Chapter 318 Tension
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Duan Wei Li Mao
Chapter 318 tense atmosphere
"All students are required to be in their college common room by [-]pm and no student is allowed to leave after this time.
You will be escorted by a professor every time you go to class, and you are not allowed to wander around the castle alone until the professor comes.
Quidditch training and matches are postponed, and there will be no more activities at night..."
All the students sat around the long table in the auditorium, listening to Professor McGonagall in silence.
Professor McGonagall was really scared.
Before the holiday, the Ministry of Magic paid close attention to the situation at Hogwarts.
After the attack on Muggle researcher Professor Caredi Bubbaji, some people proposed to temporarily close Hogwarts and try their best to find the secret room.
Although the proposal was later rejected by more people, the idea was brought up again in the days before Christmas as the number of attacks increased.
And that time, significantly fewer people voted veto.
The reason why the Ministry of Magic is so quiet, apart from Dumbledore, is that the students were not harmed.
But this luck cannot last forever.
The calm in front of us is only temporary, and the previous few attacks are like piled up explosive kegs, which may explode at any time.
In the dark, some people are already ready to move.
Professor McGonagall can be sure that once a student is attacked, or the number of attacks increases to a certain number, they will take advantage of the problem and detonate all the explosive barrels.
No one knows what will happen then.
Also, Professor McGonagall doesn't want to see any students being harmed.
Right now is the most critical time.
The mandrake is about to mature, and after the petrified people or ghosts wake up, they will be able to learn about the secret room and monsters from them.
I believe that the successor of the Chamber of Secrets must also know this. In order to protect himself and hide those secrets, he will either stop here, or become even crazier.
And the petrified dwarf proved that that person did not choose the former...
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, with an unprecedented serious expression on his face.
Although so far, all the people who have been attacked have been petrified, but this does not mean that the monster in the secret room only petrifies others.
After all, 50 years ago, when the Chamber of Secrets was first opened, some students died without knowing it.
This kind of thing can never happen a second time.
She looked at everyone and said in a somewhat suffocated voice: "I hope that each of you can abide by the rules, even if it is for your own safety!
Anyone who violates the regulations will deduct all the house points and directly disqualify the house from participating in the Quidditch competition. "
"Also, I urge everyone who thinks they know something to come forward.
Now every clue, no matter how insignificant, has the potential to lead us to the criminal who planned these attacks. "
After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
As soon as she left, there was a chirping discussion in the auditorium.
After deducting all the college points, he will be disqualified from participating in Quidditch. There has never been such a severe punishment before.
"Fortunately, Professor McGonagall just postponed the Quidditch match..." Harry said with some relief.
"You..." Ron looked at Fred and George hesitantly.
How could the two of them not guess what he was thinking.
"We're sure we won't be found, even for Quidditch," said Fred.
"That's right." George said with a smile, "Stop thinking about catching villains and becoming heroes like last year. That's not what you should do."
"We didn't want to be heroes!" Ron said, scratching his neck.
Beside them, Harry and Hermione were both eating with their heads down, without speaking.
At the Hufflepuff table, Kyle also didn't speak.
There are discussions around who is the successor, and every time they say a name, Kyle will observe that person's expression.
But everyone looked normal, the only weird one was Lockhart.
He was very quiet, not showing off how many greeting cards he had received, nor bragging about the achievements he had said countless times.
The one who pays the most attention to his image doesn't even care about his hair. With messy blond hair on his head, he is drinking wine one glass after another. He is completely different from his high-spirited appearance at noon.
Half an hour later, dinner time was over.
Professor McGonagall re-entered the auditorium, and there were three other deans with her.
Professor Sprout came over and sent the Hufflepuffs back to the common room.
"Unless you go to class, you must stay here at other times, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."
She counted the number of people and didn't leave until everyone had passed through the barrel door.
"Didn't Professor Lockhart already know who the heir is?"
As soon as Professor Sprout left, someone couldn't wait to say: "Why can't the professors just arrest that person!"
"Don't you understand?" Someone said disdainfully: "He's just bragging. In fact, he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't know anything, just like he showed in the dueling club."
"Nonsense!" someone retorted. "You've all read his books... just think about the amazing things he did."
"It's just that he said it himself, he did it."
……
The people in the common room quickly split into two factions, quarreling over Lockhart's affairs.
Kyle, Connor, and Cedric didn't take part in this senseless argument, and they made their way around the crowd to sit on a few couches in the corner.
"Kyle, have you found anything?" Cedric asked.
"No." Kyle shook his head.
"That person hid it very well." Kang Na sighed, "Every time an attack occurs, no one sees it, as if it happened out of thin air... Could it be that the monster in the secret room is a monster that can be found in the castle at will? A walking ghost?"
"Ghosts can't petrify people, they just look scary." Cedric looked at Kyle again, "Where did you find that golden chain before?"
"A... very hidden place." Kyle hesitated for a moment, but still did not reveal the secret room.
It's not that he didn't think about telling Professor Dumbledore the location of the Chamber of Secrets and Riddle's news.
In fact, when the diary disappeared mysteriously and attacks occurred frequently, he had this idea, but he never made up his mind.
Maybe it's because he doesn't want to part with the basilisk... Kyle always subconsciously avoids this idea.
Thinking about it now, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell... After all, the basilisk was really valuable, and it could be piled up into a hill in exchange for Garen, so it's normal to be reluctant.
Kyle rubbed his forehead, feeling inexplicably irritable.
"Speaking of clues, Kyle, remember that thing you gave me for Christmas?" At this moment, Cedric got up suddenly and trotted to the dormitory.
"wait for me a while."
In about a minute, he came back with an extra stack of parchment in his hand.
"All students are required to be in their college common room by [-]pm and no student is allowed to leave after this time.
You will be escorted by a professor every time you go to class, and you are not allowed to wander around the castle alone until the professor comes.
Quidditch training and matches are postponed, and there will be no more activities at night..."
All the students sat around the long table in the auditorium, listening to Professor McGonagall in silence.
Professor McGonagall was really scared.
Before the holiday, the Ministry of Magic paid close attention to the situation at Hogwarts.
After the attack on Muggle researcher Professor Caredi Bubbaji, some people proposed to temporarily close Hogwarts and try their best to find the secret room.
Although the proposal was later rejected by more people, the idea was brought up again in the days before Christmas as the number of attacks increased.
And that time, significantly fewer people voted veto.
The reason why the Ministry of Magic is so quiet, apart from Dumbledore, is that the students were not harmed.
But this luck cannot last forever.
The calm in front of us is only temporary, and the previous few attacks are like piled up explosive kegs, which may explode at any time.
In the dark, some people are already ready to move.
Professor McGonagall can be sure that once a student is attacked, or the number of attacks increases to a certain number, they will take advantage of the problem and detonate all the explosive barrels.
No one knows what will happen then.
Also, Professor McGonagall doesn't want to see any students being harmed.
Right now is the most critical time.
The mandrake is about to mature, and after the petrified people or ghosts wake up, they will be able to learn about the secret room and monsters from them.
I believe that the successor of the Chamber of Secrets must also know this. In order to protect himself and hide those secrets, he will either stop here, or become even crazier.
And the petrified dwarf proved that that person did not choose the former...
Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, with an unprecedented serious expression on his face.
Although so far, all the people who have been attacked have been petrified, but this does not mean that the monster in the secret room only petrifies others.
After all, 50 years ago, when the Chamber of Secrets was first opened, some students died without knowing it.
This kind of thing can never happen a second time.
She looked at everyone and said in a somewhat suffocated voice: "I hope that each of you can abide by the rules, even if it is for your own safety!
Anyone who violates the regulations will deduct all the house points and directly disqualify the house from participating in the Quidditch competition. "
"Also, I urge everyone who thinks they know something to come forward.
Now every clue, no matter how insignificant, has the potential to lead us to the criminal who planned these attacks. "
After Professor McGonagall finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
As soon as she left, there was a chirping discussion in the auditorium.
After deducting all the college points, he will be disqualified from participating in Quidditch. There has never been such a severe punishment before.
"Fortunately, Professor McGonagall just postponed the Quidditch match..." Harry said with some relief.
"You..." Ron looked at Fred and George hesitantly.
How could the two of them not guess what he was thinking.
"We're sure we won't be found, even for Quidditch," said Fred.
"That's right." George said with a smile, "Stop thinking about catching villains and becoming heroes like last year. That's not what you should do."
"We didn't want to be heroes!" Ron said, scratching his neck.
Beside them, Harry and Hermione were both eating with their heads down, without speaking.
At the Hufflepuff table, Kyle also didn't speak.
There are discussions around who is the successor, and every time they say a name, Kyle will observe that person's expression.
But everyone looked normal, the only weird one was Lockhart.
He was very quiet, not showing off how many greeting cards he had received, nor bragging about the achievements he had said countless times.
The one who pays the most attention to his image doesn't even care about his hair. With messy blond hair on his head, he is drinking wine one glass after another. He is completely different from his high-spirited appearance at noon.
Half an hour later, dinner time was over.
Professor McGonagall re-entered the auditorium, and there were three other deans with her.
Professor Sprout came over and sent the Hufflepuffs back to the common room.
"Unless you go to class, you must stay here at other times, and you are not allowed to go anywhere."
She counted the number of people and didn't leave until everyone had passed through the barrel door.
"Didn't Professor Lockhart already know who the heir is?"
As soon as Professor Sprout left, someone couldn't wait to say: "Why can't the professors just arrest that person!"
"Don't you understand?" Someone said disdainfully: "He's just bragging. In fact, he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't know anything, just like he showed in the dueling club."
"Nonsense!" someone retorted. "You've all read his books... just think about the amazing things he did."
"It's just that he said it himself, he did it."
……
The people in the common room quickly split into two factions, quarreling over Lockhart's affairs.
Kyle, Connor, and Cedric didn't take part in this senseless argument, and they made their way around the crowd to sit on a few couches in the corner.
"Kyle, have you found anything?" Cedric asked.
"No." Kyle shook his head.
"That person hid it very well." Kang Na sighed, "Every time an attack occurs, no one sees it, as if it happened out of thin air... Could it be that the monster in the secret room is a monster that can be found in the castle at will? A walking ghost?"
"Ghosts can't petrify people, they just look scary." Cedric looked at Kyle again, "Where did you find that golden chain before?"
"A... very hidden place." Kyle hesitated for a moment, but still did not reveal the secret room.
It's not that he didn't think about telling Professor Dumbledore the location of the Chamber of Secrets and Riddle's news.
In fact, when the diary disappeared mysteriously and attacks occurred frequently, he had this idea, but he never made up his mind.
Maybe it's because he doesn't want to part with the basilisk... Kyle always subconsciously avoids this idea.
Thinking about it now, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell... After all, the basilisk was really valuable, and it could be piled up into a hill in exchange for Garen, so it's normal to be reluctant.
Kyle rubbed his forehead, feeling inexplicably irritable.
"Speaking of clues, Kyle, remember that thing you gave me for Christmas?" At this moment, Cedric got up suddenly and trotted to the dormitory.
"wait for me a while."
In about a minute, he came back with an extra stack of parchment in his hand.
