[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes":3,"chapter-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-246":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","HP: I AM SHERLOCK HOLMES",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1879786,2495,"Chapter 246: 0246 Rescue","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-246",246,"\u003Cp>The girls' bathroom where Myrtle resided. Harry and Ron faced off, neither giving way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Harry shook his head, \"It's too dangerous. Voldemort might very well be down there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what? If it's dangerous for me, it's the same for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We're different!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are we different?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can speak Parseltongue. There might be places down there that need me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't forget, it was Sherlock who initially said he needed backup!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he just told us to follow quickly when he went down—Harry, having come this far, how could I possibly leave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry looked at Ron. Ron stubbornly met Harry's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two remained deadlocked for several minutes, with Ron still refusing to back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Harry knew he had no way to stop him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you're right. Since Sherlock said so...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right! Let's go down quickly. Sherlock has been waiting for us down there for a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two reached an agreement and were about to jump down when Myrtle called out to Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there anything else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just mentioned that Voldemort... so it's very dangerous down there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right. The basilisk that once killed you might very well be down there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Myrtle's hands nervously twisted her clothes, her face turning silver-white with shyness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just thinking, if you die, you're welcome to share this toilet with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Harry simply said goodbye to Myrtle and dove headfirst into the pipe without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron suppressed his laughter and followed Harry into the pipe, sliding down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, sliding down from the pipe felt somewhat similar to jumping down from the trapdoor last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was that this time it was like rushing down a dark, slimy, endless slide at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron could even see many other pipes branching off in all directions, but none were as thick as the one they were in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pipe they were in twisted and turned, winding around with a steep slope leading downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, both knew they had slid to a very deep place under the school, even deeper than the room where the Philosopher's Stone was kept last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they began to worry about what lay ahead, the pipe's incline suddenly became horizontal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry emerged from the pipe opening and landed with a thud on the damp ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of something, he quickly stood up and moved aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, Ron also emerged from the pipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Harry hadn't dodged just then, Ron would have crashed heavily into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them appeared a dark stone tunnel, large enough for people to stand inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We must be several miles deep under the school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your judgment is correct, Harry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock's voice came from ahead in the dark tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on the pipe's incline and the time just now, we're now located beneath the Hogwarts castle dungeons. The legend of the Chamber really wasn't groundless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When we return this time, Professor Binns might consider revising his curriculum—Lumos!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sherlock cast the lighting charm, Harry and Ron also walked toward his direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just a transit station. The real Chamber is ahead, and that's where your Parseltongue is needed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock looked at Ron, \"I'm afraid you'll have to stay here for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" Ron asked, puzzled. \"Didn't you just say upstairs that we should all...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, that statement is now yesterday's news,\" Sherlock turned his head. \"Follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron exchanged puzzled glances and quickly caught up with Sherlock's pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the light from Sherlock's wand illuminated a coiled, massive object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snake skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giant snake skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Basilisk...\" Sherlock said softly, \"Even larger than imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron covered their mouths in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous snake skin before them was bright green and very vivid. It lay coiled on the tunnel floor, completely empty inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Sherlock had said, judging by this skin, the creature that had shed it was at least twenty feet long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good heavens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron sighed weakly. Clearly, he too was frightened by this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Ron was expressing his amazement, Sherlock pointed his wand toward the lower section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a line of writing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly the same as the one on the corridor wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you don't want anything to happen to your friend, come in you alone]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This writing was done after the one on the wall, and the handwriting is identical. Professor Lockhart has been completely controlled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who does he mean by 'you alone,' Harry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we really going to watch Harry go to his death like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Ron,\" Sherlock looked at Ron, \"you stay here and wait for our reinforcements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reinforcements? We have reinforcements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock smiled, \"If I weren't worried about that fellow jumping the gun and harming Hermione and Lockhart, I would have charged in with Hogwarts' full force by now. Who would have the patience to play lone hero after finding the Chamber?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But but he said to let Harry go alone. If you go too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ron, I'm very confident in my stealth abilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron was finally convinced. Ron didn't care about Lockhart's safety, but Hermione was their good friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock had made it very clear, he and Harry were going to buy time and wait for backup, so the danger wasn't great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have Sherlock's stealth abilities, and going along would only be a hindrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After convincing Ron, Sherlock and Harry continued forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tunnel turned bend after bend, and Ron's sounds soon became inaudible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sherlock, if there's any movement, shouldn't we immediately close our eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not necessary,\" Sherlock shook his head. \"Up to now, we still don't know what dark magical object Voldemort left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from current appearances, he has completely controlled Lockhart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The writing in the corridor and the writing just now were both left by him—this also indicates one thing. he desperately wants to meet you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before that happens, he won't hurt you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry nodded, and the two turned bend after bend, finally discovering a solid wall ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On that wall were carved two intertwined snakes, their eyes set with large, glittering green gems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Harry felt he didn't need to imagine these two stone snakes as real ones, because their eyes looked exactly like living ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment,\" Sherlock stopped Harry from speaking. \"Put on the Invisibility Cloak first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me? But didn't he tell me to go alone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why should we listen to him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already said, if not for Hermione and Lockhart's safety, we wouldn't compromise with him at all. He said to go alone, so let me go alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Voldemort himself didn't detect you wearing the Invisibility Cloak. I don't think a Lockhart controlled by a dark magical object could manage that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Harry, I think I'm better than you at dealing with men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Harry, like Ron earlier, was unsurprisingly convinced by Sherlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put on the Invisibility Cloak again and spoke to the wall in low, hoarse Parseltongue. \"Open.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two snakes separated, the stone wall split down the middle, slowly sliding to either side and disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock smiled slightly and strode inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry, wearing the Invisibility Cloak, followed closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind this wall was a long room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock now stood on one side of the room, his gaze sweeping across the entire space, discovering many towering stone pillars carved with coiled, intertwining serpents supporting a ceiling that dissolved into darkness high above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In terms of architectural style alone, it's passable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock made this comment, then walked toward the other end of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the position parallel to the last pair of stone pillars, a statue as tall as the room itself suddenly appeared before him, pressed against the dark wall behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock looked up and saw clearly that enormous face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An aged, monkey-like face, a sparse long beard that almost dragged to the hem of the stone-carved wizard's robes, two great gray feet standing on the room's smooth floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The statue of Salazar Slytherin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock glanced at it once and looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fell between the enormous feet of Salazar Slytherin's statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There lay a figure in black robes, face down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the fluffy brown hair and familiar body structure allowed Sherlock to recognize her immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione Granger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock didn't rush forward but drew his wand and aimed it in Hermione's direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aguamenti!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When visiting Knockturn Alley last year, Sherlock had carried a water bottle while searching for the room where Baskerville was imprisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he had already thought about learning the water-making charm so he wouldn't need to carry a water bottle when it became useful later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with time having passed, it indeed came in handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherlock's reason for doing this was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bravery doesn't equal recklessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had just told Harry that Tom Riddle wouldn't hurt them upon meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he actually did so, Sherlock himself, who appeared openly in the Chamber, would bear the brunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spell worked, and conjured water splashed directly onto Hermione's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, who had been unconscious, was awakened by the water and sat up in confusion, turning her head to look around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, she spotted the person holding a wand aimed at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sherlock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione jumped up excitedly and immediately ran toward Sherlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was almost in front of Sherlock, she pounced like a cat, diving tightly into Sherlock's embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew you would definitely come to rescue me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can read more than 40 chapters on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FMikeyMuse\u003C\u002Fp>",1598,"2026-06-10T06:27:24.273Z",1,"novelbin.me","d87b0b5b4ec54041fe689d21c690936b341f32b6e7ff725de405116e10ca0d53","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-247","hp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-chapter-245",637,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhp-i-am-sherlock-holmes-cover.jpg"]