Chapter 125
Andy did not ask Dumbledore whether the fake Moody came to the school hospital that night.
He might have come, but was scared off by Dumbledore's appearance in the school hospital, or he might not have come at all, knowing that he might have been exposed, so he chose to be cautious.
Andy had already told Dumbledore everything he could.
Andy saw Moody again in a subsequent class and realized that he had not tried to take the risk to kill Barty Crouch.
He was actually willing to give up this was almost his only chance.
The trap was set, but the wolf didn't take the bait.
Barty Crouch will only be at Hogwarts briefly as Head of the Ministry of Magic.
After leaving Hogwarts, with Voldemort's current meager manpower, there should be no chance to attack Barty Crouch again.
Unless fake Moody dares to leave the castle and find an excuse to go to St. Mungo's Hospital.
But this is a clear sign, and Dumbledore must understand what this means.
His choice made Andy a little uneasy.
Early the next morning, Andy met Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office, again in the castle.
He took several Aurors and briefly questioned Andy accompanied by Dumbledore.
Andy mostly answers truthfully when it comes to Peter.
He and Dumbledore had a tacit understanding, and neither he nor Dumbledore told anything about Barty Jr. who appeared later.
Little Barty's information can't be revealed yet. Telling him will only alert others.
As for Krum's Imperius Curse, Peter also took the blame.
In view of Andy's demonstrated strength and status as a warrior, Scrimgeour did not embarrass Andy and returned to the Ministry of Magic with the Aurors after completing the evidence collection.
At the same time, Professor McGonagall did a good job of keeping the secret secret, so that the students in the castle only found out that an attack had occurred in Hogwarts through the next day's newspaper.
The Daily Prophet faithfully published this news.
Fudge's attitude was obvious. Under his order, the Ministry of Magic was completely silent about this incident.
Instead of reporting the attack, all newspapers were asked to keep pace with the Ministry of Magic.
Regarding Crouch's return, the Ministry of Magic only issued a vague statement, stating that Mr. Crouch was ill and had been transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for treatment and was now unconscious.
However, Fudge couldn't control Rita Skeeter.
This is something particularly bad about the wizarding world, even the Minister of Magic cannot interfere with freedom of the press.
Of the two letters Andy sent that night, one was to Rita Skeeter.
After receiving Andy's letter, Rita Skeeter was so excited that she almost went crazy.
Peter Pedillo? Wormtail? Actually a Death Eater who has been hiding for more than ten years?
The Ministry of Magic also awarded him an Order of Merlin?
This is really big news, the kind that can discredit many people.
Rita Skeeter is a staff reporter for the Daily Prophet and also has her own resources and direct access to the editor-in-chief.
So she finished writing a manuscript in just ten minutes, exhausting her automatic writing quill to death, and then knocked on the door of the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet late at night.
The editor-in-chief was skeptical about the manuscript submitted by Rita Skeeter and was unwilling to publish it in the newspaper against the wishes of the Ministry of Magic.
But Rita Skeeter convinced him
"This is my manuscript, the scoop. Let it be published and the Daily Prophet will become the only newspaper in the UK that dares to expose the truth."
"On the contrary, the consequences of my nonsense will be borne entirely by me. What are you afraid of?"
The editor-in-chief was overwhelmed by what Rita Skeeter said, and slammed the table:"We are reporters! Not the running dogs of the Ministry of Magic!"
Then, under the order of the editor-in-chief, he immediately began to print a new front-page news for the next day.
Soon, the next day's Daily Prophet set off a storm.
Rita Skeeter's manuscript was too scary.
The newspaper stated that Mr. Crouch had been transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital after emergency treatment at Hogwarts.
Crouch had been officially missing for a long time, and now he suddenly returned, lying unconscious in the hospital bed, and still unable to return to work. Everyone was mentally prepared for this.
What was not mentally prepared was about Peter.
Rita Skeeter's manuscript described the facts in detail, and it was a version revised by Andy.
This is what the newspaper wrote.
Peter has always been a deeply hidden Death Eater, and also an Animagus.
More than ten years ago, he took great pains to escape from Sirius and the Aurors.
Sirius disappeared after escaping from prison. , which terrified Peter, so he never dared to show up in public.
Later, during the Triwizard Tournament, Peter kidnapped Barty Crouch and used the Imperius Curse to control him, but Crouch accidentally broke free from the spell.
Peter chased Crouch to Hogwarts, and finally, in the fierce battle, Peter tried to attack Crouch with the Killing Curse, but was bravely counterattacked by Mr. Crouch, causing Peter's Killing Curse to hit himself and kill himself.
It is said that before Mr. Crouch fell into a coma, he said that for the safety of wizards and the magical world, he must stand up to stop Peter, even if he was killed.
After saying this, Mr. Crouch fell into a coma.
After Rita Skeeter's writing polishing, it suddenly became a heroic story.
After reading this paragraph, Qiu Zhang squinted his eyes and looked at Andy, which made Andy feel creepy.
"what?"
Is he making it up too outrageous?
No, Peter's resurrection from the dead was already outrageous, he just added a little bit of fuel and jealousy to it.
Andy didn't want to get too involved in this matter, so he hid his own existence. After all, it involves a lot of unforgivable curses and death.
Anyway, Crouch is also in a coma, so it is just right for him to take the lead.
Andy may use this opportunity to insert himself into the Ministry of Magic
:"Why do I think this matter has anything to do with you?
Andy denied:"That's impossible, absolutely impossible."
Qiu Zhang:"Why did you come back so late last night?" Gabrielle said that Fleur was only there for a short while before returning to the carriage."
"What did you and Harry do?"
Andy was curious:"Harry?"
Qiu Zhang:"Hermione said Harry also came back to the Gryffindor common room very late."
"We are not together." Andy said,"I suddenly felt that the night was very beautiful, so I went for a walk."
Qiu Zhang:"Walking alone in the middle of the night?""
You dare not take me with you for a walk?
"Well, it was me, I killed Crouch."
Andy surrendered.
Qiu Zhang corrected:"Crouch is not dead, it is Peter who is dead."
Andy wanted to cry but had no tears. He is a principled person. He didn't want to talk about it until the truth came to light.
Andy and Qiu Zhang looked at each other, and then they couldn't resist. What is the principle? I don't know him.
Andy:"That's it. , and so and so……"
After hearing this, Qiu Zhang was surprised:"So what happened to Peter is true? I thought it was another literary creation of Rita Skeeter."
Andy:"It is a creation, but it is based on facts.
" Qiu Zhang:"Who is the other dark wizard who killed Peter?" Andy replied:"I don't know.
Professor Moody went to search the castle to see if he can catch him.
" This is really hard to say.
Andy wanted to find out little Barty, but Dumbledore obviously had other considerations.
Andy has already made it clear that Moody has a problem.
If Dumbledore also thinks it is necessary to do so, he will not refuse to watch Andy's memory.
Although little Barty has been disguised, Dumbledore can still find some clues.