Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 160 Tom, this is not called jumping into a pit, this is called sacrifice
"I don't think it's funny..." Dumbledore said calmly, "Looking at you now, I know what I will become if I get involved in power... Therefore, it is a very wise choice for me not to get involved in anything related to power."

"Oh? Really? This doesn't sound like something the great sage Dumbledore would say!"

"Great Sage? Haha... No matter how others compliment me, I know very well that I have never been a good person..." Dumbledore said with a wry smile: "How can a good person become friends with you? At the beginning, I knew exactly what kind of person you were, but... I still selectively ignored those parts that should not have been ignored... and then became close friends with you. From the beginning to the end, there is actually not much difference between you and me!"

The smile on Grindelwald's face gradually disappeared. "You really should stand with me..."

"I will never stand with you again, Gellert."

"Why not? Just because everyone says I'm a bad guy?" Grindelwald sneered, "Even if I'm a bad guy, as long as what I do can benefit the wizarding world, does it really matter whether I'm a bad guy or not?"

"Really? Look at what you've done... Even if you can clear your name and fool everyone, can you fool yourself? You know better than anyone why you did all this."

Grindelwald was silent, an annoyed look on his face.

This was the first time since he was imprisoned in the dungeon...

"I can protect Chairman Picquery without your intervention..." Dumbledore paused, then continued, "To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that her plan was doomed to fail. Maybe... I would have participated."

Dumbledore's words made Grindelwald laugh out of anger.

"Hehe...do you really want me to die? Dumbledore?"

"I never thought of letting you die. I just wanted you to give up this unrealistic ideal and pay for the sins you committed in the past..."

Dumbledore gave Grindelwald one last look before disappearing through the doorway.

"I won't give up... I just want you to know that the future we planned was absolutely correct! Sin? Excuse! You're just a coward who gave up halfway!"

……

"Where is Dumbledore now?"

Chairman Picquery sat in his chair, looking serious.

Someone nearby immediately answered, "After he left here, he has stayed in his residence and has never left."

"Really..." Chairman Picquery's expression relaxed a little, "We can't let him ruin our plan."

"Chairman, do you really think Dumbledore will help Grindelwald escape the crime for the sake of old friendship?"

"I have to prepare for any possibility!" Chairman Picquery said coldly.

"But...if Dumbledore really decides to help Grindelwald, who among us can stop him?"

Chairman Picqueri glanced coldly at this honest subordinate and said, "I naturally have my own plans."

The man didn't say anything else.

He understood why President Picqueri was angry...

Because he asked the key point of the problem.

How could Dumbledore help Grindelwald? If he really wanted to help, no one could stop him! What's the point of watching him?

For example, now, on the surface, Dumbledore stayed in his room obediently.

But in fact, whether he was really still in the room, how could they possibly keep an eye on him with such half-baked knowledge?
Therefore, all the measures taken by Chairman Picquery against Dumbledore were just superficial efforts.

She had only one purpose, which was to leave herself a way out...

If there are any omissions in the plan and it fails, she can just use Dumbledore as a shield!
If her plan fails, it means that Grindelwald can get away with it, and if Grindelwald can get away with it, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

If at this time, there was a little gossip that Grindelwald's exoneration was related to Dumbledore...

Then, even if her forged evidence was discovered, she could later explain it as...the real evidence was replaced by someone.

As for who is so powerful that can do this in the Magical Congress of the United States of America?
She didn't need to say more.

The biggest suspect would naturally fall on Dumbledore, and then Picquarie would be able to escape from the vortex caused by this incident!

In fact, because she implemented the method of keeping an eye on Dumbledore, she might even be considered to have foresight in retrospect!

This is what politicians are like. They will always leave a way out for themselves, even if it means backstabbing their allies...

Chairman Picquery took out a document from the table and handed it over. "Take this and go get all the prepared witnesses from the safe house."

"Understood." The subordinate took the document and walked out of the office.

However, when he reached the corner of the corridor where no one was, his expression changed drastically.

After a while, he became a different person.

If President Picqueri were still here, he would certainly recognize him.

This person is none other than Abernathy, the former Auror who defected to Grindelwald a long time ago...

One of Grindelwald's most trusted lieutenants.

Unlike Vita, he is better at carrying out covert missions personally.

He looked at the document in his hand and a smug smile appeared on his face. After he left there with the document, several figures appeared in the corridor.

They followed Abernathy's footsteps quietly...

……

Dumbledore's residence.

Levitra and Tom were playing wizard chess out of boredom.

Tom looked on with a livid face as he watched his king being chopped off the throne by Levid's knights...

This was the tenth time he had lost.

"I say...can you please stop listening? I want to study." Tom said with a wry smile.

"Why? Playing chess is so enjoyable, why do we need to study? Studying is so boring..." Li Weide began to rearrange the chessboard.

Tom's face turned green.

Li Weide always beats people, of course he feels good!

If Levitra was the one being abused, Tom would bet that the lowest level of black magic encountered by this chessboard would be Fiendfyre...

"Ahem, do you think Dumbledore can stop Grindelwald?" Tom quickly changed the subject.

"He can't stop it. The most he can do is to remove Chairman Picqueri from this matter." Li Weide smiled.

"But what is he going to do?" Tom asked curiously. "No matter what, if the plan fails, Chairman Picquery will definitely be in danger."

"It's very simple. He just needs to do nothing." Li Weide said helplessly, "As long as he does nothing, then turns his back to his ally, and then gets stabbed by his ally."

"You mean, Chairman Picquery wants to stab him in the back? How is that possible?" Tom was shocked.

"I've said it before, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests..." Li Wei De pointed outside. "With those half-baked people outside, they can't even keep an eye on you, how can they keep an eye on Dumbledore? Chairman Picquery is such a smart person, how could she not understand this? But she still did it... This shows that she is just pretending..."

Tom returned his gaze to the chessboard. "These guys' schemes are so complicated... I still don't like such twists and turns..."

Li Wei De smiled and said, "There is no other way. Even if you have the strength of Grindelwald, you can't kill him directly. Then you can only play a little conspiracy..."

"I'd rather use my brain on the chessboard..." Tom said grimly. "So Dumbledore really decided to keep quiet and let Chairman Picquery stab him?"

"That's what he is, isn't it, Tom? It only takes a small sacrifice of reputation to save an enemy of Grindelwald..."

"I just think he is stupid. How can someone jump into a pit when he knows there is one ahead?" Tom said disdainfully.

"Well... this kind of trap is called sacrifice..."

"I will never understand..." Tom looked at Livid and suddenly said, "You are really a good student of Dumbledore. Don't you have any intention of helping him?"

"Respecting his wishes and staying in the room honestly is what Dumbledore wants most... Besides... are we really the only ones who can't bear to let him fall into the trap?" A meaningful smile appeared on Levi's face.

"Who else?" asked Tom.

"Would you have the heart to let me fall into a trap? Sometimes, the enemy might help you. As the saying goes, there are only eternal interests..." Li Weide suddenly asked.

Tom laughed, "If you make a mistake, I will definitely not bear it, but... it's a pity that it's too difficult to make you, a bastard, make a mistake. Otherwise, I would definitely give you a push!"

……

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Levitra was right. Except for going out on the first day, Dumbledore stayed in the house from the second day onwards.

As expected, he did nothing else and calmly faced the big pot that was about to be thrown at him.

At noon that day, after lunch, Dumbledore took Levitra and Tom and left the room where they had stayed for three days.

Because at noon that day, Grindelwald’s public trial would begin in the High Court in front of wizards from all over the world.

The Grand Court, like the Wizengamot of the British Ministry of Magic, is located underground.

When Li Weide and his companions arrived, they were surprised to find that the underground space where the court was located was frighteningly large...

Except for the normal courtroom configuration in the middle, the rest of the seats are tiered.

"For this public trial, they deliberately used the Traceless Extension Charm to expand the space..." Dumbledore muttered as he looked at the huge circular space in front of him.

"This can seat thousands of people, right?" Li Weide put his hands on the pergola and looked at the highest point, the "top of the mountain".

A public trial, the location is like a concert...

"We are in the front." Dumbledore smiled.

"That's great! No need to sit on the top of a mountain!"

(End of this chapter)