[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut":3,"chapter-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-chapter-32":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simultaneously Transmigrated: Starting from Naruto, Invincible Across All Realms",{"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},2321356,4541,"Chapter 32: The Sorting Hat Cannot Decide Your Future","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-chapter-32",32,"\u003Cp>A sudden scream startled everyone in the Great Hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall shuddered and instinctively stepped back; the other professors wore expressions of horror and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore stood up in shock simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, stared fixedly at Chu Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In nearly a thousand years of Hogwarts history, such a scene had never occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth had happened to the Sorting Hat? Why did it let out such a horrific scream?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sorting Hat wasn’t so impressive after all. Chu Yang, no longer nervous, calmly removed the hat, gripped the mouth formed by its wrinkles, and silenced its shrieking instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, he glared at it with a threatening gaze, forcing the sentient hat to learn silence in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking out of turn gets Itachi killed… oh wait, it gets Itachi hat-killed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m putting Itachi back on your head now. Behave yourself, understood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sorting Hat nodded frantically. Chu Yang smiled in satisfaction and placed it back on his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem, recent sleep troubles—just a moment of unbecoming behavior…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, very good. I see the potential within Itachi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sorting Hat spoke nonsense, trembling slightly, “Itachi possess the courage to gamble everything, an endless thirst for knowledge, unwavering loyalty to friends, and above all, Itachi know how to preserve yourself and adapt to circumstances—not to mention, Itachi’re willing to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slytherin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though baffled, the Slytherin students still applauded—they still didn’t know Chu Yang was a Muggle-born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the other houses seemed fine… why did it pick Slytherin of all places?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was just hoping to quietly get through school from now on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang clicked his tongue and said, dissatisfied, “Did Itachi make a mistake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sorting Hat jolted and asked, “A mistake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang nodded. “I think Itachi did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sorting Hat stammered, “Then perhaps I did. Let me sort Itachi again…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before it could finish, Professor McGonagall snatched it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall looked at Chu Yang with a complex expression. “The Sorting Hat cannot determine your future. After the feast, Headmaster Dumbledore wishes to speak with Itachi personally. Itachi may go now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air in the hall seemed to freeze. Students gaped; even senior students about to graduate had never witnessed such a spectacle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does it mean, “The Sorting Hat cannot determine your future”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the professors whispered among themselves behind their tables, discussing Chu Yang in stunned disbelief—they had never seen anything so absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang scratched his head. “So where do I sit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall rubbed her temples. “Sit wherever Itachi like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang thought for a moment, then sat down at the Hufflepuff table, startling the Hufflepuff students—but despite their shock, they warmly welcomed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang chose to sit there mainly to repay Professor Sprout’s kindness. Though he didn’t yet know where he’d ultimately be placed, he felt he owed her some gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the brief commotion, the Sorting Ceremony resumed. After Chu Yang, the other new students’ sorting proceeded normally—the Sorting Hat showed no further signs of being half-asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang ate the meal uncomfortably; the intense gazes from all sides made him feel like he was under a spotlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether teacher or student, their curiosity about Chu Yang subtly surpassed even Harry Potter’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the ghosts’ entrance drew most of the attention away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ghosts poured in from every corner of the castle—walls, statues, tables—especially those emerging from the food. Chu Yang found even the sight physically nauseating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new students, never having seen such a sight, descended into chaos again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more timid girls began screaming one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As part of the opening ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teachers and upperclassmen watched with delight—even Dumbledore was smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghosts! There are real ghosts!” Ron yelled, tugging Harry’s robes. “Fred was right—the school really has ghosts!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry nervously clutched his robes, terrified of the ghosts and equally terrified that Ron would rip his clothes off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, usually the calmest of the trio, turned pale, her fingers tightly twisting her robe as she helplessly glanced at Chu Yang at the next table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Yang gave her a gesture to relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The translucent ghosts contrasted sharply with the warm hues of living people—in Chu Yang’s eyes, this was the boundary between life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghosts in the Harry Potter world resembled more like earthbound spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some chose willingly to become ghosts; according to “Nearly Headless Nick,” one need only pay a certain high price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What that price was, only those who became ghosts knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others became ghosts accidentally after dying unexpectedly at school, unaware and confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Moaning Myrtle—killed by the Basilisk’s petrifying magic, she became an earthbound spirit in the second-floor girls’ bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both are ghosts, yet utterly different—especially the latter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chu Yang’s view, it might have something to do with Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This castle, existing for nearly a thousand years, held countless secrets—it might not be a mere inanimate object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Students’ enrollment records might be a kind of contract signed with the ancient castle, activated under special circumstances, turning deceased students into ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was merely Chu Yang’s speculation—but he optimistically thought, “If I die and become a ghost, the first thing I’ll do is tear down Hogwarts. Itachi think I’ll spend eternity here? Not a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hogwarts’ food received a decent reaction from the new students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Chu Yang, it was just average.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Britain was famously a culinary wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add to that the ghost with the habit of occasionally removing his own head, and Chu Yang’s already meager appetite vanished entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the feast, instead of going straight to their dorms, the new students were led back by Professor McGonagall to the nearby common room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall began checking whether any new students carried wands, to determine if Malfoy’s incident was deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fifteen minutes of inspection, the result surprised her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of the new students carried a wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Malfoy’s incident could almost certainly be ruled out as human interference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This matter must be reported to Headmaster Dumbledore immediately!” Professor McGonagall’s usually stern face showed rare gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-06-20T16:23:12.107Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d7ff7cee352dbab59dbde11cfcfdca6c56bb5e174b7402b5386675a5bdeebe3f","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-chapter-33","simultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-chapter-31",498,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimultaneously-transmigrated-starting-from-narut-cover.jpg"]