The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 181 Preparation and Departure

"Students, the person next to me is Mr. David Ricardo, the head of the Auror Office of the Brazilian Ministry of Magic. He has something urgent to inform us now." After saying that, Professor Sprout took a step back and let Ricardo out.

"The situation is urgent, so let's get straight to the point. I need each of you to provide some hair, because a group of dark wizards are going to attack you today. However, our Ministry of Magic has intercepted the intelligence in advance, so now we need your hair to prepare Polyjuice Potion, so that the Aurors can transform into your appearance to ambush the group of dark wizards."

After he finished speaking, 12 test tubes were lined up on the table in front of him, filled with compound decoction that was swirling like mud.

Everyone quickly put their hair into a test tube on the table as required. After everyone had put their hair into the test tube, Auror Ricardo took the test tube and said to everyone, "You don't need to worry too much. This is just a small group of troublemakers. Our Ministry of Magic will definitely solve this problem thoroughly this time. You stay in school today. The school has entered a state of emergency, so it is safe here."

After saying this, Ricardo turned around and left the carriage. Through the window, he could see Professor Kettleburn following behind him. After all, in order to avoid the other party noticing something was wrong, Hogwarts would definitely send a teacher as part of the disguise. So Professor Kettleburn, who was more powerful, would follow the Aurors in this operation.

After they left, Professor Sprout said to the students: "Due to security issues, we cannot leave the school today. So the school opened an underground ecosystem in the Legendary Garden underground network system that has been basically closed to outsiders in history as our learning location."

"I just asked Castrobrusho, and the teacher of the Magical Creatures Protection course told us that this place is even richer and higher in species than the place we originally planned. So I hope everyone can seize this opportunity. Okay, now you can go back to your dormitories to pack up, and come back here to gather in ten minutes."

Ryan felt that the situation was getting worse and worse, because the Aurors' information seemed like a way to lure the tiger away from the mountain. However, thinking about the magical defense of Hogwarts Castle, he really couldn't think of any way for the Blood Cult and the Chimera Society to break into this campus that seemed to be no worse than Hogwarts in terms of defense. After all, precious things like the Vanishing Cabinet couldn't be everywhere. Not to mention the assurance given by Principal Fernando yesterday, he should have taken some precautions.

Although Ryan couldn't think of where those dark wizards would come from, he was fully armed for safety reasons: he wore an assassin's suit, with more than 20 small test tubes of various liquids inserted on the belt and shoulder straps of the suit, and a lot of potions and some spellcasting materials in the leather bag around his waist. The space bag was filled with various supplies, including some equipment that was kept at the bottom of the box. For convenience, Clinway's teeth and the Liberator pistol were hung in special holsters on both thighs.

Finally Ryan put on his Hogwarts robes and buttoned them up, relying on them to cover everything.

When he went out with his schoolbag, most people were already waiting in the common room. After finishing breakfast together, the exchange students of Hogwarts walked towards the legendary garden under the leadership of Professor Sprout.

As everyone was walking on the road, Ryan slowly approached Hermione and whispered to her, "Something is wrong today. It's definitely not as simple as the Brazilian Auror from the Ministry of Magic said. I have a feeling that something might happen today, so you'd better pay attention to the surrounding situation today."

"I see. I also feel that something is wrong today. Thank you for your reminder. I will remain vigilant." Hermione nodded and replied in a low voice.

At the entrance of the Legendary Garden, Professor Ferdinand Gonzalez, the professor of herbal medicine at Castrobruxo, was already waiting for everyone. According to the South American custom of addressing, Professor Sprout walked up to him and said hello: "Good morning, Professor Ferdinand. We are all here, please take us there." Professor Ferdinand nodded, and a kind smile appeared on his round face with a mustache: "Welcome to our greenhouse No. 3 to study. Because the other herbal medicine professor, Old Treebark, had something to do, I will guide you today." After that, he led everyone through the sculpture at the entrance of the park and along the path in the garden to the center of the garden.

Professor Ferdinand was just as enthusiastic as he was at the exchange meeting when they first arrived here, but Ryan always felt that this professor was a little strange. However, he recalled for a long time and didn't find anything wrong.

After turning a few corners on the road, they came to the same entrance as the last time they visited the underground tunnel. At the door, after Professor Ferdinand announced his purpose, the camouflaged stone rolled aside, revealing a large hole two people high.

Everyone filed into the cave. There was a layer of glowing moss and mushrooms growing on the walls of the cave. The cold blue light they emitted illuminated the entire tunnel clearly.

Ryan was a little nervous because he knew this was the easiest way to get ambushed, but everything went smoothly until they reached the door of greenhouse number three.

Maybe I'm a little oversensitive. After all, what Principal Fernando and the others told me yesterday was really scary. This made me feel that everything I saw today was wrong. I felt a sense of panic and a sense of danger. Ryan thought to himself.

Then Professor Ferdinand used his magic wand to draw a complex magic symbol on the stone wall on the left. After the symbol sank into the stone wall, the stone door in front slowly rose up, and the full picture of Greenhouse No. 3 came into everyone's sight: Greenhouse No. 3 was larger than all the greenhouses seen before, and it should have been directly transformed from a large underground cave. After a long period of construction of the school, this place has become an underground jungle.

In the middle of the cave, there is a huge golden ball that is burning like the sun. It seems that they are using this magic prop to provide the underground jungle with the necessary light and heat for the creatures.

Just as Ryan was marveling at this magic item, Professor Ferdinand shouted to me from the front: "Please walk on the stone road after entering the greenhouse, because there are some dangerous creatures in the greenhouse. If you deviate from the stone road protected by magic, it is likely to cause danger."

Hearing this shout, Ryan withdrew his gaze from the golden ball above his head. He lowered his head and found that there was a stone road in front of them, extending from the small platform behind the door to the depths of the jungle.

This greenhouse is so ingeniously designed. Ryan marveled at the magic of this place as he followed the large group along the road toward the observation point surrounded by jungle in the center of the greenhouse.

(End of this chapter)