hogwarts blast

In the corridor where Kyle first fought the basilisk, many professors from Hogwarts had gathered here.

They were all attracted by the sound of the detonating talisman exploding just now.

The only one who didn't come was Lockhart.

Ever since he was scolded by Kyle in his office last time, he has become much more low-key.

Dumbledore was squatting next to the gap in the wall, ignoring the cold wind blowing from outside the castle, and carefully examining the marks on the ground.

He touched a scorched mark on the ground.

This is...the smell of black magic...

Has that kid Kyle gone this far in the dark arts?

He looked at the blood stains on the ground again. If nothing else, they were all left by the basilisk.

Kyle came over with Hannah.

"Professor." Kyle nodded slightly towards the professors.

Dumbledore stared at Kyle with his blue eyes, "Did you just have a fight with the basilisk?"

Professor McGonagall walked over worriedly, looking around Kyle's body, "You're not injured, are you?"

Kyle shook his head, "I'm fine, Professor McGonagall."

Then he turned to Dumbledore and spread his hands helplessly, "The basilisk ran away. I didn't see who the successor of the Chamber of Secrets was."

"Is the monster in the Chamber of Secrets really a basilisk?" Professor McGonagall's face turned pale instantly.

"Albus, I think we need to dismiss the students until the basilisk is destroyed."

"Minerva, it's not that time yet. The top priority now is to find the entrance to the secret room."

Snape, who had been silent from just now, suddenly spoke, "Potter said last time that he could hear strange noises. Maybe he can help us find the entrance."

"Potter, if I guess correctly, he is a Parselmouth." Snape said slowly.

"What?" Professor McGonagall turned her head in surprise.

When Voldemort tried to kill Harry, due to the backlash of the Death Curse, part of his soul fragment possessed the nearest living creature, which was Harry.

This is something that all the heads of Hogwarts know.

But what they didn't know was that the fragment of Voldemort's soul gave Harry some of his characteristics, such as Parseltongue.

This is what Snape just guessed.

"I just noticed when I was following the basilisk that the basilisk was moving in the wall."

Kyle stared at the wall next to him and slowly drew out his wand - "Ultimate Explosion."

The wall was shattered, revealing the pipes behind it.

"Drainage pipes...that makes sense." Dumbledore muttered to himself.

The basilisk was able to move quietly through the castle through Hogwarts' intricate pipeline system, and then quickly disappear.

It is precisely because it moved through the drainage pipe that there was such a large pool of water stains at the crime scene where Mrs. Norris was attacked.

But now a new problem has arisen.

Where would a basilisk hide in a duct system?

Hogwarts's drainage pipe system was built more than two hundred years ago, and its design drawings have long been lost in the long river of history.

I don’t know what the original designer had in mind, and they deliberately designed the drainage pipes to be extremely complicated.

Even if the professors conduct inspections step by step, it will take a long time.

Moreover, if you encounter a basilisk in a drainage pipe buried deep underground and in a narrow terrain, it would be a very dangerous thing even for a professor.

Don't think that the Basilisk is weak because it was beaten by Kyle's combo and ran away in despair.

After all, the basilisk is one of the animals that ranks at the top of the Danger List of Magical Creatures published by the Ministry of Magic.

Kyle just relied on a sneak attack to catch the basilisk off guard. Coupled with his asymmetric fighting methods, he was able to force the basilisk to flee.

If he suddenly encountered a basilisk without any psychological preparation, the best outcome would be to be petrified.

What's worse, you might accidentally catch the basilisk's gaze and suddenly get pissed off.

"You guys go back first." Dumbledore waved tiredly to Kyle and Hannah, who had been acting transparent just now.

Then he waved his magic wand and restored the damaged wall to its original appearance.

However, when he looked back, he found that Kyle had not left yet.

"Professor, I have a suggestion."

"Say." Dumbledore said concisely.

Kyle took out a few from his ninja bag...

Crystal ball with stand?

"This is an alchemy tool I made based on a Muggle surveillance camera. It can record the scene around it without blind spots and save it for a period of time."

The source of inspiration for this surveillance system, to be precise, should come from the "telescope technique" of a certain wretched third generation old man.

After they guessed that the monster in the chamber was a basilisk, Kyle began to build it.

Now is when it comes in handy.

I just hope Dumbledore doesn't use it to peek into the women's bathroom or something.

Considering Dumbledore's orientation, Kyle felt that the situation in the men's bathroom was more dangerous.

Forget it, never mind it.

He doesn't go to public bathrooms to take a bath anyway.

In Hogwarts, except for prefects who have a dedicated private bathroom to use, other students can only take a bath in a public bathroom similar to the Great Northern Bathhouse.

Kyle, who was a Southerner in his previous life, would never go to a public bathroom until he died.

His Bag End... Nowadays, there are bathing places and luxurious bathtubs in the Tyumen Villa. Why would he go to a public bathroom to be honest with others?

Oops, I'm off topic.

Kyle thrust a crystal ball that was slightly larger than the other balls into Dumbledore's hand.

"This crystal ball is the core of this monitoring system. It can view the images recorded by other crystal balls in real time, and can also play back a certain period of time that has been saved."

What Kyle didn't tell Dumbledore was that there could be more than one core crystal ball.

In minutes, he can make another core crystal ball and connect it to this monitoring system.

And looking at Dumbledore's current appearance, in order to track down the basilisk, he seems to want to install surveillance crystal balls in every corner of Hogwarts, including the bathroom?

In other words, if Kyle wants to, he can start using the material to create "Hogwarts" in the future.

After installing one of the surveillance crystal balls on the ceiling of the corridor, Kyle briefly demonstrated the surveillance system to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was very surprised when he looked at the surveillance footage that contained time stamps, camera locations and other information.

In addition to displaying the surveillance footage recorded by the corresponding camera, Kyle also added radio and broadcast functions to it.

In the future, if there is something urgent in Hogwarts that needs to be notified to other professors, Dumbledore will no longer need to use the less efficient communication method of the Patronus.

All he has to do is say something on this part-time campus PA system.

"You can always come up with new tricks for me." Dumbledore patted Kyle on the shoulder happily.

In this way, the next time the heir of Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets again, he will never be able to escape the surveillance of this system.

"Then it's up to you to push this monitoring system to cover the whole school as soon as possible."

Dumbledore said to Kyle solemnly.

Kyle nodded, "No problem, I need about a week."