Seeing Tom's tragic death, Annie, hiding to the side, was shocked.
She really hadn't expected that Tom, who seemed to have a bad temper on the surface, would actually decide to sacrifice himself for his friend at a crucial moment, willing to trade one for one with Grindelwald…
As for Li Wade's behavior… she really couldn't judge it.
Very typical Slytherin behavior…
Anyway, if it were her, she would have immediately joined when Grindelwald offered to share half of his magical power.
Of course, she wouldn't have gone to the point where her friend had to risk his life for her…
In fact, she really couldn't understand why Li Wade wouldn't agree to Grindelwald's suggestion.
Mr. Grindelwald hadn't asked them to join openly!
He had said that joining secretly was also acceptable! He even said that if the revolution failed, they wouldn't be implicated; as long as they agreed, they could share half of the magical power!
Such a good deal, why wouldn't Li Wade agree?
Not only did he refuse, but he also kept provoking Grindelwald!
Ultimately, it led to Tom's tragic death...
But... Annie recalled Tom's resolute act of detonating the poison gas bomb.
She suddenly felt uncertain again.
Tom was willing to trade his life for Grindelwald's, so even if Levi agreed to join, would Tom agree?
She remembered that just now, when Grindelwald extended an olive branch, Tom, who had been standing beside her, spat and cursed.
It seemed that not only Levi, but Tom also deeply disliked Mr. Grindelwald...
While Annie was lost in thought, Levi heard Grindelwald's recruitment pitch again.
His smile faded.
"You killed my beloved friends and family, and you want me to join you?
Do you think that's reasonable?
Do you think everyone is as cold-blooded and ruthless as you?"
Grindelwald: "Huh?"
Hearing Levi's question, Grindelwald was speechless.
"It seems you're not only ruthless, but also incredibly thick-skinned… Cold-blooded and heartless, you're the one who killed your own beloved family and friends, aren't you?
What does it have to do with me?
If you had put down your wand and given up resisting, would he have committed suicide?" Grindelwald said helplessly.
"Yes!
His fate was sealed the moment you captured him!"
Livid said with certainty and sorrow.
"He knew I couldn't surrender, and he knew he couldn't escape from you, so… to avoid putting me in a difficult position, he made what he believed to be the right choice!
He chose to perish with you… It's just a pity…"
"Hiss… Something's not right… Wait… Let me sort this out… Something feels off.
I'm actually starting to think you're making sense?"
Grindelwald frowned, scratching his head. He felt his mind was a bit muddled.
Livid spoke righteously, but subconsciously, he felt that Livid wasn't usually such a righteous person!
Li Weide said coldly, "Don't you understand?
Neither Tom nor I would rather die than join your ranks. We wouldn't surrender to you!
We both understand each other's feelings, so when Tom was captured, even though I was heartbroken, I couldn't save him... If I had actually knelt down and surrendered to you to save him, Tom would have truly blamed me!
As it turns out, I was right... To avoid affecting me, Tom resolutely chose to die with you... He did that, so if I were to surrender to you as if nothing had happened, how could I face Tom's heroic sacrifice?"
Grindelwald said, "Then why were you shouting about giving him a grand funeral and burning paper money for him next year... Didn't you seem quite happy?
I couldn't see any sadness on your face."
"If I'm lucky enough to survive your clutches, what's wrong with giving Tom a grand funeral and burning paper money for him?
What's wrong with smiling at Tom instead of crying?"
Li Wade continued sorrowfully.
"If I don't survive your clutches, then it doesn't matter whether I smile or cry. We'll embark on another great journey called death together.
Forget it, why am I wasting my breath on you?
You've never experienced such genuine friendship; you'd never understand."
Grindelwald: "?"
Sometimes, he felt Li Wade was being quite unreasonable… Just talk about your own business; why keep rubbing salt in my wounds?
At this moment, Annie, standing nearby, was dumbfounded.
So that's how it is?
It wasn't Li Wade who betrayed Tom, but rather a tacit understanding between two close friends who mutually supported each other?
Such touching friendship, it actually exists…
For the first time, Annie felt that her most respected Mr. Grindelwald was like a major villain…
"But I've already made it clear that I won't hurt either of you… In other words, even if you don't join me, as long as you lay down your weapons, don't interfere with my mission, and just watch from the sidelines, I won't lay a finger on you."
Grindelwald was speechless.
He had made this very clear from the beginning, but these two fools insisted on fighting him to the death.
"Is that so?
If Tom hadn't detonated the gas bomb, you would have killed him
by now, wouldn't you?"
Li Wade sneered.
Grindelwald was speechless for a moment.
He had indeed considered killing him.
But at least he hadn't intended to kill him at first!
"We won't believe the words of a notorious black devil, and… we won't allow a black devil to achieve his nefarious goals."
Li Wade suddenly spoke righteously again.
Grindelwald's eyes widened again.
"No, you just said you wanted to kill me to monopolize that magical power..."
"Who says good people have to tell the truth?
Can't I lie to you, you dark lord?
I'm just trying to keep you calm!
Enough talk!
Come on, let's fight!
I'd rather die in battle than lay down my wand and kneel! Disarm me!"
"Hmm?
Something's not right…" After dodging the disarming charm, Grindelwald keenly sensed something was amiss with Livid, because the kid had stopped using dark magic!
There was only one possibility that could make this kid suddenly stop using dark magic and start spouting platitudes…
"You haven't disappointed me, Livid…"
A familiar voice came from behind Grindelwald.
Grindelwald turned sharply and saw Dumbledore standing at the entrance to the secret passage, with a large, fiery red bird perched on his shoulder.
A phoenix…
Grindelwald's eyes narrowed slightly; he had ultimately overlooked the phoenix.
More precisely, he had overlooked the fact that Livid could have the phoenix relay messages for him…
With the phoenix, even if the Magical Congress of America was blocked, even if Hogwarts had anti-Apparition magic, it could still quickly bring Dumbledore back to Hogwarts…because the phoenix's Apparition ignores anti-Apparition magic.
"When did you get back?"
Grindelwald asked expressionlessly.
"When you said my student was ruthless and started recruiting him… so I probably already know what happened before…" Dumbledore's gaze fell on Tom lying on the ground, his eyes filled with sorrow.
"So… you killed my student? Tom… he was a good boy…"
"No, I didn't."
Grindelwald felt a sudden pang of panic.
"He committed suicide…"
"But you took my student hostage and forced another of my students to give up resistance…" Dumbledore said coldly, "He died because of you, Grindelwald…"
Upon hearing Dumbledore's words, Grindelwald knew that there was nothing more to say to him.
Because Dumbledore had already defined his actions.
"Wade… take Tom and wait for me over there.
After I've dealt with things here, we can…" Dumbledore's eyes were already moist as he said this.
He hadn't expected that this child, who had once been so domineering in the orphanage, would have such a high level of awareness in the face of such a serious matter.
Okay..." Li Wade was relieved.
From the moment Dumbledore arrived, his plan was perfectly completed.
Everything else was up to Dumbledore.
Li Wade jogged over to Tom, crouching down with his back to Dumbledore and Grindelwald, a dab of white ointment appearing in his right hand.
He silently smeared the ointment on Tom's nose...
Then Tom suddenly opened his eyes, but immediately began to gag violently.
"Ugh!
Li Wade!
Did you secretly feed me shit?!
It stinks!"
Tom's words drew shocked looks from everyone present.
Dead men tell no tales...
Grindelwald, without even realizing it, felt a sudden sense of relief when he heard Tom speak...
"Hey, Tom, you don't even use the reversed order when you call me by my name anymore, that's a remarkable improvement.
You can call me that from now on," Li Wade said cheerfully.
"Huh?"
Tom glanced around, then suddenly remembered that he had inhaled Levi's poison gas!
"Levi, those things you gave me before..."
However, before Tom could finish his accusation, he heard Levi's voice through a whisper spell.
"Remember, what you used just now was nothing more than a sleeping potion.
Not poison... If you talk nonsense, I'll really send you to your heroic death!"
"Uh... cough cough..." Tom's eyes immediately cleared, and he quickly changed what he was about to say.
"...Those sleeping potions you gave me before were really strong; my head still hurts a little."
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