"Babyte? But what's really powerful is that the person being watched will be treated as direct death, not petrified?"

Professor McGonagall said in confusion when he heard Sherlock's words.

Sherlock pointed at Dumbledore's completely burnt camera.

"The attacked students should not look directly at their eyes, but passed something, like Colin was through the camera, and the last attacked Jasyan was through the reflection of the puddle under his feet."

Dumbledore looked at him with praise.

"I have a very keen observation. I can't figure out why those people said that it's not suitable for you to join the combat department when you joined Auror."

He looked at the camera in his hand and said softly.

"The possibility of attacking the creature is a basilisk, but the key to the problem is not who the attacker is, but who opened it..."

The last sentence he said was a little low, and Sherlock and Professor McGonagall did not hear clearly what they were saying.

Dumbledore then shook his head.

"If it is really a basilisk, the way to defeat it is also very simple. The rooster's cry is deadly to it. I remember that Hagrid has a lot of chickens, and they can be used as a defense preparation."

However, things are not that simple.

The chickens raised by Haeger were strangled to death by anyone overnight.

Obviously, the person who released the Snake Monster was prepared for these natural enemies.

But no matter what, with Sherlock's reminder, Dumbledore and the school's professors were prepared in advance.

A rooster is not a treasured magic creature. It can be bought everywhere outside. The dangers that are already known are much more convenient than those of unknowns, and it also gives the professors who are informed to be confident.

But the students do not have this confidence.

To keep it a secret, they discovered that the creatures that attacked the students were basilisks and did not inform any students.

So the little wizards were still worried about the unknown danger.

All the little wizards from Muggle families are in danger. Even the timid Navig, who is usually timid, is getting whiter day by day, and the horror and fear in his eyes cannot be concealed.

"What are you still afraid of? You are pure blood, and the target of the monster in the secret room will not be you."

Ron comforted after seeing the expression on Neville's face in the common room in Gryffindor.

But his comfort did not work any effect. Neville left the public lounge in a daze, looking at his direction, as if he was heading towards the library.

"He has always been so timid, don't worry about him." Harry said with great worries. He was not in the mood to doubt Neville's abnormal reaction at all.

"Professor Forrest just blessed Colin yesterday, and then something happened to Colin today. It's definitely not a coincidence!"

Hermione also looked puzzled.

"But Professor Forrest is definitely not the murderer. We have discussed it before. He is a mixed-race person. The successor of Slytherin must be from pure blood, right?"

"This is not necessarily." Ron said seriously, "Do you remember what I told you before? There are very few wizard families that can be called pure blood. If they had not intermarried with Muggles, the wizards might have been extinct long ago. The family passed down by Slytherin may have forgotten their identities as their ancestors in the middle. After all, the remaining pure blood families have never heard of anyone having any relationship with Slytherin."

The evidence that had previously proved Sherlock's innocence was now overthrown by Ron. At this time, Hermione was shocked to find that from the current evidence, Professor Forrest's suspicion was not inferior to Malfoy at all.

She stammered.

"Yes, but I still don't believe that if Professor Forrest is really the murderer and he really hates Muggle-born wizards, why is he happy to answer the questions for me? Although he spoke in a cold tone and his attitude towards people is also average, in fact, we all know that Professor Forrest is a very good person. When he was in Diagon Alley, he even fought with Malfoy's father."

Hermione's words made both Ron and Harry feel very heavy.

When they first met Sherlock, they didn't have a good impression of him because of his cold attitude.

But in later contact, they found that the real Sherlock was not as cold as he showed on the surface.

The real Sherlock is gentle and elegant. Even for students who are not smart enough, he never speaks harshly. The class is humorous and interesting. In order to make them interested in the Dark Magic Defense class, he even finds ways to transform characters in cartoon anime to be their assistants.

Nearly half a semester of study and getting along has made Harry and the others truly accept this professor. They can't imagine that Sherlock is really the murderer who wants to "clean" the entire school in a cold-blooded and ruthless way.

After the silence lasted for a long time, Harry suddenly spoke.

"You said Professor Sherlock is indeed not the murderer, but he is just a simple person who is more crow-mouthed?"

Hermione and Ron were stunned by his assumption that neither magic nor scientific.

"Harry, I know you don't want Professor Forrest to be the murderer, nor do we want it, but you can't cover up his suspicion with such unfounded words. This is irresponsible to others..."

"It's not covering up, I'm serious!"

Harry interrupted Ron seriously, and he carefully analyzed Ron from beginning to end.

"Do you remember when we drove a flying car to school on the day of school and hit Liu Shang and got injured?"

Ron was stunned at first, then nodded.

"Of course I remember this, the willow tree seemed to go crazy suddenly and wanted to kill us."

"Then we went to Mrs. Pomfrey for treatment, and met Professor Forrest on the way back to the Gryffindor Lounge. Do you remember what he said to us?"

"I said... he doesn't want someone to take leave in his first class."

Ron was only impressed by this sentence, because he and Harry were discussing that he would not go to class tomorrow, but was caught by Sherlock.

Harry shook his head.

"Not this, what he said after seeing us was "I thought you could land safely in the end."

Ron and Hermione looked stunned.
Chapter completed!