[HP] Seven Nights Talk

That night, Harry was carried back to his own room at 4 Privet Drive by Voldemort, unsurprisingly without attracting any attention.The Dursleys had long gone to bed, and the Order of the Phoenix outside thought Harry had never left.Harry was tired and fell asleep. Voldemort cleaned them both up and went to bed with Harry in his arms.Although there is no mandatory condition for them to be together all the time, in this case he is of course more willing to continue the world of two.

The next day, the Order of the Phoenix finally sent someone to visit Harry formally and took Harry away.After arriving at 12 Grimmauld Place, Harry found Ron and Hermione waiting for him there, knowing that they had been there for some time.In the past, he would be furious because of this kind of discrimination; but now he has calmed down and only hypnotized that he must stay in the Muggle world because of the protective spell.He can't tell others more of the truth, and he can't expect others to tell the whole story.

But here, Harry still got more news.Fudge definitely didn't want the "Daily Prophet" to publish a steady stream of negative news about the Ministry of Magic, focusing on controlling the direction of public opinion.It's just that Skeeter can't keep his mouth shut, so he has a headache.Everyone in the Ministry of Magic's International Communications Department has been downgraded for oversight (including Percy), and there's been no way to calm things down.Probably the only one who gets good reviews is the head of the Auror office, because he stopped old Crouch in the first place.

Harry, who knew the truth, couldn't help rolling his eyes inwardly.Batty Sr. sent Batty Jr. to Azkaban more than a decade ago, and Batty Jr. sent Batty Sr. to St. Mungo's now... If Skeeter knew this, her quill would be delighted explosive.As for why it was sent to St. Mungo-the Imperius Curse cast by the ring was too powerful, and in the process of unraveling it, it completely destroyed old Batty's sense of autonomy.

This made many people worry, because it meant that their opponents were extremely difficult to get along with, and they couldn't know who made him like this through the old Batty.For Harry, this was almost a predictable result - Voldemort drove Jorkins crazy with his forgetfulness, let alone out of his body; he recalled that in February, when the old bus Batty began to lose weight, which means that Batty Sr. may have been controlled by the ring before that.

It has to be said that in this way, the ring must have gotten a lot of news from the old Batty, at least there must be a Triwizard Tournament.Although Old Batty's time at school is limited to competitions, he probably hasn't been able to fully understand their details; but if this continues, the situation may not necessarily become more favorable to them——

Harry now desperately wanted to grab that tricky ring.

Except for the Ministry of Magic, which was on the cusp of the storm, Hogwarts was also involved in this incident.To be precise, the organizers of the Triwizard Tournament have been criticized by the public to varying degrees, and as the party responsible for the security of the venue, Hogwarts principal Dumbledore has also been accused of not caring about the personal safety of the students. Pay enough attention.This is also a subject that Skeeter likes, and she excitedly dug up Dumbledore’s previous history—hiring someone suspected of being a former Death Eater as a Potions professor, causing students to almost have an accident in the school lake, Hagrid picks up on dangerous animals in class, stuff like that.

It seems that Skeeter's indiscriminate damage can only find other breakthroughs after bypassing him and the people around him.Harry thought that Skeeter was smart enough to threaten her own interests—at least she didn't over-emphasize the news from Hogwarts as before, and the main firepower was concentrated on the Ministry of Magic. .

Ron and Hermione naturally didn't have as much as he thought.However, Ron strongly agreed with Skeeter on the Snape and Black Lake incident. As for Hagrid... Although they don't like snails, but the relationship is there, it must be towards Hagrid. Dumbledore is also in this range. "To be honest, I don't understand why Professor Dumbledore would believe that greasy old bat." He wrinkled his lips.

Hermione pretended not to hear his description. "Harry, you came just in time. They are having a meeting today, and Snape seems to be giving an important report."

"I saw the door at the bottom of the stairs closed when I came up," said Harry.Of course he knew that it was the Order of the Phoenix meeting, and he had seen it more than once before.Then his thoughts diverged uncontrollably... According to Voldemort's previous intentions, Snape was obviously not within the scope of the Death Eater's regular meeting.So if Snape was cut off from the core Death Eaters, what important report could he produce?

"Want to know what they're talking about," said Ron.Then he frowned again, "I still don't understand why the Ministry of Magic is still lagging behind at this time."

This brought Harry's attention back. "What happened to the Ministry of Magic?" he asked quickly.

"What else, isn't it just Percy." Ron showed an indescribable expression.Then he told Harry that under the circumstances that most people thought that the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix were on the same boat at this time, Fudge actually had the idea that Dumbledore deliberately made people in the Triwizard Tournament. In the last game, some moths were made to secretly push him to step down.

Harry was almost in shock. "Dumbledore can't do that!"

Ron spread his hands at him. "That's what we said. Sadly, a few people did, including Percy."

Harry didn't know what to say.He knew that Fudge was afraid of Dumbledore, and Dumbledore did have the capital to make him afraid, but he didn't know that Fudge had reached such a deep level.

"Didn't Fudge try to cover up the mummy and the Death Eaters before? But Dumbledore strongly opposed it." Hermione said annoyedly, "He probably felt that Dumbledore manipulated this for the sake of Force him to give in on this matter. Because it's just a Dark Mark, and it doesn't do any real harm." When she mentioned the Dark Mark, her body trembled slightly.

"But so many people saw..." Harry tried to use his sanity to explain the incident.If he was not believed in the previous summer vacation of the fourth grade - because he was the only one who saw Voldemort's resurrection and testified - but this time it was made public, Fudge should have found out that old Barty has been controlled for a long time Bar?

Hermione seemed to see Harry's unfinished intentions. "Yes, what happened to Crouch was done by a powerful wizard. But Crouch himself was born as an Auror, how could he be completely controlled quietly? Who can do this?"

Harry was about to say Voldemort, but suddenly he understood how Fudge would think - and Dumbledore could do it too.The whole thing was Dumbledore's own making; since Voldemort hadn't been seen for two years, and he was trying to pretend the recently stopped mummies had never happened.

"Of course, these are still inside information." Ron said, his voice slightly bitter. "If Fudge got his suspicions out at this point, he'd be ready to step down immediately. But Percy had a big fight with Dad about it, and now he's moved out."

Harry's heart skipped a beat.Subconsciously, he thought it was a bad omen, especially with the ring still hanging out.The reason why old Batty was selected this time should not only be due to the opponent's position in the Ministry of Magic, but the bigger reason may be that old Batty lives alone.In this way, there will be far more cases where people do not attract attention when they do it. "I don't think it's safe," he objected.

"Mum said the same," said Ron, his expression even worse, "but Percy closed the door in her face, believing what Fudge said."

Harry fell silent.It is certain that Percy cannot live alone for too long, otherwise he will not be able to save him if he is killed.But he couldn't suggest that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley should use strong measures to bring Percy back.Finally, he thought about Voldemort's dark thread in the Ministry of Magic.

"Little Barty must not be free." Voldemort's first answer was this.It was already night, and everyone else had already rested.

Harry hadn't expected Voldemort to enlist the help of his best general. "Don't ask them to go," he said anxiously, "just a few more people, or live near Percy or something. Then I'll figure out a way to get Percy back to live in."

Voldemort raised his eyebrows.To be honest, he didn't think the ring would be interested in Percy, especially after Percy moved out-living in the Burrow and possibly hearing about the Order of the Phoenix, living outside was worthless.But seeing Harry's face, he swallowed the words back. "Maybe I can say I want some new members."

Harry knew that Voldemort had agreed, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Then he asked again: "There is another question...why did Crouch only send out a skeleton reappearance?" This question was only enlightened to him today, and the ring could completely allow Crouch to cause more damage at that time.

"You mean a curse on someone?" said Voldemort, without any surprise on his face. "It's easy to be spotted before the action - the cursed person will subconsciously carefully identify everyone's face, and a skilled wizard can see traces of the Imperius Curse in such behavior." Moreover, the ring's The target is him.Ring must be very clear that it is not easy to attack him directly, not to mention adding an intermediate link, and it can only be remotely controlled.

Harry suddenly thought of Krum's reaction in the maze after being cast with the Imperius Curse by Little Barty - when he saw him, Krum did stare at him for a while before he realized it, probably just judging He is not the target of the attack.That's beside the point, though, as he tries to bring up the question he's said several times before: "Now that there's no such positional constraints, when are we going to grab the ring?"

Voldemort didn't answer, and the expression on his face became a little unfathomable.

Harry thought he still didn't want to take him, and gritted his teeth. "If you think I'm going to hold you back, you can always go yourself?"

He thought he had made a concession, but Voldemort's expression became a little more complicated.Just before Harry could hardly hold back, he said slowly, "Didn't you realize that I kept him on purpose?"