My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 501, Chapter 498: The Missing Mysterious Man

Last year, news broke in Britain that a group of Death Eaters had attempted to resurrect the Mysterio man but were arrested as a result.

The British Ministry of Magic issued a statement saying it was a conspiracy, but that was certainly not true, because the Dark Mark did show a slight reaction during that period.

Karkarov swallowed hard.

"I am too far from England, but his magic still affects me. I can feel that he seems to be using the Dark Mark to summon his former servants."

After hearing him say that, Moody no longer felt bothered that Karkaroff was present when he was talking to Snape.

Karkarov's words just now further confirmed his thoughts.

Moody's eyes were fixed on Snape.

"When I was teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this semester, I borrowed Dumbledore's Pensieve, and just recently, I unexpectedly saw a scene inside it—a memory of him talking to you in his office."

Snape's face darkened.

"Dumbledore lent you his Pensieve, and you actually peeked into his memories."

"I didn't do it on purpose, and that's not important anymore. What's important is what you said to him when you were in his office at that time."

Moody's good eye was staring at Snape, while his other prosthetic eye was darting around, glancing at the flower bushes next to him every now and then.

"Tell him that you can sense the mysterious man has been resurrected, that he is gathering his former subordinates, and that he is trying to make a comeback!"

Snape interrupted him coldly.

"You already know the final outcome. You captured the Death Eaters who had gathered together, intending to resurrect Voldemort, but the plan was leaked beforehand, allowing the new Auror commander and Dumbledore to join forces and wipe them out. You should have been involved in this operation as well."

Moody's did not deny this.

"Yes, I was involved, and they were all caught in the end, but that was the end of it. The new Auror supervisor seemed to know something and didn't investigate any further."

If they hadn't known the news beforehand, would those Death Eaters have gathered together in an attempt to resurrect the Mysterio?

They must know something. And from your conversation with Dumbledore, I learned that the Mystic had actually contacted you through the Dark Mark before that. The Death Eaters were arrested, but where did the Mystic go?

"No information about this was revealed during the subsequent interrogations of the Death Eaters."

This is strange. Besides the mysterious person, who else could summon you with the Dark Mark?

But now all his men have been arrested, and no one has revealed this. This is very strange and abnormal.

Karkaroff stared at them longingly. He wasn't a British wizard, so he didn't know much about it. He had only just learned about the mass arrest of Death Eaters last year from Moody.

Moody's words silenced Snape.

He certainly had his doubts after the Death Eaters were arrested last year.

The Ministry of Magic publicly stated that these Death Eaters had gathered together in order to resurrect the mysterious figure, but only he and Karkaroff, former Death Eaters, knew the truth.

If Voldemort hadn't rallied those people through the Dark Mark, no Death Eater would have risked their lives to carry out the plan to resurrect the Dark Lord.

Moreover, since they couldn't even find the person in question, they had no idea where to begin.

But in the end, it was Dumbledore himself who, in conjunction with the Russian authorities, arrested those Death Eaters. Since he didn't come looking for him, Snape felt that he shouldn't ask any more questions about it.

Moody's has brought up all these issues until now.

"The fact that his men have been captured doesn't solve the problem. The real threat to the wizarding world has never been the Death Eaters, but Mysterio himself! As long as he remains in the wizarding world, it cannot be considered safe."

Just as Moody finished speaking, a commotion suddenly arose from the flower bushes beside them.

Snape and Karkaroff's expressions changed immediately; they would then cover their wands and blast the flowers to smithereens.

A red-haired figure and a black-haired figure hurriedly ran out of the flower bushes and headed towards the castle without looking back.

Snape's face turned extremely ugly, and he shouted at the fleeing figure.

"I saw you, Potter! Even if you run away now, it won't do you any good! I'll come looking for you tomorrow at noon!"

Harry and Ron didn't stop and quickly disappeared from Snape's sight.

"Don't be too harsh on him, Snape," Moody said.

Snape's tone was very harsh.

"You discovered him a long time ago? Did you deliberately want him to hear those words?"

Moody's did not deny it.

"He has the right to know these things. If the mysterious man is really still alive, then the first person he would go after would definitely be Harry Potter. If that kid is not prepared at all, who knows what might happen."

"He's at Hogwarts! There are many people protecting him here, but if he finds out about this, given his terrible character, just like his father's, who knows what he might do!"

"You're projecting your prejudice against his father onto him, which I don't think is appropriate for a teacher, Snape."

"How I teach my students is none of your business! If you really want to know whether the Mystic is still alive, you shouldn't ask me, you should go find Dumbledore!"

After saying that, Snipe left without looking back.

Karkaroff, who remained behind, looked at Moody with a nervous expression.

"So the mysterious man is really going to be resurrected? What should we do?"

Moody didn't give him a friendly look: "You should just stay in Durmstrang. Even if the mysterious man eventually wants to cause you trouble, he'll have already started his rule in Britain. At that point, it won't matter where you are."

Moody also left, and their conversation ended unhappily.

Harry and Ron, panting, ran all the way into the castle. They didn't go to the Great Hall, as the ball wasn't over yet and there were too many people there. Instead, they went to an empty classroom on the first floor of the castle.

"Did you hear that? They're saying the Mystic isn't dead yet, and he's going to be resurrected," Ron said incredulously.

Harry knew more than he did; back in their first year, he and Hermione had witnessed Lynn capture Voldemort's remnant soul in the Forbidden Forest.

But at this point, he had no idea what had happened next, or whether Voldemort had escaped from Lynn's grasp.

"I think we should ask Lynn."

(End of this chapter)