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Chapter 271 The Fourth Warrior

There was no applause, and after Dumbledore pronounced Harry's name, a sound like bees arguing appeared in the auditorium.

Harry sat blankly in his seat, staring blankly at those who kept leaving his seat and looking in his direction.

"You know that," he murmured to Ron and Hermione, "I didn't! I didn't even sign up."

Hermione and Ron were also at a loss, and they didn't know why this happened.

The noise in the auditorium was very loud and chaotic, and it was difficult to hear what the students sitting here were talking about.

Sherlock, who was sitting on the high platform, looked at Harry's direction with a pensive expression. The scene where Dumbledore pronounced Harry's name just now reminded him of something.

In his vague memory, Harry did participate in the Triwizard Tournament in the original book, and won the Triwizard Cup at the end.

So, why did his name appear in the Goblet of Fire?

Just when this question arose in Sherlock's mind, Professor McGonagall stood up from her seat eagerly, and hurried to Dumbledore's side.

Sherlock could vaguely hear her saying to Dumbledore, "...Let Harry go to the back first."

Dumbledore nodded, and then silenced the hall again.

"Harry, please come up and go behind the door."

Everyone in the auditorium was looking at Harry. At this time, he didn't feel the slightest sense of honor. He just felt like a monkey being watched by others, wishing to dig a hole directly from the ground. go in.

When he walked to the high platform, he and Dumbledore looked at each other. Dumbledore didn't have a smile on his face, and his expression was even more gloomy.

Almost all the teachers on the long table were looking at him, and Harry looked at them helplessly, and only Sherlock blinked at him, which relieved him a little from the tension in his heart.

Harry was taken behind the gate that only the chosen warriors could enter, and then Dumbledore asked Flitwick to help keep the auditorium in order, and called McGonagall, Snape, and Xia Xiao, who had been determined to guide the warriors before. Locke and Moody walked into the compartment together.

Karkaroff and Madame Maxime also walked in together. Both of them had ugly faces. In the entire auditorium, they were the two who showed the most displeasure about the accident.

The remaining two referees, Balmain and Crouch, looked as usual. One expressed amazement at such a change, while the other remained paralyzed with a preoccupied look.

They came to the cubicle at the back of the auditorium.

Harry was standing there fidgeting, becoming the focus of the eyes of the other three qualified warriors.

Balmain explained to Fleur and Cedric that Harry became the No.4 chosen warrior.

Others present had a dispute over this matter, and Karkaroff and Madam Maxim naturally expressed strong dissatisfaction.

Hogwarts has one more contestant, even if it is only a fourth-year student, it will increase the chances of winning a lot.

Snape questioned what kind of means Harry used to successfully register. Professor McGonagall said angrily that she believed that Harry would never violate the rules and ask senior students to register for him.

While they were arguing, Sherlock and Moody were sitting in an unobtrusive corner, talking quietly.

"Look at Harry's performance." Moody's magic prosthetic eye was fixed on Harry, and it kept turning, "I have a lot of experience in interrogating prisoners. His current demeanor is definitely not a disguise, and That is to say, Harry didn't know that he could be selected as a warrior."

Sherlock touched his slightly prickly chin and pondered.

"The possibility of Harry cheating on the registration can be determined to be zero. If he didn't do it himself, then someone secretly helped him throw the parchment with his name on it into the Goblet of Fire without his knowledge. "

Moody's voice was hoarse and low.

"The person who made this is very clear that the age limit for the Triwizard Tournament is a condition that was added this year. The Goblet of Fire will not only consider students over the age of seventeen, as long as the name is thrown into the cup Everyone in it will become its candidates."

"But this person cannot guarantee that the Goblet of Fire will definitely choose Harry as a Hogwarts warrior. Even if he is famous, he is only a fourth-year student with very limited knowledge of magic. In this castle, There are plenty of senior students who are stronger than him."

"So this guy used a very clever confusion charm to make that stupid wooden goblet think that there were four schools participating in this competition, and that Harry Potter was the only candidate for the fourth school, so that It will ensure that he will be selected!"

"We all know that the process of selecting warriors by the Goblet of Fire is actually making a magical promise that cannot be violated. As long as you are selected, no matter who it is, you must participate in the subsequent competitions!"

Having said that, Moody came to a conclusion.

"Someone wants Harry to participate in this Triwizard Tournament! The ultimate goal is most likely to kill him in the following competition!"

Sherlock shook his head at this, and had other different opinions.

"I don't think it's that simple, and it doesn't make sense that someone wants Harry to take part in this Triwizard Tournament. But if the person really wants Harry dead, then his better chances are among all When all the attention of the Triwizard Tournament was attracted, he would attack Harry again. But now, doing such a thing will only make more people's eyes stay on Harry, and make it even more inconvenient for him to do it. "

Moody frowned after listening to Sherlock's reasoning.

"Then what is his purpose?"

Sherlock narrowed his eyes.

"We can't do anything about it, but do you think it's possible that the person who threw Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire is in this room?"

Moody's hand hidden in his sleeve was clenched suddenly, but then he slowly relaxed again.

Seeing in this room, the five judges who had ended their quarrel, chose to accept the reality, pinched their noses and recognized Harry, the fourth extra warrior, and let him compete, Moody said calmly.

"Of course Dumbledore has absolutely no such possibility, and each of the other four cannot be ruled out as suspects."

After confirming that Hogwarts will have two warriors participating in the Triwizard Tournament, the expressions of Karkaroff and Madam Maxime became even more ugly.

(End of this chapter)