ca-book Chapter 396 Conspiracy
Chapter 396 Conspiracy
"What you said is indeed a possibility."
Zhang Qi frowned, peeled off another chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth.
"I have a rough idea."
Dumbledore said softly.
"Let me guess, what you mean is that as the strongest student in the entire school, I can definitely participate in this competition as long as I sign up. So as long as I participate, it is impossible for others to occupy my place. Naturally, There is no danger. Is that what you think?”
Zhang Qi asked.
"That's exactly what I thought."
Dumbledore nodded.
"Putting a piece of paper with your name on it into the Holy Grail? Haven't you thought about some loopholes in this kind of thing?"
Zhang Qi immediately asked:
"Suppose I put Astoria's name into the Holy Grail's magic, but used some other means to make the Holy Grail mistakenly think that Astoria is the only student of the 7th school, then she must be able to participate This game, whether I have a spot or not.”
"Yes, so I will keep an eye on Moody. I have now told all the other professors about his problem. The four deans, Father Anderson and Mr. Kel'Thuzad will take turns to stand guard next to the Goblet of Fire, even late at night. exception".
Dumbledore nodded very solemnly.
"However, I want to ask you a question, why can't we just drag this impostor out of his lounge and beat him up, use torture tools and pepper water to slowly pry open his mouth, and then learn everything Where is the truth?”
Zhang Qi asked with some disdain.
"Violence is never a means to make people surrender. You are still very young and should not be exposed to this."
Dumbledore sighed.
"I hope you can participate in this competition. I will deliberately draw the age line to a position just right for you to participate. Although such a move will make several other magic schools think that I am showing favoritism. But my face is about to be buried. For the elderly, it is not an important thing.”
"I think there is a high probability that you will not change my mind. I really just want to sit in the audience, eat potato chips and watch the wonderful performance, instead of having to go off to fight the fire dragon to the death."
Zhang Qi sighed.
"I can't be sure that Moody is the only impostor in the school, so naturally I can't catch him and torture him as you want, but please believe me, I will definitely find all the moles before the competition is held." .
Dumbledore assured Zhang Qi.
“I have no confidence in your guarantee”…
Zhang Qi snorted.
"Now, in addition to Ifamoni School and the Magic Institute, four schools including us have determined their own projects. Do you need me to tell you about it?"
Dumbledore handed over a cup of lemon tea, then blinked.
"Let me guess, Beauxbatons is conducting kidnappings under the Black Lake, Durmstrang wants us to fight fire dragons, and considering your morbid obsession with maze games, our project is most likely related to mazes." .
"As for China, I don't see the future clearly."
Zhang Qi took a sip of black tea and then placed the tea cup on the table.
"Truly worthy of being a Delphic prophet."
Dumbledore clapped his hands in surprise.
"Everything you guessed is correct, but China's project is actually very simple, so simple that even an old man like me is amazed by it."
"The project they proposed is a duel by random drawing. The two people who are drawn will have a duel with no restrictions, but they cannot intentionally harm human life. Whoever wins will advance."
"But after one round, there are only three people left. If there is an odd number, there will be no duel."
Zhang Qi knocked on the table.
"The three eliminated people will have a duel, and whoever wins among the three people can advance again."
Dumbledore waved his hand.
"But these are not things we should be concerned about anymore. I have already informed the four deans that they will be on duty for the first night shift today."
Grain“It’s so hard for these guys, we can’t even go to the toilet.”
Zhang Qi stood up and put on his coat.
"Tonight we will have a selection. If you want to participate, just throw a piece of paper with your name on it into the Holy Grail."
Dumbledore nodded, and then watched the unfathomable young man walk out of his room.
"Perhaps you are right, old friend, and he can really bring about change in this lifeless world."
Dumbledore muttered to himself.
………………
Just as Zhang Qi expected, at the dinner, when Dumbledore announced that there was no age limit for this competition, the whole auditorium exploded.
Students from all walks of life discussed this competition very excitedly, looking forward to being selected and receiving cheers from others.
However, after learning about the history of the competition, most people said that this work was not done by humans, and then left the venue with regret.
"Do you want to sign up?"
The white-haired girl happily gnawed on the chicken legs, then blinked and asked.
"I don't really think about it. I just want to be an audience down there."
Zhang Qi waved his hand and stuffed the last piece of beef into his mouth.
"I don't want to participate either."
Astoria grabbed a napkin and wiped her mouth gracefully.
"Eat less and be careful about the horizontal development in the future. The meat should grow in the right place, at least it shouldn't grow on the belly"...
Zhang Qi shook his head gently.
"I'm not fat"!
Astoria waved her fist unhappily and glared at Zhang Qi, but she didn't seem to understand what Zhang Qi meant.
"Brother, yesterday was your sister-in-law's birthday. You stayed in someone else's room and disturbed their world. Don't you plan to make some compensation?"
Shen Meng gently poked her brother with her finger.
"It's as if you didn't live in someone else's room, but I do have this idea."
Shen Jian glared at his sister, then nodded thoughtfully.
………………
"Good evening, Severus, what brings you here?"
There was no noise in the auditorium late at night. Professor McGonagall was sitting next to the Goblet of Fire with a frown on her face. She happened to see Snape walking up the stairs below.
"Hilbert's note, he agreed to participate in this competition."
Snape nodded slightly, and then showed the note in his hand to Professor McGonagall.
"Ah, it seems that Dumbledore's guess is right, this child will definitely participate in the competition."
Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded.
"Hurry up and throw the note in. I need to stay until midnight, and I won't need the sobering potion you prepared for the time being."
"Well, I wish you a good sleep in the rest of the night, Professor McGonagall."
Snape nodded, then walked towards the flaming Holy Grail and threw the note in his hand into the flames.
In a direction that Professor McGonagall couldn't see, the firelight illuminated the strange smile that flashed across "Snape's" face, as well as the neatly written English name on the parchment that had been half engulfed in flames.
"Astoria Greengrass".