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Chapter 65 The Missing Old Book

In the office, everyone's eyes turned to Sherlock.

Sherlock also came back to his senses at this time, and he recalled the scene where Mr. Weasley and Malfoy scuffled.

"Yes, I was there at the time." He said lightly, "Malfoy was mocking Mr. Weasley's family situation, and then they fought, and I went up and helped punch him."

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall looked at Sherlock with disbelief, and even Dumbledore and Snape were a little surprised.

"You fought!" Professor McGonagall asked, raising his voice.

Sherlock said calmly: "What he said was ugly, and he wanted to insult my mother."

Hearing what Sherlock said, the three professors McGonagall showed such expressions.

Indeed, according to the character of the original owner, he would not do it easily at all.

At Hogwarts, the only two hands-on experiences of the original owner were to beat the other party directly into the school hospital and lie there for three days.

When it came to himself, there was no need for Ginny to continue talking, Sherlock directly said the following things.

"Malfoy was beaten hard by me. After he suffered a loss, he left immediately and didn't stay long in the bookstore." Sherlock thought about what happened that day, "But before he left, it seemed that he stuffed a book into Ginny's bookstore. hands."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the office found the point.

Professor McGonagall and Snape held their breath.

Dumbledore looked at Sherlock expectantly.

"What about the book?"

"The book" Sherlock looked at Ginny, and Ginny blinked at him.

"That book was in the stack of old books I threw back in the bookstore. I bought a new set of textbooks for Ginny as a gift."

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The whole office fell silent.

Now everyone knows where the crux of the problem lies, and even Sherlock himself knows who caused all these accidents.

Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Snape were speechless, and Sherlock himself was speechless.

Who knew that he just inadvertently delivered the book, which caused such a big deviation in the matter.

Dumbledore sighed softly, and he could hear that he was very tired.

"The root of the matter should be in the old book that Sherlock put back. Lucius wanted to take revenge on the Weasleys through that book. As a result, Sherlock made this incident an accident, and the book was thrown in the to the bookstore, but another person took it from the bookstore, bought it, and finally brought it to Hogwarts."

Professor McGonagall gradually showed joy on his face.

"That matter is now simple. As long as we inform the students and ask who among them has bought a strange old book, then the source of the problem can be solved!"

But Dumbledore's expression did not seem so optimistic. He tapped his fingers on the table and said softly.

"You can't inform about the old book."

Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore in astonishment, and Snape also looked puzzled.

Only Sherlock guessed why it couldn't be done.

"The old book is very likely to be a thing with its own consciousness. Since the attack has already occurred in the castle, it means that some students have been bewitched by him or completely controlled by him. If we publicize the old book at this time If we go out, not only will we not find the book, but we will also scare the enemy, and let the person who opens the secret room know in advance that we have found him."

After Sherlock finished the analysis, Dumbledore looked at him with more surprises.

"Your way of seeing things is very different from before." He said approvingly, "I look forward to your change after the end of this school year."

Sherlock bowed his head slightly, as if to say that Dumbledore had praised him.

Seeing that they were still in the mood to talk about these things, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but turn dark, and she asked eagerly.

"It can't be publicized, so how do we find that old book? We can't let things continue like this. No student has died because of it yet, but no one can guarantee that it will happen!"

Dumbledore waved his hand, indicating that Professor McGonagall should not be so anxious, and he told the countermeasures to be implemented next.

"Gather the students in the auditorium tonight on the grounds of vigilance and finding the hidden murderer in the castle. Sherlock, Severus, Minerva and Pomona, the four of you search the lounges of the four colleges , don't let the prefect interfere in the middle."

"Here in the auditorium, I will arrange for Felius and Filch to ask the students about their movements when Malfoy was attacked. It is best to find that book."

After all things were arranged, Sherlock, Professor McGonagall and Snape left the principal's office together.

Professor McGonagall frowned, and went to arrange for the students to gather in the auditorium, while Sherlock and Snape stood in front of the door and looked at each other.

From the beginning to now, Sherlock has rarely dealt with Snape.

Because he didn't know how to characterize Snape.

Knowing little about the original work, he couldn't figure out whether this apparently not so friendly Potions professor was good or bad.

"I'll check the boys' dorms of Slytherin and Hufflepuff, and you go to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw." Snape indifferently divided the tasks between him and Sherlock.

Of course, Sherlock said that there is no problem. It is the same for him to check the dormitory of any college.

Just when the two were about to separate, Snape suddenly asked a question.

"Do you think you can find that old book today?"

Sherlock paused, although he didn't know why Snape asked him this, but he did think about this question seriously.

"There is a high chance of finding it." Sherlock's voice was equally indifferent, "There was an attack just today, and the student who was controlled by the old book probably didn't have time to hide it in a sufficiently hidden place."

This is indeed what he really thought.

But there are other reasons besides this that make him feel confident.

Although his existence disrupted the original plot, it was precisely because of his appearance that Dumbledore and the Hogwarts professors knew more clues about the attack in advance.

In the original book, it should be the last to reveal that the monster in the chamber of secrets is a basilisk.

No one knew in advance that all these things were caused by an old book.

After mastering so many clues, Dumbledore also took action immediately, and Sherlock felt that there was a high chance of solving the problem this time.

"I hope it really does as you say."

Snape turned and left the headmaster's office.

(End of this chapter)