Barty Crouch Jr. keenly sensed that something was wrong. As soon as his master left, the Magic Corps launched an attack, indiscriminately targeting everyone.
Including him!
He would never think this was his master's mistake. He even felt that someone of his master's caliber shouldn't have been at the scene in the first place; it would diminish the stature of Speaker Tom Riddle.
He looked at the members of the Magic Corps with disgust, thinking they were all utterly insane.
Everything was so far beyond his expectations.
Had his former comrade, Severus Snape, really become this powerful?
If the Magic Corps hadn't drawn Snape's attention by attacking the Aurors...
And it wasn't just Snape. Even Lucius's son, Draco, whom he could once casually push around at school when Draco was disguised as Sirius, could now trade several blows with him?
And that Mudblood—Hermione Granger, was it? She could cause him quite a bit of trouble, too?
The world was changing far too fast. So fast that he couldn't even keep up.
He seemed to recall the time just after he graduated. Oh, it seemed he had already become unafraid of the Ministry of Magic's Aurors back then.
And now, like those opponents who had once stared at him in astonishment, he was surprised by the younger generation's growth.
Though he didn't want to admit it, he really did seem to be on the verge of collapse.
Barty Crouch Jr. hurriedly turned to the politicians he had rallied by impersonating Barty Crouch Sr. His eyes flickered as he suddenly shouted, "I'll get you out of here!"
"Come with me to the Americas! You have no choice!"
No choice?
The politicians hesitated for a moment. When the first few who rushed to Barty Crouch Jr.'s side won his approval, the others gritted