Chapter 183: Labyrinth (1st Update)
Time goes back a few hours ago.
That is, in the afternoon, when the third event of the Triwizard Tournament has just begun.
With a short whistle from Mr. Ludo Bagman, Jon Hart walked into the labyrinth to the cheers of the audience.
Upon entering the labyrinth, Jon immediately slowed down his pace while looking around unhurriedly.
He's waiting for someone.
Waiting for fake Moody's, or Barty Crouch Jr., to be precise.
This is also the reason why Jon deliberately rescued four hostages at the same time in the second project. If four hostages are rescued, then there will be no hostages left for the other contestants...... Especially Harry Potter.
As a result, Harry's score will be much lower than his own, and he will enter the maze much later than he does.
In this case, the most anxious is undoubtedly Crouch Jr.
Entering the maze nearly an hour early, this means that Harry Potter, who will enter more than an hour later, has a very low chance of wanting to pick up the Goblet of Fire.
This is unacceptable to little Crouch, who wants to resurrect Tom's master with Harry's blood.
In the months following the end of the second project, Jon had been unusually cautious, and with Dumbledore's assurance, he did not give Crouch Jr. any chance to hurt himself.
In order to ensure that Harry gets the trophy, then Barty Crouch Jr. has only one choice -
Then it's about entering the maze in the name of the referee and knocking yourself out in the maze...... Of course, Jon put himself in Crouch's point of view, and he was more inclined to think that Crouch Jr. would try to control himself with the Imperius Curse, and order himself to kill Fleur or Krum, which would be a little more convenient.
Crouch Jr. was indeed an excellent wizard, he was a very good student at Hogwarts, and later learned a lot from his master Tom.
However, in Jon's opinion, Crouch Jr. did not have a lot of practical experience, after all, he went to Azkaban as soon as he graduated, and then was locked up in his home by his father with the Imperius Curse for so many years...... It was only released a few months ago.
After accidentally hooking up with Fawkes, coupled with his skill in Occlumency and his ability to effectively fight the Imperius Curse, Jon felt that his odds were worth the gamble.
......
The reality is similar to what was planned.
Less than five minutes after Jon entered the labyrinth, he encountered a Dementor.
Just as he summoned the Patronus and tore the Dementors in half, the fake Moody appeared behind him.
Thanks to the MONOCULUS that can see through everything, and Harry Potter's map of the living spots...... It didn't take much effort for Fake Moody to find Jon.
"Imperio?!"
Only Moody's hoarse voice could be heard, coming from behind him.
Jon only felt a blank in his mind, and at the same time he felt a sense of well-being that made him a little uncontrollable...... However, he quickly used a brain occlusion technique to expel the foreign emotion from his mind.
At the same time, Fawkes' hopeful singing voice rang out from the top of the labyrinth.
The phoenix is a creature that is naturally capable of traveling through space, just like the ball bird, and Jon immediately pressed the phoenix mark on his shoulder when he heard Moody's footsteps...... The precious herbs that Fawkes had fed for a few months were not fed for nothing.
The simultaneous effects of the phoenix's song and the Occlumency of the Brain easily helped Jon break free from the Imperius Curse.
The brave Fawkes lunged at the fake Moody, leaving several claw marks on his face while snatching his MONOCULUS alive from its socket......
Angry, the fake Moody fired a green light at the phoenix...... Poor Fawkes fell like a kite with a broken string down the aisle of the labyrinth, reduced to a pile of black-gray ashes.
Taking advantage of the fake Moody's attention to be attracted to Fawkes, he didn't pay any attention to himself being "controlled" by the Imperius Curse.
Jon raised his wand, aimed it at the fake Moody, and roared:
"Stupefy!"
......
Without incident, Jon and Fawkes stunned the fake Moody.
The Flying Charm takes the fake Moody's wand, and Jon uses the Crushing Charm again, breaking both of his arms.
After making sure that Moody was completely incapacitated, Jon collected all the ashes that Fawkes had turned into after his death and put them in a bag.
"Enervate!" he said, waking the fake Moody from his coma and dropping a few drops of the Truth Elixir into his mouth.
The fake Moody slowly reverted back to Barty Crouch Jr., and then he told the truth little by little.
Including how he escaped from Azkaban......
How was he controlled at home by his father, Barty Crouch, with the Imperius Curse......
How did you conjure up the mark of the Black Devil at the World Cup......
How was he rescued by Voldemort and Wormtail, and then took control of his father with the Imperius Curse......
Then he tricked Moody into opening the door in his father's name, and then subdued Moody with his father and Wormtail.
And, of course, his "help" with Harry in various projects over the past year, and the killing of his father with his own hands......
Jon knew all of this, but he wrote it all down in his notebook...... Of course, he also asked Barty Crouch Jr. more questions......
For example, the details of his contact with Voldemort and Wormtail, the mutual address to each other, and so on......
This was less than expected, and the devout Death Eater, who had only been in contact with his Tom master for a few days, had come to Hogwarts as an undercover agent.
Jon wrote it all down in his notebook.
......
Knowing everything he wanted to know, Jon took out a small bottle of Polyjuice decoction with his own hair and poured it into Barty Crouch Jr.'s mouth.
Seeing little Barty Crouch transform into himself little by little, Jon took out the kettle around his neck again, and there was a little polyjuice potion in it.
Jon will drink the Polyjuice potion containing Moody's hair, and then put Moody's prosthetic limbs and MONOCULUS on himself.
After changing clothes with Barty Crouch, who had become himself, Jon found the map of the living spot in his pocket.
With the Living Point Map and MONOCULUS, mazes are no longer a hassle.
Jon can see through the Magic Eye and see through the walls, making it easy to dodge the traps around him.
With the unconscious "Jon Hart", it took him less than twenty minutes to get to the Goblet of Fire.
Three eight-eyed spiders lurk in the corner, ready to sneak up on the contestants.
Jon threw away a few spores of the Devil's Web...... A few minutes later, the eight-eyed spiders all suffocated to death.
Walking over to the Goblet of Fire, he placed the unconscious "Jon Hart" there.
Then he placed the corpses of the three eight-eyed spiders sideways next to Jon Hart.
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