Chapter 171：

"It is indeed a formidable opponent."

"No, we have to be vigilant."

"Yes, we have to form an alliance!"

"You can't let these two inexplicable women succeed!"

Unconsciously, the two girls reached a consensus, which is really gratifying.

During the banquet, the two seats that had been vacant had just been filled. Ludo Bagman sat on the other side of Professor Karkaroff, and Mr. Crouch, Percy’s immediate superior, sat beside Mrs. Maxim.

In fact, since the end of the World Cup, Ye Ting hasn’t seen Ludo Bagman for a long time. It seems that he has lost a lot of money in the game he played at the bank. He is running away from debt, Ye Ting still remembers. , But he owed himself, Hermione and Penello a large sum of Jin Jialong.

With Ye Ting's ability, Ludo Bagman is absolutely impossible to escape this debt, maybe he will have to raise money to repay this debt in the second half of his life.

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When the golden plates were cleaned again, Dumbledore stood up again. A feeling of excitement and tension seemed to permeate the auditorium. The little wizards also felt excited, and didn't know what the show was below. Many people leaned forward and stared at Dumbledore intently.

"This moment has finally arrived," Dumbledore said, smiling at the suppressed faces. "The Triwizard Tournament is about to begin. I want to explain a few words before I bring the box in—"

"—I want to explain the procedures of our school year. But first, please allow me to introduce two guests, because there are still people who don’t know them. This is Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic."

There was sparse applause in the auditorium.

"This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Sports Department of the Ministry of Magic."

The applause to Bagman was much louder than to Mr. Crouch, perhaps because of his small reputation as a batsman, or perhaps just because he was so kind. He waved his hand happily to express his gratitude, and when Barty Crouch's name was introduced just now, Crouch neither smiled nor waved.

"In the past few months, Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch have worked tirelessly to arrange the Triwizard Tournament," Dumbledore continued. "In addition, we have a special guest to invite This guest is me, but I am honored that both Mr. Barty Crouch and Mr. Ludo Bagman agreed to let this young man participate in the work of the Triwizard Tournament as a guest. He is us. The famous genius-Mr. Ting Ye."

Although Ye Ting had already proposed that he would not participate in the Triwizard Tournament, Dumbledore still made this suggestion because it was a constraint on Ye Ting, lest a good match would become a joke.

After all, Ye Ting's strength has reached the point where he can compete with himself, and joining such a master in the Triwizard Tournament is completely crushing the game.

After he finished speaking, the eyes of the little wizards from the three academies all turned towards Ye Ting.

The difference is that the little wizards of Hogwarts look with admiration, pride and relief, while the little wizards of Boothbarton and Durmstrang are all unconvinced. They don't understand Ye Ting. So all are questioning why this boy can become a member of the Triwizard Tournament at a young age.

Under the eyes of everyone, Ye Ting stood up calmly and nodded at everyone.

Dumbledore mentioned this to him privately, and he agreed.

Because, in this Triwizard Tournament, he has his own things to do.

He knew that Barty Crouch, Jr., disguised as Moody, would secretly sign up for Harry Potter, and would secretly take care of the game trophy.

His purpose is to make Harry Potter be teleported to the graveyard after touching the trophy, and then use him to resurrect Voldemort.

After Voldemort is resurrected, he will fight Harry Potter in the cemetery, and Ye Ting is going to achieve some of his goals there. In this way, even if Dumbledore does not give him the position, he will find a way. Secretly sneaked into the final scene.

So, when Dumbledore offered the invitation, he promised it smoothly. He was able to implement the plan openly and take care of Hermione during the game. Why not?

After Ye Ting sat down, Dumbledore continued to introduce.

"The above three-Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bagman, and Mr. Ye will join me, Professor Karkaroff and Mrs. Maxim to form a jury to judge the efforts of the Warriors."

Upon hearing the word "warrior", the students seemed to be more attentive. Dumbledore seemed to notice their sudden silence, and saw him smile slightly and said, "Mr. Filch, please bring the box up."

No one noticed that Filch had been lurking in a corner of the auditorium just now. At this moment, he was walking towards Dumbledore, holding a large wooden box inlaid with jewels, which looked very old. The classmates watched dreamily and talked enthusiastically.

"Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman have carefully reviewed the specific items of this year's Warriors game," Dumbledore said-at this time Filch carefully placed the box on the table in front of him. "They also Many necessary arrangements have been made for each project. There are three projects, which will be carried out at different times throughout the school year. They will test the warriors in many different ways...test their magical talents-their courage and their reasoning Ability-of course, and their ability to overcome danger..."

Hearing the last sentence, the auditorium became silent, and it seemed that everyone had stopped breathing.

"You already know that there will be three warriors participating in the competition," Dumbledore continued calmly, "representing a participating school. We will rate them according to the quality of each event they completed. After the three events are over, The warrior with the highest scoring will win the tri-final cup. The person responsible for selecting the warrior is an impartial selector, and it is the Goblet of Fire."

Having said that, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and tapped the lid of the box three times. The lid slowly creaked open. Dumbledore reached in and pulled out a large, rough-cut wooden goblet. The cup itself was not eye-catching at all, but it was full of blue and white flames.

Dumbledore closed the box and put the cup on the lid so that everyone in the auditorium could see it clearly.

"Every student who wants to run for the Warriors must write his name and school name on a piece of parchment and throw them into this goblet," Dumbledore said. Sign up within four hours. Tomorrow night, the night of Halloween, the goblet will select the names of the three students from the three schools it thinks best. Tonight, the goblet will be placed in the hall, and everyone willing to participate It is accessible to all students in the campaign."

"In order to avoid the temptation of underage students," Dumbledore said, "After the goblet is placed in the hall, I will draw an age boundary around it. Anyone under the age of seventeen cannot cross this one. Boundary."

"Finally, I want to remind everyone who is going to participate in the campaign to pay attention to this competition is not a trifle, don't take part in it rashly. Once the Warriors are selected by the Goblet of Fire, he must stick to the game to the end. Who will take himself? Throwing his name into the cup actually forms a magical contract that must be observed. Once you become a warrior, you are not allowed to change your mind. Therefore, please think twice and find out that you really want to participate in the competition. Put your name in the cup again. Okay, I think it’s time for everyone to sleep. Good night everyone."

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When everyone left the hall, there was a small conflict at the door.

When passing the gate, Karkaroff, the principal of Durmstrang, accidentally saw Harry Potter, and he was immediately stunned. He stopped and stared at Harry as if he didn't believe his eyes.

Durmstrang's students followed behind the principal, and they all stopped.

Karkaroff's gaze slowly moved to Harry's face, staring at the scar.

At this time, an angry voice came from behind him.

"Yes, that's Harry Potter."

Karkaroff turned around abruptly. Mad-Eye Moody stood there, his heavy body leaning on the cane, his magical eye glaring at the headmaster of Durmstrang unblinkingly.

His face turned pale, showing a terrible expression of a mixture of resentment and fear.

"It's you!" he said, staring at Moody in a daze, seemingly not sure that he really saw him.

"It's me," Moody said gloomily, "unless you have something to say to Potter, Karkaroff, or go ahead. You blocked the doors."

Professor Karkaroff said nothing, he waved his hand and led his students away. Moody stared at him until he could no longer see. His enchanted eyes stared at Karkaroff's back, and his mutilated face showed an expression of extreme disgust.

But Barty Crouch the elder watched the farce blankly, saying nothing.

Behind them, Ye Ting almost laughed out loud.

In his eyes, this scene is really funny.

Karkaroff was a Death Eater and was captured by "Mad-Eye" Moody after six months of pursuit and sent to Azkaban. Karkaroff was already on trial after Voldemort’s fall and faced Azkaban’s life imprisonment, but he reached an agreement with Crouch, the former director of the Magic Law Enforcement Department, to confess other Death Eaters on the Magic Law Council. His name was used as a condition to release him from prison.

After that, he went to Durmstrang to teach black magic and became the principal.

Since Karkaroff was arrested by Moody’s, he was very afraid and hated Moody. Ye Ting believes that Dumbledore invited Moody to be the teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts this semester for this reason—for Monitor Karkaroff.

However, in fact, this fake Moody was transformed by Barty Crouch Jr., Barty Jr. is an avid Death Eater, so he hates Karkaroff as a traitor.

But Barty Crouch the old didn’t know each other across from his child. When he found out that his son was a Death Eater, he used the compound decoction to exchange identities between his seriously ill wife and Barty Crouch Jr. He died, and used the Imperius Curse to control his behavior after his son was rescued from Azkaban.

However, in the Quidditch World Cup, his son escaped through the chaos and broke through the limits of the Imperius Curse, and infiltrated Hogwarts instead of Moody.