novelraw Chapter 46 Killing the Snake (Part 1)
Chapter 46 Killing the Snake (Part 1)
"Try it, and then you'll know."
Seeing that none of the three wizards could answer, the action-oriented Batman ignored Professor McGonagall's blocking hand, and looked straight into the position where the eyes of the basilisk should be on the thermal imaging.
Thankfully, he himself was fine; however, his $[-] holographic screen died after a puff of white smoke.
"..."Magic enemies are not the most harmful, but they are always the most annoying!Unpredictable and unexplainable!
He should have brought the Justice League Dark today—at least Constantine, who could draw a talisman.
Batman quickly switched strategies, took out a powerful light stick from the universal belt around his waist, closed his eyes and threw it at the approximate location of the basilisk he guessed by hearing.Immediately, the originally gloomy hall was illuminated a little, casting the struggling and swaying shadow of the basilisk on the wall.
"Wonder Woman, the bracelet is 5 degrees to the left," Batman quickly analyzed the dynamics of the Basilisk's projected head, and directed Clark and Diana, who were using heat vision and bracelets to cooperate with each other.
Clark's heat sight hadn't hit the basilisk's eye yet, since it couldn't be aimed with the naked eye, but it had punched several holes in it.The basilisk was already rolling on the ground in pain, its huge tail slapped the surrounding stone pillars continuously, and gravel splashed across the entire hall.Bruce had to cover Harry beside him with the cloak.
"It's too slow..."
Superman lost his patience and worried about the collateral damage caused by the collapse of the building.He stopped firing the thermal sight, and flew out with his eyes closed.
Under the command of Bruce using the projection, Superman picked up the tail of the basilisk, flew high, and lifted the whole giant snake up, like a child holding a plush toy having a temper, and smashed left and right a few times, The movement was bigger than when the basilisk appeared.
After smashing the dying basilisk into the ground, Superman froze the stunned basilisk with one last breath.
Wonder Woman flew to make up the knife, closed her eyes, and poked the basilisk's head back and forth,
This disorderly movement annoyed the heroine, like a baby just holding a sword, stabbing wildly.
"I think I poked the eye. This one feels more like it." Diana turned the hilt of the sword, feeling the soft touch of the vitreous body of the basilisk's eyeball. "Wait a minute, there is another one."
"Okay, it's done."
The two Chaoying finally opened their eyes, looked at each other helplessly and smiled, beating a monster with magic is always so troublesome and embarrassing.
The entire chamber of secrets, which existed for thousands of years, has now become a demolition site - the statue of Slytherin was smashed to pieces by the basilisk's tail when Clark and the heroine cooperated to reflect the heat.
Dumbledore's phoenix, which came late, flew around the chamber of secrets, and found that the work was done, so it had to land on the old headmaster's shoulder, smooth the hair on his neck, and began to doze off.
The entire process of eliminating the basilisk took about 3 minutes.
"We need more skilled cooperation," Bruce looked at the watch on Harry's wrist, "3 minutes is too slow, everyone has been a little rusty recently."
Wizards: "..."
If Dumbledore made a move, it would probably be so fast and easy, Professor McGonagall comforted himself.
"It's... amazing." Clark frowned because of the thousand-year-old smell of the basilisk slime on his hand. He looked around the hall of the secret room. "After eliminating this creature, I can now see through the entire secret room, straight to the outside."
"Thank you for your help, it's really an eye-opener," Dumbledore patted the dust off his body, "Is there anything else in this secret room that needs our attention?"
"A lot of rat corpses?" Clark looked up and down the building, "There are nothing else. That Slytherin ancestor of yours probably only wanted to raise a dangerous creature here."
No feed is prepared yet, can this not be bloodthirsty and manic?
Clark Kent, the good son of the farmer, strongly disapproved of this behavior.But Dad also taught him that if a fox gets into the chicken coop, you have to kill it, unless you're going to lose more chickens*.The basilisk should be killed or must be killed.
The task of mopping up the battlefield was naturally handed over to the professors of the school. In fact, Bruce didn't even think that the three wizards planned to mop up.
"Let this chamber of secrets disappear silently in people's memories and legends, there is no need to spend any thought here." Dumbledore chuckled, walked over the huge corpse of the basilisk without even looking at it, and walked towards the exit .
Bruce, who occasionally does not need to compensate for war damage, feels relieved.
Wonder Woman took the lead and flew out along the pipeline with Harry in her arms; Superman followed behind with Batman in his arms; and the three wizards went up with the Phoenix.
For this kind of creature that only exists in legends, Bruce swears that he only has the urge to clone one by one.
Facts have proved that whether in the UK or the US, Clark's "magnificent and upright" attitude has never been discounted when facing aliens or ghosts.After flying out of the pipe in the women's bathroom, facing Myrtle who was waiting impatiently at the entrance, Clark announced in a mellow voice: "Ma'am, don't worry, the monster that once killed you has been wiped out by us." .”
Bruce wants to tell Clark that it's really completely unnecessary, other than to make the ghost fall in love with him even more.
Sure enough, Myrtle's expression changed from disappointment to excitement, flying around Clark. (Disappointed for what? Disappointed we didn't die?!)
"Can I be your ghost?!" The female student ghost's eyes were crazy, but her movements were twitchy.
"...You'd be better off here, ma'am..." Clark quietly moved behind Bruce.
When they left the bathroom and walked in the sunny campus castle, Clark had to check with Dumbledore again.
"Don't worry, Hogwarts ghosts can't leave the castle." The old headmaster reassured Superman that there would not be a crazy female ghost suddenly appearing in his house one day.
"Huh... It's okay, otherwise Louise will kill me."
Dumbledore smiled and nodded in agreement. When everyone was about to leave the castle, he stood still, "If you don't mind, I have a few words that I need to talk to Mr. Batman alone."
Finally... even if the wizard didn't offer it, Bruce would find a time to visit alone.
"I think my office would be a perfect fit, please come with me."
Before leaving, the old wizard asked Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape to take Harry and two other superhero guests around the campus. "The giant octopus in Black Lake is a nice sight," he suggested.
Clark and Diana shuddered—not scared, just...slightly nauseated...with tentacles...whether it was aliens or mutant monsters, they had seen enough.
Professor Snape, who was dressed in black, returned to the state of wandering in the sky with a silent black face, but since he knew that he probably had no malicious intentions, Superman stopped paying attention to him.
Standing by the Black Lake, at a certain distance from the two Hogwarts professors, Harry gently tugged on Superman's cloak.
"Thank you for accompanying me here today, for causing you trouble." Always remember to be grateful, it was Grandpa Afu who taught her.
"You're welcome," Superman squatted down, "to tell you a little story, when Louise gave birth to Joe, our apartment was housed by gangs who took revenge on her. So I had to take her to the Fortress of Solitude to give birth. At that time , it was Bruce and Diana who came all the way to help, and the crisis was resolved.”*
Superman's eyes are gentle, reflecting the waves of the Black Lake, "No one can enter the Fortress of Solitude through Bruce, and Diana is Louise's spiritual support in production."
"This is our three unchanging friendship, always helping each other."
"You are my adopted daughter in law, Linda, which is what I should do."
Harry felt that he didn't hate the fake name very much anymore.
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At the same time, on a steeple of the old castle, in the Hogwarts headmaster's room.
The dark knight and the robed wizard sat opposite each other, one silent and the other relaxed.
With a touch of his wand, Dumbledore conjured up a tray with tea and biscuits on it.
For this supernatural change, Bruce just raised his eyebrows.
And refuse to drink this "supernatural" tea.
Dumbledore didn't mind either. After disappearing the afternoon tea that Batman disliked again, he put his hands on the table like a tower.
"After today's incident, I believe that Mr. Wayne has probably chosen a school for Halle. I regret this."
Bruce pursed his lips when the other party called out his secret identity.
"Relax, the confidentiality of this office is very high."
Bruce didn't believe that claim—the whispering portraits seemed like a huge hazard in the first place.Of course he still had the hood firmly on.
Regarding Halle's choice of school, he has indeed been inclined to let Halle go to Ilvermorny, not only because of what happened today, but also because of the geographical location. Afu will definitely think so.But he didn't show any signs. I don't know how the headmaster deduced it.
"This decision should be made by Harley herself. After we return to China and consider it, we will naturally reply to the school as soon as possible."
"And Harry will listen to you and Mr. Pennyworth. I can still see that."
Dumbledore paused, looking at his fingers, "Actually, I support Harry's decision to read Ilvermorny."
Bruce was silent for two seconds.
"What changed your attitude?" Obviously, the entire trip today was to sell Hogwarts to Harry, so why did you change your mind at the end of the day?
"Because you've given Harry everything that Hogwarts can and can't."
"Thanks for the compliment, but I won't be fooled like this."
Bruce analyzed all the changes today, and the principal's thoughts changed direction at that moment...
"Because you found out that Harley can speak Parseltongue." Batman used an affirmative tone.
"Snake language is a characteristic of the heirs of Slytherin, and Harry can open the Chamber of Secrets."
As he spoke, he watched the expression of the old wizard closely without blinking.
"Judging from the expressions of the three of you professors... Parseltongue is not a talent worth celebrating, maybe even a symbol of some kind of evil in your world... So, you are worried that she will become the new hope of the dark forces."