Chapter 26: Rescue in the opposite direction
"How the hell did Ginny Weasley open the Chamber of Secrets? She can't be the heir of Slytherin. When Dumbledore returned to his office, he began to think about it.
While in the infirmary, McGonagall thought that he might know who had opened the chamber, and in fact, Dumbledore did know - he had previously suspected Draco Malfoy due to Ginny's misdirection, but at the time of the attack, the identity of the real killer had already been revealed.
As a principal, he has too much eyeliner in the school.
And this whistleblower is not even a person, but-
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"Is it a portrait?"
Last night, Cyrus had just petrified Colin on the front foot, and Dumbledore arrived on the back foot. He thinks that even if Dumbledore already knew Ginny's secret, it is impossible for the other party to control his every move, right?
Dumbledore said that he happened to come downstairs to serve hot chocolate, but how could there be so many coincidences in this world?
He quickly thought about what the problem was - the portraits in the castle could not be treated as just decorations, they had their own minds, and they served Dumbledore, and when Dumbledore wanted to know some clues in the castle, just ask them, or they would take the initiative to report it, and Dumbledore would know everything.
But until then, Sellers had ignored this, and it could even be argued that even Riddle had ignored it.
Tom Riddle killed Myrtle without even going out of the bathroom when he first released the basilisk, and usually let the basilisk move inside the pipes, so naturally no portrait saw him. Sellers first attacked, also at the door of the bathroom, so he once again avoided the portrait's eyeline. But when he attacked the second time, he let the basilisk wander directly in the hallway, which allowed him to reveal his location.
"At least, the location of the chamber hasn't been revealed." Sellers muttered to himself.
Every time he went to the chamber, he would cast a spell on himself, and there was no portrait of him in the bathroom.
Moreover, Cyrus didn't mind too much about Dumbledore knowing some of the information.
"Let him think that he is in control, but it is in his own favor." Sellers thought.
Dumbledore must have subjectively thought that the person who started this storm was Tom Riddle, and on this premise, he must have wanted to see if the two prophesied people, or rather, Harry Potter, the enemy that Voldemort had chosen for himself, could shine again.
And he himself, as the principal, only needs to ensure the safety of the students for the time being.
It's a shame -
"The prophecy has long been irrelevant, because the soul in the diary has long since belonged to Tom Riddle." Sellers laughed.
This is the result that Dumbledore would never have imagined, and when he cautiously followed the layout of Cyrus, waiting for Harry Potter to complete the test again, he found that the boss he had prepared for him this semester was missing, which was interesting.
Cyrus got up from his bed, petrified Colin, and he returned to continue with a good night's sleep. This made Ginny's face look much better, but it was still a little pale, and her body temperature was a little lower than the average person.
This is a sign of Ginny's life force passing, but instead of returning his body to Ginny, he washes up and goes to the Gryffindor common room.
Hermione was already sitting on the couch reading a book.
It was the book "Potions of Power".
"You're up early."
"It's rare to borrow books." Hermione looked up and said, "Ron hasn't gotten up yet." ”
Before she could finish speaking, she saw a red-haired man hurrying out.
"Whew—you're all up? Sorry, it's a bit late. Ron said quickly.
Hermione snapped the book and whispered, "Let's go." ”
The three of them immediately walked outside together.
"Where are you going?" Percy didn't know where to come from, and looked at Ron suspiciously.
"Going out for a walk, what's wrong?" Not to be outdone, Ron responded.
"I just hope you don't go to the drill toilet and take Ginny with you!" Percy was dissatisfied with Ron's disrespectful appearance, and immediately said sternly. Last time, he caught Ron wandering around the bathroom on the third floor.
Ron retorted with a flushed face.
"What does it have to do with you, and besides- I don't think there's anything wrong with Ginny going to the women's bathroom."
This left Percy speechless.
Ten minutes later, in a compartment in Myrtle's bathroom, Cyrus saw the compound potion for the first time.
"It looks so disgusting......"
"It's not fully formed yet, and the skin of the two-horned black African tree snake can only be stolen from Snape's office." Hermione tossed the thick, green whirring thing—what looked like the crumbling leaves were mixed with black dirt—and tossed the two-eared grass into the cauldron.
"And we need a little hair or fingernails from a Slytherin student, which is easy."
After a while, Harry, who had grown bones all night, came out of the school hospital, and he went around and around until he met Percy before he thought of the bathroom, so he rushed over at once. He wasn't surprised to see Ginny here, after all, he was the one who said he had leaked his mouth yesterday.
So, he couldn't wait to tell the story of last night.
"Colin is petrified. He's here to see me......" Harry looked guilty.
"We already know that." Hermione said that they had just met Professor McGonagall on their way here and told Professor Flitwick about it.
Although Ron didn't like Colin very much, he couldn't help but feel angry at this time: "We'd better get Malfoy to confess quickly, the sooner the better." He'd been sullen since Quidditch, and he was taking his anger out on Colin. ”
After a brief moment of anger, they perked up again, after all, Colin was still saved.
"By the way, there's one more thing." Harry told Dobby again. This strengthened their belief that Malfoy was the murderer.
"Lucius Malfoy must have opened the Chamber of Secrets when he was a student here, and now he's teaching dear little Draco to do the same. This is obvious. Still, I wish Dobby had told you what monsters were in there. I really don't understand, it's sneaking around the school, why no one finds out? ”
"Maybe it can make itself invisible," Hermione said, poking some leeches into the bottom of the cauldron, "or it could disguise itself—into a piece of armor or something." I've read stories about chameleon ghouls in books......"
Seeing this, Cyrus also took a hand and poured some dead lacewings on top of the leeches.
Then Harry said Dobby about him.
"So Dobby didn't let us on the train and broke your arm......" Ron shook his head, "You know what, Harry?" If he keeps rescuing you, he's going to kill you. ”
"First Lockhart, then Dobby, you're really in a bad year." Sellers also said.