It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Chapter 320 Purpose
Harry and the mermaid named Leach were taken to the principal's office together.

Regarding taking Leach away, after confirming that he was really under the Imperius Curse, the mermaids did not express any objection, but only hoped that Dumbledore could guarantee Leach's safety.

Mermaids and centaurs are completely opposite in their attitudes towards wizards. These magical races who always live underwater know that it is best not to have any hostile intentions with wizards.

After all, people have big fists, and they should be subdued when they should be subdued. This is not ashamed.

Moody was the only one who came to the principal's office with him besides Sherlock.

Bagman originally wanted to come with him and care about Harry's situation, but Dumbledore declined him after seeing Sherlock winking secretly.

They walked into the office together, and Moody and Harry were surprised to see Crouch here.

"Why is Batty here?" Moody asked in surprise.

Seeing Crouch lying on the sofa, just fainted and obviously still breathing, the expression on Dumbledore's face couldn't help but relax a lot.

"It's Sherlock's credit, he brought Batty back."

Sherlock just waved his hand without saying anything.

Crouch's matter can be discussed at any other time, and the key issue now is to figure out Harry's problem.

Dumbledore sat on the chair, clasped his hands together, and looked at Harry. His blue eyes were still so peaceful, which made Harry feel more relaxed.

"I need to confirm some things from you. Harry, did you just say that after the mermaid knocked you out, he dragged you to the bottom of the Black Lake?"

Harry organized his words, there was no one else here, so he could explain what happened more clearly.

"Yes, Professor, I was woken up by my mother's voice. I just woke up and saw him grabbing my arm and taking me to the bottom of the lake, and then looking for something along the bottom of the lake."

"Did he show any intention of killing or injuring you?" Dumbledore continued.

Harry said sure.

"No, if he wants to kill me, he can do it when I was knocked unconscious at the beginning, and later, he has already taken away my wand, and he has a chance to kill me at any time, but he Didn't do that."

His words revealed a lot of information, which made Sherlock and Moody couldn't help but look at each other.

Obviously, if the man who threw Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire wanted to kill him, then his plan had succeeded this time.

But the mermaid controlled by the Imperius Curse did not do this, but the target of the action was very strange.

There was a silence in the office, and when they were all thinking, the mermaid lying on the ground made a movement.

"Well, where am I?"

He sat up from the ground with a confused face, it seemed that he had escaped from the state of seizing the soul and returned to normal.

The work of questioning is naturally done by Dumbledore.

His gaze was still peaceful, and he met Leach's eyes, asking him if he still remembered what happened before.

After a brief memory, Leach quickly remembered what he had done.

He was extremely nervous, trying desperately to explain that it was not his intention to do such a thing. The day before the start of the game, he inexplicably entered that groggy state.

My body is out of control, and my consciousness has no way to think clearly. It seems that my body has another thought, which is controlling him to do things.

As for why this happened, and when he got the curse, I don't know.

The person who cast the Imperius Curse on him hid very deeply and never showed his face from the beginning to the end. Even if the matter was revealed in the end, no trace or evidence could be found.

But although Dumbledore is getting older, his thinking ability has not faded at all, on the contrary, he is much stronger than most people.

"Can you still find the place where you took Harry to the bottom of the lake under the control of the captured soul?"

Leach nodded without hesitation.

"I know a lot about the Black Lake underwater, and I still remember that place."

From Harry and Leach, there is no useful line speed, but you can continue to look for it from other aspects.

After getting an affirmative answer, Dumbledore immediately asked Leach to take Moody with him on the next trip to the Black Lake without hesitation, and go to the bottom of the lake to find the thing he wanted to find when he caught Harry before.

After Leach and Moody left, Harry didn't have anything to do here.

Dumbledore encouraged him, asked him to prepare well for the last event in June, and let him go back to the waiting room.

Only Sherlock, Dumbledore, and Crouch, who was still in a coma, were left in the office.

Sherlock didn't talk about Crouch with Dumbledore immediately, but said softly.

"Durmstrang's students have been living on that boat in the Black Lake, and so has Karkaroff."

The expression on Dumbledore's face paused slightly, and then he shook his head.

"Based on this alone, it only aggravates his suspicion. Without actual evidence, we still have nothing to do with him."

There are many ways to make a person speak, and there are even no other methods. If Dumbledore himself is in the right situation, he can directly let Karkaroff speak by himself.

But these things are all illegal in the wizarding world.

Wizards all have extraordinary abilities, but the magical society is still a civilized and orderly society, especially characters like Dumbledore, who must follow the rules.

No one else could do that except within the Ministry of Magic (although Snape kept scaring Harry with Veritaserum).

"Let's talk about Crouch first. How did you find him before he woke up?"

Sherlock told Dumbledore about his experience this morning, including the conversation he had heard with the three Death Eaters.

"Voldemort obviously wants Crouch to do something for him, otherwise he wouldn't be so eager to force his men to regain their souls as soon as possible."

Dumbledore turned his head to look at the sleeping Crouch, and said in a deep voice.

"I think it's not just because he can do anything in Hogwarts, but Barty's identity is also very important. Even if he is the director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, he still has great power in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." High prestige, Voldemort is thinking about the future."

(End of this chapter)