Chapter 170: The Answer to Everything

Bang!

With one punch, the golden-haired man fell to the ground, nosebleed flowing.

The flask in his hand fell, the potion spilled all over the floor, emitting a pungent potion smell.

John looked down at him coldly, his wand pointing directly at his throat.

"Even the duration of the potion can be remembered wrong, and you showed your feet just by being bluffed, I really don't know how you dared to sneak in."

Hearing John's words, he realized that he had been bluffed.

What pale face, yellowing hair, were all bluffs.

Because he put all his attention on Harry, causing him to forget that he had just drunk Polyjuice Potion, it was impossible to expire so quickly, and he was really bluffed out.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, anger erupting in his eyes, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

And the movement here also attracted Dumbledore's attention, and some students and audience who hadn't left also discovered the movement here.

Dumbledore arrived immediately, waved his wand without any hesitation, and bound the golden-haired man.

"... Barty Crouch Jr.?"

"You are actually still alive?"

It was just that when Dumbledore leaned closer and saw his face clearly, he also showed an unexpected expression.

The reason why Dumbledore cooperated with John's actions so quickly.

Was because he had long suspected Old Barty, but he had never mastered solid evidence, plus the plan hadn't been completed, so he didn't force a showdown to point it out.

And now, his plan was likely completed, and this Death Eater who snuck into the school was also time to be cleaned up.

Originally, he planned to settle Harry before dealing with it.

But since John, this child, directly pulled him out, then he just followed John to catch him.

It just happened to let Harry understand what kind of situation he was in.

It was just that he didn't expect that this person would be Barty Crouch Jr., who had been dead for more than ten years, the Death Eater who should have died in Azkaban, Old Barty's son.

And John was also stunned when he heard the name Barty Jr.

He had heard Sirius mention Barty Jr. before, so naturally he knew this person's identity.

And it was precisely because he knew him that he would be surprised.

Don't know what means Dumbledore used, soon saw several professors arrive one after another.

They were also quite surprised when they saw this person, obviously they recognized this person.

Barty Jr. looked at himself being surrounded, completely without the possibility of resistance, and started laughing distortedly.

Since there was no rescue, he was too lazy to pretend.

He grinned and opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and crazy: "You discovered it too late, Dumbledore! The Dark Lord has been resurrected!"

Barty Jr.'s voice spread throughout the audience, the scene was in an uproar, making the onlookers who didn't know why feel confused.

Those students and audience who hadn't left could only see John, one of the four warriors, suddenly put someone down, that person's clothes were a bit familiar, but they didn't know him.

Immediately after, Dumbledore arrived quickly, casting spells on the spot to bind him.

They didn't know what happened that required such a big move.

But hearing the words of the Dark Lord's resurrection, they were also stunned.

Dark Lord?

That big devil who was only mentioned in books and turned the wizarding world upside down? He was resurrected?

But now no one explained it to them, they could only look at each other, looking a bit uneasy.

"Severus."

Dumbledore didn't pay attention to Barty Jr.'s shouting, directly pinched his mouth with one hand, and then shouted at Snape who had just arrived.

Snape understood, took out the potion bottle he had prepared from his arms, and quickly poured three drops into Barty Jr.'s mouth.

The potion entered the throat, not allowing Barty Jr. to resist, and instantly merged into his throat.

"Answer me, where is Old Barty."

Dumbledore pressed Barty Jr.'s head, asking with eyes like torches.

"He is dead."

Barty Jr. didn't want to answer, but the power of the potion forced him to tell the truth, his voice trembling but clear.

"I killed him......"

Hearing this answer, Dumbledore closed his eyes, although he had expected it, he still felt a bit of pain.

The man who dedicated his life to justice eventually died at the hands of his own son.

"Polyjuice Potion transformation requires the use of living tissue parts of the transformation object, if Old Barty is dead, you can't continue to turn into his appearance, unless..."

Snape frowned and analyzed after hearing Barty Jr.'s words.

"Unless I prepared a large amount of raw materials before he died."

Before the analysis was finished, Barty Jr. sneered and replaced him.

"He imprisoned me for more than ten years, so I used his flesh and blood to brew a potion that can maintain activity at all times, and soaked his hair in it.

"This way I can get enough Polyjuice Potion raw materials to maintain for several years, and let him be smashed to ashes!"

Listening to his words, everyone could imagine what kind of torture Old Barty suffered in the last years of his life.

Barty Jr. showed a pathological pleasure, as if showing off a revenge carefully planned for many years.

"Enough!"

"Tell me, how did you survive, how did Peter Pettigrew survive, and your entire plan!"

Dumbledore didn't intend to listen to Barty Jr. going crazy anymore, directly forcing the core intelligence.

Barty Jr.'s throat trembled, the power of the potion forced him to open his mouth, his voice carrying a strange joy.

Soon, Barty Jr. confessed everything.

The matter started from the second year he was locked in Azkaban.

Everyone in the world knew that Barty Jr. died in the second year after being locked in Azkaban.

But in fact, it was Barty Jr.'s mother who saved him with her life.

Back then, Old Barty couldn't bear the plea of his seriously ill wife.

Finally agreed to take her to Azkaban, using his seriously ill wife to replace his son Barty Jr.'s position.

They took advantage of the visit to swap each other's identities with Polyjuice Potion.

Old Barty brought his son, who had turned into his wife's appearance, home.

And his wife, who was already seriously ill and had little time left, turned into her son's appearance and was left in Azkaban, dying in a cold cage instead of her son.

After his wife died in prison, Old Barty announced to the outside world that his wife had passed away with his son because of excessive grief.

Afterward, everyone in the world thought that Old Barty's wife and son had passed away one after another.

In fact, Barty Jr. was still alive, but had been locked in a secret room at home.

He wore an invisibility cloak from morning to night, and was controlled by the Imperius Curse, and then taken care of by the house-elf at home.

This lock was more than ten years, and it was no different from being in prison.

It was just changing to a relatively comfortable cage.

Until last year, things took a turn for the better.

Because of Barty Jr.'s growing up, he could slowly get rid of Old Barty's control.

Last year, because of the reversal of the Sirius Black case, Fudge took the opportunity to make things difficult, wanting to investigate Old Barty's mansion.

It was originally just a means to disgust Old Barty, without any substantial harm.

But by mistake, it poked Old Barty's lifeline.

To hide his son's secret, Old Barty could only bite the bullet and refuse to accept the investigation, going against Fudge.

Afterward, he had to deal with Fudge while trying to find a way to transfer his son out.

But as a result, because he was exhausted, he forgot to maintain control over his son, and was seized by Barty Jr. to counter-control, and was subdued by brute force.

After that, the roles in the secret room were completely reversed.

Old Barty became a prisoner, and Barty Jr., who had been imprisoned for many years, finally crawled out of the cage.

He used the Imperius Curse to counter-control Old Barty, and forcibly read his memory, understanding everything that happened in the outside world for more than ten years.

The boy who lived entered Hogwarts, the remnant soul of the Dark Lord appeared, and Peter Pettigrew was the Death Eater.

Afterward, he had a bold idea, returning to the Ministry of Magic in his father's identity, and using his position to carry out the great cause of resurrecting the Dark Lord!

He used Polyjuice Potion to turn into his father's appearance, taking over his father's position in the Ministry of Magic.

Killed the house-elf Winky who had been taking care of himself all these years, using it to cover up the traces of his father's death.

Afterward, he came to the prison of the Ministry of Magic, found Peter Pettigrew, and swapped him with Polyjuice Potion.

Forcing Peter Pettigrew to find the whereabouts of the Dark Lord.

Peter Pettigrew knew he had no way out, so he chose to obey.

Soon through some rat friends, Peter Pettigrew learned that there was a terrifying black shadow in the forest of Albania, which would possess some small animals, and it was likely the Dark Lord.

So they set off together to the forest of Albania, and sure enough, they found the Dark Lord who only had a remnant soul there.

They reshaped a temporary flesh for the Dark Lord.

And under the guidance of the Dark Lord, they carried out the preparation work for the resurrection ceremony.

Peter Pettigrew stayed by the Dark Lord's side to serve, while Barty Jr. continued to disguise himself as Old Barty, starting to manipulate in secret.

First was the participation age of the Triwizard Tournament.

To allow Harry Potter to participate reasonably, he used the power of the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation to defy all opinions and set the age limit at fourteen.

And then he just needed to tamper with the Goblet of Fire, let the Goblet of Fire select Harry Potter, and Harry could reasonably participate in the Triwizard Tournament.

Without causing any suspicion.

But the accident also appeared here, Harry didn't intend to sign up at all, so he had to do it himself to help Harry sign up.

As a result, when he did it, he was bumped into by John.

In order not to be exposed, he had to hide first.

Anyway, John was not 14 years old, and it was impossible to ruin his plan.

But as a result, John passed through Dumbledore's age line without any hindrance, and threw his name into the Goblet of Fire that he had cast a must-hit spell on.

This change completely disrupted Barty Jr.'s layout.

John became the warrior who was bound to be selected.

Barty Jr. finally had no choice but to follow the trend, using the Confundus Charm to deceive the Goblet of Fire, and helping Harry sign up in the name of the fourth school.

Then when Karkaroff went to tamper with the Goblet of Fire, he disguised himself as John to bump into him.

In this way, it not only maintained the rationality of Harry's participation, but also pushed John to the forefront of 'cheaters', becoming the target of public criticism.

After all, one is Harry Potter, who has been crowned with the name of Savior for many years, and the other is a nobody who doesn't even meet the age limit.

Who is the cheater, it is clear at a glance.

The plan seemed perfect, but as a result, he still didn't understand Harry's temperament.

After being selected, Harry not only didn't secretly rejoice because of vanity, or admit his identity as a heaven-sent warrior.

Instead, he kept shouting that he didn't sign up, leading to the early exposure of someone wanting to frame Harry.

Finally, he had to force Harry to continue participating in the competition on the grounds that he was selected by the Goblet of Fire and could not be changed.

Afterward, he had been stationed in Hogwarts in the identity of Old Barty.

It was he who told Hagrid the news about the dragons, and then let Hagrid reveal it to Harry.

Originally, he also planned to reveal the secret of the golden egg, but later John discovered it first, so he unexpectedly provided Neville with clues about Gillyweed.

Let Neville pass the information about Gillyweed to Harry.

But John's strength exceeded his expectations.

He actually killed through the merpeople alone and rescued all the hostages.

So he had to start attaching importance to John, this variable, and change the strategy of the third task.

Find a way to get rid of John in advance and replace him in the competition.

It was just that later he found that John's social circle was too wide, and if he used Polyjuice Potion to change people, his identity might be exposed.

So he turned his attention to Krum, who had no social circle and liked to give people a cold face.

First, he inadvertently let Krum know that the Acromantulas would appear as the finale of the third task, letting him go to the Forbidden Forest to find spiders to practice.

Then he took advantage of his unpreparedness to attack him, used Polyjuice Potion to replace his identity, and entered the maze to participate in the competition.

As for Old Barty's position, just let Krum drink the Polyjuice Potion that turned into Old Barty, and then control him with the Imperius Curse.

This way he could go directly into the maze to eliminate John and Fleur together, letting Harry get the trophy without any mistakes.

Everyone knew what happened later.

The two of them fought fiercely in the maze.

Although John was not eliminated, at least the goal was achieved.

The trophy was triggered, Harry was teleported to the Dark Lord, becoming the sacrifice for the Dark Lord's resurrection.

And he took the opportunity to escape, turned back into Old Barty's appearance, intending to leave Hogwarts directly to find his master to claim credit, but was stopped by Moody.

And then it became like this.

After listening to Barty Jr.'s narration, everyone finally understood the whole story of the event.

Including Harry, the Headmaster kept him and listened to the conspiracy that happened around him this year.

Harry also realized for the first time what kind of vortex he had been in.

Indeed.

If Harry was the only one selected.

No one would question the rationality of Harry being selected, and would think that Harry signed up himself.

Even if Harry defended, it would only be regarded as showing off or sophistry.

After all, in the eyes of the public, how could a warrior who gained both fame and fortune admit that he was forced to participate?

Even he himself might be gradually confused by fame and fortune, really thinking of himself as some kind of heaven-sent warrior, and thus step onto the altar with peace of mind.

This kind of psychological set is the key that Barty Jr. carefully utilized, which can largely eliminate people's doubts about abnormalities, making the whole conspiracy quietly advance under a seemingly reasonable appearance.

And John's appearance completely disrupted this logic, making the event that should have been reasonable full of doubts.

Plus Harry himself was not confused by fame and fortune, and calmly admitted that he didn't sign up for the Triwizard Tournament, which gave the truth a chance to surface.

Although Barty Jr. finally succeeded, at least it allowed them to be prepared in advance.

And also pulled out this lurking mole.

After all, if Barty Jr. was allowed to continue lurking, who knows what kind of disaster would happen later. ===== CHAPTER 171 =====