The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"I don't know... But one thing I can confirm is that he hopes we can be there when the operation is launched." Li Weide smiled, "And having a suitable reason to be there at that time is very important to me. That's why I say that the development of the situation is in our favor."

"Are you really not afraid that Grindelwald will kill you?" Tom began to panic. "Where does your confidence come from?"

"I admit that there is a gambling element in my life, Tom...but fortune and wealth are achieved through risk..." Li Weide said with a smile.

Seeing him like this, Tom sighed.

How could Li Weide risk his life? He must have made all the necessary preparations...

However, what worries people is that among all the thorough preparations he has made... does it include himself?

Chapter 137 Thorough preparation can make our death more dignified

Annie said she would go back to prepare, and this preparation would take another half month.

More than half a month has passed, and Anne seems to have forgotten about this matter and never mentioned it again.

What made Tom depressed was that Li Weide didn't even mention it.

He didn't know what this guy was planning...

To be exact, he had no idea what Grindelwald and Levid were planning!

One who took no action even when the time was right.

As for the other one, after hearing Annie say to wait for notification, he really waited patiently for notification.

Tom felt that his brain was not enough...

Although there has been no movement at Hogwarts, there has been great progress at the Magical Congress of the United States of America.

After such a long investigation, Dumbledore finally led the Aurors from the Ministries of Magic of various countries and found a stronghold of the Witch Party.

After capturing several Wushu Party members, they also rescued seven or eight missing hostages in the stronghold.

Fortunately, apart from some malnutrition, these people are not in danger of life.

After things finally made some progress, everyone in the Magical Congress of the United States breathed a sigh of relief.

After putting those witch-conspirators in jail and using all kinds of methods, including truth serum, on them.

The Aurors discovered several new strongholds again.

But this time, although hostages were successfully rescued in several strongholds, no Wu Zetian members were captured.

In the stronghold that was finally captured, Chairman Picqueri looked at the devastation and his face did not look very good.

"Chairman Picquery, we have rescued most of the hostages. Why do you still look unhappy?" Tolliver asked with some confusion.

"Tolliver...are you sure we rescued them?" Chairman Picquery said with a serious expression.

"Of course it is! Those witches were even trained on how to resist the effects of truth serum! We had a hard time prying the information out of them, and then we found these strongholds." Tolliver said.

"Yeah... the information we got with great difficulty... of course it has a certain degree of truth..." Picquery muttered to himself.

"Chairman Picquery, I think you should be happy. With Professor Dumbledore's help, we're about to see the light! Besides, with the return of these people, the Magical Congress will be able to operate efficiently as usual..."

"No!" Picquery interrupted Tolliver. "They... need to rest. After questioning all the kidnapped people as usual, let them go home and rest for a while."

"But... many functional departments of the Magical Congress have been paralyzed for a long time... They finally came back, shouldn't they..."

"This is my decision, Tolliver, you just have to pass it on."

"Yes... Chairman Picquery..."

"Remember, after the interrogation, send the confession to my office."

"clear."

"Where is Professor Dumbledore?" Picquery asked again.

"He's tracking down the fleeing Wushu Party members. I believe there will be news soon..."

Before Tolliver could finish his words, Picquery saw Dumbledore Apparate not far away.

Picquery waved Tolliver to do his job, then walked towards Dumbledore.

"Albus, how's it going?" asked Picquery.

"Seraphina... the situation isn't very optimistic," Dumbledore frowned. "I think they were already preparing to escape before we arrived."

"Could it be that they received the news when we captured the first hideout?"

Dumbledore shook his head and said, "If it were you, what would you do first after receiving the news and knowing that your position has been exposed?"

"Of course we should move our people quickly..." Picquery said.

"Well... but they didn't. They were just preparing... preparing to escape. They waited for us to come. After a symbolic resistance, they abandoned the hostages and withdrew directly..."

"I also feel something is amiss..." Picquery said, "But, even you couldn't catch those who escaped. This shows how well prepared they were..."

Dumbledore glanced at the hostages who were reuniting with their families and asked, "How are you going to accommodate those people?"

"I asked them all to go home for the holidays... because I really couldn't..." Picquery glanced around and whispered again, "I can't trust them anymore! Albus!"

"I'm so glad they're all okay... but, precisely because they're all okay, and Grindelwald seemingly intentionally put them right under our noses... I can't tell if they've already betrayed us... or if they were originally part of the Wiccan Party!"

"...I can't possibly use Veritaserum to interrogate these poor people who were just rescued and brought home! How would the public view me if I did that? And how heartbroken would those truly innocent people be?"

"Besides... these guys are too stubborn... even Veritaserum can't really pry them open! I don't know what to do..."

Dumbledore nodded, and then said, "Let me speak to them. One by one..."

"You have a way to tell?" Picquery asked in surprise.

"Although it may be a bit immodest to say this, I really don't need to use truth serum to know whether the other person is lying." Dumbledore smiled.

"But……"

"Don't worry, I promise everything will be done quietly... But it may take some time..."

……

morning.

Hogwarts, Great Hall.

On the dining table, Tom put down the Daily Prophet and looked at Li Weide in surprise and suspicion.

He whispered, "Things are developing pretty much as you said... Last night, Dumbledore really helped MACUSA rescue a lot of hostages with ease... It was so easy, there's no other explanation except that he released them on purpose."

Li Weide smiled and said, "Is Dumbledore planning to talk to them in person?"

Tom glanced at the newspaper again and said, "Yes... The newspaper said that Dumbledore wanted to personally question the hostages in order to find more clues to capture Grindelwald... According to your previous speculation, he should be trying to identify the witches lurking among these hostages?"

"Well... yes, Tom... are you ready? If I'm not mistaken, tonight is the time for Grindelwald to take action in Hogwarts." Levid said calmly.

"How did you know that?" asked Tom in surprise.

"Because this kind of questioning cannot be delayed in order to avoid attracting attention, Dumbledore needs to finish all the questions in one go. Otherwise, others will easily think that this is actually an interrogation, and this is what the Magical Congress of the United States of America least wants others to know... Therefore, Dumbledore will be very busy and focused for the next two days... so that he will have no time to pay attention..."

As soon as Li Weide finished speaking, Annie hurried over from a distance.

She leaned close to their ears and whispered, "Meet in the common room tonight... at nine o'clock!"

Hearing this, Tom looked at Levitra in surprise again. Anne's coming to report proved that Grindelwald would take action tonight!

This time... Li Weide guessed it again?

After Anne finished speaking, she hurried away without noticing the expression on Tom's face.

"Tom...are you ready?"

"Well! I have made all the preparations as you said!" said Tom.

"That's good……"

"Does that mean that as long as we make these preparations, Grindelwald won't be able to kill us?" Tom couldn't help but ask again.

"No...if he wants to kill us, we can't stop him."

Tom, who had originally felt relieved, suddenly asked in horror, "What's the point of me preparing all this?"

"It's useful...it can allow us to die with dignity."

"You...you...I want to quit!"

"It's too late to regret now, Tom."

"It's not too late, I just don't go tonight!"

"You've got to go, Tom."

"why?"

"Because if I'm going to die, I absolutely cannot let you live."

"I...what hatred or grudge do you have?"

"This is also for the future of this world..."

"Ah? Am I some kind of scourge that wraths heaven and man?!"

"Tom, have you no idea what kind of man you are?"

……

8:40 pm.

Li Weide and Tom sat by the window in the common room, waiting quietly.

Tom's face was dark, and he was completely disheartened...

"Take it and drink it..." Li Weide handed over a small bottle.

Tom's eyes lit up when he saw the small bottle.

"Felixir?"

"Hmm...what better time to use it than now?"

As Li Weide spoke, he took out another small bottle of Fuling potion, opened the bottle, and dripped two drops into his mouth.

Tom didn't hesitate and dropped two drops into his mouth.

Maybe I can avoid death tonight because of these two drops of Felicity!

Li Weide couldn't help laughing when he saw Tom's fearless look.

He said this just to tease Tom.

In fact, he was indeed fully prepared.

After all, he didn't want to gamble with his life.

"Tom...the enemy is about to attack. Let's make a pot of black tea first."

Li Weide said this, gently wiping the table with his right hand.

Then a steaming teapot and two clean cups appeared on the table.

I don't know where he got it from...

"I...I don't want to drink." Even after drinking the Felicis Felix, Tom was still so nervous that he wanted to vomit.

"You really don't want to drink?" Li Weide picked up the teapot and poured tea into the two cups in front of him.

"No!" said Tom angrily.

"Well... I'm going to drink it. Maybe this will be the last cup of tea in my life." Li Weide said with a smile.

"Fuck! Li Weide, you're a fucking bastard!"

Tom took the cup in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and then rolled his eyes because of the heat.

Chapter 138 I am old, but I am still old enough to wave the magic wand!

Looking at Tom in front of him, he rolled his eyes due to the burns and his face was distorted with anger.

Li Weide calmly picked up the cup and took a small sip.

"Tom, being easily swayed by your emotions will only reduce your wisdom."

Hearing this, Tom barely controlled his anger.