Chapter 100: The World Cup is over
Is Pani drinking the polyjuice decoction and the appearance has become Cedric? Diggory, a burst of green light suddenly rose in the dark night sky, and Ning An and Pani looked up at the same time.
It was a huge skeleton pattern, composed of countless stars and specks of turquoise light, across the night sky, a large python crawled out of the skeleton's mouth, like a tongue, the skeleton slowly rose into the sky, rising higher and higher, in a hazy, green smoke emitting dazzling light, like a new constellation in the night sky.
"Come on, looks like we're running out of time-"
Ning An glanced at the dazzling black mark, sneered, and then raised his wand to aim at Pani.
"Can you do it a little bit softer?" Pani grinned at Ning An.
"I'll try my best...... Fainted—"
A red light struck Parney, who took a few steps back, and still had the strength to give Ning An a thumbs up, then slowly closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
"Whew-"
Ning An took a breath, cleaned up the traces here, hurriedly put the wand on his waist, shook his body, and spun around in place - only to see that the bones on his body began to shrink like pants shrinking, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a raven with black feathers.
After bouncing twice on the ground and scratching its head with its claws outstretched, the bird flapped its wings and rested on the branch directly above it and waited quietly.
After a while, the surroundings gradually lit up with a white light, which was emitted by a fluorescent spell, and it was obvious that the people who came were wizards, their steps were chaotic and chaotic, and the grass was trampled to the sound of "rustling".
Ning An stayed motionless and quietly in the tree, as if he was asleep, if it weren't for the black onyx-like eyes that were wide open, anyone would think that this was just a crow resting on the tree.
"Wait a minute, there's somebody-"
The light slightly illuminated the bottom of the tree, and Pani's unconscious figure gradually appeared in the field of vision, and Ning An also saw clearly the wizards who came over, and there happened to be many of them that he knew.
Arthur? Weasley was walking in front with his glowing wand in his hand when suddenly a wizard with a short brown beard stubble rushed out from behind him, and he pounced on Paney
"Oh! Oh, my God! Cedric – What's wrong with you! The wizard panicked, and he threw himself down in front of Parney, testing his heartbeat with his hand, and then let out a heavy sigh
"Amos—"
The wizards in the back shouted, and Arthur stepped forward, his face nervous
"Cedric! Oh-Amos, is he alright? ”
"It's fine, just fainted." The short-bearded wizard named Amos said with relief, and Ning An immediately understood when he heard his name, this should be Amos, Cedric's father? Diggory is up.
"Damn, what the hell, it's all messed up, even Cedric was attacked-"
Amos angrily smacked the ground with his hand, then pulled out his wand and pointed it cautiously at Pani
"Recover quickly—"
"Cedric, Cedric - oh my god, my boy, how are you? Who cast the stun spell on you? ”
Amos shook slightly and was supported by him to slowly stand up Pani, who was still pretending to be unconscious and rubbing his head vigorously, Ning An knew best, his coma spell just now didn't use much mana at all, even if no one unraveled the spell, Pani would be able to wake up in ten minutes at most.
"Stun Curse? - yes, yes, I was knocked unconscious - I didn't see who it was - but - Ning An, what about Ning An? Did you catch him?! ”
"Cedric" seems to have become incoherent because he has just woken up, but the few words that can come out of his mouth make Arthur? Weasley was shocked, he hurriedly leaned over and asked with a serious face:
"What? Diggory? Who did you just say? ”
At that moment, several more lights lit up on their east side, and then there was the sound of creaking footsteps, caused by stepping on dead branches scattered on the ground.
"Did you catch anyone? Arthur ——? Amos ——? ”
The shouters were panting and seemed to be about to be exhausted, and soon they picked up the grass and came to this clearing, and the person who shouted just now was Ludo, the director of the Department of Physical Education? Bagman, with a large group of people behind him, Mr. Weasley caught a glimpse of his familiar figure
"Harry!? Ron?! Hermione!? He cried out in disbelief, even ignoring Bagman's questioning, and Mr. Weasley ran impatiently, looked them up and down, and asked eagerly:
"Why are you here? Everything is alright? Nothing happened, right? ”
The three of them were each wearing a gray patterned wool blanket, and they didn't look like they were fine, otherwise they wouldn't have appeared here.
"Your son has broken his foot, and the two of them have been knocked down with a stun charm, and I don't know how long they have been lying there, and they may catch a little cold."
A cold, emotionless voice rang out, speaking from a wizard dressed in great detail, with a crisp suit immaculately kept, a tie tied around his chest, short black hair brushed back against his scalp, and a pinch of a toothbrush-like mustache on his mouth, but the mustache was about to fall off from trembling.
He eagerly asked about the topic of his concern:
"You've got someone————?"
"It's a pity, Mr. Crouch, that only Amos's son is here, and he's been knocked unconscious." A wizard in a top hat said.
"Damn, it's a mess, how can so many people get knocked unconscious at such a time - damn it-"
Ludo? Bagman grumbled and cursed, but apparently no one responded to such complaints, and Mr. Weasley looked at his son's foot injury with concern
"I'm fine, Daddy—it's both of them—"
Ron turned to look at Harry and Hermione, who were pale and wrapped in blankets, as if something was chilling them.
"Mr. Weasley—" Harry swallowed and said slowly, "We...... We see - Ning'an. ”
Mr. Crouch, who was standing coldly beside him, seemed to come to his senses at once, he wrung his eyebrows, kicked aside the house-elf who was leaning at his feet, holding his calf tightly and sobbing, and took a few steps forward and said stiffly:
"Arthur, is Ning An the same student who defected from Hogwarts a year ago? The guy who killed someone and used the Unforgivable Curse? ”
As he said this, Hermione and Harry shook their bodies unnaturally.
"Yes, Mr. Crouch-" Mr. Weasley first pulled Harry and them over to stand behind him, and then slowly turned to Barty? Crouch says:
"If Harry said they saw it with their own eyes, then I think it should be him, Harry, are you okay? Can you tell us a little bit about what's going on? ”
"Harry—you're alright!"
At this time, Amos? Diggory helped "Cedric" and walked over, Ning An, who was leisurely watching everything that was happening below in the tree, couldn't help but tilt the bird's head, he always felt that Pani was acting a little too much, but fortunately, everyone's spirit was relatively nervous, and no one cared about this.
"I saw Ning An and Pani? Starr - you fainted on the ground, I stunned Parney - but someone knocked me unconscious. ”
Although he said it a little hurriedly, he finally let everyone know a little bit about the facts of what happened, the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Barty? Hearing this, Crouch slapped his hands twice vigorously, attracting everyone's attention, and announced loudly:
"I guess it's settled now, right? The Dark Mark was apparently fired by Ning An, and this evil seed has now blossomed and become a lackey of the Dark Lord—"
Everyone gasped at this, and there was silence in the open space for a few seconds, but no one retorted, because it seemed like it was going on.
"Mr. Crouch, let's listen to Harry's words again, after all, if it were just Ning An, he might not be able to do so many things at the same time......"
"How could he be alone?" Crouch frowned, his voice becoming rather stern
"Pani? Starr, and the guy who knocked Amos's son unconscious," he gestured casually to "Cedric"
"There are some other evil guys, these people must be in the same party!"
"Is there a Pani indeed? Starr, Mr. Weasley—"
Harry looked at Hermione on the side, gritted his teeth, and decided to recount the incident by himself, because that might be a cruel thing to Hermione, since last year's Quidditch match, he met the Ravenclaw Seeker, Autumn Zhang, Harry began to gradually understand what kind of feelings Hermione had for Ning An, which was undoubtedly painful enough for Harry, and he didn't want his friend to be hurt again.
"They seem to be ...... Seems to be in ...... Hunt down Laurel? Lanz! ”
"Shhh
"It's—it's so rampant! Hell, has anyone seen Mr. Lantz or Miss Lantz! He yelled, but no one answered.
Leone? Lanz is the deputy director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, and the year before last, his daughter joined the small organization that was said to be very evil, and it seems that she is still a core member, although it was later confirmed that she was controlled, but this still put Mr. Lanz under a lot of pressure.
I didn't expect that now these evil guys still want to take revenge on this father and daughter.
"Go find Mr. Lanz and his daughter, apparently Ning An has become a Death Eater, this time the Dark Mark was released by him, and he is still carrying out an attack with a very personal purpose, he must be caught as soon as possible!"
With a vigorous wave of his hand, Mr. Crouch dispersed a dozen officials from the Ministry of Magic to find the Lanz father and daughter, and at the same time undoubtedly found the mastermind of the incident.
Ning An stood calmly on the branch, rubbing off a few pieces of bark with his paws disdainfully, and continued to watch the show, but he knew that it was none other than the son of Minister Crouch, the loyal Death Eater, Barty Jr.? Crouch.
It's just that I don't know if Mr. Crouch has found his son now, whether he dared to come here after finding his son who regained control of him, and he was impatient to convict himself, but Ning An is now in debt and does not care that he will be charged with this crime.
"Diggory—one more thing—"
Just when everyone thought that the incident was over for the time being, Crouch suddenly called out to Mr. Amos and said solemnly:
"I have to explain, we just found my house-elf in the wild, holding a wand, which proves that she is also one of the suspects, and even though it is almost certain who the culprit is now, I still have to tell you about it-"
Then he looked at Amos with a stiff face? Diggory said in a cold tone:
"I understand that as is the usual practice, Amos is going to take him back to the Department of Magical Beasts Management and Control for interrogation, but I would like to ask your permission for me to dispose of her, given that the real culprit can already be determined......"
"Well, Mr. Crouch—"
Amos nodded tiredly, his son had also been attacked today, he didn't have much energy to care about the little goblin, not to mention that Mr. Crouch had a very high prestige in the Ministry, he had imprisoned countless Death Eaters in Azkaban, and Amos did not dare to disobey him.
"Let's go, Cedric—go back to the tent first." Mr. Amos rubbed his forehead, tugged at the corner of his son's coat, and turned to the side of the woods.
"Cedric" gave Harry one last last look at them, and hurried back to camp after his father.
Ning An looked at the people at his feet and seemed to be about to disperse, Barty? Crouch said that a ragged garment was mercilessly thrown to the elf who was holding his clean leather shoes and sobbing, and kicked her aside in disgust, Hermione moved her lips to say something, but her face turned pale and she didn't say anything.
Mr. Weasley pulled the men and said a few words and left the clearing together, walking towards their camp outside the forest.
Ning An moved his wings and flew after Mr. Diggory, the bright moonlight shining on the black sword feathers on his back, and he did not feel rusty because he had not been transformed by Animagus for a long time, he easily shuttled between the trees, and soon came to the edge of the camp.
Mr. Diggory and Pani could still be heard whispering, as if Amos had been asking if his son was okay and if he was feeling dizzy.
And Pani also dealt with it very carefully, not as pompous as before, which made Ning An feel at ease a little.
An important reason why he chose to let Pani take the Polyjuice Decoction instead of himself was that Ning An remembered that Cedric was a Hufflepuff Seeker, and Ning An was very poor at handling the broomstick, which could easily make people suspicious.
What's more, he knew that Hogwarts and two other schools of witchcraft and wizardry would jointly host the Triwizard Tournament this year, and Cedric would most likely become a Hogwarts warrior.
Warriors will attract everyone's attention, and Ning An's purpose is only to get the blood he needs, and being a warrior will ruin his own plans, so just let Pani do these eye-catching things, and take the opportunity to follow him into Hogwarts. 8)