Chapter 39: Professor Lamego Joins the Crew
Before leaving the scene of the crime, Zhang Hao stepped on Ron to observe the hole.
"Hao, can you hurry?" Ron shouted, "Why don't you use the levitation charm, or use a broomstick?" I know you must have it in your pocket, don't try to lie to me!"
"I'm here to find something for you to do, and this is a good opportunity to show the value of your life. Zhang Hao observed the black hole and said to Ron: "Hold on a little longer, it will be fine right away!"
"Really!" Ron muttered, "Is the value of my life being trampled under your feet?"
The friends in charge of the guard all laughed, and Zhang Hao would hand over the hard and tiring work to Ron every time, and also help him exercise.
"Who told you that your wand was broken?" Draco scoffed, "If your wand could do any magic, he wouldn't let you do such a chore." β
Ron was speechless for a moment, and he also thought that it was better to have a little work to do than to stand by and watch with nothing to do.
As soon as he thought of this, a warm current suddenly rose in his heart.
Zhang Hao was afraid that he would be awkward, so he deliberately arranged things for him to do!
In fact, Zhang Hao didn't think about it so much at all, he just subconsciously wanted to do it.
At the moment, he was studying the pipes hidden in the walls with the lights on.
The pipes are very thick, and the inner walls are somewhat smooth.
At intervals, you can also see the carcasses of small animals, which look like rats or rabbits...... Maybe some unlucky cats.
"The walls of Hogwarts Castle are really thick!"
Zhang Hao suddenly remembered "Super Mario" - the castle in that game was also covered with thick sewers.
"Hao, what do you see?" Hermione asked, "Did you find any trace of the basilisk?"
"There are some small animal corpses," Zhang Hao said casually, "It can already be determined that the basilisk committed the crime through these channels." β
"Then let's go to the professor!" Hermione said excitedly, "I think the professors must have a way to deal with the basilisk." β
Zhang Hao got down from Ron and nodded, "It's really time to find the professor, I hope they know how to deal with the basilisk." β
In the past, there were also dark wizards who cultivated basilisk to cause trouble, so a basilisk that was invincible to students might just be a troublesome opponent to the professor.
They approached Professor McGonagall and laid out all the speculations.
"Basilisk, are you sure there's a basilisk at Hogwarts?" Professor McGonagall asked, shocked, "The recent attacks at Hogwarts were all done by the basilisk?"
Zhang Hao nodded and said, "This is our guess, Harry is a parseltongue, you should have heard of it, right?"
The school was so busy with this that Professor McGonagall, who was in charge of the day-to-day affairs, knew about it.
"Of course, I didn't think of that before. She glanced at Harry and said solemnly, "That's not an important thing, it's just a special talent, and it doesn't mean anything." β
Clearly, she took care of Harry's feelings.
"We found an entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, which can be opened with a Parseltongue cavity. Zhang Hao suggested: "Maybe you should go with us to have a look." β
"Alright!" Professor McGonagall said solemnly, "I really should see, I've been at Hogwarts for so many years, and I never knew there were pipes hidden in the walls. β
So, they go back to the place where Justin had an accident.
I don't know when the exit was closed again, and apparently there was still unknown magic at work here.
This time, there was no need for Harry to speak snake language, Zhang Hao directly took out the tape recorder and played the snake language recorded before.
Click!
The relief relief hears the snake whisper, which opens with the grinding sound of the rocks.
Professor McGonagall's face grew stern, and she nervously said, "Stand back! You all step back - if it's a basilisk, it's dangerous right now." β
She clutched her wand in her hand and stared at the dark hole.
Zhang Hao put on his own ink crystal glasses, took out another pair of ordinary sunglasses and handed them to Professor McGonagall, and then said, "I think this should be useful, Professor, please don't refuse." I know you're powerful, but it's necessary. β
Professor McGonagall glanced at Zhang Hao, took the sunglasses and put them onβshe looked a lot more stylish.
"What's in the pipe?" she asked, "I guess you must have had the audacity to sneak a peek, right?"
As a professor, of course, she can't step on someone's shoulder like Zhang Hao and kick there.
She conjured a winged eye and used it to see what was going on inside the pipe.
"There are some dry bones of small animals in there, most likely the excrement of the basilisk. "Zhang Hao doesn't believe that basilisks spit out bones when they eat, so the origin of those dry bones can only be...... Forget it, let's not talk about it!
Professor McGonagall seemed unable to be distracted, and she didn't respond.
After a long time she said, "It looks like it's indeed a basilisk, we need to find some cocks." Should go to Hagrid, he has a rooster there. β
Harry and Ron looked at each other and said in unison, "Professor, I'm afraid this won't work!"
"What?" Professor McGonagall looked at them and asked, puzzled, "The rooster is the nemesis of the basilisk, what can we do against the basilisk without the rooster?" its skin can reflect magic, and if there is no rooster, I'm afraid Dumbledore can't do anything with it." β
"Professor, we're not talking about that. Harry explained, "In fact, Hagrid's roosters were killed shortly after school started. β
Professor McGonagall apparently didn't know this, and she was surprised and said, "Isn't there a single rooster?
Everyone was silent.
Apparently, the Slytherin heirs had poisoned the roosters in advance so that the basilisk could operate unscrupulously.
"You can go buy some, there should be roosters for sale in Hogsmeade, right?" Harry suggested, "Roosters are a common form of poultry, aren't they?"
"Or, we can imitate the crow of a rooster. Hermione also said, "This should have an effect on the basilisk, right?"
"I should buy some roosters, but imitating roosters doesn't work. Professor McGonagall shook her head and smiled, "Hermione, your brain is flexible. But I'll tell you, it's not like no one has used such tactics against basilisks before, but it didn't work. β
"Is there anything else to say here?" Ron said with a pout, "I thought the basilisk would be easy to deal with!
"Of course, it's the most dangerous of magical creatures. Professor McGonagall lifted her glasses and said solemnly, "Since you know about the basilisk, you should know where it came from, right?"
"Yes, Hao told us. Hermione hurriedly said, "The basilisk is born from the eggs laid by the rooster, and they must be hatched by the toad. β