Dressed as a Hogwarts portrait

"Merlin!"

Professor McGonagall hurried down from the pipe in the women's bathroom on the second floor after receiving a message from the patron saint of the phoenix. After tossing around for most of the night, her hair, which was always neatly combed, was obviously half loose. As she was throwing "Clean Up" on herself, she saw the basilisk lying on its side making hoarse roars, and immediately clenched her wand tightly: "Such a creature, to be faced by a child like Harry...is almost Kill it... Merlin!"

Professor McGonagall's point of view is obviously not on the same cosmic plane as the Potions professor, who didn't even look back: "I should deduct three hundred points from Gryffindor for the self-righteousness and audacity of the Savior and Mr. Weasley. It is obvious that their The brain has boiled and evaporated, and even the eyes are covered with sleepy beans. Thirty feet, this length is not to mention a basilisk or an earthworm or a centipede. As long as the thing on the neck is still functioning normally, you should know how to turn around and run... "

"Ah, Severus...earthworms and centipedes can't grow that big, yes, believe me, even if they live for 1000 years." Dumbledore walked around the basilisk, staring at its head The wound pierced by Gryffindor's sword on the upper body, the blood has obviously congealed now, and the basilisk let out hoarse cries from its throat in pain.

"Perhaps, it needs an Avada."

"Oh no, Severus, it's still alive..."

"Albus!"

Professor McGonagall frowned in disapproval: "It's a basilisk, its eyes can kill wizards, and this is a school, you can't let it stay here forever..."

"In fact, it has been in this castle for thousands of years. Since the establishment of Hogwarts, Minerva, its eyes are already blind, and it is impossible to kill people with its sight."

"It seems that you forgot that it is at least a snake, and it also has something called fangs!" Snape said coldly.

"Severus, I thought that a living basilisk could provide you with far more potion ingredients than a dead one... Okay, okay!" Dumbledore narrowed his eyes slightly, "The IQ of the basilisk is not that high." As good as a wizard, Voldemort may have cast a Confusion Curse on it, and it didn't attack Harry or us afterwards, which means it is very conscious, doesn't it?"

"but--"

Professor McGonagall frowned at the hole in the basilisk's head, which according to Harry was the sword of Gryffindor?

"Albus, I don't think it will live much longer..."

Even if it is a magical creature, can it still be alive and kicking with a hole in its head?

In fact, none of the three of them got close to the basilisk that seemed to be dying and could never take its last breath. They also held their wands tightly in their hands. After all, they were not second-year students, and as one of the most outstanding and powerful wizards in the world. One, they were well aware of what a terrifying creature the basilisk was.

Dumbledore looked up at the sculpture that was as tall as the stone chamber between the last pair of pillars at the end of the stone chamber. On that huge face, the mouth of the stone statue from which the basilisk slid out was still open.

"There are secret passages in the statue of Slytherin?"

"No, Minerva, although there are indeed other secret rooms there, this is not the statue of Salazar Slytherin." Dumbledore seemed to have completely ignored the surprise cast by McGonagall and Snape. Gaze, he just raised his wand and walked towards the huge statue.

"Albus, I think it seems to be saying something."

It's a pity that she doesn't understand snake language, so she can only guess.

The basilisk lay motionless on the ground. At first McGonagall thought it was about to die, but now it seemed that its breath was still very long. It didn't even struggle and roll, and it didn't seem to be moaning in pain, but the hoarse cry was always the same tone. What exactly does sound mean?

"Ah, Minerva, you know that I know a little bit of the pronunciation of snake language, but even I with this kind of bloodline talent can't understand it very clearly. Less, but saying as much as we do, it does speak..."

"If its mind, which is said to be like a wizard, isn't the group of idiots who have been paid attention to by the mountain monster, we know that we can't understand what it is saying, although what it needs most now-if you really want it to live - it should be sent to St. Mungo's, I have to remind you that the Ministry of Magic will never let a healer in England save a basilisk, or we can first submit the Protection of Magical Creatures to the Ministry of Magic. Then put the name of the basilisk on it?"

Snape thought the night was just plain stupid.

First the line of heir blood on the wall, leading a student into the Chamber of Secrets, then the disappearance of that idiot Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, then the Savior and his friends completely forgetting that they were only 12 years old and they were nearly [-] years old. The fact that the professor broke into the secret room without knowing whether he would live or die... In the end, everything was settled, and he came to clean up the mess before he was full of anger. By the way, he sprayed countless venoms in his heart. Porter.As a result, the basilisk, which had already been listed on his list of ingredients for potion, was still alive!

Knowing that he was here to wait for the basilisk to die instead of sending the Patronus to the headmaster's office for a message, and now it is stupid to come to study the "last words" of a magical creature.

"Fox."

The phoenix groaned softly, and flew into the dark corridor along the opened mouth of the statue.

A silent levitation spell was cast on himself, and Dumbledore followed the Phoenix into the dark cave where he couldn't see his fingers.

"Fluorescent flashes."

Professor McGonagall followed in, and under the not-so-intense white light from the wand, the dark corridor twisted and extended down to an invisible end.

"Clean up."

There are saliva and mucus left by the basilisk everywhere, as well as some unknown black mud, but unfortunately, the powerful cleaning spell can't change much here.

"Perhaps we should grab a bottle of Greater Cleansing Potion first."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and glanced at the potions professor who had just walked in, but under the latter's cold gaze, he walked in wisely.

It didn't take long, and it was similar to the pipe from the women's bathroom to the secret room. At the end, there was a square pool - the habitat of the basilisk.Countless boa constrictors are carved on the walls around the pool, circling to form weird patterns.

"Sizzling sauce."

Countless statues of pythons began to move slowly.

"Albus?"

Putting on the half-moon glasses, the blue eyes narrowed and smiled:

"Minerva, don't get excited, the basilisk gave us the password to open the door, in fact, I can't understand what it means, but it doesn't prevent us from finding the real chamber of secrets in Slytherin, does it? Severus , yes yes, if I were 20 years younger I would be thrilled too, Salazar Slytherin's real Chamber of Secrets."

The old man with white beard smiled like a child:

"Salazar Slytherin, he is the most famous potion master in the Middle Ages."

Also the most famous dark wizard.

A light gradually tilted out.

All the walls moved up automatically, and there was a gap above the pool that could only allow one person to enter, and bright light shone through it.