Professor McGonagall saw that Lockhart wanted to argue again, "I know that this approach is tantamount to letting the tiger go home, but now we can no longer tolerate finding the murderer. We must ensure the safety of students."
The other three deans nodded in agreement. After all, Madam Pomfrey is an adult wizard holding a wand. This has proven that the attacker is no ordinary person. The danger faced by the students cannot be underestimated. If the murderer cannot be found, he can stop it.
Running a school is better than injuries continuing to occur at a high frequency.
Lockhart looked at the attitudes of the four deans and knew that it would be difficult to dissuade him. He gritted his teeth secretly, thought for a moment and said, "Give me some time, and I will find the murderer before Albus closes Hogwarts!"
Professor McGonagall had no intention of paying attention to Lockhart at this time, and just nodded perfunctorily and let him go.
"Severus, Filius, and Pomona, you three go and appease the students in your respective houses and gather them in the auditorium," Professor McGonagall ordered as the Vice Principal of Hogwarts, "I'll think about it.
Contact Albus and then gather the rest of the staff."
"No problem," Flitwick's short body made a trembling voice, "We will meet in the Great Hall."
Hundreds of restless students were gathered in the vast auditorium, where people whispered about the attack that happened last night.
"What happened," Eddie felt uneasy, "How come even Madam Pomfrey was affected?"
"The school is really going to be closed now," Qiu and Allen were both a little uneasy, "but if we can't find the murderer, won't we still be at risk of injury even if school starts in September?"
"Prefects, head count!" Flitwick said in a pinched voice. He was too short to see each student clearly.
Caitlin Lauer and the prefects counted heads in pairs, and the work was carried out in an orderly manner.
"There are 101 students in Ravenclaw House, all of them are here." Caitlin breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, if anything happened to the students, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
At this time, there was a commotion in the Slytherin team.
"One person is missing," prefect Donna said, her face as pale as paper. "Second grader Bernie Selwyn is missing."
"Where did he go?" Snape asked sharply, "Has any of you seen him?"
Draco Malfoy shook his head hurriedly, "I don't know, he wasn't in bed when I woke up in the morning."
"What did you say?" Hailis turned pale after hearing what several people said, and her thin body was crumbling, "Bernie is missing..."
"Calm down first," Joel supported his girlfriend's body, "Let's go back to the team first, the professors will find him."
Haylis knew that the situation was urgent and she could not make a fuss and cause trouble to the professors. Although she was worried about her brother, she followed Joel back to the Ravenclaw queue.
"Your brother is missing?" Qiu and Marietta learned the news and quickly stepped forward to comfort Haylis.
"Where's Lockhart?" Eddie looked around the auditorium and found that Lockhart, who had been very active before, was missing.
Joel had no time to care about others at this time. He put his arm around Haylis's shoulders and hugged her into his arms, feeling the tremors coming from her body.
Haylis shrank into Joel's arms, resting her head on Joel's shoulder, sucking in the warmth from his body.
"I'll go, this can also be a show of affection, right..." Eddie muttered, he turned around to find a single dog for comfort, and when he looked closely, Ellen was pulled aside by Marietta, and
Qiu and Cedric, who had sneaked over, clasped hands and expressed their feelings to each other.
Fortunately, Sergey was still standing where he was, with his blond hair sticking to his head meticulously, his waist as straight as a pine tree, and his face as calm as if he didn't care about anything.
"That's great Sergey," Eddie stepped forward to hold his hands, "I knew you wouldn't leave me alone..."
Before he finished speaking, Sergey turned around, leaving Eddie alone with no tears. He only regretted that he was young and ignorant and did not know how to cherish. Now he regrets it when he sees others abusing dogs.
Joel put one hand around Haylis's shoulder, and gently held her wrist with the other hand. Hayley's body was slender, and her wrists looked particularly slender, and her fair skin was even smoother. Joel stroked her
It felt like my heart was being burned hard on my skin.
He quickly cleared his mind, now was not the time to think about this.
"It's okay, maybe he just got lost in the castle, and you can see him later." Joel comforted softly.
Hailis stretched out her hand and clenched Joel's robe, closed her eyes, and a few tears were quietly squeezed out of her eyes, leaving a deep mark on the tender skin that could be broken by blows. Her nose was slightly flaring, looking like
Poor.
At this time, Professor McGonagall brought the remaining staff of Hogwarts to the auditorium. Filch, Pince, Hagrid, Professor Babbling, Professor Victor... everyone came, including
The petrified Hermione, Ginny and Madam Pomfrey, as well as a group of ghosts, except for Lockhart and Bernie Selwyn, both of them disappeared without a trace.
"Students," Professor McGonagall stood on a stool and looked down at the students at Hogwarts, "Hogwarts is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. I believe you all know that Pomfret last night
Mrs. Lei also encountered an attack, but fortunately no one has died so far."
"I have informed Professor Dumbledore, and he will be back before the sun goes down today," Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, "We will temporarily close Hogwarts, and you will not return to school until we ensure the safety of the campus.
Keep studying."
"Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the Hogwarts train will leave on time to take you to London. Today I ask everyone to stay in the auditorium and not to move around at will!"
Professor McGonagall was guarding the four corners of the auditorium to ensure the safety of the students, while Snape and Flitwick acted together. They planned to circle the castle and try to find traces of Bernie Selwyn.
At this time, the system came to refresh the sense of presence again, and a prompt appeared in front of Joel.
Hunting down the basilisk: Participate in killing the basilisk in the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets and obtain the eyes of the basilisk. Mission reward: amplification of the petrification curse. Ordinary undoing of the curse is invalid. Use a potion made of mature mandrake liquid.
Or a spell of higher level can remove the petrified state.
Isn't this equivalent to a weakened version of the Basilisk's glare? This time the reward is beyond imagination.
Joel felt a little moved just by looking at it, but he also knew that the more generous the reward, the higher the risk factor. The system would not give out benefits for no reason, and he had to think carefully before entering the game to reap the benefits.
"Hagrid," Harry and Ron on the other side finally found an opportunity and ran to talk to the hybrid giant Hagrid, "What did Lockhart threaten you yesterday?"
The expression on Hagrid's face was extremely unnatural. He had a big red and swollen bump on his brow. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, which made his face look wider. His originally fluffy hair was in locks, and he looked quite embarrassed.
"What threat..." Hagrid was confused, "What did Gilderoy threaten me for?"
"Don't try to fool us," Ron stepped forward and patted Hagrid's arm affectionately. "We heard the conversation between you and Lockhart on the fifth floor yesterday. Just tell us the truth."
"I really don't know what you are talking about," Hagrid seemed a little angry, "The situation is so urgent now, can you just stop joking?"
Ron and Harry looked at each other. They asked twice more, but Hagrid seemed a little annoyed. No matter how hard they pressed, he kept silent.
"Minerva!" At this moment, Professor Flitwick hurriedly ran down the stairs, "Do you think what I found?"
Haylis climbed up from Joel's arms and stumbled over.
He was holding a severed arm in his hand. The severed arm was fat and short, like a piece of white lotus root. The edges of the wound were neat and smooth, as if it had been cut off directly by some kind of sharp weapon. There were still pieces of the Hogwarts school robe on the severed arm.
Divide the fabric.
The auditorium became a mess, and many timid students screamed. This bloody scene frightened many lower-grade students. They covered their eyes and did not dare to look anymore. This scene is destined to become a nightmare for many students.
Shadows of childhood.
And Haylis recognized at a glance that these chubby arms belonged to her younger brother—Bernie Selwyn.
"This is my brother's arm. How is he now?" Haylis rushed forward and grabbed Flitwick's shoulder. She could no longer suppress her nervousness, and the tears in strings were like pearls.
It dripped like water, and Joel quickly hugged it into his arms.
"The arm was found in the girls' bathroom on the second floor!" Flitwick glanced at the students in the audience guiltily, "Severus is guarding there now, but I didn't see Mr. Selwyn!"
"Quiet!" Professor McGonagall roared at the students in the audience, "Prefects, please perform your duties. Colleagues, please help your students to keep order in the auditorium!"
The frail elective course professors stood up to help stabilize the students' emotions, and many girls lowered their heads and burst into sobs.
"Filius, I'll go to the second floor with you." Professor McGonagall adjusted her glasses and pulled out her wand from her pocket. "The rest of the people stay in the auditorium! Pomona, I'll leave this to you for now.
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Professor Sprout nodded repeatedly.
"I want to take a look too..." Hailis couldn't help but plead, "I'll just stand aside and I won't delay you, okay?"
"...No," Professor McGonagall flashed a trace of unbearability in her eyes, but she immediately refused coldly, "I think Miss Selwyn will be more emotionally stable and safe if you stay in the auditorium."
Hailis opened her mouth to speak, but Joel quickly pulled her back.
Draco Malfoy was stunned. He squatted down silently like chaff. The Slytherin who had been watching with cold eyes before saw his classmate's body and could no longer make sarcastic remarks to ridicule others.
"Why are you dragging me?" Haylis huddled in Joel's arms and bit her lower lip, "I want to go find Bernie. I'm worried about him. What should I do if something happens to him?"
"Do you think he is still alive now, waiting for us to rescue him?" Hailis looked up at Joel, her eyes filled with tears, like a harmless little white rabbit, "We can't leave him alone.
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Although she usually dislikes him and feels that this younger brother is arrogant, reckless, lacks education and likes to show off, but Bernie is her biological brother after all. When her parents were busy with official duties when she was a child, he was the only one to accompany her, and they would interact with each other in the empty manor.
Hugging for warmth, at that time, Haylis was convinced that Bernie had the same feelings as her, and they were both lonely children.
Joel thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons in his mind, then looked down at his girlfriend's pitiful appearance, and finally made up his mind.
"I will take you out later. Please don't move around and follow me closely."
"I promise, I promise to be good and listen to you..." Hailis pecked at the rice and quickly nodded in agreement.
The two of them huddled in the corner of the auditorium, next to Harry and Ron.
"Are you two going to follow? Can you take us two with you?" Harry looked very excited when the topic of sneaking out was mentioned, but in the blink of an eye, he saw the heartbroken Hai huddled in Joel's arms.
Liz, "I mean... I feel deeply sorry for what your brother is going through."
Joel was about to make this suggestion. Without Harry's Parseltongue, it would have been impossible for them to enter the Chamber of Secrets. He originally wanted to waste more words, but he didn't expect that Harry actually proposed this suggestion on his own initiative.
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"The two of us want to catch Lockhart, beat him up, and avenge Hermione and Ginny!" Harry's eyes were shining brightly. Now he and Ron were sure and certain that Lockhart was going to create a
The real culprit in the series of attacks.
"No problem, but I have a request," Joel said, "You two must obey my command."
"...Okay, no problem, as long as you can take us away." Harry and Ron looked at each other and agreed readily. He left in a hurry and left the invisibility cloak in the dormitory. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to ask for help.
Yu Joel.
Joel watched Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick step onto the stairs, took out his wand, tapped the four of them on the forehead in turn and whispered a spell.
Like a bucket of cold water being poured over their heads, the Disappearance Curse began to take effect on the four of them.
Haylis was surprised by Joel's talent for magic. She felt that her boyfriend was really a treasure boy who might come up with some novelties at some point.
Harry and Ron looked at their disembodied arms and whispered in surprise, "It's amazing! It has exactly the same effect as the Invisibility Cloak!"
In fact, the invisibility effect of the Illusion Body Curse is not as powerful as the Invisibility Cloak. At least when the surrounding environment undergoes drastic changes, the unnatural changes in the virtual part of the Illusion Body Curse can be clearly detected, while the Invisibility Cloak will not have this trouble.
"Let's go, follow me." Joel held Haylis's hand and motioned for Harry and Ron to follow. The prefects and professors were calming the frightened students, and they didn't realize that there were four missing students in the corner.
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The four of them left the auditorium in a group and climbed up another staircase to the corridor on the second floor.
They hurriedly approached the women's bathroom, where McGonagall, Snape and Flitwick were discussing matters at the door.