Chapter 311: Pursuit and Storm

The five idiots arrived at Hogwarts on Sunday morning. Upon hearing the news, Professor Dumbledore and the four deans also rushed to the scene. After a brief greeting, the five idiots did not delay and immediately plunged into their intense work. They used various tracking methods to carefully search every corner of the scene.

Soon, the Five Idiots chose the breakthrough point at the place where Colin fell. The operation was almost the same as last year. They cut off a piece of floor at that location, formed a circle, sat on the floor, placed the piece of floor in the center of the circle, and continuously injected magic power into the white jade slab...

As they operated, a magical scene reappeared! As the magic properties injected by the five people were different, the five white jade slabs began to emit completely different lights: red, blue, gold, green and brown. Where the five lights converged, Colin's thin figure was clearly shown in the image.

He was seen skipping towards the bottom of the stairs, looking very happy. But suddenly, his pupils dilated as if he had discovered something, and fear gradually filled his eyes. But the next moment, when he opened his mouth and wanted to shout loudly, a strange red smoke quickly spread from a certain direction, and in the blink of an eye, it tightly wrapped Colin. In an instant, Colin fell to the ground without any warning, as if he had lost his life...

Looking at this scene, Wu Chi's face became extremely ugly. This angle actually blocked everyone's view perfectly.

In desperation, they could only keep trying to collect footage from other locations, but after changing more than thirty locations, they still got nothing.

Just when everyone was gradually losing confidence, Jiuchi suddenly had an idea. He went straight to the corridor, took down a window, and then used his special trick again.

Still in the image floating in the air, a terrifying scene appeared in the reflection of the glass of this window: a huge python covered with scales and gleaming with a faint light was crawling in the corridor. Judging from its spreading body, it seemed to be more than 20 meters long. More importantly, this snake really had nine heads, and the head in the middle was golden...

As it was moving leisurely, it seemed to hear some kind of noise, and the head on the far left looked in a certain direction alertly, but the next moment, this head showed a cruel smile in a humane way, and red smoke was wantonly sprayed from its mouth...

"Is this really a Hydra?" Snape could no longer control his emotions and shouted in shock, "But how is this possible? There is no record of the existence of Hydra in the wizarding world!"

"But it did appear." Professor McGonagall said immediately, "We shouldn't discuss such silly questions as whether it exists or not. We should now consider how it got into Hogwarts. More importantly, where is it now?" As she spoke, she looked at the Five Idiots with anticipation.

Upon hearing this, the Five Idiots simply nodded heavily and continued with their work.

Perhaps it was the window that gave the Five Idiots inspiration. After casting spells again and again, they finally found a series of images of the travel path.

One of the images clearly showed that the Hydra had no intention of letting Colin go after spraying poison, but it seemed to be startled by some noise, so it left quickly and unwillingly...

I thought this tracking method would go smoothly until I finally found the Hydra. But unexpectedly, the Hydra completely disappeared on the consecutive windowless forks and stairs. No matter how the Five Idiots changed the angle or the path, the result was the same.

Full of hope, but ultimately unable to find any more clues, the professors were all in a bad mood, and Yang Tian and Wu Chi were naturally the same.

"Okay, everyone. Although the clues have been interrupted, there is no doubt that we have found the source of the poison." Dumbledore saw this and comforted everyone, "Next, we will arrange a patrol plan and try to fill all the time periods to ensure the safety of Hogwarts!"

Professor McGonagall nodded in agreement. She suggested, "We can divide the professors into several groups, with each group responsible for different areas and time periods. This will improve efficiency and better protect the school."

Other professors also expressed their opinions and put forward various suggestions and ideas. Yang Tian did not interrupt the whole process, but just listened quietly. Because he knew that with Dumbledore's character, he would not let his students face danger before him.

After some discussion, the plan finally took shape...

On Monday morning, the news that Colin had been attacked and was now lying on the verge of death in the school hospital spread throughout the school. This sudden incident plunged the originally vibrant campus into a dead silence, and a solemn atmosphere permeated every corner.

To ensure safety, students were required to travel in groups of at least three and were strictly prohibited from traveling alone. This tense situation made everyone panic, as if a huge disaster was about to happen.

At the same time, rumors spread like wildfire. One of the most popular rumors was that Hogwarts was punished by the order because it had broken the original order of the global wizarding world by recruiting a large number of students. This attack was just the beginning. More people would be attacked and even killed until the balance of the magic school was restored...

Some young wizards believed the rumor, and as a result, the local students of Hogwarts developed strong dissatisfaction with the students from other places. They believed that it was these outsiders who caused the disaster, and shouted the slogan "Outsiders, go back home, Hogwarts does not belong to you".

The out-of-town students were not to be outdone, and they all huddled together to keep each other warm, and began to talk about how safe the magic schools they were supposed to go to were, and how rubbish Hogwarts was. They even organized mutual aid associations covering the original schools, and formed alliances among themselves.

The alliance's purpose was simple and straightforward: if one person had a problem, all members would step forward. And all this was accomplished in just two days.

All of a sudden, the situation of confrontation between local students and non-local students arose, which surprised many neutral students.

What’s more serious is that within just one day after the establishment of the mutual aid association, there were six fights between local and non-local students. Moreover, each time, someone was seriously injured.

The school criticized and punished the relevant personnel in accordance with the principle of cutting the Gordian knot, but the result was not satisfactory. Both sides tried their best to suppress their anger, but they were like a powder keg that could be ignited at any time.

A bigger storm seems to be slowly approaching Hogwarts...