Chapter 51: Wrapping Up
All the Death Eaters who were alive and had wands left, and the rest were either minor characters or had nothing to do with Death Eaters.
"Count the numbers!" Arthur shouted as he took a sip of the polyjuice potion.
"Mr. Minister, we have 16 dead and 5 seriously injured, 9 of whom were killed by the explosion in the basement. ”
"Damn, it still wasn't well planned. Lockhart was dissatisfied, and he guessed that it must have been Barty's idea to manipulate the Transfiguration Device, but Barty Jr. couldn't be satisfied with his elaborate plan.
"What about the prisoners?" Arthur continued.
"There were 52 corpses, 31 of which ran, and about half of them should have been hit by the illusion, and the situation is unknown. Most of the Dementors are killed, as they do not have complete corpses and cannot be counted. ”
Due to the focus on being taken care of, only a handful of felons escaped, but after all, they were not all wiped out.
"Mr. Minister, I have something to say, come here. Lockhart secretly motioned to Arthur.
"What's wrong. Arthur followed Lockhart into the corner.
"I'm going to go back to Fudge's house right now to deal with their memories, and you can give me all the memories of the disguised minister, so it's easier. ”
"Good. Arthur pulled out his wand, pulled a trace of memory from his temple, and placed it in a bottle and handed it to Lockhart.
"Then I went. ”
"Well done, don't be too suspicious. Arthur nodded.
With a whoosh, Lockhart's apparition shifted away.
"Then, gentlemen, now, bring all the ordinary prisoners who did not escape back to the Ministry of Magic, and the Aurors department will assign personnel to build a new office to guard the prisoners, and if there are not enough people, they can borrow from other departments, and the injured will be sent to St. Mungo first!"
At this point, no one was thinking to look at the evidence that there was no zài - the Dementors who revolted were the best proof.
Lockhart returns to Fudge's house, first modifying memories of Pandora and her parents that nothing happened, and then Mr. Minister, who has practiced part of the Occlumency, making it much more difficult to modify the memories.
First, the memories of the conversation after the meal changed the memory of Lockhart taking out his wand to stun him - Lockhart pulled out a pamphlet, which seemed to prove that the Dementors and the Death Eaters were colluding to overthrow the Ministry of Magic. Then, with a fever in his head, Fudge accepted Lockhart's offer and returned to the Ministry of Magic to gather his men and take over Azkaban.
Arthur's experience was then transplanted into Mr. Minister's brain, and modified to make the memory more like his own battle, and after the battle, a large number of fugitives were killed, and finally the anti-illusion device was destroyed, and a small part of it ran away - and then, exhausted, Minister Fudge returned to his home to rest.
Okay, get it done, and now go tell Sùrita Skeeter about the matter, and let her get the incident in the newspapers, even if Minister Fudge suspects, he can only admit it.
After finishing a qiē, it was already past 4 o'clock in the morning, and the East was starting to darken, Lockhart returned to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, disposed of the traces with the other members, and then communicated with each other to confess, and finally sent the results to Dumbledore.
This operation, from the birth of the plan to the end of the battle, only less than 7 days passed, only a few people knew the entire plan, except for the fact that the target was not exhausted, whether in terms of confidentiality, efficiency or execution, it was quite perfect, and the Order of the Phoenix was almost established out of a state of passive defense. The first initiative to attack achieved great results, not only put Voldemort in an embarrassing situation where there were no generals available, but also exposed the Death Eaters' plans to return to the wizarding world in advance, and most importantly, only the Ministry of Magic was in action from beginning to end, and the entire Order of the Phoenix was hidden behind the scenes.
But what makes Lockhart the most happy is that he proves that the plot can be changed, and at the same time avenges the revenge of being teased by Barty Jr., he imagines Barty Jr.'s expression of disbelief before he dies, and Voldemort's angry and crazy scene, and falls asleep.
"What's going on!" Voldemort furious, his white twist, "You said the Ministry of Magic wouldn't find out, Barty! If it hadn't been for sneaking you out first, there would have been just a few of us at this table!"
"Master, this... I can't explain, the plan should be seamless. Barty Jr. was terrified at this time, "Even my stand-in is dead, this is a premeditated massacre!--the Ministry of Magic would never do this, it must be a conspiracy of the Order of the Phoenix, maybe it was the attention of that Gilderoy Lockhart, and I am afraid that person will do whatever it takes." ”
"Who is Gilderoy Lockhart, is it amazing?" Voldemort asked, squinting.
"Master, at least Mr. Crouch has rescued a dozen. Snape quietly interrupted the conversation about Lockhart.
"None of the damned are dead, all the non-damn ones are dead!" Voldemort glanced around the conference table, and only five or six of the people who were qualified to sit here were still alive, and he had prepared - twenty-four chairs, which made him even more emotional, "Drill your heart and cut your bones!"
Poor little Barty escaped from Azkaban twice and was tortured by his own master.
The Lucius couple and the other Death Eaters looked at this qiē and trembled and did not dare to move a finger.
"Master, it's imperative to expand our ranks at once," Snape reminded, "The dead can't be resurrected, but the pure-blood wizards who worship you are constantly being born and growing, and there are always some good ones, not to mention that we can use the Imperius Charm." ”
"You're right, Severus," Voldemort said, raising his wand and looking around at a few of his men, "So, do you have any good recommendations?" Lucius, your son goes to Hogwarts. ”
"Master," pleaded Narcissa, "he is only fifteen years old. ”
"I'm not going to let him do anything big! just help me keep an eye on what Dumbledore is doing!" Voldemort growled, then looked at Barty Jr., "I've decided to graciously give you another chance, Barty." I want that prophecy ball about me and the Potter imps, the sooner the better!"