Chapter 551 Barty Crouch Investigation Completed

Bartty Crouch?

Kyle felt that he hadn't heard this name for more than half a year.

Not long after the start of school, after Sirius was acquitted, Barty Crouch was criticized by everyone for not trying Sirius and directly putting him in Azkaban.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with this at the time, even Sirius himself thought so... Kyle remembered that he even had a good opinion of Crouch.

Before Voldemort fell, Crouch advocated some tough measures to give the Aurors some new rights.

They were no longer only able to arrest, but had the right to kill and allow the use of the Unforgivable Curse on Death Eaters... Sirius was not the first person to be handed over to the Dementors without trial.

This kind of violence against violence made the Aurors as cruel and ruthless as many Death Eaters. Although it doesn't sound like that now, it really saved many people in that chaotic era.

And it was precisely because of this that the Ministry of Magic was able to deal with the Death Eaters for several years.

In the end, if it weren't for his son, Barty Crouch Jr., who was confirmed to be a Death Eater, Fudge would not be the current Minister of Magic.

So, Sirius didn't really hate Crouch that much. He just wanted to regain his freedom so that he could take care of Harry, instead of looking for anyone to blame.

But even so, Crouch was investigated because of this mistake, on the grounds that he was suspected of intentionally helping Peter Pettigrew to cover up the crime and damaging the reputation of the Ministry of Magic.

And this investigation lasted for half a year.

Kyle looked at the photo in the newspaper.

In just half a year, Barty Crouch was like a different person. His neatly trimmed beard became messy, and the whole person was extremely depressed.

In contrast to him, Fudge in the photo looked very complacent.

"He must be very happy. No one can compete with him for the position of Minister..." Kyle complained in his heart.

But Kyle didn't care about these.

He continued to look at the newspaper.

The investigation of Crouch did not yield any substantial evidence that he had any connection with the Death Eaters.

So after the investigation, he could continue to work at the Ministry of Magic and retain his position as director.

The only difference was that he was transferred from the Department of International Magical Cooperation to the Department of Magical Transportation.

This is probably the most marginal department in the Ministry of Magic, only slightly better than the Department of Sports and Physical Education.

Of course, it is not that the Department of Magical Transportation is not important, it just depends on who it is compared with.

If people were asked to choose between the Department of International Magical Cooperation and the Department of Magical Transportation for the same position, no one would choose the latter.

In addition, except for Crouch, all the other people under investigation also left their original positions and were reassigned to more marginal departments, such as the Department of Magical Sports and Physical Education.

Ludo Bagman should be very happy, after all, it was the first time that so many people were assigned to his department.

However, the Ministry of Magic did not seem to want to publicize this matter. It stands to reason that such important news should be put on the front page, but this time it only appeared on the back of the newspaper, an inconspicuous corner, and the content was mostly glossed over, with only one result.

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“It must be Fudge.”

Sirius stood beside Kyle and said in a low voice during the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning.

I don’t know if it was because of Crouch’s incident, so Professor Moody asked for leave, so before he came back, the fifth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class was also handed over to Sirius.

He asked the students to review the Shield Charm they had learned before, and he ran to Kyle and talked about the content in the newspaper.

“It must be Fudge, I can guarantee it.” Sirius continued: “He is a person who is extremely obsessed with power, and he just took this opportunity to transfer those who support Crouch from important positions in one fell swoop.

“I don’t know if you have noticed that almost all those investigated this time are from the Department of International Magical Cooperation and the Department of Law Enforcement.

Although there are many people in other departments who are related to this matter and firmly support Crouch, they have nothing to do with it. ”

“Is this even necessary?” Kyle said: “Except for the Minister of Magic, others can’t transfer so many people at once even if they have a suitable reason.”

“I don’t like Fudge. "Sirius looked around and lowered his voice again, "Although I regained my freedom because of him, I just don't like him. He is a little too obsessed with power.

"Moreover, he has hinted more than once that he wants me to accept more interviews from the Daily Prophet and emphasize how I was acquitted."

"Obviously, he wants to establish his image of fairness and seriousness." Kyle said, "Fudge is the interrogator of the retrial. As long as you mention the retrial, you can't get around him anyway."

"Yes, that's it."

Sirius said a little irritably, "I have accepted three interviews before, but he keeps sending owls to me... It seems that he wants me to cry about my experience in the Daily Prophet every day."

"Who made you a tragic hero at the time." Kyle said with a smile, "Of course he wants to use this opportunity to promote himself more."

"Who said it wasn't?" Sirius shook his head. "I really didn't want to continue saying those words that I had repeated countless times, so I just wanted to find a random excuse to hide away, and then I came to Hogwarts.

"I never thought that Dumbledore would agree to let me be a professor at Hogwarts... To be honest, I have to thank Fudge again, because it was because he was so annoying that I had the opportunity to teach Harry in person. "

Kyle looked at Sirius who was so happy, and suddenly he didn't know what to say. How should he say it? He felt that Dumbledore was the one who wanted to thank Fudge the most.

Dumbledore's biggest problem every year was how to find a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. When someone offered to teach him, he certainly couldn't refuse.

But looking at Sirius, he didn't seem to care about it.

In order not to attract too much attention, Sirius quickly went to other places to instruct those who had not yet completed the Shield Charm.

After not practicing for a few months, some people had almost forgotten the spell.

Sirius walked around and came to Kyle again when the get out of class was about to end.

"I really don't know what the Ministry of Magic will look like in the future." Sirius looked out the window and said, "Fudge's methods are very clever, but his character... Forget it, let's not talk about it. After all, I regained my freedom because of him. "

He suddenly sighed, "Anyway, without Crouch's constraints, Fudge will no longer have to worry about anyone threatening his position as Minister. To be honest, this is not a good thing for the Ministry of Magic."

"Isn't there still a headmaster?" Connor said, "People say that he trusts Professor Dumbledore very much, and every year when he encounters a problem, he will come to Hogwarts to ask the headmaster for advice."

"Yes... and Dumbledore is there." Sirius said, but his tone was a little reluctant.

He didn't know what happened in the past few years, but this year, since he became a professor, Fudge has never come to Dumbledore once.

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