Vizet and Luna's guess was right. Over the next few days, The Daily Prophet had Rita Skeeter serve as writer and publish several reports related to Karkaroff.
With those reports as a basis, along with everyone's negative impression of Cornelius Fudge, they did successfully divert people's attention.
Only a few rumors appeared, mentioning Voldemort's return, and they did not stir up much discussion.
The Daily Prophet had clearly come prepared. Even the writer covering content related to Vizet had chosen an angle that Wizards would find very easy to accept.
After all, aside from some Hogwarts students, the English Wizards who had already entered society were The Daily Prophet's main audience.
They had been out in society for a long time. To them, topics like how many academic achievements someone had obtained, or how to improve the Animagus transformation to make it safer and more efficient, would not arouse their interest.
Reporting on Vizet's performance in Quidditch matches, however, could spark their desire to read.
Especially when the reports mentioned the nickname "Key Mister," many people immediately recalled where that name had come from—
Vizet had once taken the field in the Quidditch World Cup Final, and after helping the North American Team win, he had been personally called "Key Mister" by Ludo Bagman.
A nickname was never given wrong. Although Vizet had only been a substitute at the time, he had conquered the spectators present with an unparalleled performance, making them all look at him in a new light.
Even if captain Maxie Branch had not caught the Golden Snitch, Vizet's team still would have claimed the Quidditch World Cup crown with an absolute advantage of three hundred and fifty points.
On top of that, England's World Cup results had always been poor, and it had been a very