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"I only learned about Batty from Dumbledore two weeks ago." Taylor's expression was heavy, "The message from the Ministry of Magic just said that he said he was sick for a long time and hadn't gone to work for a long time, and he couldn't find him at home. The person is suspected to be missing."

"Just last night, when I got up in the middle of the night to take care of the herbs in the greenhouse, I saw a staggering figure wandering around the edge of the woods where I live."

"At first I thought it was some drunken man in the town who had gone the wrong way, but when I approached the man with a lamp, I realized that he was the missing Barty Crouch."

"When I saw him, his mental state seemed a little off. I asked him why he was here. He didn't answer my question. He just kept repeating that he wanted to see Dumbledore."

"I was thinking of taking him to my house first and pouring the poor guy a cup of hot cocoa and maybe calming him down a bit, but when I hit him he was like crazy Like Li, he broke free from my hand and ran away into the depths of the woods."

"I still need someone to watch over my house, so I have no way to set off and try to find him by myself. I can only tell Dumbledore about this as soon as possible this morning, to see if I can tell what this may be. Thrill guy to take to St. Mungo's."

After getting specific information from him, Sherlock had stood up from his chair, and he asked solemnly.

"Are you still sure that Crouch is still in that forest?"

Taylor shook his head.

"I can't be sure. I can only say that I did see him in the middle of the night last night, and he did run towards the woods. As for whether he is still in the woods, I don't know."

After knowing everything that could be known, Sherlock didn't stay with him for long, and said goodbye directly, turning around and entering the forest he was talking about.

Immediately afterward, Fox and Fiddlesticks, the red and one black birds, were released.

The woods are not big, and the trees are sparse, so you can get a wider view from above.

And after Sherlock walked into this forest, he keenly discovered some special traces.

The ground here is very soft, and the edge of the woods, where Taylor accidentally met Crouch, indeed has many messy footprints, which obviously belong to one person, and have been extending into the depths of the woods.

Sherlock searched the woods along the traces of these footprints, Sky, Fox and Fiddlesticks were also helping him expand the search area.

Soon he made a new discovery.

It's just that these discoveries didn't come from Crouch, but from several other wizards.

The appearance of these wizards is not unfamiliar to Sherlock.

Each of them is a pure-blood wizard with a previous record as a Death Eater, and one of them is carrying a fainted old man on his shoulders.

That person is the Barty Crouch that Sherlock is looking for on this trip!
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At the same time, in Hogwarts, the second event of the Triwizard Tournament also started as scheduled.

There are still five referees, but the missing Crouch is temporarily replaced by his new assistant Percy.

Audience seats were also set up by the Black Lake at this time, so that the students could directly see the progress of the warriors' game.

But in fact, they basically can't see anything underwater. At most, they can only know who is the first to complete the race.

Harry finally made it to the arena 10 minutes before the start of the game.

He slept in the library in a daze last night, and was only woken up by Dobby early this morning.

In the end, he still didn't find the spell about free movement underwater from any magic book, but Dobby who woke him up gave him new hope.

As a house elf, Dobby can enter and leave many places in the castle. He overheard the details about the competition in advance and helped Harry find a gillsweed.

After eating this plant, the user can grow fish-like gills and breathe freely underwater.

Dobby had undoubtedly been a great help to Harry.

He rushed to the scene of the game with the gill grass, and almost everyone was waiting for him.

Fortunately, except for the fact that the principals of the other two magic schools didn't seem to be in a good mood, none of the referees reprimanded Harry for this.

After he arrived, the game officially began.

Everyone has their own way of getting into the water.

Krum used superb transfiguration, turning his head into a shark's head, which can not only breathe underwater, but also have a human body and use magic.

Both Cedric and Fleur used the Bubble Curse. This kind of spell, which can only be learned in the senior grades, is obviously not something Harry can get in touch with in advance.

Harry also ate gillweed, and the sides of his cheeks became fish-like gills, with webs between his fingers and toes.

Compared with the performance of the other three, Harry was obviously the most ordinary now, even a little ridiculous, which made the students in the auditorium burst into laughter.

But Harry wasn't in the mood for the jeers.

He already knew from Dobby that Ron was tied to the bottom of the water at this time, and through the singing of the mermaids in the golden egg, he subconsciously thought that if he didn't rescue Ron in time, he might die underwater .

So after entering the black lake, he desperately went downstream to find the figures of those mermaids.

Soon no one saw it, but a familiar singing sound came up from the bottom of the water.

It was the song sung by the mermaid. With this voice as his target, Harry swam towards the direction of the song without hesitation.

From a distance, he could already see four unconscious figures tied up.

Not only Ron, but also Hermione, Cho Chang and Fleur's sister Gabriel whom he met at Delacour's house in France.

Each of the four hostages was related to Harry!

Two are his friends, one is his crush, and the other is his friend's sister.

Harry didn't see this as a game anymore, he wanted to get every hostage trapped here.

But those ugly mermaids guarding the hostages with a fork in their hands certainly wouldn't let him do something that violated the rules.

Just as Harry was arguing with the mermaids, he drew out his wand and was about to do it.

A heavy fork suddenly hit the back of his neck, Harry's eyes went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)