In a room at the Hog's Head Bar, Zhang Xu was gathered around a table with Scrimgeour, Neville's father, Mr. Longbottom, Cedric, and Percy Weasley.

The five of them were intently studying a piece of ...... on the table Or a lump of silvery-white metal.

At this time, Cedric was explaining the origin of this piece of metal object to Zhang Xu, who had just arrived.

"This morning, an observation post on the top of the hill to the north was attacked by more than a dozen Death Eaters. The personnel at the observation post put up a symbolic resistance, wounding several Death Eaters before retreating. ”

Cedric gave Zhang Xu a deep look, and then continued: "About half an hour later, a violent explosion occurred on the top of the hill where the observation post was located, and a large amount of rubble and earth was blown away, and then fell into the range of Hogsmeade Village at the foot of the mountain. ”

"I buried the explosives." Zhang Xu decisively admitted that everyone in the command knew that he was there at the time, "Could it be that the falling rocks smashed the house, and you want to claim compensation from me, right?" ”

"Ahem...... Cedric coughed twice, "Actually, the most damaged thing is your house halfway up the mountain. ”

Then Percy, the tenant of the house, glanced at the stunned Zhang Xu and said, "If we didn't know that you caused the explosion at the time, we wouldn't have hurriedly repaired the smashed house just now." ”

"Let's get down to business." Cedric continued, "Just after the battle, when the inhabitants of Hogsmeade began to clean up the stones that had fallen from the mountain, they found this piece of metal that had fallen along with the rubble. ”

Zhang Xu approached the metal bump on the table and observed it carefully.

"It appears to have been a cylindrical object, but from what it looks like now, it looks like it has been hit hard." Zhang Xu said while observing.

"It got stuck in the stone road when it fell from a height, and then it was hit by other falling stones, and it was found under a large piece of rubble." Cedric said.

"Have you tried to fix it?" Zhang Xu asked.

"No spell will work on it." Cedric replied, "Why don't you try?" ”

Zhang Xu didn't try, and if others didn't work, he probably didn't have a problem.

"I think it turned out to be a metal arm." Zhang Xu finally concluded, "Look at the end that was originally inserted in the ground, these five severely distorted parts, and their layout matches the five fingers of a human palm. The next part is much like the palm and wrist. ”

Several other people glanced at each other, and then nodded, they obviously agreed with Zhang Xu's opinion.

Scrimgeour asked, "So, do you know which Death Eater this metal arm belongs to?" ”

They knew that Zhang Xu had a lot of information about the Death Eaters, so they called him over to help with it.

Zhang Xu thought for a moment, and then a name popped out of his mouth: "Igor Karkarov." ”

"According to credible information, the Mysteries had a plan to take control of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons before they lost power sixteen years ago."

"Mysterio plans to send whitewashed Death Eaters into these two schools of magic, and then wait for an opportunity to become the headmaster of both schools. Eventually turning these two schools into bridgeheads for an attack on the European continent. ”

"After the disappearance of the mysterious man, Karkaroff continued to faithfully carry out the plan, and eventually he became the headmaster of Durmstrang."

"And on Beauxbatons' side, because Nicol Lemay was in charge, the Death Eaters who were sent there quickly disappeared from the world."

"In the summer of 1995, the mystery man had to expose Karkaroff to capture Harry in order to prepare for the magic of restoring his body. Later, Karkaroff sacrificed his arm during this magical ritual. ”

"After the mystery man regained his body and strength, he gave Karkaroff a metal arm."

After Zhang Xu finished talking about the information he knew, several people present fell into thought again.

"So is there any evidence that this metal arm belongs to Karkaroff?" Mr. Longbottom asked.

"We can look at the junction to see if there is any blood or other debris left." Percy pointed to the place where the stone had been flattened, "Then we can try it with Polyjuice Potion." ”

Everyone thought Percy's method was feasible, and then used a lot of methods, and finally found some human debris from it.

Soon, a potion of polyjuice with human crumbs was placed on the table, and everyone turned their attention to Cedric, the lowest-ranking person in the room.

Cedric: Σ(?Д?; Panic ≡ Zhang;?д?)

With the enthusiastic help of Zhang Xu and Percy, Cedric drank the compound decoction in one gulp.

"Looks like Karkaroff, that's right." Scrimgeur, who hadn't spoken much, looked at Cedric Karkaroff and said.

"Can you confirm that Karkarov and they are all dead?" Zhang Xu asked.

"Because the explosion may have been violent, and because the explosion site was located on the top of a mountain, the body was distributed over a wide area, so it was very difficult to search for the body of the deceased." Mr. Longbottom said.

Now Zhang is laughing wildly in his heart, when Karkaroff dragged him off the train like a dead dog, he wrote down the name of the goods in the little black book. At present, it seems that Karkarov has taken a dirt plane and turned into a goddess, which is really revenge.

"As far as I can judge, it's almost time for Karkarov not to die." Scrimgeour said.

"We already know that Karkaroff had a high position among the Death Eaters, and it is likely that he took the command of this offensive operation today. This would explain why he made it to the top of the mountain, which was indeed a good place to observe the battlefield and direct the battle. ”

"In the aftermath of the explosion, the command of the attacking Death Eaters was clearly inflexible and coordinated, and they acted more like they were acting according to a predetermined plan."

"Not long after the battle heated up, the Death Eaters were suddenly defeated, and we thought they had some kind of conspiracy."

"If Karkaroff, as the commander-in-chief of the Death Eaters, had died in the explosion, then everything would have made sense."

The more Scrimgeour spoke, the more excited he became, and it was clear that he still valued the merits of killing Karkaroff and repelling the Death Eaters today.

At this time, Zhang Xu suddenly said: "The killing of Karkaroff, when you report to the outside world, you just say that Harry Potter did it, don't drag me in." ”

"Why?" Scrimgeour looked at Zhang Xu with a puzzled expression, "Why don't you want this glory?" ”

"The material reward can be given to me, and the spiritual reward can be given directly to Harry Potter, and it is time for him to shine in front of the public." Zhang Xu said, "I think the Ministry of Magic is going to launch a series of propaganda campaigns next, and at this time, it is naturally more encouraging to promote Harry Potter than to promote me." ”

Scrimgeour and Mr. Longbottom looked at Zhang Xu with an incredulous expression, what kind of spirit is this spirit of giving their credit to their friends for free.

Percy and Cedric on the side looked at Zhang Xu with a hesitant face, and they could tell the other two leaders responsibly that this was the spirit of throwing the pot.

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