"Tears of the Phoenix? This thing is a rare thing, and ordinary stores don't have it."
The old man's eyes became profound. He looked at the air in front of him and said the code he had set.
Jon then took off the invisibility cloak from his body and looked into the eyes of the old man who had the same blue pupils as Dumbledore.
After he revealed his figure, Aberforth pulled him into the bar. Then he stuck his head out and looked around to make sure that no one had seen Jon before he returned to the shop.
Close the store door from the inside.
"Are there any customers in your store today?"
Jon looked at the messy environment around him and couldn't help but wrinkled his nose and asked.
"It's rare that anyone stays here. After all, the price I charge is high and the conditions are not as good as the Three Broomsticks bar at the other end. It's the same tonight, no one comes."
As Aberforth spoke, he stared at Jon closely, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"Before coming to Hogwarts Castle, Albus, he told you that I lived here?"
Jon took out the piece of paper with a pig's head on it from his pocket.
"Isn't that the message you left for me?"
"Yes, I saw the message that you wanted to contact me, but Albus told me that you are just a kid who has just entered the second grade. Even if he chooses you to sneak into that castle, it is enough to prove that you are different from ordinary people. I thought
You will find a way to find me, but I don't think a twelve-year-old child can find my store so quickly with only a emblem, and it hasn't even been a day."
Aberforth stared into Jon's eyes, as if waiting for him to give him a reasonable answer.
"Before entering Hogwarts Castle, I had already learned about all the shops in Hogsmeade through newspapers." Jon shrugged and said, "You are the only shop in the entire wizarding world that has anything to do with Pig Head.
.”
"Then how did you get out?"
"I found a magical map of Hogwarts Castle there. The map marked the secret passages leading to the outside. The exit of one of the secret passages was under the cellar of Honeydukes candy shop."
After hearing Jon's explanation, Aberforth breathed a sigh of relief but also frowned.
"This is still too dangerous. The people in that castle have been checking the secret passages leading to the outside world. One of the secret passages leading to the Shrieking Shack under the Whomping Willow was sealed by them. You
The one being used now may not be without the risk of being discovered.”
"There is no way, I have to contact you directly about some things, otherwise the things Dumbledore asked me to help won't go forward." Jon looked at Aberforth, even though he knew his name and that he was Dumbledore.
Lido's biological brother, but he still blinked and asked, "How should I call you?"
"Percival." He said his unknown middle name, which is also his current surname.
"Mr. Percival..."
Aberforth interrupted him: "Don't call me sir, just call Percival. If you need any help, you can ask me directly. Regardless of whether Albus has asked me before, I will do my best."
help you."
Jon didn't worry too much about the title, he said seriously.
"Well, Percival, I need a chicken."
"What?" Aberforth was stunned. He thought he heard wrongly, "What do you need?"
Jon had to repeat it again.
"Chickens, roosters, preferably those that are energetic and like to crow."
This time Aberforth heard it correctly and looked at Jon in confusion.
"What do you want a cock for?"
"There is a basilisk guarding the door of the principal's office. If I don't get rid of it, I won't be able to get in. The things Professor Dumbledore asked me to get are most likely inside the principal's office."
After hearing the name Basilisk, Aberforth's expression became extremely solemn.
"Have you seen the basilisk?"
Jon nodded.
"I saw its body, but I didn't look directly into its eyes."
"Nonsense! If you saw its eyes, you wouldn't see me again."
Aberforth stood up from his chair a little anxiously. He walked back and forth on the greasy floor and said.
"If you want to use a rooster to deal with the basilisk, this is indeed the most convenient and simple way, but things are not that simple."
Although Jon has read the original work and knows many unknown things, he never feels that he is much more powerful than the people in the original work. No matter how much he knows, there is no older wizard who is as good at handling related matters.
experience.
"Isn't the crowing of a rooster fatal to the basilisk?"
"Yes, it is fatal, but the basilisk is not so fragile that it will die immediately as soon as it hears the crow of the cock." Aberforth explained to Jon, "The longer the basilisk lives, the more likely it is to the chicken."
The higher the resistance of the call, although listening to it for a long time will still cause them to die in pain, but they will also have time to escape or hold on to kill the rooster. "
"Your ultimate goal is not to kill the basilisk, but to deal with it and steal things from the principal's office. If the snake escapes, or resists violently or even attracts the attention of others by the crowing of the rooster, then you
The mission will still fail."
Jon has already thought of countermeasures for this.
"So I have no plans to deal with the basilisk in normal times. On Christmas Day, most of the students will go home, and the remaining students and all the staff will also attend Christmas on the first floor that night.
Dinner."
His words made Aberforth stop. He looked at Jon, his eyes shining.
"No wonder Albus chose you to do this. When I knew that he actually let a twelve-year-old child act as a spy, I even wanted to stick a wand into his brain to see what was inside.
It has turned into a ball of mush, but now it seems that his brain is still as effective as ever."
Jon didn't care about Aberforth's praise and continued.
"The principal's office is on the eighth floor. The Christmas dinner will be held in the auditorium on the first floor. Everyone who stays in the castle will attend. This is my only chance. I must kill the snake before the dinner ends.
It’s so weird that it kills you.”
"I can help you find a rooster that crows all the time as long as it can open its mouth." Aberforth promised, "but you can't just use the help of the rooster before making sure that the snake is completely killed by the rooster's crow.
, you have to find a way to keep it, prevent it from escaping, or forcefully kill the rooster."
Jon looked up at him, as if he heard what he meant.