The statue in front of him is most likely made by Salazar Slytherin himself, so either he himself is not handsome, or he is a handicap, even if he adds N more special effects to himself in his head, but he can't put it into reality. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Neville and Harry only glanced at the statue for a few moments before looking away, they weren't here to pay homage to the old man, and it was imperative to find and deal with the basilisk as soon as possible.

After all, it's Valentine's Day, and it's dawn in a few hours.

On the way here, Neville had carefully looked around, but until the statue, he didn't find the basilisk, not even the snake molts and the broken bones of small animals like before, it was surprisingly clean and tidy, as if someone came to clean it from time to time.

Of course, this may be the effect of the spell.

Harry looked a little annoyed as he followed Neville around the house for most of the circle, but found nothing.

"Maybe we should have asked Lockhart before, it's so big, God knows where that basilisk is hiding. ”

"It's hiding right here. ”

Neville didn't find anything, but he didn't give up, and continued to search for clues and possible mechanisms.

"Why?"

"For there was no fork in the road to come, and we did not meet the basilisk on the way. ”

Neville replied, and he walked under a pillar and tapped it with his hand, testing for internal ingenuity.

"Maybe it's out, isn't the snake not far from the pipe?"

Harry's speed slowed down, he didn't have Neville's physical strength, and it was hard work to always be vigilant in searching, and if he wasn't worried about being attacked if he was alone, he would have found a place to sit and rest.

"The book says that when a snake molts, it needs to use the friction of rocks, branches, and other things, and the environment there is more suitable for molting...... If it does go out, then we'll just wait here for him to come back. ”

"Of course, I have a feeling that it's hiding somewhere here. ”

Neville patiently explained that he had patience beyond his age, and the more times like these, the more calm and reliable he became.

Time ticked by, and by the time Neville had checked all the pillars, he didn't know when.

Not to say that nothing was found, at least Neville was sure that the basilisk was not hiding in the pillars, so there was not much left here that had not been carefully examined.

Looking up, Neville looked at the statue of Salazar Slytherin and said to Harry, "If you had a basilisk, where would you put it?"

Thinking about Neville's words for a moment, Harry couldn't help but shudder, and shook his head repeatedly, "I wouldn't be crazy enough to keep that kind of thing as a pet!"

"Well, it's just that it hasn't been checked yet. ”

Neville walked towards the statue, and he walked over to the pair of bigfoot boards, tapped them with his hands, and was met with the response that they were still solid.

However, he had already determined that the basilisk was hiding in this statue, because he felt a sense of evil that he had never felt before, as if the cold gaze of a snake was crossing his skin, and it was full of malice.

"So here......

Neville scratched his head and tilted his head, only the statue's chin could be seen, and he slowly stepped back, the statue's face gradually revealing before his eyes.

This face is actually used to seeing too much, but I don't know what kind of mentality that person has, don't you feel depressed and awkward if you have to get such a huge statue where you live?

From this point alone, Lockhart should have a common topic with this person, but the walls of Lockhart's office are all the most handsome of himself, and none of them are ugly.

Neville began to look for places on the statue where the basilisk might have been, compared to the snake molt he had seen before, Neville excluded the eyes, nostrils, and ears, and he visually measured the width of the mouth, only this one was wider than the basilisk's body, but the mouth was closed.

If this mouth can be opened......

"Harry, you can get that thing out. ”

"Huh?" Harry was stunned for a moment, then said, "Do you know where the basilisk is hiding?"

"I think it's fine, but you don't feel it at all?"

"What does it feel?"

"Well, let's put things in order. ”

Neville helped Harry move the bed crossbow out, and after much consideration, he finally chose to place it thirty meters away from the statue. Three spear-like arrows were placed on rails, and Neville rolled up his sleeves to spin the shaft strings and moved the bed crossbow to the right of the Salazar Slytherin statue.

Harry watched Neville's movements, very confused and puzzled, "If he is hiding in the statue, it should be aimed at the statue itself, right, are you wrong?"

Shaking his head, Neville corrected, "The statue is a precious artifact, we can't destroy it, that's not good." ”

"But the basilisk ......"

"If there really is a mechanism there, it should be the same as before, and it needs snake language to open, so you have to go with me first. When you open the mechanism, you have to get back here quickly, close your eyes, and wait for my command to fire your crossbow arrows. Neville admonished, gesturing to the clearing over there, "I'll lead it there, and after the launch you'll hide behind the pillars on the very edge." ”

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous, I still think it's better to shoot the basilisk as soon as it comes out, and you think it's better to aim directly at what you think is suspicious. ”

For Harry's proposal, Neville didn't think it was necessary to damage the statue because of it.

"If it's just a twenty-foot basilisk, I don't think it's a problem, just close your eyes and don't look at it. ”

Neville's tone was lighthearted, as if it were just an earthworm that could be extinguished at the snap of a finger.

In the face of such a confident Neville, Harry had no way to refute it, so he could only nod his head and said helplessly, "...... Okay, but stay safe and be careful not to get shot. As he spoke, he patted the crossbow on the bed in front of him, God knows what would happen if it hit Neville.

The two of them approached the statue, and Neville trotted a little way, kicking his feet the ground, and the whole person jumped onto the statue's shoulder.

As close as he could to the statue's mouth, Neville tapped the statue's cheek, only to be met with a void. In the same way, the evil feeling he felt at this time was unusually strong, as if the stone wall was just a piece of paper, and the basilisk hiding in it was staring at him through the stone wall.

Jumping off the statue, Neville walked up to Harry and said, "The mechanism should be in the mouth, the statue has a part of its head empty, now we can see if we can open it in snake language." ”

"Hmm. ”

Harry nodded, then looked at the giant face and began to speak snake language with ease.

"Open!" hissed from his mouth.

The statue didn't respond, so Harry raised his voice, but the mechanism probably had nothing to do with the volume, even though Harry was almost yelling.

"It doesn't seem to be responding. ”

"Maybe it's not the password, try something else. ”

"Like a sesame door?"

Without answering, Neville scratched his head and asked, "If you were Salazar Slytherin, what password would you set?"

"I think it's nice to 'open', it's simple and clear, and it's not easy to forget. Harry said.

"Well, you forgot one thing, this password is too simple, it's like one, two, three, four, no secrecy. Neville said, "Of course, only a few people understand snake language, but if you only learn one word, such as 'open'......" After a pause, Neville's mouth hissed similar to Harry's before, "I can imitate it even after listening to it a few times, I think the real password should be more than that." ”

"What then?"

Harry felt big, and it hurt to guess what a strange old man from a thousand years ago would set up a password.

"Well, so to change the question, what would the man who opened the chamber and release the basilisk say to the statue?" Neville asked Harry as well as himself, "What would he say if it was Lockhart who opened the chamber?"

"Lockhart can't enter the Chamber of Secrets alone, because he doesn't speak snake language. Harry said suddenly, he slapped his head and said in annoyance, "I actually forgot about this, Lockhart must still have an accomplice, and that person is the real Slytherin heir!"

“...... Well, it looks like we don't have to guess what Lockhart will say. Neville said helplessly, "However, it is his heir who opened the secret room, so the password should also be related to this, what will his heir say to the statue?"

"Wow, is this Salazar Slytherin's real face?" Harry said in a deliberately feminine tone, "what a surprise...... It's ugly!"

"Maybe it needs to be the other way around, like praising him?" Neville's eyes lit up, as if he had caught something, "Harry, you try complimenting him, in snake language." ”

“...... Does it really work?"

"I have to try it first. ”

"But I really don't want to praise him. Harry said with a sad face.

Neville always has a solution, he advises, "Close your eyes and imagine the person in front of you as the person you like and respect the most." ”

“......”

After a moment's struggle, Harry closed his eyes, and then let out a muffled, rhythmic hissing sound from his mouth, which Neville found pleasant, even if he couldn't understand snake language.

This time, Harry's serpent language finally elicited the statue's reaction - the huge stone face moved, its mouth opening wider and wider, and finally forming a huge black hole.

"What did you just say?"

“...... It's nothing, I'll go first. ”

Harry ran out of place in a panic so he wouldn't tell Neville that he had just read out a fragment of a letter he had received at Christmas.

To sum it up, it's probably XX you are so handsome, XX you are so good, XX I like you, I will dream of you and so on.