Chapter 36 Compound Decoction
Not everyone was as wise as Dumbledore, and news of Penello and Weeping Myrtle being attacked spread across Hogwarts in an instant.
Suddenly, rumors spread in the school, and everyone was suspicious.
Even the ghosts became frightened, and they didn't know what terrible power could harm a dead person.
During this time, the exchange of amulets, exorcism and other things to protect oneself began to be popular in the school. Ivan saw that Neville Longbottom had bought a stinking large onion, a spiky amethyst and a rotting salamander tail.
It turned out that the other boys in Gryffindor told him that he was not actually dangerous, that he was pure blood and therefore would not be attacked.
"They hit Filch first," Neville said, his round face full of fear. "Everyone knows I'm pretty much a Squib."
Neville's words were approved by Colin. He hesitated to buy the amethyst from the other party. It was said that this thing could protect himself from harm.
In addition, Percy's performance is also abnormal.
His arm was recovering fairly well, but when he saw the petrified Penello in the school hospital, he seemed terrified. He's not keen on maintaining order in the common room or expressing his views now, and sits alone in front of the fire every night, wondering what he's thinking.
Even worse than Percy's was Ginny, who had been very upset recently.
She looked pale to find Ai Wen several times, as if she had something to say, but in the end she said nothing.
This is too suspicious. After Ivan repeatedly asked, finally in a spell class, Ginny told him hesitantly that she was having nightmares every night, dreaming of Harry, Ivan or the rest of the Weasley family. Being killed by the monster in the secret room made her very worried.
Evan consoled her for a while, not sure if Ginny had become so restless because she noticed that she was being controlled by Tom Riddle.
He was informed that the twins Ron, Ginny, and Weasley had left the school hospital shortly after they left, but the four of them did not act together, and no one knew whether the other had been to three or not during that time. bathroom on the floor.
The situation is terrible, and the first-year students are now always moving in groups of three or five, as if they are afraid that if they go alone, they will be attacked. Except for Colin, no one wants to be with Ivan. No matter where he went, someone pointed at him.
Harry and Hermione also enjoyed the same treatment. People avoided the three of them far away, as if they had already decided that the murderer who opened the secret room was among them.
The most suspect is still Harry. The little wizards with big brains have even found a reason. Peeves said everywhere that the crying gold digger offended Harry at the Nick death party. It is said that she was with Harry. After Li finished speaking, he ran back to the bathroom crying. The girls in Ravenclaw also confirmed that when Harry tried to break into the girls' bathroom on the third floor, he was not willing to be seen by Penello, so he wanted to kill her.
Affected by such rumors, the Hogwarts Wizard's sales are at an all-time low, with only a measly 300 copies sold in the most recent issue.
No one wants to buy a newspaper run by a suspect until the truth is revealed. What's more, the little wizards were all focused on the secret room, and they were no longer as interested in Quidditch matches or Lockhart's bombastic novels as before.
The only benefit of the attack was that Ron was willing to speak to Ivan again.
It may be that Ivan's spell hit Percy, making him think Ivan was on his side. Or maybe it was because the secret room was opened again, which finally made him realize that things were urgent, and now was not the time to make trouble.
For several nights, they huddled in the corner of the common room and whispered.
Harry, Ron and Hermione all agreed that they had missed a key clue, and as the victim of the Chamber of Secrets opening fifty years ago, Weeping Myrtle must have known something. But now she is like a silent black hovercraft, quietly floating in the school hospital, unable to talk to others, and unable to tell the information she knows.
Ai Wen knew how to open the secret room, but he didn't say that he was not ready for battle, not to mention that he didn't know where Tom Riddle was hiding.
"I think there's something wrong with our thinking."
Ron pretended to be puzzled. "As far as we know, who would think that Muggle-born people are rubbish?"
"If you mean Malfoy?"
"Of course it's him!" said Ron. "Just look at his ugly rat face and you'll know that Dobby the house-elf who attacked you is also theirs."
"Yes, Dobby did mention the Chamber of Secrets and the conspiracy," Hermione said, "but we can't be sure that Malfoy is Slytherin's heir."
"Please, Hermione!" Harry followed. "Look at the family, they're all in Slytherin, and he's always showing it off to people. They're probably descendants of Slytherin, and his father was evil enough. of."
"They may have held the keys to the Chamber of Secrets for centuries!" said Ron. "From generation to generation, father to son."
"Yeah, it's also possible..." Hermione said cautiously, "Evan, what do you think?"
"Malfoy should know something, even if he's not the heir."
Ai Wen thought about it for a while. In the current confusing situation, if you want to find Tom Riddle's diary, in addition to continuing to pay attention to Ginny, it is also a good way to ask Draco Malfoy himself.
Lucius may not reveal his plans to him, but there must be some clues. For example, in addition to the Weasleys, they also contacted any Hogwarts students. As long as there is this clue, the scope of suspicion can be greatly expanded. Zoom out.
"Evan thinks the same as I do, but the question is how can we get Malfoy to tell us the truth." Harry said pessimistically.
"I have a way!" Hermione said slowly, glancing hurriedly, making sure no one was listening, and lowering her voice, "Of course, it's not easy to do, and it's dangerous, very dangerous, We're probably going to break fifty school rules."
"What the hell, if you want to tell us, don't keep it secret," said Ron impatiently.
"All we need to do is go into the Slytherin common room and ask Malfoy a few questions without letting him recognize us," Hermione said calmly.
"It's impossible." Harry and Ron almost laughed.
"No, it's possible!" Ai Wen narrowed his eyes, "As long as we have some compound decoction."
"What is that?" Ron and Harry asked in unison.
"It's the compound decoction!" Hermione said in surprise, "Ai Wen, how did you know?"
"I've read in books that this decoction can turn you into another person."
"Yes, we could turn into four Slytherin students. No one will know it's us, Malfoy will probably tell us everything," Hermione continued, "He's probably in Slytherin right now. Bragging in the common room, but unfortunately we can't hear it."
"I think this kind of compound formula is a bit hanging."
Ron said, frowning, "What if we turned into four Slytherins and never came back?"
"The effect of the potion will wear off after a while." Hermione waved her hand impatiently, "Snape said that the formula of the potion is recorded in a book called "Strong Potions", which is in the library Inside the Forbidden Book Zone. But that's not a problem, I'll find a way to get it, and Professor Lockhart may be willing to sign it for us."
"That guy's willing to sign everything," Ron muttered softly.
"The question now is the raw materials, and I think we can find those things from Snape's personal collection."
"Hermione, this is too risky, Snape is not Lockhart, we can easily be found by him." Harry hesitated.
"But......"
"This is not a problem. The "Hogwarts Magic" has a lot of surplus recently, and we can use it to buy medicinal materials." Ai Wen followed up, "And I even chose the place to brew the compound decoction. It's in the girls' bathroom on the third floor."
"Oh, no!" said Ron feebly, and Harry's face also looked bad.
"That was the safest place, and Filch isn't there now. After two attacks in a row, almost no one in the school wanted to go near that corridor."
In addition to boiling the potion, Ivan is not ready to continue the adventure.
He will personally guard the entrance of the secret room, no matter who Tom Riddle controls, as long as he wants to enter the secret room, he will pass there.
Moreover, Ivan also wants to see if it will be the same as the original plot, where Tom Riddle's diary will be picked up.
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