Not everyone is as wise as Dumbledore, and the news that Penelope and Moaning Myrtle were attacked spread throughout Hogwarts in an instant.
Suddenly, rumors were flying in the school, and everyone was suspicious.
Even the ghosts became frightened, not knowing what terrible force could harm a dead man.
During this time, it became popular in schools to exchange amulets, exorcisms, and other devices for self-protection. Ivan saw Neville Longbottom bought a big stinky onion, a pointed amethyst and a rotting newt tail.
He was told by the other Gryffindor boys that he wasn't actually in danger, that he was pure-blooded and therefore would not be attacked.
"They started with Filch," said Neville, his round face full of terror. "Everyone knows I'm pretty much a Squib."
Colin agreed with Neville's words, and he hesitated to buy the amethyst from the other party. It is said that this thing can protect himself from harm.
In addition, Percy's performance is also very abnormal.
His arm recovered fairly well, but when he saw the petrified Penello in the school hospital, he seemed terrified. He is no longer keen on maintaining order in the common room or expressing his opinions. He sits alone in front of the fire every night, not knowing what he is thinking.
Worse than Percy was Ginny, who had been very distraught lately.
She found Ai Wen with a pale face several times, and seemed to have something to say, but she didn't say anything in the end.
This is too suspicious. After Ivan repeatedly questioned, finally in a charm class, Ginny told him hesitantly that she was having nightmares every night, dreaming of Harry, Ivan or other members of the Weasley family Being killed by the monster in the secret room made her very worried.
Alvin comforted her for a while, he wasn't sure if Ginny became so restless because she noticed that she was controlled by Tom Riddle.
The news he got was that shortly after they left the school hospital, Ron, Ginny, and the Weasley twins left there, but the four of them did not act together, and no one knew whether the other had been to the third hospital during that time. Upstairs bathroom.
The situation is so bad that the first-year students are now always moving in groups of three or four, as if they are afraid that if they act alone, they will be attacked. No one wants to be with Ivan except Colin. No matter where he went, there were people pointing at him.
Harry and Hermione also enjoyed the same treatment. People kept away from the three of them, as if they had already decided that the murderer who opened the secret room was among them.
The most suspected one is still Harry. The little wizards with big brains even found out the reason. Peeves said everywhere that the crying gold digger offended Harry at the Nick Death Day party. It is said that she was with Harry. After Li finished speaking, he ran back to the bathroom crying. The Ravenclaw girls also confirmed that when Harry tried to break into the girls' bathroom on the third floor, he was accidentally seen by Penello, so he wanted to kill her.
Affected by such rumors, the sales volume of "Hogwarts Wizardry" reached the lowest level in history, and the latest issue only sold a pitiful three hundred copies.
No one wants to buy a newspaper run by a suspect until the truth comes out. What's more, the little wizards' energies were all focused on the Chamber of Secrets, and they were no longer as interested in Quidditch matches or Lockhart's bombastic talk as before.
The only benefit of the attack was that Ron was willing to talk to Ivan again.
It may be because Ivan's spell hit Percy, making him think that Ivan was on his side. Or maybe because the secret room was opened again, he finally realized the urgency of the matter, and now is not the time to be awkward.
For several nights, they huddled in a corner of the common room and talked in low voices.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione all agreed that they had missed a key clue, and that Moaning Myrtle, the victim of the Chamber of Secrets opening fifty years ago, must know something. But now she is like a silent black hovercraft, quietly floating in the school hospital, unable to talk to others, and unable to tell the information she knows.
Ivan knew how to open the secret room, but he didn't say that he was not ready for battle, not to mention he didn't know where Tom Riddle was hiding.
"I think there is a problem with our thinking."
Ron pretended to be puzzled, "As far as we know, who would think that Muggle-borns are rubbish?"
"And if you mean Malfoy?"
"Of course it's him!" said Ron. "Just look at his ugly mouse face. That house-elf Dobby who attacked you belongs to them too."
"Yes, Dobby did mention the Chamber of Secrets and the conspiracy," said Hermione, "but we can't be sure that Malfoy is the heir of Slytherin."
"Come on, Hermione!" Harry went on, "look at that family, they're all in Slytherin, he's showing it off a lot. They're probably descended from Slytherin, his father is evil enough of."
"They probably held the key to the Chamber of Secrets for centuries!" said Ron. "From father to son."
"Yeah, it's also possible..." Hermione said cautiously, "Evan, what do you think?"
"Even if Malfoy is not the heir, he should know something."
Ivan thought for a while. In the current confusing situation, if he wants to find Tom Riddle's diary, besides continuing to pay attention to Ginny, it is also a good way to ask Draco Malfoy himself.
Lucius may not reveal his plan to him, but there must be some clues. For example, besides the Weasleys, they have contacted any Hogwarts student. As long as there is this clue, the scope of suspicion can be greatly expanded. zoom out.
"Ivan thinks the same as I do, but the question is how can we get Malfoy to tell us the truth." Harry said pessimistically.
"I have a way!" said Hermione slowly, glancing up briefly to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and lowering her voice, "Of course, it's not easy to do, and it's dangerous, very dangerous, We're going to break about fifty school rules."
"What the hell, if you want to tell us, don't hide it." Ron said impatiently.
"All we need to do is go into the Slytherin common room and ask Malfoy a few questions without letting him recognize us," said Hermione calmly.
"That's impossible." Harry and Ron almost laughed.
"No, it's possible!" Ivan narrowed his eyes, "As long as we have some compound decoction."
"What's that?" Ron and Harry asked in unison.
"It's compound potion!" Hermione said in surprise, "Ivan, how do you know?"
"I read in the book that this soup can turn you into another person."
"Yes, we can become four Slytherin students. No one will know us, and Malfoy may tell us everything." Hermione continued, "He's probably in Slytherin right now. bragging in the common room, but we can't hear it."
"I think this kind of compound compound is a bit dangling."
Ron said, frowning, "What if we become four Slytherins and never get back?"
"The effect of the medicine will disappear after a while." Hermione waved her hand impatiently, "Snape said that the formula of the medicine is recorded in a book called "Powerful Potion", and that book is in the library. Restricted section. But that's no problem, I'll try to get it, and maybe Professor Lockhart will be willing to sign it for us."
"That guy's willing to sign everything," Ron murmured.
"The problem now is the raw material, and I think we can get those things from Snape's personal collection."
"Hermione, this is too risky, Snape is not Lockhart, we can easily be spotted by him." Harry hesitated.
"But... ... "
"This is not a problem, "Hogwarts Wizardry" has a lot of money recently, we can use it to buy medicinal materials." Ivan continued, "And I even chose a place to make compound soup, It's in the girls' bathroom on the third floor."
"Oh, no!" Ron said weakly, and Harry looked very bad.
"That's the safest place, and Filch is not guarding there now. After the two consecutive attacks, almost no one in the school wants to go near that corridor."
Apart from boiling potions, Aiwen is not going to continue taking risks.
He had to personally guard the entrance of the secret room, no matter who Tom Riddle was controlling, as long as he wanted to enter the secret room, he would definitely pass through there.
Moreover, Ivan also wanted to see if it would be the same as the original plot, picking up Tom Riddle's diary there.