brutally.

And when this expansion reaches a certain level, internal friction begins.

Especially after Percy gained a certain amount of power, everyone finally returned to the familiar confrontational environment, and the original internal friction turned into internal fighting.

Driven by desire and greed, Percy and Barty Sr. both prioritized defeating each other's monopoly on the Ministry of Magic.

In this way, Link's order about being wary of dementors was naturally delegated to the second echelon.

Link sat back on the sofa, picked up the wine glass on the coffee table and slowly sipped the dark brown wine inside.

Old Batty fell limply at his feet, his whole body soaked in sweat, breathing in air like a stranded fish.

As someone who has experienced the entire Second Wizarding War, Barty Sr. was also persecuted by the Death Eaters' Cruciatus Curse when he was young.

But even the pain caused by the forbidden curse with the name of unforgivable is definitely not half as much as what Link just inflicted on it.

The kind of pain that was like directly opening the skull, taking out the brain and exposing it to the air, and then being constantly kneaded, stabbed with needles, chopped with knives, and burned was simply the most horrific punishment in the world.

Compared to this, the shame of having my memory flipped through becomes nothing worth mentioning.

This also reminded Old Barty of Bellatrix, who had just seen the photo this morning.

How did the Longbottoms, who were tortured into madness by her, persist?

Or maybe they didn't hold on at all, and Bellatrix was just deliberately continuing to torture them in order to avenge Voldemort?

Just when Old Barty's brain was thinking wildly due to excessive stimulation, Link had drank the last drop of wine in the glass.

He threw the wine glass back on the coffee table very casually, turned to look at Old Barty and sighed.

As soon as this almost inaudible sigh sounded, Old Batty struggled to his knees and pressed his head against the cold marble floor.

In the fireplace not far away, orange flames were jumping and flickering.

The light and shadow of this flame refracted on the smooth ground and shone into Old Batty's eyes, giving Old Batty the illusion that a poisonous snake was spreading its fangs and claws towards him.

In fact, this cannot be regarded as an illusion.

Because Arkham has indeed climbed out of Link's collar and is currently hunched over to observe Old Barty.

Seeing Arkham's muscles tightening more and more, just when he was about to bite Old Barty, Link finally spoke:

"How is your son now?"

Old Batty shuddered when he heard this and hurriedly replied:

"He is currently being held in the Auror interrogation room of the Ministry of Magic. The Aurors are using Legilimency spells and Veritaserum to get him to reveal information about Voldemort.

But because he also knows Occlumency, he uses Veritaserum a lot. Although he has indeed provided some personnel lists, he is already stupid.

Don't worry, his interrogation is not over yet, we will definitely dig out more information! "

A sneer appeared on Link's face.

He had actually seen what Old Batty just said through Legilimency.

The whole thing was exactly as described by old Batty.

But Old Batty was not doing it to dig up any information, but simply because he didn't want to kill his son.

Even Link had to admit that as a father, Barty Sr. had indeed done his best.

You must know that his son Barty Jr. was trying his best to harm him, and even almost killed him.

It's just that Old Barty's behavior is a kind of contempt for Link.

Link didn't return little Barty to him just to reunite the two father and son.

"Old Barty, you're swollen."

With a chuckle, Link said slowly.

At the same time, Arkham also felt Link's mood swings, slowly avoiding the cold marble floor, and climbed along the coffee table to Old Barty's body.

Feeling the rustling sound in his ears, Old Batty was about to collapse.

He knelt down on the ground trembling all over, not caring that the clothes on his lower body were being soaked by the out-of-control liquid, and kept saying:

"Master, I was wrong! Master! Please..."

Ding, ding, ding...

A brand new gold coin bounced in front of Old Batty. As soon as Old Batty moved his eyes away, he heard Link say:

"Don't worry, I'm not Voldemort, so I won't kill people casually.

However, I am quite interested in the information your son knows.Since you can't find anything through interrogation, why not let me take over. "

Old Batty raised his head in horror, then lowered it faster and said tremblingly:

"Yes... yes, master!"

"The person who will take over Barty Crouch Jr. will appear in front of you tomorrow with a gold coin like this one. Just hand him over." Link tilted his head and said expressionlessly, "As for you Well. I also hope you can remember that you are not the only puppet I can use.

You may not like Percy as an alternative, but Fudge should be fine, right?

Anyway, his arrogant temperament has been polished off.

If I want to force him, it should be okay even if I make him sign an 'unbreakable oath', right? "

Old Batty was suddenly stunned.

The muscles on his face were twitching continuously, as if he had lost control.

This reaction was even greater than when he heard that his son was about to be taken away by someone sent by Link.

But he can't be blamed for that.

Because he knew very well that Link was definitely not joking just now.

Link has really considered reactivating Fudge, and a guy like Fudge will never let go of such an opportunity.

And if all this comes true.

With Fudge's temper, what will happen to him after he takes power...

Old Batty instantly felt that his soul was almost leaving his body.

It wasn't until Link whispered "Go away" again that Old Barty got up with difficulty, picked up the gold coins on the ground, and left the Room of Requirement in despair.

"Hiss!~" (He is so disgusting!)

Arkham said as he slowly crawled back to Link - due to the snake's habits, its movement speed in winter was extremely slow.

"Yeah, who said no."

Link said while stroking Arkham's smooth head.

It was only these two disgusting guys, Old Barty and Percy, that allowed Voldemort to score another point.

But excluding Percy, old Barty was bound by an 'unbreakable oath' and shouldn't have done these things.

Could it be that this is the damn plot inertia at work?

Link shook his head.

Now that something has happened, the most important thing should be to solve the problem instead of dwelling on the mistakes of the past.

At present, the Ministry of Magic is in a typical three-legged situation after getting rid of Fudge, the puppet minister.

Percy, Old Barty and Scrimgeour respectively control the administrative and military power of the entire magical world in the country.

Among them, old Batty's swollen heart should return to calm after experiencing tonight's warning.

Percy was easier.

In Link's eyes, he and Old Barty were just dogs led by the chain of power.

The only difference between the two of them is that Old Barty usually doesn't bark. Even if you kick him, he will hold back and wait for the opportunity to retaliate. He is an existence that needs to be vigilant.

Percy is just a yellow dog that only barks but never bites.

There is absolutely no need to deal with such a dog.

Link planned to send Old Beckman to the Ministry of Magic to take in little Barty and torture Percy to make him understand his master's unhappiness.

The only one who gave Link some trouble was Scrimgeour.

This is a pure hard-line military figure, and there is no possibility of bribery and control.

At the same time, while he has recently vigorously expanded the recruitment of Aurors, he has also continued to promote personality cultism among the Aurors and Strike Force.

If he continues to expand like this, he may threaten the status of old Barty and Percy with his absolutely strong military power.

But that's not a big deal.

Link only thought for a moment and came up with a solution.

Since Scrimgeour is now focused on improving the strength of Aurors so that he can serve his country loyally, let him solve the problem of the Dementor rebellion.

Anyway, the Dementor problem must be solved, and Scrimgeour will definitely not refuse on this matter.

The Aurors he led fighting against Voldemort's Death Eaters should be the most beneficial situation for Link.

After making this decision, Link finally had a smile on his face again.

He looked out the window at the gradually whitening sky, minding his own business, and left the Requirement Room, heading towards the MOMHL factory.

Since it was the weekend, even though it was already the time when everyone usually got up to go to class, the auditorium and corridors that Link walked through were still empty.

This situation changed until Link entered the workshop of a MOMHL factory.

This workshop was specially provided by Link to the Kennedy brothers and sisters for alchemy experiments.

Only people like Emily and Cedric who really know Link understand that among all the newly selected followers, the ones Link values ​​the most are not Newland and Si Geffen, but the Kennedy brothers and sisters.

To be precise, it is the alchemical research being carried out by the Kennedy brothers and sisters.

Therefore, when preparing this workshop, Link directly allocated nearly 2 gold galleons.

While maximizing the level of hardware in this workshop and laboratory, comfort and beauty were also deliberately taken into consideration.

But now, when Link returned to this experimental workshop that he was satisfied with after many days, the scene that appeared in front of him made a person like him who was used to seeing wind and rain stunned.