Chapter 279 Barty Crouch

Hogwarts,

Transfiguration Office.

Professor McGonagall stared at Harry and Ron, her eyes full of anger.

If corporal punishment of students was not illegal, she would have locked them both in a closed room full of bludgers.

Moody stood in the corner with a cane, admiring the trophies collected by Professor McGonagall in the window.

He found that the last time Gryffindor won the house cup was in the 1984-1985 school year, in other words, it had been nine years without a championship.

However, Moody glanced at Harry and Ron who were caught for night wandering, and he was instantly relieved.

With such students, Gryffindor House can only rely on Dumbledore, the headmaster, to cheat for personal gain if it wants to win the house cup.

Adding a few dozen points is not enough, one or two hundred points must be added to make up for the huge gap.

Snape also stared at Harry and Ron, his face full of gloating, trying hard to restrain himself from laughing out loud.

"Tell me, why are you two not sleeping in the middle of the night and going out for a night walk?" Professor McGonagall finally asked.

Harry and Ron hung their heads and didn't speak, each of them thinking quickly about the reasons for the night walk in their minds.

They certainly couldn't bring up Hagrid, but other reasons were unreliable.

"Potter and Weasley may have seen Scamander catch Peter Pettigrew and get the Order of Merlin." Snape said sarcastically:

"They also want to try to catch Barty Crouch to get the Order of Merlin."

"We didn't!" Harry said stubbornly.

"Then what are you doing?" McGonagall said coldly:

"After Barty Crouch escaped from prison, Professor Dumbledore repeatedly ordered that you were not allowed to leave the common room at night. Why are you two not sleeping and wandering outside in the middle of the night?"

Professor McGonagall said angrily: "You two will be put in detention, and Gryffindor will be deducted 100 points, 100 points for each of you!"

"100 points?"

Harry and Snape shouted in unison.

The two looked at each other and said at the same time:

"Too much!"

"Too little!"

The two looked at each other again, and Snape sneered first:

"Professor McGonagall, this is an extraordinary period, different from the past. I think it is too light to deduct only 100 points from each person. We cannot teach a habitual offender like Potter a lesson.

At least he should be suspended from school temporarily."

Harry stared at Snape speechlessly, thinking: "It's just a night out, and I have to suspend my studies. Isn't this too hateful?!"

Professor McGonagall certainly couldn't let Harry suspend his studies. She was about to say something when she suddenly heard a loud bang in the distance.

Several people quickly came to the window and looked into the distance. They were stunned:

The Durmstrang magic ship floating on the Black Lake actually emitted billowing smoke.

Professor McGonagall wanted to see more clearly, so she conjured up a few telescopes. Harry and Ron were also assigned one. Through the telescopes, they saw an even more incredible scene:

Rolf actually appeared on the deck. He held down a black dragon and crashed into the Durmstrang magic ship, and then the ship broke into two pieces.

A moment later, he brought a group of students to the side of the ship and threw them into the lake one by one.

Ron swallowed his saliva and said in a lost voice:

"Merlin, Rolf destroyed the Durmstrang ship and threw the students into the lake, trying to drown them!"

Several people looked at Ron in bewilderment for a while.

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Rolf didn't know yet that he was the culprit in the brain.

He was riding a firebolt at this time, hovering in the air, watching the magic ship split into two, and was also shocked by the movement made by his magic clone.

We are here to save people, not to dismantle ships!

Well, this broken ship has been burned like this, it doesn't matter whether it is demolished or not.

Rolf flicked his broom and continued to circle in the air, searching for the students.

Speaking of which, he hasn't seen any trace of Karkaroff yet. Could this Durmstrang headmaster have been buried in the sea of ​​fire?

Just as Rolf was wondering, he suddenly heard a song, and then Fawkes fell from the sky. It circled in the air for two and a half circles, and the breeze blew, and a blazing flame ignited on its body.

The flame formed a golden vortex, and Dumbledore floated down from the vortex and landed on the roof of the second floor of the magic ship.

As the headmaster appeared, he raised the Elder Wand, and with the wand as the center, he spread out circles of ripples that were invisible to the naked eye.

The black flames quickly dispersed, like fireflies in the summer night sky, dotted with stars, flying into the air.

Seeing this, Rolf breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Professor Dumbledore is finally here."

At this time, the ponytail girl sitting behind the boy came over and said hurriedly:

"Rolf, I think... I found the arsonist."

Rolf's eyes sternly said, "Who?"

Shirley picked up the Hogwarts map and pointed to a place and said:

"Barty... Crouch!"

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Standing on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Barty Crouch's sight passed through the Black Lake and looked at the ship with a roaring fire, and his face became extremely ugly.

He knew that it was Durmstrang's magic ship, and there were a group of students on it!

A young wizard suddenly appeared in the woods not far away. He asked in a slightly hoarse and teasing voice:

"Is this fireworks show... beautiful?"

Barty Crow was shocked. He didn't expect there was another person behind him. He immediately turned back and raised his wand. The person had already shouted before him: "Expelliarmus!"

Barty Crouch's wand flew away from his hand, flew high in the air, and landed softly in the grass not far away with a pop.

"There are many obstacles!" The man pointed his wand at Crouch again. Crouch was rushing towards his lost wand, but was knocked down halfway.

Crouch lay on the ground panting, staring at the young wizard who attacked him. The man laughed briefly and crisply:

"You must be curious how I knew you were here."

The young wizard took out a piece of parchment from his arms and patiently explained:

"This map is called the Marauder's Map, and it can reveal the names of all wizards who appear in Hogwarts."

"On Halloween the year before last, Peter Pettigrew sneaked into Hogwarts and stole the map. After he was killed by Rolf Scamander, the master gave me the map and asked me to find you."

"Master guessed that you would definitely come to Hogwarts to find Dumbledore." The young wizard chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you would actually come."

Barty Crouch narrowed his eyes. He did not expect that such a map would expose his whereabouts.

"Okay, now that I've answered the questions you want to know, it's time for you to answer my questions."

The young wizard looked at the charred boats on the lake with obsessed eyes. wisps of black smoke and pure white ashes rose from the fire, and asked: "Are these fireworks beautiful?"

Barty Crouch did not answer, but asked: "Did you set the fire?!"

"It's me." The corners of the young wizard's lips raised slightly and he said:

"What a masterpiece. You can't see such beautiful fireworks in Azkaban, right?"

Barty Crouch glared at the man and asked, "Why did you set the boat on fire?"

"The reason is very simple." The young wizard narrowed his eyes and smiled:

"Igor Karkaroff is on the ship. He betrayed the master. Of course I have to clean him up."

"Karkaroff is the first traitor to die tonight, but he is not the absolute last... Albert, Snape... they will all be liquidated one by one."

Barty Crouch's eyes flashed with anger, and he pursed his lips and said, "There are many students on that ship!"

"I know that Durmstrang Magic School only recruits pure-blood wizards. Many noble pure-bloods will definitely die tonight. It is indeed a pity!"

The young wizard said this, but there was no look of regret on his face. Instead, he said jokingly:

"Who made them Karkaroff's students? Traitors are like poisonous weeds, and the students taught by Karkaroff are the roots of the weeds. They must be uprooted and killed, otherwise they will spread everywhere. "

Barty Crouch looked at the young wizard with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"You...how did you become like this?!"

"What did it look like? You want to say...I became cruel, vicious, and murderous?" The young wizard was amused by Crouch, and he laughed:

"Thirteen years ago, Bella, Rodolphus, and Rabastan kidnapped the Longbottoms and tortured them with the Cruciatus Curse until they became insane.

I also participated in it and contributed a lot. "

Barty Crouch Jr. walked out of the grass. He was skinny, with floppy blond hair, and dim eyes sunken into his skinny face.

He held a wand in his hand, pointed it at Barty Crouch who was lying on the ground, and said with a smile:

"You see, I have always been like this. My dear father, I... am a Death Eater!"

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