Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 125 Knowing that there is a tiger in the mountain

"Peeves?"

Sherlock was stunned for a moment. He obviously couldn't understand why Bourne would mention that unpleasant poltergeist at this time.

However, Bourne nodded seriously and continued: "Yes, where is Peeves?"

George and Fred, like two-foot-tall monks, were confused by Bourne's two questions.

"Now we are going to the Ministry of Magic. What does it have to do with Peeves?" Sherlock in the portrait also frowned.

Bourne was sure something was wrong.

He heard from Horace that Peeves was a special ghost formed by the negative emotions generated by the young wizards due to their heavy schoolwork.

In Hogwarts Castle, as long as the little wizard utters the name "Peeves", he will inevitably run into this poltergeist.

For example: Harry and Ron, or the Weasley twins before them, the more they sincerely hope not to encounter Peeves every time they go out at night, the more likely they are to encounter Peeves. Straight up.

But so far, they have called "Peeves" by name many times, but the poltergeist has never appeared.

The only reasonable explanation is that Peeves temporarily disappeared at this time.

Just like the time before, Peeves had the audacity to wear the "Mark of Purity" on his chest without authorization, and as a result, he was burned to ashes by the flames.

And Bourne felt that Peeves' sudden disappearance this time was most likely the work of the two-faced professor Quirrell.

First, in Hogwarts Castle, the number of people who have the ability to make Peeves disappear temporarily may be less than a handful; and Quirrell, who is possessed by Voldemort, is just one of them.

Secondly, he also had good reason to do so: under Bourne's "incitement", Peeves had been keeping a close eye on Quirrell in recent times, trying every means to cause trouble almost from morning to night.

Tonight, both Snape and Dumbledore are not at school. If Bourne and the others follow Sherlock and use the "portkey" to leave Hogwarts, Peeves will become the only one who can force Quirrell and Voldemort to break into the restricted area in the middle of the night. variable.

If they really plan to do something tonight, then it is undoubtedly a very reasonable decision to deal with Peeves in advance.

"Then there's only one question left..." Thinking of this, he looked at the magic portrait in front of him with burning eyes.

"...Mr. Sherlock."

There is already something extra in the palm of Bourne's hand hidden in his sleeve.

"Do you still remember what that man told you and where he asked you to take us?"

"that person?"

Upon hearing the word "human", Sherlock's eyes in the portrait suddenly became distracted, and then he frowned in confusion.

"Yes, who told me to take you and use the 'portkey' to leave Hogwarts?

Why not let the characters in other magical portraits inform me that Hogwarts obviously has magical portraits that communicate with the Ministry of Magic?
We have already said that time is running out, but why do we need a wizard to explain it for us? Isn't this a waste of time?
This is very unreasonable. "

Sherlock denied himself.

Moreover, he could not remember at all what the Ministry of Magic employee who informed him of the news looked like.

Although the memory patterns of the characters and ghosts in the magical portraits are exactly the opposite - because there is a portrait as an anchor, the people in the magical portraits remember all the things that happened during their lives very clearly, but they are very likely to experience some unimportant things after becoming the portraits. It will be quickly forgotten.

But what just happened today, there is no reason for Sherlock to turn around and forget them all.

"Someone interfered with my memory!" He came up with the only reasonable explanation at once, "Someone must have cast a confusion spell on me! And it is a very powerful confusion spell!"

After listening to all this, the twins who were indeed somewhat astute suddenly said in unison: "Definitely Professor Quirrell."

"Quirrell... or Professor?" Sherlock in the portrait looked puzzled: "Who is this person? Why haven't I heard of him?"

This is real!
Based on the current clue analysis, the person who cast the confusion spell on Sherlock was most likely Quirrell. There was no reason for others to cast a powerful confusion spell and at the same time deliberately erase the image of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Still the same sentence: Only Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, had the motivation and ability to do this.

"In that case, the 'Secret Passage to Magical Portraits' is also fake," Bourne immediately grasped a key point. "It's probably just a trap, but we don't know what's hidden in the trap yet."

"I feel that the matter has gone beyond the scope of what we can solve." Sherlock in the portrait also understood some of the current problems. He made a decision immediately: "That Quirrell - although I have already put his Forgot everything - since he is so deliberate, he must have a big plan.

Moreover, he has always been hiding in the dark.

The three of you go and report to Professor McGonagall quickly. I'm going to inform Dr. Watson.

He is now having a heated fight with the ghosts living in the castle. Maybe he can use their power to monitor the movements of the entire castle. He just hopes that no sudden situation will happen again and the little wizards in the castle will not be affected by danger. "

After saying that, Sherlock immediately turned around and ran out of the portrait, even the civilized stick was still in the portrait.

"Let's go find Dean McGonagall quickly."

Unconsciously, the twins changed their usual title of "Professor McGonagall" to "Dean McGonagall." This is how people are. The more critical moments like this, the more they feel that only their own family can support them.

However, Bourne did not travel with the twins in the end, he still stayed in this trophy room.

First of all, the door of this place is facing the restricted area in the corridor on the fourth floor. If Voldemort breaks into the restricted area tonight, he will definitely have to pass through it. Secondly, there is still the magic portrait here, which is a trap set by the Dark Lord for several of them.

"If you don't treat them well, wouldn't you be disrespecting the fruits of other people's labor?" Bourne sneered.

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he chose to go to the mountains knowing that there are tigers. Astartes is such a stubborn warrior.

Of course, even if a normal Astartes wants to deliberately run into a trap, he usually won't rush in headlong into it when his head is hot.

After all, when Asat is aware of a trap, it is no longer a trap, but a head-on confrontation.

In head-to-head competition, you have to pay attention to some rules.

Just like Bourne, he flipped his palm to reveal a handful of miniature frozen biting cabbage, and then threw them all towards the magical portrait that was cast with the "Mentos" spell.

Then, he transformed into the Primaris Astartes Magus, and at the same time rubbed the fire dragon ring on his hand.

"Zhuju Emperor Zhi! The hole will destroy the monsters!"

Following this simple and solemn prayer, the machine souls inside the chain sword and psychic scepter that had been baptized by the "Spirit Summoning Potion" began to boil in an instant. The chain sword made a low hum; electric snakes emerged from the double eagle hammer head of the psychic scepter, beeping uncontrollably.

Armor ceremony (√)
Prayer before battle (√)

Coupled with the previous "biological grenade" to clear the way, the only remaining job for an Astartes warrior like Bourne is -

Army attack!

He used a fighting stance named "Sigimunds Strike", lowered his body, and bent his arms and legs with about 40% of his muscle strength. Following the biting cabbage he projected into After that, he also rushed into the magic portrait door key.

Even after a period of spinning, the posture of "Sigismund's Strike" still allowed him to maintain extremely high control over his body.

After all, everyone who is familiar with slashing people with a chain sword knows that the fighting style of Sigismund, the Emperor's first-generation God's Chosen, can be summed up in one sentence:
One blow, then another.

The prerequisite for such an intensive offensive is sufficient physical strength and strong control of the muscles throughout the body.

After passing through the Portkey's teleportation in the form of "Sigismund's Strike", Bourne not only suffered negative effects such as dizziness, but he even added a "Disguise Curse" to himself before the teleportation ended. .

No one stipulates that Astartes cannot use the "Invisibility Breaking Blow", right? .

However, with full momentum, he encountered a "little" trouble. Bourne didn't know who to attack.

The place where he appeared was not a fire dragon's cave, or an underground maze full of traps, nor was it a secret room with a large number of explosives...

The transmission destination of the magic portrait door key is an open space in the Forbidden Forest. Through the dense trees, Bourne could still see the dark silhouette of Hogwarts Castle in the distance.

At this time, the pile of biting cabbage that he had thrown in in advance went berserk as expected, opening its mouth wide and clicking at everything around it.

The objects bitten by these biting cabbages (or rather, the things they tore together) were not the wand-wielding Professor Quirrell or Peter Pettigrew that Bourne had expected.

"Have you fallen into a wild cat nest?" Bourne looked at the big black cats that looked exactly the same, and doubts arose in his heart.

Of course, he was not sure that those big black cats were really cats, because their size was indeed ridiculously large compared to wild cats. They were covered in tendons, and their weight and strength were no less than that of lynxes.

They have triangular faces like mantises, are completely black, and have a pair of large, light blue eyes the size of goose eggs.

Although it is not difficult to guess that this big black cat is a magical animal, Bourne really doesn't know their specific names and characteristics-he can guarantee that "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Monsters and Where to Find Them" are both. There is absolutely no mention of any similar magical beasts in Professor Benute Scamander's book.

Moreover, this big cat was not supposed to live in the Forbidden Forest. Because when they visited the Forbidden Forest regularly every week, Bourne and the others would pass by this clearing, but he had never seen this animal once.

In fact, the scientific name of this big black cat is "Madago Cat". They are indeed not magical animals living in Britain, or even native magical animals in Europe. Their origin is in Egypt.

However, Madago cats are rarely seen in Egypt, and their largest population is actually in France. To be more precise, it only exists in the French Ministry of Magic, which is the large magic building hidden in the Place Furstenberg near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

They are the "guard cats" of some departments of the French Ministry of Magic. They are generally docile, but can become very ferocious when provoked. When attacked by magic or physical attacks, Madago cats will split into several pieces, and the danger index will increase exponentially.

Newt Scamander actually saw this magical creature once. While fighting Grindelwald, he once had to infiltrate the French Ministry of Magic, only to be attacked by a Madago cat.

However, because he wanted to publish and distribute it in France, and in order not to violate French magic laws and leak important security secrets of the French Ministry of Magic, he did not include this magical animal in his book when he later wrote it. inside.

And looking at the Madago cats that were fighting with the biting cabbage with all their energy to fight for small fish, Bourne also saw their avatar abilities, and felt a little tricky for a while. He could see that these big black cats were very difficult to hurt and would split into several identical big black cats as long as they were bitten by the biting cabbage.

The key is that they are divisions rather than clones, and each new Madago cat is an entity, capable of biting and attacking normally.

You know, Bourne threw out a handful of shrunken biting cabbage. The total number must be more than 30 if not 20. If they swarmed up, even rough-skinned and thick-skinned magical animals like mountain trolls would be bitten to pieces and even to death.

At first, the biting cabbage outnumbered them by a lot. But gradually, the number of these Madago cats actually began to overwhelm the biting cabbage!
Bourne has increased his vigilance, partly because of this strange and fierce magical animal, and partly because he has not found any trace of Quirrell until now, and the guy doesn't seem to be nearby at all.

And just when the biting cabbage turned into hand-shredded cabbage all over the ground, and Bourne, who had been invisible all this time, was about to take action, a loud lion's roar suddenly sounded among the treetops above his head.

Bourne saw an unexpected "familiar figure" - actually, it's not quite right to say this, because usually this little guy really likes to wander around by himself, and only returns to the Gryffindor College common room at night to occupy the comfort. sofa cushions.

That's right, standing on the treetop is the kitten named "Ryan" by Bourne.

However, somehow, it managed to sneak outside Hogwarts Castle today. At this time, he was looking down at those Madago cats, like a lion king inspecting his people.

(End of this chapter)