Chapter 512 I Have a Bold Idea

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The Wizarding Charity Association founded by the Wallop family was extremely efficient under Lupine's management. Even though it was already late at night, it didn't take long for the information Sean needed to be on the table.

"All statistics have been collected. Except for the two team members who were performing tasks outside and did not return information in time, the other information has been calculated and verified. According to the original task distribution, the enrollment situation of the two people outside is not much different from the others. The data should be within a range of five students,” Lupine said.

"Thank you, Remus."

Sean thanked him and quickly read the statistical information.

After a moment, he frowned, and there was indeed a problem.

According to the information he got from Durmstrang students, Durmstrang currently has only about 60 first- and second-year students combined, and based on the information he got from his own statistics, time alone disappears. During the emergency recruitment in the year of the accident, Durmstrang snatched more than forty students from Hogwarts' student pool.

This is only one year's recruitment situation, plus some pure-blood families who must go to school in Durmstrang. In other words, Durmstrang currently has at least fifty second-year students.

Even if Sean interfered with it in the second year, Durmstrang could not have recruited only ten freshmen. According to other statistics, Durmstrang's first-year freshmen should be at least thirty. above.

In other words, at least 20 to 30 freshmen from Durmstrang were missing and did not appear in class where they were supposed to be.

"What happened?" Looking at Sean's solemn expression, Lupine's voice became nervous.

Sean shook his head and told Lupin.

The werewolf gentleman, who had always had a good temper, was suddenly shocked, and then his anger surged.

"How dare they do such a thing to the future of the wizarding world! This is bragging against the world! Oh my God, my God, what are they going to do? Are they conducting some kind of terrible magic experiment on the children?!"

Sean whispered: "Durmstrang's true purpose is not yet clear. I must find a way to rescue several students imprisoned on Durmstrang's ship first."

Lupine finally calmed down his anger, and he frowned and said: "But if a request is made to search the big ship, the little wizards will be quickly transferred. If they break in in the middle of the night, the same result will be the same, and we must Considering that even if we find a way to rescue this group of little wizards on the ship, will those little wizards who are still in Durmstrang Castle encounter... bad consequences..."

Sean frowned: "This is exactly what I'm worried about, so I hurriedly came to you to confirm the situation, but I didn't expect that there were so many young wizards illegally imprisoned..."

"Professor Dumbledore must be notified about this matter," Lupine said immediately.

Sean nodded: "I've asked someone to inform Professor McGonagall and them first. Professor Dumbledore is not in Hogwarts Castle for the time being. The trouble is, Mr. Grindelwald is also difficult to contact at the moment."

Lupine paced back and forth in the office: "The Ministry of Magic has been corrupted for a long time, and it is not trustworthy at all... Sean, how about I inform other trustworthy people, such as James, such as Weiss?" Come on, this is not a small matter that two or three people can handle, we need more allies.”

Sean thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, inform the trustworthy people. I have a hunch that it won't be long before we have to face Durmstrang's people head-on."

"Okay." After saying that, Lu Ping left quickly.

Sean no longer stayed, sprinkled Floo powder and returned to Nurmengard, and returned to Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet again.

After checking the time, it was estimated that Edmund should have informed him, so Sean directly opened the wooden door of the Room of Requirement on the stone wall of Professor McGonagall's office.

"Sean!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed when she saw the sudden appearance of the wooden door and Sean behind it, but she just glanced at him in surprise without asking any more questions, and then walked into the wooden door.

After a while, several professors from Hogwarts gathered in the Room of Requirement.

After explaining the situation he had discovered in detail, the professors all widened their eyes, and then made angry accusations. Professor Flitwick even jumped on the table and cursed Durmstrang.

Snape, who only kept a gloomy expression, waited until the professors' anger subsided a little and then said coldly: "This matter is not easy to handle, and Dumbledore must be notified."

Professor McGonagall's bun was messed up. She adjusted her crooked glasses and frowned and said: "I will inform him. The first priority now is to rescue those poor children - God, Hogwart It’s such a disgrace that we should compete with a school of criminals like Durmstrang!”

Sean said: "On the one hand, we have to find a reason to enter the ship that is reasonable but does not alarm the other party, and then rescue the children without giving the other party a chance to use the portkey to teleport away. On the other hand, we also have to consider To those little wizards left in Durmstrang Castle, after all..."

Seeing Sean's solemn look and the professors' expressions not looking good, it was obvious that everyone had thought of something.

If Durmstrang's people find out that things are exposed and there is no chance of recovery, then the children who are not rescued by them are likely to face a very terrible situation.

Sean took a deep breath, and then continued: "In addition, we must consider how many insiders there are in Durmstrang."

"What I can confirm so far is that the vast majority of students are probably unaware. They only know that there are suddenly new forbidden areas in their school. In other words, they are actually innocent. That guy Karkaroff must be They are accomplices of the perpetrators, and it is impossible to determine how many professors are already complicit.”

Snape snorted coldly. He glanced around at the others slowly, and then said: "Everyone here should know...the existence of the Returned..."

The other professors looked at each other. Apparently, they had learned about the existence of the Returner. It seemed that someone had revealed it to them.

Sean was probably also hinted by Dumbledore. Although he was bound by an unbreakable oath, it was not difficult to just reveal the news about the returnees, and those present were all powerful and trustworthy professors.

Snape continued to speak slowly: "This obviously has something to do with the Returners... To be honest, I don't understand why this Goblet of Fire is being held and we have to compete with Durmstrang on the same stage. In my opinion, It seems that this is tantamount to allowing the other party to sneak into our school."

Professor McGonagall frowned and said: "We have not known the news about the returnees for a long time, and since Albus agreed to hold the Goblet of Fire as usual, he must have his intentions - besides, most of Durmstrang's children They are all innocent."

"But this is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house. We don't know how many bastards with evil intentions there are in Durmstrang. Our warriors were even attacked during the game!" When talking about this, Snape looked particularly angry.

Obviously, he has never let go of the fact that Daisy was secretly attacked at the bottom of the Black Lake.

Professor Sprout, the headmaster of Hufflepuff who had been silent, also said: "It is indeed very troublesome. Now we have to rely on Sean even if we get together to discuss this matter - but, kid, how did you find out about Huo Xiao? Gwartz’s secret, oh, it’s really powerful.”

"Fortunately, Sean found out. He is not the kind of abuser." Professor McGonagall added.

"But we still need to discuss a suitable countermeasure now." Sean said.

Several professors fell into silence. After a while, Professor Flitwick said: "Can you set up an additional magic barrier to prevent the transmission of the portkey, in conjunction with the magic restrictions that exist in Hogwarts itself? I think it should be possible. Block the transmission of those weird door keys that Sean mentioned."

"But setting up a barrier of this level cannot be done with a wave of a magic wand. I'm afraid we need to ask for help from Bablin -" Professor McGonagall frowned and said, "We should be able to do this with the help of ancient runes. But the problem is that there will be a lot of time and movement, and it is easy to be discovered by the other party during this period. Moreover, as Sean said just now, even if we rescue the children imprisoned on the big ship, Durmstrang Castle What to do with the remaining poor children?"

Professor Sprout also sighed and said: "And the Ministry of Magic is not trustworthy now. The Ministry should have a lot of people who can help and magic props that can work."

For a time, the discussion of countermeasures reached a deadlock.

Then Sean raised his hand.

"Sean?"

Looking at the handsome boy in front of them, the professors suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.

"I do have a bold idea..." Sean said after considering it.

"Sean, tell me, young people are always more creative than old people like us." Newt, who had not spoken yet and frowned, said.

Sean first asked a question: "Professors, do you know the composition of Durmstrang's personnel?"

Professor McGonagall thought for a while and then said: "Each school doesn't know much about each other's details, but the composition of each school's personnel is almost the same. Considering that the number of students in Durmstrang has increased in recent decades, The number of teachers and staff should be smaller than that of Hogwarts - I mean, the number of professors should not be much different, but there should be only a few teaching assistants, and the other staff are probably even less than those of Hogwarts. Not even half of them, oh, by the way, there are house elves, this is not a big problem, the house elves can communicate with each other, I can ask Polis to find out when the time comes."

Snape added next to him: "But taking into account the existence of the Returners, although Durmstrang is not the base camp of the Returners, there will definitely be many Returners members there."

Sean thought for a moment: "Then it is tentatively assumed that the number of the other party is slightly larger than the number of Hogwarts staff, and some additional uncertain factors must be taken into account. After all, they may have mastered some kind of dark magical power."

"Shaun, what do you want to say?" Professor Flitwick asked impatiently.

Sean stood up: "What we have been thinking about is how to save the little wizard on the big ship while ensuring the safety of the little wizard in Durmstrang Castle. The two are in conflict, because no matter whether the little wizard is rescued on the big ship or not, Little wizard, when we take action, the people left behind in Durmstrang Castle will definitely get the news - unless we can divide our troops into two groups, one group to deal with the big ship, and the other group to sneak into Durmstrang."

Newt touched his chin and said: "But this is not realistic. Durmstrang is a famous magic school with a long history after all. It is very difficult to infiltrate. We also have manpower on Hogwarts' side, so then It’s even more unrealistic.”

Sean nodded: "Yes, that's what I want to say. It's simply unrealistic to divide the army into two groups, grab both sides, and save both sides."

Professor McGonagall opened her mouth wide and then quickly showed a dejected expression: "But those are innocent children. They may be suffering inhuman torture and horrific magic experiments... Although I probably shouldn't say this, but As a teacher, when I see innocent students suffering these things, even if they are not my students, I really cannot stand by and watch..."

"No, professor, you misunderstood me." Sean said softly.

The others all looked over.

Sean spread his hands: "Why should we divide our forces into two groups? We can rescue those children together."

Snape's eyes narrowed: "Are you preparing to..."

Sean nodded: "Yes, when Durmstrang's big ship returns to Durmstrang's castle, the little wizards on the ship will definitely be transferred back, and the two batches will naturally merge into one batch. Let’s rescue them together without worrying about the safety of the remaining people.”

Professor McGonagall's eyes suddenly widened: "Sean, what do you mean?"

"It may sound unrealistic, but I think this is the best way -" Sean licked his lips, "We gather people and attack Durmstrang's castle directly."

Sean's bold plan made the professors look at each other, and then another idea emerged.

It seems that Sean's method is indeed the best choice?

Professor Flitwick was pacing back and forth on the table while saying, "You're crazy, crazy, you actually want to attack a famous magical school that has been around for hundreds of years."

After he stopped, he said: "We don't know Durmstrang's specific location and defense methods, and we are fighting at the opponent's home court. There is a high probability that our manpower will not be enough. If we want to break through the gate of a school, we must at least We need three times the number of wizards as the opponent’s defense.”

Sean blinked: "How to enter Durmstrang, I have a way, manpower, I also have some immature tricks..."