Chapter 315 Sudden Death

Dumbledore was surprised to see Krum say this.

His eyes flicked back and forth between Krum and Mike's faces, as if trying to see through their lies.

Being stared at by a master of Legilimency spells really put Mike under a lot of pressure, and he unconsciously activated the Occlumency Charm.

However, Dumbledore did not seem to intend to use Legilimency on the two students. After looking at them twice, Dumbledore said with a smile:

"I'm glad that you can make friends at Hogwarts. This is exactly my original intention of reviving the Triwizard Tournament. So, Mike, you can stay with Krum. In addition, I'm sorry that Hagrid just offended you. The principal, he didn’t mean it, he was just a little reckless.”

Hearing this, Krum nodded expressionlessly.

While Mike breathed a sigh of relief, he also took a deep look at Krum.

Judging from Krum's attitude when Karkaroff was beaten by Hagrid, the relationship between him and Karkaroff was not as good as others thought.

At least, Krum didn't have much respect for Karkaroff.

This is not surprising. First of all, Karkaroff's identity as a coward and betrayer is basically known to everyone. Such a person is really not worthy of respect.

Secondly, Karkaroff and Krum have different views.

Although Krum is a pure blood, he has no concept of pure blood supremacy, otherwise he would not like Hermione.

But Karkaroff is different. Although he has gotten rid of his identity as a Death Eater, he is still a pure-bloodist at heart, and he is still the most stubborn one.

Mike never believed that the relationship between these two people could get any better.

Perhaps the reason why Karkaroff is so kind to Krum is just because Krum's status as a Quidditch star can make him popular.

While Dumbledore, Mike and others were talking, Karkaroff at the foot of the wall saw Hagrid leaving the ward and stood up.

"Dumbledore! That damn half-giant! You must expel him. He dared to attack the principal of a magic school!"

"I'm sorry, Hagrid is indeed too impulsive, but I don't think it's necessary to fire him yet."

"What are you talking about? You have to expel him. Didn't you see when he just attacked me? I swear, he must have violent tendencies! It is irresponsible to the students to let such a person stay in Hogwarts !" Karkaroff blushed and roared, "If you don't fire him, I will complain to the Ministry of Magic and ask them to put that damn half-giant in Azkaban!"

Hearing this, a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of Mike's mouth.

Karkaroff said earlier that the Ministry of Magic is full of corruption and shady affairs. Now he has to rely on the Ministry of Magic to defend his rights?

Since you think law enforcement and the government are all a bunch of deadbeats, why don't you take matters into your own hands?

Mike thought so, and the sarcasm on his face became even stronger.

Faced with Karkaroff's nonsense, Dumbledore was speechless. He frowned and said impatiently:

"Perhaps you should talk to Hagrid in person about this matter. Well, I'll call Hagrid here now. He should be very interested in talking to you about this matter."

"No! Don't call him over! I don't want to see that guy again in my life!"

Mike laughed out loud at this time. Karkaroff's current appearance was really funny.

Dumbledore also shook his head and turned around to continue asking Krum about the situation at that time, but at this moment, there was a scream in the corridor outside the ward.

"No! Mr. Crouch is dead!"

This was Bagman's voice, and everyone in the ward changed their expressions upon hearing this, even Karkaroff was no exception.

The referee and the players of the Triwizard Tournament died after a fight. Even Karkaroff's brain was not very smart and he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Not to mention that Crouch had another identity besides the Triwizard Tournament referee, that is, a powerful official of the Ministry of Magic. The sudden death of such a figure would shock the entire Ministry of Magic of the United States.

"Victor! Are you sure he attacked you first?"

Faced with Karkaroff's anxious inquiry, Krum replied without hesitation:

"Of course, I used an armor to protect me the whole time!"

"Can you promise?"

"I swear on my wand!"

"Phew! Then it'll be fine!" Carkaro breathed a sigh of relief, "This guy is entirely responsible for this. Don't worry, Victor, I will take care of it all!"

After Karkaroff finished speaking, he planned to continue talking to Dumbledore about the matter, but when he turned his head, he found that Mike and Dumbledore had already left the ward.

The special ward not far away was already full of people. Everyone was gathered around a white hospital bed, and it was Crouch who was lying on the bed.

Crouch looked really bad at this moment. He looked like he had been wandering outside for many days. The knees of his robe were torn and stained with blood. His face was also covered with scars, his beard was unshaven, and his face was ashen.

Mrs. Pomfleur had not given up on rescuing Crouch. She led several students to use various magic spells and weird potions on Crouch. Not far away, Dumbledore Lido and others watched all this nervously.

"Hopeless."

As the sweating Mrs. Pomfleur said these three words, Dumbledore's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly, and his eyes narrowed, looking particularly terrifying.

Bagman's eyes beside him were shining with light, and a joyful smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

This joyful look was quickly suppressed by him, and he put on an exaggerated expression of grief.

Although it was only a short moment, this scene was all seen by Mike.

"Ludo, what on earth is going on?"

"Ugh, I don't know. Not long after I came in, Mr. Crouch started talking nonsense." Bagman cried and said, "Then he suddenly screamed and stopped breathing! Oh. ! My poor brother! Why did you just go like that?"

Dumbledore looked at Madam Pomfleur with questioning eyes, and she nodded, proving that Bagman had not spoken.

"What is he yelling about?"

"Mr. Crouch kept saying he wanted to see you. He also said he was sorry for you, a person named Bertha and his son. Finally, he said... and said... the mysterious man is coming back!" A short girl He clutched his chest and said in shock, "He must be talking nonsense, principal? Isn't the mysterious man dead long ago?"

"You don't have to be afraid, my dear," Dumbledore comforted, "I will protect you even if he comes back."

Dumbledore's comfort obviously did not have the desired effect. The girl just nodded her head and stopped talking, with a look of fear still on her face.

Dumbledore sighed secretly when he saw this. Voldemort had caused so much harm to the wizarding world in China that even after more than ten years, people were still deeply afraid of him.

At this time, Mike beside him was thinking about another thing.

In the original work, something also happened to Mr. Crouch, but the difference is that Mr. Crouch was not lost, but crazy.

The person who caused Mr. Crouch to go crazy was his filial son, Barty Crouch Jr.

Mr. Crouch may have discovered Barty Jr.'s identity as an undercover agent, or perhaps Barty Jr. simply couldn't bear his hatred for his old father, so Barty Jr. captured Crouch and tortured him severely. A meal.

But Mr. Crouch finally escaped and traveled all the way to Hogwarts to report the news.

Mike has reason to believe that what happened to Mr. Crouch this time was still done by Barty Jr., but this time the person he pretended to be was not Moody. Mike has been looking for Barty Jr. for a long time in the past. Barty, and judging from Ludo Bagman's smile just now, there is a high probability that Ludo Bagman is Barty Jr. pretending to be Barty.

Thinking of this, Mike's eyes became extremely sharp. He looked at Dumbledore and said in a loud voice:

"Professor Dumbledore, I think Mr. Crouch's death was not an accident, and the person who killed him was Ludo Bagman!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the ward looked surprised, and Bagman even yelled.

"It's not me! Don't you frame a good person?"

Bagman wanted to say something else, but Dumbledore stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"Why do you think that?" said Dumbledore.

"Just now, when Mrs. Pomfrey announced the death of Mr. Crouch, I noticed that Mr. Bagman smiled!" Mike said firmly, "And Mr. Bagman entered Mr. Crouch's room with his front foot, and Crouch's back foot Mr. Qi started to go crazy, and finally died directly. Don’t you think this coincidence is strange?"

Hearing this, the eyes of everyone in the ward looking at Bagman changed. The little girls who were standing next to Bagman screamed and ran away from Bagman.

Bagman stood at a loss in the suddenly vacated large space, opening his mouth to explain something, but nothing came out.

"Is that so? Bagman?"

Dumbledore squinted his eyes and took a step forward. It could be seen from his changing names that he was really angry at the moment.

"I definitely didn't laugh! I didn't know anything about Mr. Crouch's death! It must be this guy Townley who is slandering..."

"You are lying!"

Bagman was interrupted by Mike just in the middle of his words.

"Principal Dumbledore, I know you are a master of Legilimency. I can let you check my memory. I did see a smile on Bagman's face just now!"

At this time, the eyes of the people around him all changed when they looked at Mike, and several people who originally didn't quite believe in Mike's words now fully believed him.

You must know that no one wants to have their memories randomly reviewed. Since Mike said this, he couldn't be lying for so long.

"You don't need to prove yourself with such behavior, Mike, I believe in you."

After Dumbledore said to Mike with a kind face, he turned around and said to Bagman with a serious expression:

"Tell me, Bagman, what's going on?"

Bagman looked around, surrounded by suspicious eyes. Seeing this, Bagman's face suddenly darkened. After a while, he spoke and said helplessly:

"Okay, I admit that I did laugh just now, but I definitely did not kill Mr. Crouch!"

"Then why are you laughing?"

Faced with Dumbledore's questioning, Bagman hesitated to speak, and finally said:

"Because I owed him a large amount of money. It was during the Quidditch World Cup. I was the banker and played a unique game, but at that time Krum actually pulled him and lost the game. This caused me to owe him a lot of money. A lot of money, and Crouch was one of my creditors.

You can ask the Weasley brothers about this, they are also my creditors.

He made a big bet at that time, and I couldn't get his winnings at all. During that time, I had been hiding from creditors like them, but in the end I was found by them. Fortunately we finally negotiated for me to pay in installments, otherwise you might not be able to see me now.

And now that Crouch is dead, his wife and children have also died long ago, and there is no one left at home, so naturally I don’t have to pay back the money I owe him.

Tell me, can I not laugh when something like this happens? "

The people around him nodded. It was indeed a joy to encounter such a thing, but the looks they looked at Bagman became even more contemptuous.

Because a villain like Bagman who takes pleasure in others' misfortune is equally bad.

Mike's brows furrowed. He was almost certain that Bagman was Barty Crouch Jr., but now the reason given by Bagman was reasonable, which once again made him doubt his guess. .

"Can you trust me now, Dumbledore?"

"I'm sorry, Bagman." Dumbledore said expressionlessly, "The authenticity of what you said has yet to be verified, and it doesn't explain why Crouch died as soon as you entered the ward. So I Your freedom must be temporarily restricted now, and please cooperate with me and the Ministry of Magic in our investigation."

Bagman's face changed back and forth from black to blue, but in the end he lowered his head and said:

"Okay then! You have the final say!"

Dumbledore nodded, turned to the rest of the people in the ward and said:

"Everyone, please leave. I have notified the Ministry of Magic to handle this matter. I think they will be here soon, so you don't have to worry too much. Mike, you can leave first. Of course, if you want to see If you want to see Krum, you can spend more time with him."

Mike didn't have time to accompany Krum, so he agreed and followed the group without looking back.

As soon as Mike walked into the auditorium, a large number of uniformed Aurors came from the foyer.

The students in the auditorium who didn't know what happened all stared at the Aurors curiously, but the Aurors ignored them and went directly to the infirmary.

The neglected students looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone’s eyes were full of curiosity.