Madame Maxim straightened her tall and burly frame. Her handsome head touched a chandelier lit with candles, and her huge breasts in black satin rose and fell violently.

"What the hell does that mean, Dumbledore?" She said arrogantly.

"I'd like to know that too, Dumbledore," Professor Karkaroff said—with a cold smile on his face and a pair of blue eyes as cold as ice, "There are three Warriors at Hogwarts?" I don't remember anyone telling me that the host school could have two more Warriors, but I didn't read those statutes carefully enough? ”

He let out a short laugh, and his voice was unpleasant.

"This can't be," said Lady Maxime, her large hand with many ornate opals resting on Fleur's shoulder, "it's grossly unfair that Hogwarts can't have two champions. ”

"We have the impression that your age line will keep out underage competitors, Dumbledore," Karkaroff said, still with a cold smile on his face and a chill in his eyes, "otherwise, we will definitely bring more candidates from our school." ”

"Did you throw your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry or Hermione?" Dumbledore asked.

"Nope." Harry and Hermione shook their heads together.

"Have you asked an older student to help you put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" Dumbledore asked.

"Nope." Harry and Hermione replied without hesitation.

"They're definitely lying!" Madame Maxim exclaimed.

"Dumbledore's line must be wrong." Madame Maxim said, shrugging her shoulders.

"Of course, it's possible." Dumbledore said politely.

"Dumbledore, you know you're not mistaken!" Professor McGonagall said angrily, "How ridiculous! There's no way Harry and Hermione could have crossed that line, and as Professor Dumbledore believed, they didn't convince the seniors to do it for him, and I think everyone else should believe that! ”

"Since you don't agree that there are three warriors at Hogwarts, why not just leave Cedric, whose name was spewed out, and delete the names of Harry and Hermione, why be so excited!" Neither Mrs. Maxim nor Karkaroff expected a student to have the courage to speak in front of them, and when he saw Maple, Karkaroff looked disdainful, as if he was a little unhappy that such a little boy had interfered in their conversation. However, he was a little moved by Maple's proposal.

"That's a good idea." Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff agreed.

"But their names are spewing out of the Goblet of Fire, what do you say?" Ludo Bagman seemed to have some objections, but his attitude was not tough if his waist was not hard, and he subconsciously turned his gaze to Barty Crouch on the side, "Barty, what do you think?" ”

"We have to abide by the rules, which clearly state that anyone whose name comes out of the Goblet of Fire must compete in the Triwizard Tournament."

"Hey, Barty memorized the charter so well." Bagman said, a smile immediately on his face, and looked back at Karkaroff and Madame Maxim, as if the matter had been resolved satisfactorily.

"I insisted that my other students re-enroll." Kakarov said. His voice was no longer smooth, his smile was gone, and the expression on his face was unsightly, "You must put the Goblet of Fire back up, and we will keep adding names to it until each school produces two warriors." That's fair, Dumbledore. ”

"But Karkaroff, I'm afraid it won't work," said Bagman, "the Goblet of Fire has just been extinguished, and it won't be rekindled until the next tournament—"

Maple sighed secretly, is it really not good?

Barty Crouch, who was caught in the Imperius curse, and Barty Crouch, who was undercover, are really difficult to do when their father and son join forces, and it seems too naïve for Maple to directly cross out the names of Harry and Hermione.

"In the next tournament, Durmstrang will never participate!" Karkaroff was furious, "We had so many meetings, after so many negotiations and consultations, I didn't expect such a thing to happen!" I almost want to leave now! ”

"Threat of bluffing, Karkarov!" A voice by the door roared, "You can't leave your warriors now. He had to compete. They all have to compete. As Dumbledore had said, this was subject to a magical contract. It's good for you, isn't it? ”

Moody just walked into the room. He limped towards the fire, and every time his right foot hit the ground, there was a loud thud.

"Proneficial?" Karkaroff said, "I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, Moody. ”

He tried to make his tone look contemptuous, as if he didn't give a damn about Moody's words, but his hands exposed his heart, and they involuntarily clenched into fists.

"Really?" Moody whispered, "It's simple, Karkaroff. Someone put the names of Potter and Granger in that goblet, and he knew that if the names were spewed out, they would have to compete. ”

"Obviously, that guy wants to give Hogwarts three chances!" Madame Maxim said.

"I agree with you, Madame Maxim," Karkaroff said, bowing to her, "I am going to file a complaint with the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards—"

"If there's anyone to complain, it's Potter and Granger," Moody said gruffly, "but, interestingly, I didn't hear a word from them—"

"Why are they complaining?" Fleur Delacour couldn't help but ask, stomping her foot, "They've had a chance to compete, and for weeks, we've been hoping we've been drafted!" Glory to our school! There is also a prize of one thousand Galleons, an opportunity that many people can only dream of! ”

"Maybe someone wants them to die for it." Moody said, with a hint of growl in his tone.

After his words, there was a tense silence. Ludo Bagman looked very anxious, his body jumping up and down uneasily, and his mouth said, "Moody, you old fellow, how can you say such a thing!" ”

"We all know that Professor Moody would have wasted the morning if he hadn't found out six people trying to murder him before lunch." Karkaroff exclaimed, "Apparently, he is also teaching his students to be suspicious and think that someone is trying to kill him." As a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, this quality is really rare, Dumbledore. But there is no doubt that you have your own considerations. ”

"What, I'm making something out of nothing?" Moody roared, "I have feelings, huh? The man who threw the boy's name into the goblet was definitely a wizard with a clever means... ”

"Oh, what proof do you have for that?" Madame Maxim asked, holding up two large hands.

"Because they deceived a very powerful magic artifact!" Moody said, "It would take a particularly strong confusion spell to blind that goblet into forgetting that there were only three schools in the tournament, and I suspect they must have put the names of Potter and Granger in as students from the fourth and fifth schools, making sure they were the only candidates for that school... ”

"You seem to have put a lot of thought into this, Moody," Karkaroff said coldly, "it's a pretty novel theory, but, of course, I've heard that a birthday present you received contained a clever basilisk egg, and you smashed it to pieces, only to find out that it was a travel alarm clock." Therefore, if we do not take your words very seriously, you can understand ... ”

Bingo, Karkaroff inadvertently told the truth, but he didn't know it.

"It's true that there are people who use innocent and innocuous activities to achieve their own ends," Moody retorted in a threatening tone, "My job is to think like a dark wizard, Karkaroff, and you shouldn't forget—"

"Alasto!" Dumbledore warned. Harry didn't understand who he was talking to, and then it became clear that "Mad-Eye" couldn't be Moody's real name. Moody was silent, but still looked at Karkaroff with a sense of disgust, and Karkaroff's face was as red as if it were on fire.

"How this situation came about, we don't know." Dumbledore said to everyone gathered in the room, "But it seems to me that we have no choice but to accept it. Cedric and Harry were both selected for the tournament. Therefore they must ... ”

"Ah, but Dumbledore—"

"My dear Madame Maxim, if you have another solution, I'm willing to hear from you."

Dumbledore waited, but Lady Maxim didn't speak, she just stared angrily. And she wasn't the only one who showed a dissatisfied look. Karkaroff's face turned grim, but Bagman looked very excited.

Maple didn't know that Moody actually didn't want to cause more trouble and added Hermione's name, but Clear, who had just joined but made a great contribution, wanted to retaliate against Maple for making this request, and unfortunately, Maple used the power of Uncle Nine to teach him a good lesson when Voldemort seized the Philosopher's Stone. In addition, Voldemort thought that even the addition of Harry's name would cause Dumbledore to be alarmed, and it would not hurt to add one more, so Voldemort, who was not much less vindictive than Clearle, agreed to Clearle's request.

Although he didn't know this, Maple could also see that since Moody had voted in the names of both of them, he would probably not agree to delete either Harry and Hermione if he wanted to.

After all, he is still only a minor, and his voice is not at all comparable to Moody's. Although Moody was ostracized by many people in the Ministry of Magic, and people hated ghosts, they felt nothing but hatred and fear for Moody. If Moody insisted strongly, no one in the room could stop him except Dumbledore and Barty Crouch.

And Barty Crouch won't be as bottomless as Moody insisted on Harry and Hermione to play, but he won't vote against it.

As for Dumbledore, he was so holy that Karkaroff dared to yell at him.

"I have an offer." Maple then spoke.

"Don't scream here, little kids!" Karkaroff said angrily, he was upset and didn't dare to attack Moody, so he threw all the fire on Maple.

"Mr. Karkaroff, if I were you, I would keep my mouth shut. Hogwarts already has two more names than you, and my current proposal will certainly work in your favor. As if someone had choked his throat, Karkaroff's face turned purple all of a sudden. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Madame Maxim would have wanted to laugh a little.

"Go on, I want to see, what do you think?" Karkaroff was slapped hard by Maple, his face was very ugly, and his mouth was hateful.

"There are three Hogwarts warriors, more than Beauxbatons and Durmstrang combined, so it's so unfair to them." Karkaroff snorted, which Maple ignored and continued: "As hosts, we can't let you suffer without doing anything. My suggestion would be to use the extra Harry and Hermione as substitute Warriors, and you could also pick two more Warriors as substitutes. ”

"It's not compliant." Before Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff could agree, Mr. Crouch spoke first.

"Yes, it's not compliant. However, as Professor Moody had said, it was clear that someone was in the way, otherwise the Goblet of Fire would have chosen only three Champions without the intervention of the wizards. Maybe Hogwarts wanted to win, as the conspiracy theories say, maybe it was the remnants of some underworld who wanted to get revenge on Harry, or even the names of Harry and Hermione were two different people.

But since some outlaws have already sabotaged the game without Professor Dumbledore and the others noticing, it would be okay for us to adjust it appropriately. Moody and Crouch were unmoved, and Mrs. Maxim and Karkaroff did not speak rashly, and it seemed that they were going back to before.

Although Maple's performance now surprised all of them, it does not mean that they take Maple's words seriously. Maple's age is his biggest bruise.

But Maple also has their unexpected killer moves-

"Professor Dumbledore, the referees in charge of the Triwizard Tournament are all here."

"Of course, you mean—" Dumbledore quickly guessed what Maple was thinking, and agreed.

"Since the rulings of the Triwizard Tournament are all in your responsibility, then this matter also belongs to the affairs of the Triwizard Tournament, so it is better for you to vote on it as well!"

Barty Crouch looked at Maple steadily, and Maple looked at him without showing any hint of weakness. The people around them fell silent, waiting for Mr. Crouch's decision.

"Okay, let's vote then!" Mr. Crouch agreed.

Moody gave Maple a strange look, and at this moment he seemed to see Maple as an opponent to be taken seriously, but that was about it. Moody is not a referee and has no voting power, but even if he is a member of the referee, Moody has no intention of objecting, he just needs to make sure that Harry and Hermione are not removed from the roster.

Not surprisingly, the vote passed. Lady Maxime, Karkaroff, and Professor Dumbledore all raised their hands, and even Ludo Bagman thought it was funny and voted in favor.

Both Madame Maxim and Karkaroff smiled with satisfaction.

It was a stroke of genius to let the referee vote, and it really made him complete.

Cedric Diggory, Victor Krum, and Fleur Delacour couldn't help but glance at Maple a few times, and they all thought they couldn't do it for Maple, who was talking eloquently in front of several bigwigs. Krum was still so gloomy, Cedric was a little ashamed, and Fleur Delacour gave a strange look.

"Dumbledore, your student's advice is much better than if you did nothing, I think it's time for you to step down and make way for the virtuous." After the end, Karkaroff did not forget to taunt.

"Your proposal is good, and when he graduates, I will seriously consider the candidate you proposed." Dumbledore replied politely. Karkaroff choked up, he didn't expect his taunt to help the little bastard, and his mood began to be depressed again.

"I also have a proposal that if all nine people do the last project, that's too many." Maple finally revealed his killer feature, "Since six people are substitutes, if the previous score of the last event does not exceed that of the school's Warriors, then they cannot participate in the last event, otherwise the substitutes will replace the Warriors in the last event." This will not only ensure that the best talent from each school will participate in the final project, but also motivate the three warriors not to be replaced by their own replacements. ”

"The most dangerous and final part of the Triwizard Tournament is to eliminate the incompetent ones and ensure that the remaining warriors have the ability to protect themselves. At the same time, it also brought the last game back to normal, so that the plot of the guy who intended to disrupt the normal conduct of the Triwizard Tournament could not succeed. ”

"Why don't we vote again?" Dumbledore's eyes lit up, and he spoke before anyone could say anything against it.

Naturally, Moody wanted to stop it, but after a round of voting, it was too late for him to change. Failing to prevent the first round of referee voting is tantamount to acquiescing in the authority of voting, and he, who is not a referee, has lost the reason to intervene at this moment.

Moody felt a wave of frustration as he was being calculated by an underage wizard. He stared at Maple, who had thought he had overestimated Maple's abilities as much as he could, only to realize that he had underestimated Maple. We should no longer take him lightly as an underage student, but as an adult, and treat him on an equal footing with ourselves.

Moody thought to himself that he had to report this to his master immediately.

"Okay."

Naturally, the vote passed unexpectedly, but unexpectedly, it was unanimously passed, and even Barty Crouch also voted for it.

It seems that although Barty Crouch has been hit by the Imperius Curse, Voldemort has not yet regained his full strength, so he cannot completely control Barty Crouch.

Except for the undercover Moody's, everyone seems to be happy.

"Okay, shall we proceed, or will we wait until all the warriors are ready, and then we will be the warrior coach?" Bagman said.

"Let's do it now, Madame Maxim and Karkaroff can explain to their bench warriors what to look out for warriors."

"Barty, it's up to you." Ludo Bagman said.

"Okay," Barty Crouch said, as he seemed mentally exhausted, "Mentoring, yes—first project—"

He took a few steps forward and stepped into the aperture of the fire. Barty Crouch didn't seem to wake up, and his face was very haggard. There are two deep shadows under the eyes, and the wrinkled skin is as white as paper, exactly like the two of them did at the Quidditch World Cup.

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