Black American Comics: Start with a Snap

Chapter 156: Lesson and the Basilisk

The Muggle Studies classroom is located on the second floor of the castle.

Unlike classrooms of other subjects that are filled with strange and bizarre objects, this classroom looks the most normal and the most like the Muggle world.

Since Su Ze was only a substitute professor, he couldn't occupy Professor Bubaji's office. He could only walk from the staff lounge to the classroom to attend class every day, so he had to get up early.

After having a simple meal in the cafeteria, Su Ze casually tidied his clothes and walked to the classroom door.

At this time, students had already arrived in the Muggle Studies classroom early. I don’t know if it was because of the new professor or because the students were curious about Su Ze, but there were obviously a lot more students in class today.

According to the student who showed Su Ze the way to Snape's office yesterday, there are usually only eleven or twelve students in the Muggle Studies class, but today, there are nearly thirty people sitting in the classroom.

This class was for third and fourth grade students. When Su Ze pushed open the door, the classroom instantly became quiet, and countless eyes were focused on Su Ze.

Look around.

Looking at the young and energetic faces, Su Ze nodded slightly, then took a step forward and strode to the podium.

"Hello everyone, you may or may not have heard of me. Let me introduce myself. You can call me Professor Su, or Professor Kaia Black."

Su Ze quickly wrote his name on the vertical blackboard, then turned to look at the students.

"But I have to remind you that I have nothing to do with the Black family you are familiar with."

Below the podium, the students looked at each other, and then cast their eyes on Su Ze.

Su Ze was quite nervous during his first class, especially when so many pairs of eyes were staring at him. However, Su Ze's previous performance experience helped him a lot. At least he would not suddenly forget the words.

After placing the book on the desk, Su Ze picked up the roster and began to call the roll. This was mainly to familiarize himself with the names of the students who had registered for this course this semester.

In fact, Su Ze had already checked it a few days ago. He had no impression of most of the names, but there was one name that made him a little surprised - Cedric Diggory.

Cedric, a student of Hufflepuff House, is a fourth-year student and also the Seeker of Hufflepuff Quidditch. He is a talented and elegant boy.

However, Su Ze's greatest impression of him was that he was the only student who died at the hands of Death Eaters in the Vulcan Cup tournament, and he was also the first person to sound the clarion call for Voldemort's comeback.

At this moment, in Su Ze's sight, Cedric was sitting quietly under the desk, and a faint blue flame was constantly dancing on his body.

That is the will-o'-the-wisp fire that represents the spirit.

Just like Su Ze’s previous guess, this world also has the energy reaction of blood-colored text. Similarly, this also means that he can also obtain some incredible power from here.

Cedric's body is pregnant with [Spirit]. As long as he is killed, he will be able to obtain his incarnation skills, and even have a high probability of obtaining the wizard's bloodline.

But Su Ze just glanced at him twice and then silently looked away.

Su Ze is not a killing god, nor is he a guy who will do anything for power. He naturally will not kill his own students with his own hands in his first class. Su Ze even wants to change the other person's fate of death.

It's just a wizard's bloodline. Since Cedric can produce [Essence], Su Ze believes that there should be the same among the Death Eaters, or there may be what he wants among the vampires and werewolves.

There is a whole world of dark wizards waiting for him, so there is no need for him to reach out to the little wizards in Hogwarts.

"Close your textbooks, students. Today we are not going to talk about the history of the Muggle world. I want to show you some interesting little things."

Su Ze spoke gently to the students, then he gently took out a few things from his pocket and placed them one by one on the podium.

Following Su Ze's movements, the students all stretched their necks curiously and observed the objects that Su Ze had placed.

There were six ellipses arranged in a row, small and delicate, looking like capsules. The surface was made of glass, and inside there were hexagonal metal partitions like a honeycomb, as well as some entangled wires and copper wires.

It was the first time that the little wizards had seen this kind of thing. Just when they were wondering about its function, Su Ze spoke again.

"I know that for wizards, the Muggle world is boring and uninteresting. It is full of barbarism and conflict, so I don't ask you to become interested in the Muggle world because of my class. After all, many of you are here for the credits."

As soon as he finished speaking, the students all smiled, and Su Ze also smiled slightly.

"Of course, I don't want to judge who is better between the wizarding world and the Muggle world, because I am not qualified to do so. No one else is qualified to do so, including Headmaster Dumbledore. You have to draw your own conclusions through your own experiences." "What I want to do is to enable you to think through the Muggle technology."

Having said that, Su Ze pulled out Mjolnir and gently tapped the six capsule-shaped ellipses.

The next moment, with a tiny flash of lightning, all six capsule-shaped objects emitted bright light.

It was an orange light forming numbers on the line, representing the exact time at this moment. The numbers of clocks, minutes, and even seconds were constantly changing with the time.

"As you can see, this is a device that records time. It is made entirely of Muggle technology. I just provided some electricity."

"It glows." A student couldn't help but say.

"Yes, it originated from the third technological revolution in the 1950s. This electron tube technology came into being. It has a very nice name - Glow."

Su Ze smiled and glanced at the little wizard who spoke, then continued his explanation.

"The Nixie tube is also called the cold cathode glow discharge indicator tube. It was the only electronic component in the Muggle world at the time that could display numbers and symbols, so it was highly respected by the Muggle world."

“The Nixie tube is a representative of the aesthetics of the industrial age. No one will fail to be deeply impressed by this unique visual impact. Even though it has now withdrawn from the stage of history, it still has an irreplaceable charm.”

"Unlike us who have magical powers, Muggles cannot summon fire, but they have learned to make fire by rubbing two sticks together. Although they cannot control lightning, they have learned to use electricity. This is valuable knowledge that we can learn from and use."

"So next, I will introduce you to a more novel world from this perspective, a world without magic, but full of 'magic' everywhere."

From the technological revolution after the end of World War II to the information explosion era in the late 20th century and early 21st century, Muggle technology has advanced very rapidly.

Not to mention these wizards, even most Muggles will be left behind by the times if they cannot keep up with the trend.

Su Ze doesn't want his students to be surprised by swiping cards to take the subway in the future, nor does he want them to scream when they get a smart phone one day.

So he chose to start from another aspect, allowing students to slowly accept the progress and changes in Muggle technology, while also reducing the gap between wizards and Muggles.

I have to say that Su Ze’s choice was quite accurate.

Young wizards of this age are lively and playful. Instead of telling them over and over again to eliminate discrimination against Muggles, it is better to put some interesting Muggle technology in front of them.

This was sufficiently proved by the faces of the students who had not been distracted for the entire class and had listened to Su Ze's talk with their eyes wide open.

Time passed quickly and Su Ze's first class ended before he knew it.

Su Ze did not assign any homework, mainly because he was too lazy to mark it. At the same time, he gave six Nixie tubes to the most focused students.

These Nixie tubes have been withdrawn from the market, and there are very few factories that make them anymore, so in the Muggle world, these little things are also very rare.

Su Ze believes that these little things will generate a certain enthusiasm among students.

The facts were pretty much as Su Ze had expected. As soon as the get out of class was over, those students who didn't get the Nixie tubes immediately surrounded the lucky ones, curiously wanting to use magic to light up the Nixie tubes again.

Seeing this scene, Su Ze knew that his first class had ended successfully. He walked out of the classroom, his steps became lighter, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

It feels really good to be a teacher, especially in a school like this where there is no pressure.

Just as Suze walked downstairs with a smile on his face, preparing to bring lunch to Rocket Raccoon and go see Hagrid with him.

Suddenly, an inexplicable feeling emerged in Su Ze's heart.

Su Ze paused, his right ear moved, and his head turned to the side unconsciously. At the same time, his brows furrowed slightly and his eyes fell on the wall.

It was a somewhat strange sound, but it was not very obvious, especially in the slightly noisy corridor, where it was even more unnoticeable.

However, Su Ze, whose body senses had been greatly enhanced, still heard those sounds. It felt like the friction sound of a turtle shell rubbing against marble, which was a bit harsh.

The sound kept moving at an extremely fast speed. In a blink of an eye, it moved from under Su Ze's feet to above his head, which made Su Ze's smile suddenly disappear.

Is it a basilisk? It's actually out for a walk so early.
(End of this chapter)