Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Seeing the scene in front of him, Sherlock knew what happened without even thinking.

The high probability is that, just as Dumbledore and Moody had guessed before, the Death Eaters' Imperius Curse did not really control Crouch, and he had been trying to get rid of the Imperius Curse with his willpower.

The people who took his soul obviously also discovered this situation, but for some reason, it is possible that they still need Crouch to complete certain tasks for them. They did not choose to get rid of Crouch, but have been trying to control him until now.

Until two days ago, Crouch once again broke free from the control of the Imperius Curse and escaped from the custody of the Death Eaters. He met Taylor near this town, and then Dumbledore asked him to come here.

Judging from the current scene, these Death Eaters have found Crouch again and are taking him back.

Sherlock did not act rashly. It was not him who first discovered these people, but Fiddlesticks who had been flying around in the sky.

After getting accurate information from Fiddlesticks, he immediately used the Disillusionment Curse on himself, and then sneaked towards the direction where the Death Eaters were.

Soon, after walking about a kilometer, he saw such a group of people.

Because they were going out openly, they did not use the iron masks of the Death Eaters to hide their identities. Sherlock had seen all the information of these people. Each of them was a pure-blood wizard who had joined Voldemort's camp.

There were not many people, only three in total, and Sherlock was most impressed by the leader.

He was a blond wizard named Jugson.

Before Voldemort started the rebellion, he was arrested by the Ministry of Magic three times for privately studying black magic, but each time he was detained for a short time. The Ministry of Magic explained that his black magic research was not used in human experiments, but in fact, the real reason could be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

After Voldemort showed his talent, he openly declared that he had joined the Death Eaters, but he never made any impressive moves, nor did he participate in any siege of Aurors. He was always studying those ancient black magics for Voldemort behind the scenes.

Therefore, after Voldemort fell, he used the same trick again, spent a lot of money to bribe some officials, and said tearfully that he was forced to use the Imperius Curse to do such a stupid thing.

There are many people who escaped the blame in this way like him, among which Lucius is the most famous, because he has always been very active in the political arena, even though he has no official position.

However, Jugson was not as lucky as Lucius. His reputation was very bad before Voldemort rose, so even if he spent money, the Ministry of Magic sentenced him to six months in Azkaban in order not to make the cover-up too obvious. In fact, he was released privately in less than two months.

And Jugson himself is not an honest wizard. After coming out of prison, he has been studying black magic on a small island in Northern Europe, but has gradually faded out of the vision of the British magic world.

As a result, now he is back again and continues to serve Voldemort.

Sherlock stared at these people. Just from Jugson, he could tell that Voldemort must have gathered a lot of his former forces.

Most of these people were like Lucius and Jugson, whose loyalty to him was not firm, but when he was sure that he could still control the situation, these fence-sitters who actually leaned towards him could still be called and used.

Just like Snape in Hogwarts now, and the somewhat suspicious Karkaroff, the dark marks on their arms were conveying Voldemort's call to them from time to time.

Fiddlesticks and Fawkes stood on the branches of two trees respectively. These two stupid birds didn't seem to get along with each other, so they didn't even choose the same branch.

There were many birds in this forest, so they were not conspicuous, and Sherlock had already moved slightly to a position very close to these Death Eaters. His control area was unfolded, covering everyone, and their every move could be seen very clearly.

At the same time, he also identified that the man carried on the shoulders of a sturdy Death Eater was Crouch himself, and this discovery was not a trap set by the Death Eaters.

Sherlock also heard their conversation very clearly.

"......The master has given us an ultimatum. If we can't deal with this old thing within three days, we will be Nagini's food with him!"

"Deal with him? We almost let him get lost! How can we deal with him within three days!"

"You have to ask Jageson about this. He said in front of the master that he would definitely be able to regain control of this old thing before March." Jageson, who has blond hair, glasses, and looks gloomy and cold, turned around and looked at his two companions indifferently.

"If I didn't make such a promise, would you still be alive this year? You were already in Nagini's stomach after Christmas! Now we at least have hope of turning around."

"How can you still successfully use Soul Seizing on this old thing?" The Death Eater carrying Crouch looked desperate. "We have tried for three months to no avail. How can you be sure that in three days? Time to get him?"

Gagson's face was calm, but his voice seemed particularly cold.

"Master, he wants a useful Barty Crouch, not a normal person. At worst, we will drive him crazy. After his spirit is completely broken, and then use the Imperius Curse, the resistance he will get will undoubtedly be Much smaller."

"I dare not say about other methods, but when it comes to turning a normal person into a madman, I have many practical and good spells at my disposal."

His words made the two Death Eaters of the same camp shudder.

There is never a shortage of lunatics among the lunatic's subordinates, and many of them went crazy following Voldemort, who had some charm in the beginning.

Sherlock, who was hiding aside using the Disguise Curse, was not paying full attention to their conversation. He was silently calculating the distance between himself and the Death Eater carrying Crouch, and at the same time let On the branch, the two birds staring at each other prepared themselves.

Sherlock did not intend to rely on brute force. His goal was actually very simple, which was to bring Crouch back to Hogwarts intact.