Chapter 223

Early the next morning, Harry came to the living room to see if there was anything to eat, and he found that Sirius had already made a large plate of wraps.

"Harry, yesterday was a good day for the holiday, I didn't tell you." He said with a serious face. "Regarding some things about the Triwizard Tournament, I have probably received some news."

"Is that so?" Harry became alert all of a sudden.

"Tonks didn't just come for Deng Buliduo's mission. More importantly, she is a Metamorphmagus, and the Soviet agent lurking among the competition personnel is also a Metamorphmagus according to the news." Sirius continued. "Tonks showed me the various abilities of a Metamorphmagus, and I think it's simply breathtaking."

"He can disguise himself as someone of similar build at will, for as long as he wants, or he can transform into someone else in the time it takes to go to the bathroom." Sirius said. "Especially since we have harvested some intelligence, he has a handler with the codename 'Badwolf'. It's not hard to imagine that this person is very dangerous and possibly even very cruel."

"I always feel a bit familiar..." Harry struggled to recall, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"Don't think you can catch his trail." Sirius warned. "At present, at least he shouldn't intend to interfere with the Ministry of Magic's plan, but if he makes you feel like you're in the way, then it's hard to say."

"Remember, he can disguise himself as anyone at any time, especially since he is also a cold-blooded spy." Sirius warned repeatedly. "Don't provoke him, you can't always guard against everyone around you."

"Fine." Harry said sheepishly. "But you mentioned Deng Buliduo's mission, what is that, is there any new progress?"

"He found a cave where the Dark Lord hid a Horcrux, but it requires sacrificing a life to pass." Sirius said. "So I need help finding a piece of scum who is not worth dying for."

"Uh, then did you find one for him?" Harry felt a bit cruel, but he had to admit that the real world is like this, and Deng Buliduo has tried his best to maintain justice.

"Found one, we also got that thing, but it's fake." Sirius said. "Someone named R. A. B. got there first."

"R. A. B.," Harry recited these three letters. "I seem to have seen them somewhere too."

"Regulus Arcturus Black, exactly the person I am currently impersonating, my brother." Sirius said helplessly. "I originally thought he was a die-hard Death Eater, but now it seems he might have turned against them."

"You mentioned he went missing..." Harry paused. "Could it be that he took the Horcrux with his own life?"

"Yes, now we still need to investigate who his accomplices are." Sirius pulled his hair painfully. "I originally thought my brother was a boring person, I didn't expect him to be much greater than I imagined."

"But how did Regulus find the location of that Horcrux?" Harry asked from another angle. "Could there be another organization resisting the Dark Lord?"

"According to Deng Buliduo, this is a cave that the Dark Lord accidentally explored when he was very young. After he grew up, he thought this place had special significance, so he set up a lake full of Inferi and a basin of poison there." Sirius said. "Used to hide the Horcrux, and sure enough, as Deng Buliduo expected, what was hidden here was one of the founder's relics, Slytherin's locket."

"But now, the real Horcrux is nowhere to be found." Harry tried to help reason. "If this was explored when he was young, could it have something to do with those people from when he was young?"

"That's hard to say, but if Regulus really joined another resistance organization, he shouldn't have not told me, or, did he go to that cave only after the Dark Lord fell?" Sirius shook his head. "I have no clue at all, I know too little about Regulus."

"Investigate further, go to his room and look for clues?" Harry suggested. "Perhaps some clues will be left there."

"That's a good idea." Sirius revealed a hint of embarrassment. "I haven't been back to Grimmauld Place for a long time, but fortunately Kreacher assured me that everything is still the same. You don't know, just cleaning my own room, I almost fought with him."

"Then where have you been living all this time?" Harry was a bit surprised.

"Ireland." Sirius shrugged. "I bought a house there, a bit remote, after all, I'm doing things that can't be seen."

"And, I really don't dare to take you there to play." Sirius continued. "Although some smart guys found out that I am not a bad person, most people are still blindly following Death Eaters, and they are very evil at heart."

"But you are reusing smart people who are willing to follow you to turn over a new leaf, and for those who are obsessed and evil by nature, you restrain them from running around." Harry nodded thoughtfully. "Is that so?"

"Yes, it will take a long time for me to completely control this gang, so I still envy Lu Ping." He said. "Although there are not many werewolves, they all listen to Lu Ping."

They chatted for a while, Luo En also got up, followed by Lu Ping, so the direction of the topic turned to the classic Hogwarts jokes that never go out of style.

As the day approached noon, almost no one wanted to cook, so Sirius suggested going to the Three Broomsticks to eat, and after eating, he would send Harry back to Hogwarts.

"You still have to focus on the school, Harry." Sirius said. "You could even say that these students are the foundation for you to build your power in the future. Once you leave school, it will be difficult for you to find a group of people willing to gather together for a common ideal."

Harry agreed, but what could he do when he returned to school? He didn't see Eve or Neville in the common room, so after a slight hesitation, he took Luo En and walked toward the Chamber of Secrets.

Zhang Qiu and Alina were drinking tea while watching TV. After she wrote to her martial uncle last time, the alchemy master quickly figured out how to compress soap operas into game cartridges, so it was convenient for her to play them with existing equipment.

At this moment, it was raining heavily on TV, and a woman was walking staggeringly with a broken umbrella until she reached a mansion.

Harry patiently learned from the subtitles that this was a plot about an illegitimate daughter asking her aristocratic father for living expenses. Finally, when the old master hit his daughter, he coughed heavily several times, and Zhang Qiu reluctantly pressed the pause button.

"You two are back? How is Gilneas, is it fun?" She said.

"Not bad, how about you, the ball was not bad, right?" Harry asked.

"Don't mention it, Renata and Krum were still wearing those Beauxbatons outfits, we prepared in vain." Zhang Qiu said helplessly.

"But my white suit absolutely stunned her, and Zhang, your Hanfu is also very good-looking." Alina did not spare her praise. "The funniest thing is that there are two guys wearing green robes who look like stones, actually hugging a pair of twin sisters, it really made me laugh to death."

"Where are Eve and Ginny?" Harry asked, this is what he cares more about.

"Not bad, Eve didn't wear Luo En's robes, but wore a suit with wide cuffs and white edges, which looked quite good." Alina said enthusiastically. "She happened to be wearing a black suit, and we complemented each other, it was wonderful."

They sat together and chatted for a while, learning some gossip about the ball, such as Pan Xi wearing a backless evening gown, which was actually dressed up very beautifully. Zhang Qiu said that she had at least layered four concealers and seven highlighters in her makeup spell; or, Cui Ge rushed back at the last moment before the ball started. He was wearing a blue suit and dancing with Luna who was wearing a yellow dress, although according to their age, neither of them should have appeared here; another interesting thing is that Lavender did not appear, she seemed to have gone home.

"Neville is still dancing with Hannah, so what about Ernie Macmillan?" Harry was also curious about this opponent of Hannah in Deng Buliduo's Army. He still remembered this child, who was a person willing to be mediocre but supported the pure-blood theory.

"It's Daphne Greengrass, one of Pan Xi's followers." Zhang Qiu remembered this information very clearly.

"Is that so," Harry sighed. "The plan will probably have to wait until school starts to show results, but we won't be able to stay for a few days before we have to go to Beauxbatons again."

"So think on the bright side, it's rare to have some rest time." Zhang Qiu pressed the play button again. "Wait until school starts to worry about anything."

Harry couldn't stand her family ethics melodrama, so he took Luo En and left.

Just when he thought the holiday would pass by eating, drinking, and playing chess, Tang Tang Nade returned to Hogwarts in early January and also brought Hermione back.

Zhang Qiu didn't seem to intend to let Hermione enter the Chamber of Secrets, so they started soaking in the library again. Luo En had many complaints about this, but Tang Tang Nade suggested that he could open a small stove for him, talk about new concept fighting techniques, and talk about conceptual brand-new alchemy armor, which made him addicted to it again.

Everything seemed to return to the nostalgic days of the second year without exams. Even though Hogwarts had started, because Beauxbatons had not yet started, Tang Tang Nade was able to take time to hold a small party with some students who had a good relationship at the beginning.

Good days are always short. Harry watched Eve organize some girls to launch an attack on Lavender, and Neville led many boys to respond actively. When the situation seemed to be excellent, Deng Buliduo notified him that he should set off for Beauxbatons on Saturday, January 14th.

Harry felt a little regretful. He still wanted to see more follow-ups of the girls' club, and also hoped to see the development of Malfoy and Pan Xi. When Eve started to pick up the lily persona, Pan Xi's smile became brighter day by day.

Just on the night before departure, Tang Tang Nade asked Harry to meet quietly by the Forbidden Forest.

"I have already thought of an absolutely good plan, which will definitely help you complete the competition beautifully and easily." He said. "But I need some people to assist, what ideas do you have? If you have no ideas, I can find some absolutely reliable people, but this will be a very ritualistic thing, if you intend to let your friends participate."