Chapter 332 Patrol Mission
Lin Xia finally understood what the weird feeling she had when she entered the Researchers Association was.
The Researchers Association is large and has many doors, but when she went there for meals, the researchers she saw were all alone and somewhat lonely.
But she had seen the paper presentation provided by Talling, and researchers submitted papers every day, and the efficiency of a researcher was as high as a cow.
Even if she had the help of Hogwarts and had many wonderful ideas, she could only research one item in one semester.
In the Researchers Association, a senior researcher can basically complete three studies in a month!
If there is help from others behind the scenes, it makes sense.
Lin Xia: [How did you know this information? ]
Tom: [I also received an invitation back then, but after I learned that these were a group of research madmen, I did not go in, but I had been secretly collecting their information]
Lin Xia was very surprised.
Voldemort also received an invitation from the Researchers Association?
She thought about it and felt that this statement was unreliable.
If even a wizard like Voldemort can join the Researchers' Association, why did the Association reject Dumbledore? Were they worried that the two of them would fight in the Association?
Lin Xia: [But I have already joined. Do you have any method to teach me to distinguish whether other people have ill will towards me? ]
Tom: [I remember that there are related strange objects that can detect other people's ill will, but it is not effective. This is mental magic. This kind of magic is like prophecy magic. It makes people love and hate it, and it is hard to see through the way]
Lin Xia understands this feeling very well.
One is scientific and the other believes in metaphysics. They have different paths. It is difficult to understand them together.
Because metaphysics cannot be calculated into a set of formulas, and there is no routine at all.
Lin Xia's eyes flickered, and she wrote a paragraph: [Do you know Skull Punn? He is my recommender]
Tom was shocked.
Skull Punn, of course he knows!
This crazy researcher, in order to continue his research, did not hesitate to transform himself into a skeleton, leaving only his own thinking.
Back then, he was the second most famous person besides himself. I didn't expect that after joining the Researchers Association, he would go down such a road of no return.
Tom: [I know, you have to be careful. Skeleton Punn doesn't really want to introduce you. He just wants your brain so that you can become a slave.
The things I mentioned above were created by Skeleton Punn. He tends to find many slaves and then study and do research for him.
He is an extremely selfish person. I don't know why there is always no shortage of followers around him, even though Punn has given up on himself to this extent! ! ]
There is no such thing as charm value in the wizarding world, but there are creatures with full charm, such as "Charm Baby".
Lin Xia: [Maybe his personality makes people want to follow him. Some people are born leaders]
Tom thought of himself and wrote a line of words: [You are right]
Lin Xia: [Tom, I found a very strange picture frame. I suspect that it is another soul fragment of yours. If you choose to devour this soul fragment, your ability should be greatly increased]
Tom didn't write anything for a long time.
It was doubting Lin Xia's motives.
It had been working with Lin Xia for a year, but it couldn't figure out Lin Xia's thoughts at all, especially last school year, when Lin Xia asked it:
Do you want to get rid of Voldemort's control and live as a completely independent individual?
This made Tom's heart move.
This was actually wrong. The soul fragments he studied in the soul-splitting method should not have the idea of leaving.
Voldemort is it, and it is also Voldemort, except that it carries the soul fragments of Voldemort's youth, but its essence is still Voldemort.
One's own soul, transcending one's own control, and becoming an independent individual?
He shouldn't have such an idea, nor should he think about it.
When it was seriously thinking about the feasibility of this method, Tom knew that Voldemort's soul-splitting experiment was a complete failure.
Lin Xia: [I have never given up the idea of training you into an independent individual, but you are too weak and have been staying in Hogwarts and cannot be promoted]
Tom is Voldemort's soul fragment, which means that if it wants to be promoted, it must be accompanied by killing.
But you can't kill people in Hogwarts.
Last school year, just a little wizard was petrified, which made the professor nervous.
It was not easy to take Tom with her to the place she was going to during the summer vacation, so this matter was put on hold.
If the picture frame really contained Voldemort's soul fragments, as long as Tom took the dominant position, he would definitely become more powerful after swallowing it.
Tom: [Aren't you afraid that I will run away after becoming stronger? ]
Lin Xia smiled lightly and looked up at the golden wooden house.
A burst of golden light flashed, and the wooden house was arranged with many defensive and offensive magic runes, including the forbidden magic runes that Tom was very afraid of.
When she was in the golden wooden house, these formations would not be activated, but when she left, these dense magic runes were the cages she set for Tom.
Not to mention that the diary had been sealed in the box, and this box was arranged with many forbidden magic runs inside and outside.
She was not worried about Tom running away at all.
Lin Xia: [That only means I was wrong about you. You don’t have a free will in your body.]
Tom was silent again.
Lin Xia waited patiently.
After a while, Tom wrote: [You can find a big box and put me with the frame, and I will help you keep an eye on it]
A faint smile flashed across the corner of Lin Xia's mouth: [I wish you success]
No need to look for another big box, the box she used to confine her diary would be enough.
After placing the picture frame and diary, Lin Xia locked the box, opened the magic text array in the room, and then walked out of the golden wooden house.
The patrol mission she took was about to begin.
Lin Xia arrived on the third floor half an hour early and arrived at the agreed upon location.
She was already very familiar with Hogwarts. There was only one classroom on the third floor, which was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office. There was also a Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, but there were no other offices.
But this time when she came to the third floor, Lin Xia discovered that there was another small office on the left side of the Defense Against Dark Arts professor's office.
Following the guidance of the secret key, Lin Xia knocked on the door.
"Come in." A traditional female voice came. Lin Xia opened the door and found Professor McGonagall sitting on the chair, busy working.
For a moment, Lin Xia thought that she had gone wrong.
Professor McGonagall's office isn't on the third floor, right?
She wanted to turn her head and look down the corridor.
Professor McGonagall gave her an inquiring look, as if he could guess her inner thoughts, nodded and said:
"You are not wrong, Lin Xia, this is the third floor, and I am the wizard supervising on the third floor tonight.
You will get used to it in the future. Each professor is assigned an area to monitor. If there is any problem, we will go to investigate immediately.
Moreover, the professor changes the monitoring area every week, and I am not here all the time. "
Lin Xia asked: "Professor, why does Hogwarts have so many patrol missions? Is the school going to become dangerous again?"
Professor McGonagall shook his head and said: "No, there are dementors frightening outside the castle. There have been no abnormalities so far, but places where dementors gather will always attract some unclean things, so the school decided to take precautions against it. Not yet."
She didn't know what she thought of, so she paused.
"There are too few outstanding students in Hogwarts. This week is just a transitional week. Everyone will have a harder time. When the second week begins, the school will consider allowing some students with both good character and academic performance to join the patrol."
Lin Xia asked keenly: "Can they also get points?"
McGonagall: "Yes, but the points will be lower than those of outstanding students. You can also use the points to exchange for Hogwarts resources."
For some reason, Lin Xia always felt that recruiting people from outside would not be that simple. It was most likely open to individual students.
She quickly thought of Harry.
Professor McGonagall glanced at the magic clock: "You arrived half an hour early today. I will explain this mission to you ten minutes before your patrol starts. Now you go about your business."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and corrected the students' homework.
Seeing Professor McGonagall like this, Lin Xia thought that this patrol mission looked a bit dangerous, but in fact it was not very dangerous.
Otherwise, Professor McGonagall would never be in the mood to correct students' homework.
She is a very dedicated associate professor who cherishes the life of every student.
Time passed by, and two outstanding students arrived one after another to take on the task, and one of them turned out to be Hermione!
Lin Xia smiled and said, "I thought you would prefer staying in the dormitory to study."
Hermione raised her chin proudly: "Draco told me tonight that he has been upgraded to intermediate authority because he also did some tasks assigned by the school during the summer, so he just happened to be promoted.
And you have been at the intermediate level for a long time, so I want to change my permission to the intermediate level. "
Lin Xia: "You are very welcome, I am happy to have another powerful companion!"
While the two of them were talking, another outstanding Ravenclaw student came over and said, "Hello, my name is Rosa Azeris. You can just call me Rosa. I am in the fourth year."
Lin Xia and Hermione both introduced themselves to her.
Seeing that she was the oldest, Rosa couldn't help but suggest: "Are you going to do patrol missions this week? Anyway, each patrol mission requires at least three people. If you keep doing it, why don't we form a fixed team."
Hermione hesitated, and Lin Xia said at this time: "We have never participated in a patrol mission. We don't know whether it will be easy or difficult. We plan to give it a try first."
Rosa: "Okay, let me tell you, this is the easiest task I have ever received, and you will definitely be able to get started quickly."
She said enthusiastically: "It's just too difficult to find a good teammate. The teammates I met are all weird. They are either too lonely or too dependent on me."
Lin Xia's eyes darkened slightly.
Ravenclaw pursues wisdom, and wizards who can enter Ravenclaw are also smarter themselves.
This sentence seems to be a complaint, but it is actually stating his requirements for his teammates.
"Okay, students!"
At some point, Professor McGonagall stopped grading homework and came to them.
As she walked out, she said: "Let me introduce to you the content of the patrol mission. You have to move continuously on the third floor...
Everyone starts at a different place. After completing a complete patrol, they can rest for ten minutes and then continue patrolling.
Note that you cannot patrol together and must be separated, otherwise it will be difficult to find weird things in other places.
When you hear any sound, immediately press the recorder in your hand to record the sound...
If you see a suspicious person, also press the recorder in your hand and record it. These will be used as important evidence, and specialists will analyze whether something strange has happened. "
"That's right."
Professor McGonagall suddenly stopped and said very seriously: "Don't go close to the place where the sound comes from, or the suspicious person. After recording, return to the starting point immediately. If you record anything abnormal, come to my office."
Hermione raised her hand high: "Professor, how to judge whether the suspicious person is a little wizard who deliberately went out for a night tour?"
McGonagall: "No need to judge, when you see them, you just need to record and avoid them, even if they are little wizards, you have to avoid them, and there will be special people to take care of them.
If it is really a night tour, the little wizard will be punished accordingly."
She emphasized: "This punishment is much heavier than in the past, and the little wizard will never want to go out at night."
Two voices sounded at the same time: "What punishment? "
Hermione and Rosa looked at each other.
Professor McGonagall said lightly: "A group of spiders have appeared in the Forbidden Forest. It is said that they have just migrated here.
But Hogwarts does not need so many spiders. Ranger Hagrid has long wanted to issue a task to let the little wizards help clean up the spiders.
I think those little wizards who like to travel at night can definitely do this task. After all, if you have the courage to travel at night, how can you be afraid of spiders? "
The other three little witches couldn't help but flicker their eyes.
It is conceivable that this news will be spread wildly tomorrow.
"Lin Xia, you just stand here, start from the left and walk back a circle, and you can rest for ten minutes. "
Professor McGonagall began to assign starting points to each little witch.
"You can start walking now. "Professor McGonagall shouted to Lin Xia again.
Lin Xia nodded.
At first, she was parallel to McGonagall and the others, but then McGonagall stopped. Lin Xia couldn't stop and had to keep going.
She used the supersensory spell and heard Professor McGonagall's voice: "Hermione, you stand here and come back for patrol in ten minutes. Start from the right and calculate the time yourself."
Soon, Professor McGonagall assigned Rosa another task. This time Rosa would go on patrol in 20 minutes.
Lin Xia walked around and returned to the starting point. She felt that this task was quite simple and easy.
The only bad thing was that it was a bit boring and she couldn't communicate with other witches.
But it was only an hour patrol, and she could rest for ten minutes every round. The cost-effectiveness of this job was already very high.
I don't know if it was because the school had just started, but those evil gods' mumbling or strange visions also needed time to brew.
There should be no discovery in their patrol today. (End of this chapter)
