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The Wizarding Benevolent Association founded by the Wallop family was extremely efficient under Lupine's management. Even though it was already midnight, it didn't take long for the information Sean needed to be on the table.

"All the statistics have been completed. Except for the two team members who were performing missions outside and did not send back the information in time, the other information has been counted and checked. According to the original task distribution, the enrollment situation of the two outsiders is not much different from that of the rest. The numbers should be within the range of five students," Lupine said.

"Thank you, Remus."

Sean thanked him and quickly read the statistics.

After a while he frowned, sure enough there was a problem.

According to the information he got from the students of Durmstrang, there are only about 60 students in the first and second grades in Durmstrang, but according to the information obtained by his own statistics, it is only time that disappears. During the emergency recruitment in the year of the accident, Durmstrang snatched more than forty students from Hogwarts.

This is just one year of recruitment, plus some pure-blood families who must go to school in Durmstrang, that is to say, Durmstrang currently has at least fifty second-year students.

Even if Sean interfered with it in the second year, it is impossible for Durmstrang to recruit only ten freshmen. According to other statistics, Durmstrang should have at least thirty first-year freshmen. above.

In other words, at least 20 to 30 freshmen in the first and second grades of Durmstrang were missing, and they did not appear in the classroom where they were supposed to appear.

"What happened?" Seeing Sean's serious expression, Lupine's voice became tense.

Sean shook his head and told Lupine about it.

This Mr. Werewolf, who has always been good-tempered, was shocked immediately, and then his anger welled up.

"How dare they do such a thing to the future of the wizarding world! This is a disgrace to the world! My God, my God, what are they going to do? Are they conducting some kind of terrible magical experiment on children?!"

Sean said in a low voice: "Durmstrang's true purpose is not yet clear. I must first find a way to rescue the imprisoned students on the Durmstrang ship."

Lupine managed to calm down his anger. He frowned and said, "But if a request is made to search the big ship, the little wizards will definitely be transferred quickly. If they forcefully break into it in the middle of the night, the result will be the same, and we must Considering that, even if we find a way to rescue the group of young wizards on board, whether those young wizards who are still in Durmstrang Castle will encounter... encounter bad results..."

Sean frowned: "This is exactly what I was worried about, so I came to you in a hurry to confirm the situation, but I didn't expect that there would be so many little wizards who were illegally imprisoned..."

"Professor Dumbledore must be informed about this matter." Lupine said immediately.

Sean nodded: "I'll ask someone to inform Professor McGonagall first. Professor Dumbledore is not in Hogwarts Castle for the time being. The trouble is, Mr. Grindelwald is not easy to contact at the moment."

Lupine paced back and forth in the office: "The Ministry of Magic has been corrupted by people for a long time, and it is not trustworthy at all... Sean, why don't I inform other trustworthy people, such as James, such as Wes One family, this is not a small matter that can be handled by two or three people, we need more allies."

Sean nodded after thinking for a moment: "Okay, inform the trustworthy people, I have a hunch that it may not be long before we are going to face Durmstrang's people head-on."

"Okay." After saying that, Lupine left quickly.

Sean didn't stay any longer, sprinkled Floo powder and returned to Nurmengard, and returned to Hogwarts through the disappearing cabinet again.

Looking at the time, it was estimated that it was almost time for Edmund to notify, so Sean directly opened the wooden door of the Room of Requirement on the stone wall in Professor McGonagall's office.

"Sean!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed when she saw the wooden door suddenly appearing and Sean behind the door, but she just gave him a surprised look and walked into the wooden door without asking any further questions.

After a while, several professors from Hogwarts gathered in the Room of Requirement.

After explaining the situation he had found in detail, the professors all stared wide-eyed, and then there were angry accusations, and Professor Flitwick even jumped on the table and cursed at Durmstrang.

Only Snape, who kept a gloomy expression, waited until the anger of the professors subsided a little, and then said coldly: "This matter is difficult to handle, and Dumbledore must be notified."

Professor McGonagall's bun was messed up, she helped her crooked glasses, frowned and said: "I will inform him, the first priority now is to save those poor children—oh my God, Hogwarts What a disgrace to compete with a school of criminals like Durmstrang!"

Sean said: "On the one hand, we have to find a reasonable reason to enter the big ship without alarming the other party, and then not give the other party a chance to use the Portkey to teleport away, and rescue those children. On the other hand, we also have to consider To those little wizards left in Durmstrang Castle, after all..."

Seeing Sean's serious expression, the expressions of the professors were also not very good-looking. Obviously, everyone thought of something.

If Durmstrang's people find out that things have been exposed and there is no chance of redemption, then the children who were not rescued by them are likely to face a very dire situation.

Sean took a deep breath, and then continued: "In addition, we must consider how many insiders there are in Durmstrang."

"What I can confirm at the moment is that most of the students should be unaware. They only know that there are suddenly more forbidden areas in their school. That is to say, they are actually innocent. That guy Karkaroff must be the accomplices of the perpetrators, and how many of the professors were already confederates cannot be determined."

Snape snorted coldly. He scanned the other people slowly, and then said, "Everyone here should know...the existence of the Returner..."

The rest of the professors looked at each other. Obviously, they had already learned of the existence of the returnee, and it seemed that someone had revealed it to them.

Sean probably also hinted at Dumbledore. Although he has an unbreakable oath, it is not difficult to only reveal the news of the returnees, and all the professors present are powerful and trustworthy.

Snape continued to speak slowly: "This obviously has something to do with the returnees... To be honest, I don't even understand why this Goblet of Fire is held, and Durmstrang is on the same stage. In my opinion Come on, this is tantamount to letting the other party infiltrate our school."

Professor McGonagall frowned and said: "It hasn't been long since we knew about the returnees, and since Albus agreed to hold the Goblet of Fire as usual, then there must be his intentions—besides, most of Durmstrang's children All innocent."

"But this is tantamount to ushering wolves into the house. We don't even know how many cunning **** there are in Durmstrang. Our warriors were even attacked during the game!" When he said this, Snape looked extremely angry.

Obviously, he has never let go of the fact that Daisy was plotted and attacked at the bottom of the Black Lake.

Professor Sprout, the Head of Hufflepuff, who had been silent all this time, also said, "It's really troublesome, even now we have to rely on Sean to discuss this matter together—but, boy, how did you find out about Hogg? Watts's secret, oh, it's amazing."

"Fortunately, Sean found out, and he is not the kind of abusive person." Professor McGonagall added.

"But we still need to discuss a suitable countermeasure." Sean said.

Several professors fell silent, and after a while, Professor Flitwick said: "Can you place an additional magic barrier to prevent the transmission of the Portkey, in conjunction with the magic restriction that exists in Hogwarts itself, I think it should be possible Stop the transmission of those weird portkeys that Sean said."

"But setting up an enchantment of this level is not something that can be done with a wave of a magic wand. I'm afraid we need to ask Baburin for help—" Professor McGonagall said with a frown, "It should be possible to do this with ancient runes, but The problem is that there will be a lot of time and movement, and it is easy to be discovered by the other party during this period. Moreover, as Sean said just now, even if we rescue the imprisoned children on the big ship, the Durmstrang Castle What about the remaining poor children?"

Professor Sprout also sighed and said: "And the Ministry of Magic is not trustworthy now. The Ministry should have a lot of people who can help and magical props that can work."

For a while, the countermeasures discussed were deadlocked.

Then Sean raised his hand.

"Sean?"

Looking at the handsome boy in front of them, the professors suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.

"I do have a bold idea..." Sean said after considering it.

"Sean, tell me, young people are always more creative than old people like us," said Newt, who kept silent and frowning.

Sean first asked a question: "Professors, do you know the composition of Durmstrang?"

After thinking for a while, Professor McGonagall said: "The schools don't know much about each other's details, but the composition of each school's personnel is almost the same. Considering that the number of students in Durmstrang has increased in recent decades, less and less, they should have a little less staff than Hogwarts—I mean, the number of professors should be about the same, but there should be few teaching assistants, and the rest of the staff is probably half that of Hogwarts None, oh, by the way, there are also house-elves, this is not a big problem, house-elves can communicate with each other, I can ask Polis to find out when the time comes."

Snape added next to it: "But we must consider the existence of the Returners. Although Durmstrang is not the headquarters of the Returners, there must be many members of the Returners there."

Sean thought for a moment: "Then temporarily speculate that the number of the other party is slightly larger than the number of Hogwarts faculty members, and some additional uncertain factors must be taken into account. After all, they may have some kind of dark magic power."

"Sean, what exactly do you want to say?" Professor Flitwick asked impatiently.

Sean stood up: "What we have been thinking about is how to save the little wizard on the big ship and at the same time ensure the safety of the little wizard in Durmstrang Castle. The two are in conflict, because no matter whether the little wizard on the big ship is rescued or not." My little wizard, when we act, the people staying behind in Durmstrang Castle will definitely get the news—unless we can divide our troops into two groups, one group will deal with the big ship, and the other group will sneak into Durmstrang."

Newt rubbed his chin and said, "But it's unrealistic. After all, Durmstrang is a famous magic school with a long history, and it is very difficult to infiltrate. We have to send people to Hogwarts, then It's even more unrealistic."

Sean nodded: "That's right, that's what I want to say. It's simply unrealistic to want to divide the army into two groups, grab with both hands, and rescue both sides."

Professor McGonagall opened his mouth wide, and quickly showed a slumped expression: "But those are innocent children, they may be suffering from inhuman torture and terrible magic experiments...Although I probably shouldn't say that, but as As a teacher, I just couldn't stand by and watch innocent students go through these things, even if they weren't my students..."

"No, professor, you misunderstood me." Sean said softly.

The rest of the people looked over together.

Sean spread his hands: "Why do we divide the army into two groups? We can rescue those children together."

Snape's eyes narrowed: "Are you going to..."

Sean nodded: "That's right~lightnovelpub.net~ When Durmstrang's big ship returns to Durmstrang's castle, the little wizards on board will definitely be transferred back, and the two batches will naturally join together to form one." Approval, we can rescue them together at that time without worrying about the safety of the rest.”

Professor McGonagall's eyes widened all of a sudden: "Sean, you mean?"

"It may sound unrealistic, but I think this is the best way—" Sean licked his lips, "Let's gather our forces and attack Durmstrang's castle directly."

Sean's bold plan made the professors look at each other in dismay, and then another idea emerged.

It seems that Sean's method is indeed the best choice?

Professor Flitwick said, "Crazy, crazy, you actually want to attack a famous magic school that has been around for hundreds of years", while pacing back and forth on the table.

After he stopped, he said: "We don't know the specific location and defense methods of Durmstrang, and we probably don't have enough manpower to fight on the opponent's home court. If we want to break through the gate of a school, we must at least It needs three times as many wizards as the opponent's defense."

Sean blinked: "How to get into Durmstrang, I have a way, manpower, I also have some immature ways..."