I've already become a Hogwarts professor, and the system only just appeared.

“But if that’s the case, then who is he going to kill?” Harry asked anxiously.

Su Yu reassured Harry, saying, "Don't be so anxious, Harry. We still don't know what's going on. Maybe it's just a snake that's going to catch a mouse!"

“I’ve always been interested in parsleyan dialect. Here’s what we’ll do: you talk to this snake a few more times, and I’ll write it all down so I can see if I can find any patterns in the pronunciation of parsleyan dialect.”

As they spoke, Su Yu wrote over a hundred sentences on the parchment, mostly everyday conversational phrases, and handed them to Harry.

With Su Yu's reassurance, Harry's emotions gradually stabilized. Following Su Yu's instructions, he began to recite the words to the snake. However, Harry did not notice that words such as "open," "secret chamber," and "release" appeared with particularly high frequency in these sentences.

After recording the Parseltongue, Su Yu told the three little ones to go back to sleep. Before leaving, Su Yu emphasized to Harry, "Harry, if you hear this sound again, please be sure to tell me immediately."

The three of them left Su Yu's office together. Harry still seemed preoccupied and couldn't help but ask, "Parsleyan, could it be an ominous sign?"

"How could that be? That's a sign of exceptional talent! It means you're naturally different from everyone else!" Ron tried his best to appear excited, as if he also wanted to have that ability.

Hermione glared at Ron and said, "Harry, don't worry. You can tell from Professor Sue's attitude that he has no prejudice against Parseltongue and will even take the initiative to study it."

"Besides, it's just an ability and doesn't prove anything. Most Muggles think that wizards with magic are bad people, but that's not true, is it?"

Harry felt much better after his two friends spoke to him, and they returned to their dormitory and quickly forgot about the incident.

On Su Yu's side, after seeing Harry off, he uploaded all hundreds of dialogues to the server, and then worked through the night to develop software to analyze and deconstruct the Parseltongue pronunciation word by word.

If this can really be done, it would be equivalent to having a translation function. If you want to open a secret room, you can simply use your phone to speak the command.

However, the process was not as smooth as Su Yu had imagined. The server's computing power was limited, and the time required to parse a language was still uncertain.

The next day, Su Yu ate breakfast early and went to the library. He didn't have many classes in the morning, so he spent most of this time studying Transfiguration.

Su Yu's understanding of Transfiguration has now far surpassed that of before, and the books he reads have gone from the most basic "Elementary Transfiguration" to "Detailed Explanation of Advanced Transfiguration".

Since upgrading his Transfiguration to LV8, Su Yu has spoken with Professor McGonagall and, with her help, has begun preparations for Animagus Transfiguration.

The mandrake leaf has been in Su Yu's mouth for almost a month now, and its color has changed from green to light red. When it turns deep red, the next step of preparation can begin.

Around noon, someone suddenly came up to him: "Professor Su... I'm sorry to bother you!"

Su Yu looked up and saw a first-grade boy with a magic phone hanging around his neck. However, this magic phone was different from a normal phone; it seemed to have a huge flash and lens module installed on its outside.

Su Yu quickly recognized the boy as Colin Crevey, a passionate Harry Potter fan who loved photography and journalism. But why was he looking for him?

"It's alright, is there anything I can help you with?" Su Yu asked with interest.

"Professor Su, I...I...I heard that you are one of the founders of Toutiao. I really like photography and news, so I want to create a Hogwarts school newspaper..." Colin stammered as he explained his idea.

A school newspaper is indeed a good idea. Toutiao targets all wizards in the magical world, and most of its content is geared towards adults. Young wizards might read it, but they wouldn't be very interested.

If a school newspaper could be created, available only at Hogwarts for download and installation, and its content focused solely on events happening within Hogwarts, its appeal to young wizards would be unprecedented.

So Su Yu nodded: "Okay, that's a good idea. Go find Gemma Farley, the Slytherin prefect, and tell her your idea. Just say it was my idea, and she can be the editor-in-chief of this school newspaper."

"As for you, start as a reporter. But you need to speed things up. Next week is the first gathering of the Duel Club, and I hope this will be the front page of the Hogwarts Gazette."

Colin never expected that Su Yu would agree so easily before he had even finished reciting all the arguments he had prepared.

As for the editor-in-chief's clerical job, Colin had never thought about it. So the boy got so excited that his face turned red, and he bowed to Su Yu five or six times before turning around and running away quickly.

Su Yu smiled, took out his phone, briefly explained the whole situation to Gemma Farley, and then asked, "Gemma, there's no payment for this. If you don't want to, I can give it to someone else?"

Gemma Farley already came from a well-off family. Since Su Yu's magic phone became their flagship product, the Farley family has gained fame throughout Europe. Now, the family's income has increased several times over, and she is truly not short of money at all.

Moreover, Gemma Farley saw this as an opportunity to hone her skills, and she said without hesitation, "Don't worry, teacher, leave this to me."

Chapter 90 Duel Club Part 2

At the start of the new week, Hogwarts students and teachers discovered a new app notification on their phones called "Hogwarts Gazette".

So everyone was curious and downloaded it. When they opened it, the cover page read, "This Friday at 8 PM, the Duel Club officially launches!"

Harry was one of them. Upon seeing the title, he couldn't resist clicking to view it.

As is widely known, at the opening ceremony of the new semester this year, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart said that he and Professor Su Yu would jointly establish a dueling club to improve students' combat skills.

So when exactly will this club start, and how do you join? These are the questions everyone is most concerned about. To address this, our reporter Colin Creavet conducted an interview with Professor Lockhart. The details are as follows:

Colin: Professor Lockhart, when exactly does the Duel Club start?

Lockhart: Ha, good question. I've contacted Professor Su Yu, Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall to confirm that the Duel Club's first event will be this Friday.

Colin: Wow! Will all the professors you just mentioned be participating in this Duel Club event?

Lockhart: Of course, we'll show you what a real wizard duel is like.

Colin: That's fantastic! I can't wait, but Professor Lockhart, how can we join this club?

Lockhart: No need to join. From now on, the Duel Club's activities will be held every Friday at 8 PM. Anyone who wants to improve their combat skills is welcome to participate. The location is the second classroom on the right side of the fourth floor corridor.

That concludes our conversation between reporter Colin and Professor Lockhart. Which professor do you think will win the duel? Go vote for your favorite professor!

……

Harry continued scrolling down and came across a voting page with options for Lockhart, Snape, Flitwick, McGonagall, and Su Yu.

Lockhart currently has the most votes with 75, and that number is still increasing.

Next up is Professor Flitwick, with 64 votes. After all, many students know that Professor Flitwick was a dueling champion in his youth.

The third place went to Professor McGonagall with 54 votes. Although no one had seen Professor McGonagall in action, as the vice principal, everyone believed that Professor McGonagall's strength was by no means low.

Fourth place went to Snape with 52 votes, which Harry guessed must have been voted on by the Slytherin students.

The last place naturally went to Su Yu with 17 votes. Although Su Yu had briefly taught Defense Against the Dark Arts last semester, as a Muggle Studies professor and an Alchemy Master, the young wizards assumed that Su Yu was the type who was not good at fighting.

"Good heavens, Lockhart is ranked first on the prediction list! Who on earth thinks Lockhart can beat the other professors? I think he can't even beat Professor Su Yu." Harry couldn't help but complain, and casually cast his vote for Professor McGonagall.

Hermione immediately retorted, "Harry, you really should read Professor Lockhart's books. The monsters he encountered in his adventures and the spells he used were all incredibly powerful. And Professor Su Yu is amazing too!"

“Please, Hermione, that’s just fiction, it’s probably made up!” Ron said, dissatisfied. “I think the most powerful one must be Professor Flitwick. He’s a real dueling champion, and he’s so small.”

"So who did you vote for?" Harry asked Hermione.

Hermione hesitated for a long time before finally choosing Lockhart: "Professor Sue is very talented, but his greatest talent lies in alchemy."

For the rest of the day, the list became the focus of discussion among all the young wizards in the school, with more than 400 young wizards participating in the vote.

The remaining young wizards didn't not want to participate, but they simply didn't have magic phones and therefore couldn't participate.

Lockhart ultimately came in first place with 174 votes, while Su Yu unsurprisingly came in last. Most embarrassingly, Su Yu only received 23 votes.

"Senior Farley, our Hogwarts Gazette has gone viral! Thousands of clicks and over ten thousand minutes of reading time! I'm sure every student in the school with a magical phone has read it!" Colin said excitedly.

Gemma Farley seemed rather uninterested and casually replied, "I know."

"Senior Farley, is something bothering you?" Colin immediately noticed that something was wrong with his senior.

Gemma Farley said, "Didn't you notice the problem?"

"What's the problem?" Colin asked, puzzled.

“Professor Su is at the bottom, and the data looks terrible!” Gemma Farley expressed her concerns, and she was already regretting creating the list.

Colin paused for a moment. He was still very innocent and had not experienced the harsh realities of society. But he was smart. Following Gemma Farley's words, he immediately realized that his senior was right.

The Hogwarts Gazette was started entirely with Professor Su Yu's support. Through his senior, Colin also learned what those newspapers outside had sacrificed to get on the Magic Phone.

If a school newspaper angers its financial backer on its very first day online, then that newspaper probably has no future.

"How about we give Professor Su more votes?" Colin suggested tentatively.

Gemma Farley rolled her eyes and said, "There are only so many magic phones in the school. How can you increase the total number of votes? Will the total number of votes exceed the number of voters?"

This was indeed a troublesome matter. Colin's little brain was working quickly when suddenly a brilliant idea struck him: "Senior, I have an idea!"

“What method?” Gemma Farley asked.

Colin said, "It's only Monday, so we can keep the voting window open until Friday, and change the rule to allow each account to vote once a day."

Gemma Farley's eyes lit up, but then she hesitated: "But even so, people might not necessarily vote for Professor Su. What if the gap widens even further? Wouldn't Professor Su look even worse?"

Colin laughed and said, "We'll publish a few articles that are favorable to Professor Su to guide him appropriately. In addition, we have the backend data, so if the guidance effect is not obvious, we can also make some manual adjustments."

In his office, Su Yu hadn't yet noticed the list, but the problem was, while he wasn't paying attention, others were. Just as he was studying the bouncy pot, there was a knock on the door.

Upon opening the door, Su Yu was surprised to find Snape standing there. "Wow! Guess who it is! What brings our little prince here?" Su Yu exclaimed curiously.

Snape completely ignored Su Yu's sarcasm today, even sporting a faint smile, which made Su Yu sense something was amiss.

Snape walked into the room and casually pulled out his phone: "Let me see what's on the school news today. Hmm, here's a Duel Club prediction leaderboard. Who's at the bottom?"

Chapter 91 The Real Wizard Duel (Part 1)

Su Yu looked at Snape speechlessly. This guy seemed cold on the surface, but he actually had a very rich inner life, but only if you could get into his heart.

Ignoring Snape's behavior, Su Yu looked at his phone and immediately noticed the list, a smile involuntarily curving his lips.

He was surprised that Gemma Farley and Colin had already come up with the idea of ​​creating a ranking list before he even started teaching them, so he immediately sent a WeChat message: "Whose idea was that ranking list in the Hogwarts Gazette?"

Colin and Gemma Farley both saw the message in the group chat, but neither dared to speak for a moment. Finally, Colin mustered up his courage and said, "Professor Su, this idea was mine. Please don't punish Senior Farley."

Gemma Farley felt that Colin shouldn't bear the burden alone, so she said, "I'm the approver, so I should at least share half the responsibility."

Su Yu thought about it briefly and understood what the two meant. He was very satisfied with this. First, who wouldn't like a subordinate who can take responsibility? Second, Colin really does have the talent of a media person.

So Su Yu stopped teasing the two children and praised them, "Well done! You can try making some other lists, like a ranking of academic performance, a ranking of the most beautiful witch, a ranking of charming smiles..."

“Ah…is this alright? Our data isn’t official,” Colin asked.

"What does it matter? It's just a way to attract attention and discussion. Of course, you should keep the selection within Hogwarts," Su Yu continued to instruct.

"Okay, thank you for your guidance, Professor Su!" Lin Ke said excitedly.

On Tuesday morning, the Hogwarts Gazette once again pulled out all the stops, with its front-page headline featuring an article about the teachers participating in the Duel Club.

This article analyzes the actual combat strength of each teacher in detail, with a particular emphasis on Su Yu. In the words of the article, Su Yu is definitely a professor whose combat strength is seriously underestimated by everyone.

Below the article was the same voting list from yesterday. When the students discovered they could cast another vote today, they immediately started another heated discussion.

As Colin and Gemma Farley predicted, Su Yu's approval rating improved significantly, but he was still at the bottom. This made the gap even larger when the data from the two days were combined.

Besides this prediction list, scrolling down through the Hogwarts Gazette reveals several other lists, including the "Most Beautiful Witches List" and the "Most Charming Smile List" mentioned by Su Yu, as well as the "Strongest Beater" and the "Strongest Seeker," among others.

These lists are still based on a voting system. The rule is that each person automatically gets a vote after reading the school newspaper for a certain period of time each month, and the lists are refreshed at the beginning of each month.

Over the next week, Su Yu often saw students gathering in groups of three or five, discussing the rankings of a certain list, or standing up for someone who had been wronged.