Chapter 422 420. One must be left
The scene was completely silent again.
The former students of the castle stared blankly at the principal, whom they had high hopes for, and didn't figure out what he was talking about for a while.
Why did you say that you want to exchange captives?
Leaving aside the question of who the captives are, why the exchange is a big question in the first place.
Hasn't Dumbledore always been defeated by their headmaster?
Even if they admit the final result of this Triwizard Tournament, the other party has already declared war at their own door!
Shouldn't a strong counterattack be given at this time?
And when the students couldn't see the problem, other adult wizards could hear a lot from Voldemort's words.
The reporters who were still here took a meaningful look at the first time after they reacted. It looked the same as before, but it always gave people a feeling like a different person. Voldemort.
This sentence itself is a sign of weakness.
The enemy has already declared war, and you are still talking about exchanging prisoners here, and who are the so-called prisoners, those students can’t see clearly, and outsiders like them can’t see it?
Obviously, these students surrounded by members of the Order of the Phoenix have been regarded by Voldemort as Dumbledore's captives by default.
That is to say, Voldemort himself thought that if he used force, he would have no way to safely rescue these people under Dumbledore's care from the current situation.
Not only them, professors like Barty Jr. and Snape also discovered this situation.
It's just that compared to the ignorant students, these adult Death Eaters seemed much more nervous, and only Snape's face was still so stern, but when little Barty spoke from Voldemort, his eyes turned to over him.
That expression and appearance, as if doubting something.
No one in Wu Pingxian spoke, but Jon could clearly feel the gap between the Voldemort in front of him and the Voldemort who killed him in the castle just now.
No wonder Voldemort in the castle kept scolding the other himself for being an idiot. The current Voldemort No. 1 obviously had a lot of fear of Dumbledore, but he also wanted to protect himself and prevent him from Looks like too much loss.
But thinking about it carefully, the Voldemort II who confronted him in the castle was definitely the one who took back the soul from the Horcrux, so he would appear more rational and powerful.
The one in front of me is a mutilated version of the soul, the same one in the original book who is addicted to killing and only wants to kill Harry Potter regardless of other lunatics!
Now that he has regained control of his body, he has suddenly obtained a high position that he has never had since he was squeezed out by another self. In addition, there is no danger of prophecy. Now there is only one Dumbledore who is working hard and dying. is a threat.
Brought into the idea of Voldemort in the original book, the other one has already laid a solid foundation. In the view of the current Voldemort, as long as he can be himself again, it means that he has realized more than half of his ideals.
Gain power over the whole of Great Britain!
Compared with the other Voldemort II, it can be said to be an ideal without ambition.
Of course, what Jon doesn't know yet is that this Voldemort One actually wants to keep France. After all, the blood oath was signed by another Voldemort Two with his own soul, and it has nothing to do with him at all. All the current Voldemort One No. There was simply no intention of complying.
It's just that in the French Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore's strength woke up Voldemort I a little bit, and made him understand that he could crush Dumbledore in strength before, which was the result of the joint efforts of two people , and now he is the only one left, so he won't have much advantage in fighting alone.
So originally full of greed, I also thought that the last Voldemort One that I had planned for so long and hadn't eaten yet, so I chose to slow down my pace.
I plan to adjust the mess I left behind first, and then slowly deal with Dumbledore who has regained momentum.
Now that the situation in France is definitely irreversible, the biggest remaining problem is the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Now that he has decided to slow down, Voldemort One has temporarily stopped thinking about fighting Dumbledore to the death. He just wants to preserve his maximum strength for the time being, and then restore himself to his peak state little by little. , and finally consumed with Dumbledore.
It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that even if he came to Hogwarts Castle with so many people behind him, he didn't really have much intention of confronting him face to face. The students were all rescued.
Of course, Voldemort is a little crazy now, but not really that stupid.
If Dumbledore was tough and unwilling to say anything, and had to fight him here, then Voldemort would not just admit cowardice like this.
Now he can't guarantee that he will win Dumbledore, but the two had a tie in the French Ministry of Magic before, and he is not sure that he will lose.
Dumbledore also looked at Voldemort, as if he had seen the people surrounded by Death Eaters.
"So where's your captive?"
Voldemort waved coldly at his subordinates behind him, and those Death Eaters in black robes and iron masks dispersed, revealing the people who had been held hostage by them since the beginning.
It was a group of young male and female students wearing tattered linen robes. They seemed to have been cast with a petrification spell, looking around in horror, with fear and anxiety on their faces.
These are the hemp students in the castle. After the start of the Triwizard Tournament, they were directly transferred out of the school. It was Voldemort II who would contact these students in private to prevent Dumbledore, and then reproduce the old Joe. En's approach rescued these students.
And now this happened to give Voldemort No. 1 a suitable hostage. At the same time, in addition to these students, there were also some Wupingxian wizards who were captured by Voldemort's side during the French war.
The chips Voldemort wanted to exchange with Dumbledore at this time were them.
This undoubtedly took advantage of Dumbledore's side. They were originally fighting to liberate the witches and restore equality. Now it is impossible for the public to sit idly by.
It’s just that there are captives, but after realizing that the captives in Dumbledore’s hands are themselves, the former students of Hogwarts saw that the captives that their headmaster used to exchange were the “mudbloods” they had previously despised After that, everyone had a look of humiliation on their faces.
According to the principles they have learned, pure blood and mixed blood have always been favored over hempseeds, but now that they put forward this theory, their principal actually used such a group of lowly "mudbloods" to match them One exchange, which of course shames them.
But even if they all felt humiliated, seeing the captives shown by Voldemort, Dumbledore's men, Sirius, Lupine and Kingsley, they all disapproved of this exchange.
"If these people are put back, then in future wars, we will definitely sacrifice more people for it."
Moody looked at Dumbledore seriously.
"We can't give up more lives because of the benevolence of some women." Kingsley, who has always been known for his gentleness and kindness, also disagrees, "These pure-blood students don't care, but Barty Crouch Jr. Both Severus Snape and Severus must stay!"
Their voices were not loud, but Voldemort in the distance could still guess what they were talking about now, he just said in a cold voice.
"I hope you will consider it carefully, Dumbledore. If you are not willing to accept my proposal, then these people are of course useless. For me, the greatest value of a useless mudblood is death. And you will Kill these students of mine? And kill them all?"
This kind of despicable speech was just said out of his mouth, which formed a great contrast with Voldemort II who had always shown himself a glorious and upright character in England before.
Such words not only embarrass the already extremely humiliated students of the castle, but even the group of Death Eaters behind Voldemort are a little agitated. They all wear iron masks on their faces. What kind of expression is there under the mask, but it is obvious that Voldemort's words have also caused some problems among them.
Jon saw the performance of Voldemort One, and then looked at Barty Crouch Jr., whose expression was vaguely wrong after Voldemort spoke, and suddenly turned his head to Dumbledore and whispered Said.
"Professor, how sure are you of defeating this Voldemort?"
Dumbledore only fought against this Voldemort just an hour ago, so he is well aware of the strength gap between the two now.
"If we really want to fight, I'm 60% sure that I can kill him, but I remember you also said that there is still one of his Horcruxes left in Hogwarts Castle?"
Of course, Jon has communicated with Dumbledore about the resurrection stone ring.
"Yes, if one is left behind, we can't guarantee that he will have a second one left, which means we have no way to end the chaos tonight anyway?"
"It looks like this."
"Then agree to his request, Professor." Jon said decisively, but he obviously hadn't finished his sentence, "but he can only agree to exchange some people. It is obvious that the value of the captives in their hands is not equal to ours. So of course we can’t let everyone go.”
Beside Kingsley and Moody, they also heard what Jon said, and Moody asked.
"We only promise to exchange students for students? Should we insist on keeping Death Eaters like Crouch and Snape?"
In this regard, Jon just shook his head.
"Voldemort is not stupid, he certainly would not agree to such a condition. What I want to say is, on the contrary, we will keep these students, and only use these Death Eaters like Crouch, Malfoy, and Snape to fight They make an exchange."
Hearing his words, Kingsley and the others, including Lupine and Sirius, all frowned.
"What's the point? Letting all these Death Eaters go, leaving only the students, is the difference between us and letting them all go?"
Jon turned sideways, using Sirius' tall figure to block the smile that was gradually evoking on his face.
"The current Voldemort is so different from before, do you think these Death Eaters will not be able to find it?"
Of course, it is impossible not to notice it at all. The changes between the two Voldemorts before and after are really too great. Not to mention the big strategic decisions, there is a huge contrast in the individual style alone. It's not a fool, they can't find anything, so it's a ghost.
"So if they find out, what kind of changes will happen in Britain? Let's not talk about scumbags like Malfoy, what about those diehards who have been loyal to Voldemort because of his policies? When they found out that their master In fact, when there are two, how should they choose? Or how will the current Voldemort force them to choose?"
Jon's question got Lupine thinking.
"You mean, if we don't need to do anything later, the Dark Lord himself will become chaotic. But the Dark Lord himself is still extremely powerful. Even if these people are dissatisfied, will they really dare to resist?"
"Then we'll send him a defiant and influential ex-Voldemort loyalist."
Jon said softly, and at the same time looked at Barty Crouch Jr., who had been staring at his master since Voldemort appeared.
People around, including Dumbledore, also noticed Jon's gaze, and they all saw Crouch's abnormal reaction at this time.
"And, in my opinion, these students are much more useful than these Death Eaters." Jon continued, "All the pure-blood and half-blood wizards in the prime of life in the entire British magic world at this time, their children But they are all here, if they know that their master abandoned them and were taken away by us, will they have any thoughts in their hearts?"
The consequences of this are actually easy to see. After Jon said this, Kingsley and the others also saw the value of these former castle students.
Give Voldemort's adult Death Eaters as an unstable factor, and leave these pure-blood and mixed-blood descendants to continue to expand this unstable factor. As long as the British themselves get into chaos first, it will undoubtedly be much easier when they start to counterattack later. .
Finally, Jon continued.
"And we have to add the last condition, other Death Eaters can be released, but Barty Crouch Jr. and Severus Snape must be left behind!"
(end of this chapter)