69novels Chapter 174: Preparing for sniping, with, Mrs. Loris?
Chapter 174: Preparing for sniping, with, Mrs. Loris?
When you focus, time really does pass quickly.
Sainz temporarily put aside his plan to eat crabs and went to the living area to have an exclusive dinner.
As soon as I came out of the Room of Requirement, I heard Tom's voice, "Saince, we just checked the castle inside and out and found nothing unusual."
This situation was not unexpected for Sai. He took out the Marauder's Map, looked through it, and found nothing unusual.
As for a certain mouse, that is not abnormal, that is normal.
He likes being a mouse, so he just continues to be one.
The big black dog is a pitiful person. After dealing with the basilisk and Xiao Fu, he simply finds an opportunity to guide everyone to discover the identity of the mouse.
If the mouse is discovered sooner, the black dog can be exonerated sooner, and Harry can be reunited with his godfather sooner and feel a little warmth from his family. The child has suffered too much.
But one thing must be taken into consideration. Revealing the identity of the mouse would be tantamount to slapping the Ministry of Magic in the face. Fudge might cause trouble.
On second thought, the Ministry of Magic might be a little embarrassed, after all, they did make a wrong judgment at the beginning. But Fudge might be happier, after all, he cleared the grievances of an innocent wizard during his term of office, and if it was managed properly, it could become his political achievement.
Since it’s a free and beneficial thing, it’s not impossible to lend a helping hand!
Well, let’s talk about it later.
Let’s deal with the current affairs first.
There are several things related to the original trajectory that need to be done this year. One is to find and control another disappearing cabinet; one is to find and deal with the basilisk. It cannot be allowed to wander around in the castle, which is too dangerous; and the other is to kill Voldemort and not let him really hurt a child.
The Vanishing Cabinet is easy to prepare, and the time node is there. No matter where it is now, as long as there is no excessive interference, it will appear in a room on the second floor around Halloween. Just let Tom and Jerry pay more attention.
It's easy to kill Voldemort. Just pay more attention to Hagrid's hut.
The only problem is the basilisk. This guy is currently in an "invisible" state, which means that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light in the physical sense.
Being able to only passively defend and not actively attack made Sai very unhappy.
If Sai could speak snake language, he could just sneak into the secret room and catch it and put an end to it, but unfortunately he doesn't know it.
Harry can speak Parseltongue, but how can he get him to say "open" in Parseltongue?
The original trajectory showed that snake language is also a language that can be learned. In the end, Ron used the hissing sound he learned to open the secret room again.
That's all in the future. If someone ran over and said, "Harry, I want to learn Parseltongue from you," he would be considered a psychopath!
Using the Imperius Curse or Veritaserum on children is a bit too despicable, and I would never do that.
In the original trajectory, the time when the basilisk was released was confirmed to be Halloween Eve, when it petrified Mrs. Loris.
It is unknown whether he came out at other times.
"Tom!"
"Sainz, I'm here!"
"I need you to patrol the second and third floors of the castle, with a special focus on the women's bathrooms on those two floors."
"Okay, Sainz, I'll go right away. I'll let you know if there's any movement. Be careful!"
"Thanks for your hard work!"
After Tom left, Sainz said to Jerry, "Jerry, your flying broom is more convenient. Please patrol the other floors of the castle. If you hear any movement, come and tell me."
"Of course you can, but if we all leave and no one is around you, you will be in danger!" Jerry said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Jerry. I have always cherished my life. How could I put myself in danger? I will go back to the dormitory in a while. Besides, I have a live map."
"But didn't you say before that you doubted whether the Marauder's Map could reveal the basilisk?"
"Yes, I do have such doubts."
After summarizing the relationship between the Marauder's Map and the castle, Sainz did doubt whether the Marauder's Map could recognize the basilisk.
Even though the Marauder's Map seems to be able to recognize everyone, there is one thing you need to pay attention to!
All of these people have one thing in common, they are or have been students of Hogwarts, that is to say, they all entered Hogwarts through formal channels, and it can be confirmed that they have all registered in Hogwarts Castle.
So it is understandable that Sainz thinks the Marauder's Map, which uses Hogwarts Castle as its "host", can recognize them.
After all, even if one becomes an Animagus, one cannot deny the fact that one was once a student of Hogwarts.
There is also strong evidence that the Marauder's Map is just a "display terminal" of Hogwarts Castle, and the real situation is not as powerful as it appears.
That's why Sainz gradually lost interest in it.
That is, the Marauder's Map can only display people, not animals!
With so many students at Hogwarts, there must be a lot of pets, but which one is shown above?
Anyway, Speed had no name on it.
Of all the animals in the castle, the only one whose name can be displayed is Mrs. Norris...
Huh?
and many more!
Mrs. Norris?!
Sainz suddenly discovered a situation that he had ignored for several years!
We are all animals, so why would Mrs. Norris appear on the Marauder's Map?
Why would she appear on the Marauder's Map?
Why is she so special?
What is her special point?
Is it because she is the administrator's pet? !
This is unreasonable!
Phoenix is the principal's pet! It doesn't have this honor!
Apart from the trivial reason that it is the administrator's pet?
Is there anything else that Sai has overlooked?!
Animals, animals!
Oh, that’s not right. There is another animal that can be displayed on it, a mouse - Peter Pettigrew!
Animagus!?
!!!
Could it be that Mrs. Norris is also an Animagus? !
All the evidence currently shows that the Marauder's Map can only display students who have attended Hogwarts!
This situation makes people have such associations.
So, this guess seems to make some sense?
But, it doesn’t make sense! It doesn’t make sense!
This speculation does not hold water!
There are at least two flaws!
For one, in the original trajectory, Hermione’s cat – Crookshanks – immediately recognized that the mouse was not a real mouse, but an Animagus!
If Mrs. Norris was really an Animagus, why didn't Crookshanks show any special behavior towards her?
Of course, if we force an explanation for this, it can be explained away. We can say that one is a mouse and the other is a cat, and Crookshanks is more concerned about the mouse, so he recognized it?
Perhaps she recognized Mrs. Norris, but was not interested and did not show any abnormality.
Although it's a bit far-fetched, it's barely acceptable.
But the other point is a bit untenable.
The cat was petrified, and all the masters in the school gathered together to save her.
If her identity had not been discovered before, it could be explained by her powerful magic. However, when so many people are studying her together, they must have tried a lot of magic. It is a bit too unreasonable that she has not been discovered at this time!
After being repeatedly studied by so many top wizards, no one found anything abnormal, which only proves one thing: she is really just a cat!
Isn’t this a contradiction?
How could a real cat have a name on the Marauder's Map?
Eliminate all the impossible, and whatever remains may seem incredible, but that is the truth!
The Marauder's Map or Hogwarts thinks she is a human, but the professors think she is a cat!
So is it possible that she is both a human and a cat, but there is no contradiction?
Have it?
Have!
Unless, she was indeed a person once, but now she is also indeed a real cat!
That is, she is a cat who doesn't know she is a human!
After she turned into a cat, she forgot that she was once a human!
She is an Animagus who failed to transform!!!
No wonder, no wonder!
No wonder Filch has such an unusual affection for her!
No wonder!