Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 320: The Magic World’s Countermeasures
When it comes to world history, the writer's subconscious mind is like a lock that can firmly lock the "established plot" that he has identified.

Just like the plot where Harry Potter's parents were betrayed by Peter Pettigrew and then killed by Voldemort, as long as the writer doesn't want to change it, no one can do anything about it; no matter how many actions similar to the butterfly effect other people make, in the end the timeline will converge for various reasons, and the plot will return to its established track.

However, the appearance of the golden cup this time and the archaeological discovery of the artificially designed "Herbo" retreat site just happened to bypass the writer's subconscious lock.

"Herpo the Despicable" is just a vague background character in the original plot. Apart from inventing the "Horcrux" and breeding basilisks, other aspects of his life are described very briefly; therefore, in the subconscious of the writer, the content of his focus on this character is also extremely rough.

As long as Ares's actions do not violate Herbo's life experience in the original plot, they will not be erased due to logical contradictions.

The key point of the whole thing is that Lin You also tried to create the "unknown" by arresting Sirius and exposing Peter Pettigrew, which greatly changed the original plot. As the author, this approach is equivalent to actively releasing the lock on the plot - or history; and Ares took advantage of the author's "east wind" to get involved in the "unknown" event.

If the writer had not proactively modified the plot to create the "unknown", Voldemort would not have chosen another way to resurrect, nor would he have sent Barty Crouch Jr. to attack the British Museum; Sir Patrick Morgan's archaeological report would have continued to be sealed deep in the warehouse, or even never seen the light of day.

It can be seen that Ares - at least one of Ares - has been paying attention to the writer's every move from beginning to end; Lin You's change of the plot of "Harry Potter" can almost be said to be a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was not long since Ares snatched the "Sand of Time" and fled, but the other party got the exact news and made targeted arrangements on the past timeline.

The biggest question now is what benefits will this bring to Ares?
The biggest role of this "archaeological report" on Helbo is to push the "unknown" events to deviate from the original plot faster and to a greater extent, thereby promoting the realization of the big world more quickly.

For the gods, it is certainly a good thing that the big world is becoming more and more real and stable, but this does not help to change Ares' own situation at all.

A fugitive is still a fugitive! Why would He do this?

Carrying the information about the golden cup, Lin You left in a hurry; he did not go home, but went straight to Hogwarts.

"Professor Dumbledore, do you know this person?" In the principal's office, Lin You took out a photo printed out from the surveillance video; it was a picture of Barty Crouch Jr. facing the camera.

Electronic devices were not allowed in the castle, so we had to print out photos; although the images were a little blurrier than the video footage, the distance was so close that the facial features could still be clearly distinguished.

"A very familiar face. I must have seen this person before." Dumbledore looked at him carefully, "but it should not be someone I have seen recently, but a very distant memory. I am sorry, but the old man's mind is always inevitably declining; can you give me a hint, what did this young man do?"

"At this time yesterday, the man in the photo broke into the British Museum and used magic to injure eleven Muggles, including security guards and warehouse managers; then he stole a mysterious golden cup from the museum." Lin You said concisely.

"Is there anything wrong with this golden cup?" Dumbledore completely ignored the serious situation of a large-scale magical attack on Muggles and asked the first question directly to the point.

"This golden cup is suspected to be related to 'Despicable Helpo'."

Hearing this answer, Dumbledore's face was moved for the first time. He frowned slightly and murmured to himself, "I remember now, this young man is Barty Crouch Jr. His father, Barty Sr., is the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, a senior official of the Ministry of Magic."

"Of course I know he is Barty Crouch Jr.; I also know that he is a die-hard Death Eater and was sent to Azkaban by his father, Barty Sr.," Lin You said quickly, "The question now is not his identity, but the purpose of his actions. You should have heard about the robbery that took place in Diagon Alley yesterday, when a group of dark wizards attacked Gringotts; and at the same time as the robbery, Barty Jr. invaded the British Museum - just when most of the Aurors gathered in Diagon Alley and were unable to send more people."

"You mean the two robberies are connected; Fenrir's attack on Gringotts was most likely just a cover for Operation Barty Jr."

"It's obvious," Lin You said with a cold face, "Such a large-scale magical attack against Muggles, and it happened in a public place like a museum. The Ministry of Magic's response yesterday was extremely slow, and it was only thanks to the Muggle government's news control that the matter was suppressed. I suggest that you invite Minister Cornelius Fudge and Mr. Barty Crouch to come over for me now; let's handle the matter in this office and don't make a big fuss."

Although he could hear Lin You's dissatisfaction, Dumbledore did not say anything further. He just sent a letter to the Minister of Magic as requested, and at the same time used the Patronus Charm to notify "Mad-Eye" Moody; things had already happened, and the consequences were not out of control, so why bother to dwell on it and waste time and energy?
How to appease the Muggle government is Cornelius Fudge's problem and has nothing to do with the headmaster of Hogwarts.

"Since this golden cup is related to Herpo, is it related to the Horcrux? Barty Jr.'s actions may be related to Voldemort, or even directly instructed by him." Dumbledore made speculations step by step. "Mr. Forrester, do you have any specific information about the golden cup?"

Lin You took out the archaeological report very straightforwardly, but did not mention the doubts in it or Ares. "This is the archaeological record of Muggles. Muggles don't know what the name 'Herpo' means, so they kept the gold cup locked in the warehouse after the excavation. It is not clear how Voldemort got this information."

"Tom has always been a man of perseverance and determination. He always finds a way to get what he wants." Dumbledore said casually as he looked through the records.

Until the end, this wise wizard did not question the authenticity of the report.

It can only be said that Ares has a very accurate grasp of the wizards' mentality; even Lin You himself would not have discovered the trick at the first time if he had not seen the flaw deliberately left by "Patrick Morgan".

However, there is no need to tell a group of wizards who cannot see through the truth of the world about the battle between the writer and the Olympian God of War; they won't understand even if you tell them, and even if they do understand, won't there be nothing they can do?
Not long after, Moody arrived first; the three of them discussed for most of the day, but as Lin You deliberately concealed key information, they could not figure out anything.

"Now all we know is that Barty Jr. has probably made contact with Voldemort..." Dumbledore concluded.

Moody was much more straightforward. "Not probably, but definitely! Barty the Youngster can't control the evil wolf Fenrir on his own. The news from the Auror's office said that Fenrir was not among the dark wizards handed over by Gringotts. It was said that they were burned to ashes by the dragon. But Scrimgeour suspected that Fenrir had escaped. Because no one was caught alive, no one could figure out why these people attacked Gringotts. But if it was to cover up Barty the Youngster's actions, then it makes sense."

"Well, that's based on the premise that Barty Jr. gets in touch with Voldemort." Dumbledore readily agreed. "No matter what the golden cup does, Voldemort has already gotten what he wanted. The most important thing now is to find them. No matter what they want to do with the golden cup, we must do our best to stop them." "Finding people is not easy. They spent half a year looking for Sirius last year, but were caught by Blaise by accident; hey, they did it in Hogsmeade, under the noses of all the Aurors and Dementors." Although Moody was an Auror, after retirement he obviously did not think highly of the work ability of his successors.

As they were talking, it was getting dark; at this time, Cornelius Fudge and old Barty Crouch came through the fireplace.

It has to be said that although daily communications in the magical world are slow, transportation is very convenient.

"Oh, dear Albus; things are terrible." Cornelius Fudge complained loudly as soon as they met, "A magical attack happened in the museum; yes, yes... I have been troubled by this matter since yesterday!"

Dumbledore listened quietly to these words of self-defense and blame-shifting without saying a word; because although Cornelius Fudge was greeting him, these words were not spoken to the headmaster of Hogwarts, but to the British royal magic adviser next to him.

"Don't worry about it, Mr. Minister." Lin You was too lazy to listen to these politicians' words and interrupted them directly. "The news has been suppressed. There is no risk of exposing the magic world."

"Oh, great! This is the best news I've had all day," exclaimed Cornelius Fudge happily.

"But suppressing the news is not enough; I am here today to hunt down the wizard who carried out the attack."

"Of course, of course!" Cornelius Fudge gritted his teeth, saying that he and Lin You were on the same front. "It's a horrific atrocity, a wanton crime. The Ministry of Magic will do its utmost to track down the murderer and will never condone such vicious crimes."

"That's good. That's why I came here today." Lin You handed over the photo. "This is a Muggle photo. You may not be used to it, but it's enough to see the criminal's face clearly, right? This photo was left by the murderer at the crime scene."

"Very good, I will go back right away. Scrimgeour will be very happy to see this. With the photo, the Aurors will never let the criminal go unpunished..."

Without giving Minister Fudge any chance to display his eloquence, Lin You interrupted him again: "Mr. Minister, I specially asked you to come here not just to send a photo; besides, there is no need to invite the Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation to hunt down the murderer, right? After all, Mr. Crouch has resigned from the position of Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for a long time."

"Hmm?" Cornelius Fudge's voice suddenly stopped; he looked at his subordinate beside him and found that his face was pale and his eyes were flickering. He looked around but refused to look at the photo.

At this moment, the Minister's experience in political struggles and his high political sensitivity immediately returned to his IQ high ground.

"What's the matter with you, Mr. Crouch?" Cornelius Fudge asked in a low voice, and his tone was more like an interrogation than a question.

"Mr. Crouch probably recognized the person in the photo at first sight, right?" Lin You didn't intend to give him a chance to hesitate. "After all, what father wouldn't recognize his own son?"

As soon as he finished speaking, old Batty's already pale face completely lost its color, becoming more terrifying than a dead person; Cornelius Fudge exclaimed in disbelief and anger, but a glimmer of joy flashed in his narrowed eyes.

"My... my son is in Azkaban; he... he is dead." Old Barty made a last-ditch effort which he knew was useless.

"As far as I know, there was a prison break in Azkaban last year, and I helped send the wanted warrant to the Muggle media." Lin You said slowly.

"But... no, it's different... Barty Jr. is dead, he died in prison." Barty Sr.'s tone was full of guilt. Well, he was also such a person in the original book; Barty Jr. escaped on the night of the Quidditch World Cup riot, but Barty Sr. kept it a secret and ended up killing himself.

He really is the person who was criticized in the original novel for "being willing to do anything for an official position".

"Then let's go to Azkaban and dig up the grave of Mr. Barty Crouch Jr. Maybe someone stole the deceased's hair to make Polyjuice Potion. We can't let the reputation of the deceased be tarnished, what do you think?" Lin You made a very malicious suggestion in a relaxed tone.

"That makes sense," Cornelius Fudge was the first to respond; he was eager to deal the final blow to his political rival.

Although old Batti is already a dead snake in politics, how can the current minister feel at ease unless he completely nails this former rival's Achilles' heel and makes him into a specimen?
Old Barty's face turned completely ashen, and he slumped in his chair, unable to get up. Seeing this, Cornelius Fudge was even more unceremonious, and immediately called the Auror through the fireplace to control the man before starting the investigation.

Dumbledore and Moody took the same approach at this time, watching Cornelius Fudge's spirited performance from the sidelines.

Next, we will need to borrow the power of the Ministry of Magic to hunt down Barty Jr. At this time, we might as well give the Minister some attention and get some benefits.

Anyway, old Barty was not completely innocent; without him, young Barty would not have escaped so easily, giving Voldemort a powerful and reliable assistant for nothing.

As for Lin You, what he cared about was not the changes in the magic world, but the subsequent response of the gods.

For the writer, Ares is the focus, Voldemort is not worthy.

(End of this chapter)