Chapter 120: Who is the Cheater

As an Auror who had personally captured Karkaroff, he knew Karkaroff's eye color very well, plus he had just had a face-to-face with him.

So mentioning gray-blue eyes, he thought of Karkaroff in the first instance.

"No, this is unreasonable."

"Why would Karkaroff help Harry sign up."

Hearing this sentence, Professor McGonagall shook her head and denied it.

"Don't forget, he was a Death Eater before."

Moody just said coldly.

"Maybe he is now serving the Dark Lord's great cause again?"

"And the Death Eater terrorist attack a while ago, I have every reason to suspect that those dark forces are secretly plotting some conspiracy to harm Potter."

Professor McGonagall frowned.

Because what Moody said made sense.

"No, Alastor."

"Karkaroff is the person who least wants the Dark Lord to return."

But Dumbledore shook his head and also denied this statement.

He knew very well that Karkaroff had betrayed Voldemort, and had also betrayed those Death Eaters.

Karkaroff's fear of Voldemort must far outweigh his loyalty.

"Then could he be controlled by the Imperius Curse?"

"You know, he has no firm will to speak of; anyone could control him."

"As a traitor to the Death Eaters, it would be very easy and reasonable for the Death Eaters to find and use him."

"And his eyes are blue; if the dark wizard casting the Imperius Curse is not skilled or too hasty, leading to incomplete control, it will cover the victim's eyes with a layer of gray-white, isn't that exactly gray-blue."

Moody's speculation was hard to refute; Dumbledore was also silent for a moment, his fingertips tapping the table lightly.

"Regardless of whether it's him, don't alert the enemy for now."

"Alastor, you keep a close watch on Karkaroff's movements first."

"Severus, I think you and Karkaroff should have some common topics; you can go probe him."

"And then Minerva, you write a letter to Sirius and ask him to come over; I think Harry will need family support."

"As for you, John, don't spread the word about tonight's matter, and also, prepare well to handle the Triwizard Tournament; this challenge is not easy."

After Dumbledore was silent for a good while, he accepted Moody's speculation for the time being and slowly made deployments.

John had been hiding behind Professor McGonagall listening; he didn't expect that coming to report a situation would allow him to hear so much gossip.

Who said Hogwarts is safe?

This is not safe at all!

Afterward, Professor McGonagall took John away from this place.

On the way, she also asked John to spend two nights a week at her place to strengthen his Transfiguration.

After all, John was one of her proudest students and couldn't have an accident because of the Triwizard Tournament.

John naturally nodded in agreement.

Afterward, John returned to the Eagle House lounge alone.

Upon returning, he found the common room already crowded with people.

Ryan was standing on a table, vividly telling the Eagle House crowd how John broke through the Age Line.

Although the crowd below held doubts, they all appeared very curious and excited.

"John is back!"

At this moment, someone discovered John and shouted immediately.

Instantly, everyone's gaze was focused on him, and they quickly surrounded him.

The sound of discussion surged like a tide, mixed with curiosity and excitement.

"John, did you really crack the Headmaster's Age Line directly?"

"Or are you a distant relative of the Headmaster, and the Headmaster let you off?"

"Impossible, you must have asked someone to help you sign up!"

"Or cheated with an Age-Enhancing Elixir?"

John was suddenly surrounded in the center, the chattering sounds from all directions making his temples throb.

The Eagle House crowd was full of curiosity about how he crossed the Age Line, with all kinds of guesses coming one after another.

"Stop! Stop!"

John hurriedly raised his hands to signal silence.

The Eagle House crowd then quieted down.

Ryan and Ethan also finally squeezed through the crowd to John.

"Hehe, John, I've already publicized it for you, saying you're a genius that even the Headmaster can't stop."

Ryan blinked at John and said with a smile.

John gave a thumbs up; well said, brother, well said.

But Ethan said with some worry.

"There are also people saying you're a cheater, and Harry Potter should be the selected Warrior."

"After all, you're the only one whose age doesn't fit."

John waved his hand indifferently; anyway, besides talking about it, they couldn't do anything to him.

Then John looked at the crowd and raised his hand to say slowly.

"First of all, I signed up by myself, I didn't ask anyone to do it for me."

"Secondly, the school has acknowledged the Warrior status of Harry and me, and we will participate in this competition together."

"Finally, I'm going to sleep, goodbye!"

Having said that, John pulled Ryan and Ethan to squeeze out of the crowd and walked toward his dormitory.

Seeing this, the Eagle House crowd looked at each other and didn't say anything more.

After all, John's attitude was already very clear, and asking more would be of no use.

"Speaking of which, what about the celebration party we prepared for John?"

At this moment, an Eagle House senior scratched his head and asked.

It turned out that the Eagle House crowd was still planning to celebrate for John.

But he was surrounded and asked a bunch of questions as soon as he came back, and some of the questions were thorny.

The person left directly, and the celebration party couldn't be held.

"Uh... save it for after the first challenge ends."

"Then what if he fails the first challenge?"

"...... Then wait until he doesn't fail to hold it."

"Then what if he keeps failing?"

"Are you looking for trouble!"

"Beat him!"

A group of little eagles swarmed up and pressed the rebel to the ground to beat him up.

After the next day, John found that the attitude of the Eagle House crowd toward him had improved a lot.

Alright, it wasn't bad yesterday either, it was just that they were too excited, so the questions were asked sharply.

Now that they had calmed down, many people started to cheer him on, saying they would support him.

There were also seniors who took the initiative to offer help, telling John to find them anytime if he encountered difficulties.

After all, they were all fellow students living together, and looking out for each other was a matter of course.

John naturally was happy to respond to this support, promising them he would win the Triwizard Cup back and place it in their shared lounge.

To this, they just smiled; it would be good enough if you could protect yourself at 12, let alone the Triwizard Cup.

Clearly, they didn't know much about John's strength. ===== CHAPTER 121 =====