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Their pace was very fast, because there were many people following them who also wanted to watch the scene, so Harry's movements had to be quicker.
He didn't want to be like the last time when Colin petrified, before he had time to survey the site, he was destroyed by dozens of hundreds of feet!
"Look, it's here." Hagrid pointed dejectedly at the mess in front of him, "I should have asked Principal Dumbledore for instructions in advance to cast a protective spell around the chicken coop."
"It's so miserable..." Hermione frowned subconsciously.
The scene in front of me can definitely be described as a field of chicken feathers. Even if you can't see a single chicken here, you can imagine what a tragic massacre happened last night just by the blood and struggle marks all over the ground. !
Chapter 130 Five Harry's State Is Something Wrong
"There's none left, do you want to destroy the corpse... Hagrid, control the scene and don't let the onlookers in!"
After roughly looking around the scene of the 'murder', Harry put on rubber medical gloves and began to grope carefully in the mess all over the floor.
He hoped that he could find some clues among the messy chicken feathers and bloodstains to help Hagrid catch the real culprit.
"Sure enough, it's man-made!"
The hard work paid off, and after carefully inspecting several small areas, Harry finally found a few messy footprints under the scattered chicken feathers!
Judging from the size, it should be the footprints of an adult, and the shoes should be leather shoes.
It's a pity, if nothing happened to Colin's kid...
When carefully identifying these footprints, Harry felt very regretful all the time.
If his little fanboy came along with him, his camera would definitely come in handy.
But now, Harry could only wet the paper with water, and simply spread the dust from the footprints on the paper, barely retaining an outline that could only be used to distinguish the size.
"Why are there so many people around here? Is something wrong?"
Lockhart's obnoxious voice came from the back of the crowd, but Harry didn't have time to pay any attention to the guy right now.
"Um... bones?"
Thanks to Harry being careful enough, he found a tiny bone fragment in the mud made of pools of blood.
And continuing to search along this fragment, Harry immediately found more fragments of bones!
"found it!"
Finally, from a pile of chicken feathers in the corner, Harry pulled out a small and thin rooster.
Its neck was limp and drooping, and it was still very shriveled, as if it had no neck bone.
"Find a clue? Then leave it to me, I will definitely let it take the initiative to reenact the truth!"
However, just when Harry wanted to examine the dead chicken carefully, Lockhart somehow bypassed Hagrid and raised his wand at the dead chicken in Harry's hand!
"F**k! Armor protection!"
Sensing the fluctuations from Lockhart's wand, Harry subconsciously threw away the chicken in his hand, cursed secretly and cast the Iron Armor Curse on himself and Hermione.
Bang! !
In the next second, the chicken thrown by Harry exploded in the air, and dark red chicken blood spurted out in all directions, even splashing on the faces of many onlookers.
The onlookers who were still watching the bustle backed away clamorously, and Harry's anger was instantly ignited!
"Gideroy Lockhart, you just... destroyed what might have been the only piece of evidence!!"
Idiot, trash, troublemaker?
No...Harry felt that these words were not enough to describe the other party's actions just now.
This bastard is simply an accomplice of criminals!
"I... well, I just want to help. Who... who knew that this would happen. Anyway, I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first..."
Lockhart also seemed to know that he had really angered Harry this time, so he hurriedly put away his wand, wanting to grease the soles of his feet as usual.
"Stop!" But Harry had already locked him with his wand at this moment.
He blatantly came to the scene of the crime to make trouble, and even destroyed the evidence that Harry finally found. No matter whether he was suspected or not, Harry would never let him go!
"Something happened... something big happened!"
But just as Lockhart hesitated and the atmosphere at the scene was already tense, Professor Flitwick's nervous shout suddenly came from a distance.
"You guys are here... Forget it, Harry, you'd better go and have a look with me now." Professor Flitwick rushed to Harry out of breath, and grabbed Harry's wrist , "Mr. Filch and his cat, something happened to them..."
"What?" Harry couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, "Professor, what you mean by accident, do you mean..."
"That's right..." Professor Flitwick nodded regretfully, "The accident happened in the corridor on the third floor, near the closed bathroom."
"how come…"
Filch and Mrs. Norris were petrified together?
This news was like a bolt from the blue to Harry now.
Mrs. Norris was the cat he took a year to take care of, and Filch was his roommate who lived with him all the time. What happened to the two of them? !
"Harry, let's go and have a look first..." Hermione stepped forward and tugged Harry's upraised arm, which obviously meant that he wanted him to put away his wand first.
No matter how wrong Lockhart was, he was still the teacher of the school. Harry pointed his wand at him openly like this, and it would always attract criticism.
Therefore, it would be better to take the opportunity to give in and check on Filch and the others first.
"Remember, this is never over!"
Seeing that Hermione also came to persuade him, Harry knew that this was not the time to teach the bastard a lesson, so he could only take back his wand first, and rushed back to the teaching building with Flitwick.
"Huh... Granger, it's really scary to be angry~"
Lockhart showed a happy expression on his face, then adjusted his clothes as usual, turned and left the scene.
However, when he took a step, it seemed that some small fragments were thrown out from the soles of his shoes, but they were not noticed by the people present.
...
On Harry's side, when he rushed to the scene of the incident with Professor Flitwick, what he saw was a scene that made his eyes tear.
Mrs. Norris was lying on the ground with frizzy fur, her expression extremely terrified; Filch was right behind it, bent over to hug it, each of them opened their eyes wide at the same time, as if seeing something terrified. image.
There was a large puddle of water around them, shining like a mirror, even able to reflect the reflection of the ceiling.
"Harry, let's send them to Madam Pomfrey first."
Dumbledore also came at this time, and he patted Harry on the shoulder, but didn't say much.
He knew what the person and cat in front of him meant to Harry. At this moment, no one was qualified to step forward to comfort Harry...
Except Hermione.
"I'm fine..." Feeling the girl gently holding his hand, Harry managed to stabilize his emotions, but his voice was still trembling.
"Mr. Principal, please ask someone to send Mr. Filch and Mrs. Norris away. I will visit them later."
Harry felt that his mind was in a mess now. He didn't want to visit him, and he didn't want to investigate the case for the time being. He just wanted to find a place to be quiet.
Hermione had been with him all the while.
From the teaching building all the way to Hagrid's cabin, neither of them spoke.
"Hermione, have I been behaving badly lately? Now, I suddenly feel a bit at a loss for what to do..."
"Harry?"
Looking at Harry in surprise, Hermione found that she actually saw the blankness in the other's eyes that she had never seen before!
Hermione found this incredible, because in her impression of Harry, even when facing Voldemort, he never wavered for a moment!
But now he looks very decadent...
Could it be that the petrification of Filch and Mrs. Norris really hit him so hard?
rustling~
There was a soft sound from the bushes in the forest. Hearing this sound, Harry's originally distracted eyes instantly refocused!
"Dobby, come here!"
Chapter 130 Investigating Cases is the Most Afraid of Being Sentimental
"Sir, Miss... Long time no see~"
Hearing Harry's roar, Dobby timidly stepped out of the bushes and greeted the two of them in a low voice.
"What are you still doing here now?" Harry stared at Dobby coldly, with a trace of blame mixed in his tone.
"Dobby... wanted to confirm the safety of Mr. and Miss, so I came to take a look. Sir, your current situation really worries Dobby..."
In fact, Dobby wanted to complain to Harry and ask Harry why he refused to listen to him, but when he actually saw Harry, he didn't dare to ask any more.
From Dobby's point of view, Harry was not normal now.
"If you are really worried about me, you should find a way to tell me about your master's conspiracy!" Harry accused angrily.
"Sorry...sir, Dobby is really sorry." Dobby couldn't stop bowing to Harry, his big ears flapping nonstop, "Dobby knows he's bad, but there are many things...Dobby really can't Say! Dobby also went to check that thing, but it's no longer where it used to be..."
"Dobby, you..." Looking at Dobby's bruised hands, Harry choked up again.
Harry discovered that Dobby had actually helped him find the key item that he suspected Lucius had sent to the school, but that item had been moved.
And he later learned that Filch was petrified, so he came here, hoping to confirm the safety of himself and Hermione.
"Sorry, Dobby, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you." Harry shook his head apologetically, but then, his mood began to be inexplicably decadent again.
"Sir, otherwise you and Miss should go home first." Dobby grabbed Harry's hand and kept persuading, "Staying here will really endanger your life, the Chamber of Secrets has been opened again... No, no! "
"Wait!" Before Dobby was about to abuse himself for leaking the secret, Harry grabbed Dobby's wrist with his backhand, "Open it again? So the Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened before, when was it opened, and the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened Who is it, tell me everything you can say?!"
"This...sir, I can only say...the history of 50 years ago is about to repeat itself." Dobby drooped his ears, "Last time...anyway, some people died because of it, some people were expelled...they are all in school now! Forgive me Dobby, sir, that's all Dobby can say!!"
The house-elf reluctantly left a message for Harry, then left screaming.
"Someone died, someone was expelled... and they are still in school, so who could it be?" Hermione repeated the clues left by Dobby, but she still felt completely clueless.
"It's Hagrid! I'm going to find him now!"
However, Harry had already come to a conclusion in an instant, and strode directly to Hagrid's hut!
"Harry..." Looking at Harry's back, Hermione couldn't help but worry.
Standing outside the door of the hut, listening to Harry and Hagrid's voices getting louder and louder inside, Hermione knew that Harry had also hit a wall in disappointment with Hagrid...
"Harry, are you okay?" After Harry went out again, Hermione stepped forward with concern.
"I'll take you back first..." But Harry shook his head, not wanting to bring up the dispute in the room.
His current mood can be said to be extremely bad, but he must find a way to digest these negative emotions alone, and not let Hermione become a trash can for his bad mood.
After listening to the information provided by Dobby, it was actually very easy for Harry to connect the pieces of information he had obtained before.
Although he didn't know the reason, Harry knew that Hagrid was expelled 50 years ago; and when he saw Myrtle at the death-day party, Peeves also said that Myrtle was like this 50 years ago, which shows that She also died 50 years ago.
Putting these fragmented things together, the conclusion is that because the Chamber of Secrets was opened 50 years ago, Myrtle was killed and Hagrid was expelled.
But in the conversation just now, even though he presented a lot of evidence, Hagrid still talked about him throughout the whole process, stubbornly refusing to tell the truth back then!
Harry really can't figure it out... What is Hagrid hiding? !
...
"hateful!"
After sending Hermione back to the dormitory, Harry looked around the janitor's cabin where he was left alone, finally couldn't hold back his temper anymore, and punched the filing cabinet next to him hard.
This punch was so powerful that he even punched a fist-shaped dent in the iron filing cabinet.
Anger!
The investigation of this case was really infuriating, and he was not only angry with Hagrid, but almost everyone involved in this incident!
Almost everyone who possesses key fragments of evidence is acting on emotion, obstructing Harry's investigation for various reasons.
Ron broke up with Harry because he felt that it was unreasonable for Harry to investigate him and Ginny, thinking that he was suspecting that they were accomplices;