Chapter 377: Clues

"Who told you good news?"

Dumbledore glanced at Luke, his expression blank.

Luke froze. I didn't expect to get such a response at all.

"Is it that bad? There's nothing you can do about it?"

Luke leaned back in his chair, lazily and seemingly defenselessly.

Of course, he knew in his heart that Eucalyptus, to be honest, as long as Dumbledore didn't ask for death himself, then in the wizarding world, there were not many things that could make him feel difficult to deal with. And within the scope of Hogwarts Castle, there are really only a handful of things he can't do.

"Can you get in shape?"

Dumbledore said to Luke angrily. Every time Luke was talking to him or doing something else, he always made a gesture like this. It's like a puppy with its belly exposed. Demonstrate your own obedience and harmlessness.

But Luke wasn't a dog. The dog showing its belly may really be surrendering. But Luke's submissiveness is likely to give you a big reward.

Luke shrugged, "I mean it. If things really get to the point where you can't do anything about it, then I don't need to lift my spirits. It might be better to get this done sooner."

Leave aside the relationship, admit the fight and accept the punishment.

No way, if Dumbledore wants to be serious with Luke now, then Luke has no ability to resist, and can only be a piece of meat on the eucalyptus. And now, although this person is not Dumbledore, Dumbledore has no way to take him. Luke didn't think he would have any good way to deal with such a thing. So instead of holding on, it's better to rot.

Dumbledore looked at Luke with a little headache. He's not stupid, Luke made it look like this, and he also showed it to others.

That's right, Luke really has little room to play in the face of his helpless situation.

But you expect this little guy to really resign himself to fate, that's impossible.

Although everything is fate, it is not up to anyone. But few people can willingly wait to die.

Luke's current situation certainly doesn't mean to wait for death. But there are also a lot of things to think about and consider.

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It's more about thinking and experience.

But if it is carefully arranged, it takes a lot of energy and brain power, and it is not suitable for Dumbledore to think about. In other words, this matter is not in Dumbledore's good range.

This was one of Dumbledore's own headaches.

When he was younger, he felt like he could do anything. And in his prime, such an idea was not a particularly arrogant thing in his opinion. But now it's different. The years are indeed unforgiving.

Luke's brow tightened again.

"The enemy is dark and I am clear, to be honest, we are actually quite passive."

The current situation simply did not allow for any large-scale action by Luke, as it would disturb the students in the school and the others who were staring at him. Luke has always been cautious, and there are not too many people who can be trusted.

Except for a few girls, it was not easy for anyone else to get involved with Luke.

Let's not talk about others, if Luke really has something particularly big now, and it will damage some of the Malfoy family's power, then it is very debatable whether the Malfoy family's support will continue to exist.

The union between the nobility was just that, both strong and loose.

What's more, if Luke really turned Hogwarts upside down to find the murderer, then there would definitely be people who said that Luke's abilities were not good. Now he is counting on this hand to further improve his reputation in the outside world and other things.

Therefore, the scale of the processing should not be too large.

They were jealous of their feathers, but that wasn't the case with the attacker. He misses a blow, and his character is okay when he is thousands of miles away. Unless the previous employer promised a higher price and dared to risk their lives.

After all, adding money can be said to be a universal means in many places.

"It's not a problem to be dark and clear. As long as he dares to show his head next time, then we will definitely have enough information to support us in dealing with the enemy."

To put it bluntly, the biggest problem is that there is too little information. Whether it's information about Fleur, Chriss, and Jenkins, or information about the attacker. Even the information for the experiments that Taylor was responsible for.

Dumbledore had no idea what Taylor had been working on so far. It stands to reason that he should know this kind of thing. After all, he was the headmaster, and when experimenting in school, he always had to say hello to Dumbledore. Because Dumbledore was the administrator of Hogwarts Castle.

But when Luke showed up, it was different. Just like Luke's room, maybe there's some special treatment somewhere. The Chamber of Secrets is a public area of Hogwarts.

After all, it was built within the confines of Hogwarts. But if you want to say that it is Slytherin, or the private property of the Gaunt family, it is not too much. After all, the old snake tongue and snake language are basically the standard configuration of the Gaunt family. And if the others want to enter the secret room to hunt for treasure, it will depend on Luke's face.

It's useless to look at other people's faces. Without Luke's approval, every step of the way forward in the Chamber of Secrets would be accompanied by a life-and-death crisis.

Therefore, although the idea that the secret room is private property, although it is a bit strange, there are also three points of crookedness.

Dumbledore still didn't know what Luke's instructions to Taylor were asking Taylor to study.

It will even attract attacks from others.

Dumbledore looked at the side of Luke's face as he was contemplating, shook his head, and said, "You kid didn't tell the truth. But I don't think there's going to be a third party on board."

"If a third party joins, then it is impossible to leave no trace of it."

This also made Luke breathe a sigh of relief. It is not known how Dumbledore came to his conclusions. But he also knew that he could still hear the good news today.

"I don't think you really had the wrong idea at the beginning."

Dumbledore looked at the two remnants of mana and said to Luke, "Fleur and Chrissy are right

The two of us are acquaintances. So basically everything can be determined, so the biggest suspicion actually falls on Jenkins Moore."

Luke nodded, too. Although it seems to be back, this time it is completely different from the original. This time, Luke and the others returned to their original position after removing some of the possibilities. It's the equivalent of walking through a maze, marking it and going back the way it came, and then walking again.

"I guess I won't find anything from here."

Dumbledore took a sip of the tea on the table and rubbed his eyes. Staying up late can be very harmful to young people's bodies. The physical harm to the elderly will only be greater.

It's true that the elderly feel less, but it doesn't mean that they are not easy to get tired. "If you want to find any flaws, try to find out from Beauxbatons."

Luke thought about this too: "I have written to Madame Maxim and Professor Sprout before. Hopefully they'll help look into this. I don't know when the results will be."

Then, Luke glanced at Dumbledore and said, "When necessary, keeping yourself safe doesn't take precedence. If the other party's attack hits me in the face, I won't be afraid to fight."

Luke's combat power is not weak at all, it is better to say that he is strong, but no one can fight him, and he doesn't know how strong he really is now.

If something unexpected happens, Luke will turn around and drive all three Frenchmen away.

Fleur will definitely explain it alone, but the others don't have that luck.

Seeing that Luke had made up his mind, Dumbledore smiled and said, "That's right."

Then he changed his face and said to Luke, "About Sirius......

"It's easy to settle things over there. I don't have to worry about it too much, to put it bluntly, Sirius himself can handle it very well if he gets to this point."

Luke said frankly to Dumbledore, "I've played a little trick on this. But it shouldn't hurt either. That's how things should have been. I just flapped my wings a little."

Dumbledore's words were rushed by Luke.

After a moment of silence, Luke took a deep breath, stood up, and said to Dumbledore, "Then please. I don't think the other side is really going for Taylor and her research. After all, you don't know what you're studying, and it's not possible for anyone else. So, the root of this must still be me."

"So, Professor, help me protect the others when necessary, and the previous attacker may not be impossible to solve if he leaves it to me alone."

Dumbledore nodded, "Your idea is also a good thing. But you have to be sure."

Luke smiled and said, "After yesterday's contact, I don't have to be too confident."

With that, he turned and left Dumbledore's office.

Dumbledore looked at Luke's back and took a deep breath.

Since Luke's arrival, his previous plans have been largely ruined. And he himself didn't have much time and energy to find trouble with a four-and-five-class Voldemort.

If there is already a candidate for the subsequent suppressor and leader of the wizarding world, then Dumbledore will not have to think about using his death to create a new leader.

Then the fully resurrected Voldemort may still be a little dangerous. But the torn Voldemort, let alone Luke, even Dumbledore didn't pay attention to it. Otherwise, it would not be in the original book, again and again, using Voldemort as a whetstone.

Originally, Dumbledore himself was the water used for quenching. Use his death to completely abandon illusions and face reality with his chosen savior.

But now, the leader has a ready-made one, and he doesn't even need to be trained very much. So of course, Dumbledore no longer wanted to give up his life. However, these ready-made leaders, if not well guided, will naturally not be less harmful than Voldemort.

So Dumbledore now

's energy is still more focused on guiding Luke.

If Luke's growth is not well guided again, it leads to a bad ending. Then Dumbledore would have had a hard time taking such a blow.

One mistake of one's own judgment will lead many innocent Muggles and wizards to a point of no return.

After experiencing this kind of thing once, that is, after not teaching Tom well, Dumbledore learned his lesson, and of course he will not teach Luke badly again.

Dumbledore tapped on the table and looked at the two magical orbs floating in the air in front of him.

This is the remnant of the magic he found. Aside from the nature of the magic that spells impart, the magic produced by each person is different. In the eyes of some people who are more knowledgeable, this is the real place to distinguish a wizard.

After all, in the wizarding world, everything else is still too easy to disguise.

Luke didn't pay much attention to the two balls at the time, and if he did, he would know that this thing was not simple.

There are very few people who can see the essence of other people's magic.

At that moment, a flash of light flashed through Dumbledore's mind.

"yes, that's a possibility."