The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 419 The Strange Circle
The second project ended, and the stands by the Black Lake were removed overnight, but people still talk about what happened that day, especially what happened underwater.

People are always curious about things they don't know and don't know.

People were desperate to know what was going on under the Black Lake, but Hermione, Ginny, and Gabriel either kept their mouths shut or told the truth without any exaggeration.

Obviously, this is not the "truth" that everyone wants to know.So, people turned their attention to the only boy Ron, trying to pry some secrets from him.

Ron finally got his wish and became the focus of everyone. He drifted away and told the underwater story over and over again, and the story was not the same version every time.

In order to satisfy himself, Ron added a lot of things that didn't happen, turning himself unconscious underwater into a thrilling kidnapping story, into a legend of the hostages trying to save themselves.

In fact, in Professor McGonagall's office, Dumbledore used magic to hypnotize the hostages, first assuring them that they were absolutely in no danger and would wake up as soon as they came out of the water.

Every time I heard Ron brag and saw his happy face, Ida wanted to throw Ron back to the Black Lake to see if he could defeat the fully armed mermaids and make a scene in the Black Lake again.

If you can't, then stay at the bottom of the Black Lake and let the mermaids insert the door.

After entering March, the weather became clearer, but Ada's mood took a sharp turn for the worse, and she felt as if she had fallen into a strange circle.The more you want to get out of this vicious circle, or you want to see this vicious circle clearly, the deeper you will sink.

During the summer at The Burrow, Ada learned about Bertha Jorkins' disappearance from Mr. Weasley.This is the cause and beginning of things.

Bertha Jorkins is a staff member of the Ministry of Magic. She is not very bright, but she is very curious. She doesn't know when to say something. People like her are not suitable for politics.Bertha was always driven from one department to another, and seemed to be a burden wherever she went.

When Bertha Jorkins disappeared, most of the Ministry of Magic believed that she was simply losing track of time, because her memory was not very good.She may have had so much fun in Albania that she didn't need to waste manpower to find it, and she would come back by herself after a while.

But now, more than half a year has passed, and Bertha still hasn't shown up at the Ministry of Magic, and no one is alive or dead.

In addition, although Bertha Jorkins worked in the Magical Sports Department of the Ministry of Magic before her disappearance, she had served in multiple departments, and she was also Barty Crouch's subordinate.

If Bertha Jorkins was an employee of the Ministry of Magic, and her disappearance had nothing to do with Ada, then what happened after her disappearance could have something to do with Ada.

The disappearance of Bertha Jorkins did not cause any waves. The 94 Quidditch World Cup was held as usual, and then there was a suspected Death Eater parade and the Dark Mark.

Ada was at the campsite when the Dark Mark was launched into the air, and because of this, there was a conflict with the Ministry of Magic staff headed by Barty Crouch.After the conflict, the matter was settled, and the Ministry of Magic still hasn't caught the perpetrator to this day.

After that, there is the old Hogwarts tradition, Halloween Horror.

It's just that Halloween in 94 was not as scary as before. It's just that there was one more candidate for the three-school joint exam, and it became four people. The extra warrior happened to be Harry Potter.

The matter involved Harry again, which had to make people think too much.

And Barty Crouch, he is the director of the International Magic Cooperation Department, one of the main persons in charge of the Triwizard Tournament, and he also serves as the referee of the competition.

The existence of this righteous Ministry of Magic official linked these three things together to form a circle, and he was the center of the circle.

In the past, Barty Crouch left the impression on Ada that he killed his relatives because he sent his son to Azkaban.After the World Cup, Ida only had one word for him: stupid.

Tens of thousands of CCs without a cerebral hemorrhage can't do such a stupid thing. They can actually put the shit pot that turned the Dark Mark on Harry Potter's head. Barty Crouch behaves like he has a serious illness .

Facts have also proved that Barty Crouch is indeed sick, and his body really has a problem.

On Halloween night, the day the fourth warrior was born, Barty Crouch looked sick and preoccupied.

It's just that everyone's attention was on Harry Pot at the time, so no one noticed Crouch's condition, nor did he notice his abnormality.

After the first project ended, Barty Crouch never appeared at Hogwarts again.Both the Yule Ball and the second project were performed by Percy, and Percy said that Crouch was sick from overwork and was recuperating at home.

This coincided with the news Ada had received that Barty Crouch did say he was sick and staying at home.

Ada is caught in this vicious circle called "Barty Crouch". Three consecutive incidents can be related to this "cerebral hemorrhage" patient for many years. Is this his problem, or is it just a passing year? unfavorable?

It's really hard for Ada not to doubt Barty Crouch. After replacing him with the role of the behind-the-scenes manipulator, those things that don't make sense seem to make sense.

Bertha Jorkins used to be Barty Crouch's subordinate, suppose she accidentally discovered some secrets about her boss, and then she disappeared.

Because Bertha's boss knew her well, and knew that everyone in the Ministry of Magic would not mobilize people because of her "disappearance".

Assuming that the person who cast the Dark Mark at the World Cup camp was an old acquaintance of Barty Crouch, or that he was himself, then it would make sense for him to make things difficult for Harry Potter.

How can such a person be mentally handicapped who can serve as the director of the Law Enforcement Department and still occupy the post of director of a department after losing his prestige.

If the person sitting in that seat is really out of his mind, there will be no bones and dregs left that have been eaten long ago.

It's not that Barty Crouch puts shit on Harry, it's not that he's retarded, it's that he has to.He had to drag everyone present, give the real murderer enough time to escape, or cover himself up.

Coincidentally, both Sirius and Ada were present at the time, and the impulse of the two also indirectly helped Barty Crouch, allowing him to successfully delay the time.

And after that, Crouch threw his own house-elf Winky out for the blame and closed the case hastily.

Assuming it was Halloween, it was Barty Crouch who put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire, because he had the time and the ability.

Crouch knew the format of the Triwizard Tournament and the Goblet of Fire. He knew that once Harry's name was selected by the Goblet of Fire, Harry had to participate in the competition.

From Bertha Jorkins "disappearing", to helping cast the Dark Mark, to putting Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire, Barty Crouch is perfectly capable of doing all three.

After the matter was completed, Barty Crouch himself withdrew again, hiding aside and silently paying attention to the progress and changes of the matter.

These three things seem to have been reasonably explained, and they can all be justified, but Ada knows that these claims of hers are simply untenable, and she alone has countless ways to refute herself.

Everything is just Ada's guesses and assumptions, without any real evidence, and there are still unreasonable places.

This is the strangeness of the strange circle, it has too many unreasonable and unreasonable places.

Every time you explain one of them clearly, more questions will pop up immediately, and these new questions will overturn all your previous conclusions.

In the final analysis, it is still that sentence, what is Barty Crouch's motivation, or purpose.

It doesn't make sense that a person who can imprison his son of a Death Eater in Azkaban with his own hands will choose to help the Death Eaters and assassinate Harry!

Moreover, what kind of shocking secret or contradiction can make Bertha Jorkins "disappear"?

Everything is back to square one, everything that happened this year is like a mess, and Barty Crouch, who seems to be the center of the circle, is just a thread in it.

Snape and Karkaroff, the two Death Eaters who were successfully cleansed, were also involved, as well as Alastor Moody who was attacked before the start of school. What kind of roles did these three people play this year? ?
What happened this year seems to have been muddied by an invisible and intangible hand, making it hard for people to see and guess.

Ada knew that only by finding this hand and its owner, could she break this vicious circle and get the truth of the matter.

But where is that hand?

(End of this chapter)