Chapter 267: Exclusive Interview

John's content included why the long-dead Barty Crouch Jr. was still alive.

How Barty Crouch Sr. hid his son Barty Crouch Jr., and how he was killed by Barty Crouch Jr.

And how Barty Crouch Jr. disguised himself as his father to attend the Triwizard Tournament throughout the process.

Why Harry's name was thrown into the Goblet of Fire.

And even the matter of Barty Crouch Jr. disguising himself as Krum to participate in the third task was also told.

Even Rita, who was used to all kinds of explosive news, couldn't help but be full of spirit.

Yes, full of spirit.

This kind of explosive news didn't happen every year.

She recorded every word of John excitedly.

John didn't stop her and let her play freely. After all, in terms of journalism, she knew how to attract eyeballs.

Relatively speaking, Mr. Lovegood's performance was... uh... had a feeling of sleepwalking, but he recorded it very elegantly, and his hand didn't stop either.

And this was also the effect John wanted.

Two media with completely different styles publishing the same event at the same time, telling a story from different perspectives, could increase credibility and dissemination breadth.

John finally finished speaking, let out a long breath, blinked at Harry, signaling it was his turn.

Harry cleared his throat, and seeing the eyes of the two reporters on him, he began to tell his experience.

He started from his entry into the third task.

Including how he followed John and Krum all the way to the center of the maze.

And how he was sent to a graveyard by the Portkey.

And seeing Peter Pettigrew, who should have been dead, and Voldemort's remnant body the size of a baby in the graveyard.

Then he was controlled by Pettigrew and tied to a tombstone.

Pettigrew took his blood, a bone from the graveyard, and one of Pettigrew's own palms, and fused them into a boiling cauldron.

Then he threw Voldemort's remnant body into the cauldron, and not long after, Voldemort was completely resurrected and stood up from the pot.

Afterward, he was tortured by Voldemort's Cruciatus Curse and was let down, forced to duel with him.

During the period, Voldemort also summoned a group of former Death Eaters, among whom were Lucius Malfoy, as well as the heads of the Goyle and Crabbe families.

He was the one who suddenly activated Priori Incantatem during the forced duel with Voldemort.

In Priori Incantatem, he saw the souls of people killed by Voldemort in recent times.

Relying on the help of those souls, he was able to take the opportunity to break free from the shackles and grab the Portkey to escape back.

When Harry was telling it, his fingers couldn't help but buckle together.

Especially here at Priori Incantatem.

Harry didn't say who the souls that appeared in Priori Incantatem were.

But according to known information, Voldemort was killed by the spell on Harry after killing Harry's parents more than a decade ago.

Now that he had just been resurrected, the last person he killed must be Harry's parents.

Harry's narration ended here.

John also followed up, telling how he caught Barty Crouch Jr. after Harry returned, and learned the whole truth from Barty Crouch Jr.'s mouth.

Including why Pettigrew was alive and where he found Krum.

After saying everything, Mr. Lovegood and Rita were also finishing up.

During the period, they also asked about some details to perfect the information.

Recording such explosive news, Rita was very excited throughout the process. After recording, she couldn't wait to go back and polish these contents into a front-page feature article enough to detonate the entire wizarding world.

However, before leaving, she was required by John to wait for Mr. Lovegood's Quibbler to be published together.

Rita wilted by half directly, but couldn't refuse.

Mr. Lovegood stayed behind and drank tea slowly.

"Mr. Merrick, I think my daughter Luna should have mentioned to you that I wanted to do an exclusive interview with you."

"Yes, I also agreed. Do you intend to start the interview now?"

John was stunned when he heard Mr. Lovegood's words, but nodded.

"That's right, after all, the opportunity is rare."

"With this explosive news as a bottom, coupled with your exclusive interview as a genius boy who is rare in a hundred years, I think the sales of this issue of The Quibbler can reach a new high."

"This way, I can take my daughter abroad for travel again in the summer vacation to find the traces of the Nargles."

John was speechless for a while, deserving of being Luna's father, as eccentric as Luna.

"Fine, but I want to call a few of my friends to come over for an interview together, is that okay?"

Titus and the three of them had been looking forward to being interviewed and appearing in the news, so John planned to bring them along.

He originally thought that today was just chatting about Voldemort's news, so he didn't call the three of them over.

"Of course, that is the three Luna mentioned to me, right."

Mr. Lovegood nodded knowingly.

It seems that Luna really told her uncle about Titus and the three, righteous!

"Then I'll go call them over..."

John just stood up and intended to call Titus and the three over, when the door of Hagrid's hut was pushed open violently.

"No need! We are already here!"

"Good brother, I really didn't misjudge you!"

Titus brought Ryan and Ethan in, patted John's shoulder excitedly and said.

"..."

John was patted so hard he staggered; he hadn't expected those three troublemakers to actually be eavesdropping outside the door.

"Hello sir, I am Titus Claude, John's good friend, very happy to meet you."

Titus was the first to come to Mr. Lovegood, holding his hand and saying very excitedly.

Then it was Ethan and Ryan, who also stepped forward to introduce themselves one after another.

Mr. Lovegood also responded one by one.

For his daughter's friends, he naturally would give respect.

"Since you three are so enthusiastic, then let's start with you?"

"No problem!"

The three responded in unison.

On the other side, Harry and Ron saw that this was John's exclusive interview time, and didn't intend to stay, greeted and left.

Harry still had a headache about tomorrow's spell training.

Hermione didn't leave, came to the door, and whispered to John.

"When did you say you were going to do an exclusive interview?"

"At the beginning of last semester."

John looked at Titus and the three and Mr. Lovegood asking and answering in the room, and responded softly.

"That was the first time I heard that Luna's father was the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, and he wanted to interview me."

"Then I agreed, but never made an appointment. It just so happened that I took the initiative to let Luna arrange the interview for today."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, and then said with some worry.

"Is it too dangerous to publish such a big fanfare at this node?"

What Hermione referred to was naturally doing such a big fanfare interview, and it was still at the cusp of exposing the truth of Voldemort's resurrection.

"Don't worry, I will let Mr. Lovegood anonymize them."

"No, I'm worried about you." ===== CHAPTER 268 =====