Hogwarts: Where are the Pokémon?

Chapter 213 Barty Crouch Jr. and the Successors

In the library, several people gathered together, and Hermione was looking through the pipe system of Hogwarts.

"The monster passed by us, but there was no shadow. I guess it may have moved through the pipe system of Hogwarts." Hermione lowered her voice and said.

"But I want to know why only Harry can hear the monster's voice?" Neville asked doubtfully. This is something they still haven't understood yet.

"Maybe it's because of Parseltongue." Ron thought of the key.

Although Harry's Parselmouth was not exposed in front of everyone due to Lockhart's accident, Charlene and Dumbledore still told Harry this "secret" very thoughtfully.

"That monster must be a snake! This makes it very reasonable for it to move inside the pipe. Moreover, Slytherin's pet is a snake, which is a perfect match."

"But I can't think of any snake that can turn a person to stone." Hermione said distressedly.

She thought of many answers in her mind, basilisk, rune snake, bird snake...

But none of them have the ability to petrify people.The most ferocious among them is of course the basilisk, which can kill a person just by looking at it.

"Maybe we can wait until that sound appears again before tracking it." Ron suggested.

"But this is too passive. What if we lose track again? There may be victims." Harry did not agree with him, "I think we can ask Professor Lockhart for help. Dumbledore leaves The school asked him to help find the murderer before, what if we tell him the information we have?"

Gilderoy Lockhart!

A wizard who is a bit ostentatious in the eyes of young wizards, but does have some strength.

"Then why don't we just go to the professor?" Neville asked. "The professor is stronger than Lockhart. And if we stick to it, we will definitely find out who the student was who was killed by the basilisk and where the crime occurred." .”

"That makes sense!" The other three people also nodded.Then they rushed to the principal's office together.

Xia Lin hadn't had time to set a password for the two stone statues at the door of the principal's office, so when they arrived, they easily entered the principal's office.

When they entered the principal's office, Xia Lin was holding the tip of the Sorting Hat with one hand and digging into its belly with the other hand.Maybe it was a little itchy, but he scratched the Sorting Hat until tears came to his eyes.

"I said - hahaha - only - hahaha - the real Glen Findor - haha ​​- can take out that sword -"

"You mean I don't have the courage?" Xia Lin was a little unhappy.He has always been very courageous.

"No, no, no, I can see that you have courage and wisdom - but this does not mean that you are a Gryffindor." The Sorting Hat insisted on his opinion, "It's useless even if you scratch me - if If you are really qualified, it will fall by itself.”

Xia Lin was not very satisfied with his answer, but he felt the intrusion of Harry and the others, so he stopped what he was doing.

"Professor, are you..."

Harry hesitated to speak. For the first time, he felt that Professor Xia Lin seemed a little unreliable.

"Exchange your feelings with the Sorting Hat. He actually insists that I am not a Gryffindor." Xia Lin was not embarrassed at all and casually put the hat on Neville's head.

"But you're not," Hermione said.

"A sensible child." The Sorting Hat breathed a sigh of relief, and then he seemed to sense Neville's quality and immediately said provocatively, "This is a qualified Gryffindor, Charlene Gold! "

Then Neville felt his head being hit by something hard, and then a silver sword slipped from the gap in his hat and fell to the ground.

Neville bent down and picked it up, as if he was born to pick up the sword.

"This is Gryffindor's sword. Since you have drawn it, Neville, take it." Xia Lin said generously.

Sorting Hat:? ? ?

"Wait, wait! What do you mean, let him hold it? This is Gryffindor's!"

"But Gryffindor is dead." Xia Lin said matter-of-factly. "Now that the sword recognizes Neville, then Neville is the successor of Gryffindor, just like the successor of the Chamber of Secrets. Since the snake in the Chamber of Secrets The monsters have already obeyed the successor, so what does it matter if the sword now belongs to Neville? Or is Gryffindor himself stingy than Slytherin?"

"Of course not!" the Sorting Hat retorted angrily.

"That's fine."

Neville, who had an extra sword for no reason, still didn't react, but Harry and Hermione obviously discovered the information in Xia Lin's words.

"Professor, are you saying that the monster in the secret room is a basilisk?" they both asked at the same time.

"According to Dumbledore and I's speculation, I'm afraid that's the case." Xia Lin returned behind the table and sat on the chair.The nirvana fox now has beautiful feathers.Dumbledore did not take it away, but left it in his office so that Cyrus could contact him at any time.

The furnishings of the entire office had not changed much, but Harry noticed that there was an additional portrait belonging to Dumbledore on the back of the wall.He looked happy and winked at Harry mischievously.

"But doesn't the basilisk's magic kill people?"

"Usually, yes, but if you look carefully, you will find that no one is really looking at that monster." Xia Lin thought a little, and they all figured it out.

"Now, I want to give you a test."

Xia Lin looked at Harry and the others.

The difference between him and Dumbledore is that Dumbledore likes to keep all the secrets in his heart.Xia Lin prefers to keep the secrets to himself and the deceptions to others. He believes that Harry and the others have the ability to handle it well.

"Give us a test?"

"That's right - I can tell you that Dumbledore and I have actually discovered the location of the Chamber of Secrets and the identity of the successor. But I hope you can find him and defeat him. This is what I give you A test. If you succeed, I think you should be given a reward."

"But Professor, if you have discovered the murderer, why didn't you catch him immediately?" Harry asked in confusion, allowing the heir to attack in the school?

This is not a sign of responsibility.

"Dumbledore believes that it is best for our students to face a little danger before they can deal with future crises." Xia Lin looked at them, "I believe you have also realized that although Voldemort has been defeated, the world has not changed. More stable.”

"The leader of Team Rocket thinks he has eliminated Voldemort, but he does not understand the power of magic. In fact, Dumbledore and I agree that Voldemort is not actually dead. One day he will make a comeback." Xia Lin slowly said Said, "The situation may become very complicated by then, and you need to be able to face the danger."

Hearing Xia Lin's words, Harry actually felt a little happy.

He still doesn't know what kind of fate he is carrying, but this feeling of being recognized makes him feel very happy.

Now, it seems that he is not an inconspicuous person, on the contrary, he will be very important.

Dumbledore and Professor Charlene both believe in me!
Harry's mind was filled with this thought.

"If you still have any questions, I think I can help you answer them." Xia Lin said. "We want to know who opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago, and who was killed at that time?" Hermione said without hesitation.

"A very perceptive question that goes straight to the point." Xia Lin praised, and then told them the answer, "The person who opened the Chamber of Secrets back then was Rubeus Hagrid. But it turned out that he was wrongly accused, and the real The heir’s name is Tom Riddle.”

"Voldemort?" Harry said as if that was indeed the case.In fact, they had long guessed that this incident was caused by Voldemort sneaking into the school again.

"Yes, as for the poor kid who was killed his name was Warren."

"Warren?"

"Or maybe the name Myrtle would be more familiar to you?"

"Moaning Myrtle?" At this moment, the four little devils' eyes widened.Who would have thought that the crying Myrtle was actually the little wizard who died under the basilisk.

They stood up quickly and rushed to the bathroom on the third floor without waiting for a moment.

Unexpectedly, they didn't see Myrtle, but instead saw little Barty bending over and doing something unknown in front of the broken faucets.

"Professor Lockhart, what are you—"

Little Barty was startled by them and jumped away quickly.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?" He looked at Harry and the others sternly, but soon he realized that this was a good opportunity to eliminate Harry Potter.

"Professor, we know that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets may be--" Harry suddenly realized something mid-sentence, "Professor, you--"

"You didn't come here to investigate the clues after discovering the secret room, right?"

"Ah - yes! I discovered that the secret room is probably in this bathroom." Little Barty nodded vigorously, then pretended to be surprised, "Maybe you have discovered it too."

"No, that's right."

"I really can't underestimate you." Little Barty looked like you are really awesome, then stepped aside half of his body, and said with a slight distress, "Did you see this faucet, there is a snake-shaped one next to it?" The sign, I was wondering how to open it.”

"Araho Cave is open!"

"The door is open!"

"It's no use."

"I think you might have to use Parseltongue - Harry, try Parseltongue," Ron suggested.

"Harry, are you a Parseltongue?" Little Barty was really surprised this time.He never dreamed that Harry Potter was a Parseltongue!

This is not an uncommon talent. The last person to have a Parseltongue was his master, the Dark Lord Voldemort!

"Let me try -" Harry tried to think that the dragon's head looked like a snake. He was not able to use this ability freely, and what he tried several times was only human language.It took a long time to finally manage to say that creepy sound.

Immediately, the dragon hair emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly.Then, the pool moved.They watched the pool slowly disappear from view, revealing a pipe so thick that a person could slip through it.

"It's really opened." Little Barty rolled his eyes, and then said, "Listen, you go back first, there may be danger down there."

"No, Professor! Let's go together!" Harry shook his head firmly, unwilling to leave just now, "Can I open the door to the secret room or communicate with the basilisk? Maybe I can control it?"

If there was a way to defeat the bad guy, if he could do anything about it, Harry wouldn't want to stand around and watch.

The same goes for others.

"Okay, but you have to follow me." Little Barty jumped down first.

Harry originally wanted to follow, but was stopped by Hermione.

"Wait Harry, maybe we need this." She flicked her wand and conjured five pairs of sunglasses, "to prevent us from being killed by the basilisk's magic."

She handed a serving to each person: "Please give it to the professor later."

"It's a bit dark, I can't see anymore." Ron complained.Harry, on the other hand, was adjusting the position of his two glasses.

"But it can save your life." Hermione said, "Don't forget to tell the Pokémon to close their eyes. We will take command when the time comes."

She jumped down first, and Harry and the others immediately followed.

However, when they passed through the long slide, they did not find the shadow of little Barty who jumped down first.

"Where are you going, Professor?"

"They may have moved forward, let's follow them quickly." Neville urged, holding the sword on his back.

The four people had no choice but to walk forward, stepping on the carcasses of numerous rats. They didn't know how far they had gone before they saw a round door again.But the door has been opened.

They stepped over and saw a wide space. In the distance, the tall and ugly stone statue of Slytherin topped the ceiling, overlooking everything in this space.

And little Barty looked up to this great wizard behind their backs.

"professor?"

"Did you see the basilisk, and the heir?"

"Of course." Little Barty turned around, holding a diary in his hand.

The lake water in the secret room suddenly surged up as if boiling, and then, a huge snake king stood up from the lake water, revealing its true appearance.

Harry heard Ron take a sharp breath, and he was very surprised himself.

"Professor, the snake—is behind you."

"Harry!" Hermione screamed, "He is the heir!"

"Very clever - but a dirty little Mudblood." Lockhart's skin swelled, as if several snakes had crawled into it.Then, he returned to his true appearance.

"Re-introducing, my name is Barty Crouch, one of Lord Voldemort's loyal Death Eaters!"

(End of this chapter)