Hals, did you and Miss Granger reveal little Barty to anyone else during this time? Dumbledore asked.

Ivan shook his head hesitantly, he knew very well the importance of secrecy, so he was usually very cautious, and Hermione probably wouldn't say anything to the outside world.

And Harry and Ron only learned about Barty Crouch Jr. today, and they were at most half-informed before.

"Albus, it shouldn't be these kids' problem!" Moody frowned and said in a deep voice. "Little Barty has only been dead for a week, and even if a student happened to learn about it, it would never have reached that person's ears so quickly."

Voldemort can be said to be alone today, and the source of the news is very closed, so someone must have told him the news.

"Could it be that the Ministry of Magic revealed it?" Ivan immediately thought of this.

In his opinion, the Ministry of Magic's intelligence network is similar to a sieve, for example, the Triumph Cup held this year was originally a very secret thing, but many people knew the news in advance before the start of school, and Doggett even analyzed from some intelligence that one of the games might be related to the fire dragon......

So Ivan was very skeptical that it would be a high-ranking official in that department who defected to Voldemort and became the internal response of the Dark Lord.

However, just as Ivan was thinking this, Dumbledore spoke out to dismiss his speculation. "No, I only told Fudge about Barty Jr. tonight."

"That's strange, so it's only a ......few of us who know the news," Moody raised an eyebrow, his gaze swept over Ivan and Harry, then at Dumbledore, and then spoke again. Could it be Barty? Or did he tell someone? ”

Ivan also felt that there was a possibility, only Dumbledore, Moody, Hermione, Crouch and himself knew about this before, if it wasn't revealed by their side, it could only be Crouch!

"I don't think Barty will say it easily! Maybe Voldemort had put some kind of warning magic on Barty Jr. to let him know all this......" Dumbledore interrupted the conjecture of several people, now that the situation was urgent, they needed to unite as much as possible, not be suspicious for no reason!

"In short, the most important thing now is to find out the location of that village and stop the tragedy." Dumbledore added.

"But England is so big, how can we be sure where the mystery man is going to attack?" Ron asked, puzzled.

Harry only knew that the mysterious man was going to attack, but he didn't know the exact location of the village, and he didn't even have the slightest clue, so he couldn't find it.

"Voldemort is not moving now, and his strength has not fully recovered, so it will not be so easy for him to slaughter a Muggle village... So be sure to choose a suitable location to avoid causing a large-scale riot to interrupt the ceremony! Ivan muttered to himself.

Muggles are not stupid, and they do not know how to resist and run away in the face of danger. Not to mention people, even if thousands of pigs are thrown into a village, they can't be killed in a few days.

Moody felt reasonable, and continued to analyze along Ivan's train of thought. "So Voldemort will try to choose small villages in the middle of nowhere, and there will definitely not be too many Muggles living in them, probably dozens or hundreds of people are more suitable, so that we can eliminate most of the locations!"

Dumbledore nodded, "One more thing to note, Tom is a very nostalgic person, so the location he wants to attack can almost be locked!" ”

"Do you mean the village where Tom grew up?" Ivan was speechless, he could naturally guess where Dumbledore was talking about.

But it is because I know that I feel shocked, and no one with a little conscience will be so mad as to slaughter the place where he grew up in childhood.

Voldemort was clearly an exception, though.

When he was in second grade, Ivan learned about Tom's terrible childhood from the Horcrux diary, and presumably the Dark Lord didn't have a good opinion of it.

"Yes, if Voldemort really intends to cause a massacre, this is the most likely place!" Dumbledore said in a deep voice.

He had visited the village some time ago when he was investigating the Horcruxes, it was sparsely populated, facing the sea, and surrounded by mountains and cliffs, and even if something terrible happened, the Muggle government would not be able to support it for a while.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore turned to look at Moody. "Alasto, since Connelly's side can't count on it, then I'm afraid we'll have to do it ourselves."

"It's long overdue, Albus!" Moody grinned. "Do you need me to get them all?"

"No, I'll let Fawkes inform them of the ......" Dumbledore shook his head, Moody is still the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, and he needs to prepare for classes on weekdays, so just leave this kind of trivial matter to Phoenix.

"What about us, Professor Dumbledore? What should we do? Harry, who had not been able to interject, hurriedly asked.

"All you need to do is stay in school and protect yourself!" Dumbledore replied earnestly.

"But......," Harry opened his mouth to retort.

"Your safety and the protection of the village are just as important, Harry!" Dumbledore interrupted Harry's words, "We can't be sure if Voldemort is actually planning a massacre, or if it's just a façade, so we have to be prepared for both......"

Then, without waiting for Harry to respond, Dumbledore told Ivan and the others not to reveal what happened tonight for the time being, so as not to leak the news again.

"Professor, can I tell Hermione about this?" Ivan asked suddenly, he thought that with Hermione's cleverness, he would be able to extract a lot of information from Harry and Ron, and it would be very difficult to hide it from her.

"Of course, Miss Granger is also a trustworthy person!" Dumbledore nodded.

……

Ten minutes later, Ivan, Harry, and Ron walked out of the headmaster's office and headed for the Gryffindor common room.

Along the way, several of them had worried expressions, and Harry and Ron were still basking in the shocking news that Voldemort wanted to slaughter the village and resurrect it.

Ivan sighed helplessly, knowing that his leisurely campus life was about to end before it began, and Voldemort really didn't stop for a moment!

(PS: Today's one-...... ）

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