Chapter 227

Cedric sat beside Fleur, Zhang Qiu sat beside Alina, and Ron sat beside Hermione very smoothly. They discussed the questions in a low voice, laughing and talking from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

And outside this harmonious atmosphere, Harry found an excuse, quietly slipped out of the library, and met secretly with Renata in a dark empty classroom.

Harry gave her a handwritten test paper, and Renata gave him a file, then she didn't say anything, and the clattering footsteps faded away in the corridor.

Harry looked around. This happened to be a good hidden place, so he sat behind a fallen cabinet, and with the help of a little light falling from the skylight, he read this file.

At the top of the first page, there is a very abrupt sentence, perhaps it was excerpted from a continuous file. Harry ignored it and continued to look down. This seems to be a record of a trial.

Igor Karkaroff, Harry looked at this name in surprise, determined that he had not read it wrong, and then he continued to look down. The case file wrote that Karkaroff tried to reduce his crimes by identifying other Death Eaters. He first confessed Antonin Dolohov, but Crouch pointed out that he had already been caught.

Harry recalled the name Antonin. He should also have escaped in the great prison break in the third year. Sirius mentioned that he is probably organizing people now, preparing to attack Hogwarts, he is a very dangerous and hateful guy.

The next one confessed was Evan Rosier, but Crouch said he had been shot dead for resisting arrest. Karkaroff then confessed Travers and Mulciber, two Death Eaters mastered by the Ministry of Magic, and then he made a contribution: he confessed the Ministry of Magic's internal ghost, Augustus Rookwood.

Later, he confessed Snape, but Deng Buliduo guaranteed Snape, saying that Snape had become a spy before Voldemort fell. But Harry felt that this might not be right. Voldemort had promised to let his mother go, which was Snape's request. Perhaps, Snape decided to be at odds with him only after Voldemort killed his mother, but it was on the night Voldemort killed his mother, which was when Voldemort fell.

Perhaps, Deng Buliduo did this to completely bring Snape under his command. He had long expected that Voldemort would have a day of comeback, Harry thought secretly.

Later, Karkaroff privately provided information about Bellatrix Lestrange and Rodolphus Lestrange, the couple. Crouch thought this was very valuable intelligence, so he reduced his prison time to one month.

Bella... Harry heard this name very clearly in the illusion, knowing that she is the Dark Lady serving Voldemort. But, she is actually a married woman? Voldemort turned out to be such a retro leader?

But this inevitably brought up a problem. According to medieval tradition, if the wife becomes the king's mistress, the husband should be favored. But where did Rodolphus go? Harry didn't see him in the illusion, and Malfoy and Sirius didn't mention him either, as if this person didn't exist.

Could it be that he passed away long ago? Harry could only guess irresponsibly.

In the file, the part about Karkaroff ended here, and the next one is Ludo Bagman. Harry could recall that this is the official currently responsible for sports betting. He didn't expect him to be a Death Eater either.

He was identified as a Death Eater passing intelligence, but Bagman argued that this was because Rookwood agreed to find him a job at the Ministry of Magic, so he worked for Rookwood, and at that time, he didn't know Rookwood was Voldemort's subordinate.

This statement is very reasonable, plus someone pointed out that he had just shined in the Quidditch match against Turkey and won glory for the country, so everyone agreed to release him without guilt. And, the warrant signed by Rookwood for him is still valid, he can enter the Department of Magical Games and Sports to work as usual.

Next is the trial of Barty Crouch Jr. and his three accomplices. After Voldemort fell, they kidnapped an Auror and used the Cruciatus Curse on him, trying to find out Voldemort's whereabouts. Because Frank Longbottom was unwilling to provide intelligence, they used the Cruciatus Curse on his wife.

Harry couldn't believe his eyes. He returned to the beginning of the paragraph and read this paragraph again.

That's right, it's Barty Crouch Jr. and three accomplices, because they wanted to continue the lawless violent life under Voldemort's rule, so they eagerly looked for Voldemort's whereabouts, and stupidly thought that Frank Longbottom as an Auror would master this intelligence.

The reason why it is said to be stupid is because if Frank as an Auror knew Voldemort's whereabouts, then the Aurors would have already gone out in full force to wipe him out, and it is impossible to sit at home waiting to be kidnapped by these four juvenile delinquents.

Harry took a deep breath. He was sure he hadn't read it wrong. The victimized Auror's surname was Longbottom. In other words, unless some other low-probability things happened unknown, otherwise, the killer of Neville's father that Neville thinks about day and night is Barty Crouch Jr., who is teaching English class in Beauxbatons without anyone else around.

Turning over this thin piece of paper, there is only a cold and ruthless conclusion on the back: He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died shortly after entering prison.

Harry didn't rush to think about the summary, but continued to look at the materials behind. Those are several old newspapers, telling that Barty Crouch Sr.'s prestige fell sharply because of his son's affairs, and he changed from being expected to become Minister to being transferred to the Department of Mysteries. Later, he was depressed for three or four months, and suddenly cheered up again, announcing that he was at odds with Voldemort, and then reorganized the Unspeakables and started the Doctor plan.

Harry looked at the "Confidential" two words on the top right of the Doctor plan file, and couldn't help but think of a sentence Cui Ge said. Sure enough, the Ministry of Magic was infiltrated by the Soviets like a sieve.

At the beginning of the Doctor plan, they only had eight doctors, all of whom were reorganized from the original Unspeakables. They spent five or six years expanding the realization principle of the Time-Turner, and then manufactured the large time machine TARDIS, but for some reason decided to seal it up and reduce the frequency of use. Later, they started recruiting, some personnel were invited to participate in internships, but in the end, only four became official doctors.

Harry easily understood the joints here. They must have attracted the attention of the Hounds of Tindalos, so they had to keep a low profile. And, perhaps the pressure given by the hounds was really too great, so they added several doctors to share. Doudou also said that the paradox function of TARDIS can allow doctors to share some prices that are too heavy for individuals.

The last few pages of the file only have the file of the Tenth Doctor, with Barty Crouch Jr.'s photo hanging on it, but the name column is filled with John Smith. The resume and so on are almost blank. Harry looked at these few pages of files carefully, and he thought, perhaps things are like this, Barty changed his face (in fact, the change is not big, even a bit perfunctory), joined the Doctor plan. This is also some operation of Barty Sr., perhaps involving some power transactions within the Ministry of Magic, but in short, he is now just such a person who is fine, doing work related to the Doctor plan here.

Closing the file, Harry thought about the doubts in it. The first is that the file records that Barty died in Azkaban, but why is he still here well? The answer is also very simple, Barty Sr. arranged for him to fake his death and escape. In the illusion, those eyewitnesses in Azkaban also said that the person who died in prison was not Barty.

This is actually the easiest point to understand. What really makes Harry feel confused is that if Barty is just as he performed later, a smart, kind, and hateful person who can truly be called a "Doctor", then why did he commit such stupid, cruel, and senseless crimes in the first place? He originally thought that Barty was just involved in some involvement, so he had to disappear, such as being bitten by Karkaroff. But now, from the file, it is not like this.

This is too fragmented, and Harry doesn't think a person who harmed the Longbottom couple like that would be worth Barty Sr. betting his official career to arrange for faking death, and also opening the Doctor plan for him. Would Barty Sr. help such a hopeless son?

And, their father-son relationship doesn't seem to be very good. Barty's Scottish accent is very different from Barty Sr.'s London accent. Two people who often talk together will influence each other, and it won't be so outrageous. Plus Barty has been in a foreign country for a long time, and Barty Sr. seems to be completely indifferent, which is a bit too cold.

Of course, this can also be explained, for example, Barty tortured the Longbottom couple crazy, which is an extremely serious mistake, causing their father-son relationship to become tense. Or, the main culprit who tortured the Longbottom couple was not Barty, but other Death Eaters, he just fell into a trap, or was framed because his undercover identity was discovered...

But, these far-fetched explanations are just Harry's futile efforts to deny the truth told by his intuition. Almost the moment he discovered the doubts, he naturally associated that Barty was no longer Barty.

All these clues came from Sirius. He mentioned that there were Soviets sent to Azkaban to monitor him, mentioned that there was a Metamorphmagus who mixed into the Ministry of Magic, and he could "disguise himself as anyone at will, for as long as he wants", and most importantly, the overlap of Badwolf and Bazhu.

But Harry really didn't want to delve into it. No matter from which angle, Barty or Yanayev, they didn't intend to destroy the Ministry of Magic's plan to lure Voldemort. Perhaps, turning a blind eye is a more reasonable approach.