Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 96 The Second Attack

As soon as the three of them walked out of the principal's office, Flitwick spoke up to send the pockmarked girl away.

The girl didn't say anything, but skipped away. Seeing the gossip in her eyes, Mike felt that what happened in the principal's office today would soon spread throughout Hogwarts.

Seeing the girl gradually walking away, Professor Flitwick comforted her, "Don't worry, Mike, it's okay, I believe you."

Mike was still in the absolute rationality caused by brain closure. Facing Professor Flitwick's comfort, his heart remained calm. He forced a fake smile and nodded slightly to Professor Flitwick to show his gratitude.

"This is for you. I know you and Penelope have a good relationship. I hope you won't be too sad." Flitwick handed Mike a note. "This is the approval note I wrote. Take this and go see Penelope. Don't worry about the classes. With your grades, it's okay to miss a few classes. I'll go and say hello to the other professors."

Mike took the note in a daze, and almost couldn't maintain his brain occlusion. From Professor Flitwick's words, Mike felt Professor Flitwick's sincere feelings for him.

Actively exiting the closed-brain state and removing the fake smile on his face, Mike bowed deeply to Flitwick.

Mike felt that it was an insult to him to continue to maintain a fake smile in front of such a teacher.

"Thank you, Dean!"

Professor Flitwick showed a look of relief when he heard this. He patted Mike on the shoulder and said, "Go, kid. This is what I should do. As your dean, I failed to protect you. I should apologize to you."

Mike didn't continue to be pretentious. After saying goodbye to Professor Flitwick, he ran to the infirmary.

When Mike arrived at the infirmary, a group of people had gathered at the door. They were all here to visit Penelope. But Mike knew that they were just there to watch the fun, so he didn't treat them well. He squeezed through the crowd and finally arrived at the infirmary after knocking down several people.

Mrs. Bonfleur blocked Mike like a door god and said impatiently, "The infirmary is under martial law now. No one is allowed to visit Miss Penelope."

After handing over the approval slip given to him by Professor Flitwick, Mike walked into Penelope's ward amid everyone's envious eyes.

Penelope, lying on the bed, still remained in the same state as when she was petrified, with that smile on her face.

Looking at that brilliant smile, Mike gradually became infatuated. Mike was not a little kid who knew nothing. He certainly knew Penelope's feelings for him, but because this body was too small, he did not respond to Penelope.

I don't know how long he watched, but Mike suddenly noticed that Penelope's bangs were a little messy, and instinctively reached out to help her smooth them out.

But when his hand touched Penelope's forehead, it froze. The hardness and coldness from his fingertips reminded Mike that the girl in front of him had been petrified.

The cold reality once again made Mike understand the cruelty of the world.

Mike suppressed the anger that was rising in his heart, entered an absolutely rational brain-locked state, and walked out of the infirmary. He was now going to the scene of the crime to investigate carefully to see if there were any clues. Anger would only affect his judgment.

When Mike walked out of the infirmary, he realized that it was already dark outside. He had actually stayed in the infirmary for the entire day.

Without too much hesitation, Mike walked quickly towards the Ravenclaw Tower. It was late at night and it was the best time for him to investigate on the scene.

“Rustle, rustle….”

Before he walked far, Mike heard a rustling sound similar to that of a snake crawling. The sound was very faint, but it was particularly loud in the quiet corridor late at night.

Mike's heart was filled with alarm. He turned his wrist and a blackthorn wood wand appeared in his hand. With a gentle wave, a transparent protective shield enveloped Mike's entire body. At the same time, Mike quickly closed his eyes, and his magic perception surged around like a tide. "Swish..."

The strange rustling sound was getting closer and closer. Mike knew that the basilisk must be near him, but he did not find anything unusual in his magical perception vision.

In a corridor late at night, you know that a dangerous giant python is slowly approaching with its scarlet tongue spitting out, ready to deliver a fatal blow to you at any time...

If it were anyone else, they would have been sweating from nervousness by now. Fortunately, Mike had entered a closed brain state early on. With the buff of absolute rationality, Mike monitored his magic perception vision very calmly, and even his heartbeat did not change at all.

Suddenly, something unusual appeared in Mike's magical perception vision.

At the corner not far away, a suit of armor placed there suddenly moved.

"The flames are blazing!"

Mike didn't care about anything and just fired a fireball.

In the magic vision, a fireball with dazzling magic light was launched from the tip of the staff. However, the fireball suddenly exploded as if it encountered some transparent obstacle during its flight, turning into sparks all over the sky.

Mike thought to himself that this was not good. The basilisk's skin actually had the ability to block magical perception. The basilisk just now must have closed its eyes and relied on the pheromones collected by its snake tongue to determine the direction.

He pulled back suddenly, waving the wand in his hand violently, and fireballs the size of tennis balls flew in the direction where the previous big fireball exploded.

Mike is ready to run.

Before the second grade started, Mike had already been thinking about how to deal with the basilisk. The most difficult thing about the basilisk is that anyone who looks at it will die instantly, and Mike's strategy for dealing with it is to close his eyes and use magic perception.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Mike never expected that the snake monster's skin had the ability to block magical perception. In addition, the snake monster's intelligence was also terrifyingly high, and it could cleverly use this to sneak.

Now that the plan has failed from the very first step, Mike's only option is to escape.

“Boom boom boom….”

Hearing the roar coming from behind him, Mike ran towards the infirmary without looking back, and even cast a wind speed spell on himself on the way.

Due to the martial law, the school has specially arranged several senior students to guard the infirmary day and night. As long as Mike arrives at the infirmary, he can get several free thugs.

The fire spell didn't seem to have much effect on the basilisk. It didn't even make a sound under the attack of so many fireballs.

The basilisk seemed to know that Mike had discovered it, so it stopped sneaking and pounced towards Mike.

Mike, who was running away, suddenly felt his heart tighten, and he dodged to the side, narrowly missing the basilisk's bloody mouth...

PS: Don’t scold me… I am a person who only reads incomplete chapters. I will post two chapters in a row for your enjoyment.

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