Little Hangleton Village.
As the unusual trio got off the taxi, they saw that the roads were under construction.
"This is?"
Dumbledore hadn't expected so many people in the small village.
"These are employees of our construction company under the Saints Group."
Lucas said and pointed to the construction sign beside the road.
The words "L&H Construction Company" were clearly visible.
"Because I was worried that Tom would find out, I could only let the construction company come here to build the village roads."
Dumbledore looked around and saw the joyful smiling faces of the villagers.
"Lucas, you've done an amazing thing."
Lucas raised his eyebrows, Dumbledore didn't think he was a voluntary laborer, did he?
After looking at the situation around him, Dumbledore turned his attention to the construction sign.
"It's not the name of the Saints Group. You must have created this company specifically for this moment, right?"
Lucas didn't deny it.
This company was created under his and Hermione's names, and it may be given to Hermione's parents for retirement in the future.
The three walked along the dug road towards Little Hangleton Cemetery.
A member of the Saints ran over from afar interrupting their walk.
"Boss, we have important news."
Hearing this, Lucas had a flash of surprise in his eyes.
"What's the matter? Is there an accident with that person?"
Dumbledore frowned slightly, his expression turning serious. There was also a little seriousness in Professor Snape's eyes.
"Well, according to what we noticed, you-know-who seems to have left Little Hangleton."
Dumbledore said with some surprise: "This is good news."
"Probably because there are a lot of constructions around the village, he must be worried that someone might find him, after all, he has not fully recovered yet."
Lucas expressed his guess.
Since Voldemort was not in the village, the three of them stopped hiding and went to the cemetery directly by using magic.
At this time, many workers were busy repairing the cemetery.
Seeing three people suddenly appearing, they were not surprised at all.
Unlike the ordinary Muggles out there building roads, the workers in the cemetery were all members of the Saints in disguise.
Watching the busy workers, Dumbledore said dumbfoundingly: "It's the first time I've seen someone volunteer to repair a cemetery."
"You probably misunderstood, my people couldn't get close to this place before today."
"Tom protected his father's remains very well."
While speaking, the three of them came to a tombstone.
The owner's name "Tom Riddle" was engraved on the dilapidated and old tombstone
Lucas drew his wand and wrote a series of words in the air.
[This place will hide all the magic traces, the only way to crack it is to leave or defeat the rule maker.]
As he finished writing the last letter, the spell text immediately started working.
"Okay, everyone can work with magic now."
The Saints heaved a sigh of relief and pulled out their wands one after another.
The broken tombstones were slowly being restored and the statue of an angel with a broken arm also became complete.
The old cemetery has been magically transformed back to what it was decades ago.
Dumbledore looked at the words slowly disappearing in front of his eyes and said with emotion: "It's an amazing piece of magic."
Lucas smiled faintly, holding his magic wand and began to leave spell text traps around the cemetery.
The other two followed behind him.
Every time they saw the rules he wrote down, a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes.
When Lucas wrote the last trap, Dumbledore and Professor Snape gasped.
"It seems that Tom will need to pay a great price to regain his body!"
Dumbledore's words reminded Lucas who was busy.
He walked back to Tom Riddle's tombstone, and with a flick of his wand, Riddle's broken skeleton flew out of it.
A member of the Saints next to him came carrying some bones.
Under the influence of magic, a small amount of Riddle's bones fused with those new bones and Lucas reburied them in the grave.
Looking at the surprised eyes of Dumbledore and Professor Snape, Lucas chuckled and said: "Old Mr. Riddle's bones have been stored for so long, and there is probably no calcium left. I was just helping him to replenish it."
Dumbledore laughed at this explanation, now it seems that it was indeed a wise choice to cooperate with Lucas.
His gaze swept around and noticed that members of the Saints were installing invisible magic cameras.
He probably understood why Lucas did this.
If he guessed right, these would eventually become evidence, proving to everyone that Voldemort is really back.
Dumbledore's guess was right, but the evidence was going to be used for more than just proof of Voldemort's return.
These magical photos will have a great effect on his future plans.
Dumbledore looked around the cemetery again, and soon he noticed a dilapidated manor on the hillside not far away.
"That's the Riddles' manor, isn't it?"
Lucas and Professor Snape looked in the direction of his finger.
There was no light in the building, and it stood alone on the top of the hill, which made it look a little scary.
"That's right, Tom was hiding there before." Lucas nodded.
Dumbledore stared for a long time before looking away.
"So where did he go?"
He looked back at the blond boy beside him, he was sure that Lucas must know where Voldemort was.
Not just Dumbledore, even Professor Snape looked at him.
Lucas thought for a moment before saying: "He should have gone to Mr. Barty Crouch's house."
"Crouch?" Dumbledore was a little surprised, but after careful consideration, he thought it was reasonable.
"No wonder Barty suddenly said he was sick and went home to recuperate, so what's the next plan?"
"Just let it be."
Seeing the surprised eyes of the two, Lucas explained: "If you go to help Mr. Crouch now, you will only startle the snake. It is equivalent to telling Tom that we already know his plan."
"If you want him to follow our arrangement, Mr. Crouch can only suffer for a while."
"As for the safety of Mr. Crouch, I will let people pay attention, but for the already crazy Tom, it is normal to kill a few people."
"It's all for the greater good, to bring Tom down, and sometimes sacrifice is inevitable, isn't it, Headmaster?"
Dumbledore didn't answer the question directly, but he didn't say anything against it, which was tantamount to agreeing with Lucas' words.
Snape looked at the backs of the two in front of him, and suddenly realized that the two were quite alike in the way they handled things.
'For the greater good?'
He recited this sentence silently in his head, and the two people in front of him really carried it through to the end.
Lucas was still staring at the house on the hill. In fact, he has a way to rescue Barty Crouch.
It's just that the risk is too great, and it doesn't benefit him in any way. On the contrary, the death of Barty Crouch is more in line with his interests.
Withdrawing his gaze, he looked at the old man beside him.
"Headmaster, have you ever wondered how Tom will bring Harry here?"
"Portkey, the Triwizard Cup will be made into a portkey that will take the winner into the stage where they will receive their prize, someone just needs to change its destination."
"What do you think of me entrusting this task to Professor Alastor Moody?"
The old and the young looked at each other and smiled. And just like that, they helped the fake Professor Moody solve a difficult problem.
Looking at the two foxes who are in perfect synchrony, Professor Snape suddenly felt sorry for Barty Crouch Jr.
While he was still planning for the second task, there were already two people planning against his master.
"Boss, the magic cameras have been set up."
Lucas looked around, making sure that everyone had placed cameras in all directions without dead ends according to his requirements.
He came to the center of the cemetery, simulating where Voldemort was going to appear.
Pointing to several corners of the cemetery, acting like a movie director he said: "Add a few more lights there, not too bright, it is best to add some horror and mysterious atmosphere to the cemetery."
The Saint member who was in charge of the cemetery repair nodded quickly, and immediately arranged for people to prepare suitable light sources.
For Voldemort's resurrection and return, Lucas decided to act as the director of this drama, striving to turn the cemetery into the best possible stage.
He was sure that his good friend Tommy would love it, after all he was always a drama queen.
It wasn't until near midnight that Lucas finally nodded in satisfaction.
On the way back to Hogwarts, Dumbledore revealed to Lucas the content of the second task.
As for who would be Lucas' hostage, he had already made a choice in his heart.
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, the Christmas holidays were already over, this also represents the arrival of the second half of Hogwarts term.
The weather in January will still bring people a cold feeling.
Under such weather, the class that the students hate the most must be Care of Magical Creatures.
It's a good thing Hagrid this time didn't make them take care of such dangerous creatures as Blast Ended Skrewts.
Instead he let them meet cute magical creatures like Unicorns and Nifflers.
The students finally experienced the fun of the Care of Magical Creatures class.
The days passed in such a relaxed atmosphere, and in the blink of an eye, January was replaced by February.
The second task will be held on February 24th.
The night before, Dumbledore summoned the "hostages" of all the champions to the headmaster's office.
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