I swung a sword at Hogwarts

After his soul returned, Voldemort became much more difficult to deal with than before. He seemed to be smarter than before.

Amelia's death plunged the entire magical community into panic. This invisible fear could help Voldemort develop his strength and distract attention from Voldemort.

"First Weasley, then Slughorn, and now Bones, every step you take is unexpected and creates panic."

John put down the newspaper. Voldemort's goal was clear, which was to scare the wizarding community and instigate the purebloods to oppose the silver hands.

Old Barty also responded quickly, using the Minister of Magic to boost people's morale.

As expected of the man who once led the Ministry of Magic to fight against Voldemort, he stood up bravely when everyone began to return to their fear of the You-Know-Who.

John also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the doubts in his heart could not be dispelled.

As John walked out of the Star Club, he saw Basil standing at the door.

"What's wrong?" John walked over and saw Basil holding a letter in his mouth.

John took it down and opened it to look at it.

His expression changed instantly.

"The Ministry of Magic has issued a moratorium on the expansion of the werewolf community?"

John stared at the letter, which contained the original document and the letter sent by Tang Mi.

Did old Batty do something to himself?

John opened Tang Mi's letter.

"Regarding the recent events in the werewolf community, the Ministry of Magic expressed regret and has temporarily stopped the expansion of the werewolf community due to funding reasons."

John clutched the piece of letter tightly, reading each word carefully.

After confirming that he was not mistaken, John finally understood why old Batty did not contact him to find out the truth.

He was ready to take action against the silver hand.

Is it because of the pressure from the purebloods, or is it to tear the alliance apart?

"Old Batty, you are too impulsive."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes again, a flash of coldness flashed across his vertical pupils.

John murmured to himself, "I really didn't expect you to do this to me. It really took me by surprise."

Looking at Basil, John asked him to go back to the dormitory.

He turned around and walked into the Star Society.

A faint blue flame burned in the fireplace.

John walked in and said expressionlessly.

"Silver Hand Manor."

...

Chapter 475 A Gift to the Second King

The fireplace in Silverhand Manor lit up with blue flames, and John walked out.

Tang Mi was already waiting here, with an anxious look on his face.

"Where is Jin?" John came to the study and asked about Jin's whereabouts.

"He went to the Ministry of Magic to negotiate." Tang Mi also had a backbone after John came back.

John nodded and asked, "Has Old Batty been here?"

Tang Mi said: "No, not since Amelia Bones died."

"Really?" John thought it was getting weirder and weirder, so he asked, "Has old Batty done anything recently?"

"This..." Tang Mi was not clear about these things.

However, the most urgent task is to resolve the suspension of construction of the werewolf community.

John groaned and said, "Go and stabilize the werewolf community."

"But the Ministry of Magic?"

"I'll take care of them."

John assured Tang Mi.

Old Jack and the others don't know about these things yet, and Old Batty's motives are also very strange.

John walked to the Silverhand Gardens.

"Can anyone tell me who old Batty has met?"

John asked, and a man stepped out of the flowers.

It was a strange Asian face.

"Oh, you didn't wait for me either." Gauss walked out of the passage through the flowers.

John glanced at the Asian wizard and asked, "It seems you have a clue."

"Just call me Musashi." Musashi nodded and said, "Barty Crouch met Pierce Thicknesse at the Crouch family."

"Oh?" John was not surprised that old Batty and Pierce met, but he found the meeting in a private residence intriguing.

"It seems that old Barty wants to consult Pierce's opinion and does not want to bring trouble to the Ministry of Magic."

He stroked his chin and thought, old Batty probably wanted to discuss it privately by doing this.

Then there is no possibility of doing anything to yourself.

If you really want to take action, you can discuss it with the Ministry of Magic.

Although Pierce is smooth, he is also a smart man. He knows that he got to the top by relying on the friendship between Johnny Silverhand and old Batty, and it is unlikely that he would instigate old Batty to stab him in the back.

In this case, there is a question whether old Batty will break up.

"I need to go to the Crouchs' house and visit our old friends."

Seeing the gardener concentrating on planting flowers over there, John said, "Are you interested in coming with us?"

Little Barty cut off a row of rose branches.

With Barty Jr., a Crouch family member, entering Crouch Mansion becomes easy.

The door to the Crouchs' house was opened.

John walked in and the smell of wood was evident.

There was also a damp smell and a wooden shield hanging on the wall.

The wooden shield was intact, indicating that no one had forced their way in.

The wooden dog is also intact and was not attacked by anyone in the house.

But in the drawer of the table, John saw the amulet that belonged to old Batty.

"You didn't bring your amulet?"

John narrowed his eyes at the amulet in the drawer and fell into deep thought.

Old Batty had been attacked before, and the only person who could make him meet the enemy without even bringing his amulet was Pierce.

At this time, John saw little Batty standing at the door and not coming in, but staring at the door.

John walked over to take a look. On the edge of the door, there were four crescent-shaped marks that looked like they were made by pressing hard with fingernails.

Looking down, there were traces of crawling on the ground.

A small emerald green snake instantly appeared in John's mind.

His pupils contracted, and he said in a deep voice: "Voldemort's people have been here!"

The snake's presence at the Crouch home, following Bellatrix, meant it had been invited in.

And Batty Sr. has met Pierce.

And Pierce...

Several outcomes flashed through John's mind.

Either he was impersonating someone or Pierce was being controlled.

Either way, things don't seem to be going well for old Batty now.

But what's even worse is John.

If old Barty was really controlled and did something to target John, John would not be able to break into the Ministry of Magic to find him.

"Ugh……"

John sighed, then changed the subject: "Fortunately I left the door open."

"Go together?" John asked after glancing at little Batty.

Little Barty said coldly: "It's none of my business."

The relationship between father and son is still as bad as before.

John shrugged.

...

In the Ministry of Magic.

The fake Pierce, as a senior official of the Ministry of Magic, stayed in the same office with old Barty.

"You have a strong will."

He looked at old Batty with interest.

On the way, old Barty broke free from the control of an Imperius Curse.

As expected of the Minister of Magic, his willpower is extremely strong, far beyond that of ordinary people.

Sitting diagonally across from old Barty, he held a nine-inch wand in his hand.

Old Batty was like a wooden man, being directed to sign a document.

The counterfeit looked around leisurely and elegantly.

This office has been renovated by Silver Hand Fashion. The overall tone is dark, and there are some silver ornaments on the table.

He picked one up at random and looked at the delicate patterns on it.

His eyes swept across the flickering flames of the fireplace.

The counterfeit stared over.

The more he looked, the more strange it seemed to him.

Getting up from his chair, he walked over.

Just as he was about to reach the fireplace, a blinding white light exploded from the fireplace.

Then the impostor felt that the wand in his hand disappeared and his neck was pierced by something.

After regaining his sight, he stared at the person who appeared in front of him.

He opened his mouth to smile, but his wand pierced his neck, causing him to lose all strength and fall to the ground.

John walked up to old Batty and tapped him on the shoulder with his wand.

Old Batty was instantly freed from the soul-stealing state and woke up with a start.

He looked down and saw that he was signing a treaty that legally allowed giants to enter the country as protected magical creatures.

He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"John?" He looked up at John and asked the first question, "How did you get in?"

John was stunned and said, "A Floo network."

Pointing to the fireplace, John chuckled and said, "Don't tell me you forgot."