Chapter 671: Tracking

If what Ivan said was true, then his move was undoubtedly a joke!

But what made him even more angry was the possibility that Moody would be manipulated......

Fortunately, the anger did not affect Dumbledore's thinking, so he quickly found the suspicion.

"Hals, I remember that more than two months ago, you and Alastor worked together to expose Barty's mistakes, and that's how we learned that Barty Jr. had escaped...

If you'd guess that Barty Jr. manipulated Alastor through the Imperius Curse, then why did he take the initiative to expose it? Dumbledore asked, questioning.

"I haven't figured that out yet, Professor." Ivan shrugged helplessly, it was precisely because of Moody's last move that he was unable to confirm the other party's suspicion.

"Could it be that Professor Moody is trying to gain your trust?" Hermione tried to analyze.

Ivan rolled his eyes, and before he found out Crouch, no one but himself knew that little Barty was secretly playing tricks.

The other party is not crazy, and if he wants to gain his trust, he can use another method, and there is no need to expose Crouch at the risk of his identity being exposed.

However, to Ivan's surprise, Dumbledore nodded his head, confirming Hermione's conjecture. "There is a possibility ...... this"

Ivan looked at the old professor in surprise, and then listened to him add.

"Last summer, I received a message that someone had broken into the yard of Alasto, and according to the testimonies of nearby residents, there should have been a small explosion......

As he spoke, Dumbledore pulled out a letter from the drawer and flipped it over to the two of them.

Ivan leaned in to take a look, and the envelope was signed by Arthur Weasley, and the contents were the same as Dumbledore's words.

The night before Moody left for Hogwarts, a loud explosion was heard coming from his house, and since it was in the Muggle realm, the wizards from the Office for the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic quickly arrived to take care of the matter, led by Arthur Weasley.

At the end of the envelope was the result of the investigation, and the wizards who went to investigate agreed that it was because it was too dark for Moody to mistake a dumpster for a dark wizard intent on attacking him, and duel it to cause the explosion.

Looking at this report, Ivan was very speechless, he was very suspicious of Arthur Weasley's professionalism, took a bunch of people to investigate, and finally came to such a nonsense conclusion, who would have nothing to do with a dumpster?

"It's not the first time something like this has happened," Dumbledore said helplessly.

Since Moody's retirement, all kinds of small accidents have occurred every once in a while, so he didn't pay much attention to this news when he received it, not to mention that Moody's words and deeds were the same as usual for most of the next six months, and there was nothing to doubt.

"What are we going to do now, Professor? Confront Professor Moody directly? Hermione asked.

Dumbledore shook his head and said in a deep voice. "No, there are mistakes, and I think we should test them first...... For example, tonight is a good opportunity! ”

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After discussing the details, Ivan and Hermione left the principal's office, their minds pondering what they were going to do tonight.

Along the way, Hermione stopped talking, looking worried.

The two of them returned to the Gryffindor lounge in silence, pushing open the door, and the lively and cheerful atmosphere inside almost made Ivan wonder if he had entered another world, and many people greeted him warmly.

It wasn't until he saw the victory flag hanging on the wall that Ivan remembered that he had just won his second match this morning.

However, he was worried that Ivan certainly didn't have the heart to celebrate, so he fooled around a few words, then returned to the dormitory tiredly, set an alarm clock for himself, and then fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, in a daze, Ivan was woken up by a shrill alarm clock, and by the time he sat up from bed and turned off the alarm clock, it was already a little closer.

The dark bedroom was quiet, and he set up a magic on the mosquito net to block sound, even if it was noisy, it would not alarm the sleeping Harry and the others.

Ivan carefully took out the map and pressed his wand against it.

"I solemnly swear that I have not done anything good!"

As Ivan softly recited the command, delicate lines of ink emerged from the blank parchment, linking them into a plan.

Through the moonlight from the window, Ivan probed Moody's movements, and finally found him honestly in the staff lounge.

Not ready to go? Or is it over?

Ivan was a little unsure, according to the house-elves, Moody would go to the kitchen in the middle of the night every two or three days and ask the elves to prepare a supper for him, and Moody hadn't been there for the past two days, so it was very likely that he would act today.

Just as Ivan wondered if Moody wasn't going out tonight, the names on the map suddenly began to move.

Ivan was stunned, staring at Moody's name as he descended the stairs, past the foyer, and into the kitchen.

Ivan didn't delay any longer, got up directly from the bed, blessed himself with a phantasmagoric charm, and ran out of the dormitory, chasing all the way.

By the time he walked downstairs and through a hallway, Moody had just come out of the kitchen.

Because he was too jealous of Moody's magic eye, Ivan didn't dare to get too close, and only dared to hang from a distance, at least a little more relieved by two corridors.

Moody didn't seem to be aware that he was being followed, and the names on the map continued to move slowly, and after leaving the kitchen, Moody walked straight to the Defence Against the Dark Arts office, where he stayed for a while.

In about ten seconds, the "Alastor-Moody" in the live map disappeared directly into this office......

"Sure enough!" Ivan looked at this scene in amazement and muttered to himself, which confirmed his previous suspicion.

There must be a secret space in Moody's office, like the box where Barty Crouch Jr. held Moody in the original plane.

If you draw an Isolation Script on the chest, it is not impossible to block the detection of the Living Point Map.

Ivan hadn't forgotten that he still asked Tom Riddle for advice on his Isolation Script, which showed that there was no technical problem with the other party.