The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 434 alibi

The night became deeper, and no one could be seen on the site. Ada searched for the edge of the site by the hazy moonlight.

Today's Hogwarts is calm on the surface, but there is a dark tide behind it, and Barty Crouch Jr. is very likely to be watching from the sidelines. It is really not a good idea to let Harry walk around alone at this time.

As for Krum with Harry, Ida didn't think a student could stop Barty Jr., and she had no faith in Durmstrang's people at all.

Along the direction where Harry and Krum disappeared, Ada groped and looked for the figures of the two.

After a few minutes, Ida saw Harry jumping out from behind the tree alone, with a flustered expression on his face.

Ada saw Harry, and Harry naturally saw her.Harry hurried over and said out of breath, "I saw... I saw Mr. Crouch... Barty Crouch, he seems to be crazy!"

"Where is it?" Ada asked anxiously. She still had some doubts about old Batty, and thought that old Batty might have been involved.Knowing the news about old Batty at this moment, Ada couldn't wait to ask the old guy some questions.

"There!" Harry pointed his finger, and the direction was a dense forest, "He said...he wants to see Professor Dumbledore, and he has a secret to tell Professor Dumbledore."

Ada raised her wand high, facing the direction of the castle, and then the silver-white Chow Chow jumped out, ran towards the castle happily, and disappeared in a flash.

"Lead the way, Harry!" Ada urged. "Quick!"

Seeing that Harry was still a little dazed, Ada pushed him directly.Only then did Harry react, and ran back to the Forbidden Forest at the head, with Ada following closely behind him.

From what Harry said just now, Ada heard that old Barty's mental state might not be very good, and he wanted to see Dumbledore.

To see Dumbledore at this time, there is only one possibility. He wants to tell what happened back then, telling the truth that little Barty is still alive, which means that old Barty is likely to be in danger.

In this world, only the dead can keep secrets forever.If there are living people who know your secret, it is very simple, let the person who knows your secret shut up forever.

The two ran all the way into the Forbidden Forest. After seeing Beauxbaton's Pegasus, the two stopped in a quiet open space. This is where Harry and Krum had a private chat just now, and Harry also met here. Old Batty.

However, Ada didn't see Barty Crouch, didn't hear any sound, she didn't even see Krum.

"It's here!" Harry's voice was a little flustered, "It was here just now, but where did he go!"

Sure enough, something went wrong.When old Batty said that he wanted to see Dumbledore, Harry should have taken old Batty and left with him instead of throwing him to Krum.

If it was Ada, Ada would definitely leave with Old Batty, both for protection and surveillance.No matter how bad it is, he will knock old Barty unconscious and drag him to see Dumbledore.

"Mr. Crouch!" cried Harry, "Victor, Viktor Krum!"

It was pitch black all around, and the only response to Harry's shout was the "rustling" sound of the layers of vegetation when the wind blew by.

Ada threw the light from the tip of the wand in one direction, and the fluorescence cut through the night, illuminating the Forbidden Forest in that direction.Then Ada did the same, continuously emitting fluorescent light towards the other surroundings to expand her visual range.

Finally, in a dark forest, Ada vaguely saw a figure lying on the ground.

Ada stepped forward vigilantly, and realized that the figure she saw was none other than Viktor Krum, who was lying curled up on the ground at the moment.Krum found it, but still didn't see Barty Crouch.

The night is getting darker, and the Forbidden Forest is usually dark, but now you can't see your fingers.It is not easy to find someone in the Forbidden Forest under such circumstances, not to mention that Old Batty may have been kidnapped, so it is even more difficult to find someone.

Harry knelt down, checked Krum's condition, and said, "He's still alive, Krum just passed out!"

"Resuscitate quickly!" Ada pointed her wand at the unconscious Krum on the ground,

Krum opened his eyes, his face blank.He struggled to get up, but his body couldn't bear the strength for the time being, so he wasted a long time in vain.A helpful Harry gave Krum a hand and leaned him against a tree.

"He hit me!" Krum muttered, clutching the back of his head, "That old lunatic hit me! As soon as you left, he hit me."

"Are you sure it was Mr. Barty Crouch who hit you, or someone else?" Ada asked, she was still on guard in case the villain didn't go far and attacked in the dark.

"I'm sure!" Krum said, "It was just me and that old lunatic, if not him, who else would it be!"

Krum didn't look like he was lying, and he didn't need to.It's just that Ada still feels that it wasn't Barty Crouch who knocked Krum unconscious, but someone else.

After a while, the sound of thunderous footsteps reached their ears, Hagrid appeared panting with a crossbow in hand, and Dumbledore was right behind him.

"How is it?" Dumbledore asked, looking at Ada.

"It's late, Barty Crouch is missing." Ada replied, "Krum said Barty Crouch knocked him out, but..."

"No but!" Krum interrupted Ida loudly, "it's that old madman, only him and me, only him!"

Ada curled her lips and didn't continue to speak, as long as Dumbledore understood what she meant.As for Krum, he should be allowed to lie still, waking up would be a mess.

"Hagrid, hurry up and call Professor Karkaroff," said Dumbledore. "His student was beaten. Then, please inform Professor Moody again..."

"There's no need, Dumbledore," said a low voice, wheezing, "I'm here."

Moody, limping towards them on crutches, said he had met Snape, and Snape had told him about it.The Headmaster was with Snape when Dumbledore received the message.

"Then tell Karkaroff, Hagrid." Dumbledore said, "Go."

Hagrid nodded vigorously, then turned and ran out of the dark Forbidden Forest, and the ground shook.

"I didn't see Barty Crouch here, I'll look for it." Moody said gruffly, then raised his wand and limped into the Forbidden Forest.

Dumbledore and Ada didn't look at Moody's back. His magic eyes should be observing every move of everyone present through the back of his head at this moment.

The Forbidden Forest was very quiet. Krum leaned against a tree and covered his head. Neither Dumbledore nor Harry spoke, and Ada was thinking.

After seeing Krum unconscious, Ada believes that the fake Moody knocked out Barty Crouch and took him away or killed him.But Moody said that he came to the Forbidden Forest because he saw Snape in the castle, and it seemed a bit too late in time.

From when Harry ran into Barty Crouch, to when Harry ran out of the Forbidden Forest to meet Ada, and then to Ada and Harry returning to the Forbidden Forest, these few minutes seemed not enough for the fake Moody to do something. to it all.

Krum is stunned, Crouch is taken away, and Snape is returned to the castle, and then returned from the castle to the Forbidden Forest, it seems that the time is really not enough.Snape became Moody's best alibi.

Unless...unless the fake Moody knew where Barty Crouch was early on, he had already made preparations, and he had to calculate the time accurately and not make the slightest mistake, otherwise Ada would bump into him The murder scene.

Again, if only Harry hadn't left Barty Crouch behind and brought him back to the castle with Krum.

Thunderous footsteps sounded again in the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid returned, and Karkaroff hurriedly followed.Karkaroff was still in his smooth, silver-white fur robe, pale and anxious.

"What's going on here?" Karkaroff saw Krum lying on the ground and exclaimed, "What happened? How are you, Viktor?"

Krum, who was leaning against the big tree, still clutched the back of his head, said: "I was beaten, by that official named Barty Crouch."

Hearing this, Karkaroff immediately blew up the temple, and began to make use of it.He roared in dissatisfaction: "Crouch hit you? The referee of the Triwizard Tournament hit you?"

Then, Karkaroff pointed at Dumbledore and said, "This is a scam! It's a conspiracy! It's you who joined forces to lure us here, using a so-called fair competition to let your students gain fame and fortune!"

Karkaroff pointed at Harry and continued, "Potter, he's not old enough, yet you forced him in! This is the first injustice!"

Karkaroff pointed at Ada again, and said, "And this one, you tell me she's still a student? She's just a tool to clear the way for Potter! Can you be any more despicable!"

"Bullshit to promote international wizard cooperation! Shit to restore the good relationship in the past! I only know what kind of person you are today, Dumbledore!" Karkaroff roared almost crazily, venting all the dissatisfaction and depression in his heart come out.

Ada squinted at Karkaroff, she really didn't want to pay attention to this idiot.

At the hearing of the Ministry of Magic, he was the one who betrayed Snape. As a result, he still has the face to ask Snape for help this year. He is really shameless.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Karkaroff spit at Dumbledore's feet without knowing what he had eaten!

I respect you for being a man!Ada was stunned, and even forgot to teach this madman a lesson.

Ada didn't react, but someone did, and Hagrid charged towards Karkaroff like a bolt of lightning.

(End of this chapter)