Chapter 311： Sudden death

Dumbledore was very surprised to see Krum say so.

His gaze scanned Krum and Mike's faces back and forth, as if he wanted to see through their lies.

It was really stressful for Mike to be stared at by a master of dementing spells, and he unconsciously started the Occupational Brain Curse.

However, Dumbledore didn't seem to plan to use the mind of the two of them. After looking at them twice, Dumbledore said with a smile:

"I'm very happy that you can make friends at Hogwarts. That's exactly my original intention to restore the Triwizard Tournament. Then Mike, you can stay with Krum. Also, I'm sorry that Hagrid offended you just now. The principal of, he didn't mean it, he was just a little reckless."

Hearing this, Krum still nodded blankly.

While Mike was relieved, he took a deep look at Krum.

Judging from the attitude that Krum showed when Karkaroff was beaten by Hagrid, the relationship between him and Karkaroff was not as good as others thought.

At least, Krum didn't have much respect for Karkaroff.

This is not surprising. First of all, the identity of Karkaroff as a coward and betrayer is basically known to everyone. Such a person is really not respectable.

Secondly, Karkaroff and Krum are also at odds.

Although Krum was pure blood, he didn't have the idea of ​​pure blood supremacy, otherwise he wouldn't like Hermione.

But Karkaroff is different. Although he has now got rid of his identity as a Death Eater, he is still a pureblood in his bones, and still the most stubborn kind.

Mike killed him and didn't believe that the relationship between the two men could get better.

Perhaps the reason why Karkaroff was so good to Krum was only because the status of the Krum Quidditch star made him so hot.

Just as Dumbledore was talking to Mike and the others, Karkaroff at the foot of the wall saw Hagrid leaving the ward and stood up.

"Dumbledore! That **** half-giant! You must fire him, he dare to attack the principal of a magic school!"

"I'm sorry, Hagrid is indeed too impulsive, but I don't think there is any need to fire him."

"What are you talking about? You have to expel him. Didn't you see him when he first attacked me? I swear that he must be violent! It is irresponsible for the students to keep such a person at Hogwarts !" Karkaroff roared with a flushed face, "If you don't fire him, I will file a complaint with the Ministry of Magic and ask them to imprison the **** half-giant in Azkaban!"

Hearing that Mike's mouth evoked a sarcasm smile.

Karkaroff said earlier that the Ministry of Magic is full of corruption and shady, now he must rely on the Ministry to defend his rights?

Since you think that law enforcement agencies and the government are all corpse-bite vegetarians, why don't you deal with it yourself?

Mike thought so, and the irony on his face grew thicker.

Dumbledore was also quite speechless in the face of Karkaroff's harassment. He frowned, and said impatiently:

"Perhaps you should talk to Hagrid in person about this matter, so let me call Hagrid now. He should be very interested in discussing this matter with you."

"No! Don't call him over! I don't want to see that guy again in my life!"

Mike laughed directly now, and Karkaroff looked a little funny now.

Dumbledore also shook his head and turned his head to prepare to continue to inquire about Krum's situation at the time, but at this moment, there was a stern cry from the corridor outside the ward.

"Not good! Mr. Crouch is dead!"

This was Bagman's voice, and everyone in the ward had a great change, even Karkaroff was no exception.

The referee and player of the Triwizard Tournament died after a fight. Even if Karkaroff's brain was not very smart, he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Not to mention that Crouch has another identity besides the referee of the Tri-finals, that is, a powerful official of the Ministry of Magic. The sudden death of such a character will shake the entire Ministry of Magic.

"Victor! Are you sure he attacked you first?"

Facing Karkaroff’s anxious question, Krum replied without hesitation:

"Of course, I used an armor body for the entire time!"

"Can you guarantee it?"

"I can swear with a magic wand!"

"Huh! Then it's okay!" Kakalo breathed a sigh of relief, "This guy is completely on his own, don't worry Victor, I will take care of it all!"

Karkaroff planned to continue talking about it with Dumbledore after he finished speaking, but when he turned his head he found that Mike and Dumbledore had already left the ward.

The special ward not far away was already full of people at the moment. Everyone was surrounded by a white bed, and Crouch was lying on the bed.

Crouch looked really bad at the moment. He looked like he had been wandering outside for many days. The knees of his robe were torn, blood stained, his face was covered with scars, his beard was scummed, and his face was gray.

Mrs. Pomfeller has not given up on the rescue of Crouch. She took a few students to use various spells and weird potions on Crouch, and not far away, Dumble Lido and others watched all this nervously.

"Hopeless."

As the sweaty Mrs. Pomfeller uttered these three words, Dumbledore's eyebrows tightened, and his eyes narrowed, looking extremely terrible.

But in the eyes of Bagman beside him, there was a gleam of light, and a joyful smile appeared unconsciously on his face.

This joy was quickly suppressed by him, and replaced with an exaggerated expression of distress.

Although it was only a short moment, Mike saw all this scene.

"Ludo, what the **** is going on?"

"Oh, I don't know. Not long after I came in, Mr. Crouch started talking nonsense." Bagman cried and said, "Then he suddenly yelled and stopped breathing! Oh! My poor man! Why did you go like this?"

Dumbledore looked at Mrs. Pomfeller with questioning eyes, and the other nodded, proving that Bagman did not speak.

"What is he shouting?"

"Mr. Crouch kept saying that he wanted to see you, and that he was sorry for you, for a man named Bertha and his son. Finally he said... and said... the mysterious man is coming back!" A short girl He clutched his chest and said in a panic, "He should be talking nonsense, headmaster? Isn't the mysterious person dead long ago?"

"You don't need to be afraid, dear," Dumbledore reassured. "I will protect you even if he comes back."

Dumbledore's comfort obviously didn't have the effect it should have. The girl just nodded when she heard the words and then lowered her head to stop speaking, still with a look of fear on her face.

Dumbledore sighed secretly when he saw this. The harm Voldemort had caused to the wizarding world of the country was so great that even more than ten years had passed, people still feared him deeply.

At this time, Mike on the side was thinking about another thing.

In the original work, Mr. Crouch also had an accident, but unlike now, Mr. Crouch was not lost, but was crazy.

And it was his filial son, Barty Crouch Jr., that made Mr. Crouch crazy.

Mr. Crouch may have discovered the identity of Barty’s undercover, or just that Barty’s hatred of his old father is unbearable, so Barty Jr. arrested Crouch and tortured him severely. A meal.

But Mr. Crouch finally escaped and travelled to Hogwarts to report.

Mike has reason to believe that Mr. Crouch’s incident this time is still the work of Barty Jr. It’s just that Barty Jr. pretended to be not Moody’s. Mike has been looking for him for a long time in the past. Barty, and combined with Ludo Bagman's smile just now, Ludo Bagman is very likely to be the little Barty disguised.

Thinking of this, Mike's eyes became sharp. He looked at Dumbledore and said in a loud voice:

"Professor Dumbledore, I don't think Mr. Crouch's death was accidental, and it was Ludo Bagman who killed him!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the ward showed a surprised look, and Bagman even screamed.

"It's not me! Don't you frame good people?"

Bagman wanted to say something, but Dumbledore waved to stop him.

"Why do you think that?" Dumbledore said.

"Just now, when Mrs. Pomfeller announced the death of Mr. Crouch, I found Mr. Bagman smiled!" Mike said confidently, "and Mr. Bagman only entered Mr. Crouch's room with his front foot, and Mr. Mr. Qi began to go crazy, and finally died directly. Don't you think this coincidence is strange?"

Hearing that everyone in the ward looked at Bagman's eyes, their eyes all changed. The little girls who had stood beside Bagman screamed and fled directly from Bagman's side.

Bagman stood bewildered on the large space that was suddenly vacated, opening his mouth to explain something, but could not say anything.

"Is that so? Bagman?"

Dumbledore squinted his eyes and took a step forward. From his changing name, he could tell that he was really angry at the moment.

"I definitely didn't laugh! I didn't even know the death of Mr. Crouch! It must be the fellow Tony who slandered..."

"You are lying!"

Mike interrupted him halfway through Bagman's words.

"Principal Dumbledore, I know that you are a master of dementia. I can show you my memory. I did see a smile on Bagman's face just now!"

Now the eyes of the people around looking at Mike have all changed, and several people who didn't believe in Mike's words in their hearts also believed all at this moment.

You must know that no one wants to be read through their memories at will. Since Mike said such things, he could not have been lying for so long.

"You don't need to prove yourself with such behavior, Mike, I believe you."

Dumbledore finished speaking to Mike with a kind face, then turned to put on a serious expression and said to Bagman:

"Come on, Bagman, what's going on?"

Bagman looked around, surrounded by suspicious eyes. Upon seeing this, Bagman's face suddenly became gloomy. After a long time, he talked and said helplessly:

"Well, I admit that I did laugh just now, but I definitely did not kill Mr. Crouch!"

"Then why are you laughing?"

Facing Dumbledore’s questioning, Bagman hesitated to speak, and finally said:

"Because I owed him a lot of money. It was during the Quidditch World Cup, I drove a unique game with the banker, but at that time Krum actually pulled across and lost the game, which caused me to owe A lot of money, and Crouch is one of my creditors.

You can ask Brother Weasley about this. They are also my creditors.

He made a big bet at that time, and I couldn't get his bonus at all. During that time I had been hiding from their creditors, but in the end I was found by them. Fortunately, we finally negotiated for me to pay in installments, otherwise you might not see me now.

But now that Crouch died, his wife and children were long dead, and there was no one in the family, so naturally I didn't have to pay back the money I owed him.

Tell me, can I not smile when I encounter this kind of thing? "

The people around nodded together It is indeed a joy to encounter such a thing, but the look they look at Bagman has become even more contemptuous.

Because a villain like Bagman is equally bad.

Mike’s brows frowned. He was almost certain that Bagman was Barty Crouch Jr., but now Bagman’s reasons are reasonable, which makes him doubt his guess again. .

"You can believe me now, Dumbledore?"

"I'm sorry, Bagman." Dumbledore said blankly. "The authenticity of what you said has yet to be verified, and there is no way to explain why Crouch will die as soon as you enter the ward. So I Your freedom must be temporarily restricted. Please cooperate with me and the Ministry of Magic to investigate."

Bagman's face changed from black to blue, but in the end he lowered his head and said:

"Well then! You have the final say!"

Dumbledore nodded, turned and said to the rest of the ward:

"Everyone is gone. I have notified the Ministry of Magic to deal with this matter. I think they will come soon, so you don't have to worry too much. Mike, you should go first. Of course, if you want to watch You can also accompany him more if you see Krum."

Mike didn't have time to accompany Krum, he promised and followed the group without looking back.

And just as Mike walked into the auditorium, a large group of Aurors in uniforms came from the hall.

The students in the auditorium who didn't know what happened were all staring at these Aurors curiously, but the Aurors ignored them at all and went straight to the infirmary.

The neglected classmates, look at me, I look at you, everyone’s eyes are full of curiosity.