Chapter 582
Harry was terrified now.
In the whole room, all the big shots were staring at him.
Now, he just felt his legs were weak...
"Harry, tell me seriously, have you thought of a way, for example... let other senior students help you put your name in the goblet?" Dumbledore approached Harry, staring at Harry's eyes with his azure eyes.
"No! I definitely didn't! I don't even know what happened!"
Although Harry was a little panicked, he had never done anything he hadn't done!
Dumbledore looked at Harry's eyes carefully, then sighed and turned to look at the other headmasters.
"He must be lying!" Karkaroff said coldly.
"What should we do now? If this goes on, Hogwarts will have two warriors!" Ms. Maxime was also very dissatisfied.
And Grindelwald didn't say anything, just stood aside and didn't know what to think about.
"Harry didn't lie." Dumbledore said firmly.
"Hmph... It's up to you to decide whether he lied or not. I must protest to the Ministry of Magic!" Karkaroff was very dissatisfied with Dumbledore's conclusion. "I won't just stare at him for a while and conclude that the boy didn't lie... Hmph, if it were me, a little bit of truth serum..."
"Karkaroff!" Dumbledore looked at Karkaroff sternly.
Harry said loudly: "Professor Dumbledore! I am willing to use truth serum!"
Things that have not been done are not done. Why should Harry Potter be afraid of truth serum?
When he was in the hall just now, he had already felt the eyes of other students looking at him... That was not a good sign!
He only hoped that Professor Dumbledore could clear his name, otherwise, he would be speechless!
"Everyone, in my opinion, if you have the ability to bypass someone's age limit and get the recognition of the Goblet of Fire... I think this is indeed the qualification of a warrior, isn't it? You know, today, I have seen no less than ten little guys who tried to bypass the age limit and put their own names in but failed..." Grindelwald suddenly said slowly.
Dumbledore immediately stared at Grindelwald. There is no doubt that he has begun to doubt this old opponent.
After all, in the whole room, only this old bastard did such a thing that people don't feel strange...
"What's that look in your eyes? Do you think it was me who did it?" Grindelwald's face darkened, "There is no benefit for me to do this! On the contrary, it is a lot of benefits for you Hogwarts! After all, you have one more place! I still suspect that you did it yourself!"
Dumbledore frowned. Grindelwald's words did make sense. He really had no motivation to do this!
Grindelwald spoke again: "Besides... isn't the most urgent issue now to solve this little guy's situation?? You know... once you are selected by the Goblet of Fire, you can't quit! You don't want him to be in any danger of life in this game, right? "
"You are right..." Dumbledore nodded.
Now, investigating the cause of the matter is far less important than solving Harry's current dilemma.
But... as Grindelwald said, once you are selected by the Goblet of Fire, you must participate, because this defaults to signing a magic contract with the name...
The price of violating the magic contract... No one is willing to try.
Dumbledore looked at the terrified Harry. Is it true... that this child really has to take risks?
Although Harry's talent is not bad, but... he is still too young! Competitions like the Championship are really difficult for him!
"Crack! "
The door of the room was opened.
Everyone looked over.
Then, Black strode in, "Professor Dumbledore, can I check the Goblet of Fire?"
Black's face was also very heavy. He had just verified with Cedric that he had indeed voted for his name, so, logically speaking, this kind of thing should not happen in the Goblet of Fire...
Even if the Goblet of Fire changed its mind and thought Angelina was better than Cedric this time, what about Harry? It was impossible for Harry to appear in this competition.
And he had just checked Angelina with the True Eye. There was nothing wrong with her. She was not a person who was transformed by Transfiguration or Polyjuice Potion.
Then, the only source of the problem was in the Goblet of Fire.
"Okay, take a look." Dumbledore took the Goblet of Fire without much hesitation.
Others had no objections. Everyone knew that although Black was young, he was A veritable master of alchemy.
Black took the roughly carved wooden cup, took out a set of tools, and began to examine it.
At this time, the flame in the Goblet of Fire had gone out. If it wanted to be rekindled, it could only wait until the next session, which was five years later.
Harry held his breath and looked at Black. He knew that what he would do next depended entirely on Black's conclusion.
Besides, the comments of those warriors over there just now also made him feel very uncomfortable.
Obviously he was also a victim, so why was he said to be such a scheming person?
After a while, Black raised his head and took off the alchemy glasses on his nose.
"The Goblet of Fire has been tampered with, and... not only the advanced Confusion Spell, it has also been transformed by alchemy. "
Black knew that this matter was a bit troublesome. If it was just a Confusion Spell, it could be understood that a dark wizard like Barty in the original book had sneaked into Hogwarts and put Harry's name in for some unknown reason.
For Black, who had the True Eye, this did not cost too much.Kung Fu, you can find that person.
But the problem is that the Goblet of Fire, a high-level alchemical item that has been passed down for hundreds of years, has been modified...
This is not in the original book, and it is also very difficult to achieve.
A Confusion Spell only takes a moment, and even does not require a wand, to succeed, so it is not surprising that the Goblet of Fire was tricked.
However, modifying a high-level alchemical item... and in the auditorium, a place with many eyes and ears! No matter how you think about it, it is unlikely!
Besides, to modify such an ancient high-level alchemical item without leaking any flaws, it requires extremely advanced alchemy and extremely precise micro-manipulation ability. If you are not careful, this antique will break.
Even for Blake, it needs to be very cautious, and it is impossible to complete it in a short time!
In other words, the place where the Goblet of Fire was modified must be outside the school!
The most important thing is that in this world, Blake has only seen two people who can modify the Goblet of Fire into this shape.
One is his teacher Nicolas Flamel, the other is himself, and even Madame Flamel is still a little bit behind.
I didn't do such a thing, and Nicolas Flamel wouldn't do it either, so that's the third person Black doesn't know.
Such an alchemist master must not be unknown, unless... he is in the tower.
To sum up... the people in the tower are starting to move.
This is what Black feels very troublesome about! Black has always been extremely vigilant about this organization with too many unknowns.
Harry said excitedly: "That is to say... this proves that it wasn't me who put my name in the Goblet of Fire?!"
Black said: "Yes, Harry. But please don't be happy too early. The other party didn't put anyone's name, only yours... who do you think his target is?"
"His target... is me..." Harry's face turned pale. "Someone wants to use this semi-final tournament to kill me?"
The people in the room took a deep breath immediately. It must be said that the possibility of what Harry said was very high!
Harry's identity as the savior... Although Voldemort has disappeared, who knows how many of his supporters are still at large?
"In any case... we only need to stick to one principle." Black pondered.
"What principle?" Harry asked.
"The more the enemy wants to achieve a goal, the more you can't let him achieve it! So... Harry, you must not participate in this tournament!" Black said firmly.
"Well! I listen to you!" Harry himself didn't want to be a warrior... or rather, he had thought about it. Who doesn't have a little daydream and the idea of being in the limelight?
However, he couldn't accept that he was forced to participate in the competition in this way!
Dumbledore said quickly: "But, Black... once you are selected by the Goblet of Fire, you must participate... otherwise, the consequences will be serious."
"I know." Black nodded and said, "But, all of this is based on the rules of the Goblet of Fire, right? They are not the only ones who can modify the Goblet of Fire..."
"So, you want to modify the Goblet of Fire as well..." Dumbledore knew what Black wanted to do. "But... can you do it?"
"I can. Or, it would be more appropriate to repair the Goblet of Fire..." Black said. "Of course, to be on the safe side, I will let Mr. Flamel go with me."
Dumbledore immediately felt relieved. With Black and Nicolas Flamel, this matter would not be difficult.
"And, if possible, I hope that after I have modified it, I can re-select the warriors... You know, the Goblet of Fire has been tampered with, which means that this warrior test is very directional! We can't act according to the wishes of the person who modified the Goblet of Fire!" Black made another suggestion.
The reason for re-selecting the warriors is because of the variable Angelina.
He didn't know why the enemy wanted to insert Angelina, but they might do something about her later.
So, it's better to follow the principle of "what the enemy supports, we firmly oppose" and kill all possibilities in the cradle.
Wait until the Goblet of Fire is repaired, reset the record of selecting the champions this year, let the Goblet of Fire reignite, and re-select.
Except for those champions who disagree with Black's suggestion, the headmasters are inclined to re-select.
Because, if they disagree... Hogwarts will have two champions this year! They only have one! The chance of winning will be much less!
And the champions have objections, of course, because they are worried that they will not be able to be selected in the re-selection.
Except for the unlucky Harry, all the champions present are very eager to participate in the competition.
No one wants new variables to appear.
"In fact, just remove that boy, there is no need to re-select champions." Krum was the first to express his objection.
Karkaroff nodded and said, "Yes, since the boy from your Hogwarts is an accident, just eliminate him. Why do we need to select again?"
Ms. Maxim heard this and thought it made sense. The warriors had been selected, and suddenly Harry popped up. In their eyes, Harry was indeed the only accident. Just exclude him.
But in Blake's eyes, Angelina was also an accident!
"This is also a screening of suspects..." Blake said in a deep voice: "The Goblet of Fire has been modified, so all the warriors are suspected. No one will modify the Goblet of Fire for no reason. The purpose of doing this is to put someone on the list of warriors... You must think that this person is Harry. I will not deny this, but who knows... Is it only Harry? What if Harry is just a cover to cover the real target?"
"This... may not be a bit too much to think about it?" KarkaroffFu frowned and said.
"I think there is nothing wrong with Black's suggestion." Grindelwald was the first to stand up and agree with Black's suggestion, "As long as you really have the ability to become a warrior, then you should not be afraid of your second selection! And... Black is right, this is also a screening. When the Goblet of Fire is repaired, the warriors will be selected again... Which warrior has changed... Then, he is the suspect."
While Grindelwald was speaking, he swept his sharp eyes over all the warriors present (Li Zhaozhao), even Winsty was not spared.
"Okay, I agree, because even if the warrior is selected again, it will definitely be me!" Fleur said proudly.
After hearing this, the other warriors did not want to weaken their momentum and agreed one after another.
Professor Dumbledore nodded and comforted him: "Having the confidence to re-select is also a manifestation of courage! No matter what the result is, you can already be called warriors."
After the discussion, everyone began to walk out of the small room.
And Blake's eyes just now were also looking at Angelina intentionally or unintentionally.
Although this girl was not impersonated by anyone, she could not escape the suspicion of collusion with others.
However, he did not see any problem on Angelina's face. In other words, this girl did not know? (To read the novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
"Professor Dumbledore! I request to use the truth serum on me." Harry suddenly said.
The people who were about to leave the room looked at him.
"Child, you don't really need to..."
"No! You must!" Harry said helplessly: "Black used to tell me that people's words are scary... Only when I go through the test of truth serum and you make the results public, will I really know."
What happened today was too terrible. The terrible thing was not that he almost had to participate in a competition with a risk factor of 99.9%, but that those classmates and friends who were close to him in the past looked at him with strange eyes...
It was not the first time that he was isolated. He didn't like this feeling very much, so he would rather take truth serum than experience it again.
"Okay, I promise you." Dumbledore said helplessly.
Black looked at Harry with some surprise. This was undoubtedly a very smart decision.
"Let me do it." Snape, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke. .