From Azkaban to Hogwarts.

"I know that in less than a year, they took down Iphamoni with almost no effort. After such a thing happened, who wouldn't know how cunning that Dark Lord is?"

"Voldemort."

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At this rate, Dumbledore has never corrected my way of addressing him!

“Well, Voldemort,” William spread his hands, “I think we’ve taken Voldemort’s cunning to the extreme.”

“Not nearly enough,” Susan said with a sneer. “If I told you I was sent here by him—”

Before he could finish speaking, all four wands were pointed out at once…

William chuckled awkwardly, his wand still raised despite the Ironclad Charm. "Such jokes are not to be taken, Ms. Susan..."

"You are not Dumbledore!"

Before he could finish trying to smooth things over, Susan yelled!

However, she restrained herself and did not cast a spell.

'Not Dumbledore?'

How did they get caught?

'And, were there any others arranged to come over?'

William was completely bewildered, but Susan simply put down her wand. "I won't say anything until I see Dumbledore. I want to see Dumbledore."

Her expression was one of absolute non-cooperation, clearly indicating that she had already concluded that Moody was a fake.

'Yes, it's a magic wand!'

William glanced at Moody's change and immediately realized where the flaw lay.

'She knows Dumbledore's wand? How does she know? She's clearly an American… no, she's not American, she knows Grindelwald, and she's a supporter of Grindelwald!'

"saint?"

"Yes, I admire Mr. Grindelwald."

...

What is all this?!

William was also somewhat confused…

Chapter 601 Principal, why don't you just die?

Why would saints get involved?

Is Grindelwald making a comeback?

No, if Grindelwald were to return, why would her condition be to release him?

Furthermore, if she were a member of the Saints, how could she be commanded by the Dark Lord? Besides—who would obey the Dark Lord's commands and call Voldemort "Voldemort"?

Wait!

William finally realized something was wrong.

The Dark Lord's cunning, the Dark Lord dispatched...

Susan's rebel army rose up but was not assassinated by the Purifiers or the Dark Lord; in fact, many of them escaped—at the time, he thought it was because the Dark Lord didn't have time to act, but now it seems...

"Dark Lord sent Death Eaters to attack you, and then had people impersonate you to oppose him?"

He looked at Susan and voiced his speculation.

Moody, playing Dumbledore, stared wide-eyed; he hadn't expected such a disgusting thing to happen.

"Yes, absolutely. He was a trusted Death Eater. He tried to ambush you, but he underestimated your strength and you turned the tables on him. After that, you decided to use that Death Eater's identity to deliver the most ruthless backstab to the Dark Lord."

"But neither of us expected that the Dark Lord would act so quickly, and seize control of the Magic Council in one fell swoop, becoming its leader. It's because of this that you weren't swiftly eliminated by the Dark Lord..."

"He even gave you a new task: to gather the opponents, make contact with them, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop—I was saying your organization was developing a little too smoothly..."

William pieced together the clues, "And the reason you're risking your life to do all this is because you intend to negotiate with Dumbledore to get him to release Grindelwald..."

"You actually intended to accumulate more negotiating leverage, but you panicked because Dumbledore discovered the Horcruxes and easily found a second and a third—because you were afraid that if you didn't come to negotiate soon, you would lose your negotiating leverage..."

William sighed. It was a pity he had no say in the matter, otherwise he would have been somewhat inclined to agree—of course, only to improve the prison conditions.

He truly admired this Ms. Susan; she dared to pull off such a stunt right under the Dark Lord's nose...

Wait…

William suddenly remembered something. He looked at Susan and said, "I need a little information. What's the name of the Death Eater who attacked you?"

"I refuse to discuss this with you until I see Dumbledore."

William's analysis clearly angered the woman, who closed her eyes and began to give up.

"Okay, but anyway, thanks for your cooperation."

William shook his head. "I have urgent business, Professor McGonagall. Please continue to pretend to be negotiating..."

“By the way,” he turned to look at Susan, “that attacker, wasn’t it Little Barty?”

As Susan's eyes snapped open, William activated the Portkey, teleporting directly to the area where Dumbledore was.

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"You've come again, Professor William..."

Dumbledore sighed, "Don't try to persuade me anymore, I have no intention of going back."

Even if there was only a sliver of hope, he wanted to kill Tom here.

No, no.

William's face lit up with joy; he now had a brilliant plan to share with Dumbledore.

"I have a new plan to complete the mission. The Dark Lord is delaying his appearance, he must be worried about something, and I'm going to dispel his worries!"

"Eliminate concerns?"

“That’s right. The Horcruxes have all been destroyed, but the Dark Lord refuses to show himself. The most likely explanation is that he’s afraid of you!”

William smiled broadly. "If it weren't for Ms. Susan's appearance, I would have almost forgotten about this!"

"..."

Dumbledore looked at his professor and wondered if he was just having a dream out of boredom in the cave—what did this have to do with that Ms. Susan?

“Ms. Susan is a former member of the Saints. She wants you to release Grindelwald. She still has a lot of information she hasn't revealed, and she plans to use it to exchange for Grindelwald's freedom—but she has revealed an extremely important piece of information!”

'Release Grindelwald…'

Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, then decided to decline, but was interrupted by William.

"Her intelligence is extremely important. When Voldemort was still in Evamorni, he planned to use Barty Jr. to unite the opposition. The person Barty Jr. intended to replace was this Susan. Not only did she kill Barty Jr., but she also deceived the Dark Lord!"

A hint of excitement appeared in William's eyes. "This is the best intelligence to boost that Dark Lord's confidence!"

Dumbledore looked at William with a slight smile on his face. He was curious to see how his professor would use this intelligence!

"So, you can die now, Headmaster!"

William spoke with a sincere expression.

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Dumbledore looked at William, his eyes filled with a dazed expression. He hadn't seen the wand pulled out, nor did he remember eating anything he shouldn't have, and he didn't even feel any discomfort...

"What are you talking about, Professor William?"

He even doubted that he had heard correctly.

"You can die now, Headmaster!"

William, oblivious to how outrageous his words were, said, "You see, once you're dead, the Dark Lord will naturally lower his guard, and then you can ambush him in the cave. We can then use the Portkey to come over and have a righteous gang fight..."

"Then how should I die?"

"Of course he was stabbed to death by Susan!"

William clapped his hands. "Today was the day of negotiations. You lowered your guard, and Susan revealed her Death Eater identity, assassinated you, and then you died..."

"It's possible. The Dark Lord would definitely believe that his Death Eaters are capable of doing this."

"However, it won't be that easy to fool him..."

"First of all, to maintain morale, you can't actually die, not even in the news reports."

William uttered nonsense that left Dumbledore both amused and exasperated.

"Then, the news reports will have to say you were assassinated, and the murderer, yes, is Susan, but she was caught on the spot—this way, there won't be any turmoil in the country, but the Dark Lord will definitely become suspicious. The reason is simple: he knows that Susan is not Susan, but Little Barty. If we really caught her, this wouldn't have happened, and even if we killed him, we wouldn't have mistaken him for someone else."

"But if we catch them, we can definitely interrogate them and get the information out of them, right?"

Dumbledore felt there was a chance, so he began to investigate the details of his own death.

"So there's a rope in your room window, and there are even witnesses who saw a flying broom..."

“That won’t fool him. Tom is more cunning than you think.”

“So there’s more,” William laughed, “the location and appearance of the fifth Horcrux, the kind that’s completely fake…”

"This way he'll know that we're bluffing to boost the morale of others, and that the research on Horcruxes has hit a bottleneck."

"Also, cut off the candy supply, secretly purchase a coffin, have Professor McGonagall put on heavy makeup to look tired, strengthen security on campus... Also, secretly send out a search party to hunt down Ms. Susan, who is said to have escaped."

...

"I even suspect that the news of my assassination attempt has been suppressed..."

"I'm just worried that the Death Eaters in the country have been mostly purged, so they're afraid to report anything unusual..."

“There always will be,” Dumbledore shook his head. “So, what were your plans for the fifth fake Horcrux notifying Tom that there was a ghost here?”

"At least the public should believe it. Just write that it was found among Umbridge's belongings... and that Rita reported it to us in order to get a reduced sentence."

"can."

"Alright, I'll go and handle the matters related to your passing, Principal."