Chapter 570 New Information About the Competition

By about three o'clock in the afternoon, the sixth graders had finished their last course and were happily looking forward to the upcoming competition and vacation.

The fifth graders had to wait another two hours.

In the afternoon, Kyle and Cedric sat by the Black Lake, discussing the upcoming competition.

Fred and George went back to their old ways and ran to find Bagman and Karkaroff. According to them, the closer they were to the competition, the less they could let down their guard.

After all, the maze had been completed, and Bagman might tell Karkaroff the route to the trophy.

"The competition will start in a few hours. I really hope time can go faster..." Cedric looked at the giant squid basking in the sun in the middle of the lake and said, "How are you doing with the spells? Is there any problem?"

"Of course there is no problem." Kyle said, "Why do I feel that you are more nervous than me?"

"I don't know, probably because this is the last competition." Cedric said, "You are leading in the first two events. If... I mean it would be a pity if you lose in the end."

"Don't worry, I won't lose."

"I know." Cedric said with a smile, "If you can win the championship trophy of the Triwizard Tournament, Professor Sprout will be very happy.

"I saw her in Hogsmeade last time, in the wizard clothing store, she seemed to be choosing new robes."

"New robes?" Kyle turned his head and looked at him, "You are not seeing things, didn't she buy new robes last year? "

This may sound strange to other people, after all, no one would buy only one piece of clothing a year. But for Professor Sprout, it is normal.

Usually in school, she wears more solid clothes that are convenient for taking care of plants in the greenhouse, and only changes into robes at the start-of-term banquet.

In addition, Kyle also noticed that her yellow robe had not been changed for several years. It was not until last year, when Hufflepuff won the House Cup for four consecutive years, that she changed into a new one.

And this new robe was even used as a dress at the Christmas dance.

"I should be right." Cedric said, "After all, if you win the championship, it will not only be an honor for Hogwarts, but also an honor for Hufflepuff. Professor Sprout will definitely want to celebrate it."

Well, changing into a new robe to celebrate... This is indeed very much like Professor Sprout's style.

At this time, Cedric suddenly said: "Kyle, look over there, it's the headmaster. "

Kyle turned around and saw Dumbledore coming out of the castle. With him were several other referees, who were discussing something intensely.

"What are they talking about?" Cedric asked curiously.

"I don't know." Kyle shook his head. Because they were a little far away, they couldn't hear what the referees said at all.

"I think it should be something related to the game."

"No way." Cedric was surprised: "The game is about to start. Do they have any disagreements?"

"Who knows." Kyle said, not caring too much.

Every principal wants to favor the warriors of his own school. It is normal to have disagreements.

...

When it was five o'clock, there were waves of excited cheers from the castle.

"I think the exam should be over. "Cedric said.

Then, they also stood up and prepared to go back to the castle for dinner.

"Hey, you guys are here..."

At this time, Fred and George, who had disappeared for an afternoon, also came back, and they looked very excited.

"Guess what news we heard..."

"Bagman didn't really tell Karkaroff the route of the maze!" Cedric asked hurriedly.

"No." Fred shook his head, "but Bagman did go to Karkaroff again."

"He said that the maze was completed by all the referees together, and no one knew the specific route."

"That's okay." Cedric said.

"But we heard another news." George said mysteriously: "The referees seem to want to use the same method as the second project to increase the difficulty of the competition."

"The method of the second project?" Kyle asked puzzledly: "What does this mean."

"Hostages." Fred said, "They want to add a few hostages to the game. The warriors must find all the hostages before they can get the final trophy."

"You didn't hear it wrong. "Cedric blurted out: "The maze is dangerous enough, why add hostages."

"We swear, we didn't." George said seriously, "Anyway, Bagman said so and we heard it clearly."

"Wait...that's not right, it's daytime now." Cedric suddenly thought of something, "Can your Disillusionment Charm get close to them?"

Let's not talk about Ludo Bagman for now. Karkaroff is still the headmaster. It's broad daylight and there's no cover of night. It's impossible for him not to notice someone approaching with a Disillusionment Charm.

"Of course not, so we borrowed a very useful little prop." Fred raised his eyebrows, and then took out an ear-like thing from his pocket.

"Retractable ears, we made it just a week ago."

George said, "We disguised it as a bush and just happened to hear what Bagman and Karkaroff said. "

"Okay." Cedric sighed and couldn't help looking at Kyle, "It seems that Connor will be a hostage again. It depends on how long you can rescue her."

"No, no, no, you guessed wrong this time." Fred shook his finger, "The hostage of Hogwarts is not Connor, but Harry."

"Harry Potter?"

"That's right." George said, "They think that if the boy who survived is also involved, it will definitely make the game more exciting."

"Let Harry participate in the last game?" Kyle felt something was wrong and asked, "Do you know who proposed this?

"Karkaroff? Or... Barty Crouch?"

"I don't know about this."

Fred said, "It should have been decided a long time ago. We only pay attention to Bagman. He also mentioned this when talking to Karkaroff."

"Bagman also said that this game will definitely occupy the front page of the Daily Prophet for the next week. "

Kyle frowned, still feeling that something was a little strange, but before he could ask again, Connor and Qiu just ran over from not far away.

"What are you talking about?"

"The Triwizard Tournament." Fred said, "By the way, you guys go to dinner first, we have to go find Headmaster Dumbledore."

"It doesn't have to be Harry as the hostage, we can do it too." George said.

"This is the Triwizard Tournament, and it's the only one we can participate in..."

"We discussed it when we came."

"Although I can't be a champion, I have to try to be a hostage anyway. "

After that, they rushed out of the castle and went to find Dumbledore.

Kyle thought for a moment.

Although it was a bit strange to let Harry be a hostage, with Dumbledore here, there shouldn't be any problems...

Just remind them to check the Goblet of Fire later.

After figuring this out, Kyle went to the Great Hall with the others.