In the evening, Calvin's office.

A beetle crawled through a crack in the wall and reverted to a human form on the floor. Rita Skeeter took a deep breath, the days of stalking were driving her crazy.

She cursed Calvin in her heart for why she was asked to follow Barty Crouch. Rita now wondered if this descendant of the Divine Twenty-Eight had some special means at home to counter the Animagus.

The most embarrassing thing she's had these days was when she was almost caught by a house-elf with a urinal; Then there's the triggering of a magic ban in Crouch's house, which is tainted with a terrible curse of black magic - of course, it's nothing, and she has a unicorn curse on her.

"Did that gentleman deliberately test me......

But now she couldn't hold on anymore, and just yesterday a staff member of the Office Against the Misuse of Magic approached the editorial office of the Daily Prophet to investigate if there were any unregistered Animagus.

Damn Crouch!

If she hadn't gone out for an interview yesterday, she might have been caught.

The lights in the room suddenly came on.

Rita was startled and lifted her glasses until she saw Calvin standing next to the bookshelf in the darkest corner of the office, which made her shudder.

"Ah, Rita, I was going to look for you tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come by yourself."

Calvin whispered, shoving a book back into the shelf.

"Mr. Capet, I'm ......" Rita's voice trembled, but before she could finish speaking, Calvin motioned for her not to speak yet.

Calvin pressed his right hand against the wall, and a yellowish ripple spread out from Calvin's hand as the center of the circle, and soon spread throughout the office.

After doing all this, Calvin returned to his desk and motioned for Rita to sit across from him, before asking, "Looks like you're in some trouble, isn't it?" ”

Rita Skeeter lowered her head into the ground and whispered, "Yes, Mr. Capet, I'm in some trouble, and you asked me to investigate Barty Crouch, and I suspect he's probably about to discover me." ”

"Looks like you've noticed that the head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation isn't easy, right," Calvin laughs, "and tell me what interesting things you've discovered, you should know that I only protect the worthy." ”

Rita Skeeter's posture lowered, and she said slowly, "At first, I followed your instructions to follow Barty Crouch, first in his office. Suffice it to say, he was boring at work and didn't have anything to focus on. I mean, the kind that can be written into the news.

Then I followed him to his house, which was very well guarded, and I had a lot of protective spells, which was very unusual, so it took me three days to find a hole in one of these protective spells, and I managed to get in. ”

Rita stopped abruptly and glanced up at Calvin.

"What did you find in his house?" Calvin's voice was inaudible.

After a few encounters, Rita had learned that it was best not to anger the gentleman, who was both his most terrifying ruler and his greatest resource.

Rita Skeeter took a deep breath and continued: "Barty Crouch's home is almost as boring and news-free as his office. There was only one room, located in the basement, with a closed door and a protective spell outside.

I stayed there for days without finding a loophole, but I'm sure there were people there, and Barty Crouch's house-elf would bring food in every day and come out with empty plates. ”

Calvin was pleasantly surprised by the news, "You mean, there's a guy hiding in Barty Crouch's house?" ”

"Yes, sir..."

"Good, but what about later?" Calvin's voice sounded pleasant, much to Rita Skeeter's relief.

"I tried to break through the protective magic outside that basement, but failed, and I was almost caught by that house-elf," Rita Skeeter lifted the sleeve of her right arm to reveal a terrible pattern of black magic, "and the curse was also struck, and the next day the staff of the Office of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic went to the editorial office to check for illegal Animagus." ”

"Tut-tut, Rita, I remember I reminded you to stay safe when investigating him," Calvin squeezed Rita Skeeter's right hand and tapped the dark magic on his right arm with his wand, "Looks like you're so curious that you forgot my advice, don't you?" ”

"But luckily, you brought good news, and I'm glad I did." Calvin took a bottle of potion from his sleeve and poured it on Rita Skeeter's right hand, "Bear with it, it hurts a little bit." ”

Before Rita Skeeter could react, a tingling sensation came from her right arm, and she didn't have time to scream, but she made some "ho, ho" sounds in her throat, and saw a black shadow peeling off her right arm under the command of Calvin's wand, with a mist of blood.

As soon as Calvin flicked his wand, the black shadow erupted into a dazzling white light, began to burn, and quickly disappeared, leaving only a scorching stench in the office.

"These days, you find a place to hide for a while," Calvin said as he looked at Rita Skeeter, who was slumped in his chair, "I've been moving too often these days, I'm afraid he'll notice something." ”

Rita Skeeter tried to sit up straight, and asked cautiously, "Mr. Capet, are you going to do something to Barty Crouch?" ”

Calvin glanced at the still ambitious woman, nodded and said, "That's right, he can't sit in the position of director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation for too long, and he will enter Azkaban if he doesn't say it, and he will need your cooperation when the time comes." ”

Two gleams flashed in Rita's big eyes, "Mr. Capet, I'm also interested in Barty Crouch's secret right now. ”

"Really?" Calvin nodded slightly, "Then tell me, who do you think is the person hidden in the basement?" ”

"This?" Rita Skeeter regained a little anger, "I guess it's a woman." A person like Crouch who looks serious on the surface must be very dark behind the scenes. ”

"The deaths of his wife and son must have hit him hard, and he may have been almost like a dark wizard at heart by now. There must be a woman hidden in the basement to vent his perverted desires. ”

"Think about it, the surface is serious and serious, but behind the scenes, the two-sided life of the director of the cooperation department is very attractive."

Calvin sneered, "Rita, you really don't have a long memory, don't write nonsense these days, wait for my orders." ”