Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 175 1 Nothing Gained

Sainz's thoughts raced, and he felt as if he had discovered a blind spot.

But it's no use.

No matter how Mrs. Norris appeared on the Marauder's Map, whether it was a coincidence, a loophole, or she was indeed an Animagus who failed to transform as Sai guessed, all of this, in essence, has nothing to do with Sai!

It could neither help him deal with Xiao Fu nor increase his knowledge, so it was of no use to him at all.

No, it cannot be said that it was not helpful. The speculation just now successfully made Sai more cautious about Animagus transformation!

congratulations……

Well, let her be. Whether it is a cat or a person, I have no intention of plotting against her. Let her be.

The focus is still turned back to the basilisk. After sorting out the working mechanism of the Marauder's Map, it is more strongly shown that it can only show people, and those who have entered Hogwarts through formal channels. It may even only show Hogwarts students, whether current or former.

What about the basilisk?

The basilisk is neither a human being nor did it enter Hogwarts through formal channels. It has never been a registered creature of Hogwarts!

Therefore, Sainz had reason to doubt whether the Marauder's Map could display the Basilisk.

Even if it doesn’t show the Basilisk, you can’t say it didn’t help Sainz.

The Marauder's Map is still useful. Although it most likely cannot show the basilisk, it can show the person who controls the basilisk.

If you want to release the basilisk, you need to open the secret room, and the entrance is in the women's bathroom.

All Sainz needs to do is to see someone moving around there on the Marauder's Map late at night to indirectly determine whether the basilisk has come out.

For safety reasons, after sending out the two eyes, Sai hurried back to the dormitory.

It was almost nine o'clock and there was no one in the dormitory. He was actually the first one to come back today.

It was almost ten o'clock when Adam came back first.

"It's rare, Sainz, that you come back so early today?!" Adam said jokingly.

Sainz shot back: "Who told you to be busy with love right now? By the way, how is your Quidditch practice going? Don't let others reject you when the time comes!"

Adam said arrogantly, "Haha... I will definitely be on the team this year. I am absolutely sure of passing the tryout next week." Then he said casually, "Also, Katie has agreed to date me. She said that during the summer vacation."

"Oh, no wonder you brought an owl with you when you entered school this year, so that's why."

Adam said with a bit of pride and a bit of embarrassment: "Xia Luona is my mother's birthday gift to me this year. She encouraged me to be braver."

Hmm...very good...it turns out to be the boy’s parent!

Sainz looked at Adam, who is now tall, strong and confident. He is completely different from the skinny and weak boy three years ago.

"Why hasn't Ben come back yet? What has he been doing lately? Why is he always so late?"

Adam didn't seem to know Ben's whereabouts. "Well, you know, I need to accompany Katie to review her homework, so I have less time to spend with Ben this year..."

Reviewing lessons? Haha!

After a while, Ben also came back, looking half crazy.

Well, Sainz guessed, could it be that this kid really took his words seriously?

At the end of last semester, Ben dragged Sai to spy on Adam's date, but Sai despised him and said that instead of spying on others, he might as well find someone himself.

Now he looks like an idiot, has he finally come to his senses?!

That night, after his roommates fell asleep, Sainz stared at the Marauder's Map for a long time.

Harry and Ron were busy in their respective detention areas until after midnight.

Sadly, other than this, there is nothing unusual.

Tom and Jerry didn't notice anything either!

It was almost three o'clock, but there was still no sign of anything unusual. Ginny stayed in her dormitory and did not come out.

A little regretful.

Silent all night.

In the original trajectory, Harry heard the sound of the basilisk at around midnight. He asked Lockhart if he had heard any strange sound. Lockhart said that he was probably too sleepy and had hallucinations, because nearly four hours had passed without him noticing, and it was around eight o'clock when Harry went to see him.

I wonder if Harry heard the basilisk's whispers this time.

There are two possibilities. One is that he didn't hear it and Xiao Fu hasn't opened the secret room yet.

The other, was heard, but the basilisk did not show up in public.

This situation means that Xiao Fu has entered the secret room once within a week of school enrollment, and the basilisk has been "activated" and "awakened", but not released.

Sainz guessed that the second one was more likely.

This gets a little tricky.

Although the only entrance to the secret room discovered in the original trajectory is the bathroom, and this one seems to have been used all the time in the description, this speculation cannot be used as evidence to show that there is only this one entrance and exit to the secret room and no other places.

Assuming that the Basilisk has been "activated", without taking any major action, it seems that all Tom and Jerry can do now is to keep a close eye on it.

This basilisk is also interesting. It has lived for thousands of years and is extremely large in size, but all evidence shows that it has always stayed in the secret room and has never come out.

But is there enough food in the pipes and chambers to sustain its huge size?

Could some creatures like rats that accidentally got into the pipes really survive?

Apart from these, Sainz can only think that the basilisk can usually be in a low-consumption state similar to "hibernation".

Ordinary "hibernation" alone cannot guarantee that it can live for nearly a thousand years.

Its state should consume less energy than "hibernation", and may even be a "living freezing" state with almost "zero consumption".

Only in this way can we explain why it has been inactive for hundreds and thousands of years, and after coming out once fifty years ago, it has disappeared for decades again.

Sainz sneered in his heart, these speculations are useless, no matter what the condition is, if conditions permit, capture it alive and study it, if conditions do not permit, just kill it directly.

It is absolutely not okay to let it wander back and forth.

The next day, Tom and Jerry came back to report what happened last night, and like him, they gained nothing.

Sainz didn't take it too seriously. He comforted them not to be anxious and asked them to keep watching.

Tom was especially told to pay more attention to the second and third floors.

The reason is simple, simply because Hogwarts is truly "magical". In the original storyline, "Myrtle's bathroom" was sometimes on the second floor and sometimes on the third floor, which is in line with the nature of the magical world.

There is clear evidence in the original trajectory that Mrs. Loris was petrified on the third floor.

But there is also clear evidence that the "Myrtle's washroom" people specifically refer to was on the second floor.

However, there is also a clear statement that when Loris was petrified, she was saved by the water flowing out of "Myrtle's Bathroom".

How to explain it? The only explanation is that Myrtle got bored of staying on the second floor, so she went to the bathroom on the third floor and went crazy. After all, she is a ghost, not an earthbound spirit.

Of course, there could be other explanations, such as someone remembered it wrong or something, but it can only be the second or third floor, so just keep an eye on them all.