Chapter 909： When Dumbledore blocked the door

Chapter 909 When Dumbledore blocked the door

After arranging the follow-up matters, Dumbledore quietly left Hogwarts Castle under the cover of night. After Apparating to Hogsmeade Village, he approached Ludo Ba, the Director of Sports Department of the Ministry of Magic. Geman walked to the agreed place.

"Good evening Dumbledore, you are always on time as always."

When Dumbledore walked to the door of the Three Broomsticks, he heard a familiar voice in his ear. Ludo Bagman came out of the Three Broomsticks and beat Dumbledore with a depressed face. Hello.

Dumbledore glanced at the group of goblins behind Bagman, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that you have had a rough time the last two days."

"The two reports by Rita Kist almost turned me into a laughing stock in the wizarding world." Bagman said with a helpless shrug. It was a good thing done by a Hogwarts student."

"I think it was probably just a prank." Dumbledore said gently.

"Prank?"

Bagman seemed to have thought of something, and the anger that had been accumulated all of a sudden wilted, and he stretched out his hands to cover his cheeks and complained: "It really hurt me."

"Okay, let's go to Batty first. He seems to be sick recently. I didn't want to disturb his rest, but there are some things that can't be solved. You know, the second project is far better than the first one. A project is much more dangerous, we must ensure the safety of the warriors as much as possible, if there is another accident, the Triwizard Tournament may be suspended forever."

Actually, if you want to modify some plans of the Triwizard Tournament, you must discuss it with the Ministry of Magic in advance, and this matter is one of Barty Crouch's jobs, so you need to inform the other party anyway.

"Let's go, let's go to Batty, hope his condition is better, that guy hasn't been to the Ministry of Magic for several days." Ludo Bagman muttered. He didn't notice Dumbledore's gradually serious expression next to him.

Together the two Apparate and disappear.

Following a burst of explosions, they reappeared on a remote path, and walked together towards the big house not far away.

Bagman reached out and rang the doorbell, but after a long time, no one came to open the door.

"Barty isn't asleep, is he?" Bagman looked sideways at Dumbledore, seeking his opinion.

On the other side of the door, Peter Pettigrew covered his mouth with his hands in panic, for fear of making a little noise and being heard by the people outside the door.

Peter never expected that Dumbledore would suddenly appear outside the door.

"Now how to do?"

Peter looked anxiously at the baby sitting in the armchair, hoping that the other party would have a good way to get rid of Dumbledore.

Voldemort didn't pay attention to the terrified Peter, and his eyes fell on the magic mirror placed next to the hall, on which Dumbledore's clear figure was reflected.

Neither Peter Pettigrew nor Voldemort expected that they would be blocked by Dumbledore one day.

Since old Batty's will to resist the Imperius Curse has become stronger and stronger, and his body has become weaker due to the resistance to the Imperius Curse, they began to reduce the number of times old Batty showed up, claiming that old Batty was ill, and even Leaving much of the work to his assistant, Percy Weasley.

Thanks to this serious assistant, Batty's abnormality was not noticed by others.

However, what they didn't expect was that Dumbledore was attracted to him because he didn't go to the Christmas ball.

"Master, what should we do, are we going to escape?" Peter asked silently with his lips parted.

Voldemort ignored the panicked Pettigrew Peter, looked away from the demon mirror, picked up the wand beside him and pointed it at Old Barty, silently changed him into a nightgown, and then used the Imperius Curse to control him to open the door , Send Dumbledore and Bagman away.

Seeing Voldemort's actions, Peter couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Voldemort would have a head-on conflict with Dumbledore.

This is not a good idea. Although Voldemort has regained some strength, how can he be so weak as Dumbledore's opponent.

As for Peter Pettigrew himself, it is even less likely to be Dumbledore's opponent. To be able to escape the catastrophe at that time is already considered a great fortune.

"It's you guys, what's the matter?"

Old Barty opened the door, but didn't intend to let the two of them enter the house, "Sorry, I've been very ill recently, I'm afraid I can't entertain you."

"Barty, are you okay, your complexion looks terrible." Bagman looked at the haggard and lifeless Barty Crouch in surprise. I don't know why, but when I found out that my colleagues were having a worse life than me recently, my depressed mood actually improved.

"Ludo is right, Batty, your complexion looks terrible, I think you'd better take the time to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries."

Dumbledore looked past Batty and glanced at the gloomy corridor, always feeling that there was an atmosphere that made him uncomfortable.

"No, I know my situation very well, and I can take care of myself. Do you have anything else to do with me?"

"About the safety plan for the second project." Bagman said casually, "However, depending on the situation, we still don't want to disturb you. You should take a leave of absence and take a good rest for a while."

"Wetherby is very capable, and most of my work is temporarily entrusted to him." Old Batty paused for a while before saying, "You can talk to him first, and I will take a look at Wetherby then. Report."

"It seems that we should go!" Bagman knew that they came in vain, "You'd better have a good rest, don't be too tired, if you really can't do it, go to the St. Come on, this is bad."

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Dumbledore asked suddenly.

"No, I can take care of myself." Batty said wearily.

The two looked at each other, bid farewell to Batty and left.

"Since Batty drove the house elves away, his quality of life has dropped drastically. If I were him, I would definitely not do that. However, you also know Batty's temper. Fortunately, he is sick and has to take care of him. There is no one here." Bagman sighed endlessly, he felt that Batty's current fate was more or less self-inflicted.

"What's wrong with you, Dumbledore?" Bagman accidentally noticed Dumbledore's slight frown, and couldn't help asking.

"Barty's situation is very wrong, like..." Before Dumbledore finished speaking, Bagman preempted him.

"It's like being seriously ill." Bagman shrugged, "He should go to St. Mungo's Magical Injury Hospital instead of staying at home like he is now."

"No, with Batty's character, he will never leave important matters to his assistants." Dumbledore said softly, "He will quickly cure his illness and then start busy work. his habits."

"You're right. Batty is indeed a workaholic. It's hard to imagine that he would not treat his illness, but hand over the important work at hand to his assistant?" Hearing what Dumbledore said, Bagman It also felt a bit wrong, "What do you think of Batty's current situation?"

"I'm a little worried about whether Batty will be hit by someone else's Imperius Curse. He doesn't look like he is seriously ill, but rather seems to be weak after resisting the Imperius Curse."

"Barty got the Imperius Curse, are you kidding me?" The expression on Bagman's face froze instantly.

"Hush!"

Dumbledore signaled Bagman to keep quiet, he turned his head and glanced at Crouch's house, pulled out his wand, and said softly: "Even if Batty didn't hit the Imperius Curse, I'm afraid he still needs to be treated by a therapist." , and if such a disease is not taken care of, I am afraid it will be very bad."

"What are you going to do?" Bagman didn't dare to breathe. He had never seen Dumbledore with such a serious expression, and it was probably true.

"Let's turn back and subdue Batty first to ensure his safety. I suspect that a dark wizard is hiding in his house. That house gives me a bad feeling." Dumbledore quickly made arrangements.

"what should I do?"

Bagman also pulled out his wand and looked at Crouch's house vigilantly, as if it had become a dark wizard's lair.

"You ring the doorbell later, and ask him if he wants me to send a famous house elf from Hogwarts to take care of his daily life temporarily."

"Then, use a spell to immobilize Barty, and take him to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries forcibly." Dumbledore said calmly, "I'll take care of the rest. If it's a misunderstanding this time, I'll report it to you personally Barty apologizes."

"No, you don't need to apologize. You are saving Batty's life. I feel that his physical condition is very bad. He should really go to St. Mungo's Magical Injury Hospital for treatment instead of staying at home with no one to take care of him. God might die inexplicably." Bagman agreed with Dumbledore's approach, no matter whether Batty was controlled by the Imperius Curse or not, his current physical condition is indeed very bad, and he should go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries Get treatment, not stay home and die.

…

"Master, they have already left."

In the hall, Peter Pettigrew couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Crouch who was lying on the sofa, and said to Voldemort who was in the armchair, "Master, we'd better change the place, the matter of Crouch has already caused Dumbledore's concern." Watch out, he'll be back sooner or later."

Voldemort frowned slightly as he looked at the increasingly clear figure in the demon mirror. For some reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Kill Barty, we leave here immediately." Voldemort made a decisive decision. He was sure that Dumbledore might have seen some flaws. "

Peter Pettigrew was taken aback by Voldemort's words, and instinctively raised his wand, ready to follow Voldemort's order to kill Barty Crouch.

Just as he was about to use the Killing Curse, the doorbell rang again.

Peter Pettigrew swallowed, looked at Voldemort, and waited for his order.

If the Killing Curse is used now, Dumbledore outside the door will definitely notice it.

Now how to do?

Peter Pettigrew lost his mind all of a sudden, staring blankly at Voldemort, waiting for further orders from the other party.

Barty has stood up from the sofa again and walked towards the door

"you…"

Before Batty could speak, he was immobilized by Bagman using a body-binding spell.

"Sorry old buddy, this is all for your safety." Bagman didn't forget Dumbledore's advice, and prepared to run away with Barty.

A green light suddenly flew towards Batty.

It is impossible for Voldemort to allow them to take Barty away. He knows too many secrets and must die here.

A strong green light occupied Bagman's terrified eyes, seeing that the Killing Curse was about to engulf the two people at the door.

The wall suddenly protruded a lot, blocking the way of the Avada Kedavra, and instead of Batty withstood the power of the spell, it was directly blown to pieces.

"My God, Dumbledore, hurry up!"

Bagman took Batty out of the house, and at the most urgent moment, a green light blasted the suddenly closed wooden door into powder.

"Take Barty."

Dumbledore directly opened a hole in the wall in front of him, and broke into Batty's house in a very unfriendly way.

"Dumbledore."

Peter Pettigrew screamed in horror when he saw Dumbledore.

"I think your mother must feel sorry for you. You shouldn't have done that." Dumbledore waved his wand to subdue Peter, but the magic that was originally flying towards Peter was stopped and hit the wall directly, exploding a big hole.

"Take Nagini first." Commanded Voldemort, who was sitting in the armchair.

Peter turned and ran without hesitation. As for Voldemort's snake, he couldn't care less.

However, Dumbledore didn't give Peter a chance. When Peter turned and ran away, a rope suddenly protruded from the ground and wrapped around Peter's ankle, tripping him to the ground.

Peter turned into a mouse and was about to escape, but a golden flame suddenly burned in the room and surrounded Peter and Voldemort.

Peter was stopped by the flames, but Voldemort's snake passed through the circle of fire and quickly moved away from the battlefield.

"this…"

Dumbledore's eyes suddenly burst into an astonishing light, and he already knew what it was.

Horcruxes!

The Horcrux in Albert's prophecy.

Voldemort really made a Horcrux from a snake, so it's true.

"Tom, I'm really surprised that you would kill the queen yourself. It's not like you would do it. When did a snake mean so much to you?" Dumbledore waved his wand and launched a fierce attack on Voldemort, unable to let go of this It's a good opportunity, we can't let that snake get away.

"What made you have this ridiculous idea?"

Voldemort waved his wand to stop Dumbledore's attack, but the huge gap between the two sides made his baby's body overwhelmed, and his fragile body directly turned into a ball of fleshy paste.

Voldemort's remnant soul came out of that body, and it looked like it was condensed by smoke, without substance.

After Dumbledore waved his wand to bring Peter down, he chased outside and soon found Nagini who was fighting with Fox.

Dumbledore swung his wand to kill the snake, but found that the spell had no effect on the snake.

He quickly waved his wand, creating countless vines and shackles, directly binding the snake in place.

Voldemort, who just flew out of the house, saw that Dumbledore had got a sword from somewhere, and he raised the weapon high and chopped off Nagini's head.

"No, it's not possible!"

The expression on Voldemort's face, who originally wanted to mock Dumbledore, froze for an instant, and he screamed in pain. He couldn't understand why the weapon could kill Nagini. The Horcrux was protected by powerful black magic, and almost nothing What could hurt them, but Nagini, who was supposed to be indestructible, was decapitated by a long sword, which was really difficult for Voldemort to understand.

"It seems that I guessed right Tom, that snake is very important to you." Dumbledore put away the Gryffindor sword in a happy mood, and said to Voldemort, "It actually caused you death after it was killed." Harm, that snake seems to be your body?"

"Dumbledore, you can't kill me, and I will return anytime." Voldemort growled ferociously.

"It seems that you plan to hide in the Albanian forest and live on your last breath." Dumbledore calmly looked at the impotent and furious Voldemort in front of him. He had seen Voldemort in this state before, and normal means could not kill this state at all. Voldemort under him, Dumbledore once looked for a way to kill him, but... now Voldemort is not a ghost, and the methods to deal with ghosts have no effect on him.

Voldemort fled, and fled very quickly. When Dumbledore returned to Batty's house to find Peter Pettigrew, Peter had already run away.

Dumbledore extinguished the flame and walked outside. He planned to check on Crouch's situation. As long as he returned to normal, he should be able to know who the spy hiding in Hogwarts was from the other party.

When Dumbledore found Bagman, he found that he was with four goblins.

"It's Voldemort, I've already dealt with him. However, that guy is not dead, he has already escaped, so there is no need to worry about him for the time being." Dumbledore looked at Bagman, who had an ugly expression, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. Good hunch, "How's Barty doing?"

"Barty is dead." Bagman's face was uglier than crying, "Peter Pettigrew did it. He suddenly appeared and attacked me. Fortunately, the goblins saved my life, but Peter still used Avada Kedavra The curse killed Barty."

Dumbledore's face suddenly darkened. Barty's death was obviously related to his negligence. He never thought that Peter would come to kill Barty.

In fact, Dumbledore didn't know that Peter Pettigrew had no choice but to kill Batty. If he didn't do that and Voldemort's resurrection plan failed completely, then he would not only be blacklisted by the Ministry of Magic, but also Voldemort's. Blacklist, when the time comes, it will really be dead.

As for the death of the pet snake Nagini, Peter felt that it was not a big deal. After all, it was only Voldemort's pet. No matter how concerned Voldemort was, it was not as important as his resurrection. Save Nagini.

After all, that was Dumbledore, and even Voldemort himself might not be an opponent, let alone a small character like him.

Not long after, Fudge, who had just had dinner, hurried over with an Auror. Looking at the corpse of his former competitor, the minister of magic looked very ugly, because Fudge already knew that Peter Pettigrew killed Barty. No matter how stupid Fudge was, he could guess why Peter, who deserved to die, came back to life. It was obviously something that happened when Mrs. Peter went to visit the prison in Azkaban.

"It's Voldemort, Connelly." Dumbledore said calmly, "He has turned into an ugly baby, but it is undeniable that he is still alive and has a physical body, although his body is quite fragile, but... It's not good news."

"The mysterious man is back? Stop joking, Dumbledore..." Fudge stared blankly at Dumbledore, as if he couldn't believe what he just heard. "It's not funny at all," he stammered.

"If Voldemort came back to life, did you kill him?" Scrimgeour asked, frowning. At this moment, all the Aurors looked at Dumbledore, expecting the answer they wanted to hear.

"After his body was destroyed by me, he ran away again." Dumbledore said calmly.

"Escaped, you mean his soul floated away?" Everyone felt quite absurd.

"To be honest, I didn't understand how he did it. That state is very strange. It's a bit like a ghost, but it's not a ghost. I tried to use a spell on him, but it didn't work. I think Ava That's why Voldemort didn't die when Dassault's Curse bounced back." Dumbledore said calmly, "I think he's pretty weak now, though."

"You mean Voldemort, who only has a soul left, may have a body at any time?" Fudge felt that the sky was about to collapse.

"It should have a physical body with the help of others. His body is actually very fragile and needs to be taken care of by others, but this is not a good sign. God knows if he can regain his previous strength. Peter Pettigrew is still alive. I think you'd better Catch that guy as soon as possible before he causes other problems."

"Isn't Peter Pettigrew dead?" said Scrimgeour, frowning.

"You think I'm lying?" Bagman growled angrily. "I almost died, and the goblins saw it."

"No, you misunderstood me." Scrimgeour explained, "You probably don't know that some time ago, someone confirmed this matter again and again. Peter Pettigrew is indeed dead, and his body was buried in Azka. class."

The surroundings suddenly fell into a strange silence. What happened tonight was really weird, first Voldemort, and then Peter Pettigrew, who came back from the dead.

"I have to go back to Hogwarts first. You'd better search Barty's house. I'm a little worried about what kind of conspiracy Voldemort is planning." Dumbledore took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said, "What can we do?" Let's talk after ten o'clock. Ludo, I suggest you take some tranquilizers and have a good night's rest, Batty's death was not your fault, he obviously knew something was silenced."

After Dumbledore left, Fudge and Scrimgeour were silent. They looked at Bagman together and asked, "Have you seen the mysterious man?"

"No, but I don't think Dumbledore has to lie to us." Bagman naturally understood what Fudge meant, but he didn't suspect that Dumbledore was lying.

"We'd better talk to Dumbledore, don't mention the mysterious man in the newspaper, it will cause social panic." Fudge felt that if the report was based on Dumbledore's statement, it might not be a matter of panic, "and, No one witnessed this incident except Dumbledore, it is hard to believe his unbelievable statement, whether that incident is true is still open for discussion, and I am afraid that everyone will not accept it."

(end of this chapter)