"Are you sure?"

Dumbledore frowned slightly - this was an expression that rarely appeared on his face: "Is the Ludo Bagman who reappeared a fake?"

"Sure."

Avada nodded crisply: "The sense of disobedience that Ludo Bagman brought to me was exactly the same as the previous Moody."

"……I see."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and thought for a while. The slightly troubled expression he had before slowly went away. He once again seemed calm and calm, as if what he just heard was just something that could be solved easily. Small things like: "Thank you for telling me about this, Ken. This is quite important information."

"I'm afraid that the replacement of Ludo Bagman this time should be the key to killing me in the end - if that person disguises himself well enough and his own strength cannot be underestimated, he will be able to kill me unprepared. It is indeed a threat."

"professor,"

Avada hesitated for a while, but finally asked: "Could the guy who replaced Bagman...be the Barty Crouch Jr. you mentioned before?"

To be honest, when he realized that the returning Ludo Bagman was an impostor, he probably already realized what was going on - Barty Crouch Jr. was actually never released from the beginning. However, he has always been controlled by his father and house elves. After all, there was no Voldemort coming to save him this time, and with Old Barty's methods, there was no possibility of him running away on his own.

That's why the previous Quidditch World Cup was so peaceful and smooth, without the original wizard parade and Dark Mark incident. One of the important purposes of this Triwizard Tournament is actually to rescue Barty Jr., who has been imprisoned.

As for the fake Moody in Hogwarts...don't even think about it, it must be Peter Pettigrew pretending to be, otherwise Dumbledore wouldn't leave so relieved.

But in this case, Moody's whereabouts were indeed worthy of concern - he did not believe that Moody would do nothing at such a critical moment.

"...It seems so."

Dumbledore thought thoughtfully: "Since Barty Crouch has entered the highly closed place of Durmstrang, his son is naturally likely to be brought in by him. Even if it is not good, at least he will be killed." Leave a stable contact method so that he can continue the spell regularly... As long as someone is paying more attention to Crouch's movements, it will not be difficult to detect the clues of Barty Jr."

"But who will be the caring person?"

This time it was Avada who was confused - there seemed to be no one in Durmstrang who had the same interests as Barty Crouch Jr.?

Even Durmstrang's principal, Igor Karkaroff, who once had a Death Eater background, was the least likely person to want to see little Barty escape from trouble - he had relied on betrayal back then. The Death Eaters were acquitted, and Barty Jr. was the most ardent supporter of Voldemort. Even if they tried their best to kill each other, how could they help each other?

If Voldemort is still alive, Avada might also consider the possibility that Karkaroff might take the initiative to help Voldemort resurrect and make up for his fault - but according to the current situation, unless Karkaroff is crazy, he will never He might be willing to have anything to do with Voldemort, the Death Eaters, or even the entire British pure-blood family.

But besides that, who else could be there? ?

"That's what I need to investigate next."

Dumbledore seemed a little puzzled, but he soon became relieved: "But at least we are not ignorant - now that we know the identity of Barty Jr., we have the initiative in the next matter. To a large extent, it is in our hands, and the pressure you have to bear will be much less... Fortunately, you discovered this in time."

"It's just a matter of duty."

Avada naturally accepted Dumbledore's praise, and then brought up another matter: "By the way, Professor, I have another question I want to confirm with you."

"What's up?"

"Is there any way you can sneak me out of Durmstrang without anyone noticing, and then sneak me back back after a while?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, and then his eyes suddenly showed a bit of excitement: "Is the plan to separate the Horcruxes completed?!"

"It's still a little short of time, but I think it should be completed by Christmas."

Avada nodded, and then said: "And the reason why I left Durmstrang to do this is because I have another guess... You said that it is inexplicable to survive under the killing curse. Could Harry Potter, who speaks Parseltongue, actually be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes?"

He had never taken the initiative to mention this matter to Dumbledore. Firstly, it was to conceal his true level when he was still weak and avoid unnecessary trouble; secondly, it was also to take care of Harry himself-if Dumbledore If Bullide had learned that Harry was actually a Horcrux before he fully believed that he had the ability to destroy the Horcrux without harming the carrier, God knows what this wily principal would have done behind his back...

In fact, he should have told Dumbledore about this matter when he just woke up, but at that time, his brain had not fully recovered, and there were too many things to consider, so this matter was just mentioned. I forgot about it until I talked to Dumbledore again today...

"…I have had my suspicions about this."

Sure enough, when he mentioned this matter, Dumbledore immediately became serious: "But I still can't completely confirm that a living person becomes another wizard's Horcrux. This is impossible both in theory and practice. Things have never happened before, and the realm of the soul is too profound, and the coexistence of two souls is too complicated... so I haven't verified this guess yet."

"Maybe this time."

Avada looked a little more relaxed: "The method developed this time is based on the confession effect and is specifically targeted at Voldemort's soul. Otherwise, it will not have any impact on other people's souls. When we start, we can first Test it with two or three Horcruxes, and then go to Harry to explain the situation after confirming that they are safe..."

"Does that mean we need to go back to Hogwarts?"

"Yes, and preferably at Christmas - if Harry is indeed a Horcrux, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

"... Leave the matter of leaving Durmstrang to me."

After a moment of silence, Dumbledore finally finalized the plan: "Supposedly, this is not difficult - I can propose a trip back to Hogwarts at Christmas. This is not an unreasonable request. Bring... It's just a matter of convenience...and you just need to make sure that the plan is completely and reliably researched before then."

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