Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

"That's how it is said, but don't you think that human patience has an upper limit?" Max said, "Although this limit is invisible, once it breaks through this limit, it will collapse. But it is adjustable. I I have tried to repeatedly use the same effort to recite the same wizard at a high frequency, each time only a little increase, and the last person really lasted longer than any previous one."

"Are you talking about the Longbottoms?" Little Barty knew these two people. Both of them were Aurors. The Longbottom family was also a pure-blooded family with a long history, but they refused the black lord's persuasion and stood firmly in Deng. On the side of Bridor and other resisters, many of them were caught by the Longbottoms.

But later in an accident, they caught these two people. They originally wanted to torture the information out of the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, which was the headquarters of the rebels led by Dumbledore. They paid to capture the couple. For the cost of six people, none of them died, but they were seriously injured. The Longbottoms helped each other and even almost escaped.

"Unfortunately it wasn't them." Max sighed. "They are great material. They are very patient and strong. They didn't give in in the end. It was my fault. I hadn't found a good way to limit my output. But because of these two people, I have gained a lot of practical experience of the Heart Drill, you see."

She motioned to Little Batty to come forward. Little Batty wanted to stop looking at the miserable sight, "Die the bones." Max gently pointed his wand at the wizard, and the wizard suddenly widened his eyes as if seeing When he reached the indescribable horror, he began to tremble. The approaching wailing made Batty want to cover his ears, "Don't listen to him, look here." Batty looked at it tremblingly, except for the beating organs. Nothing else was found.

"Don’t you think it’s too peaceful?" Max said with a smile, "Plain, calm?" Little Butty stammered and repeated Max’s words, "Yes, I ask you, if your body is beaten or Torture, let’s not talk about your skin and flesh, whether the heart beats the frequency, the blood flow rate, and even the gastrointestinal peristalsis will have a very obvious change." Max's hand followed the little Batti’s chest until it reached The abdomen, as if to cut his body along this route.

"But he also bleeds..." "Open the body, of course it will bleed." When Max's hand left, Barty Jr. relaxed especially, "But you see, this person's internal operation is very smooth, just As usual when I am not stimulated... I have isolated his feelings from the connection with his body, and now only the damage that directly affects the physical body will change them." She even poked the intestines directly with her magic wand. I also used several methods to make Barty see the difference.

"So I infer that even the heart-throwing spell does not directly act on the human body. It still acts directly on the mind, and the mental pain is fed back to the body." Max looked in a good mood, like a rabbit found The little girl in the hole, "Have you ever heard of such a thing? A person was implied that he was bleeding, and it kept deepening his impression, prompting him to think that he was bleeding too much, and finally it became clear that there were no scars on his arm. , He passed out."

"But what's the use?" Little Barty said resistingly, "Look, even if we conclude this conclusion, we will still use it as we did in the past. You can't change anything in these practices."

"What if there is no change? I just want to know more, so I just do it. Everything else has nothing to do with me." Who knew Max immediately replied, "Not to mention what I got from it, far Much more than you know, even if the knowledge itself is not used, only understanding is enough." She looks terrifying naturally.

When he said this, the wizard was still screaming, and his voice was mixed like a tarsal maggot engraved on Little Barty's heart, as if something more unusual was in front of him.He secretly observed Max and found that she was very relaxed when she tortured the wizard. The smile was exactly the same as the generous smile she had heard him complaining countless times.

It is true that everything is equal to her. It is not how gentle she is, but the curiosity of ignorant children when they tear off insect wings and the independence of taking themselves out of the group.The feeling that Max gave to people in the past was completely incompatible with this abnormality. She looked like any ordinary person, but was more dazzling and outstanding, which made her gather a lot of popularity.

But Little Batty can now be sure that even if the person lying there is him, Max will definitely treat him with the same attitude and tone.This woman is not without likes and dislikes, nor without emotions, but most things are irrelevant to her, whether it is a bird or a person, she will treat it with the same attitude.

There is no special meaning, which means that even oneself is abandoned."Why, are you the person over there?" Little Barty said to himself, but he believed Max could understand what he meant, "I don't know, maybe it was born like this, or the day after tomorrow... You said that Tom called me, didn't you?" Max naturally said that even his closest servant would never dare to speak out.

But in fact, in the end, Barty did not say anything, but it was a hatred of himself. Why is he not a person over there? I can naturally despise others and commit violence naturally without being condemned by my conscience. It will not be injured.A powerful monster is the vision of Little Barty. The Dark Lord is such a person, and Max is also such a person, but he is never included by anyone who can see the scenery.

So even if the person who appeared in front of him was different from his memory, he recognized her for the first time, not to mention that he was awake because of her words."Thanks to you, Max." He smiled wryly and lowered his wand.

Chapter 24 Manipulation (Part 1)

"I want to attack the betrayers who are indulging in pleasure, huh?" Zoe talked to him in the same tone as if he was chatting at home, while bypassing the glitter that fell on the ground, "even if it will pay you for all these years Do you want to prove your loyalty to this advantage that you have been patient and have been hiding before you expose it to others?

"Advantage? You said that the years when I was imprisoned by my father at home was actually an advantage? I don't even know what happened outside, Shining-the watcher you stunned, it won't tell me. My father ordered it. Watching me, I have been cast Imperius Curse all the time, and I have become weaker than most people." Little Batty's voice is hoarse, like a person who has just awakened from a big dream.

"No one knows that you are still alive, besides it, there is also your father. What is more free than a dead person in the eyes of everyone, no matter what you do, no one will even lead suspicion to you." Zoe used Kicked Shining head, she noticed what Batty wanted to say, "So you think even if you attack those Death Eaters in invisibility, you can escape the suspicion? At the place where your attention is focused, one or a few Avadas flew out of thin air in front of everyone? But you think you can escape with your weak body?"

"Then you can come with me!" Little Barty growled, and showed that crazy look, "I can't punish the traitors alone, but you can. You can help me, don't you want to Do you want those guys who have forgotten the glory of the past to recall the majesty of the Dark Lord? They are all swindlers! No one tries to find our master. They are all fallen in a peaceful life and only eat The honor of the dead is considered cheap fun, it's ugly!"

"Your performance now is nothing more than annoyance into anger, Barty. Because you think your loyalty does not match your status. "They are just cowards who put their safety first, but the rewards from the Dark Lord are good. I pay so much attention than me.’ I guess you probably have this kind of thinking, and you don’t want your master to think you are like these people."

"Even so..." Little Batty still wanted to insist, "It's really boring, Batty." But Zoe said mercilessly, "This kind of temperament is even if you win, you kill the past. His colleagues maintained the pride of his soul, but you could not get anything other than arousing the vigilance and investigation of the Ministry of Magic. Your father will notice the facts earlier than anyone else. Do you think he will tolerate you this time? Or completely leave your baggage behind?"

"Then what do you know..." Little Batty panted, "You know me, who can only be imprisoned in the house and can't do anything! Of course I want to restore the glory of the Dark Lord , I dream of thinking, I exist for this, I am willing to die for my master, but I can’t even do this, I don’t know where the master is, nor can I see him, let alone want to What can I do to get rid of this emptiness. I only have this loyalty. Only this mood can protect my ego and enable me to resist my father’s Imperius curse. If even this anger is taken away How can I survive!"

"I don't know." Zoe said coldly. "It has nothing to do with me. But after Tom learned that you are still alive, he wanted to include you in the plan. He has not given up on you. Even so, you still have to choose to destroy yourself, then I won’t care about you anymore, just embrace the desire for destruction and attack those wizards."

Little Batty heard her say this, frozen in place, staring at her dumbfounded, lips trembling slightly: "What did you say? Did you find it, Master?" He rushed forward in disbelief and pressed Zoe's Shoulder, "Say it again, I'm not dreaming, am I?!"

"Of course you are not dreaming. Peter Pettigrew found Tom. In the forest of Albania, he is still weak and recuperating. He needs a loyal and capable servant to help him." Little Barty loosened unconsciously. Zoe murmured to himself, "Little dwarf...Little dwarf...it's not me but the wall grass? He found our master...ah, why am I still doing nothing here? The master needs me. !"

"Don't stare at me like this, Batty." Zoe said with a smile. Little Batty's eyes became fierce as if she saw the prey, but she didn't worry at all, "otherwise you think why I should be in the box. Talking about the weird things, is that the wish you once revealed to me, isn’t it? I was just guessing that there are people hidden there because your father is a workaholic, but he is meticulous. If he really wants to watch the game, he will Organize your own affairs better and sit in the box early."

This belated innocence of Barty Crouch, this subconscious desire to repair the relationship between father and son and family affection, will become his biggest flaw. This wizard who is always scheming and ruthless, but at the same time cruel With a trace of regret in his family, he ultimately failed to become a truly ruthless person, but could only continue on the wrong path.

He didn't want to admit his past mistakes, and he didn't want to face up to the fact that the father and son had already been separated.Obviously, he let go of his hand first, but still dreamed that his son could change back to the past.If Batty had died in Azkaban before, it might be easier for both parties, because the pain would have become numb over time.And death is the best medicine to put a rest on everything and let mankind return to peace.

Little Batty was silent.He was able to regain consciousness at the World Cup. It was indeed that he heard the words Zoe said in the box, which shocked his mind and subconsciously broke free of Mr. Crouch's control.When he recovered, he began to gather information quickly based on his past experience. When he saw Zoe’s familiar face, he knew she had a daughter, because Max was caught by the Auror before him, and of course he kissed him. Ear heard the news of her death.

But even if others say that he treats Max as if he treats the Dark Lord, he always has more trust than ordinary people, and believes that people who are as strong and proud as them cannot even be conquered by death.Even though everyone thought Max was dead, even he began to agree with this conclusion, but from this familiar person, he heard a secret that even the Dark Lord did not know.That was when he opened his heart to Max, only this time he told her that he was confused.

It turns out that you are not dead.He accepted this conclusion in an instant, so fast that even he himself would be surprised. He would think that the Dark Lord was not dead, because the Dark Lord was the supreme God in his heart. How could God fall in the hearts of believers?That would make believers collapse.He never thought Max was his god, but gave her similar treatment, because Max also saw the scenery that no one else could see, just like his master.

So he deliberately knocked the chair down to allow Max to detect his presence and affirm his guess.He didn't know why Max wanted to look for him, but based on his past knowledge, he still let her succeed.

Now, Max brought the news that made him ecstatic. His master, the supreme Dark Lord, is about to sound the horn of return. He has never forgotten himself. He asked Max to find himself. He is willing to continue. Let him, the most loyal and capable servant of the Dark Lord, serve him. This time, he must personally defend his honor.

"So, are you going to give me the wand and listen to my arrangements? Or stay where you are and do what you want?"

With such an obvious provocation, maybe for Max just wanting to tease him once, Barty smiled slightly, "I won't do this useless work anymore. Everything about me, from life to soul, belongs to the master. Now that I can continue to go back and serve him, so I won’t be with these—" He glanced at the distant place with a disgusting look, the fire gradually dimmed, and the panic shouts of the crowd weakened, "The Ministry of Magic will clean up Theirs, when the Dark Lord returns, he will know who is the servant he deserves the most."

He handed out the wand and watched Zoe accept it: "But the wand that I don't use now, my previous one should have been destroyed by the Ministry of Magic long ago, when I was arrested. Why not let me keep holding it. What about it?"

"Because this thing belongs to Potter." Zoe observed the wand. "Instead of letting you hold it, let me return it. They are wondering about my kindness, in order to prevent everyone from becoming so. If you are stiff, you have to lower your guard against your goals. After all, we need to get along well in the next year."

"Potter... The Dark Lord's goal is him?" Although Barty showed hostility for an instant, he quickly calmed down. "What do we need to do to achieve this goal? He has received much attention in the magic world. I don't I think we can approach him easily."

"Yes, use your mind, Batty." Zoe said with a smile, as if it were an old friend's tone. "Let Tom come and talk to you later, don't worry, you will be useful. But before that We have to go back to your tent first. It’s not a good thing to be found out by your father. He is still useful.”

Chapter 25 Manipulation (Part 2)

"Mr. Crouch, the Roberts family has been rescued and is now undergoing treatment. But we have not been able to catch more people. They apparated when we rescued the hostages, and several of them were just caught by the atmosphere at the time. We checked that they did not have the Dark Mark." Crouch listened to the report of his subordinates with a stern face, "A lot of people drank too much at the time. They were too excited and neither Concerned about the life safety of Muggles, I think it is a very interesting thing for those dressed as Death Eaters to hang Muggles in the air, and can be used as a joke for a long time."

boom!The reporting wizard was taken aback. Crouch seldom showed such anger so blatantly. He slammed a punch on a stake next to him, "Didn't the mastermind catch any of them?" Crouch The cold voice made the young wizard shudder. He glanced at his boss in fear, "No, no, sir. They all escaped in the chaos. Those who joined them later to watch the excitement became their escape. The greatest guarantee of the situation, we must first suppress the messy crowd."

"Those damn Death Eaters... I said a long time ago that I should throw them into Azkaban and let the Dementors handle them..." Crouch panted heavily, his face flushed, and his whole body was covered. Shaking and furious: "If I can still have this power..." The wizard on the side dare not say a word. As long as the wizards who work in the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department, most of them have privately passed on the gossip of their bosses, The fact that Rauch was demoted in disguise is not a very distant past, but no one dared to touch Crouch's inverse scale in front of the person involved.

"Crouch first, sir, what should I do now?" The wizard's cautious attitude bored Crouch. The Department of Communication and Cooperation was full of such useless wizards and such useless poor quality. The product is like being thrown over by various departments as a place of exile. Like the Department of Magic and Sports, before Crouch became the director, there was almost no sense of existence in this department, and everyone only knew about the mess.Even if Crouch had made great efforts to improve its position in the ministry, and enlisted several wizards who he thought was promising, the previous decadent aura would still be exposed from time to time.

Crouch feels that his heart is exhausted. He wants to do a big business in his life, pursuing power and status, and a place where he can show his talents. He thinks he is more smooth than that. But the incompetent Cornelius Fudge was 10,000 times better, but those people gave Fudge the votes because they thought he was ruthless.

It's just that they don't want to face it all. Think about Fudge's tolerance policies. Isn't it just to condone things like today?Whether it provides valuable information or not, people's past can never be erased. Bed bugs should return to where they should be, and don't try to share the same sunshine with decent people.

It is best that the dementors can give them a kiss and suck their souls out, so that they can wipe out these damn criminals from the root. His idea is the most beneficial to the entire magical world. Maintaining peace, why are you reluctant to shed blood?Why give the scum a second chance, as if they would repent because of it.It would be better to kill by mistake than to let anyone suspect in order to eradicate the growth of evil.Isn't he just coming here all the time?

But now let alone return to the path of becoming Minister of Magic, he can only lead a group of boring people in this boring place, some only "yes" and "good" echo bugs, these people are in international magic exchanges. The work of the Cooperation Department actually relied on him even for communicating with foreign guests. That Cornelius Fudge could not even communicate with the Bulgarian Minister of Magic. Such an incompetent person became a powerful person because of his meekness. This is simply ridiculous.

"What to do? Do you still need me to order you?" He said irritably, looking at the dilapidated scene of the surrounding venues. He thought he could draw a complete end to a whole year of hard work, but he completely failed at the end. ."There are a lot of things you can do! Whether it's to investigate or to appease, even if you can't do this kind of brainstorming thing, can't you wave your little magic wand and remove the pile of waste in front of you?"

The wizard was taken aback by this sudden rebuke. Today's Crouch is exceptionally irritable, and he always gave a cold impression, but now he is like ignited gunpowder, emitting high heat and explosions that can swallow others.

There is another reason for Crouch's irritation. He has been separated from his son for a long time. During this uncontrollable time when he couldn't see him, there was only one house-elf beside Barty. If something accident happened on his side that caused the existence of Barty Jr. to be completely exposed, it would also wipe out Crouch's position.A person who always treats others cruelly, but only opens one side to his own only subnet, this is the best material in the minds of those who still want to attack him.

If this incident were exposed, his political life as an official of the Ministry of Magic would have ended.Even in this still marginalized department, Crouch can find what he can do and fight for it. Work is inseparable from his life, and that is already the value of his existence. One.

"You go to Weatherby and follow his instructions." Crouch said weakly. He couldn't bear the anxiety in his mind when he thought of Barty's affairs. He asked Shining to bring him back. Tent, let him stay there quietly."Wy, Weatherby?" The wizard suddenly stunned, Crouch looked at him coldly, "The red-haired Wetherby always finishes every job seriously. What kind of strange expression do you have? "The wizard tried desperately to hold back a laugh. Of course he knew who the red-haired wizard was, but that person was called Weasley. Their boss continued to ignore people who were inferior to him, even though Weasley was going to be in front of him one day. Wandering more than ten times, I want to please him in every possible way.

"Nothing, please don't mind, sir! I'll find him right away!" When the wizard disappeared from his sight in a hurry, Crouch could no longer restrain the anxiety in his heart, and walked towards his tent. He must You must first confirm that nothing has changed.

He returned to his camp. The fancy tents around him had already been put away. It seemed that once the riots subsided, many families hurried away.The Dark Lord is a shadow of fear that the magic world can never erase. His subordinates are naturally feared and disgusted by people. They are his extended minions and tools to spread terror and death.Whether this parade was spontaneously held by the Death Eaters out of excitement, or just imitating the crime, it will cause a lot of shock.

When he raised the curtain, he was still thinking about how to deal with the influence of public opinion. The report in the "Daily Prophet" must be reviewed, but if these disobedient guys don't beat them well, they will spread panic. , Talk nonsense and some do not, desperately exaggerate the incident, to increase the eye-catching point, maybe those guys will say that a lot of people have died, that they have caused a big panic, if the fear of the people cannot be calmed, the next work will be complicated.

If it were Fudge, he would probably choose to do nothing, and only hurriedly jumped out from behind the scenes when the incident was about to get out of control.Crouch remembered a reporter who would talk nonsense as long as he knew this, Rita Skeeter, this mad woman would catch the slightest pain points revealed by others and go after them, trying to make everyone unwilling. All the privacy she had stated to others was exposed. She criticized everything, but she did not rely on reason and facts at all.But also because she always writes some amazing articles, those idlers and housewives are often her most loyal readers.

"Shiny, why is it dark in the room, didn't the lights turn on?" He noticed the darkness in the tent, feeling very strange.But when his loyal house elf did not respond to him immediately, the strange feeling instantly turned into suspicion, "fluorescence flashes." He pulled out his wand, carefully probed the light into the tent, and looked inside the tent. There is no abnormality up there, every furniture and arrangement are exactly the same as when they left, and there is no mess and traces caused by conflicts and collisions.