In the corridor of Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Lin Ze was holding a cup of freshly received hot coffee and wandering towards the interrogation room with square steps.
He is in a good mood today.
After returning from Norway, everything is developing in a good direction, and the memories provided by Karkaroff are very useful.
Now when he looks at those officials in the ministry, he will unconsciously see what they look like in Karkaroff's memory.
Until Kingsley strode over from the other end of the corridor and stopped him with a serious expression.
"Lin, Director Crouch wants you to go to the third interrogation room."
"The third interrogation room?" Lin Ze raised his eyebrows.
"Which unlucky guy did you catch again?"
Kingsley glanced around and found that no one was looking this way, so he lowered his voice. "The team escorting Peter was attacked by Death Eaters the day before yesterday. The two Wizengamot Staff member died in the line of duty. Weiqi and Barty Crouch Jr. fought tooth and nail to survive. Now that their injuries are almost healed, Crouch wants to be formally questioned."
Lin Ze's hand holding the coffee paused slightly, "No... it's just a question... why did you end up in the interrogation room?"
"I don't know. I heard that Crouch is quite angry. He may suspect that there is something wrong within us..." Kingsley stared at Lin Ze with a hint of intent and said.
"Uh... well... wasn't it the day before yesterday that I went to Norway?" Lin Ze calmly took a sip of coffee.
"Yes..."
"What did Crouch ask me to do? He can just ask if he wants to?"
"I don't know, but I did ask you to come over."
"Okay, okay." Lin Ze shrugged.
"It's a pity that this cup of freshly brewed coffee is..." After saying that, Lin Ze put the coffee down and walked towards the interrogation room. As for the coffee cup, Ministry of Magic's House-elf naturally took care of it.
The third interrogation room.
When Lin Ze pushed the door in, Crouch was already sitting in the main seat, with a pile of parchment spread out in front of him and a serious expression.
Scrimgeour is sitting on his left hand side.
Sitting across from the two of them was Weiqi Lasghorn, but the interrogation chair had been replaced by a more comfortable sofa.
The young man looks much better than when he was at Yorkshire last time. At least he doesn't appear to be seriously injured on the surface.
But his mental state was obviously not very good, his eye sockets were sunken, his hands were placed on his knees, and his fingers were twisted together nervously.
Seeing Lin Ze enter the room, Crouch nodded and motioned for him to sit on her right. "Everyone is here, let's start."
"Weiqi, don't be nervous. We just want to know what happened that day. Pettigrew is dead. Only two of the four people in the escort team came back. Wizengamot and Ministry of Magic need an explanation."
"Okay..." Weiqi took a deep breath and raised his head.
"That day we set off from the temporary detention area from Floo Network to Yorkshire. Everything was normal during the period."
"After arriving at Yorkshire, we transferred to Thestral carriage and started walking north along the suburban road..."
"Then what?" Crouch picked up the quill.
"Then..."
Weiqi swallowed, "Then they came..."
"Them?"
"Death Eaters, a dozen Death Eaters, they rushed down from the hills on both sides of the road. The law enforcement officer driving the car was killed immediately... He... He didn't even have time to pull out the wand..."
Weiqi's voice was trembling, but he continued.
"Then the leader named Death Eaters used Anti-Apparition Jinx words on the area we were in."
"Barty Crouch Jr. and I were in the carriage, and we couldn't escape with Apparition at the first time...Barty Crouch Jr. used Shield Charm to protect us two... but there were too many people on the other side, Spells were coming from all directions, Shield Charm couldn't hold on for long... What's more... the other party was using "Killing Curse" without any scruples... The other law enforcement officer... he didn't dodge..."
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Later... a big black dog rushed out of the woods, jumped on the carriage, and killed Peter·Pettigrew..."
Crouch's pen tip stopped on the parchment.
"A big black dog?"
"Yes."
"What kind of black dog?"
"It's big, black, and looks like... I don't know its species... and it moves very quickly, and its purpose is very clear. It was heading for Peter from the beginning..."
"A dog... killed an adult wizard who was tied up by Binding Charm in front of you?"
"Then what? Where did the dog go?"
"Run away, disappeared into the woods..."
"You didn't pursue me?"
"We can't chase!"
"At that time, there were several Death Eaterss surrounding us. Crouch was blocking the front alone. My leg was injured and bleeding... not to mention there were Anti-Apparition Jinxs... That dog ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye..."
Lin Ze leaned against the wall and listened silently.
Of course he knew what that big black dog was.
He also knows what role Barty Crouch Jr.·Crouch played in this attack.
Scrimgeour tapped his fingers on the table. "Does that dog have any characteristics?"
"No... no, it moves too fast..."
"Could it be Animagus?"
Crouch's gaze paused on Weiqi's face, then turned to Scrimgeour: "There is currently no registered Animagus that can turn into a dog."
"But don't forget, Peter is also a Animagus, and he has not registered." Scrimgeour said.
Crouch was silent for a few seconds, then put the quill on the table.
"Were there any other abnormalities at the scene? Anything that you felt was wrong?"
Lin Ze leaned against the wall, silently watching Weiqi recall the details of the scene.
When Weiqi mentioned "Death Eaters's leader yelled", he tapped his fingers on the coffee cup twice.
Weiqi continued to recall, "I only remember that Death Eaters wearing the silver mask said, 'No matter who it is, let's clean it up together'..."
"Then they cast spells into the woods like crazy, and then I must have been under a spell... and fainted..." Weiqi said with some shame.
"So there was a fourth party in the woods besides you, Death Eaters, and the big dog?" Scrimgeour said.
"It's also possible that that person and the big dog are together." Crouch said.
"I don't know..." Weiqi shook his head.
After Crouch and Scrimgeour looked at each other, Crouch said, "Okay, you can go and rest first. If necessary, we will find you again."
Weiqi stood up and walked towards the door a little lost.
When he was about to open the door, Weiqi suddenly stopped.
"Am... am I useless?"
"The four of us went out and came back with me and Crouch, and I... didn't even know the whole story..."
Lin Ze looked at this young Auror who was about the same age as himself. Although he was a member of the family, he was indeed dedicated.
"No, you know, the other party is Death Eaters who has contributed almost to the entire magical world. It's amazing that you can come back here alive." Lin Ze comforted.
Weiqi was stunned for a moment, and then his eye sockets turned red visibly.
He nodded vigorously and walked out of the interrogation room.
The door closed behind him, and the interrogation room became quiet again.
Crouch leaned back on the chair and rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers.
"Lin, what do you think?"
"Huh?" Lin Ze didn't know why Crouch asked himself.
"Well... I think that the big dog Weiqi mentioned was probably with the man who appeared in the woods later. The most likely possibility is that the big dog was a ferocious beast kept by that man. As for why the other party insisted on killing Peter... I don't know that well..."
Crouch shook his head and said, "There are too many moles in our ministry now. I asked you to come here because your background is very clean. I hope you can investigate the moles in the ministry as Special Operations Team."
"Although Dark Lord has fallen, there are still many powerful dark wizards among the remaining Death Eaters..."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
A Auror leaned half in. "Mr. Crouch, Barty Crouch Jr.·Mr. Crouch is here."
Crouch's expression changed visibly to the naked eye, but soon returned to his usual face.
"Let him in."