Chapter 49: Finally Being Pulled on the Pirate Ship
"What?" Ron's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "How could this happen?"
"Hagrid has reason to suspect this cat, but no matter how self-disciplined you are, there should be a limit!" Harry said with emotion, "Don't worry about it for now, take your things and leave quickly."
"Leave? Then we have waited for so long in vain?" Ron was a little unwilling. They worked hard for several days, and the plan was perfect and impeccable, but the result was unacceptable.
"You have to leave, Aaron will come out if you wait any longer.
What do you think he will think when he sees these two chicken legs?"
"I, this..." Ron wanted to say something, but there was a sound of running water in the bathroom.
Harry knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he put away the lunch box without hesitation, and then covered Ron's mouth.
When Aaron walked through the door, the two put away their invisibility cloaks and looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness.
"This cat is definitely a spirit." Ron said indignantly.
"Alas!" Harry sighed, "If Hagrid hadn't refused to give in, I would have given up."
"No, Harry.
I'm not willing to suffer such a big loss on a cat, are you willing?"
"Of course not."
"Then go back and discuss the battle plan again.
I don't believe that we can't handle a cat with our wisdom."
Harry thought for a moment and nodded heavily.
Back to the Gryffindor common room, the two returned to their gloomy look.
"I guess the temptation of food won't work." Ron said, "Abe is very cautious and won't eat food from strangers, let alone food placed in the corner."
"No, that's not right." Harry expressed a different opinion, "It's not the food that won't work. You saw how it was just now. Its saliva could flow from the door to the sink, but it just restrained its desire for food."
"What do you mean?"
"It's people." Harry said affirmatively, "It only dares to eat with confidence when Aaron is around."
"That's it." Ron smiled bitterly.
If Aaron was still there, even if Abe fell asleep, they probably wouldn't be able to take him away. They couldn't just tie up both the man and the cat!
The situation would be completely different. They didn't have the guts to do it.
Even if they had the guts, they didn't have the ability to do it.
Aaron's academic performance was recognized by all professors, and he seemed to have fought a troll with Snape.
With such a record, even if he and Harry were put together, they might not be a match for him.
"It's not that there is no way." Harry said hesitantly, "Aaron said that there are two people in the school who can lower Abe's vigilance, one is Draco, and the other is..."
"Hermione?" Ron was surprised and his face became strange, "You don't mean her?"
"That's right."
"Impossible, Harry.
Have you forgotten that she is against us taking action against Abe?
Not to mention asking her for help and colluding with us."
"It's a bit difficult, but this is the only reliable way at present.
If we want to complete Hagrid's task, we have four breakthroughs.
One is Aaron. He will not give his pet to Hagrid for inspection. The success rate is zero percent. He can directly Then exclude.
Another one is Abe himself. We have tried it these days. He has contributed a lot, but he just can't be fed well. The success rate is 10%.
The third one is Malfoy. He can hold Abe and feed him like Aaron. "
"This one must be ruled out decisively." Ron said disdainfully, "Don't consider it. His success rate is definitely negative."
"So, only Hermione is left.
She is Aaron's good friend and can hold Abe without any obstacles. More importantly, she knows a lot, such as the Philosopher's Stone, Momo, Snape, etc.
As long as we appeal to his emotions and reason with him..."
"Don't forget to lose face." Ron added helplessly.
"Yes, lose face." Harry's mouth twitched, and his face was a little bitter.
Both knew that as long as they were willing to lose face and ask Hermione for help, she would definitely not turn a blind eye, but this was the most difficult step for them, and it hurt their self-esteem!
"We have to go even if it means losing face. This is our last chance.
Only by knowing who was involved in designing those mechanisms can we grasp the progress of Snape's actions."
"Okay! It's embarrassing!" Ron nodded helplessly, comforting himself and said, "As long as we don't let Snape succeed, we will have made a great contribution to Hogwarts.
Maybe by the end of the semester, we can get an extra 100 points and win the house cup."
The two made a decision and immediately took out the review materials given by Hermione and read them through in agony.
Since you are asking for help, you have to put on a begging attitude first.
If Hermione saw that they were so hardworking and did not waste their efforts, she would listen to them no matter what.
However, ideals are full and reality is very skinny. The two wanted to perform well, but they didn't expect Hermione to return to the common room until the evening curfew.
At this time, their eyelids had begun to fight, but they still showed that they had forgotten to eat and sleep. They were also very hard-working, but they looked a little funny.
"You... are almost done." Hermione said with a twitch in her mouth, "Studying should be a combination of work and rest. You should go to bed now."
Hearing Hermione's voice, the two also came back to their senses, and their confused eyes were instantly lit up.
"Hermione, you are finally back." Ron said, almost crying with surprise.
"We haven't seen each other for half a day! Is it necessary to make such a fuss?"
"No!" Harry put on his glasses, "How does the saying go, 'One day without seeing you is like three years apart', I have experienced it today."
"I am really flattered by your behavior!
But I hope you can go back to sleep quickly, your mental state is not suitable for lying on this table now."
"Hermione, we have something to discuss with you." Harry said hesitantly.
"Is it important?"
"Uh...it can be said to be important or insignificant."
"Then go back to sleep first." Hermione said and packed up the review materials on the table, "Tomorrow is Sunday, we can talk slowly if there is anything."
Harry and Ron didn't say anything, and walked towards the boys' dormitory in a daze. After all, dealing with the god of sleep is a big test.
......
The next day.
Harry and Ron didn't play any tricks anymore, and directly explained their cat-luring plan 3.0 to Hermione.
Hermione was incredulous after hearing this. "So, you failed twice?
And now you want me to cooperate with you to steal Abe."
"You can say that." Harry was like a child who was caught making a mistake, not daring to raise his head.
"Heh!" Hermione rolled her eyes, "It's good enough that I didn't report you. Now you want me to help you do... this kind of bad thing, I really don't understand what you two are thinking."
"Hermione, we know this makes it difficult for you, but if we didn't have any other way, we wouldn't come back to you.
It took us a long time to come up with such a reliable method.
As long as you are willing to help, there is at least a 70% success rate."
"Higher, Harry.
At least an 80% success rate."
"Sorry, I refuse." Hermione said righteously, "I can help with other things, but I really can't do anything about this.
If I do it, I won't be able to see him in the future."
"Just don't get caught." Ron said, "Our plan is perfect. It will take at most an hour to satisfy Hagrid's curiosity."
"No, no." Hermione waved her hand immediately, "His curiosity should not be satisfied in this way, and I don't want to be your accomplice."
"Yes, you are right." Ron said disdainfully, "It's because Ah "Bei belongs to Aaron.
If it was someone else, you probably wouldn't refuse so thoroughly!"
"I..." Hermione opened her mouth and said somewhat inconsistently, "It's the same for others."
"Harry, forget it!
The two of us Gryffindors combined are not as good as one Slytherin."
"Ron!" Harry glared at him fiercely, "What we are going to do now is indeed not a good thing."
"But our ultimate goal is good.
We worked hard for a month to protect the Philosopher's Stone, but we were blocked by a cat.
Now we are so embarrassed to ask her for help, but she refuses without even thinking about it.
Hermione helped find out Nicolas Flamel's information, but is her current behavior what a friend should do? "
"Ron!" Harry couldn't help it, "Hermione's decision has nothing to do with whether we are friends, but you shouldn't be so aggressive now."
"Okay, stop talking." Hermione shook her sleeves and said reluctantly, "I'll help you this time."
"Really?" Harry was overjoyed, feeling that happiness came too suddenly.
"Really, but you must make sure it's foolproof.
If we get caught, we'll be in trouble."
"Don't worry about that, we can guarantee it." Ron immediately patted his chest and said, "Even if something unexpected happens, we will bear it and won't embarrass you."
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