Chapter 175: Go quickly, don't let others misunderstand you
Several people climbed up one floor after another without stopping until they arrived at a corridor on the third floor of the castle.
"Hey, Potter, where are the bad guys? We've been following you for a long time." Malfoy complained breathlessly.
Ron didn't bother to argue with Malfoy. He wiped the sweat off his face and asked Harry, "Harry, where's that sound? Are you sure you didn't hear it wrong?"
Harry's face was full of anxiety, but he couldn't say anything to refute. The voice disappeared completely after reaching here, as if it had never appeared.
However, his intuition told him that something unusual must have happened.
"Look, aren't there two lines of words on the far wall?" Hermione took a breath and pointed to the front of the corridor.
Following the direction of Hermione's finger, several people slowly approached and saw the bright red words on the wall clearly.
The secret room has been opened
Those who are enemies of the heir, beware.]
"Isn't this written in blood?" Malfoy felt a little uneasy. He felt that the bright red handwriting was extremely dazzling.
"What's hanging under the torch stand?" Ron's voice was trembling. "It looks like... an animal."
"I don't think it's that safe here. Why don't we go find the professor first?"
As they were talking, several people finally saw what it was and took a deep breath.
"Merlin! It's Filch's cat - Mrs Norris."
They found Filch's cat hanging stiffly under the torch stand, like a stuffed animal.
"It's not good, very not good, Filch will go crazy." Malfoy urged in a hurried tone.
"Get out of here quickly. I don't want to be mistaken for a murderer and then be targeted by Filch."
Ron swallowed hard. "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that Malfoy is fine."
"If we don't catch the murderer, we will definitely be misunderstood. Let's go."
Although Harry wanted to go up and check it out, he had to admit that what Malfoy and Ron said made sense.
Once discovered, they would definitely be regarded as the primary suspects.
In a panic, several people turned around and left. Just after taking two steps, they heard lively noises from both ends of the corridor.
The dinner was over and the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students were returning to their dormitories.
"It's over!" Malfoy's face was a little pale, "The party is over, we can't leave."
"I knew that following you three would be bad news. My reputation will be ruined..."
Before he finished speaking, dense crowds of students appeared at both ends of the corridor. They were wearing all kinds of strange costumes, and many little wizards had thick oil paint on their faces.
After seeing Filch's cat, the chirping noises completely disappeared.
The little wizards stared at the four people in the middle of the corridor in surprise, as if they were looking at suspects who were about to flee the scene after committing a crime.
Soon, the little wizards could no longer suppress their doubts and began to discuss.
"Did they do this? How dare they do this to Filch's cat."
"Now we're going to have some fun. Filch values Mrs. Norris more than his own life."
"Look at the words on the wall. The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Is it the legendary Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets?"
"Could it be that the heir is one of these four?"
"Who knows? I think it's most likely Harry Potter. His identity is the most special among them."
Hearing this, Malfoy changed his uneasy look and looked fiercely at the student who said this.
What vision!
How does Potter look like the heir to the Chamber of Secrets?!
No matter how you look at it, as a Slytherin student, I am more qualified to be the heir.
Potter is a Gryffindor, so how could he be qualified to inherit the Chamber of Secrets?
"What happened here? Get out of the way!"
Filch was attracted by the noise here. He struggled through the crowd and wailed sadly after discovering Mrs. Norris.
Amid the chaos, Dumbledore and the professors arrived at the scene.
He took Mrs. Loris off the torch stand and gave instructions to everyone.
"Prefects, take the students from your house back to the dormitories."
"As for the rest of you," Dumbledore glanced at the four of them, "come with me."
"Argus, you come too."
Hearing this, Sebastian stood up at the right time and gave Dumbledore a suggestion.
"Principal, my office is nearby. Please come to my place."
Sebastian, who was familiar with the plot, naturally knew that tonight was the first time the basilisk would appear.
In order to prevent any accidents, he kept releasing his magical perception and monitoring any movement in the castle.
The basilisk appeared, attracted the attention of Harry and others, Ginny left a note and hung Filch's cat on the torch stand, all of which did not escape Sebastian's magical perception.
Sebastian kept thinking in his mind.
Now that the basilisk has appeared, it's time to take the diary away from Ginny.
We can't just let Ginny be controlled by the diary and let the basilisk torment the students in the castle.
The group came to Sebastian's office in a mighty manner. As soon as they entered, Dumbledore took out his wand and examined Mrs. Norris.
"Don't be sad, Argus. Madam Norris is not dead, but petrified."
"Petrified?" Filch's voice was a little choked. He looked at Harry and said bitterly, "It must have been Potter who did it."
"A few days ago, he made the corridor dirty and I scolded him, so he decided to take revenge on me."
Harry opened his mouth and was about to say something in retort, but was stopped by Mia.
"Filch, I believe it was definitely not Harry who did it. He is not that kind of child."
"In addition, Harry did not have time to commit a crime tonight. He was invited by Headless Nick to attend the ghost dinner. I can prove this."
Snape looked at the four students in surprise. He couldn't figure out why these little guys got together again.
He walked forward, examined Filch's cat, and spoke slowly.
"Principal, please allow me to say something."
"The spell that Filch's cat was cast into was not an ordinary petrification spell. To achieve this, very advanced dark magic is required."
"And Potter and his men obviously don't have such strength."
"I think they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Dumbledore nodded, agreeing with Snape.
He looked at Harry and the other three and asked calmly.
"You are the first ones on the scene."
"I want to ask, have you found anything?"
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