On Sunday morning, Aini told Hagrid that he had cleared the Eight-Eyed Spider and had left Aragog as he wished.

This was something they had already discussed, and Hagrid didn't say anything more, although he couldn't bear it.

Although he has a lot of affection for the blind spider that hatched from the cupboard that year, being able to become a wizard shows that Hagrid's skull does not contain the chaotic brains of giants, and he has enough sanity.

Hagrid had always known that the unrestrained Eight-Eyed Spider Clan would inevitably cause *** annoyance, but unfortunately he never thought about how to deal with the aftermath, and almost every time he had Dumbledore wipe his ass.

Ani was speechless about this, not for Aragog, but also for Buckbeak, who was in his sixties and a big man, but who sometimes behaved like a child.

When I was a child, Ani was beaten more than once for secretly going to the ditch to swim, and I knew that I would be beaten, but I had to run to play, and then I was nervous because of fear, isn't it one of the characteristics of children?

But considering the source of Hagrid's extraordinary height, if you count the life span of a giant, he can barely be considered a child.

Fortunately, thanks to another trait of the children, Hagrid's emotions come and go quickly, and when Ani brings the conversation to Nobetta, the big man immediately becomes happy.

"She's probably eating now, she's growing fast, and she'll soon be able to surpass me."

Hagrid laughed, like an old father whose daughter had a perfect score in math.

The two of them laughed and laughed as they walked towards the castle, and when they were still some distance from the gate, they saw a witch always hurrying over.

It's Professor McGonagall.

As usual, the witch wears dark green robes and a pointed wizard's hat.

But when she got closer, Ani noticed that Minerva pursed her lips tightly, and the square lenses did not hide the anger in her eyes.

They caught up and got bad news.

Justin Finchrie, the backbone of the Transfiguration Society, one of Ani's protégés, was recently transformed into a stone statue at the dinner table in front of hundreds of people in the school.

When everyone watched this scene in amazement, six more students froze one after another.

Although Professor McGonagall didn't elaborate, Ani could still imagine the scene where the little wizards must have exploded, and no one dared to continue eating, even though they were alone and cooing with hunger.

Obviously, this was a mass poisoning incident.

Lockhart!

Ani gritted his teeth secretly, seeing that the final exam was coming in less than a month, and wanted him to continue to bounce on his illusions for a while, absorbing more of the power of the curse, and now it seemed that he was going to close the net early.

Hurried to the Great Hall with Professor McGonagall, by which time all the students had returned to their dormitories, and most of the professors had been sent to inspect the castle, except for Dumbledore and Snape.

Several petrified people were also taken to the school doctor's office, but the food on the table was still in place.

Nodding with the two of them, Ani didn't bother to talk in detail for the time being, and walked straight to the long table next to him.

Picking up a plate of fried eggs, Aini opened the Eye of True Sight.

As before, it was filled with petrified potions, but Tom apparently used special means to eliminate the peculiar smell, and even with Aini's sense of smell, he could only smell a little bit of it when he was extremely focused.

He was a little unsure of Tom's idea, what was he going to do with this kind of thing?

As a contracted professor at Hogwarts, Lockhart can't kill any of his students at all, and even Tom, who is attached to him, is restricted from breaking the terms of the contract before the end of his term.

What good would it do him to do so? Although it can create a moment of panic, it will definitely put Hogwarts under martial law, and it will be very difficult to do anything about it in the future.

And those students can be treated in a week or so by lying in the school infirmary, which is just a bit of chaos at best.

Wait a minute!

Creating chaos?

"Professor Dumbledore, where's Lockhart?"

In the official field

Hey, Aini used an honorific title, but her tone was a little anxious.

"Lockhart is gone."

Dumbledore's face was not very good-looking, after the Valentine's Day attack, there was a dean-level wizard staring at Lockhart's movements at all times, but just now everyone was busy dealing with the upheaval in the auditorium, and after arranging for the students to evacuate, the scene had lost the whereabouts of the other party.

Snape also kept a straight face on the side, this time was in charge of him, he had felt something wrong when he appeased the students of the house before, now that he thought about it, how could Lockhart let go of such an opportunity to be in the limelight?

Presumably, he had already sensed the surveillance of several people, so he created chaos for himself to escape.

With such a play, Lockhart obviously can't continue to stay at Hogwarts to do trouble, so no matter where he goes, it's a desperate last resort.

And the last action, and often the most harmful, must be found before Lockhart succeeds.

While they were pondering and investigating Lockhart's purpose, Professor Flitwick and the others, who had gone out to patrol, also returned to the auditorium one after another, but found no trace of the target.

Lockhart's recent behavior is no different from usual, giving lectures, brushing up his presence, and going to the "secret room" to repair the collapsed passages and magical veins, from which he can find no useful clues.

Without a clue, Aini could only put the elimination method in his mind.

First of all, it is certain that Lockhart is not running away, he has been to Hogsmeade many times before, and from there he can borrow the fireplace in the shop even if he does not apparage.

It's impossible to go to the Forbidden Forest to do something, and when Sylvie wakes up, no one can escape her eyes.

The people were not in the "Chamber of Secrets", and after discovering that Lockhart was missing, Dumbledore checked the small objects left there, and there were no visitors inside.

Where the hell will it be? The Room of Requirement is a very likely place, but since discovering Ravenclaw's legacy, both he and Dumbledore have placed a ban on the door, and no one has triggered it in a long time.

For a while, Aini couldn't find any clue, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at the poisoned eggs.

Poison is a powerful means of dealing with the enemy of the Potions Master, and there are many related potions, but there are very few colorless and tasteless ones, and most of them have weak effects.

Therefore, almost every Potions Master will have a secret recipe that changes its external properties without affecting the potency of the potion.

Most of them are not passed on to the outside world, and they belong to knowledge that will not be taught in the classroom.

At a young age, Voldemort showed a talent for potions that Professor Slughorn loved.

Even though Tom only has memories of the previous level, it's not surprising that he can do this.

Whether the recipe he used to hide the smell of the petrochemical potion was made up by himself or taught privately by Professor Slughorn, it made Ani very curious and wanted to use the Eye of Truth to prostitute it.

Then, he couldn't help but feel glad about his curiosity, but fortunately he took a closer look, otherwise he might have stabbed out Da Louzi.

Eni was about to speak to Snape when he heard Dumbledore say in a deep voice, "Quick, call Fawkes, let's go to the Chamber of Secrets."