Chapter 220: Professor Dumbledore, You're Doing Something
It's another school year's departure party, and students from all three schools gather in the Hogwarts cafeteria.
It's just that compared to before, Durmstrang's headmaster Karkaroff in the professorship's chair is missing, and Fudge ordered that Karkaroff has urgent business to do, so there are not many Durmstrang students who know that their headmaster has cheated Hogwarts and ran away.
There were no fatalities, no serious injuries or disabilities in the Triwizard Tournament, and the students of the three schools were very happy.
The delicacies on the table today were very rich, just like the day when the teachers and students of the two sister schools first arrived.
In this happy atmosphere, only Dumbledore and Harry Potter seemed unhappy, to be exact, they have been unhappy since they learned that Voldemort had returned.
Oh, and there's Snape, who has been unhappy all year long.
As for Zhang Xu, he has nothing to be unhappy about.
He was sure that the aura of the protagonist in this world was on Harry Potter's body, not on his own.
Imagine which protagonist will be driven by his girlfriend to spend the night on the balcony?
If it weren't for the luck of the Harry Potter protagonist's aura flashing a few times, how could he have taken a hand at the last moment and took Dumbledore to Voldemort's side with him.
I can follow the protagonist to the final boss and come back safely after shaking it all my tails, instead of letting Lao Deng hold a wine glass on the stage and say, "I must first of all declare with deep sorrow that we have lost a very good person, who should have sat here and enjoyed this dinner with us." I hope everyone stands up and toasts to Zhang Xu. Then Fleur, Gabrielle and the others wept at the table, and they were not satisfied.
Not to mention the private money that was found this time, but fortunately Harry Potter didn't say anything about it that night.
Zhang Xu estimated that Voldemort now regretted not saying "kill the one who got in the way" in the first place, and was severely pit by Zhang Xu.
Throughout the dinner, Zhang Xu focused on discussing summer vacation activities with Furong.
Fleur has less time to return to France in the future, and she wants to spend more time with Gabrielle in the near future.
And Zhang Xu has a lot of things to be busy this summer, the birth of Java last month, and the official release of indos 95 two months later, these are all things closely related to the company he opened in China, plus other things, he estimates that he will have to stay in China for a long time.
At the end of the dinner, Zhang Xu saw Dumbledore stand up, and the cafeteria suddenly fell silent.
"It's the end of another year." Dumbledore said, looking at the students.
"There's one thing I think I have to tell everybody." Dumbledore continued.
Zhang Xu frowned, and he immediately thought of what Dumbledore was going to say next.
"Voldemort is back."
Dumbledore's words blew through the cafeteria like a cold wind, and many students shivered.
"The Ministry of Magic doesn't want me to tell you this." Dumbledore continued, "Some of my classmates' parents may have been shocked by what I did, either because they couldn't believe that Voldemort had really returned, or because they thought I shouldn't have told you about it, because you were still young. However, I believe that it is always better to tell the truth than to lie. ”
"Everybody, look at the big screen." With a wave of Dumbledore's wand, a large curtain fell on the wall behind the professorship, obscuring the entire wall and the school emblem hanging on the wall.
The next moment, the candles in the cafeteria went out, and the entire cafeteria was plunged into darkness except for the curtain.
Immediately afterwards, a picture appeared on the screen, and many students recognized the image taken by the camera crystal at this time.
This crystal hung on Zhang Xu's collar from the beginning, and Zhang Xu has always used it as a dash cam.
When Dumbledore asked him to have a relationship with Voldemort about the video of Voldemort's resurrection, Zhang Xu didn't say anything and gave a copy of the video to Old Deng, Zhang Xu thought he was going to show it to the officials of the Ministry of Magic at first, who knew that he had made a plan to show the students of the three schools from the beginning.
Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the beginning of the video on the big screen, which began with the hooded old horse putting Voldemort into a boiling cauldron, avoiding Zhang Xu's use of "Faint (Physics)" on Harry Potter, the kidnapping of Harry Potter, and the content of the deal with Voldemort.
When the students in the cafeteria heard the sentence "Do you want to add some angelica, red dates, wolfberry, tangerine peel, star anise, grass fruit, and radish", they knew that there was someone next to them, and everyone invariably turned their attention to Zhang Xu.
The incantations that the Death Eaters chanted as they added ingredients to the pot, adding bones, meat, and blood were heard by the students throughout the cafeteria.
Especially when he finally saw that the last blood used came from Harry, who was tied up in the wall of fire, the whole cafeteria was in an uproar.
Eventually, a puff of white vapor rose from the cauldron, and the black figure of a tall, thin man resembling a skeleton stood up from the cauldron.
At this moment, I don't know how many people didn't realize that they had accomplished a mythical achievement: seeing Voldemort's sleek body.
Fortunately, the scene was smoky, and the place where Zhang Xu stood was a little far away, so there was no picture that was too inappropriate for children.
The man put on his clothes and walked over to the camera, and everyone could see his appearance - a face paler than a skeleton, two big eyes as red as a white rabbit, a nose that was gone, and two thin nostrils.
Immediately afterward, the wall of fire that had surrounded Harry Potter disappeared with Harry, and Dumbledore appeared in the frame shortly after.
This is the end of the video.
The students in the cafeteria were silent, followed by the buzzing of discussions like bees, and soon the re-lit candles in the cafeteria fluttered up and down in the sound of the students.
Dumbledore, who had just made a big news, stood in the professor's chair and didn't say a word, just quietly looked at the students below.
At this time, Zhang Xu now felt that his hand was about to be broken, and as soon as the video began, the nervous Furong grabbed his arm tightly.
Finally calmed Fleur, and the discussion in the cafeteria quieted down.
"There's another person to mention when it comes to this," Dumbledore continued as the cafeteria fell silent, "Oh, I'm talking about Zhang Xu. ”
There was another commotion in the cafeteria, and the students turned their heads to look at Zhang Xu, and then at Dumbledore, hoping that he would tell the news of the time.
"Zhang Xu was captured by Voldemort's henchmen along with Harry Potter," Dumbledore said, "and he was surrounded by Death Eaters, and at the risk of his life, he managed to contact me while maneuvering and negotiating with Voldemort. I salute him for the wisdom and fearlessness he displayed in every way, a spirit that few wizards can show in the face of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. ”
At this moment, Zhang Xu wanted to smash a wine glass on Lao Deng's head, he had just persuaded Furong to leave the UK a few days ago, and now looking at Furong's expression and eyes, Zhang Xu estimated that he slept on the balcony in vain that night.
Dumbledore turned solemnly to Zhang Xu and raised his goblet again.
The vast majority of the people in the auditorium did. They shouted Zhang Xu's name and toasted him.
As Zhang Xu stood up to greet everyone, through the gap in the crowd that stood up, he saw that half of the Slytherin students were sitting still, just lifting their wine glasses for a centimeter or two before putting them down.
Once everyone was seated, Dumbledore made another call for everyone to unite.
At this time, Zhang Xu was no longer interested in listening to those words, and today's actions of Lao Deng were somewhat beyond Zhang Xu's expectations.
There is an old saying in Huaxia called "no picture, no truth", and the dilemma faced by Dumbledore and Harry in the "plot" is like that, no one believes it without evidence.
As a result, this time Lao Deng not only had pictures but also videos, and later there were a number of Aurors as witnesses, so that the truth could not be more true, and it would definitely cause a great shock to the entire wizarding society.
If Fudge could still cover the lid now, Zhang Xu would admire his wrist.
And Lao Deng pushed Zhang Xu to the front desk this time, probably because he wanted him to help share a little firepower, Lao Deng knew that in the minds of many wizard families, Zhang Xu was about equal to the status of the God of Wealth.
Zhang Xu, who was secretly cheated by Lao Deng, was also speechless, but he couldn't jump back to Voldemort's side, just the fact that Voldemort slaughtered a large number of Muggles to create Yin Corpses cut off the possibility of Zhang Xu and Voldemort joining forces. All you have to do is see where to get the account back.
After Dumbledore's repeated pleas for everyone to unite and look forward, his speech ended.
With the end of the principal's speech, the departure banquet also ended, and it was time for everyone to separate.
At the lake, the crowd said goodbye to Durmstrang students.
Fortunately, the boat is usually piloted by students, so it doesn't matter if Karkaroff is not there.
Zhang Xu had already told Krum everything about Karkaroff, and asked him to wait until they returned to school to tell the other classmates and professors.
After bidding farewell to Durmstrand's ship with the squid, Zhang Xu sent Fleur and Gabrielle to Beauxbatons' carriage.
After making an appointment to call when they got home, the Fleur sisters stepped into the carriage.
Then there was Tonya, who asked Zhang Xu for his phone number before she got into the carriage. She said that now that she has graduated, she has not wanted to open a store in St. Petersburg for a few years, so she went to her parents, so there is a chance for everyone to come out for a drink.
After watching Beauxbatons' carriage fly into the sky, Zhang Xu walked towards the gate of Hogwarts.
Outside the doorway, a carriage pulled by Thestrals was waiting for him.