Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 143: cat and mouse

In 1971, Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, took in the 11-year-old "werewolf", Remus Lupine, to study in Hogwarts, and provided him with a place to transform into the Screaming Shack. A Whomping Willow was also planted for protection.

The villagers heard the noise and screams and thought it was some ferocious ghost. Dumbledore encouraged people to spread such rumors to keep people away and keep everyone safe.

Of course, the above is a story from another world.

Hogwarts in this world does not have a vicious "Whipping Willow", at least Matthew has never seen it by the greenhouse...

Before that, Matthew had never heard of the name "Remus Lupine".

But the "Screaming Shack" still exists, and its notoriety remains, although Matthew is not sure why.

But she knew very well that the secret passage between the Shrieking Shack and Hogwarts must also exist.

There are many secret passages between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. These secret passages were built secretly by wizards during the "Goblin Rebellion"... They have a history of at least hundreds of years. Some of the secret passages even fell into disrepair and collapsed.

All of this has nothing to do with the recent principals.

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For Matthew Wakefield, he just wanted to find a way back to Hogwarts as soon as possible.

Because in Hogsmeade Village, there is an extremely terrifying demon...

Tom Gaunt... Or Tom Riddle... Or Voldemort... He is in this world, and he is probably not as powerful as another world... But he is still a seventeen-year-old before he reaches adulthood. A ferocious murderer with multiple lives... He is still a terrible dark wizard who can make Horcruxes at a young age...

What's worse, because of that book, he has been "waiting" in Hogsmeade with a high probability, waiting for his "arrest"!

That's why Matthew deliberately "lost his temper" and drove Hermione and Neville away.

As long as the two of them are not with him, there is a high probability that they will not encounter any danger. After all, Mr. "Tom Gunter" is not the target of them.

But if you follow yourself, they are very likely to be affected as well.

Matthew ran with all his strength, ran up the hillside, and came to the house.

There is a high fence around the "Screaming Shack", and the inside is overgrown with weeds, and it is desolate... In addition, the doors and windows of the house are tightly sealed, and it looks a little creepy during the day.

But these fences are old, and they can be kicked down with a light kick.

Then Matthew ran wildly in the weeds and continued to run towards the cabin

The door of the "Screaming Shack" was locked from the inside, and Matthew pulled out his wand without hesitation:

"Ahola hole is open!"

There was only a creak, and the door was opened.

Matthew ran in

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Enter the Shrieking Shack and lock the door behind it.

Because the doors and windows were closed, the whole room was pitch black, and it was impossible to see anything clearly.

"Fluorescent flashing lu!"

As Matthew shouted softly, a faint light shone in the room, but it was not enough...

"Fluorescent flashing lu!"

Matthew shouted again, and a flash of light suddenly appeared, illuminating the whole room. And this light has not dissipated for a long time...

This allows Matthew to observe the surrounding environment

This is a messy, gray room.

There is dust everywhere, and it is even slightly choking; the windows are not closed, but are sealed with wooden boards from the inside; the furniture is broken, and the wallpaper on the walls has also been peeled off...

It can be seen that this house has been abandoned for a long time.

"Meow!"

In the vagueness, Matthew suddenly heard a cat meow.

But this may also be his illusion.

Matthew had no time to take care of these things, he began to quickly search for the entrance of the "secret passage" on the floor.

The secret passage between Hogwarts and the Shrieking Shack.

There was so much dust on the floor that I couldn't see anything clearly... It was not practical to clean it with a magic wand, and Matthew had never learned such a complicated cleaning spell.

He could only hold the dust away with his hands, and at the same time tap the floor lightly, judging by the sound, whether the wooden floor was empty or not.

After about three or five minutes of trying like this

Matthew soon noticed that the sound of a floor being knocked was different from the surroundings.

He quickly took off the robe on his body and wiped off the dust around...

Sure enough, the color of this wooden floor is slightly different from that of the surrounding floors...

Matthew lowered his head and continued to fiddle with it for a while, then he heard a loud bang and the whole floor was thrown away by him.

Everything is going well!

Then, only an "unfathomable" cave appeared in front of Matthew.

Sure enough, this is a secret passage... The entrance of the secret passage is not wide, but it is enough for a wizard to pass through.

Success!

Matthew finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as you go through this secret passage~IndoMTL.com~, you can return to Hogwarts, and then everything will be safe...

And Matthew swore that he would never set foot in Hogsmeade again before Mr. Tom Gaunt was arrested!

Just when Matthew was about to go into the cave

"Are you going to run away?"

The cold, playful, high-pitched and cold voice suddenly sounded from behind.

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Hearing this strange voice, Matthew's heart sank.

He turned around, but saw nothing.

Then, as if the eyes had an illusion, a sitting middle-aged man suddenly appeared on a chair with a broken leg.

"It's the illusion spell!"

Matthew quickly reacted.

I am afraid that a long time ago, this middle-aged man followed behind him like a cat catching a mouse. It's just that he used the illusion spell, so he couldn't see him.

And everything he did to escape... Maybe in his eyes, it was just a joke.

Matthew forced himself to calm down and looked at this strange man...

...No... In fact, he is no stranger.

Just a few hours ago, Matthew had seen him once... It was at the door of the Pig's Head Bar, and he was dressed as a waiter, pouring something over there.

He looked haggard, with a weather-beaten face... In appearance, he looked more like a vampire than a vampire. She lost a lot of hair, her dead pale face looked like wax, twisted weirdly, and the whites of her eyes seemed to be perpetually bloodshot...

"So that's it, it turns out that there is also a secret passage in the Screaming Shack!" Mr. Tom Gunter said with a sneer, "I finally understand how you escaped from me last time."

"Matthew Wakefield!"

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