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It didn't take long for Ginny's expected scene to come.A few days later, Harry was called by Bagman to conduct a wand test, and was interviewed and photographed by the "Daily Prophet".When Harry arrived in the room, he found that all the warriors had arrived, and Bagman was talking to a witch in a magenta robe.When he saw Harry, Bagman immediately stood up and introduced to Harry: "This is Rita Skeeter, and she is writing a short article about the Triwizard Tournament for the "Daily Prophet" .”

Hearing Skeeter's name, Harry recalled the report about the World Cup Death Eaters parade that caused a great commotion during the summer vacation, subconsciously nodded a little coldly, and said hello.And Skeeter obviously didn't care about Harry's indifference. She pulled Harry enthusiastically and looked at Bagman expectantly: "Before we start, can I have a few words with Harry? The youngest warrior , you know, to add some color to the article."

Bagman was about to agree, but Umbridge stood up and replied in a sweet voice: "Oh, Ms. Skeeter, I'm afraid I can't. Potter is indeed the youngest, so she needs the help of the elders." Guidance, why don't you let me answer your questions with him?"

Skeeter glanced at her with some displeasure: "Deputy Minister Umbridge, you must know that I have always been proud of exposing flashy falsehoods. What I need is the real situation and real reports."

"Ah, Ms. Skeeter, your accusation is too serious. Do you mean that the Ministry of Magic will not give you the truth?" Umbridge refused to back down. The purpose of my visit this time is to show that the Ministry of Magic attaches great importance to this competition. Therefore, I have the right to accompany the Warriors and accept interviews together."

At Umbridge's insistence, a sly look flashed across Skeeter's face: "Okay, then I will explain the situation truthfully, and I hope that in the next interview, you will not interfere too much with the Warriors. expression."

"Oh, of course." Umbridge smirked, "What I also expect to see is your 'true' report!" She gritted her teeth and emphasized the pronunciation of the word "true".

Accompanied by the two "ladies", Harry was taken to the next room, while Umbridge and Skeeter sat on each side, looking at each other warily.Skeeter took out her green quill and looked at Harry expectantly. "Harry, first let's talk about what made you decide to sign up for the Tournament?"

"I didn't..." Harry was about to explain, but Umbridge cut in unexpectedly: "The Ministry of Magic actually has a different opinion on this point. Potter insisted that he didn't sign up himself, and I actually think that since He didn't apply for it himself, and he didn't meet the age requirements, so he wasn't actually suitable for the competition. However, Mr. Crouch, the person in charge of this competition, thought that since he had been selected by the Goblet of Fire, he should be bound by the contract, so he let him He competed. Therefore, Minister Fudge did not actually approve of Porter's participation."

"Very good, very good, I understand, but I just want to hear Harry's own opinion." Skeeter impatiently interrupted Umbridge's excuse to shirk responsibility, and then turned to look at Harry: " Harry, what is the main reason for you to participate in the Tournament this time? Is it to prove your ability? Especially now that you have heard that the mysterious man has returned, do you feel pressured to get rid of him through this Tournament? bring you shadows and threats of death, and formally declare war on him?"

This time, without waiting for Harry to answer, Umbridge rushed to say: "As for the mysterious man, he has already failed, and there is no such thing as a return. The Triwizard Tournament is only a competition among school students." , I believe there will be no danger of death, and there will be no threat from the mysterious person. As for declaring war, it is even more nonsense. Report some false news."

Just when Skeeter was about to refute something, Dumbledore opened the door and walked in, still smiling as always, interrupting the tit-for-tat atmosphere in the room, announcing that the wand testing ceremony was about to begin, Please Harry go at once.Harry immediately returned to the next room with a sense of relief, and sat next to Cedric, while Skeeter also put away his quill in dismay and followed.Umbridge still maintained her disgusting smirk and squeezed into the seats next to the six referees as if nothing had happened.

While Ollivander was checking the wands for all the warriors, Harry found that Skeeter was close to Tom, nodding his head with excitement, and at the same time kept recording something, the green quill was flying rapidly Then, it filled one piece of parchment after another.And Umbridge looked there many times, as if she wanted to go up to find out what they were talking about, but was blocked by Bagman and Crouch intentionally or unintentionally, every time she wanted to get up , The two of them always have something to say to her, making her inseparable.

After finishing all the procedures with great difficulty, Skeeter took several group photos for everyone, and took a few more single photos of the four warriors, especially Harry, before finally ending her interview. .However, judging from the smug light in her eyes, she obviously collected a lot of news today, which gave her the material to show her usual style of reporting.

Sure enough, the "Daily Prophet" published a long report the next day, describing in detail the situation of the Triwizard Tournament, especially the description of Harry's situation, which made Harry himself feel the same. Dumbfounded, it was almost impossible to be sure she was talking about him.Especially after seeing the last paragraph, he subconsciously looked at Ginny beside him.

"Obviously, as the rumored savior who defeated the You-Know-Who, Harry Potter does show that he is different from boys of the same age. His green eyes are always shining with determination and determination, showing a kind of fearlessness Spirit. He said that even though the Triwizard Tournament set an age limit, it still couldn't stop his determination to participate, and he did succeed in becoming one of the warriors in the end.

Although the Ministry of Magic tried to block the news, and even prevented me from revealing the truth many times during my interview, this still cannot conceal the fact that the mysterious man has returned.In the face of this situation, the young warrior did not back down. He firmly believed that relying on his longing and love for his deceased parents would better allow him to muster up the courage to meet all possible challenges.

In addition, according to reliable sources, Harry Potter's level of enchantment has far exceeded what he should be at this age, and he has especially shown amazing talent in Defense Against the Dark Arts.Therefore, in the face of the returned mysterious man, Harry Potter has repeatedly declared in private that he is very confident that he can defeat him again.If You-Know-Who makes a move in this Triwizard Tournament, he will gladly look forward to his second duel with him, and to defeat him thoroughly this time.

In the face of this outstanding and brave savior, I would like to express my great expectations here, and will continue to track all the details of his games in the follow-up reports, and present his latest situation in time for everyone.In addition, for an adolescent boy, there may already be some unknown feelings sprouting.I am as curious about this as everyone else, but our warriors showed a shy and innocent side in this regard, and did not give a positive answer.But I will continue to pay attention to this situation and try to show you a more real side of the savior. "

Facing this report that seemed to declare war, Ginny didn't pay attention to the hint in her last paragraph, but immediately guessed that the so-called "reliable person" was basically Tom.Obviously, his purpose is to annoy the main soul, and it is best to force him to appear as soon as possible, so that he can find where he is.Therefore, at the appointed time that night, she threw the newspaper in front of Tom angrily: "Didn't you say that you would not interfere with Harry's affairs?"

"I really didn't interfere. I just provided the Daily Prophet with some topics that the reporter was interested in. Besides, I just said that Harry Potter has a high talent for magic, and he has a deep hatred for Voldemort. I don't know How could she connect the two and become such a report today." Tom explained casually, but there was a look of sarcasm in his eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Ginny calmed down her impetuous emotions: "Indeed, you only provided some plausible statements, but what the media wants is sensationalism. And when the main soul sees this report , but he must think that Harry is provoking him, and he will undoubtedly find a way to kill him himself to prove to the wizarding world that he is back and that he is invincible." Tom has completely seen through the effect that the media needs, so He made use of Rita Skeeter smoothly, trying to speed up the action of the main soul.

"At least if it were me, I wouldn't believe such a report." Tom took a sip from his teacup with a smile, and under the dim light in the secret room, he had a strange look on his face, "As for the main soul Believe it or not, that's not something I could have predicted."

"But anyway, Harry is clearly being targeted and is in the most dangerous situation." Ginny looked at Tom who was smiling leisurely in front of her, and suddenly understood another intention of his move this time.He wanted to figure out what the current situation of the main soul was, and how much sanity was left after splitting the soul many times.If the main soul really believed such words, and really made a move on Harry, then he must have run out of reason and calculation.Therefore, Tom is basically using this to assess the strength of the main soul, understand his depth, and make the next actions more targeted.

Hearing Ginny's words, Tom suddenly leaned forward and stared into Ginny's eyes: "Ginny, don't care too much about Harry Potter's situation, let alone blame me for his safety, otherwise, It is really possible for me to intervene in this competition, let the main soul fulfill his wish, and also make the Order of the Phoenix lose a symbol that can be used to call on the people."

"You won't." Ginny looked back at him without showing any weakness, "Because of Harry's existence, he can restrain the actions of the main soul. And because of Harry, the Order of the Phoenix will have to fight with him in order to protect him." The main soul fights to prevent the main soul from harming him. Therefore, you can move around and gain space and time for yourself. If Harry dies, I believe that the next most difficult thing for the main soul is you, and the phoenix The society will also be happy to see you and the main soul killing each other, so you can't arrange things calmly and slowly gather the strength of the Death Eaters like you are doing now."

Tom stretched out his hand and slowly slid across Ginny's face: "I really know me, that's why you have the confidence to ask me again and again who wants to harm Harry? But, if I want you more, it is even more important than Harry." What about sex? Ginny, don't overestimate my patience, not to mention, there is no way to keep Harry from dying, just injured and unable to move, don't you really want to see my method?"

His tone was soft as if he was whispering, but the threatening tone made Ginny understand that he was not joking.Deliberately ignoring the strange mood caused by the hint in his words, Ginny got up hastily: "Then I'll go back first, I hope you are indeed as you said, and will not take some unwise actions like the main soul. "

Seeing Ginny's disorganized appearance in front of him for the first time, Tom didn't get up to stop him, but smiled slightly at her leaving back: "Ginny, let me see how long you can escape."

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The author has something to say:

Rita Skeeter's reporting was so hard to write, this segment was rated: Newswire style, TT

Also, today’s Qixi Festival, I wish everyone a happy Valentine’s Day, I love you~~

Chapter 59. Leakage of the content of the first project... Everyone knows the existence of dragons

In the next few days, when Ginny went to the secret room every night, she tried to show a normal look, and Tom didn't press her any more.However, he looked at her as if she was destined to be unable to escape his grasp, which made her secretly annoyed at his confident expression.

Facing the increasingly rampant provocations of Slytherin, Harry was very depressed but had nothing to do.Every time they see Harry, they will deliberately press the badge on the chest, so that the words "Support Cedric Diggory - a true warrior of Hogwarts" become "Potter stinky shit", De Laco would even dawdle in front of Harry's eyes on purpose, mocking him for sure defeat.

Under Draco's repeated provocations, Harry finally couldn't bear it and pulled out his wand at him, and Draco pointed his wand at him without showing any weakness.Hermione, Ron, and Ginny all immediately stood beside Harry, trying to dissuade them from their behaviour.Unexpectedly, a soft voice sounded behind them: "Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Potter, please put away your wands, Hogwarts does not need internal struggle."

Everyone looked up in astonishment, but they saw Tom standing not far away, beckoning casually, and took Harry's and Draco's wands into their hands.Afterwards, he first walked up to Draco and handed him his wand: "As a Slytherin, you don't need to compromise your demeanor with ugly words, and you don't need to express it publicly in public." own anger and dissatisfaction."

Hearing Tom's words, Draco's eyes lit up, and then he took the wand handed by Tom with a sincere heart: "I see, Mr. Riddle." He thought he understood his hint, and verbal insults could not give The opponent brought substantial harm, and publicly expressing one's dissatisfaction puts oneself in the clear, which is not suitable for Slytherin's methods and style of always being good at putting the opponent to death quietly in the dark.

Seeing that Draco understood his words, Tom nodded in satisfaction, stroked the badge on Draco's chest lightly, and changed the words on it to "Support Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter ——The warriors of Hogwarts", and then whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The emergence of a warrior also has its own chance, which does not mean that he must be a real strong man, but if he can Defeating a warrior is more proud than defeating an unknown classmate. Little Mr. Malfoy, instead of cursing him for failure here, it is better to expect him to become a winner, and then you become a person who defeats a winner, which shows you even more His strength can also arouse the admiration of others, can't he?"

Draco nodded and accepted his changes to the badge, and at the same time signaled to the students around him to take off the badge and change the handwriting, and wear it on his chest again.But Harry looked at Tom warily, obviously not believing that he was actually coming to help him.And Tom didn't say much, just handed over his wand with a smile: "Good luck on Tuesday, Harry Potter!" As he spoke, he glanced at Ginny next to him, and walked behind them .

Harry froze for a moment, wondering how Tom had actually kindly stopped him from having a direct argument with Draco without showing any hostility.Ginny reached out and stroked Harry's wand suspiciously, and immediately sensed a familiar wave of magic power, which belonged to Tom. Obviously, he attached part of the magic power to Harry's wand. During the period of time when the magic power remained, the power of the spell that Harry could cast increased, at least it was of great help to Tuesday's game.

After thinking for a while, she immediately understood that the person sent by Voldemort in Hogwarts would definitely not do anything in the first task, so Tom wanted to ensure that Harry passed the first test smoothly.Thinking of this, she looked back at Tom, only to find that he was walking towards the main castle, and the tall figure in black robe beside him was Severus Snape, and she couldn't help squinting a little strangely. squint.

Tom walked towards the main castle side by side with Snape, while casually playing with the wand in his hand: "Severus, do you have anything to do with me?" After solving Draco's matter just now, he saw Snape, who was standing on the side, followed up and called him respectfully, "Master!" After that, he remained silent for a while.

"Master, you haven't summoned me since your return, and you didn't come to Hogwarts this time. So, I just want to express my loyalty to you." Snape lowered his head, said calmly.

"My Potions Master, I have never doubted your loyalty." Tom's tone could not hear any real emotion, but his face was still smiling, "Based on your friendship with Lucius, it must be You already know the existence of that traitor." He raised his hand to stop Snape from distinguishing words, "I don't mean to blame you or Lucius. Lucius is enough for me, and that traitor There is also a need for our people. Therefore, I believe that you will be a suitable candidate, Severus, what I give you is actually greater trust and expectations. As for me, I did not find you, because I believe you can Know what I mean, or I'll ban everything Lucius might tell you."

"I understand, master, I will definitely obey your wishes and do this job well." Snape bent over, hiding the complicated look in his eyes.He didn't know what the current situation between Dumbledore and Tom was, but Dumbledore hinted that if possible, he would approach Tom and try his best to gain his trust.From this, it is speculated that Dumbledore's original attempt to influence Tom may have failed, and Tom has also been included as one of the objects that the Order of the Phoenix needs to guard against.However, he didn't expect that Tom also seemed to hope that he could help him find out the news of the main soul, which made his already somewhat difficult situation even more complicated.

"Very well, then if you have anything to report, go to Lucius directly. If I have any orders, I will ask Lucius to pass them on to you." Tom waved his hand.Signaled Snape to leave first.

"Yes, master." Snape saluted, and took the lead in striding towards the main castle.However, facing his back, Tom evoked a weird smile.From the memory of the main soul, he knew that Snape had been taciturn and had no strong desires since he became a Death Eater, but such a person was actually the most dangerous.

Moreover, during those years, the only person he ever asked the main soul was to let go of that woman named Lily Evans, Harry Potter's mother, but she was finally killed by the main soul.A person like Snape would never ask for help unless it was absolutely necessary. Since he was willing to intercede for that woman, it meant that her weight might be greater than what he showed. However, after her death, he did not show any abnormality. That's even more suspicious.He didn't believe that he would be harmless, and the only explanation was that he was waiting for the opportunity.Therefore, he willingly gave up this potion master and gave him to the main soul. I believe that he will be a very uncertain factor to the main soul. If he is used well, there may be unexpected effects.

Under Tom's interference, the Slytherin students finally stopped targeting Harry from time to time, which undoubtedly made him feel a lot better.But as the time for the competition approached, Harry became more and more uneasy, anxiously preparing for special training, trying to master some more spells, while Hermione searched for the information of previous Triwizard Tournaments every day, hoping to find Help Harry out with a clue about a possible competition event.Ginny wasn't worried about this problem. Relying on the original book, she wasn't worried about Harry's smooth pass. Now she just waited for Hagrid to reveal the problem to Harry before proposing a solution.

When Harry came back one day and secretly told Hermione, Ron and Ginny that Hagrid asked him to wear the Invisibility Cloak to find him at twelve o'clock tonight, Ginny knew that Harry would know the details of the game immediately up.So that night, the four of them once again hid under the cloak of invisibility and sneaked out of Gryffindor's tower together.

Under Hagrid's arrangement, the four of them followed him and Mrs. Maxime to the depths of the Forbidden Forest.Both Harry and Ron opened their eyes wide in disbelief when they saw the four flame-breathing and struggling dragons.Ron even murmured, "Merlin, that's Charlie, what are they doing with four dragons?"

"Couldn't this be the first event in the competition?" Hermione was the quickest to think of the most possible situation.And Ron once again showed a shocked look: "Competition events? Oh my god, that's too dangerous, Harry will be killed by the fire dragon."

After hearing what Hermione and Ron said, Harry couldn't help but flinched slightly, obviously not expecting that the first thing he had to deal with was such a terrifying thing.And Ginny quietly took Harry's hand, silently conveying her support to him.And all the wizards over there are still trying to subdue those raging dragons, and make everyone, including Hagrid, Madame Maxime, and Umbridge, Bagman, Crouch, and Tom stand back go.

Umbridge was the furthest away, not daring to go forward at all. Bagman and Crouch also watched from afar, waiting for the dragon trainers to pull the dragon back into the fence.But Tom didn't retreat, but raised his wand: "Stunning!" With the light of the spell, the dragon shook a few times and fell to the ground, and the dragon trainer hurried forward, immobilizing the stunned dragon.

Charlie glanced at Tom with a complicated expression, and finally said stiffly: "Thank you!" Obviously, he didn't expect Tom's magic power to be so strong that he could stun a dragon with strong magic resistance alone.

Tom didn't seem to be aware of his attitude, but he just approached the fainted dragon nonchalantly: "Is this the dragon used for this competition?"

"Yes, a Hungarian Horntail, a Welsh Green Dragon, a Swedish Short-Nosed Dragon, and a Chinese Fireball." Charlie nodded and introduced them one by one.

"What are their traits, or, uh, weaknesses?" Bagman asked, leaning forward curiously.

"Dragon's resistance to magic is very strong, and spells that are too weak are useless to it." Charlie glanced at the enthusiastic Bagman and explained, "The only weakness is that it may not be effective against potions. Resistance, ordinary potions work on it as well. When we came this time, we fed them sleeping potions, so that they arrived here quietly all the way."

Hearing Charlie's words, Ginny suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Maybe, in addition to the method in the original book, she could also add a little potion to make Harry's game go more smoothly.Not far away, Bagman kept nodding his head, still asking Charlie, as if he wanted to know more about the situation.Just when Charlie was getting a little annoyed by him, several other wizards walked over with a blanket with a nest of huge, granite-gray dragon eggs inside, and Charlie immediately took the opportunity to meet him. , to get rid of Bagman's chattering questions.

Hagrid immediately leaned forward delightedly, looking longingly at the egg.And Charlie gave him a warning look: "I counted it, Hagrid."

"Is this the dragon egg?" Crouch rarely asked. Although he knew the content of the competition, it was probably the first time he had seen the real dragon and the dragon egg.

"Yes, these dragons are all brooding female dragons, so they are the most aggressive. If someone hurts the dragon eggs, they may really hunt for them." Charlie carefully placed the dragon eggs on the There are several dragons around.

"Then if the dragon egg is taken away, can the dragon be lured away?" Madam Maxim also interjected and asked, her eyes gleaming with calculations, obviously planning for the warriors in her school.

"Ma'am, that's not an easy task. It's more difficult than directly using the stun spell to make the fire dragon fall asleep on the spot. Uh, although the stun spell is also difficult to work on dragons, it requires powerful magic power to back it up." Charlie She replied with a serious face, and then glanced at Hagrid next to her with some disapproval, but Hagrid just made a nonchalant expression.

Madam Maxim didn't ask any more questions, she just curled her lips in satisfaction, obviously she had already thought of a solution.Remembering that Fleur did use a hypnotic spell similar to the Stunning Spell in the original book, Ginny immediately understood that maybe they, Beauxbatons, also had some unique spells that could imitate the effect of the Stunning Spell, requiring little magic power, but It is much more powerful than the Stunning Spell.

Seeing that the basic situation is almost understood, Ginny patted the other three people: "Okay, now that the content of the first project is known, let's go back first and discuss in detail what to do tomorrow. If Wait until they're all gone, and we'll be easy to spot."

The other three nodded without objection, so the four stood up quietly together and walked towards the castle.On the way back, they saw Karkaroff looking around ghostly, obviously also came to find out the situation.Hermione, Harry, and Ron were talking in low voices, discussing how to get through the fire dragon, while Ginny kept thinking about everyone's expressions and words tonight, trying to find out who might be sent by Voldemort, but In the end, I still feel clueless.But at least, Harry's first project is no longer in danger, and she can only slowly look for new clues.

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The author has something to say:

Well, in fact, the Triwizard Tournament is the Triwizard Cheating Competition...

From now on, guess who is the person sent by Voldemort, and if you guess it, I will give Cruise a kiss!