The Admiral of Hogwarts

Soon, the situation here attracted the school's faculty and staff. And after Filch arrived, the scene quickly became unmanageable.

Especially after seeing his cat in a life-or-death situation, Filch suddenly exploded. He cried out loudly, while accusing Harry of killing his cat.

Fortunately, Headmaster Dumbledore and the other professors quickly arrived, then removed the cat from the shelf, dispersed the students who were watching, and took Harry and Ron with the professors to Lockhart's office.

After the professors left, the students immediately returned to their original noisy state, except that the topics of discussion were all focused on the Chamber of Secrets or monsters.

"Clearly there was no water in the corridor today, how did that cat escape death?" Veneto asked Hugo with some confusion through the Admiral Network.

Because cats basically don't look up when they walk, it's perfectly reasonable that Mrs. Norris didn't see the Basilisk's eyes and died on the spot.

But because there was no water on the floor this year, Veneto was indeed a little curious as to how the cat was petrified.

"Armor—it should be armor." Hugo carefully recalled the situation in the corridor and said to Veneto.

"There are several suits of armor in the corridor, and each suit of armor has been polished brightly because of the festival. So I think it's very likely that the cat was petrified after seeing the reflection on the armor."

"What you said makes a lot of sense." Veneto quickly reconstructed the image of the corridor in her mind and agreed.

Because she quickly realized that a row of armor was indeed placed on both sides of the corridor, and those armors were polished as shiny as mirrors, capable of reflecting the Basilisk's dangerous gaze.

After discussing these topics, Hugo and Veneto immediately connected their consciousness to the Admiral Network. Then, through Enterprise's vision, they observed the current situation in Lockhart's office.

"—It must have been a curse that killed it—most likely the Transfiguration Torture Curse. I've seen people use this spell many times. It's a pity I wasn't there at the time, I happen to know the counter-curse, I could have saved it…"

After accessing Enterprise's vision, Hugo immediately saw Lockhart standing there spouting nonsense, as if he could solve the Basilisk.

And at the side of the desk in the office, Dumbledore was carefully examining the petrified cat with his wand.

"It's not dead, just petrified." Soon, Dumbledore straightened up and interrupted Lockhart's endless chatter. "But I'm not quite sure how it was petrified."

"Wasn't Moaning Myrtle killed by the Basilisk back then?" Veneto asked with some confusion at this time.

"So Professor Dumbledore should have seen people who have been attacked by the Basilisk, so why didn't he think that this attack was caused by the Basilisk at this time?"

"Because Moaning Myrtle died last time, and this time the cat was only petrified." Hugo replied after hearing Veneto's question.

"After all, Basilisks are too rare, so even Professor Dumbledore probably hasn't seen people or animals petrified by Basilisks."

"That does make sense, and I think this petrification is likely to be a common magical effect rather than a special magical effect." After Hugo explained, Veneto immediately thought of some details in the original text.

"So the petrification of these people can be reversed by a common potion like Mandrake."

Just as Hugo and Veneto finished chatting and refocused their attention on Enterprise's perspective, Filch had ended his accusation against Harry.

However, apart from Snape wanting to punish Harry because of his prejudice against Harry, the others didn't think that young wizards like Harry and Ron could petrify a cat to this extent, and rejected Professor Snape's plan to punish Harry.

"We can cure it, Filch." After discovering that no one would be punished for this matter, Filch became uncontrollably furious. Professor Dumbledore had no choice but to quickly comfort the caretaker. "Madam Sprout has recently acquired some Mandrakes. Once they grow to maturity, I have a potion that can bring Mrs. Norris back to life."

"Why don't we buy Petrification Cure Potion on the market?" Lockhart was just about to show off something at this time, but his words were interrupted by Enterprise before he could say them. "After all, waiting for the Mandrakes to mature will take more than half a year, which is a bit too long."

"Miss Halsey, I think your grades in Herbology and Potions should be good as a former Auror," Snape said coldly.

"So theoretically speaking, you must know that only Mandrakes that are less than 48 hours old after being picked can be used to make Petrification Cure Potion. But because Mandrake is the main ingredient of many potions and the application range of Petrification Cure Potion is too narrow, it is basically impossible to buy Petrification Cure Potion on the market."

"You're right, Mr. Snape." Enterprise nodded and then said. "But what you said should refer to not being able to buy this powerful Petrification Cure Potion on the regular magic market in Britain. However, I now know several channels to buy this powerful Petrification Cure Potion."

What Enterprise said was not a lie. With the help of the British, American, and Soviet ship girls, Hugo and his team have initially built a logistics system spanning Europe and the United States.

Of course, the materials flowing in this logistics system may not comply with the wizarding laws of certain countries, but it allows Hugo and his team to collect various magical materials that ordinary people can hardly obtain.

Although powerful Petrification Cure Potion with Mandrake as the main ingredient is very rare, it is not very difficult for this multinational logistics system to collect three or five bottles in a week.

This is why Enterprise dares to say in front of a group of professors and the headmaster that she can get this precious potion.

"How much does a bottle cost?" After Enterprise's voice fell, Professor Dumbledore directly asked. He was not surprised why Enterprise would have this channel. After all, Aurors would always have some special channels that they could not put on the table to obtain information or materials.

At the same time, Filch also looked at Enterprise with a hopeful gaze. "120 ~ 130 Galleons." Enterprise quoted a number and explained.

"Of course, this price is basically three times the normal price of this potion. But you should also know about this type of channel—"

"Understood, Miss Halsey." Dumbledore raised his right hand to indicate that he knew what Enterprise was talking about, and then looked at Filch with an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry, Filch, I think your cat may have to wait for a while before it can be unpetrified, because it's difficult for me to convince the board of directors to pay for it."

Professor Dumbledore's words were also very reasonable. After all, if the school's Mandrakes are used to make potions, both the consumables and labor costs are already included in this year's school budget, but if you want to buy this potion additionally, you must apply to the board of directors for payment.