Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 351 Breakthrough in Werewolf Research

"They ran really fast... They probably knew how deep the water was and didn't want to stay any longer."

Avada watched the last spark slowly dissipate into the air, and couldn't help but shrug: "Mundungus Fletcher... that original Order of the Phoenix member who was good at petty theft, Dumbledore actually sent him to impersonate me?"

"I remember he's tricked quite a few people... I hope he hasn't been doing anything shady under my name. But judging from his demeanor just now, he didn't seem guilty, so Dumbledore probably told him about the importance of this matter beforehand, or maybe Baron and the others have been watching him all along..."

While recalling all the big and small jobs Mundungus Fletcher had done, Avada opened the parchment and began reading Mundungus's record of "Mr. Ken's" movements throughout the day—the parchment looked small when folded, but when unfolded, it could almost cover an entire table.

Moreover, it must be said that Mundungus was quite professional in spying and transmitting information. This parchment recorded his every word and action during the performance almost in minutes, and even included a few simple sketches to record the appearance of "Mr. Ken's" dance partner tonight.

Adhering to the principle of "better safe than sorry," Mundungus chose to directly invite a seventh-year upperclassman from Hogwarts who had come with him, someone he had a good relationship with and could talk to. According to Mundungus's message, he did this mainly to prevent Avada from unknowingly interacting with strangers, thus creating a potential loophole. The sketch only recorded the upperclassman's hairstyle and clothing for that evening, to avoid giving himself away in future conversations.

Such detailed and comprehensive records surprised Avada—in his impression, Mundungus was a slippery and irresponsible guy who couldn't control his hands, but now he had managed to do something to this extent.

I don't know if Dumbledore gave too much, or if Moody was too strict.

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As the Christmas festive atmosphere gradually faded, and the third event of the Triwizard Tournament was still too far away, the warriors gradually faded from the sight of the Durmstrang team and were able to return to their normal daily routines, welcoming a month-long Christmas holiday in a foreign land.

No one knew what historically significant event had occurred on that ordinary Christmas ball day, an event whose technical details, once revealed, could have changed the entire magical society—which greatly relieved Avada.

So, the day after the ball, he immediately found an opportunity to hand the two phoenix feathers to Krum and Fleur, and taught them how to use them. The information inside must have been conveyed; it's just unknown what their expressions would be after reading it...

Then, two or three days after the start of the Christmas holiday, he finally succeeded in cracking Durmstrang's shielding mechanism, sneaked out of Durmstrang's range, and then controlled Kru Impre to come and meet with his main body, handing over the admission letter and enrollment contract to his main body, thus putting an end to a matter on his mind.

Meanwhile, at Nobiridge University, according to Principal Miranda Goshak, Grindelwald was still forbidding anyone from visiting him. However, since Avada already knew what Grindelwald was up to, she naturally didn't need to worry about anything anymore. She was just a little curious about what he had been doing with Dumbledore or someone else all this time...

Moreover, with the arrival of the Christmas holidays, students at Norwich University left the school, leaving the campus empty. There were no classes or particularly demanding tasks. Universities are quite humane when it comes to holidays. Even though they have the mission of fighting against most of society, they still give students holidays and never work overtime except in special emergencies.

What's more, there was also a lot of good news during this time—besides lecturing at the university, his main task, which had been collaborating with Belby to research a way to eradicate the werewolf curse, had achieved a major breakthrough half a month ago, initially eliminating the werewolf curse to the extreme through various complex methods!

The volunteers who participated in the experiment not only permanently lost all infectivity, but were also able to remain completely rational on the night of the full moon. They even skipped the steps of transforming into werewolves, except for having some extra hair on their bodies!

Moreover, this achievement is permanent and can be achieved with just one surgery. It's not that they don't want to eradicate the curse and eliminate the last trace of werewolf characteristics, but with the current technology, the cost of eliminating that last trace of the curse is already beyond the reach of ordinary people. And patients who have eliminated it to this extent are almost indistinguishable from normal people. So after discussion, they unanimously agreed that the current achievement can be applied in practice.

Moreover, this has another advantage: since the curse still remains in the bodies of patients who have received treatment, and they are essentially still werewolves, they will not be reinfected by werewolves. Although it is not very useful, it is still a psychological comfort, since people bitten by werewolves will still have some psychological trauma.

To celebrate this achievement, the entire project team, including Avada and Belby, held a banquet for more than two days, and then, exhausted, enjoyed their idle Christmas holiday. The only drawback was that, according to the school's requirements, the achievement could not be announced immediately, but had to wait for the "most appropriate time," which Avada guessed was when the university would make its debut under the guise of the competition.

Thus, Avada Kedavra's original form and his alter ego left at university experienced their first simultaneous vacation, a situation where they were both idle and had nothing to do. He was now extremely bored, wanting to do something but finding there was absolutely nothing to do—Voldemort was dealt with, the pure-blood family's affairs were none of his concern and the time wasn't right, there were no classes or missions at university, and his wand couldn't be upgraded during the competition...

It wasn't until the holiday ended and he had to teach at both schools again that he finally felt a little more fulfilled, experiencing a normal campus life for the first time in a long time.

And so, time quietly slipped by until May.

(End of this chapter)