"All right, ladies and gentlemen, that's the third project......"

After Harry and "Cedric" arrived belatedly, Bagman happily introduced the Triwizard Tournament, the final event, the trophy in the middle of the maze, and whichever warrior touched it first would get a perfect score.

Challenges such as other magical creatures that stand in the way and spells that need to be unlocked are also essential.

The night breeze was blowing against the low walls, and it seemed as if they had seen them become twenty feet tall in a few weeks, and it must have been a very magnificent labyrinth.

"Very good...... If there are no problems, let's go back to the castle, shall we? …… It's a little cold here. Bagman held his hands and shivered in the cold wind, unreminiscent of a Ministry official.

As everyone stepped over the low wall and walked back to the castle, Ning An stepped forward and patted Cedric on the shoulder, who stopped in surprise.

"Can I have a word with you?"

Cedric was stunned, as if he didn't understand what Krum had to say to him, and the two had very little communication since the start of the Triwizards.

"Okay, no problem." But he quickly agreed.

"Then come with me." Ning An turned and walked towards the side of the forest, Cedric was a little confused, but he still quickly followed and left the court.

Fleur wanted to come forward and say something, but when she saw the two of them leaving together, she seemed to have something to talk about, so she could only walk helplessly in the direction of Beauxbatons' carriage, and kicked away a few innocent pebbles in anger along the way.

"Hey—it's okay here, what do you want to say?"

Watching "Krum" lead him deeper into the forest, "Cedric" stood still and signaled that the other party had something to say, although it was not known what tricks he was up to, but given Durmstrang's not-so-good reputation, it was not impossible to come up with some conspiracy before the last project.

Ning An turned around and looked around to see that there was no one, Hagrid's hut in the distance was still curling with smoke, the dim lights were on and off in the room, and the barking of the teeth was not heard, and it seemed that the hound had fallen asleep.

A narrow smile flashed on his face, and then he changed to a solemn expression, looked seriously at "Cedric" and asked him with a gloomy face:

"What is the relationship between you and Qiu Zhang!?"

"Cedric"'s expression was stunned, it was even more uncomfortable than eating something unclean, Ning An looked at it and smiled in his heart, but his face did not show it, only listened to "Cedric" stammer, looked at him uncertainly, and asked:

"You...... Say...... Akihari ......? Right? I heard you right, it's Qiu Zhang, right? ”

Ning An grabbed the arm of "Cedric", and suddenly used a lot of strength, so that he couldn't break free for a while, and he almost gritted his back molars and shouted viciously:

"That's right - you took away Akihari, my Akihari ——!"

"Oh my God,—what are you doing, let go."

"Cedric" suddenly felt an extremely violent burning sensation coming from his right arm, and "Krum" did not hesitate to force his sleeve up, and a strange, twisted tattoo became more and more obvious on "Cedric's" arm, slightly red, like a little bit of magma seeping out of the volcano.

"Shhhh

It was a huge serpentine tattoo, a large black snake, spitting out letters as if to devour anyone who saw the pattern, flashing red to prove that it was radiating a scorching heat at the moment, which made "Cedric" let out a scream.

Then a magic wand appeared in front of Ning An.

"Woohoo, calm down, hey, Pani - calm down, I'm just kidding-"

As he spoke, a black ringed ebony wand peeked out of his sleeve

"Look, how about a surprise for you?"

"You ......" Pani seemed to understand everything at once after seeing the wand, he lowered his wand dumbly, and then suddenly woke up, looked around, held his breath and listened for a while, and after making sure that there was no one, he looked at Ning An cautiously and made a gesture

"Ning...... Quiet......? ”

Ning An nodded, made a "shhhhh

"When did the ...... start?"

"Before the first project, I had just come back from Germany...... Sorry, Pani, for keeping you in the dark for so long. ”

Shaking his head, Parney didn't seem to care, he lowered his voice and asked Ning An

"What are we going to do now?"

The expression on his face became excited, to be honest, during Ning An's absence, he always felt that he had no bottom in his heart, Ning An just asked him to carry out the Triwizard Tournament, but he never gave other instructions, and he didn't even complete the plan.

"Now just be your Cedric, wait for the third project ......"

Ning An was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly stopped, signaling Pani to silence, the two of them pricked up their ears, and there was an unusual sound from the bushes behind them, and the wand fell silently into the hands of the two of them.

They slowly stood up, and in the shade of the trees, the shadows of the old man, pulled by the moonlight, stared at the handful of trees behind them, from which the sound came from.

"Rustle-rustle-rustle-"

A man suddenly came out of the bushes, and Ning An's evil curse had already come to his mouth, but the moonlight slanted, shining on the man's familiar face.

"Wait a minute," Ning An stopped Pani, who was also about to chant a spell? Starr.

"It's Mr. Crouch." He said thoughtfully, he didn't expect to let himself run into him here.

The male witch in front of him was embarrassed, as if he had been wandering outside for many days, his tattered robe was torn apart by something, his body was covered with blood, and his face was also covered with scars.

He behaved more strangely than he looked, muttering something as if he were talking to someone he couldn't see, and gesturing like a homeless and mentally ill homeless man on the street.

"He ......"

Pani glanced at Ning An, and saw that he was thoughtful, neither going up to talk or making a sound, as if he knew something about the situation in front of him, so he asked softly.

Ning An frowned, it was really very tricky for him to meet Crouch at such a time, he would rather not be here, even if he let Pani meet alone, it would not be so difficult.

It is definitely not possible to let Crouch see Dumbledore, but he can't kill Crouch himself, he is now Crum, the third project is close at hand, it is too late to avoid suspicion, how can he do such a thing that puts his plan in danger.

"Weatherby, when you're done with this, send an owl to deliver a message to Dumbledore......" Mr. Crouch muttered to a large tree beside him, and Ning An tried to shout

"Mr. Crouch?"

"Dumbledore!" Mr. Crouch suddenly stumbled forward, fell to his knees, and hugged Ning An's big /tui.

"I did something stupid...... Dumbledore ......" he gasped, as if it had taken most of his strength to say this, "I'm so stupid...... It's all my fault...... Dumbledore...... It's all my ......."

"yes, you did something stupid......"

Sighing, Ning An slowly squatted down, pulled Crouch's fingers from his legs one by one, and pumped /chu body.

"You...... Who are you? Crouch suddenly raised his head, stared at Ning An, asked him with a star, and then before Ning An could speak, he stood up again solemnly, and said to the air in front of him, where there was no one in front of him:

"Yes, my son recently passed twelve ordinary level wizard exams with satisfactory results, thank you, yes, I am indeed proud of him......"

"What the hell is going on?"

Parney looked at Crouch, who was like a madman, and rubbed his arms, goosebumps were rising, who tortured him like this.

was interrupted by Pani, Ning An calmed down, yes, the map of the living point is in his hands, not in the fake Moody, which means that now only himself and Pani know that Crouch is coming, Voldemort and Wormtail know that Crouch has run, but there is absolutely no way to confirm his location.

"Thank you, if you can bring me that memorandum from the Andorran Ministry of Magic/zhang, I will probably have time to draft a reply......"

Crouch was still muttering to himself in the air, and Ning An looked at him with pity, the director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation who looked like a down-and-out beggar.

"Pani ......" Ning An beckoned to Pani beside him, asking the latter to put his ear to him.

"I'll ...... later" whispered in his ear for a while, and after receiving an affirmative reply from Pani, Ning An slowly drew his wand.

Crouch seemed to sense Ning An's movements, he suddenly changed his posture, and a tiger pounced on Ning An, but maybe it was too weak, he couldn't jump up at all, and could only barely hold Ning An's robe dragged on the ground.

"Dumbledore...... It's all my fault...... Dumbledore...... Be careful...... My son...... It's all my fault...... Let Harry Potter ...... Be careful...... The Dark Lord is strong......"

"Passed out—"

The red light flashed, Crouch grabbed the hand of Zhu Ning'an's robe, and slipped down silently, he was like a doll with power off, lying on the ground, silent.

****

Panting breathing came from the empty field, the rustle of the lawn being trampled, Ning An looked panicked, and went straight through the meadow, rushing into the two oak doors of Hogwarts, and on the other side of the stairs from the basement, a thin figure appeared in the hall.

"Wickdore? Krum? A cold voice echoed in the hall, "It's so late, what are you doing here?" ”

Ning An turned his head, Snape's sallow face showed a miserable white color under the light of the candle flame, and he walked over step by step, like a big bat walking upright.

There was an indescribable feeling in his heart, it was the first time in a year that he had actually spoken to Snape face to face.

But he couldn't show it, so he had to pretend to be flustered, and said nervously:

Headmaster Dumbledore...... Sir, I mean...... I want to see Headmaster Dumbledore......"

"What's the matter, panic." He walked up slowly, his face as heavy as the water of the lake, but because Krum was not his student, he could not reprimand.

"Mr. Crouch! It was Mr. Crouch in the woods, Cedric and I, and we met—he wanted to see Headmaster Dumbledore—"

Snape's face tightened, his hooked nose exhaled a heavy breath, and his cold eyes looked directly at Ning An, as if he wanted to see through his heart

"Isn't this a prank, is what you said true!?" He asked sharply, and Ning An nodded hurriedly.

There was a hint of doubt in Snape's eyes, he couldn't see through whether Krum was telling the truth or not, this kid's brain occlusion was so powerful? Was it Karkaroff who taught it?

"If this is some kind of abominable prank, your headmaster can't protect you." After glaring at Ning An fiercely, those unfathomable black eyes finally left him.

Snape turned and went upstairs, dropping a sentence

"Follow me." He hurriedly walked to the third floor, and Ning An hurriedly followed.

***

"Cockroach pile."

In the hallway leading to Dumbledore's office, this was the first time Ning An had stood in front of the stone monster in the doorway, and after Snape gave the command, the stone monster jumped to the side, revealing a secret staircase leading to the office behind.

The spiral staircase twisted upwards and slowly ascended, automatically sending the two to a gleaming oak door, where Snape knocked on the brass knocker.

"Please come in." Dumbledore's gentle voice came from behind the door.

"Mr. Headmaster, the warriors of Durmstrang want to see you, and he says there is something important......"

Ning An stepped into this headmaster's office, and in the beautiful round room, there were portraits of the previous heads of Hogwarts, all of them sleeping with their eyes closed, and some of them were not in the frame.

On the golden perch by the door, Professor Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes, shaking its long tail feathers, stood on it, staring at Ning An with a little confusion.

Ning An didn't dare to look at this phoenix, in some ways, animals are much more sensitive than humans, let alone a creature like a phoenix, he stepped forward, Dumbledore got up from behind his desk, and pressed the photo frame he had just held in his hand on the desk, Ning An saw a corner of what seemed to be a photo of a very young girl.

"Headmaster Dumbledore—it's Mr. Crouch, Cedric and I are in the woods—Mr. Crouch rushes out—he says he wants to see you—"

Without hesitation, Dumbledore walked straight to Ning An and said:

"Let's go, lead the way."

The three of them hurried down the hallway, running down the grand staircase as Dumbledore asked questions

"What did Mr. Crouch say?"

"He's muttering, he's apologizing, one moment it seems normal, the next moment it's like he's crazy, he's just repeating that he wants to see you."

Passing through the foyer and meadows, the night outside was darker, and the sounds of unknown insects could be heard in the woods.

"Cedric ——!" Ning An shouted Cedric's name as he led Dumbledore and them in the direction of the woods just now.

The jungle was shrouded in darkness, and nothing could be seen clearly

"I think it's around here."

"Fluorescent flicker" Dumbledore lit his wand without hesitation, and the sharp-eyed Snape pointed in one direction and shouted:

"There, there's someone—"

Ning An and Dumbledore hurriedly stepped forward, and "Cedric" was lying flat on the ground, seemingly fainting, and the surroundings were empty, and Crouch could not be seen.