Chapter 317: Facing Unexpected Performance

When Sherlock came back with Crouch, the Triwizard Tournament was not over yet.

Fox took them directly back to Dumbledore's principal's office, but it was empty now. Obviously Old Deng should be at the game at this time.

To be on the safe side, Sherlock had no intention of going there to join in the fun, but planned to wait in the principal's office until Dumbledore came back after the game.

He walked around the principal's office without touching anything. He originally wanted to chat with the dozen or so portraits of the principal on the wall, maybe he could hear some secrets about Hogwarts.

But these elderly people seemed to be sleep deprived and all looked drowsy. They didn't seem to be in the mood to chat.

With nothing to do, Sherlock could only walk to the window sill with a cup of tea, and watch the game on the Black Lake from the castle.

His eyesight is pretty good, and he can barely see who is who from a distance.

The competition in the second event is far less exciting than stealing the golden eggs from the skin of the fire dragon's eyes in terms of viewing. The spectators gathered around the black lake could only wait for the warriors to come back from the water, and could not see the middle part. What happened.

Sherlock looked at the scene over there with interest. Even though he didn't have much memory of the original work, Harry was the protagonist of the world after all.

If he can get first place in his first project, then his second project will definitely be good too. Otherwise, how could he, the protagonist, become the focus of everyone's attention?

But what happened next was far beyond Sherlock's expectations.

The first person to emerge from the water was actually Furong, but she came back alone without any hostages.

Sherlock couldn't see the expression on her face, but he could also imagine how bad her face looked. As soon as she came out of the Black Lake, she immediately ran to the judges and said something.

Then the tall Madame Maxime walked off the stage, as if to comfort her.

As long as she comes ashore from the lake, even if she doesn't bring back the hostages, Furong's game will be over. There is no doubt that she will be the one with the worst performance among the four in this event.

Sherlock smacked his lips and could only sigh that this little girl was not very lucky. In fact, her strength was not bad.

About five or six minutes after Fleur emerged from the water, the second person to come ashore was Krum.

He successfully rescued Hermione. Such a result must be the undisputed first place, and there was no need for Karkaroff to deliberately favor him.

Three minutes later, Cedric also brought Cho Chang ashore from the lake. However, as soon as he came ashore and handed Cho Chang to Madam Pomfrey's care, he immediately ran to the referee's seat and faced Dumbledore. say something.

He seemed to be reporting something important. Almost all the referees left their seats and came to the lake.

The professors and students at Hogwarts seemed to have heard something extraordinary, and they all stood up from the audience. The scene looked very chaotic.

Sherlock sensed something was wrong.

Until now, Harry had not been seen, which was already a problem in itself. Coupled with the reactions and actions of the people by the Black Lake, he felt that something big had happened.

He turned around and left from the window sill. He told Fox and Fiddlesticks to watch Crouch here together, and also asked the principals who seemed to never wake up. Then he walked down the castle and walked quickly. Arrive at the Black Lake.

It was a noisy place, and Professor McGonagall was frighteningly pale, but she was still trying her best to maintain order.

Sherlock walked to Hilke's side. She did not squeeze into the crowd, but still sat in the stands and silently stared at her palms, frowning slightly as if thinking about something.

"What's going on?" Sherlock asked solemnly.

His question broke Hilke's thoughts and she spoke softly.

"The Hufflepuff student brought back the news that Harry was knocked unconscious by a mermaid and taken away. Before leaving, the mermaid said that this was what Dumbledore meant."

Sherlock's expression suddenly darkened.

"Harry hasn't shown up yet."

"No, Dumbledore is preparing a rescue operation."

During this time, they had been thinking about the anomalies of the missing Crouch and Karkaroff, but they had ignored Harry, who had been in trouble from the beginning!

Sherlock was thinking deeply at this time. He even had some doubts about whether Crouch's accidental discovery was also a conspiracy.

The purpose was to attract most of their attention so that Harry would not be noticed.

Harry's method of entering the water was seen by everyone present, and Sprout, a professor of herbal medicine, knew the duration of the effectiveness of the gillweed.

"In two minutes at most, the effect of the gillweed will be over. If Harry stays at the bottom of the lake, he will definitely drown." She said with a serious face.

At this time, Moody was ready to go into the water, but before he went into the water, Dumbledore had personally used Transfiguration to turn Professor Flitwick into a fish, and asked him to go underwater to search for Harry's whereabouts.

But the Black Lake is very big and the water is very deep. It is simply impossible to find a person in two or three minutes under such water.

Just when everyone was restless, Dumbledore's face had never looked ugly, Professor McGonagall's face was as white as a piece of paper, Snape's clenched fists, and his nails were about to pierce into the flesh, and even I want to jump into the lake right now.

A huge figure slowly emerged from the surface of the black lake.

The giant squid came closer and closer, and many people on the lakeshore also heard Harry's shouting.

Suddenly, almost everyone's face relaxed, including the professors, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sherlock also breathed a sigh of relief, and squinted his eyes to observe the expressions on the faces of the referees.

Dumbledore naturally needs no further explanation, and Percy is not good to look at either. Madam Maxime's originally nervous expression eased, which is in line with her personality. Although she is a rival of Hogwarts in the competition, she herself is not bad.

Bagman was happy and relieved, which is also normal.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he likes Harry very much. According to his past learned from Moody, Sherlock guessed that he is very likely to bet on Harry in a bet to win the final victory of this game, and secretly give Harry a little "little help" behind the scenes.

The only person whose expression did not change was Karkaroff.

But if you want to say it according to common sense, his behavior is not abnormal.

He is different from Madame Maxime. This person is extremely selfish and wants Harry to die in order to win the game.

From the current point of view, everyone's reaction can still be considered normal.