Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

He wanted to roll a higher number to let himself and Harry escape from the melee zone.

Although the people from the Ministry of Magic must have cast magic on the ten-sided dice to prevent people from interfering with it by cheating, Cedric still found out after two rounds.

- A way that is not a way.

That is to use rotation.

From Euler's law, we can conclude that there are only five types of regular polyhedra: tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.

Therefore, the ten-sided dice often used in the game is not a "decahedron", but a 10-sided cone, bounded by the middle edge, with odd numbers and even numbers on each side.

That is to say, if you use a little skill when throwing to make the ten-sided cone rotate, then when it finally stops, the numbers must be the ones that turned up during the rotation.

而塞德里克现在要做的，就是将奇数的一面，也就是1、3、5、7、9那一边向上，然后旋转着将它掷岀去。这样虽然不能保证最后投岀的一定是9,但起码绝对不会是0。

Harry Potter still didn't discover this little trick after two rounds, but Cedric did, and deliberately pretended to be ignorant: he even deliberately threw An even number, for now.

That's not cheating -- that's the fair use rule.Cedric thought.

As the fake Moody said in the original book, "cheating is also part of the tradition of the Triwizard Tournament." As far as Cedric knows, the principals of several other schools have already investigated the list of monsters imported by the British Ministry of Magic, and let them Their own warriors conducted targeted training.Compared with them, what I have to do is really nothing

He seemingly inadvertently held the position of the number 9" in the palm of his hand, and recalled how hard he pushed the dice in the first two rounds, put the position of 9 to the top, and after a little adjustment, he exerted force on the dice. A moderate rotation force, followed by a throw to the ground.

The dice gently spun seven or eight times on the ground, then slowly stopped, and obediently revealed the number "9" that Cedric wanted on the top.

"Wow! What luck!" Harry's joyful voice came from behind Cedric

Cedric turned his head and gave Harry a terrific smile.

"Yeah, good luck," he said.

Looking at his expression, he can be as loyal as he wants, and as sincere as he wants.

Swelling this kind of creature, on the surface, seems to be useless except for playing dead, but if you want to be cunning, it is still quite a headache for other creatures-use Runtu brother's broken N handle Fork proof.

Harry didn't realize it, he just thought it was luck for the two of them.

"You can solve riddles now," he called to the Sphinx.

But the Sphinx glanced at Cedric meaningfully, and only slowly revealed his mystery after looking at him a little hairy.

It seemed that it was not unaware, but it had no intention of exposing Cedric.

Chapter 370 Progressing Smoothly

After Cedric rolled a 9, the situation became very clear, that is, as long as the two Hogwarts can solve the task in this room, they can quickly leave the melee zone.

The Sphinx didn't seem to mind Cedric's "cheating" at all, but asked it questions as usual.

"I like to think about life. There are many passers-by in my life, but what is my only (theneinmytime)?"

"Your spouse?" Cedric blurted out.

"No." Sphinx wagged his tail, "By the way, I have more than 20 spouses, and I get very tired every estrous season."

"Really?"

Even though they knew they were still breaking through, Harry and Cedric were still distracted

"Of course, if you're interested, I can introduce you to my hot chicks when you come to Egypt, but for now you'd better focus on the riddles," Sphinx reminded.

Only then did the two warriors come back to their senses, and began to rack their brains to think.

— As usual 5 Cedric is not good at this at all.

What is a sphinx's "only'0 tail, if not a mate? He's stuck.

It has to be said that this time the Sphinx's question was indeed a bit convoluted. Even Harry was stunned for more than three minutes before realizing that it was playing another crossword puzzle.

Di...yes" money (mney) J Harry finally answered the riddle in time

, When eight ne' is in the middle of "my', that's money!" Sphinx raised his paw and shook off a lot of silver coins.

"This is your reward for answering correctly," it said.

The two hurriedly collected the silver coins, then gripped the dice that had been cursed with the Portkey, and disappeared into the venue.

This time they were teleported to the Quartz Ridge in Shropshire, England, and they had to face a large group of Nifflers.

Seeing that the audience was unclear, Li Qiaodan took the promotional materials and took the initiative to explain.

"...In recent years, there has been a wave of treasure hunting among Muggles. Many Muggles are looking for prehistoric treasures with metal detectors and shock wave radars.

Although their success rate is very low, unfortunately, due to our negligence and respect for our ancestors, Muggles did find a lot of coins and ornaments left over from the ancient Roman period.

But other places can retreat, not Quartz Ridge, because there are dozens of unknown treasures buried by the King of the Hill here, which is a huge treasure, and the Ministry of Magic has found more than 30.

It is estimated that there is a treasure mine at the current location of the Hogwarts warriors. They must gain the trust of the snuffers as soon as possible, and use them to find the location of the treasure. "

While Lee Jordan was explaining, the staff of the Ministry of Magic staying at Quartz Ridge also told Cedric and Hart about the mission they were about to undertake, and only then did the two of them know what the silver coins the Sphinx gave them were for. use.

From the start of the game to the present, the audience has also watched too many battles, and it feels good to have such an interesting game to adjust.

The two warriors frantically used silver coins to attract those snuffers, and then rewarded them to the most obedient ones respectively, and finally managed to tame a group, letting them

They set off on a treasure hunt for themselves.

After more than half an hour, the snuffers got out of the cracks in the rock mass one after another, and each of them became heavy.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Cedric and Harry hoisted up the sniffers one by one, and frantically shook them. Finally, after paying the price of dozens of bites, they made a small coins, jewelry and gemstones.

Seeing the exclamations from the audience, Lee Jordan lost no time in agitating.

"Look, this is the treasure of the King of the Hill! I swear this treasure is more than that, but unfortunately the Ministry of Magic is understaffed and unable to excavate all the suspicious locations, so it can only be cheap for Muggles... Ah, why no one Come to help?"

However, seeing how some spectators are gearing up, there will definitely be no shortage of such "enthusiastics" on Quartz Ridge to help in the next few months.

Of course, in fact, the treasures of the King of the Hill have almost been discovered by wizards, only some scattered small treasure pits have not been found, and the Ministry of Magic is too lazy to spend so much manpower and material resources to continue searching.

So Lockhart came up with this idea-just like a country whose jade mines are about to be exhausted, they can also play the trick of "gambling on jade" and let tourists help find the remaining treasures.

In this way, the manpower and financial resources of searching for treasures can be saved, and the economy of the local wizard village can be developed through tourism, turning it into a profitable business.

Anyway, the Ministry of Magic can collect taxes from the nearby wizarding villages, and can also share a 20% windfall from the treasure, so there is absolutely no loss.

Considering that the Quartz Ridge has really failed to find any big treasure chests, the Ministry of Magic decided to adopt this opinion after discussion, and arranged it into the Five Powers Tournament for publicity.

As for the coins found by the snuffers, of course the Ministry of Magic put them away in advance

of.

Looking at it now, the response from the audience is very good, and it must be able to attract some tourists in the future. Everyone is happy.

It's just that Lockhart was not included among the happy people, because the game was too smooth, and this also confused him even more.

The sports department notified all relevant departments of the plan for the third game before Christmas, even including the last two games.

Logically speaking, with Crouch Jr.'s intelligence ability, it is impossible for them not to understand the arrangement of this game.Especially when the fourth game was held right next to the castle, the fifth game was even inside the castle, and the third game would be the last game outside and to some extent out of the control of the Ministry of Magic. Good opportunities are almost impossible.

Didn't the Death Eaters plan to attack at all?Or did he do it too deliberately, and the cunning Death Eaters smelled dangerous?

Moody seemed to see through Lockhart's thoughts: "Don't be nervous, Gilderoy...the chips are still in our hands now!"

Di, it is still there. "

Lockhart frowned, and recalled all the chains he had planned, but found nothing that could be exploited.

"Ms. Vance, are you sure that none of the people or creatures with access to the Portkey are under the Imperius Curse?"

"No, I can be sure." Moody said with certainty, "Everyone present is acting according to their own will, and those spell casters are old employees of the Ministry of Magic, so there will never be any problems. "

"That's weird...they really gave up?"

Lockhart shook his head, deciding not to think about it any further.

After finishing this task, Cedric and Harry have already arrived at Room 24

In terms of the position of the room, in theory, as long as they cast 9 again, they can reach room 33, and then they can use the number 8 to directly reach the small room without triggering the room task.

In other words, it is very likely that when the dice are rolled in the next round, the game will be over for Harry.If the Death Eaters wanted to do something, they would definitely use the next round or the next round to solve the problem.

Next is Waggadu—their luck was not too good, and they failed to answer the answer "dog" of the Sphinx, so when facing the dwarf monster in the eel farm, they had no way to use the white hound to go To drive them away, I could only temporarily burn a pile of leaves of unknown origin and drive away a few of them.

Their actions caused a bit of controversy—some judges felt that they hadn't been able to get rid of all the piggies on the farm, so they shouldn't have completed the task.

But some referees think that there is no need to be so harsh. After all, the piggies are not harmless gadgets like garden goblins. It is already very good for the students to drive them away without relying on a white dog, and they also presented a It's a good game, so it's completely passable.

After thinking about this kind of debate about what is right for the public and what is right for women, Fudge decided to let the audience vote to decide whether the people of Waggadu can move forward.

Although Fudge's behavior of not wanting to take responsibility made Lockhart slightly critical, but he did enhance the interaction of the audience, so he tolerated it for the time being.

The final result was also very clear. The audience who watched the fun and didn't think it was a big deal voted to pass, because they wanted to continue to watch these leading groups compete with each other instead of Hogwarts students singing a one-man show.

Chapter 370 Second Intermission

After Harry and the others backed off, the game was suspended for a while to allow the spectators to go to lunch.Because the situation in Hogwarts is relatively good, everyone ate the meal happily.

Apart from the fact that Harry and Cedric were a little embarrassed when Sirius and Mr. Diggory got into a public fight over their argument over whose son was better at dinner, the rest was fine.

Lockhart originally wanted to take the time to ask Harry if there was anything unusual about the two of them just now, but he bumped into his foreign book fans when he was dining with Gemma, and had to spend nearly half an hour to get over the encirclement. The more fans signed autographs, and when he freed up, he found that Harry and the others had already left.

No way, he can only talk to Sirius, because Sirius is at least a pure blood, and Gemma won't frown when she sees herself talking to him.

"Is your work going well recently?" He asked casually, "Have Muggles made things difficult for you? "

"It's making things difficult for me every day." Sirius was furious when he mentioned this: "That damned old witch asked me to teach me information science, saying that I have to learn everything from scratch.

"The old hag?" Lockhart raised his eyebrows.

"That's Mrs. Rimington." Sirius waved his hand impatiently. "She actually said that I don't understand anything. If she hadn't said that she would have to work for at least a while, I would definitely resign immediately."

He felt very depressed, because the Muggles' intelligence studies were really good enough. Even though he disdained MI5's fighting methods and various gadgets such as thermal imagers, he couldn't deny the Muggles' theoretical research. powerful.

"In a sense, you really don't understand anything." Lockhart said bluntly, "And last year, the Muggles promulgated the "British Intelligence Agency Act", I suspect you haven't even read it .”

Sirius refused to accept: "Have you seen it?"

"Of course I have. To be honest, if possible, I would like you to have access to the Muggle GCHQ. According to Article [-] of the Institutions Act, GCHQ has the authority to detect, use or interfere with electromagnetic, acoustic and other related devices, and full access to information from those devices—that's pretty much blatant surveillance of all citizens."

Speaking of this, Lockhart sighed: "But I don't think Ms. Rimington will hand over such an important department position to a wizard, but you have to mention this and let them know that we know they have such an institution."

"No..." Sirius didn't remember at all, "What management... call the headquarters

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"It's the Government Communications Headquarters. If you can't get in, I suggest you enter the anti-terrorism department or the security department. Of course, this is after you have completed your studies and training. I suggest you buy more Dragon Claw Powder and Buffy Brain Booster."

"I'd rather drink with my Muggle colleagues than study..." Sirius muttered.

But having said that, he still had to do it.

Because that "old hag" Mrs. Rimington really can hold the situation, and her speaking skills are not inferior to Lockhart, let alone scolding him, even the "regret" in her words from time to time makes Sirius This man with strong self-esteem couldn't bear it.

Sirius can choose not to do this job at any time, and then choose someone, but the premise - must be to go with a whole body of merit and glory and leave a perfect back, he can't allow himself to be looked down upon by Muggles.

Seeing him like this, Lockhart knew that Mrs. Rimington must have figured out his character.Even if she hadn't seen this kind of person herself, there were still so many well-trained psychologists down there, enough for her to pinch someone like Sirius with a distinct personality and obvious weaknesses to death.

Although Lockhart can see clearly, he is not prepared to intervene in this matter, because this is one of the contents of the tacit agreement between him and the Muggle Prime Minister. It is helpful to properly show the Muggles some transparency in the wizarding world To prevent misjudgment by both parties.

For example, he announced that he was about to recruit couriers in the constituencies of the Labor Party camp.

Originally Lockhart didn't care much about this, but Hermione cared far more about it than he did.She wrote an organizational outline for the "House-Elf Couriers Union" for Lockhart, saying that it was changed according to the union outline she found from the London library during the Christmas holiday, hoping to help him.

Seeing the neatly copied lines of Gothic letters, Lockhart must be lying if he said he didn't feel anything. If he wasn't a very serious person, he might not be able to write this kind of words that penetrated the back of the parchment. texture.

I thought she was just enthusiastic about protecting the rights of house elves, but after two years, her original determination not only did not fade, but became more determined.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look around.

"Where's Hermione? Didn't seem to see her at dinner?" he asked Sirius.

Sirius' eyes lit up: "Ha, you finally started to care about her... I'm right to say that, now that one really doesn't suit you..."

"Shut up you! I just wanted to talk about protecting the rights of house-elves," Lockhart interrupted rudely.

Sirius didn't believe it: "You care about that? This is not the Lockhart I know. She is helping Harry prepare his review notes today, because he missed a lot of homework in order to prepare for the Tournament, and next year It's time for the "Owl" exam...

What are you going to say to her?

"I want to tell her that her program is good, but I'm afraid it won't be very effective to apply it mechanically. The purebloods will object, and she'd better change the name to "House Elf Dispatch and Management Organization Office"... As for the content, There is no need to change it, pure bloods don't care about such details anyway. "

At the end, Lockhart also carried a hint of irony in his tone.