The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 573 They're amazing!

The Great Hall at Hogwarts.

Moriarty stood under the starry ceiling, intently studying the enormous map before him.

There are 13 locations listed, and he has increased manpower at each one.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should be back soon.

But anything can go wrong!

Moriarty shook his head and smiled bitterly as he thought of his junior classmates, Ginny.

These days, young girls are all incredibly shrewd and opinionated.

With them involved, no one can predict what the outcome will be.

"Sir," Krum said, timing the time, "four hours of free time have already passed."

Moriarty nodded. Free time starts at 8 o'clock, which means it's already 12 o'clock.

Normally at this time, the four tables in the auditorium would be laden with delicious food, but this time, because the students were all out searching for information, the house-elves hadn't served any food.

"Staring blankly at an empty dining table?"

A clear, crisp female voice rang out behind Moriarty.

Lilith walked towards him, a smile playing on her lips. "Are you hungry?"

Seeing her bright expression, Moriarty felt relieved: "You're the first one back."

Lilith handed Moriarty the information about the Potions classroom: "A small vial of aging potion. I really don't know why this stuff is considered important information."

Hogwarts students all brew an aging potion in their fifth year, but no one can guess Dumbledore's thoughts.

Moriarty put the potion away and asked Lilith what had happened.

"Could you please get me a glass of water?" Lilith complained. "I'm so thirsty."

It turned out that Snape and Horace both agreed that Lilith's answer was the perfect potion, but they needed to wait for others to finish the potion before they could take the information. Lilith sat there waiting for hours because of this.

After listening to Lilith's account, Moriarty's lips twitched. "Is it possible that you turned a proper potion test into a riddle?"

"Hehe," Lilith laughed sheepishly, "it's all to get the information as quickly as possible."

Just then, Jericho arrived.

Moriarty and Lilith were astonished to see Jericho carrying a flying broomstick and dressed in a Quidditch player's outfit. "Jericho, did you play a Quidditch match?"

Jericho took off his gear, sweating profusely. "One match? I played four matches! Damn it, I saw Roman and the others as soon as I entered the locker room, and then I was told that we could only get information by playing matches."

"Here they are."

Jericho tossed the four Golden Snitches to Moriarty.

Then he plopped down, panting heavily.

Roman is an England national team player who played in the World Cup alongside Moriarty, and this time he really wore Jericho out.

Moriarty patted Jericho on the shoulder and said sincerely, "Thank you for your hard work. Sending you to the locker room was the best decision I ever made."

Four high-intensity Quidditch matches—it's not something anyone else could have handled!

"Haha, Jericho, I knew you were hungry." Soldaya's laughter came from the corner of the corridor.

"Look what I brought!"

Soldaya walked toward the Slytherin table, with exquisite food boxes floating behind him, and an enticing aroma wafting out.

"Sir, I have accomplished my mission!" Soldaya handed five pieces of cutlery to Moriarty.

Moriarty looked at the once unruly boy with satisfaction. The boy, who was usually very particular about his image, was now disheveled, suggesting that he had just gone through a tough battle.

Then look at the tableware: a silver spoon, a silver fork, a small plate, a teapot, and a jar of peanut butter.

Soldaya sat down next to Jericho, looking puzzled. "I stole these things from Cedric, and to be honest, neither of us noticed anything strange about them."

Moriarty didn't say anything, he just put it away. Perhaps he'll only find out when he's collected all the information.

He has now obtained information on 5 locations, with 8 more to go.

But of the remaining people, Moriarty was genuinely worried about Marcus.

Moriarty crossed his arms and glanced at the entrances every now and then.

"Splash!"

The gates of Hogwarts Castle were opened, and a centaur ran in from outside!

"Merlin!"

"What's going on?"

"Look, a person is carrying on the back of an animal!"

The students scattered throughout the auditorium gasped in surprise.

"Marcus?"

Moriarty recognized it at a glance as Marcus's good friend, the Great King, with the unconscious Marcus on its back!

"It's okay, he just got pricked by the thorn." Luna's little head popped out from behind the centaur; it turned out she had been following behind all along.

"Luna?" Moriarty thought to himself. Sure enough, besides Ginny, Luna was involved too, so Hermione was even more involved!

"The Durmstrang who fought him was poisoned by the Poisonous Leopard," Luna said, tilting her head. "I don't remember his name, but he was surrounded by a large group of magical creatures, small and exquisite, yet perfectly coordinated."

"I see," Moriarty said, as if struck by a sudden thought, "It seems he's a member of the Scamander family. Lovegood, you didn't fight, did you?"

"No one found me," Luna laughed. "The information about Hagrid's Hut was that it was one of the eight-eyed spider's eyeballs. That guy named Aragog was so scared by Marcus that he obediently handed it over."

Luna opened her palm to Moriarty, revealing a striking black and white eyeball in her fair hand.

"Thank you, Luna," Moriarty said sincerely. Luna could have stayed out of this mess.

Moriarty carried Marcus down and then took him to Mrs. Pomfrey.

When he returned to the Great Hall, he saw a group of Weasleys.

The smallest one waved excitedly:

"Moriarty-senpai~"

Ginny was carrying a large wooden box containing seven items.

"A pair of sneakers, a blank notebook, Ron's broken wand, Fred's sweater, a toffee, a teacup, and a key," Ginny said with a smile.

"I brought them all out while George and Fred were fighting that Lionheart!"

Moriarty showered the Weasleys with praise, saying that life is unpredictable and who would have thought the Weasleys would become his right-hand men?

"Sir, take a look at this," Percy said seriously. His first task was to go to the owl's hut: "The letter I retrieved from the owl's leg."

Moriarty opened the letter, which contained only one sentence: "Time Converter."

What does this mean?

Moriarty blinked. Old Deng had created a complex web of information, throwing out numerous smokescreens while also concealing many useful clues.

"What information are still missing?"

Lilith replied, "The centaur's campfire, the spellbook in the library, the Ravenclaw tower and common room, the empty classroom on the third floor."

As she spoke, Hermione Granger and Abbott Hannah walked in together.

The two acted like spies making a secretive meeting.

"Brother Moriarty!"

"Senior Moriarty."

Hermione and Hannah stood on either side of Moriarty, one on each side.

"Tell me, what location information did you obtain?" Moriarty asked with a smile.

"Huh?"

How did you know we went to retrieve information?

The two girls were stunned, especially Hermione, whose plans with Penelope were completely unknown to everyone.

But when Hermione saw Ginny and Luna, she understood.

"So you guys are the ones who had the same idea as me." Hermione was a little discouraged; her plan to get closer to Moriarty through this game had fallen through.

"Brother Moriarty, here you go. This is the information that Senior Penelope and Senior Zhang Qiu obtained." Hermione obediently took it out.

"This is a note under the floor tiles in the empty classroom on the third floor," Hannah handed it to Moriarty, a little embarrassed. "I originally wanted to go to the Hufflepuff common room, but Senior Soldaya beat Senior Cedric up, so I went to the empty classroom on the third floor instead."

Moriarty carefully put away the information and naturally showered them with praise.

"In that case, only the information about the library and the campfire remains," Lilith pondered.

"Don't worry about those two places, I've left them to Violet," Moriarty said confidently.

But he didn't expect that Violet, with the help of Queen Ventura, would comprehend the divine symbols!

This realization took all afternoon, and Violet didn't return to Moriarty's side until 3 p.m.

(I'm so sleepy today)

(End of this chapter)