Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Chapter 137: Complete Preparation… Can at Least Let Us Die More Dignified

Annie said she needed to go back to prepare, and this preparation took another half month.

After that half month passed, Annie seemed to have forgotten about it, not mentioning it again at all.

To Tom's dismay, Leif didn't mention it either.

He didn't know what that guy was plotting…

To be precise, he had no idea what Grindelwald and Leif were plotting!

One, even when the time was ripe, still didn't take any action.

And the other, after hearing Annie say to wait for notification, really did wait obediently.

Tom felt his brain was a little insufficient…

Although there was still no movement on the Hogwarts side, there was great progress on the American Magical Congress side.

After such a long period of investigation, Dumbledore finally led the Aurors from various countries' Ministries of Magic to find a stronghold of the Pureblood Party.

After capturing several members of the Pureblood Party, they also rescued seven or eight missing hostages from the stronghold.

Fortunately, these people, apart from being somewhat malnourished, were not in any life-threatening danger.

After things finally made some progress, the people of the American Magical Congress breathed a sigh of relief.

After putting those Pureblood Party members in prison and using various methods, including Veritaserum.

The Aurors discovered several new strongholds again.

However, this time, although hostages were successfully rescued from several strongholds, no Pureblood Party members were ever caught again.

In the last stronghold that was taken down, President Picquery looked at the mess all over the ground, her face not looking too good.

"President Picquery, we rescued most of the hostages, why do you still seem a little unhappy?" Torquil asked with some doubt.

"Torquil… Are you sure they are really the ones we rescued?" President Picquery's expression was grave.

"This… Of course! Those Pureblood Party members even trained how to resist the effects of Veritaserum! We finally pried the information out of their mouths with great difficulty, and then found these strongholds," Torquil said.

"Yes… Information obtained with great difficulty… Of course it has a certain degree of authenticity…" Picquery muttered to herself.

"President Picquery, I think you should be happy. With Professor Dumbledore's help, we are about to see the dawn! Besides, with the return of these people, the Magical Congress can operate as efficiently as before…"

"No!" Picquery interrupted Torquil, "They… need to rest. After questioning all the kidnapped people according to the regulations, let them all go home to rest for a while."

"But… Many functional departments of the Magical Congress have been paralyzed for a long time… They finally came back, shouldn't they…"

"This is my decision, Torquil, you just need to convey it."

"Yes… President Picquery…"

"Remember, after the questioning is over, send the confessions to my office."

"Understood."

"Where is Professor Dumbledore?" Picquery asked again.

"He is tracking down those escaped Pureblood Party members. I believe there will be news soon…"

Before Torquil could finish speaking, Picquery saw Dumbledore Apparate in the distance.

Picquery waved for Torquil to go do his work, and then walked towards Dumbledore herself.

"Albus, how is it?" Picquery asked.

"Seraphina… The situation is not very optimistic," Dumbledore frowned. "I think they were prepared to escape before we arrived."

"Could it be because they received news when we attacked the first hideout?"

Dumbledore shook his head and said, "If it were you, what would you do first after receiving news and knowing your location was exposed?"

"Of course, I would quickly move with my people…" Picquery said.

"Hmm… But they didn't. They just prepared… prepared to escape. Then they waited for us to come to their door. After putting up a symbolic resistance, they abandoned the hostages and evacuated directly…"

"I also feel something is not right…" Picquery said, "However, even you couldn't catch those escaped guys, which shows how well prepared they were…"

Dumbledore glanced at the hostages who were reuniting with their families, "What do you plan to do with those people?"

"I let them all go home on vacation… because I really can't…" Picquery glanced around and whispered again, "I can't trust them anymore! Albus!"

"I'm very glad they are all okay… But, precisely because they are all okay, and Grindelwald deliberately put them back under our noses… I can't judge whether they have already betrayed us… Or rather, whether they were originally Pureblood Party members!"

"…I can't possibly interrogate these poor people who have just been rescued with Veritaserum! What would the public think of me then? How disheartened would those truly innocent people be?"

"Besides… These guys' wills are too strong… Even Veritaserum can't pry open their mouths one hundred percent! I don't know what to do…"

Dumbledore nodded and said, "Let me talk to them. Talk to them one by one…"

"You have a way to distinguish?" Picquery asked in surprise.

"Although it's a bit immodest to say so, I really don't need to use Veritaserum to know if the other person is lying," Dumbledore smiled.

"But…"

"Don't worry, I guarantee that all of this will be done silently… However, it may take some time…"

…

Morning.

Hogwarts, Great Hall.

At the table, Tom put down the Daily Prophet and looked at Leif in surprise.

He said with a Muffliato Charm: "The development of things is not much different from what you said… Last night, Dumbledore really assisted the American Magical Congress very easily in rescuing many hostages… So easily, there is no other explanation except that he deliberately let them back."

Leif smiled and said, "Is Dumbledore planning to talk to them personally?"

Tom glanced at the newspaper again and said, "That's right… The newspaper said that Dumbledore wants to personally question those hostages in order to find more clues and catch Grindelwald… According to your previous speculation, is he planning to screen out the lurking Pureblood Party members from this group of hostages?"

"Yes… That's right, Tom… Are you ready? If I'm not mistaken, tonight is when Grindelwald will launch his operation at Hogwarts," Leif said calmly.

"How do you know?" Tom asked in surprise.

"Because this kind of questioning, in order not to attract attention, cannot be delayed. Dumbledore needs to ask everyone in one go. Otherwise, others can easily think that this is actually an interrogation, and this is what the American Magical Congress least wants others to know… Therefore, Dumbledore will be very busy and very focused these two days… so much so that he has no time for other things…"

As soon as Leif finished speaking, Annie hurried over from a distance.

She leaned close to the two's ears and whispered, "Tonight… 9 o'clock, gather in the common room!"

Upon hearing this, Tom looked at Leif in surprise again. Annie's message proved that Grindelwald's action was tonight!

This time… Leif guessed it again?

After Annie finished speaking, she left in a hurry, not noticing the expression on Tom's face.

"Tom… Are you ready?"

One mistake leads to eternal damnation! One hair triggers everything! One look!

"Yes! I have made complete preparations according to what you said!" Tom said.

"That's good…"

"Does it mean that as long as we make these preparations, Grindelwald won't be able to kill us?" Tom couldn't help but ask again.

"No… If he wants to kill us, we can't resist."

Tom, who had originally felt very relieved, immediately asked in horror: "Then what's the use of me preparing these?"

"It's useful… It can at least let us die more dignified."

"You… you bastard… I want to quit!"

"It's too late to regret now, Tom."

"It's not too late, I just won't go tonight!"

"You can't not go, Tom."

"Why?"

"Because if I'm going to die, I absolutely can't let you still be alive."

"What kind of hatred or grievance do I have with you!"

"This is also for the future of this world…"

"Ah? Am I a scourge that angers both gods and men! ?"

"Tom, don't you really have any idea what kind of person you are?"

…

8:40 PM.

Leif and Tom sat by the window in the common room, waiting quietly.

Tom had a dark face, and at this moment, he was already disheartened…

"Take it and drink it…" Leif handed over a small bottle.

Tom's eyes lit up when he saw this small bottle.

"Felix Felicis?"

"Yeah… When else is more suitable to use it than now?"

As Leif spoke, he took out another small bottle of Felix Felicis, opened the bottle, and dripped two drops into his mouth.

Tom didn't hesitate either, and also dripped two drops into his mouth.

Maybe tonight he could avoid death because of these two drops of Felix Felicis!

Leif couldn't help but laugh when he saw Tom's look of resignation.

The reason he said that was actually just to tease Tom.

In fact, he had indeed made complete preparations.

After all, he didn't want to bet his life.

"Tom… The enemy is about to attack, let's make a pot of black tea first."

As Leif spoke, he gently wiped the table with his right hand.

Then a steaming teapot and two clean cups appeared on the table.

I don't know where he took them out from…

"I… I don't want to drink." Even after drinking Felix Felicis, Tom was still so nervous that he wanted to throw up.

"Really not drinking?" Leif picked up the teapot and poured tea into both cups in front of him.

"Not drinking!" Tom said angrily.

"Okay then… I'm going to drink it, maybe this is the last cup of tea I'll have in my life," Leif smiled.

"Damn it! Leif, you're a bastard!"

Tom took the cup in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and then his eyes rolled back from the heat.