Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Compared to the dull and lively atmosphere on the Quidditch pitch, inside Hogwarts Castle, it was more lively and a bit dull at this time.

Dozens of Cornish elves were jumping up and down, rummaging through boxes and cabinets throughout the castle, looking for every mouse that might be Peter Pettigrew.

Peeves also took out his flintlock musket, wearing a three-cornered hat on his head, and kept looking around for it.

Except for a handful of ghosts from the four major colleges, all the rest also joined the ranks of volunteers to help.

Because Peeves promised them: as long as he helps him today, he will definitely not disturb or play pranks on any ghost until the end of the Halloween death anniversary dinner.

This guarantee is definitely the only and first concession it has made in the seven or eight hundred years since its emergence.

"It's really an atmosphere of great unity," Gilderoy Lockhart couldn't help but sigh "sincerely".

"This reminds me of when I was in Madagascar, helping the natives resist the attacks of the resurrected corpses, and patrolling everywhere with torches in the middle of the night. At that time, I was still young, and I stayed up late at night and stayed up all night..."

Only Bourne could hear his chatter. Because Principal Dumbledore and several other professors were patrolling alone (it is doubtful that they also foresaw the "torture" Lockhart would suffer together). Bourne was still a young wizard, so Lockhart offered to work with him, claiming to protect the student's safety.

"Professor Lockhart."

After listening for twenty minutes, Bourne finally decided to lead the conversation and forcibly interrupted his ramblings.

It's not that Bourne can't stand it, it's mainly that the chain sword in the deformed lizard's wallet feels uncomfortable. Bourne was very worried that if he didn't do something, would the angry machine spirit "suddenly become ill" and jump out to kill the annoying professor next to him?

"What do you want to hide? I mean, if so, how would you normally do it——"

Bourne asked strategically.

When Lockhart was tested like this, he subconsciously stopped nagging like an alarm clock being slapped.

"——You must know, 'Only by thinking like the enemy can you truly understand the enemy'. Looking for a mouse in a huge castle, we are still too passive now, and we don't have enough time."

This is a true statement.

Ever since the Romans came to Britain to build city walls, rats have been thriving on these islands and expanding their colonies.

As for Hogwarts Castle, if you include the two to three hundred years that the Slytherin family operated here, some of its current buildings may date back to more than a thousand years ago.

In an ancient building like this, even with diligent house elves, there will inevitably be some blind spots where dirt and evil gather, and little things like rats and cockroaches are absolutely inevitable.

Even though they had "cleaned" several times before, the house elves had sealed up all the rat holes they could find. But this time, thanks to the three main search forces: ghosts, poltergeists and Cornish elves, they still found seven or eight rats that had escaped before.

Once discovered, those unlucky mice will be subject to Peeves' "quick trial", using a paper musket ball to test their "quality": if they can be killed by a musket and they will not return to human form after death, then they must be They are real rats; and the ones that cannot be killed...have not been found yet.

Even though even Byrne admitted that Peeves' move was indeed quite pragmatic in the style of the Inquisition, if he wanted to find Peter Pettigrew before the end of the Quidditch game (or confirm that he was indeed not in Hogwarts), he still had to It's a very difficult task.

That Quidditch match won't last long.

Don't mention anything else, just consider the Seeker who decides when the game ends - Harry has the limited edition Firebolt and Draco only has the mass-market Nimbus 2001; Harry has the entire last year's game experience and De Laco is still a newbie - as long as the Golden Snitch is not so crazy that he flies into the Forbidden Forest and waits for an hour or two at most, this game will be over anyway.

At that time, even if no trace of Peter Pettigrew was found, the cleaning must be declared over today.

There was no way Dumbledore would let a flintlock-wielding Peeves roam freely among his beloved students. Similarly, those naughty Cornish elves are not suitable for operating when there are many people, because no one can tell whether they will suddenly take aim at the little wizards.

"What you said makes sense." Lockhart nodded stiffly, agreeing with Bourne's words.

Immediately afterwards, the star wizard who had learned the true story of 'Bondarchuk' quickly adjusted his expression.

After all, an actor must have the self-cultivation of an actor, and he is in this business.

Lockhart had a look of wisdom on his face, twirling his wand with his fingers as he walked.

"If it were me - of course, I mean if, because an aboveboard person like me would never hide anything - I would show it openly, but only show what I want to show.

Many years ago, I once attended a book signing with two other Witcher writers. At that time, I was just a new and relatively unknown writer. In order to cover up the defect of "lack of fame", I thought of a way.

The two wizard writers wore black wizard robes to the event.

To be honest, this look is too boring, just like the books they wrote.

I have some opinions on this, but this style of dressing is also required by the publishing house, and it is also nothing new.

Therefore, I could only secretly customize a set of white wizard robes decorated with Australian opal eye scales in advance, and then change into the entire set of clothes in a few seconds before going on stage.

Merlin's beard!

I was so nervous that I forgot to use magic. However, the subsequent results were still very good. Because my clothes were very different from those of the two authors, I was easily remembered by the audience at the book signing.

Although I think about it later, this method of mine is indeed a bit risky, but the chance of winning is very high..."

Bourne was stunned for a while. Even though he had extraordinary wisdom, he couldn't figure out for a moment what Lockhart wanted to express - shake off your "grabbing for the C position" in the past. Come out, is there any connection between this and what I just asked about how Peter Pettigrew might be hiding?

Seeing the confusion in Bourne's eyes, Lockhart had a smile on his face. Good writers are good at whetting the reader's appetite.

"Mr. Slughorn, you may be too young to understand," he said. "I mean, the more someone tries to hide something, the more likely it is to be exposed. If you can change your way of thinking and try to show other things that you don't need to hide, you will be more likely to shift other people's attention to what you want to show."

Hey, don’t say it yet.

With this explanation, the reverse concealment technique he just mentioned does indeed make sense.