Amelia Bones sighed. "Voldemort has grown stronger. He actually managed to transmit his thoughts through the Dark Mark. It's truly impossible to guard against."
"From the current situation, it seems he cannot be truly defeated... If he uses the Dark Mark to do anything else, the consequences would be unthinkable..."
"The Dark Mark?" Cornelius Fudge seemed to recall something. He turned to Wizet, who was organizing his notes. "Hasn't that Dark Mark been rendered useless?"
"I remember Wizet... Mr. Lovegood said something before... something like, 'The same thing should only happen once at most'? So the Dark Mark can still be used like this?"
Too much had happened earlier. As Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Barty Crouch Sr. had primarily been considering the international situation and how to salvage the image of England's Ministry of Magic as much as possible;
Voldemort was, after all, an English wizard. Now that he had caused such a huge commotion, the other magical communities would certainly raise objections. Barty Crouch Sr. therefore had to prepare a contingency plan in advance;
Only after Cornelius Fudge's reminder did Barty Crouch Sr. remember this matter;
However, everything had happened far too quickly. He felt that Wizet had not seemed to have the time to make it impossible for Voldemort's Dark Mark to ever be used again;
Including when Wizet had later used some form of magic to force Voldemort out of Antonin Dolohov's body—that should have been a good opportunity to act;
Unfortunately, Voldemort had reacted too quickly. He had directly used the Killing Curse to kill Antonin Dolohov, freeing himself from the body's restraints and escaping Azkaban Island at top speed.
"Hmm?" Amelia Bones raised an eyebrow. "Something like that can be done? If so, then the situation is completely different... But was