Falsifying history is good business

It only took Voldemort a short time to realize that he was in a dilemma with no way to escape; the only chance left for him was to defeat Lin You and break the space cage in front of him.

Unfortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides was so great that Voldemort's final battle was not even a fight of a trapped beast, but just like hitting an egg against a stone.

It breaks at the slightest touch.

Lin You said that the reasons why Voldemort fell into the trap were, first, that he relaxed his vigilance, and second, that he magnified his greed; in fact, there was another reason that was not mentioned, which was that Voldemort underestimated the strength comparison between the two sides.

From the beginning to the end, Voldemort did not have a correct understanding of Lin You's strength; in his eyes, the Forrester family had a long heritage and perhaps had some special magic that required careful handling, but he was just a powerful wizard. How much stronger could he be than Dumbledore?
Although he had personally witnessed the weirdness and power of the God of Dark Magic, Voldemort never elevated the threat of the Forresters to the level of gods; strictly speaking, Voldemort's idea was not wrong, the Forresters were indeed not gods, and it was only Lin You who became a god.

This single mistake resulted in Voldemort being shattered to pieces in front of Lin You.

The strange thing was that he was shattered but did not die immediately. His incomplete soul, which had already been riddled with holes, emanated a rich black color from the inside out. At a glance, countless faces of intelligent creatures were revealed in the darkness, and their expressions were filled with death and torture, and filled with countless extremely painful negative emotions.

Countless faces were crowded together, arranged to form the face of the Hanged Man.

"Why are you showing up again?" Lin You's face did not show surprise, but more of impatience.

"This soul belongs to me," said the Hanged Man.

Lin You sneered, "Let me make it clear, how come it's yours? Every human soul is independent and free. Even the Dark Lord has basic human rights."

"He has dedicated his soul to the black magic, and he failed to complete the last step because you deliberately blocked his way." The Hanged Man's voice was vague and strange across the dimensional barrier. If a mortal were here, he might be easily lured and his soul would sink.

"That's your one-sided statement. From my point of view, that's not the case." Lin You was unmoved.

"What is your position?"

"Voldemort learned the Dark Arts to increase his own power, not to give his soul to others and become their slave." Lin You said this righteously, "From my point of view, you once again tried to lure the intelligent creatures of the main material plane to fall into the Dark Magic dimension, but I stopped you in time. As a suspect of attempted crime, you are not qualified to take the victim's soul for yourself."

The Hanged Man sighed, "You are so shameless! You should not live in the Prime Material Plane. You should fall into Hell or become a member of the Dark Magic Dimension. It is obvious that you used the aura of the Dark Magic Dimension to lure Tom Riddle, and you used this as an excuse to openly kill the main characters in the story world. In the end, you still pretend to be righteous."

Lin You smiled disapprovingly and made no comment.

The writer personally killing the characters in the story is a blatant act of interfering with the plot, and is once again actively creating the "unknown"; to a certain extent, this behavior is inconsistent with the gods' positioning of the writer and is bound to be criticized.

Therefore, Lin You had to cover himself with a legal cloak before taking action: Voldemort had been affected by the dark magic dimension, causing unexpected major changes to the original plot of the Harry Potter story.

The writer's active intervention was not a reckless act, but a correction of a mistake. Even if Lin You was wrong, at most he was overcorrecting, which is understandable.

As for the Hanged Man's remarks about "utilization" and "excuse", they are pure slander and not worth refuting.

"No matter what you say, you can't take Voldemort's soul away." Lin You was calm, but firm.

The Harry Potter story is one of the main frameworks of the big world, and the struggle with Voldemort is the only main line of the whole story; letting Voldemort's soul fall into the hands of the Hanged Man is equivalent to giving the Hanged Man a reason to directly intervene in the plot of the story in the future, and even to influence the direction of the big world, which can be said to have endless troubles.

If Lin You gave in at this time, he would face more criticism in the future than if he created the "unknown" without authorization.

"You involved the dark magic dimension in order to make up for your mistake. You must give me an explanation, Writer."

The Hanged Man looked unfriendly, but those who were attentive could tell that the other party's tone had softened and he had taken the initiative to start bargaining.

Lin You would never accept the Hanged Man's statement, and reminded him solemnly: "Whether I dragged you into this or you took the initiative to participate, you know it very well. The first person to use the black magic dimension was not me, but Ares. From the moment you lent your power to Ares, you were already involved, and the blame cannot be put on me. Even the black magic auras I used to make the trap were left over by the God of Truth. Want to find the culprit to pay the debt? You should go to Mount Olympus. It is said that the true god Ares has awakened, and it was I who helped Him find the godhood."

The Hanged Man was so angry that he almost lost his voice. If he dared to go to Mount Olympus, there would be no need to talk nonsense with Lin You. In the final analysis, wasn't he afraid of being thrown into the electric oven by the God King Zeus?

“This person’s soul can remain in the main material plane, but you must ensure that you cannot destroy him or remove the black magic from his soul.” The Hanged Man no longer worried about right and wrong and who should be held accountable, and directly put forward the conditions.

Lin You said it all: "Want to use Voldemort's soul as a communication beacon between the dark magic dimension and the main material plane?"

"Whatever his intentions, Tom Riddle has essentially become a believer in the Dark Arts," the Hanged Man argued.

"The boundary between life and death cannot be broken, and the outcome of life and death cannot be reversed. He no longer has memories, no longer has consciousness, and will never be Voldemort again." Lin You also wanted to cut the Gordian knot, so he put forward his own conditions.

The purpose of The Hanged Man is to gain some real benefits, and the writer's purpose is to ensure that the plot of Harry Potter will not be repeated, especially when new "unknown" events appear.

The conflict between the two sides is not irreconcilable.

Depriving Voldemort of his memory and consciousness means that he is no longer the Dark Lord who is at war with Harry Potter, and the story is cut off to the maximum extent; at the same time, an empty soul shell is left as an anchor point for the Dark Magic Dimension to connect to the Main Material Plane, allowing the Hanged Man to open a small gap in the dimensional barrier. Although it is not perfect, it is satisfactory.

Thus, the second generation of the Dark Lord eventually became a bargaining chip in a dirty PY transaction, and was cut up at will by both parties. By the way, only the soul was cut up, and the body had to be left to Dumbledore and the officials of the Ministry of Magic to review.

When the space cage was opened, the Hanged Man and the aura of the black magic dimension disappeared long ago; only two people, one horizontally and one vertically, were left in the cage.

Lying on the ground was Voldemort's almost broken body, with only his noseless face intact enough to allow people to recognize his identity.

Dumbledore walked cautiously in the front, followed closely by Sirius, Kingsley, Mad-Eye and others who were uneasy but still calm; and behind them, a group of trembling Aurors followed from a long distance, each step was suspicious. On the contrary, Scrimgeour, the leader of the Aurors, was one of the few who could keep up with Dumbledore's footsteps.

Only after he could see clearly the two people standing and lying down did Scrimgeour suddenly quicken his pace. He took two or three big strides over Sirius and the others and walked side by side with Dumbledore.

“Is it him? Lord Goff, is it you?” The new Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement was so excited that his voice changed.

"Yes, it's him. Don't worry, he's dead, and there's no..." Glancing at the crowd, Lin You swallowed the word "Horcrux" again, "...there's no chance of him being resurrected again, never again."

When the two true gods took what they needed, they carefully checked Voldemort's soul and confirmed that no other soul fragments were "lost" outside; so Lin You was full of confidence when he said this, and not just because of the prophetic number "seven".

Hearing the name "Voldemort", the crowd suddenly became agitated.

Dumbledore looked calm as he bent down to carefully examine Voldemort's body. The noisy sounds suddenly disappeared and everyone held their breath at the same time.

A few minutes seemed like centuries. When Dumbledore stood up again, he could hardly suppress his excitement.

"Yes, that's him; I am convinced that Tom Riddle - Voldemort himself - is completely dead." In just one sentence, the old wizard's voice gradually changed from calm to high-pitched, and in the end he could no longer control his tone.

Cheers broke out instantly; compared to the "strange" Earl Goff, the Hogwarts headmaster was obviously more trusted by the wizards. After all, most of the young and middle-aged wizards in Britain today were once Dumbledore's students.

"He just died like that? How did he die?" Scrimgeour was distracted for a moment, as if he was talking to himself, but also as if he was asking Lin You.

“How else could he die? He was lured into a trap in the plan we worked out together to lure the enemy, and he was unable to escape from the space cage, so I killed him - it's that simple.” Lin You spread his hands and completely erased the existence of the black magic dimension and the Hanged Man.

The cheering crowd gradually came to their senses and even the cheers became a little quieter; Earl Goff spoke softly, but many people could hear him clearly.

In a one-on-one situation, Voldemort was beaten to death on the spot by the 'young wizard' in front of him.

It was not until this time that many people realized it; judging from the environment at the scene, the battle between Voldemort and the "young wizard" did not seem to be that tragic, and it was very likely that the battle was over in a very short time.

As the center of the battlefield, there were no other changes inside and outside the manor except for some traces of being blown away by the strong wind.

Many people unconsciously buried the phrase "wizard traitor" a little deeper in their hearts.

Victory needs cheering, and the result of victory needs to be shared; Voldemort's body was handed over to the Ministry of Magic, and in the next few days, a suitable place will be selected for public display, so that the whole magic world will know the fact of the Dark Lord's death. As for how to deal with the body in the more distant future, whether to grind the bones and scatter the ashes or bury it in peace, that is not a problem that Lin You cares about.

Even the soul is just an empty shell, and the corpse is nothing more than a pile of rotten meat. If it is not dealt with, it will soon be thrown into the fertile land.

"I will buy this manor from the Muggle government and seal it off, forbidding any Muggles to approach. The Ministry of Magic will handle the wizarding side, and no one can get close to it, especially not to the basement of the villa." Lin You gathered the bigwigs together and carefully arranged post-war matters. "What I am most worried about are the wizards. There must be many who want to see the 'famous battlefield' where Voldemort was defeated for different purposes. But Muggles will not pay attention to a dilapidated aristocratic manor."

"The basement of the villa? What's in there?" Scrimgeour was puzzled. "Isn't the black magic in the basement a fake trap?"

"The dark magic in the trap is fake, but Voldemort's dark magic is real. We built a trap for Voldemort, but Voldemort, at the cost of his own death, turned it into a dark magic trap for everyone. I'm not exaggerating, anyone who breaks into the basement will be in mortal danger; it must be isolated forever."

Scrimgeour did not easily believe Lin You's words, but turned to look at Dumbledore silently.

The old wizard sighed and said, "Tom has delved deeply into the soul and the dark arts, and has reached a height that no one has ever reached before. Even though he is dead, we still cannot take the things he left behind lightly."

Scrimgeour nodded. "I understand. The Ministry of Magic will explain this to all wizards and issue a legal ban to isolate this manor."

"The second thing is to hunt down and hold Death Eaters accountable. The fact that Voldemort is dead will drive his die-hard followers crazy, while the fence-sitters will try every means to shirk responsibility. The mistakes made at the end of the last wizarding war should not be made again. There are conditions to solve it, so we can't always leave the problem to the next generation, right?"

Scrimgeour patted his chest and guaranteed: "None of those Death Eaters can escape. Dumbledore caught Barty Jr. in Greece, and the trial will start with him."

"You don't understand, Mr. Director. I want to not only liquidate Voldemort's followers, but also Voldemort's thoughts. The trial is not only about people, but also about their hearts. As the 'liaison' between the wizarding world and the Muggle world, I really don't want to see any remarks that intensify the conflict between the two sides appearing within the wizarding world."

Lin You's words seemed to be directed to Scrimgeour, but in fact, every word was a reminder to Dumbledore;
"Muggle philosophers say that the contradictions of things are always opposite and unified; the peace promoted by the Statute of Secrecy not only protects Muggles, but also protects wizards - I hope that all wizards will realize this in the future - especially in the new era in the future." (End of this chapter)