My name is Sasuke, from being the richest man in Naruto to dominating the world

Chapter 601: Corpse viewing activity, found clues
For a while, the school returned to calm, although students still discussed the recent attacks in private.

Until one day, all the seventh-year Ravenclaw students who had no classes were called away by Professor Flitwick.

After they left, students from other grades who remained in the common room immediately started talking.

Professor Flitwick was the kind of professor who seldom interfered with the internal management of the academy. Because the students of Eagle College were generally intelligent and more precocious, there were few people causing trouble. When everyone had some time, they would study in groups of three or five. Professor Flitwick was much less of a worry than Professor McGonagall.

Therefore, he seldom called students out after class, let alone called away an entire grade.

"Is it because of the NEWT exam?"

Someone speculated.

"But didn't we just talk a while ago?"

Some people questioned.

"It's okay to talk about it one more time. The dean will definitely take this important exam seriously."

"We didn't call so many people at once. At most we talked to them individually."

"I don't know about that. Maybe it's something else."

The students gave their own guesses.

Some of them were quite outrageous, but some were more realistic, but no one could guess the real reason why Professor Flitwick called all the seventh-year students away.

Until these students come back.

"What did the dean say to you?"

The seventh grade students came in from outside, each of them looked dazed, making everyone wonder if they were under a Imperius Curse. Someone asked impatiently.

"The basilisk..."

A seventh grader muttered.

"what?"

The student who asked the question seemed not to have heard clearly, or rather, he heard clearly but was not sure.

"It's a basilisk. The dean took us to see the basilisk. It was a dead body. It was inside the school. It was the culprit of the previous attacks. The professors have killed it!"

Another seventh grader spoke up.

When this statement came out, everyone was lost.

"Basilisk? You mean, the basilisk in the book?"

"A basilisk whose eyes can kill?"

"How could such a thing be in Hogwarts... I remember now, it was Slytherin who secretly built the Chamber of Secrets before leaving school. The Basilisk must have been found in the Chamber of Secrets!"

The legend of the secret room is no secret within the school, and almost every student has heard of it.

However, in the past few hundred years, no one except Tom had ever found the secret room, and ordinary students simply treated this matter as a legend.

The biggest symbol of Slytherin is the snake, which is why Slytherin is called the Snake House. There is a picture of a snake on their house emblem.

Now that the basilisk has been confirmed to exist, the secret room must also exist.

"Yes, it's the Chamber of Secrets, located in the basement of Hogwarts. The professor took us to see the basilisk, and I even touched it with my own hands."

"Is it big? I mean, is the basilisk big?"

"It's huge, huge, huge! It's thicker than my waist and at least fifty feet long!"

"Wow--"

"What does a basilisk look like? Is it like what it says in the books?"

"Slightly = a little different, but pretty close."

"Are you seventh graders the only ones who can watch? Can't we?"

"I don't know about that. You should ask the dean, but everyone should have a chance. After all, the snake is dead."

"How did it die? Can you tell what spells the professors used?"

"No, I've observed it and I can't see any wounds on the basilisk, but it's dead. It's lying there motionless. It's said that its heart has been taken away by Professor Snape for research."

"Hey~ Why is it Professor Snape?"

"It should be Professor Snape, right? He is a recognized master of potions. The heart of the basilisk may be used to develop a new potion. It must be him who did it."

"I really wish I could see the basilisk, even if I could just see it from a distance."

The students started talking in a mess.

Zhou Ming sat in the corner, smiled but didn't say anything, and continued to read his book with his head down.

There was no one around him and he looked all alone.

But don't get me wrong, it's not that he is isolated by his classmates, but now everyone doesn't dare to joke or play with him casually. After all, his strength is so strong. Even if everyone doesn't say anything, the gap is bound to exist.

To put it even more outrageously, everyone has developed a competitive spirit.

Almost all those who can come to Eagle Academy are smart people, and no one thinks that they are worse than others. Originally, everyone was just a good student, but Zhou Ming suddenly showed a strength close to that of a professor. How could other arrogant Eagle Academy students accept this?

So everyone is holding back their energy, trying to find an opportunity to surpass him.

In addition to the distant emotions that Zhou Ming actively expressed, everyone stopped disturbing him when they had nothing to do, which allowed him to enjoy several days of quiet time.

Eagle Court Restaurant Basilisk, this is just the beginning.

The next day, the Hufflepuff students were led by Professor Quadruplett to see the basilisk. When they came back, there was naturally another commotion.

It was also from this time that the news of the basilisk began to spread throughout the school.

Slytherin and Gryffindor who haven't gone yet have to know the news even if they don't want to, because they have been spoiled.

Gryffindor naturally applauded. The basilisk was killed and a major threat to students' safety was eliminated. Isn't this enough to make people happy?
The Slytherin students had more complicated feelings.

The basilisk is indeed a threat, even they admit it.

Especially since Slytherin is not composed entirely of pure-blood wizards, they also have many half-blood wizards. In theory, the basilisk's attacks are indiscriminate. According to what Slytherin left behind, he only accepts pure-blood wizards.

That is to say, if the basilisk implements Slytherin's philosophy, then the targets it should attack most are the half-blood wizards within Slytherin.

This is a real threat and no one can completely ignore it.

And even if they were pure-blood wizards, it would be impossible to say that they had no worries in their hearts. Who could guarantee that the basilisk would not attack them? So the death of the basilisk was definitely good news.

But the problem is that the basilisk is Slytherin's pet. If you think about it from another perspective, it is the symbol and guardian beast of their school.

Now that it has been killed, any Slytherin student will inevitably have some complicated emotions. They are eager to see the basilisk's corpse, but also don't want to see it.

But no matter what they thought, the house rotation to visit the corpse continued, Hufflepuff was followed by Gryffindor, and finally Slytherin.

This arrangement also shows the professors' humane thinking. They have obviously taken into account the complex mentality of Slytherin students and left them enough time to prepare psychologically.

So when the Slytherin students went to visit, everyone's reaction was very calm, and there was even a hint of joy on everyone's face.

There is no way. The basilisk is too big. Even Slytherin students would feel scared when they see it.

Everyone felt a chill down their spine when they thought about how such a big guy was lurking in the castle and could pop out from the corner to attack them at any time.

Now that the basilisk is dead, no matter how you look at it, a huge threat has been eliminated, which is cause for celebration.

Just when everyone was rejoicing over the demise of the basilisk, someone was furious.

"Bastard! Bastard Dumbledore! Bastard McGonagall! Bastard Flitwick! They actually killed the basilisk! Killed my most important pet! Unforgivable! Absolutely unforgivable! Damn it! Everyone deserves to die!"

Inside the diary, Tom's remaining soul was raging with impotence.

He had just used the Basilisk to create some threats to Hogwarts, but the Basilisk was killed by someone. This made it difficult for him not to suspect that Dumbledore had actually known about the existence of the Basilisk and even knew its whereabouts.

Otherwise, based on his understanding of Dumbledore and other professors, they would not have been able to accomplish this so quickly.

"What exactly went wrong? No, I can't stay in this little girl's hands any longer. I need to move immediately. This place is no longer safe."

In other words, the entire Hogwarts is no longer safe.

Dumbledore can find the basilisk, which means he is very likely to find himself. As a Horcrux, although the diary itself is strong enough, it is difficult to be harmed by ordinary spells.

But Dumbledore himself is not an ordinary person. If he finds me, my fate will be predictable.

However, how easy is it to leave Hogwarts? Unless the school is closed immediately and all students leave immediately, he will have the possibility to leave with the Weasley girl. Otherwise, even if someone else absorbs the vitality, it is still possible to be discovered.

Tom was in a dilemma when he couldn't decide what to do next.

The activity of taking turns visiting the four colleges unknowingly came to the second years of each college.

Today happened to be Gryffindor's visiting day, and the Hogwarts students, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, headed to the Chamber of Secrets through another wider waterway under the guidance of Professor McGonagall.

Of course they would not take the passage on the third floor, after all, that was the girls' bathroom. It was easy for girls, but what about the boys?
Moreover, there were many problems with the falling method there, so several professors looked around and finally found a smoother passage, the entrance of which was just outside the castle.

They even remodeled the place, cleared out all the sewage and moss, and the air is no longer as turbid as before.

"George and Fred are such a jerk. They just saw it a few days earlier and they've been showing off all day. Humph, when I finish watching it today, I'll show off to them when I get home!"

Ron said with a pout in the crowd.

He had been annoyed by his twin brother's frequent irritation these days.

"But they've seen it, too. How are you going to show off?"

Harry continued to attack ruthlessly from the side.

"Um... and Ginny, I can show off to her..."

Ron said subconsciously.

"But the first graders are visiting with us today, did you forget?"

Hermione added mercilessly.

Not far behind them were the first-year students.

The professors took into consideration the ability of lower grade students to cope with the situation, so they considerately merged the two youngest grades together. There is strength in numbers, and this is easy to understand.

The result was that Ron was first attacked by his brothers, and when he wanted to attack his sister, he found that he didn't even have that chance.

I have to say this is really sad.

Led by Professor McGonagall, a group of students, like little chickens, marched through the long corridor and finally saw the true form of the basilisk in the huge underground space.

At this moment, almost every student was gasping for air, and the air pressure in the underground space was almost lowered by them.

Ron finally understood why George and Fred kept showing off in front of him, because the basilisk was really too big and too scary, completely beyond his expectations.

If he were George or Fred, he would definitely not be able to resist attacking them since he could see what they saw but others couldn't.

This has nothing to do with character, it's purely human instinct.

Under the command of Professor McGonagall, the students lined up in an orderly manner and walked forward to touch the basilisk with their own hands at the designated location.

The professors were not worried that the students would damage the basilisk. To be honest, the basilisk had only been dead for a short time and the magic resistance effect of its scales had not yet disappeared. Even if these students used magic wands, they would not be able to leave any scars on the basilisk.

Just pull it with your hands? That's even more impossible.

So everyone feels very relieved.

Zhou Ming and Dumbledore stood on the second floor of the underground palace - this was a temporary space built not long ago in order to better study the basilisk. They stood here, looking down at the crowd.

When Zhou Ming saw Ginny, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Professor, I have discovered something."

"Have you discovered the owner of the Horcrux? Who is it?"

Professor Dumbledore immediately turned around and looked over. Professor Snape, who was working on an experiment nearby, also turned his attention over.

"That girl, the one with red hair."

Zhou Ming raised his hand and pointed.

"Ginny Weasley? How could it be her?"

Dumbledore was shocked. "Are you sure you are right?"

"That should be correct. Her vitality is severely depleted. Normally, she should have fainted by now. But if you look closely, she just looks a little weak. Someone has used magic to temporarily stabilize her condition... I think this contradictory situation is enough to explain the problem."

"But the Weasleys can't possibly have Horcruxes..."

"It doesn't necessarily have to be their own possession. Couldn't someone else have given the Horcrux to her later? It shouldn't be difficult to do as long as one is willing, right?"

Zhou Ming reminded.

"really."

Dumbledore nodded. "Now that we have a clue, the rest will be easy."

Dumbledore pulled out his wand, placed it against his throat, and moved his mouth slightly.

Soon, Professor McGonagall, who was leading the team, responded. She came to Ginny's side without making a sound.

(End of this chapter)