Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse - Chapter 392

c382 Grindelwald’s bargaining chip

“…Are there too many people who know this?”

Avada spent a long time organizing her speech before she could say this: “All the principals of the three schools know about it, everyone at Noblych University knows about it, and even many of the Death Eaters involved in the plan to rescue Voldemort know about it… …It’s not like Bagman is missing, right? Can you hide this?”

“To be honest, it’s really possible.”

Dumbledore nodded with emotion: “The existence of Barty Crouch Jr. was discovered by Pettigrew. Even among pure-blood families, few people know about it. It is estimated that only the core members are aware of it.” It is qualified to know that they have such a companion in ambush… The most others can know is that someone is impersonating Ludo Bagman, but they don’t know who.”

“But you are right. There are indeed many people who know about Crouch – but this is mainly the transaction between him and Noblic University. Me, Karkaroff and Mark Mrs. Sim only took a half step back, symbolically asking for some benefits and giving a favor to the university that represents the future.”

He added: “After all, Crouch is still a veteran and prestigious official, and is now the director of the International Magic Cooperation Department. If he cooperates, it will undoubtedly be a huge help to the legalization of the university in the UK. . But as for how to deal with Barty Jr. after the dust settles… that is his own business.”

“And what do you think he will do, Professor?”

Avada asked curiously – we can’t let little Barty stay with Crouch for the rest of his life, right? And he is much younger than his father. Even if he survives, Crouch can survive until the end of his life…

“Who knows, maybe we should continue to maintain the status quo.”

Dumbledore shook his head: “That is his biological son after all. If Crouch really had no feelings for him at all, he would not have allowed his wife to take him out of Azkaban and take care of him again. He has been there for more than ten years… Okay, that’s enough about Mr. Crouch, let’s continue the previous topic.”

“What were you talking about just now… By the way, Pettigrew took the lead and implemented the plan for the Triwizard Tournament together with the pure-blood faction.”

As he spoke, Dumbledore once again showed a familiar smile: “Then after knowing this matter, my response was very simple. Since they all took the initiative to set the location in Durmstrang, Then I can go directly to Karkaroff and win his cooperation – that’s what I thought at first.”

“At the beginning?”

Avada was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized something: “Did something happen again after that? But Karkaroff seems to be on your side… Wait, is he Nobili? People from Qi University?!”

“The response was very quick.”

Dumbledore smiled and approved Avada’s guess: “It was only when I found Karkaroff that I realized I was a step too late. But at that time, I didn’t know the existence of Noblic University. , I simply thought that Karkaroff was manning his own hands to arrange something – but I was not surprised at that time, because I knew that Karkaroff was definitely the person who least wanted Voldemort to come back, and as Dem Principal and veteran Strong is a Dead Apostle, and he also has his own information channels that allow him to learn part of what is happening in Britain…”

“So? What did he do?”

“He took the initiative to contact the pure-blood faction in the UK and expressed his willingness to help.”

Dumbledore said with some humor: “In order to make his joining more natural and credible, he deliberately released some news in the school, saying that his position as principal has been shaken in recent years and his position is not very stable. , so outside help is also needed… Those pure-bloods did not expect that this person who had betrayed them once would now have common interests with them – just like this, I obtained an important source of intelligence from outside Pettigrew out of thin air. I have also infiltrated two-thirds of the secret alliance formed by the stubborn pure-blood faction…”

“That’s only two-thirds?!”

Avada was a little shocked – the proposer and core executor of the plan were all Dumbledore’s people, how much more could he infiltrate? ?

“Those pure-blood families are not fools after all.”

Dumbledore explained slowly: “Pettigrew originally had a low status among them. No one knew what he had gone through in the thirteen years since he disappeared; and Karkaroff betrayed them once…even if they No matter how great the contribution he made this time, he still couldn’t gain absolute trust. And the pure-blood faction itself didn’t do anything – for example, they took the initiative to investigate the fact that Harry was actually a Horcrux. , at that time, they still had a lot of secrets.”

“So, the remaining third…”

Avada was searching for clues and thinking along Dumbledore’s words: “Is this what you gained from your trip to see Grindelwald?”

“That’s right.”

Dumbledore smiled: “It was also at that time that I officially learned the name ‘Nobic Ridge University’, and also learned that my old friend who often makes surprises gave me another unexpected surprise… ”

“Under his instruction, Mr. Johnson Shafik, the director of Noblic University and one of the twenty-eight sacred tribes, approached the core members of the die-hards and introduced to them a ‘Grinder A powerful organization secretly established by Waugh, whose influence has spread to all aspects of Britain, and expressed its willingness to cooperate with their plan to directly defeat Albus Dumbledore… In this way, the pure-blood faction thought that they would hit it off with Grindel Woda cooperated, and Grindelwald learned their complete plan.”

“And these are what I told you at the beginning of this year, the three purposes of pure-blood families restarting the Triwizard Tournament.”

“First, rescue Barty Jr., let him replace Bagman as the referee, and then work with Karkaroff to do tricks in the game, which is what I told you in Feathers – tampering in the Ghost Ship, And by adjusting the score, the warriors can board the ship at the same time, allowing me to expend energy in order to save the warriors…”

“Second, secretly cooperate with Grindelwald to provide him with resources to restore his strength. As the main force fighting me, in their imagination, at that time, I was exhausted from trying to crack the ghost ship’s magic, and I was already powerful. Grindelwald is fully capable of defeating me. In this way, they not only remove the biggest stumbling block, but can also directly obtain Voldemort’s main soul from me and achieve all their goals in one go.”

“The third purpose is accidental insurance, allowing Pettigrew disguised as Moody to steal Harry. In this way, even if they fail this time, Voldemort will never be completely killed and it will become an impossible task. Hidden dangers that may be eliminated.”

“Then, you learned all the above from Grindelwald, and then cooperated with Pettigrew and Karkaroff to counterattack the entire army and fish them all out?”

“That’s right—but there’s a missing step.”

Dumbledore suddenly smiled bitterly: “After the meeting, Grindelwald did not directly pour out all this information, but used it as a bargaining chip to ask me to reach a cooperation with Noblic University.”