I don’t know if Voldemort really didn’t care, but since Christmas Eve, his name had spread throughout the entire German wizarding world.
Several Aurors died in the line of duty. Even the German Ministry of Magic could not suppress this shocking news. Wizards also re-recognized this famous second-generation dark wizard through newspaper news. A panic called Voldemort began to spread rapidly from the German wizarding world to the whole of Europe.
Voldemort was indifferent to Albert's little tricks. In his opinion, no matter how hostile European countries were to him, they would not take the huge risk of interfering with the British Ministry of Magic, let alone go to Britain to cause trouble for him.
This is the tacit understanding of everyone.
This is also one of the reasons why Voldemort hardly expanded his influence to countries outside of Britain.
That Gregorovitch was a fake, probably a controlled dark wizard who turned into a wizard after taking a compound potion. He used himself as bait and walked around like a dog, with the purpose of disgusting him and angering him, so that he would kill the Aurors who came and confront the German Ministry of Magic.
Voldemort was indeed disgusted by Albert's move!
After that incident, European countries sent a large number of Aurors to keep an eye on him, the kind that he couldn't get rid of.
Voldemort temporarily had no intention of continuing to search for Gregorovitch across Europe, and chose to return directly to Britain, which made the Aurors in charge of surveillance in the Ministry of Magic of various countries breathe a sigh of relief.
Although they are all Aurors, they are just employees who are paid to do the job. No one wants to confront that kind of dark devil. It would be very unprofitable if they lost their lives.
Voldemort, who had just returned to England, was still furious and wanted to kill people because of the failure of Yaxley and Snape. After being beaten many times, he finally used the Cruciatus Curse to severely punish his subordinates, but did not completely give up on them.
It was because almost all of Voldemort's useful Death Eaters had died, and another reason was that their opponent was that Mudblood.
Voldemort knew how difficult that guy was. If they gave up on them because they failed against him, who would have the courage to face the Mudblood next
Even Voldemort had to admit that Albert Anderson had grown into a threat comparable to Dumbledore in a short period of time.
No, even better.
They are equally powerful, equally talented, and equally ruthless.
That is... the great enemy.
After the previous few fights, even Voldemort no longer had the confidence that he could kill the other party!
Because the Mudblood was still growing at a high speed, it wouldn't be long before he might not be his opponent.
This is why Voldemort tried so hard to find the legendary Death Stick.
He felt threatened!
Moreover, this feeling is becoming more and more urgent!
Even though he couldn't be killed because he possessed the Horcrux, Voldemort could no longer bear to become a wandering spirit again and live a life of hiding.
Voldemort would never allow that to happen, never.
He will be immortal.
After listening to Snape and Yaxley's reports, Voldemort fell into a brief silence and finally agreed to their plan.
Especially after being disgusted by Albert, Voldemort naturally refused to give up. He wanted to take revenge on that damn Mudblood.
Even if he couldn't kill the Mudblood, Voldemort would not mind eliminating the people around him first to weaken his power.
Just like what that guy did to himself.
Of course, it is not easy to kill the people from the Defense Association and the Order of the Phoenix. Those guys are like rats, all hiding in their rat holes.
However, there are always exceptions.
Mundungus Frych, who was pretending to be a zombie and breaking into houses to do a no-cost business, finally got his comeuppance.
He was blocked by a group of Death Eaters who suddenly broke in.
The Death Eaters didn't give Mundungus any chance to resist, and they all attacked and knocked him down.
"Catch him alive."
This was the last sound heard before Mundungus fainted.
When Mundungus woke up, he found himself imprisoned in a dark cell. Standing in front of him was a man with scarlet eyes and a hideous face. It was the famous Dark Lord.
"It's over!"
Mundungus' mind went blank, and he opened his mouth slightly, trying to surrender to Voldemort in exchange for a chance to live.
However, after Voldemort woke him up, he did not seem to intend to use dark magic to torture Mundungus. Instead, he raised his wand towards him, directly invading Mundungus's mind and forcibly reading the hidden secrets.
Even the most powerful Oblivion Charm can be broken by someone, and Voldemort did not think that Mundungus could hide anything from him.
After Voldemort forced his way into Mundungus's mind, he didn't find many useful memories.
This guy couldn't even get into the Order of the Phoenix headquarters.
He had been kicked out by members of the Order of the Phoenix.
The only useful information was probably that Mundungus was still in good touch with the Wesley twins and helped them get some contraband items every week.
But it is not easy to catch the Wesley twins in this way, because the two sides have never met each other. Mundungus puts the items in a hidden safe house somewhere every week, and the next time he brings the goods, he will receive the payment for the last time.
If we ambush them in that safe house, there might be a chance, but the probability is not very high, and it might also alert them.
In the end, Voldemort did not rashly alert the enemy, nor did he kill Mundungus directly. He just used the Imperius Curse to temporarily control this idiot who had almost become an idiot.
This guy is still worth using. If he is lucky enough, maybe he can take the opportunity to find the whereabouts of the mudblood.
Voldemort would not allow Mundungus to die easily before completely squeezing out all his value.
Of course, Voldemort did not tell anyone else about his plan because he could not guarantee whether there was a third damn spy among the Death Eaters besides Ludo Bagman.
Therefore, Voldemort only let Snape and Yaxley believe that he intended to use Mundungus to harm the Order of the Phoenix.
As for Snape and Yaxley's method of "creating more Inferi, trying to lure out the enemy, and finding an opportunity to completely annihilate them", Voldemort also agreed and said that he would personally take action against those damn guys.
However, Voldemort never realized that there was a traitor lurking beside him.
After Snape returned to the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, he immediately discussed the matter with Dumbledore's portrait.
"It seems that the storm stirred up by my butterfly has changed a lot of things."
Albert also received the news from Dumbledore that night. He was very surprised by Voldemort's change, but he did not regret giving Voldemort the carefully prepared Christmas gift. After all, the benefits he gained were much greater than being targeted by Voldemort. The two sides had long been mortal enemies. It would be a good idea to get more benefits from Voldemort while he was still alive. There would be no such opportunity in the future.
After all, Dark Lords don't come around often.