"Sirius, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The gloomy canopy makes it difficult to tell whether it is day or night, and although the surrounding environment cannot be said to be desolate, the sparse pedestrians on the streets and the buildings around them are half a century behind the times, which makes the first few people here feel a little uneasy.

Ron, in particular, is used to haunting the wizarding world, and he basically doesn't wander around the Muggle world, and he only appears in a few specific locations for a short time when he travels on a daily basis, and this seems to be the first time he has been in Muggle territory.

Following an old bus slowly disappearing around the corner of the street, Ron smacked his lips with an unreasonable expression.

He couldn't stand the wild speed of the knight's bus, but if Muggles relied on such slow transportation for their daily travels, how much time would they have to spend on the road each day?

"Otherwise, let's go back, Sirius?"

Hermione said timidly.

Harry's cold remark last night after seeing Regulus's room opened up a new topic.

To be honest, both Remus and Sirius had foreseen Voldemort's approaching footsteps, but they didn't expect the footsteps to become clear so quickly.

Igor Karkaroff, a Death Eater, told Snape that the Dark Lord had grown stronger, much to the uneasiness of both Remus and Sirius.

In particular, when Hermione began to analyze her and Harry's first overheard conversation between Professor Snape and Professor Karkaroff about who was the 'black hand' of her warrior identity, Sirius couldn't sit still at all,

"Let me sort it out!"

Sirius's bedroom, a room filled with warm light.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron were all sitting on the edge of Sirius's carved bed, and Remus leaned against a faded Gryffindor banner with his arms crossed with a serious expression, never mentioning overtime.

Sirius strode around his house, analyzing the clues they had now.

"--First on the night of the Quidditch final, after everyone had left the venue, the Dark Mark appeared in the Shiny box, and then the people who arrived in the department came under the leadership of Barty Sr., Amos and Barty Sr. searched the box in person, only to find that the Ministry of Magic gave an explanation for the matter, but we all know that this is a statement to deal with the people, and the truth is still unsolved!

After that, Hermione was drafted as a Hogwarts Warrior in the Warrior Draft. I don't know who did it, but around the same time, Amosta wrote to me asking me to help keep an eye on Barty Crouch in the Ministry, but not to get too close to him.

Harry and Hermione, you know from overhearing the conversation between the Snot Elements and Karkaroff that someone at Hogwarts is secretly brewing Polyjuice Potion

By the way, Amosta and Dumbledore almost acquiesced in Hermione's election, and the two of them didn't seem to have conducted a decent investigation, Dumbledore couldn't say, at least, I know that Amosta didn't have this style in the past, and he wouldn't allow anyone to mess around right and wrong under his nose. ”

Gollum –

Ron swallowed, his heart rising to his throat.

Sirius paused, then continued,

"After I wrote to Amosta and told him that Barty was on sick leave, Amosta immediately came to the door to visit, I don't think Amosta and Barty have such a good relationship, Barty Crouch is the kind of person who doesn't make friends with anyone

But after that, Amosta and Dumbledore called you through the office together and began to inquire about the situation in the box on the night of the Dark Mark, and they were particularly interested in the elf named Twinkle Kerbatty, and whether Barty was in the box that night, and the empty seat that the elf occupied—"

"Sirius--"

Looking at Sirius, who was standing there with a fierce look, Remus couldn't help but speak,

"Do you know what you're suspecting?" Remus straightened up,

"You're suspecting Barty Crouch of plotting the Dark Mark and making Hermione a warrior, and you're suspecting a high-ranking Ministry of Magic official who has a tough attitude towards evil is committing a crime, and if it gets out, people will think you're crazy."

"Ever since Peter's incident—" Sirius smirked, "I've understood that there's nothing that no one can't doubt. ”

"But that doesn't make sense, does it?"

Ron couldn't help but interject, when he was at home, he had heard his dad talk a lot about Barty Crouch's uprightness, and if Barty Crouch was really what his dad described, he wouldn't believe that Barty Crouch would persecute Hermione anyway.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted to him, Ron subconsciously shrunk his neck, and he gasped and said,

"I mean, he didn't have time for the night of the Dark Mark, he only came into the venue later.

Hermione's Warriors, the Warrior selection took only one day, and if I'm not mistaken, Barty Crouch arrived at Hogwarts before the Warriors were revealed the next day, and he didn't have time either. ”

"That's right, Ron—"

Sirius nodded approvingly,

"So, I'm inclined to Hermione's speculation that Barty Crouch also had a Death Eater helper who conjured the Dark Mark and infiltrated Hogwarts ahead of time to get Hermione a warrior."

There was a moment of silence, and Harry recalled the few close encounters he had with Barty Crouch, and after a while, asked with difficulty,

"Who could it be who infiltrated Hogwarts, Professor Moody?!"

"Not necessarily, Harry—"

Remus shook his head slightly

"Have you forgotten the compound decoction Anyone is possible, including Karkaroff is not necessarily innocent, Severus seems to have no problem for the time being, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to expose the matter of the compound potion, but Minerva, the headmaster of Beauxbatons, Ludo Bagman, Alasto. In short, anyone who appeared in the room behind the auditorium that night was possible. I mean, if everything goes as we expected, it's possible that they're all in league with Barty Krach. ”

"That Professor Bryan. And Professor Dumbledore? ”

Hermione frowned, no matter what, doubting the two of them, her heart couldn't get over it.

"Oh, there's no way a Death Eater could possibly pretend to be both of them—"

Sirius smiled and said,

"If I want to impersonate someone with Polyjuice Potion, then I'm sure I'll make sure that person doesn't show up again, do you think there's that Death Eater who can take down Amosta and Dumbledore, Hermione?"

This was indeed the case, and Hermione's mood was a little lighter, but the thought of making the guess come true, they had always had a Death Eater by their side

"But why?" Ron still couldn't take it a bit, "Why would Barty Crouch do that, my dad said. Crouch, he said, treats crime — "

"Arthur is right, Ron—" Sirius interrupted Ron, thinking as he said,

"It's hard to believe. Why did Barty Krach do all this, it didn't do him any good, unless, he was doing what he was told—"

"Voldemort?!"

Harry blurted out.

"I don't think you'll forget, Sirius, Barty Crouch—" Remus said in a heavy tone.

"Of course I remember, Remus, but Crouch is a man of complete power, and his lifelong dream was to become Minister of Magic, that's why he was so decisive in sending his son to Azkaban That's another story, Harry, we can go back to that."

Sirius anticipated the surprise of the three Harry after hearing him say this, and he said quickly,

"Barty Crouch aspires to become Minister of Magic above all else, but after Fudge, Amosta actually supports Amelia Bones, and the discerning people in the ministry know this, and if Barty Krach is crazy because of this, and even throws himself into Voldemort's arms just to taste it, it is not impossible..."

"So, who do you think that person will be?" Remus didn't agree with Sirius, and he changed the question, "Is that what we hypothesized as Batty Krach's helper?" ”

This is indeed a difficult question to answer.

Most of Voldemort's followers were in Azkaban, but many were still at large. They speculated on many people, but there was always a lack of strong evidence.

"Why don't we just ask Amosta, since he and Dumbledore have realized that something is wrong with Barty, they may have already investigated this matter!"

Looking at the depressed city outside the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, Sirius, who was pondering for a long time, suddenly brightened his expression and turned to the crowd with dull expressions.

(End of chapter)