Chapter 681 Misunderstanding, It’s All a Misunderstanding!

"What, did I make a mistake? It was the night before the first game. If you didn't come to follow me on purpose, then what were you doing out there in the middle of the night?" Moody saw Ivan's reaction in his eyes and was very surprised. asked strangely.

"I think you misunderstood, Professor Moody. I received a message from Hagrid that day, so I went to the Forbidden Forest with Harry to see the fire dragon in the evening." Ivan shrugged and explained.

At this moment, Ivan also remembered what happened that night. After he came back from the Forbidden Forest, he was going to the kitchen to have some midnight snack, and then he accidentally met Moody there.

"No wonder..." Moody murmured to himself. When they first met, he felt that Ivan's reaction was a bit strange. It was only after Ivan kept pestering him to ask various questions that he became more and more sure that Ivan was deliberately loud. Go out at night and stalk yourself.

"By the way, Professor, were you really tracking down Karkaroff that night?" Ivan suddenly asked.

"Of course not. You should be able to think of the specific reasons. You don't need me to explain anymore, right?" Moody shook his head and said in a deep voice.

He went to the kitchen to prepare meals for Barty Crouch Jr. as usual that night. He just realized that Ivan was suspicious of him and happened to see Karkaroff with his magic eye, so he simply used this to escape.

Ivan also thought of this and was immediately speechless. He worked on it for a long time, but everyone misunderstood it that night!

Hermione was confused by the riddle-like conversation between the two, and Dumbledore looked at the two curiously and asked.

"Arastor... Hals, it seems like something interesting happened a few days ago. Could you please explain it more clearly?"

Moody didn't mean to hide anything. He gave a rough explanation of the whole story and then continued.

"Anyway, I told Barty Crouch Jr. about this matter. He, like me, mistakenly believed that Hals had some key clues and was tracking us, so he ordered me to draw your attention to Crouch’s body to dispel your doubts about me.”

"Then he's not worried about me finding more clues from Mr. Crouch?" Ivan touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

"Barty Jr. didn't expect you to be so capable. He thought you would be unable to find out anything." Moody rolled his eyes. "You must know that his father Barty Crouch is not an easy character to deal with. Little Barty hopes to use this to occupy your energy, so let me play a detective game with you."

"It's best to wait until the time is right before lending your hand to send his father to Azkaban!" Moody added.

Having "worked" with Barty Crouch Jr. for more than half a year, he knew very well how much Barty Jr. hated his father, so much so that he wanted to retaliate in kind and let Crouch experience going to Azkaban and being a dementor. The taste of companionship.

Listening to Moody's story, Ivan was surprised. He didn't expect that Barty Jr. had so many plans secretly.

If he hadn't activated the plot hook himself and always felt that there was something wrong with Moody, and with the help of the Marauder's Map, he might have been fooled around by him.

In a sense, Barty Crouch Jr. died in a very depressing way.

"What a good idea... When little Barty came to Hogwarts to go to school, I didn't realize that he actually had a talent for plotting." Dumbledore said with great interest.

"Yes, he does have a few tricks up his sleeve." Moody also nodded. Little Barty's various plans were successful. Unfortunately, he encountered a monster and all his plans came to nothing.

It only took Ivan ten minutes to easily dig out Crouch's secret, and Dumbledore did not twist Crouch into Azkaban as Barty Jr. imagined.

"You can't guess how angry little Barty was after learning the news..." Moody said mockingly, recalling that scene.

"No, I think we have all felt how strong this anger is tonight..." Ivan complained as he looked at the mutilated body wrapped in white cloth.

Only an angry enough wizard would cast a spell to blow himself up.

Dumbledore also took a look at Barty's body, and then asked quickly. "Alastor, has Barty ever told you why Voldemort wanted Harry?"

"They are probably preparing some dark magic ritual that requires the use of Harry." Moody said hesitantly. Although he has been controlled by the Imperius Curse, he can only be regarded as half of his own people and cannot find out too secretive information. .

"Magical ritual?" Dumbledore murmured, pondered for a while, looked at Moody and said. "Call Barty here for me, Alastor. I have something to ask him, and I also need to tell him that we have found his son..."

Moody responded, used a transformation spell to get himself a temporary prosthetic leg, and then left with a cane.

Dumbledore then looked at Ivan and Hermione and spoke gently. "Halse, Miss Granger, I think you have been busy all night, and it's time to go back and have a good rest."

"Well, good night, Professor Dumbledore." Ivan understood that Dumbledore was starting to drive people away, so he had no intention of staying long, so he turned around and left with Hermione.

After leaving the principal's office, the huge stone beast behind him slowly sank and sealed the entrance with a dull sound.

Ivan was about to go back to the dormitory directly, but unexpectedly, Hermione next to him rushed up and hugged him.

"What's wrong? Hermione?" Ivan was very surprised.

"Are you okay? Ivan? Are you injured? Do you want to go to the school hospital for a check-up?" Hermione asked excitedly, then suddenly thought of it and murmured in distress. "Oh, I almost forgot, the campus hospital isn't open yet."

"I'm fine, nothing happened, but isn't it too late for you to ask these questions now?" Ivan said, dumbfounded.

Hermione pursed her lips and didn't reply. Dumbledore and Moody were both there before, and Ivan was standing there perfectly fine, with his clothes not torn, so naturally she couldn't make it too obvious.

Ivan probably guessed what the little witch was thinking, so he had no intention of going into detail. He repeatedly emphasized that he was healthy now and had no hidden injuries from the explosion.

After appeasing Hermione's worried mood, Ivan asked the little witch about her experience tonight. He wanted to know when Dumbledore followed him.

The two of them walked and talked like this. By the time they arrived at the Gryffindor lounge, Hermione had already talked about how she and Dumbledore followed Ivan into the secret room...