Chapter 184: Dueling Club Planning

When Harry said goodbye to Ma Erfu and returned to the dormitory, he found Neville staring at him with burning eyes.

"What did you say to Ma Erfu?" Neville asked.

"I tested it, he seems to be unaware of the Death Eaters' plan." Harry omitted the part about Ivy. "So, I incited him to organize students to resist the Death Eaters."

"He agreed?" Neville showed a bad smile.

"Almost, by the way, I told him about the Dueling Club." Harry said. "He is now planning to organize Slytherin students to step up training, we can't fall behind."

"You're right, I also intend to organize some students to lead everyone to practice dueling skills." Neville touched his chin. "How about naming it the Lionheart Society?"

"Sounds pretty good, very Gryffindor-flavored." Harry suggested tactfully. "But how should this attract students from other houses?"

"No, I don't think it's necessary." Neville shook his head. "Since the ring is by house, each house should set up its own student organization. I will suggest Hannah to unite the Hufflepuff students, and Ravenclaw will be left to Zhang Qiu."

"Hannah and Hufflepuff, this is indeed not bad." Harry hesitated. "But I still need to consider Ravenclaw's matter."

The main reason Harry hesitated was that he hoped Zhang Qiu could accompany him to the Triwizard Tournament, which was also one of the reasons he put the girls' club to Ivy and Hermione.

If Zhang Qiu didn't win over Ravenclaw classmates, then Ma Erfu would let Lu Na do this, which was undoubtedly not good news for Gryffindor, but for Harry, it didn't matter.

"Don't think about it, go to sleep first." Luo En poked his head out from the bed curtain. "Morning is smarter than night."

Early the next morning, when Harry and Luo En got up and left the dormitory, they found that everyone was running around, looking very busy. Even Fred and George were busy managing their Wizarding Wheezes shop, and by the way, researching some kind of "prop that can bypass the age limit," which they thought would be very popular.

Those students who were seventeen years old were all absent-minded, while those who were under seventeen and thought they were extraordinary were talking loudly about possible ways to bypass the restrictions. Harry suddenly came back to his senses from those political tricks. At this time in school, the most popular topic was still the Triwizard Tournament.

Neville had a deep understanding of this. When he invited students to join the Lionheart Society everywhere, he only said "study wizard dueling together," and the result was few responders. However, when the inside scoop that "the third task of the Triwizard Tournament is dueling" began to spread from Slytherin, suddenly many people came to Neville.

On the contrary, the girls' SPEW was set up very smoothly. Most little girls were more willing to study how to marry a champion than how to become a champion. SPEW currently had a rough framework, with Zhang Qiu as the president, Ivy as the secretary, Hermione and Pan Xi as two vice presidents, and a large number of members below. They were considering whether they should continue to elect more vice presidents.

"Why do we look so idle." Luo En said. "It seems like only the two of us are doing nothing in the whole school."

"Because we don't need to study how to sneak onto the train." Harry shrugged. "Once we get on the train, we'll be busy."

"Also, when does the train depart? End of October, which is before Halloween?" Luo En suddenly showed an ominous expression. "Doesn't that mean we can't go to Hogsmeade this year..."

"Seems, indeed so..." Harry looked at the students coming and going with some distress. "However, we can go now."

After spending a pleasant weekend in Hogsmeade, Harry realized that he still needed to attend the Torchwood gathering on Sunday night, so he said goodbye to Luo En and walked toward the fourth floor alone.

When he passed through the phantom wall and entered the headquarters, Harry found that everyone else had arrived. Ma Erfu was discussing something with Lu Na, and Pan Xi's appearance made Harry eat a big surprise.

Pan Xi at this time was no longer that ugly girl who looked like a pug. On the contrary, she looked much more pleasing to the eye. Her eyebrows and eyes had a few more points of clarity, her skin was much smoother, and her smile and eyes became as gentle as other girls.

It seemed this was the result of makeup, Harry thought secretly.

"Oh, Harry, you're here." Ma Erfu said with a smile. "Let's start."

The children sat up straight one after another, and Harry also sat in his empty seat. Ma Erfu nodded and then started to say: "I think the thing everyone is most concerned about is undoubtedly the Triwizard Tournament, right? If nothing goes wrong, Harry Potter will participate as the seed player of Hogwarts. Let's congratulate Harry."

"Great." Lu Na said in a singing tone.

"But doesn't this mean Harry is going to France this year, and we won't be able to see him?" Crabbe's tone carried a trace of regret.

"Indeed, so I hope that before we depart, I can see everyone carrying out things in an orderly manner." Harry said. "The thing that worries me most is that someone is going to attack the school."

"I want you to say the exact source of the news again." Ma Erfu said with a solemn expression. "On the issue of Hogwarts, it's best not to hide from each other."

"The news comes from two parts, one is the White House, and the other is the Ministry of Magic." Harry was well prepared. "This is a clear scheme for both sides. Deng Buliduo left the school because of the Triwizard Tournament, and he is preparing to duel with the Dark Lord outside the school. In this way, the remaining Death Eaters are preparing to attack Hogwarts, partly to distract Deng Buliduo, and partly to clear the remaining resistance forces."

"The first half is the same." Ma Erfu sighed. "The Dark Lord also decided to duel with Deng Buliduo outside the school, but the opinion of the Death Eater high-level is to wait quietly for the result of the duel. Once the Dark Lord defeats Deng Buliduo, who is known as invincible, then we can take over Hogwarts smoothly and steadily."

"But what other Death Eaters intend to do, we actually don't know." Ma Erfu touched his chin. "I wrote to ask my father, and he told me that Antonin hasn't attended the meeting for a long time. He suspects that the Dark Lord has assigned him some separate task."

"Pure passerby, to be fair," Trig commented from the perspective of an outsider, "I think this is an honorable and stylish duel, but will the Death Eater side be too optimistic? What if the Dark Lord is defeated again by the invincible Deng Buliduo?"

"If he loses, then the Death Eaters will hibernate for a period of time, waiting for the Dark Lord to make a comeback." Ma Erfu was vague, but Harry guessed they might also know more or less that Voldemort was immortal.

"That's right, in this case, attacking Hogwarts is undoubtedly meaningless." Pan Xi said. "And now most of the low-level Death Eaters have been won over by a mysterious figure named 'Dark Night Godfather.' Unless he is Antonin himself, we don't even have enough troops."

"Then that's right, attacking Hogwarts is meaningful." Before Harry could speak, Trig analyzed with relish.

"For the Dark Lord, he actually doesn't need so many idiots to add chaos to him and ruin the reputation of the Death Eaters, so he let Antonin win over the low-level Death Eaters and let them attack Hogwarts."

"If the Dark Lord defeats Deng Buliduo, then as the winning side, the Death Eaters will divide the interests occupied by the Order of the Phoenix, so the fewer people who divide the cake, the better. It's best for all those low-level Death Eaters to be lost at Hogwarts." Trig said. "And if Deng Buliduo defeats the Dark Lord, the Death Eaters have to hibernate, then the low-level Death Eaters who are caught are enough to give the Ministry of Magic an explanation."

"Ah, so you mean, the plan to attack Hogwarts was originally a suicide plan?" Harry recalled the Voldemort he peeked at in his dream. He seemed to know that attacking Hogwarts was bound to fail, and only intended to use this to help Snape ascend to the position of headmaster.

"Then things are very clear. Whether it's for Hogwarts, or for Deng Buliduo or the Dark Lord, we have the obligation to unite and beat back the invasion." Ma Erfu said happily. "We need to organize students who are willing to fight, establish a defense alliance, and protect this school from the hands of stupid Death Eaters."

Harry nodded to him, and Trig also nodded in deep agreement. However, the four girls looked uninterested.

"And, the professor didn't get no news at all. Moody plans to reopen the Dueling Club. It is said that he will arrange for students to fight in the ring by house, to exercise everyone's practical ability." Crabbe added.

"Yes, this is what I want to say." Ma Erfu looked at Lu Na. "We will organize combat groups in Slytherin, Neville will organize combat groups in Gryffindor, I hope you will also organize them in Ravenclaw."

"Can't you let Zhang Qiu do it?" Lu Na said lazily.

"Zhang Qiu might also participate in the Triwizard Tournament. She can complete the preparatory work in the early stage, but later it still needs someone to lead and manage these members." Harry said. "And, Hufflepuff has also started to organize students. Currently, it seems to be led by Cedric, but Cedric will be 17 this year, and he might hand over the team to Hannah to lead later."

"Most importantly," Ma Erfu said, "the person who initiates the organization must have considerable strength, and be able to popularize some dueling knowledge that the professor has never talked about, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."

"And, if Gryffindor and Hufflepuff can always exchange experiences, then Slytherin should exchange experiences with Ravenclaw more." Pan Xi added. "Otherwise we will fall into a disadvantage."

"Alright then." Lu Na finally agreed to his proposal, but there was not much happy expression on her face. ===== CHAPTER 185 =====