Chapter 558 The Threat of Bluff

"This matter is my negligence, I should think of more appropriate measures." Dumbledore said.

"You admitted it?! From this point of view, it is indeed the boy who helped him throw the name strip into the Goblet of Fire through the senior students." Karkaroff said in a vicious voice, "This is a serious violation of the rules. , Hogwarts is cheating!"

"I didn't!" Ron murmured, his face pale and bloodless, "I didn't cheat!"

"Mr. Weasley didn't do that!" said Professor McGonagall angrily, glaring at Professor Snape very angrily, "We should believe him, he didn't persuade the senior students to help him do this, it's It can be found out."

"Ron's been with us all day, at Hagrid's!" said Hermione hastily.

"We can prove that he didn't cast his name into the Goblet of Fire," Harry yelled.

"That's right, and I don't think the Goblet of Fire will make such a mistake, selecting two warriors from the same school." Aiwen said, "This is a conspiracy!"

"What do you mean?!" Everyone looked at him, as if they didn't quite understand.

"As you all know, the Goblet of Fire is a very powerful magic item." Ivan said, "If you want to deceive it and make it forget that there are only three schools participating in the competition, you need a particularly powerful confusion spell or other black magic. Magic. In my opinion, someone must have put Ron's name in as a fourth school to make sure he was the only one for that school."

Hearing Aiwen's words, everyone was meditating, thinking about the possibility of such a thing.

"Ridiculous!" said Karkaroff. "The idea is that this boy put his name into the Goblet of Fire, and the damned goblet made a mistake and spit out his name."

"Impossible, there is nothing wrong with the Goblet of Fire, Karkaroff!" Ludo Bagman said uneasily, "We checked before, didn't we, Barty?!"

"I was in charge of the inspection!" Crouch said in a dull voice.

He stood outside the light circle of the fire, half his face hidden in shadow, his wrinkled skin translucent as paper.

"Are you suspicious of me, Karkaroff?!" he asked.

"Of course not, I'm not doubting you!" Karkaroff took a step back, looking terrified of Crouch, and said in his oily voice again, "But you must also think that this matter is extremely inappropriate yes, isn't it?"

Bagman didn't answer, but wiped his round baby face with a handkerchief, and turned his eyes to Mr. Crouch.

"There is nothing reasonable or unreasonable. We must abide by the charter. The charter clearly stipulates that anyone whose name is sprayed out of the Goblet of Fire must participate in the competition of the Triwizard Tournament." Crouch did not look at everyone, he stared at I don't know what I'm thinking while the fire is burning.

For a few seconds, Ivan even thought he was going to walk into the flames.

"Barty knows the charter by heart," Bagman said, grinning.

He turned his head to look at Karkaroff and Madame Maxime, it seemed that the matter had been settled satisfactorily.

"No, I insist that my other students re-register!" Karkaroff's face was extremely ugly. He stopped looking at Crouch by the flames, but turned around and asked Dumbledore, "You must put The Goblet of Fire is set out again, and we'll keep adding names until there are two champions from each school. That's only fair, Dumbledore!"

"I'm afraid it won't work, Karkaroff!" Bagman frowned and rubbed his fingers vigorously with the handkerchief. "You know, the Goblet of Fire has just been extinguished, and it won't be re-ignited until the next tournament."

"Durmstrang will never participate in the next competition!" Karkaroff was furious, "We have had so many meetings, and after so many negotiations and negotiations, I never thought that such a thing would happen again. I just want to leave now!"

Aiwen pushed Moody from behind, it was time for him to come forward, if this continues, the matter will collapse.

Among the crowd, apart from Moody, there was really no one who could control Karkaroff.

"Bluffer threats, Karkaroff!" Moody yelled immediately, louder than Karkaroff, startling everyone, "You can't let your warrior go now, he has to play. They're all required to compete, bound by a magical contract. It's in your favor, isn't it?"

He limped to the center, put Ron behind him, and glared at Karkaroff.

Under his gaze, the expression on Karkaroff's face became extremely ugly.

"Favourable?!" he said angrily. "I'm afraid I don't understand you, Moody."

You could tell he was trying to sound contemptuous, as if he didn't care about Moody's words at all.

However, his hands exposed his heart, they clenched into fists involuntarily.

"Really?!" Moody said softly, "It's very simple, Karkaroff! As Ivan said, someone put Weasley's name in the Goblet of Fire, and he knew that if the name was sprayed out, the Kids have to play."

"Obviously, that person wants to give Hogwarts two chances!" Madam Maxime said.

"I agree with you, Madame Maxime!" Karkaroff said, bowing to her, "I will file a complaint with the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards"

"Enough, if anyone has reason to complain, it's Weasley!" said Moody gruffly, "but I didn't hear a word from him!"

"Why is he complaining?" asked Fleur, stomping her foot angrily. "He's got a chance to play, hasn't he? We've been hoping for weeks that we'd be picked! Glory to our school , and a bonus of 1,000 Galleons, this opportunity is what many people dream of, and our school has undergone strict selection for this!"

"Perhaps someone wanted Weasley to die for this," said Moody, with a hint of growl in his tone.

After he finished speaking, there was a tense silence.

Ludo Bagman looked very anxious, his body bouncing up and down restlessly.

"Moody, you old fellow, how can you say such a thing!"

"We all know that Professor Moody thinks his morning was wasted if he doesn't find six people trying to murder him before lunch," Karkaroff said loudly. Think someone is going to murder you. As a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, this quality is really rare, Dumbledore. But there is no doubt that you have your own considerations." (To be continued.) Browse reading address: