Fox Demon: Heaven rewards diligence; I will eventually achieve divine mastery of martial arts.

Professor McGonagall did not refuse, but instead inquired.

"That's right. Besides magic, I'm also practicing some other things, not black magic or anything like that, but martial arts from an ancient country in the far East."

“I think you can also see some clues through the troll incident.”

"However, some conditions are needed when cultivating, such as herbs or potions. I hope the school can provide them for me."

"I can pay for it myself, I just need the school to provide it for me."

Professor McGonagall listened to Harry Potter's words without showing any surprise.

"If you can win the championship, these things are not out of the question."

"Of course, you can't neglect your training in magic either; that's the most basic requirement."

"no problem."

Harry Potter was overjoyed to hear that Professor McGonagall had agreed.

Without the school connection, as my master said, I would have had difficulty obtaining many of the things I wanted to cultivate.

Some of them are even dangerous contraband.

But with the school's support, things are different.

“In that case, I’ll accept the task, but Professor McGonagall, you can’t interfere with how I win the championship.”

“Mr. Potter, I can leave you alone, but you can’t go too far.”

"Don't worry, Professor, he won't do something like Malfoy."

Harry Potter nodded. "I will compete head-on in a serious manner."

"Then there's no problem."

"Mr. Potter, if there's nothing else, you can go back now."

Harry Potter nodded, stood up, and took his leave.

Back in the lounge, Ron asked curiously.

"Harry, what does Professor McGonagall want with you? Is she going to punish you?"

When this was mentioned, many people in the lounge looked over, all quite curious.

"No, I was just given a task: to win this year's Academy Cup."

As he spoke, Harry Potter looked at the others in the lounge.

"So I think this might require everyone's help, for the honor of our Gryffindor community."

“Ron, could you help me contact Prefect Percy? There are some things I'd like to discuss with him.”

"no problem."

Ron patted his chest and said it with absolute certainty.

Generally, a college has six presiding officers, half male and half female.

After Ron helped contact Percy, all six prefects arrived that evening.

"I heard from Ron that you have something you want to discuss with us?"

"Looking at Harry Potter," Percy said.

Although Harry Potter was only a first-year student, Percy did not treat him like a child at all, but rather as one of his peers.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall helped me win this House Cup, but as a first-year student, there are some things I would like to ask you all."

"Freshmen wouldn't cause such a commotion."

A female prefectural head said with a smile, making a joke.

"This is also out of necessity."

Harry Potter shrugged.

"What do you want to ask us?"

Percy touched his neck; he had been a little traumatized after being so easily knocked out by Harry Potter last time.

"Firstly, I want to know what are some easy ways to score points."

"Who are the other top scorers from the other colleges?"

"When it comes to easy points, Quidditch is the first one that comes to mind. If you win a game, you can get fifty points."

Percy rubbed his temples and said, "As for the other grades' 'scoring players,' that's quite a novel term."

"We know some of them; they are all diligent students who actively answer questions and have excellent academic performance."

Quidditch?

"That's a good choice. Fifty points takes a long time to accumulate. This is a breakthrough point."

"You're asking what a 'scorer' is for?"

Someone asked at this time.

"Of course, we'll make sure they can't score anymore, at least not until Gryffindor wins the title this time."

Harry Potter spoke with a beaming smile, his eyes full of laughter. (End of Chapter)

Chapter 226 Alliances and Strategies: Harry Potter's Plan

"What do you want to do? Threaten them? Or do you want to do something bad?"

Percy looked at Harry Potter with a strange expression; he wouldn't agree to anything too outrageous.

"No, no, no, you're overthinking it. I just want to ask them for a small favor, and I'll give them appropriate compensation in return."

Harry Potter smiled and said confidently.

"For example?"

"Enticement with benefits."

Harry Potter smiled slightly and said confidently.

Regarding money.

Although life was very difficult while living with the Dursleys.

But Harry Potter doesn't really care about money.

Because of his own strength, he can easily obtain [something] in both the Muggle world and the magical world.

Not to mention, his parents left him a vast fortune in Gringotts.

Therefore, luring him with benefits was the most direct, brutal, and effective method Harry Potter could think of.

Since it wasn't the academy, he could treat them like Slytherin, leading his men to storm their door and threatening them not to score any more points, or else they'd be in big trouble.

Not to mention that his behavior is almost on par with Malfoy's, Hogwarts would never allow him to promote such violence.

This is the best way to stop them from scoring.

With those two houses dealt with, Slytherin became much easier.

All you need to do is spread rumors.

He, Harry Potter, is going to win this year's House Cup. The Slytherin player with the highest score will be under close scrutiny, and there will be rumors of connections with the Death Eaters.

Whether for their own future or for any other reason, no one in Slytherin would want to offend Harry Potter now.

If in the future, the boy who survived the ordeal said something...

Even if one is innocent, the influence of reputation can make it difficult to explain oneself.

After all, in this world, no one is more of a fighter against Voldemort than Harry Potter.

No one has more authority on this matter than him.

In addition, there are some courses that can be taken care of by the professors.

Professor Pomona Sprout, who greatly admires him, might be interested in the combination and proportion of certain medicinal herbs. This could be revealed to her after consulting with the master.

There's also Professor Quirinas Quilleau, who gets very excited every time he sees me, and Professor Rolanda Hodge, who teaches flight lessons.

By cultivating a good relationship with these professors who have a high regard for you, you can achieve higher scores.

Hermione is definitely a scorer in this respect.

In addition, the class monitor can also be utilized.

Although, due to their relationship with the students, Percy and the others from Gryffindor couldn't bring themselves to "ruthlessly kill" the students from the other two houses, since the prefects had the power to deduct points.

But it didn't matter to Slytherin, which was already "rotten to the core." Harry Potter believed that he only needed to make a slight threat and promise some benefits, and the Slytherin prefects would not refuse to do him this small favor.

Unless, of course, they are truly prepared to fight themselves to the bitter end.

After a brief discussion with Percy and the others, they went to compile the list and planned to find time to gather all the people together so that Harry Potter could come and talk to them.

As for the Slytherin prefects, that's easy; Harry Potter will go there himself.

Emerging from the common room, Harry Potter headed toward the Slytherin resting place.