Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 157 Tom: Going to America? Goodbye!
High in the clouds.

Dozens of Night Horse chariots were flying rapidly in a fixed formation.

In the middle of the convoy was the largest carriage in the group, but this carriage had almost no windows and only a small ventilation hole on the left.

In the carriage, a man with a calm expression was looking at the clear blue sky outside through the vent of the carriage.

If he wasn't tied up with a lot of chains, I would have thought he was out for a picnic.

"Don't even think about escaping!" Chairman Picquery said coldly. "I'm here to escort you personally this time! The wand is pointed at your neck! If you make any unusual movements, I guarantee that the killing curse will fall on you immediately!"

Grindelwald withdrew his gaze from the vent and looked at the excited woman in front of him.

Then he looked at the magic wand that was emitting a faint green light.

However, his expression remained calm, as if the person being pointed at by the wand was not him.

"I don't want to reiterate it again, Chairman Picquery. I still think I am not a prisoner because I am innocent... Although you have treated me like a prisoner, I have always been very reasonable and I think you can be trusted. Therefore, even if the behavior of your Magical Congress of the United States of America is very impolite, I still choose to hold a public trial here. Moreover, I came here on my own initiative and I will not run away. Please rest assured."

"You've been put on public trial, and you still say you're not a criminal?" Chairman Picqueri sneered.

"In fact, the public trial has not yet begun, which means that I have not been convicted yet. Before I am convicted, I should be called a suspect, not a criminal. At least that's the case in the Muggle world. Although I sincerely feel that Muggles have great limitations, I have to admit that in this regard, they are ten times more rigorous than us."

"Oh? You also praise No-Maj sometimes? Don't you look down on No-Maj? You think they are... maggots, slaves..."

"I never thought so, President Picquery. Moreover, your words are very inappropriate." Grindelwald said: "I think everyone has his or her own place. And when I say everyone, I mean the No-Maj..."

"You are making excuses! A suitable position? Being a slave, that's what you said, a suitable position, right?"

"If it were in the past, I would have had a good talk with you about some of my ideas so that your misunderstanding of us could be cleared up, but... the main purpose of my coming to the Magical Congress of the United States of America this time is to clear the charges that have been unreasonably pinned on me over the years. So, perhaps we can have a good talk about this aspect later when we have time."

Chairman Picquery sneered, "You don't really think that you can clear your name, do you? Even though most of your charges may not be proven with the death of those witches, but... don't forget that you murdered and impersonated a senior official of our Magical Congress of the United States! That time, countless people saw you turn back to your original form with their own eyes!"

"I admit that I impersonated a senior official. I don't intend to deny this crime, but... murder? It has nothing to do with me. In fact, I impersonated a senior official for a reason." Grindelwald said calmly, "That night I found the Obscurus, a dangerous creature. I wanted to subdue him, but I thought that as a foreign wizard with a sensitive identity, a rash move might cause unnecessary misunderstandings, so I used Mr. Graves' identity. As a result, it still caused unnecessary misunderstandings. You blamed me for Mr. Graves' death and even threw me into prison without any investigation, leaving the real murderer at large..."

"You mean, you just borrowed his identity and we misunderstood you?" Chairman Picquery became excited. "Graves is dead! Murdered!"

"It was just a coincidence..." Grindelwald paused, then continued: "A very unfortunate coincidence..."

Chairman Picquery looked at Grindelwald angrily, but said nothing more.

After the conversation just now, she roughly understood what Grindelwald meant.

He did not deny some of the smaller charges...

Some of the more serious charges, such as murdering Graves and then using his identity...

Grindelwald only admitted that he had briefly assumed his identity! As for the murder part, he was unwilling to admit it at all!
Chairman Picquery is certain that Grindelwald has been using his identity since he killed Graves!

But Grindelwald said that he had only used his identity for one night, and was discovered when he was trying to capture the Obscurus that night...

He even insisted that he had no idea Graves was dead when he was impersonating!
What was most difficult for Picquery to accept was that they really seemed to have no evidence to prove that he murdered Graves!
To be honest, if Grindelwald wanted to kill Graves, he probably didn't need to do it himself...

Well... as long as he didn't do it himself, it would be difficult to put the blame on him!

According to the information sent by the British Ministry of Magic, the crime of murdering Graves seems to have indeed fallen on a witch.

Now, that Wu Zun Party member has been executed along with other arrested Wu Zun Party members...

Of course, during the interrogation, some members of the Witch Party, under the effect of truth serum, confessed that they were instructed by Grindelwald.

However, this alone makes it difficult to pin the blame on Grindelwald, because those people are already dead and cannot be identified in court. Even if there are the confessions from the interrogation at that time... they have lost enough weight.

Besides, Grindelwald has always insisted that many of his words have been misinterpreted!
In other words, those murders and disappearances were all done by his fanatical followers who misunderstood his meaning!
He didn't actually mean that!
Grindelwald put himself squarely in the position of the victim.

His only fault was that his followers were too fanatical, so fanatical that they misinterpreted his meaning.

If your followers are too fanatical and commit a crime, you can't always blame the "idol"!

So, in this matter alone, if Grindelwald only admitted to briefly impersonating Graves' identity... he would only be sentenced to a few months in prison at most.

If he could pay enough bail, he wouldn't even have to spend a day in jail... Grindelwald, who has countless followers, has no shortage of money.

At this moment, Chairman Picquery finally realized that it was almost impossible to sanction Grindelwald by legitimate means.

Now, there is only one way to make Grindelwald pay the price he deserves...

……

safe house.

When Levi saw that Grindelwald was planning to hold a public trial in the Magical Congress of the United States, he knew that the matter was settled.

Grindelwald will surely be able to clear himself of all charges.

Even some minor crimes that cannot be cleared can be solved with money.

Tom said, "I still think that there are some big shots who don't want Grindelwald to be innocent. If these big shots start to plot, even without the help of Dumbledore and others, the chances of success are very high!"

"I've said it before, no one can match Grindelwald in this." Levid laughed, "It's better to say that what Grindelwald hopes most now is that someone will frame him. In this way, as long as the conspiracy is exposed, his identity as a victim will be confirmed! 'Look, I told you, someone has been framing me all along! That's why my reputation has been ruined! All my crimes were framed by them!' If someone really can't stand the loneliness and uses small tricks to harm him, then he will really fool them."

Tom was confused. "In this way, doesn't it mean he is invincible?"

"That's not the case. As long as he can outwit Grindelwald, that's enough. As long as he's not exposed, Grindelwald will be successfully framed for new crimes. Then, the public trial will become a farce."

"Look, I'm not saying anything bad about you...you yourself admitted that you are better at conspiracy than Grindelwald." Tom muttered softly.

"What do you say?"

"You said before that no one in this world can scheme better than Grindelwald, and then you said that you have many ways to ruin his plans... Isn't that saying that you are better at schemes than him? You said before that I was wrong... Look, just a few days later, you blew yourself up!"

"It seems that you are still not convinced...Tom?"

"Li Weide, didn't you say you were a reasonable person?"

"According to your logic just now, Tom, my fist is bigger, so my fist is the truth, so the way I reason with you...I hope you can accept it."

"You... Sigh, I still can't control my mouth after all... Come on, be gentle..."

Just as the two were playing, Phoenix Fox suddenly appeared in the living room and handed them a letter.

Levitra put down his wand, took the letter and began to read it.

The letter was from Dumbledore.

In the letter, he warned Li Weide and Tom not to go out recently!

There is no doubt that Dumbledore has prepared for the worst for Grindelwald's escape, and he has lost confidence in having Grindelwald convicted...

After reading the letter, Tom shuddered involuntarily.

"It seems that I can't go fishing this afternoon..."

"What are you afraid of, Tom?"

"Grindelwald might seek revenge..." Tom realized his mistake before he could finish his words.

The idea of Grindelwald escaping from trouble and turning the tables was all proposed by Levid... How could Grindelwald possibly take revenge on Levid?

Besides... since Grindelwald is going to go the path of whitewashing himself, he can no longer use his old tricks.

A person who is preparing to go into politics will not give anyone the opportunity to catch him!
"It seems that you understand... So, are you interested in going to the United States? The public trial must be very lively..."

"Goodbye!" said Tom, and he ran away.

This guy must be crazy. He's trying to get close to the dark demon that everyone is trying to avoid...

Well, Grindelwald probably won’t do anything to Levid, but that’s not necessarily the case for me.

(End of this chapter)