Chapter 191: Barty Crouch Jr. is still alive!
Responsive to requests inside the house.
Only William and Hermione.
Although it was late at night, the two had no intention of leaving.
Barty Crouch's death is like a dark cloud hanging over the hearts of the two.
Hermione sat next to William with her forehead in her hands, her eyes looking at her knees.
"Could it be the Death Eater?" She said.
There is no problem with this speculation.
During the summer vacation, William and Hermione deduced from various details that Crouch had imprisoned a Death Eater.
And that Death Eater escaped, and on the night of the final, he kidnapped many young wizards and threatened the Ministry of Magic to release the imprisoned Death Eaters.
If it weren't for William's early creation of a Quidditch field map, he was able to lock down the hostages...... The Death Eaters will most likely be released from Azkaban.
Crouch went to look for Ludo, and now he was like this, he was most likely attacked.
Then, he came to Dumbledore to confess, but the other party wanted to kill him.
But here's the problem...... Who exactly is that Death Eater?
The Death Eaters who had been missing for many years, even Dumbledore, were not worthy of the number.
"Let's rehash the whole thing." Hermione proposed.
William nodded, pulled out his wand, and stirred the meditation basin on the table.
It was a Christmas gift from Dumbledore, and I didn't expect it to come in handy right now.
The meditation basin swirled, and the silvery substance became transparent. The two of them stretched out their hands, lightly touched those memories, and suddenly disappeared into thin air.
It was a dark room, deep and dark, as if it were a still picture.
But soon there was a change, and I saw a green light coming in from outside.
- That's an Avada life!
The green light pierced the darkness and slightly illuminated the room, and you could see that the room was bustling with many young wizards.
They were all tied up with ropes.
But William and Hermione both turned their heads away from the scene.
Because in the bright light, it was clearly visible that Harry was licking Malfoy's face with his tongue out.
Then, he went back to lick Ron's freckled face.
Mouth area!
When William saw this picture for the first time, he almost threw up, and now there is a psychological shadow.
It turns out that Harry likes Autumn is fake, just to cover up his perverted state.
No wonder when William asked Harry for this memory, he would squirm and twist, but he was unwilling to give it.
It's so ...... Livestock.
William wondered if he should take a picture and show this memory to Malfoy and Ron.
That's right, this memory comes from Harry, the Quidditch World Cup final, the night he was kidnapped.
William was fighting outside at the time, and he didn't know what was going on inside the house.
He also sought out Krum, as well as several other victims, and asked for memories.
William had expected Krum to refuse, but he didn't expect his unexpected enthusiasm and good talk.
Soon, a flame shook the room. This is the Death Eater before he runs away, ready to kill people.
But this flame also completely illuminated the whole house.
"No Crouch." Hermione squinted, sure.
William frowned and muttered, "There really is no him." ”
It's weird.
William was on the map where the tracking spell had been cast as he locked on the hostage's location...... Not only did they see the names of Harry, Ron, Malfoy, and Krum, but also Barty Crouch.
At that time, when William rushed into the house, he was busy fighting fires and saving people, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while.
Crouch was not seen afterwards, and William thought he had taken advantage of the chaos.
After all, a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic was kidnapped by the Death Eaters, and it was too embarrassing to say it.
Now that he watched it again, William realized that he was taking it for granted.
Before he rushed into the house, Crouch was no longer here! He didn't take advantage of the chaos to leave!
William pondered for a moment and said confidently, "You can't go wrong with the map. ”
"There are only two possibilities." Hermione leaned up on her white neck and said softly:
"Crouch escaped earlier, or ......"
"He's the kidnapper!"
Crouch was the kidnapper, so William didn't see him in the room, but he saw his name on the map.
William looked at Hermione, shook his head, and denied, "The first guess is fine, but the second ...... There's no motivation.
Who is Crouch? Why let the Death Eaters go? ”
This is as unreliable as Harry's sudden surrender to Voldemort one day.
This is a deep hatred, destined to oppose each other.
Hermione wrinkled her nose, feeling that the speculation was untenable.
Soon, the scene changed, and a few more memories were added.
These memories were obtained by William from the principal.
From the beginning of Crouch's son's trial, to Crouch's wife, who beat Crouch in public, cried heartbreakingly, and made him release his son; Later, the scene where the two went to Azkaban for the last time.
The two looked at it three times before William rubbed his eyebrows, went through it in his mind, and then looked up and said:
"Hermione, have you noticed a strange place?"
"You mean Crouch's wife?" Hermione was keenly aware.
"That's right." William said softly: "On the day of the trial, in front of so many officials, she cried and asked Crouch to release his son.
This shows that she loves her son very much.
But in Azkaban......"
William paused, then continued, "The warden said that her son might not last long, and that he would only help find a therapist at St. Mungo's Hospital of Witchcraft and Wizardry if Crouch donated money. ”
"Even ...... Probably get his son out......"
But her wife was indifferent. Hermione continued, "Especially after Crouch refused, she didn't say anything...... It's weird. ”
"Yes, it's weird, it's not in line with the performance of loving your son, is it?"
How could a normal mother not react at all when she heard that her son might not last long and that her husband still refused to pay for it?
Especially this mother, who once tore her husband in front of all the officials and asked him to release her son!
This is so uncharacterized!
"Unless, she already has another way to save her son." Hermione muttered.
"But her son died a month later, and she herself died of grief...... "She didn't understand.
At this time, the picture of the meditation basin memory has come to an end:
Crouch and his wife walked out of prison. Crouch grimaced and dragged his wife stiffly.
And his wife seems to be frightened by her son and walks very fast.
Hermione stared at the image, as if realizing something, and she suddenly said:
"William, did you notice that Mrs. Crouch looked very sad before she came in.
But when he left, he didn't seem to be reluctant at all, and he didn't even look back, and left directly. ”
William bowed slightly. It doesn't really look normal here.
the anomalies of Crouch's wife; Crouch's anomaly; Anomalous ...... at the kidnapping scene All the images quickly echoed in the minds of the two.
William and Hermione suddenly looked at each other and exclaimed at the same time, "Barty Crouch Jr. is not dead!" ”
"yes, that makes sense!" Hermione said in a hurried tone:
Mrs. Crouch swapped out his son, so when Crouch refused to donate, his wife didn't react much.
Crouch saved the Death Eater's son, but imprisoned him.
The name seen on the map is also Crouch's son, Barty Crouch Jr.
The two of them have the same name......"
"That's right." William nodded. "It seems that Bertha discovered this secret as well, and was then cast a powerful Oblivion Charm by Crouch."
"So what do we do next?"
William stood up, grim and said, "Let's go, Hermione, we need to make a trip to the Headmaster's office, and Minister Fudge is there."
We have to tell them. ”
"But we don't have any proof?" Hermione hurriedly said, "It's all our inference through the details......"
"Nope! The words of both of us are proof! William looked at Hermione and smiled with a honey smile:
"And, too, I have come up with the strongest evidence to prove our two speculations...... to prove that Crouch's son is still alive! ”
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