The Most Meticulous Plan

Headmaster's Office

Mad-Eye Moody lay on a stretcher, a white sheet covering his stiff body.

Fawkes sang a low, mournful song, like the suona horn played in a village.

The curse continues; death never ceases.

William touched his neck and felt a chill.

He hadn't realized, even after all that time, that Mad-Eye Moody was also dead.

That's terrifying.

Fortunately, William insisted on renaming Akali's Defence Against Dark Magic Sprint Class, otherwise he might have died long ago.

Therefore, one should not casually assume the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.

From the year before William enrolled... Professor Robert, who was gored to death by a wild boar; Tywin, who died on the toilet; Quirrell, who was poisoned... all the way to Mad-Eye Moody now.

Six Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor... aside from Professor Lupin, who had high magic resistance due to being Werewolf, which of the other professors didn't meet a tragic end?

Tywin didn't die, but he was saved by William's time loop!

Otherwise, according to the original timeline, he would have been killed by himself long ago!

Even though he was rescued, Tywin's life isn't easy now.

When there was nothing to do, he was forced into labor reform in Azkaban; when there was trouble, he was used as a health supplement by Dementor who would drain his vital energy.

Look... this is the terrifying effect of Voldemort's curse.

Moreover, this is only the known death toll; the unknown number is even greater.

Just look at this mortality rate... I ask you... who else could compare?!

Voldemort shouldn't have used his curse on this position; he should have used it on the Minister for Magic.

A new minister every year... that would be exciting!

From then on, the Minister for Magic became a more dangerous leadership position than the President of South Korea.

Dumbledore's blue eyes, through his crescent-shaped pupils, stared at the white cloth, his gaze flashing with anger.

Moody was his friend of many years, but now he's been murdered.

Although William was able to activate the time loop and save Moody, he was still furious.

This also made him abandon his plan to have Snape take over as manager next school year.

This position should never have been filled by one of our own people!

We'll have to do it the same way as before: find some problematic wizards... and let Voldemort indirectly eliminate them.

That's one way to do a good deed anonymously.

"William, you came to see me, so it seems you've decided to leave the time loop?"

Dumbledore sat in his chair and asked, as always.

"Yes, Professor," William nodded.

"I have a basic understanding of the whole matter, but a few minor details are missing. I've also caught up with Barty Crouch Jr.., so let him, the person directly involved, speak for himself."

William's wand was pointed at Krum, and his appearance changed:

His hooked nose was getting smaller, his buzz cut black hair was growing longer and turning into a head of messy light yellow hair, and his face was covered with freckles.

The most bizarre thing was that Barty Crouch Jr.'s body was missing both legs, but the bleeding had been forcibly stopped; it was a truly horrific sight.

Sure enough, it was his own son who came to ambush and kill Crouch that time.

What a filial son!

Those Death Eaters are all filial sons.

William poured the Veritaserum into Barty Crouch Jr.'s mouth, and the headmaster showed no reaction.

This is obviously illegal, but Dumbledore is not a being bound by law.

Barty Crouch Jr. opened his eyes, his gaze vacant, his cheeks relaxed, like Doctor Who had just been reborn and didn't know where he was.

William asked, "Can you hear me?"

Barty Crouch Jr.'s eyelids fluttered a few times, then he nodded.

"Tell me, when did you get in touch with Voldemort?" William leaned back comfortably in his chair.

"On the night of the Quidditch final, I kidnapped a number of wizards, intending to threaten the Ministry of Magic and rescue my Death Eaters companions."

But Stark somehow found me, and I was no match for him; he injured me badly.

I was caught by Winky while I was running away.

A smug smile appeared on Barty Crouch Jr.'s face, "That night I was captured and taken home. My father wanted to cast the Imperius Curse on me again, but my master came."

Barty Crouch Jr..'s smile deepened, as if he were recalling the happiest time of his life.

"My father was thus cursed with Imperius Curse by his master. Now he is under house arrest and controlled."

"What does Voldemort want you to do?" Dumbledore asked.

He asked me if I was willing to take any risks for him.

I said I was willing.

Serving him and proving my loyalty to him is my lifelong dream and greatest wish.

William looked at the enthusiastic Barty Crouch Jr. and couldn't help but curl his lip.

People always say Voldemort doesn't have the same charisma as Grindelwald, but there's no shortage of fanatical followers who can become the Dark Lord!

Isn't Barty Crouch Jr. the best example? And then there's Bellatrix in Azkaban, clamoring to dedicate herself to her master.

Bellatrix is definitely not someone who's obsessed with looks.

It's hard to know what Bellatrix's husband was thinking, after all, he was wearing a Slytherin green hat, and the person his wife was having an emotional affair with was Voldemort.

"What is your plan?" Dumbledore asked.

"The original plan was to make Harry Potter Champion and guide him to win the Triwizard Cup," Barty Crouch Jr.. explained.

"All we need to do is replace the trophy with the Portkey, so that the first person to catch it can be taken to the owner, and no one will notice anything amiss."

but--"

Barty Crouch Jr. paused:

"This resolution was rejected. My master learned an important piece of information from my father:"

The Goblet of Fire is still with Stark; it was given to him by the Italy Ministry of Magic.

If we rashly interfere with this magical item and allow Potter to become Champion, he might find out who is tampering with the Goblet of Fire.

The master was very wary of Stark and didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

That's true. If anyone touched the Goblet of Fire, the red dragon would definitely tell him.

"Master has devised a new plan and is preparing to find other Champion to help him win the Triwizard Cup," Barty Crouch Jr. continued.

"All we need to do is use Polyjuice Potion to swap Potter and that guy at the last checkpoint."

"So, you chose Ron?" William asked. "And used the Imperius Curse to control Ludo and help him win the championship?"

"Yes," Barty Crouch Jr. nodded. "The original plan was to capture Mad-Eye Moody."

He was someone Dumbledore trusted; if he were to be transformed into him using Polyjuice Potion and infiltrate Hogwarts, no one would suspect a thing.

But Wormtail says that the Stark have Hogwarts Map and can see other people's names, which even Polyjuice Potion cannot conceal.

Moody also has a strong will, and if he is remotely controlled using the Imperius Curse, he might break free, which increases the risk.

"Then Wormtail and I found Ludo, who was easier to deal with, and controlled him with the Imperius Curse during the summer vacation."

William thought about it and realized there was indeed news of Ludo being attacked during the summer holidays. At the time, everyone assumed it was the debt collectors who did it.

Ludo had lost a lot of money betting on football and was also a good friend of Ron's father. Even if he approached Ron to help him, no one would suspect anything.

"Ludo was controlled by the Wormtail, while I used the Polyjuice Potion to transform into my father's appearance."

"We have the same name, so there won't be any loopholes on the map."

A look of annoyance appeared on Barty Crouch Jr.'s face.

"But two unexpected things still happened in the middle."

Ron is so stupid, no matter how much we help him, he just can't learn the magic to deal with the fire dragon.

Then, Ron got a zero on the First Task.

And another oversight...

"The Wormtail couldn't control Ludo, allowing him to escape in a semi-conscious state!" Barty Crouch Jr. said angrily.

William nodded slightly; this was also the reason why Ludo had been missing for so long after the First Task ended.

But everyone assumed that he ran away to escape debt collectors.

"I had no choice but to chase after Ludo, and without Ludo's help, Ron missed the Second Task and got zero points again."

Barty Crouch Jr.. was so angry his teeth were grinding, as if he wanted to kill Ron and Ludo.

These two ruined the perfect plan.

"I tracked him down for a long time, and after capturing Ludo, another unexpected event occurred: my father also escaped from the Wormtail."

Barty Crouch Jr. has added another teammate he wants to kill.

William strongly suspected that this was Little Tom's order, deliberately designed to cause Voldemort trouble with Wormtail.

"I received orders from my master to stop my father, but Stark was there too, and he nearly killed me."

That was the time William used a spell to cut off both of Barty Crouch Jr.'s legs.

"Fortunately, because of Ludo's disappearance, my master became vigilant and cast a curse on my father to prevent him from revealing anything about us."

Barty Crouch Jr. looked confused.

"But for some reason, Stark and Granger figured out that I wasn't dead."

The Auror from the Ministry of Magic have arrived, so we have to flee. We'll continue to keep Ludo under control and have him provide backup inside Hogwarts.

Barty Crouch Jr. said unhappily, "The original plan has come to this point, and it can no longer be carried out."

"Potter has absolutely no chance of winning the Triwizard Cup from Granger."

The plan had to be changed once again: the order was to Winky take him away from the maze.

"But the master didn't want Dumbledore to suspect us, and he didn't want the resurrection to be disturbed."

After his resurrection, he still needs time to gather his old followers and search for those dark forces.

Therefore, it was necessary to create the appearance that Potter died of natural causes.

"So you've got your eye on Krum? Krum was knocked unconscious by Ludo, wasn't he?" William said.

Harry originally brought Krum with him when he went to Hogsmeade.

Later, Harry suddenly stopped going, Krum was walking up the stairs when someone attacked him.

Near the scene of the crime were Harry, Mad-Eye Moody, Filch, Ron... and Ludo.

Krum initially thought it was Filch, but now, thinking about it, it could only have been Ludo.

"That's right, we knocked Krum unconscious to get his hair," Barty Crouch Jr. explained.

"Before the match, I transformed into his appearance, sneaked into his room, and then subdued him."

Ludo had Ron invite Potter to train him, and then took the opportunity to control Potter, causing Potter and Krum to switch identities.

It was also Ludo, near the maze, drove away Magical Creatures, deliberately bringing Cedric closer to Harry.

Cedric was drawn by the screams and witnessed Krum kill Ron.

He is a witness, and the magic wand is physical evidence.

The entire plan was flawless; no one would suspect that we secretly took Potter away.

Barty Crouch Jr. had a crazy expression on his face.

"And I used Krum's face to get close to Karkaroff, controlled him, made him look like Krum, and finally died in Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom."

I destroyed the entire ship in retaliation for Karkaroff's betrayal...

William leaned back in his chair and sighed softly. The process was largely as he had guessed.

The final result undoubtedly deceived both William and Dumbledore, successfully bringing Harry to Voldemort's side.

Indeed, no one should be underestimated... not even this insane Voldemort.

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