Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 163: You want to be a shield? Have you asked me?

"Since you have no objection, then... we can start the inspection on the spot! As for who to inspect..." Chairman Picquery walked around the venue and then locked his eyes on Dumbledore. "Professor Dumbledore... can you help us check the witness' memory?"

Dumbledore nodded without hesitation. He turned to Levitra and Tom and said, "Wait for me here. Don't run around."

Then he left his seat and walked towards the stage.

"It's over, Professor Dumbledore is going to be used as a gun..." Levid said helplessly.

Tom asked, "What's going on?"

"If I'm not mistaken, these witnesses were supposed to be people from the Magic Congress whose memories were altered. The purpose was to target Grindelwald." Levid said.

"Yes, that's true... otherwise where would they get so many witnesses to prove Grindelwald's guilt?" Tom nodded.

"Originally, the MACUSA definitely did not want to be investigated, otherwise the fact that their memories had been altered would be exposed. However, now the testimony is overwhelmingly in Grindelwald's favor..."

Tom said, "You mean, Chairman Picquery suspects that the witness's memory has been altered by Grindelwald again? Hiss... Yes, in this case, they will propose to check the memory. Once it is proved that the witness's memory has been modified, their previous testimonies will be invalid!"

Li Weide smiled and said, "I'm afraid... the result may not be what she expected. So far, Grindelwald has not made any mistakes... Could he not have thought of this? How do you know that these witnesses are real witnesses?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"If it is confirmed that the memories of these witnesses have indeed been modified, then there is nothing to say. What if... they are simply lying? To check the memory, there is no need to use Legilimency... In public, the most Dumbledore can do is to check whether their brains have been tampered with."

Tom gasped, "Hiss... In that case, even if they are lying, without using Legilimency, Dumbledore has no idea whether they are lying or not. He can only conclude that their brains have not been modified... In this way, it can only prove that what they said is true! But... Veritaserum..."

Li Weide smiled and said, "How do you know that the Auror who gave them the truth serum is okay?"

“Ah? Even the truth serum is fake? This… If your guess is correct, then the Magical Congress of the United States of America might have been infiltrated like a sieve…” Tom was completely shocked.

"Have you forgotten the series of disappearances that occurred in the Magical Congress of the United States? You don't think that Grindelwald's actions here are really just to transfer Dumbledore away, right?" Levitra smiled and said, "If it were me... I wouldn't do anything to the missing people... I would release the missing people, and then... quietly replace the others with my own people. At that time, everyone's eyes would be on the missing people. When everyone was carefully identifying the identities of these missing people who returned, who would find that those who were not missing would become a little different from before one morning?"

"Hiss... Indeed... This is the only explanation. Everyone thought that there might be something wrong with those who were released, but no one thought that those who were not lost might have been replaced... But why did you say that Dumbledore was going to be used as a gun?"

Li Weide said helplessly: "If these witnesses are fine, then who is wrong? What if there are rumors that Dumbledore, who examined the witnesses, lied? His previous friendship with Grindelwald... will become a seed of suspicion. In this way, Grindelwald still cannot completely get rid of the controversy. Chairman Picquery can get out of it calmly... People will think that she was just deceived, and will not think that she was the one who took the initiative to frame Grindelwald..."

Tom said in surprise: "So, when Chairman Picquery asked Professor Dumbledore to go up for the inspection, she had already started to use the backup plan she had prepared before... Professor Dumbledore was also used as a shield by her."

"Yes... but Professor Dumbledore still went up without hesitation... He really wanted to protect Chairman Picquery, even if his own reputation might be damaged. Even though he knew he was being used as a shield."

"Is that what you call a sacrifice? Very noble," sneered Tom.

He simply couldn't understand Dumbledore's thoughts.

"Mr. Weber's memory has not been modified."

Dumbledore's voice sounded at this time.

Everyone looked at Dumbledore in shock, including Chairman Picquery.

"How is that possible?" Chairman Picquery stood up and looked at Dumbledore in horror.

After seeing Dumbledore's confirming expression, Chairman Picquery closed his eyes.

She specifically selected and modified the memories of witnesses who framed Grindelwald. In the end, not only was the testimony wrong, but... their memories had not been modified?

That's enough to explain the problem...

In other words, her so-called plan may have never been actually implemented from the beginning!

If even eleven-year-old Tom could think of this question, how could she not think of it?

Now, she is afraid that there is no one around her whom she can trust... What a terrible thing!

But luckily...

Chairman Picquery glanced at Dumbledore, who was still working tirelessly to examine the remaining witnesses.

She knew that Dumbledore was willing to shield her from the impending storm, otherwise he would not have agreed to help examine the witnesses.

In other words, she is still safe for the time being!
Just as she was thinking this, Dumbledore's voice sounded again.

"Mr. Wright's memory... has been modified..."

"Huh?" Chairman Picquery looked at Dumbledore in surprise.

In fact, not only her, but even Dumbledore himself looked at Mr. Wright in front of him with surprise.

He had checked it several times and found that Mr. Wright's memory had indeed been modified!
This Mr. Wright is the only witness who accused Grindelwald!
He insisted that Grindelwald had hurt his No-Maj wife!
Chairman Picquery quickly said, "Can the modified memory be restored?"

"…Are you sure?" Dumbledore looked at Chairman Picquery.

Mr. Wright accused Grindelwald, but his memory was modified?

In other words, his accusation...

This is the only accusation in the entire scene, actually a modified memory?
This is actually quite dramatic, the ridiculous proportions are so abnormal...

If the opposite were true, with only one testimony proving Grindelwald's innocence, that would be more normal.

Everyone present turned their eyes to Chairman Picqueri...

Chairman Picqueri's mind, which had been somewhat confused by the blow, finally came to his senses at this moment.

Does she have anyone around her?

Therefore, the person who modified the witness' memory could only be Grindelwald's men!

Why would he leave a person with modified memories to accuse him? Grindelwald would never do this for no reason!
Therefore, the memory of this witness can never be restored!
"Then... not for now..."

However, before Chairman Picquery could finish her words, Grindelwald interrupted her.

"How can we not restore it? Everyone is skeptical about their testimonies. Since some of their memories have been modified, it's best to restore their memories and have a look. Otherwise, what if everyone thinks that I sent someone to modify the memory? Ah... By the way, I'm in prison now. Even if I want to modify the witness' memory to accuse myself, I can't send anyone to do anything. Don't you agree? Chairman Picquery?"

Picquery was speechless after hearing Grindelwald's sarcastic words...

"Restore your memory!"

"The trial needs to be fair and just!"

"Modifying the memory of a witness? This is against the law! Those who modify memories need to be tried!"

……

Some people suddenly started to make a fuss. It was unclear whether they were Grindelwald's long-prepared agents or if they were simply too upright.

However, no one could arrest them as Grindelwald's accomplices because of these.

After all, what he said was actually not wrong at all... Doesn't the trial need to be fair?

However, having spoken out at this point in time, Chairman Picqueri will no longer be able to delay.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she couldn't forcibly refuse to restore Mr. Wright's memory...

"Then...recover...recover..." Chairman Picqueri said gritting his teeth.

She knew that the pit ahead was dug by Grindelwald, but she had no way to stop it! She could only watch herself being pushed into it!
Dumbledore frowned as he looked at Mr. Wright, who was still under the effect of the truth serum and had a dazed look on his face.

Of course he could imagine that this must be a trap set by Grindelwald.

But even if he wanted to break the rules again and help Chairman Picqueri.

However... in front of everyone, even someone as powerful as Dumbledore could not change the memory of the man in front of him a second time without him noticing...

Moreover, he had no idea what memories Grindelwald had modified...

Dumbledore reluctantly picked up the Elder Wand and cancelled the magic that was affecting Wright's memory.

Mr. Wright rolled his eyes and fainted...

The Aurors immediately stepped forward and gave him very professional treatment.

When Picquery saw this scene, his heart sank.

He was so eager to help Grindelwald, but these subordinates he once trusted the most... actually betrayed him?

Soon, Mr. Wright was rescued.

"I want to accuse! I want to accuse!" The first thing he did after waking up was to shout loudly. "I accuse Chairman Picqueri of threatening me!"

"My wife was hurt during the fight between the Aurors! When I asked for compensation from the Congress, she! Picquery! She asked me to change my story. Only if I insisted that my wife was hurt by Grindelwald, she would give us compensation! And she could give us double the compensation! Otherwise, she would not give us any compensation! I had no choice but to agree... In order to prevent me from revealing any flaws, she even had someone modify my memory! However, she even changed the memory of me asking for compensation! This is a deliberate attempt to blacklist our compensation! So, I want to sue!"

Mr. Wright's words caused an uproar at the scene!
Chairman Picqueri closed his eyes in despair.

Obviously, Light is also Grindelwald's man... He is now lying and slandering himself.

But she was totally powerless to do anything about it...

When she arranged so many witnesses, she was already telling everyone clearly that she was going to start framing Grindelwald.

However, reality slapped her hard in the face. The Magical Congress had been completely infiltrated without her knowing when.

Her so-called plan failed before it even started...

"It seems that even the last witness who accused me of guilt is gone..." Grindelwald slowly walked out from the bench and faced the crowd. "Everyone! Perhaps you will still have doubts about these testimonies, and some may even doubt Dumbledore. But it doesn't matter. Anyone who has doubts can come up and check! See if the memories of these witnesses have been modified and whether they are consistent with Dumbledore's test results?"

As soon as Grindelwald finished speaking, many wizards came up, most of whom were suspicious of Dumbledore!

Chairman Picquery's face was completely bloodless. Since Grindelwald dared to say so, it must be foolproof.

Moreover, with Wright's accusation and Grindelwald's proposal, she even lost Dumbledore's shield!

Grindelwald smiled and approached Dumbledore, and whispered, "You want to be a shield for someone... Have you asked me?"

At this time, the wizards who were testing again said loudly: "Dumbledore's test results are correct! Only Wright's memory has been modified!"

"My test results were the same!"

"me too!"

Grindelwald turned to look at the jury, then at Chairman Picquery. "So... can we make a verdict? Am I... guilty?"

ten minutes later.

"...All charges against Gellert Grindelwald...are not established. Therefore, the Grand Court hereby orders that Gellert Grindelwald be acquitted..."

As Chairman Picqueri weakly read out the entire verdict.

Suddenly, cheers broke out from the audience!
Nearly half of the wizards in the venue came up, surrounded Grindelwald, and walked down the stage!

Along the way, people kept reaching out their hands, wanting to touch Grindelwald.

At this moment, Picquery on the stage watched Grindelwald go away, until her figure was finally submerged by the crowd that kept pushing forward...

(End of this chapter)