Chapter 910: dialogue

"This is what you did last night?"

Snape put down the paper and stared at Dumbledore, as if he wanted to know something from him.

"You knew it a long time ago, didn't you?"

"I knew it a long time ago? No, we just happened to talk to Batty about strengthening the security measures for the Triwizard Tournament, and by the way to verify the guess." Dumbledore looked calm, although Batty's death made him feel It's a pity, but after living for a century, he has seen more farewells, no sadness.

"Did you kill the Dark Lord?" Snape couldn't help asking his doubts. He opened his left arm to reveal the Dark Mark on it: "The Dark Lord has become weak, and the Dark Mark has even been restored to what it used to be. Situation."

"Kill, no, no, I just drove him away temporarily." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Tell me about the school. There should be nothing unusual during my absence."

"Moody still looks suspicious. I suspect he knows you asked me to watch him." Snape said.

"Anything else?"

Dumbledore didn't care about this. He knew early on that with Aristo Moody's caution, he would discover this sooner or later.

"Potter is sick. According to him, it seems that the scar on his forehead hurts. It is not an ordinary scar." Snape continued. "Even Mrs. Pomfrey has nothing to do."

"Does the scar hurt?" Dumbledore looked thoughtful.

"You must know the reason." Snape said.

"I'm not sure." Dumbledore actually guessed the reason.

"Do you think that Voldemort will have a physical body again?" Snape was still more concerned about Voldemort's question.

"Peter Pettigrew is still alive. Although the Auror of the Ministry of Magic is catching him everywhere, I doubt that the Ministry of Magic can catch him." Dumbledore did not believe that the Ministry of Magic had such an ability. "Since this is the first time. , There will be a second time. I think Voldemort should now be eager to have a physical body and restore his previous strength. I have no doubt about this. It is only a matter of time."

Snape's face looked paler than usual.

"Although I don't want to admit it, you'd better prepare in advance, you know what I mean." Dumbledore said, looking at Snape.

"I know what I should do." Snape jerked his lips slightly, turned and left.

Dumbledore looked at the back of Snape's departure, picked up the Daily Prophet, looked at the front-page news, and muttered, "You did it anyway."

"That guy is simply a shame to the Ministry. I really don't understand why such a person can become the Minister of Magic." The portrait in the principal's office began to denounce Fudge after Snape left.

"No way, some things are just like this."

Dumbledore raised his hand to signal the portraits to be quiet, grabbed a handful of shiny powder from a jar on the mantelpiece and sprinkled it in the fireplace, and said to the rising green flame: "Alastor, please come to the principal." office."

A few seconds later, Mad-Eye Moody crawled out of the fire in the fireplace.

"Sit down, old man!" Dumbledore pulled Moody's armchair. "Tell me about the situation last night!"

"If you insist, I think Potter is ill." Moody recalled: "Otherwise, nothing was wrong. No one left the castle or spread the news. Of course, Snape was still suspicious. , I found that he grabbed his left arm for a while, it should be the location of his Dark Demon mark. If that thing has any special function, you know Death Eaters can summon Voldemort through the mark."

"I see." Dumbledore was watching Moody secretly.

"I read the latest issue of the Daily Prophet, and I always feel that Fudge seems to be hiding some secrets." Moody cast a searching look at Dumbledore, and he could probably guess what happened last night.

Little Batty was actually very angry, but he had to hold it back now so that Dumbledore could not see a flaw, otherwise he would really be finished. Moreover, you can't drink tranquilizers, so that the other party will see any flaws.

"It's Voldemort," Dumbledore said. "Voldemort used Imperius to control Barty. I suspect he has another helper besides Peter Pettigrew."

"Who?"

"Barty Crouch Jr.," Dumbledore said without hesitation.

"I remember Barty Crouch Jr. seemed to have died in Azkaban?"

Moody's face trembles indelibly, frowning and saying, "The body should have been buried in Azkaban's cemetery by the Dementor."

"I know, but... Peter Pettigrew's body was also buried in Azkaban, but he is still alive, so Barty Crouch Jr. might not have died either." Dumbledore murmured, "Otherwise, Why did Voldemort want to control or even kill Barty?"

"Do you suspect Barty Crouch Jr. sneaked into Hogwarts?"

"I don't know, if he really sneaked into Hogwarts and moved under my nose, I wouldn't have found something wrong."

Dumbledore's control over Hogwarts is actually very strong. Basically few people can hide from him.

"Are you suspicious of anyone in the school, including me?" Moody said suddenly.

"Sorry old man."

"Understandably, before the guy was found, everyone seemed suspicious." Moody didn't care too much about it. "However, we know enough about both parties. If you find anything suspicious about me, The place has already subdued me in the first place."

Dumbledore did not object. This is indeed the reason why he only doubts Moody now. In fact, he shouldn't show it, but he still let Moody know his attitude towards this matter, and see how he reacts by the way.

"Tell me about the situation last night, did you meet Voldemort?" Moody turned the subject away, showing enough curiosity and vigilance about what happened last night.

"Yes, Voldemort became a baby."

"He has recovered his body, which is not good news." Moody murmured.

"It's a bit bad. There are one or two things like this. I haven't figured out what Voldemort's situation is." Dumbledore sighed and said, "That guy seems to be plotting a big conspiracy. The Aurors are in Batty. I found a lot of medicinal materials at home."

"At least, you successfully frustrated Voldemort's conspiracy. If you can catch Peter Pettigrew, you should be able to get more useful news from the other party." Moody sounds a bit regretful: "Moreover, I am sorry for Peter Pettigrew. I am very interested in how to come back to life after death."

"Mrs. Peter visited Azkaban two days ago," Dumbledore said suddenly.

"It's not worth it," Moody said after a moment of silence. "I remember that the Ministry of Magic would not easily send family members to visit Azkaban. Fudge must have accepted the other party's Garon."

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