Harry Potter: I started signing in from Diagon Alley

At this point the questioning of Sirius Black began, and Fudge was able to get all the information he wanted.

Questions like how he escaped from Azkaban and how he escaped the dementors and Aurors can all be answered.

Most importantly, Fudge can take this opportunity to include the Black family in Sirius Black's crimes by confusing and misinterpreting some concepts.

Where did Sirius Black hide during the six months that he disappeared?

Does the Black family have a hidden estate that no one knows about?So Sirius Black was able to escape the hunt.

For so long, what did Sirius Black live on?

Isn't the property of the Black family the perfect answer to this question?

Fudge realized that he was really only one step away from controlling the entire Black family.

Anyway, at this time, Sirius Black took the veritaserum and became delirious, unable to resist the interrogation at all.

Fudge asked what he had to answer.

Normally, the Ministry of Magic of course forbids the use of Veritaserum on suspects.

But this time is not a special situation!

By the time Fudge arrived with the Aurors, Sirius Black had already been hit with Veritaserum.

There was no way the pot of using Veritaserum could be pinned on him, Fudge.

The situation at the scene was just as Eric said, a rare opportunity!

Chapter 136 Black is an Animagus!

Amelia Bornes was about to say something more, Fudge interrupted her sharply: "Amelia! I am the Minister of Magic, and now I am going to use the power granted to me by the Wizarding War Act to temporarily take over here, all Everyone must obey my orders!"

This sentence completely choked Amelia Bones.

The War Bills that Fudge refers to are similar to those of the Muggle government.

During times of war, the head of the government will have great authority, and has the highest decision-making power in terms of personnel deployment, resource allocation, and so on.

Although it is not a time of war, Sirius Black's special status cannot be tolerated.

Strictly speaking, the bill of war included the power to dispose of Sirius Black.

Because Sirius' so-called crime was committed during the last war!

The previous law issued by the Ministry of Magic for the arrest of Sirius was also based on the law of war.

The role of the War Act is very general, that is, to govern all personnel matters related to wizard wars.

At this time, this generalization gave Fudge great convenience.

Theoretically speaking, Fudge was indeed the supreme commander here as long as he wanted to.

Amelia Bones' face turned red with anger, but she couldn't refute.

Whether she argues with the extremely rough laws of the magic world or common sense, she has no chance of winning.

She really could only watch Fudge do whatever he wanted.

Of course, the most important reason is that you can't beat it.

Looking around at the Aurors brought by Fudge, they were all Fudge's confidants, and Amelia Bones chose to endure it.

I can't bear it, I can't bear it, there is still a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Amelie Burns held back her anger and said, "I will record what happened today, and I will definitely initiate impeachment against you in the future, minister."

Fudge said disdainfully: "As you like."

As long as Sirius Black can be taken down today, the great impeachment will not move him, and he will be re-elected as the next Minister of Magic, which is a certainty.

So he didn't care at all about the threat of Amelia Bones.

Seeing Peter slumped on the ground, Fudge stepped forward, and Eric gave up his position directly so that Fudge could get close to Peter.

Fudge patted Eric on the shoulder with satisfaction, and whispered in his ear: "I will never forget your help."

Eric was noncommittal, keeping a smile on his face.

Amelia Bornes watched the scene angrily.

Fudge walked up to Peter and asked, "Stop talking nonsense, Blake, the first question, how did you escape from Azkaban?"

Peter's eyes diverged, and he replied involuntarily: "Azkaban? I don't know, I've never been to Azkaban..."

Fudge said: "Haven't been there? Don't play dumb. Well, let me change the way. I mean, do you have a way to escape from the prison without being noticed by the guards?"

Fudge was anxious at this moment, but he had to be patient.

That's the bad thing about Veritaserum, there are a lot of restrictions on the scope of the questions and the way they can be asked.

Because people who take veritaserum will be in a state of confusion.

In essence, the user is only subconsciously answering the questioner's question, and cannot communicate normally.

Everyone's subconscious and cognition are different. If the questioner happens to ask a question that the user cannot understand within the range of cognition, he will not get an answer.

Fudge thought it was the wrong way of asking the question.

Peter said drowsily: "How to escape from prison? I do have..."

Fudge asked anxiously, "What is it?"

Peter: "I can turn into an animal..."

"Become an animal?" Fudge said. "Your wand has been taken away long ago. Who helped you become an animal?"

Peter struggled, and said, "No one will help me, I'm an Animagus, I can turn into a mouse..."

This sentence made everyone except Eric gasp.

The notorious Sirius Black, who turned out to be an unregistered Animagus!

No wonder he was able to escape Azkaban, no wonder he was able to sneak into Hogwarts!

The dementors who guard Azkaban are blind and can only identify other objects by their emotions and smells.

As for the environment in Azkaban Prison, Fudge, as the Minister of Magic, couldn't be more clear.

In that prison, the most animals are rats!

If Sirius Black could turn into a mouse, it would fit perfectly into Azkaban.

Then it makes sense that he could escape.

Hearing this answer, even Amelia Bones, who had always been opposed, was stunned. She was torn in her heart, not knowing whether she should be grateful or maintain her anger just now.

The Ministry of Magic has no way of extorting a confession by torture. If it hadn't been for Fudge's questioning tonight, they might never be able to find out the reason for Black's escape.

Fudge looked excited, evoked a mocking smile, and looked at Amelia Bornes, the meaning was self-evident.

Amelie Bornes was expressionless, pretending not to see.

Chapter 137 Avada Kedavra!

Fudge became more and more excited, and continued to ask: "Why did you betray the James Potters?"

Peter said: "I'm scared...I'm afraid of the Dark Lord, I'm afraid he'll kill us all..."

"When you betrayed the Potters, how did you kill a whole street?"

"I was terrified of getting caught... so I cast a blast spell on the street... everyone died..."

Fudge nodded, and what he said matched the evidence at the scene.

There was indeed a huge explosion at the scene that year, and the Aurors who arrived behind only found a finger belonging to Peter Pedillo, and Sirius Black who stood there waiting to be arrested.

These are consistent with what Black is saying now.

Fudge asked again: "Do you have any accomplices? Who is your accomplice? Where have you been hiding for the past six months?"

When Peter was asked such a crucial question, his expression became more and more ferocious.

But based on the effect of Veritaserum, he still said: "I have no accomplices... I turned into a mouse, hiding with the Weasleys... I am a pet, a pet of the Weasleys..."

Peter's voice sounded ethereal, as if floating in the air, making it unreal.

This answer immediately turned everyone's attention to Ron who was hanged by Eric on the other side.

Amelie Borns just wanted to ask why Ron was here.

Now she understood that it was because of this reason.

Fudge sighed: "Unexpectedly, we hunted him so many times back and forth, and he ended up hiding with Ron well. No wonder we couldn't find him."

Fudge rubbed his hands eagerly.

The superficial work has been done, and the context of the matter is quite clear.

Sirius Black is an illegal Animagus. He betrayed the Potters, killed those who came to hunt him, and was finally arrested.

Half a year ago, he found an opportunity to escape from Azkaban by turning into a mouse, and now he was recaptured.

If there is no accident, this is the whole process of the incident.

From now on, Fudge has to plan for himself.

He was about to start grilling about the Black family.

Fudge's eyes lit up, and countless Galleons were right in front of him, within easy reach.

An Auror who was familiar with Ron's father suddenly said, "Minister, I heard from Ron's father, Mr. Arthur Weasley, that he does have a pet mouse at home..."

Fudge was eager to close the case, and said loudly: "That's right! The villain Black just turned into a mouse, and hid in Weasley's house while everyone was not paying attention."

"Uh, that's not the case, Minister..." the Auror hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Fudge asked puzzled.

The Auror stammered: "Mr. Weasley mentioned that the mouse has been in his house for at least ten years..."

what?

Fudge looked at the Auror in horror.