Chapter 182: Ma Erfu

"I personally experienced the dark years when the Mysterious Person first ravaged, and I am also one of the few Aurors who survived that catastrophe and was able to retire peacefully, as well as one of the first members of the Order of the Phoenix." Moody whispered. "Actually, two years ago, after learning that the Mysterious Person had resurrected, Deng Buliduo quietly reorganized the Order of the Phoenix, but only with some core members, because we had traitors among us."

"Deng Buliduo entrusted us to investigate a matter. I cannot tell you the specific content, but you must know that this matter is related to the secret of the Mysterious Person's resurrection." Moody's real eye kept staring at Harry; he might have learned that Harry already knew about the Horcruxes from his facial expressions. "Before the Order of the Phoenix falls, you should first focus on your studies. The cause of fighting the Mysterious Person is not as simple as you imagine."

"I understand, thank you, Professor." Harry said solemnly.

"I have a question." Neville said with some confusion. "Why don't you say the name of Voldemort? It can't be fear, right?"

"This is a rule we summarized after suffering quite a few losses." Moody sighed. "The Mysterious Person has placed a curse on his name. Anyone who calls him by his name will be sensed by him."

Harry breathed a sigh of relief. He had considered that most of his classmates were actually afraid of hearing that name, so he rarely called it out directly.

Neville, on the other hand, clicked his tongue unhappily. "What an insidious trap."

"It doesn't matter if you say Voldemort at Hogwarts. He himself knows that Deng Buliduo will organize his own forces to target him; not saying it would be abnormal." Moody said with some comfort. "But we are all used to it; when we don't want him to know, we don't say his name."

"Makes sense, I have to pay attention in the future." Neville said.

"But if he also places a curse on the word 'Mysterious Person'?" Harry mused. "Better to call him the Dark Lord, using the same title as the Death Eaters, so it will be absolutely hidden."

"As you wish." Moody was noncommittal. "The name is just a code; what matters is the determination to resist him. But many times, if you say the name Voldemort to his face, you can convey that determination."

"Speaking of which, I have another plan." Taking advantage of this opportunity to be alone with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Harry said, "As far as I know, Hogwarts might not be very safe this year. Can you please organize a dueling club, which is equivalent to an after-school advanced class, can you?"

"Dueling Club, *hmm*?" Moody raised his eyebrows. "That's not difficult, but how to balance the safety and enthusiasm of the students is a big problem, and it also needs to have definite practical significance. What do you think, Potter?"

"I learned from the Ministry of Magic that Death Eaters are very likely to launch a large-scale attack on Hogwarts this year." Harry whispered. "So, getting a little hurt in peacetime is better than losing your life when the time comes, right?"

"Death Eaters also went to school at Hogwarts, Harry, they aren't stupid." Moody seemed to have some contempt for this news. "If Voldemort goes to duel with Deng Buliduo, with the remaining troops he has, they can't even beat the stone statues of the school."

"This means that once the Death Eaters launch an attack, the stone statues definitely won't be able to stop them." Harry said very seriously. "I don't know where they might find reinforcements, or what conspiracies they might be brewing, but I hope we can take it seriously first."

"Since the Triwizard Tournament, which has killed many people, has been reopened, what does it matter if we get hurt in the school's Dueling Club?" Luo En added.

"That's true, *hahaha*." Moody's habitually gloomy expression suddenly brightened up a lot. "I will talk to Deng Buliduo about it. Letting the students fight in the ring by house is a good idea, and I will also talk to Madam Pomfrey."

"Now, you go eat quickly." Moody said.

When the three left the office, Luo En suddenly said: "Why didn't Professor Moody invite us for tea?"

"Why do you care about this?" Neville asked, puzzled.

"Because Donald always prepares tea and snacks in his office to entertain students, and so does Lu Ping." Luo En said with a listless expression.

"Actually, you're confused. Lu Ping doesn't prepare tea in his office either." Harry patted him on the shoulder. "It's just that every time we talk to him, it happens to be at the Three Broomsticks pub."

"Ah right, thinking about it this way, I'm looking forward to going to Hogsmeade..."

Neville echoed with a smile, letting Luo En shift the topic to something else. Harry didn't intend to tell them about the Horcruxes either. Clearly, Deng Buliduo intended to collect the Horcruxes secretly, so the fewer people who knew about this, the safer it would be—although the Kremlin seemed to have known about it for a long time.

Before going to bed, when the night was quiet, Harry remembered the news he heard during time travel. The Death Eaters were undoubtedly planning to attack Hogwarts, trying to contain Deng Buliduo. However, where would they seek help to manage to break through those stone statues?

Harry calculated the situation of the school. What was certain was that most professors should help Deng Buliduo. Even Snape was his own person lurking in the enemy camp and wouldn't participate in any conspiracy that Deng Buliduo didn't know about. That left only the students to calculate. If Zhang Qiu could unite and win over most of the girls, it would be best to find a way to win over the boys as well, so that everything could be covered.

If the Death Eaters had no inside help and couldn't find reinforcements, perhaps they would abandon this plan. Harry turned over, continuing to think. He had to test Ma Erfu first. If he hadn't made up his mind to be an inside help, he had to pull him to the opposite side of the Death Eaters. He was almost a banner among the second generation of Death Eaters, and his position was quite important.

In Friday's Potions class, Ma Erfu took the opportunity of getting medicine to say to Harry: "We are going to hold the Torchwood gathering as usual this weekend, but I want to talk to you privately first. How about tonight?"

Harry said with a smile: "Alright, I happen to be free tonight. Where shall we talk?"

"Just at the headquarters." Ma Erfu touched his chin. "That way it won't be easily disturbed."

Harry nodded and agreed to his suggestion.

In this class, Harry could still concentrate and help Luo En solve some problems, whereas Ma Erfu was absent-minded and made mistakes frequently, receiving a good scolding from Snape.

When Harry arrived at the Torchwood headquarters on the fourth floor, which had been converted from an abandoned classroom, he found that not only Ma Erfu was sitting there, but Pan Xi was also there, holding a dictionary and struggling to flip through a Chinese book.

"Ah, Harry." Ma Erfu stood up. "Let's go out and talk."

"I'm going too." Pan Xi closed the book and stood up.

"No, no, no, we are going to talk about some men's business." Ma Erfu pretended to be serious. "You'd better not know about this."

Harry looked at him suspiciously and didn't refute.

"Alright." Pan Xi shrugged and sat back down.

Ma Erfu asked Harry to follow him. The two came to an empty classroom. Ma Erfu also deliberately closed the door, then sat down, organizing his language.

"I say, Ivy is your cousin, right?" He said. "After all, your surname is Potter, and hers is Crowley."

"She's not even a cousin. She was adopted by my grandfather. We have no blood relationship." Harry weighed his words. He didn't want to tell a lie, nor did he want to break Ma Erfu's filter too early.

"This..." Ma Erfu's face was visibly embarrassed. "However, you should know her background, right?"

"I promised not to tell others." Harry prevaricated vaguely. After all, he could also have promised himself.

"However, I can tell you some other information. I'll say it in advance, this is just some things I happened to think of, just talking nonsense without anything to say, you understand?"

Ma Erfu showed a look of sudden realization.

"The October Revolution overthrew the rule of the Tsar, and from then on, workers and peasants became the masters of the country. The noble class ceased to exist. This is one of the histories of the Soviet Union in the Muggle world." Harry first said a piece of history known to everyone. "However, due to the existence of the Statute of Secrecy, the nobles of the Wizarding World were not liquidated, and their magic world still maintained the status quo, only the rulers of the Ministry of Magic were replaced by Muggle-borns, that's all."

Harry finally decided to push everything to Yanayev. He continued: "And after Yanayev came to power, in order to expand his influence, he launched the October Revolution of the Wizarding World. But at that time, because he used his power in the Muggle world to provide a lot of support for Muggle-borns, it was almost described as a one-sided massacre, which is the 'Great Purge' we have heard of."

"These are just things that really happened. I believe you have heard a lot, right?" Harry deliberately paused.

"Heard some, but not so detailed." Ma Erfu said. "I always thought the Great Purge was Yanayev cleaning up political opponents, but in fact, all those who died in the purge were nobles?"

"That's right, and they were all pure-blood nobles who despised Muggle-borns." Harry continued to state the facts. "Yanayev launched the first purge in 1981. In 1990, after he won the Afghan War in the Muggle world, he turned his eyes to the Wizarding World again and launched the second purge. This time, the original neutral nobles were also ruthlessly liquidated, and the KGB is still hunting down fugitives."

"1981," Ma Erfu counted on his fingers, "happens to be the year Ivy was born?"

"Because a large number of nobles fled to the European continent during the second purge, Yanayev is mobilizing all forces to search and arrest them, and he also has informants at Hogwarts." Harry pretended not to hear Ma Erfu's words and continued. "This informant has not been removed to this day." ===== CHAPTER 183 =====