Chapter 307: The End of the Clue and the Beginning of the Quidditch Season
Chapter 307: The End of the Clue and the Beginning of the Quidditch Season
"We didn't find much at the scene. We just vaguely felt a faint toxin in the air. But this doesn't mean anything. After all, Yang Tian just said that toxins were spilled during the treatment. As for other aspects... it's too difficult to identify. We can't find any valuable clues at all..." Snape stopped here, as if he wanted to add something. But after another hesitation, he chose to give up.
Dumbledore turned his gaze to the other professors and asked softly, "What about you? Have you made any important discoveries?"
Professor Sprout looked at the others who were silent, and finally couldn't help saying: "I just checked the floor of the corridor and found that there is an area that seems to contain toxins, but as time goes by, the toxins are slowly dissipating..." As he said that, he used his magic wand to roughly mark out a small area.
Upon hearing this, everyone rushed forward to check again. Unfortunately, it seemed that enough time had passed, and there was no trace of poison in that small area...
Dumbledore sighed and turned his gaze to the other professors.
Since Lockhart had been subdued by Yang Tian's soul seed, he did not talk to himself as inappropriately as in the original book, but shook his head decisively. Although he seemed to be doing nothing, it did not affect the case analysis.
Seeing this, several other professors also shook their heads helplessly.
For a moment, the entire conference room fell into silence. After a while, Dumbledore broke the silence. He looked at Yang Tian again, with a hint of expectation in his tone: "Yang Tian, do you have any new discoveries?"
Yang Tian seemed to be lost in thought (in fact, he was waiting for the results of the intelligent brain's analysis of the toxin). After a while, he finally said: "Based on the current situation, I can only roughly speculate that this poison is likely to be some kind of snake venom. However, I am not sure which specific snake produced the venom." Because the analysis time was too short, this was the only conclusion the intelligent brain had reached.
When Snape heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he asked in surprise: "Do you really think this is snake venom?"
Yang Tian nodded and answered with a serious expression: "Although I can't be 100% sure, but judging from the symptoms and manifestations, there is indeed a high possibility that it was caused by snake venom."
"It seems...it seems..." Snape was shocked when he heard this: "But how is this possible?"
"It's okay, Severus, just tell me what you think." Dumbledore advised.
Snape seemed to be having a fierce ideological struggle. Finally, he sighed and said, "Forget it. I'd better look up some information first. There is currently no sufficient theoretical basis to support this absurd conjecture. I still think that this is just my occasional fantasy."
After hearing this, Dumbledore didn't know what to say. He could only say helplessly: "Okay, Minerva, you send Madam Norris to Madam Pomfrey for treatment first. Everyone else go back and rest. Don't be discouraged, I believe we will find the answer in the coming days." After that, he waved his hand and signaled everyone to disperse.
Everyone left, leaving only Dumbledore and Snape standing there. Yang Tian turned around and saw that the two had been whispering something. Moreover, as Snape continued to output, Dumbledore's face became more and more ugly...
The attack after the Halloween dinner was like a sudden storm, casting a thick shadow over the originally lively Hogwarts campus. The atmosphere of the entire campus became extremely dull and depressing, and the young wizards seemed to be frightened.
Yang Tian and his friends have always been worried about this incident and often get together to discuss and analyze it, but due to limited clues, they have never been able to figure it out.
However, Yang Tian would not give up easily. He had already quietly let his intelligent brain begin to analyze the composition and source of this toxin. Perhaps because this toxin is too rare, up to now, no valuable conclusion has been drawn...
On the other hand, Mrs. Norris's condition was not optimistic. Although Madam Pomfrey had tried her best to treat it, it still showed no signs of improvement; currently, the cat could only survive by relying on Yang Tian's acupuncture point sealing method.
Fortunately, after many days, apart from Filch's cat, no other people in Hogwarts have been poisoned. Therefore, as time goes by, the little wizards are slowly coming out of the haze. Although it is not as noisy and lively as before, it is at least not as dead as the previous two days...
Just like last year, the end of Halloween marks the beginning of a new Quidditch season, and the Hogwarts campus has once again become extremely lively for this reason. More and more young wizards are keen on discussing the competition, presenting a lively scene. It seems that the impact of the attack has completely dissipated.
The young wizards also talked about the strength of each team. Although each team has experienced considerable personnel changes this semester, no one thinks that the ownership of the championship will change. In fact, this is not surprising. In several games last year, Yang Tian and Zhang Qiu's amazing performances left a deep impression on everyone.
I originally thought that after the suspense of the championship was lost, everyone's enthusiasm for Quidditch would wane, but this was not the case, and everyone's enthusiasm remained high.
For example, the first game that is about to begin, Slytherin vs. Gryffindor.
Just after breakfast on Saturday, Yang Tian was taken to the Quidditch field by his friends.
When Yang Tian appeared, the entire Quidditch field was in an uproar. The young wizards who had arrived at the field in advance stood up and shouted the slogan from last year's Quidditch game: "Overlord of the Sky! Overlord of the Sky..." The deafening shouts seemed to overturn the entire field.
Even the freshmen who had just enrolled and the transfer students from other magic schools were no exception. Apparently, in the past two days, the seniors had already told them about Yang Tian’s brave performance last year…
Yang Tian felt the warm atmosphere around him, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart. Having experienced many storms, he naturally would not panic at this moment. He stood up casually, smiled, and waved to everyone in a friendly manner.
After all, he was not the protagonist today, and he didn't want to steal the limelight from others...
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