Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 296 The city gate caught fire, affecting Chiyu

Rockstar Games has a lot of games, but not many have enough influence to form a small world in the virtual dimension. The "GTA" series is the last difficult fusion task, and the other "Bully", "Max Payne", "L.A. Noire" and the like are not a waste of ink.

The two "unknown" events that occurred in Hogwarts also came to an end one after another.

Peter Pettigrew was caught on the spot. The action plan formulated and implemented by the great wizard himself was not foolproof, but at least it was much more meticulous than a big black dog and a werewolf; there would be no such thing as forgetting to drink the wolfsbane potion on a full moon night.

A werewolf who always shows the moon when facing a Boggart actually forgot to take medicine on a full moon night? How is that different from an online writer forgetting to update and forgetting to use a leave slip? Any reader would find it unbelievable.

For the next month, the public opinion in the wizarding world was very lively; not only in Britain, but all of Europe was discussing this shocking reversal. Thanks to Voldemort's notoriety, even wizards outside of Britain paid close attention to this wonderful "Infernal Affairs" case.

With the strong evidence of the great wizard Dumbledore, the confession of the real murderer Peter Pettigrew, and some other supporting evidence, a complete chain of evidence was formed. Sirius was acquitted, Dumbledore's reputation grew, and even the Potters who died that year could not rest in peace; their deeds in fighting Voldemort were re-examined by the media and made a sensation.

It is said that Harry Potter was also troubled by this, but fortunately he was hiding in school and avoided most of the public opinion; by the time summer vacation came, the heat would probably have subsided.

The only one who was embarrassed was the Ministry of Magic. Minister Cornelius Fudge immediately used his special skill of shifting the blame; the first blame was shifted to the previous government, especially Barty Crouch, the then Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement who was in charge of the interrogation, and was once again severely disparaged.

The second blame was put on Sirius, because during the trial, as a wrongly accused victim, Sirius kept silent and chose to acquiesce to all the charges. This was equivalent to misleading the judicial system and undermining judicial justice.

In the words of Cornelius Fudge, "Although Mr. Black himself bears most of the responsibility for this wrongful case, considering that he has spent more than ten years of painful life in Azkaban, the law enforcement agency has decided not to pursue his responsibility for undermining judicial justice. He is a noble young man from a pure-blood family, but I hope that he will learn to trust and respect the law in the future, rather than act arbitrarily."

This speech is both defensive and offensive, showing his level of skill.

Of course, as an experienced politician and Minister of Magic who has good cooperation with the Daily Prophet, Cornelius Fudge certainly has more than one way to shift the blame to reverse public opinion.

The second method is to create hot spots and divert people’s attention.

On the third day after the unjust case broke out and the related public opinion was getting more and more heated, news about the 422nd Quidditch World Cup suddenly jumped out and grabbed the headlines; such as "Analysis of the top seeded teams in the finals", "Sources of infrastructure materials for the finals venue", and "New measures for large-scale magical projects to avoid the sight of Muggles" and so on.

No matter how trivial it was, it found its way onto the front page of the Daily Prophet, significantly overshadowing the news on the Peter Pettigrew trial.

While the news media was buzzing with activity, another "unknown" incident seemed relatively quiet.

John Constantine, the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, left without saying goodbye after the last class, and even handed the final exam to Professor Snape. Except for Serpentine College, students from the other three colleges complained; however, the complaints of some senior female students seemed to have nothing to do with the exam content and scores, and such female students were found in all four colleges, not excluding Serpentine College.

As for the specific situation, people outside the school have no idea.

At Forrest Manor, Lin You received the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who had just resigned from Hogwarts. "You just ran away like that? You were in such a hurry that you didn't even take care of the final exam. Even from the perspective of professional ethics, you have to see things through to the end, right? Did you really get the female student pregnant?" Earl Goff sneered at the guest.

Constantine held the wine glass, his eyes blurred, but he spoke in a powerful voice: "How is it possible? I also have principles! Although those little witches are very cute, I would also like to have some romance happen in another time and place; but I will never associate with them as a teacher."

"Haha... I'm willing to believe you." Lin You smiled and spoke in a sarcastic tone. "John Constantine, the great Hell Detective, is well-known in the industry."

"SHIT! Everything I said is true." Constantine was distressed by the damage to his reputation, but there was nothing he could do; after all, he was not the Minister of Magic, and he did not have the means to manipulate public opinion like politicians and senior officials.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Lin You couldn't help but ask curiously: "Then why did you run so fast?"

"Because the Minister of Magic wanted to make trouble for me; Dumbledore reminded me to leave as soon as possible and not to have any contact with people in the wizarding world, especially those in the Ministry of Magic, in the short term."

"Have you offended Cornelius Fudge?"

"Of course not, I've never dealt with him. That bastard, a bastard with a stomach full of slugs!" Constantine said indignantly.

"Then why did he bother you?" Lin You became even more curious.

"Because he wants to use me to guide public opinion." Constantine drank half a glass of whiskey in one gulp, looking vicious, as if he had drunk Fudge's blood. "Because of that little mouse Peter Pettigrew, the Ministry of Magic has lost face. Fudge thinks that this is Dumbledore embarrassing him, and he also wants to attack Dumbledore's prestige in turn, so he wants to make a fuss about the dispute between me and the Church."

"I see." Lin You suddenly realized, "Peter Pettigrew's public opinion storm has already made the Ministry of Magic lose face. If the scandal of Hogwarts harboring thieves and dark wizards, and even hiring dark wizards as school professors, is exposed at this time, it will not only hit Dumbledore's reputation, but also divert public attention. At least, the scandal involving the archmage is more attractive than the news about the construction of the Quidditch World Cup venue."

"Yes, that's right. So I have to leave before the Aurors enter Hogwarts."

Lin You's face changed, and he said unhappily, "You don't dare to stay in Hogwarts, but come to me instead; are you deliberately trying to lead the Aurors to me?"

"It's different here. Aurors don't dare to come here." Constantine showed a sly smile, "Because you are different from Dumbledore; according to you, Dumbledore is the kind of good man who is willing to be pointed at with a gun, but you are not."

"Fuck..." Lin You muttered in dissatisfaction, "Where are you going next?"

"Go to America, or stay in the Far East for a while. The influence of the Holy See in Europe is too great. I have to go farther away. It would be best if I could find a way to deal with the Holy Lance."

"Don't count on me." Lin You saw through the other party's plan at a glance, "I'm not interested in the Holy Lance, and I'm even less interested in the mess between you and the Church."

(End of this chapter)