Chapter 416: United Against Outsiders

"What do you think is going on with him?" After finally managing to brush Alan off, Luo En immediately asked Harry with worry.

"What do you expect is going on with him?" Harry was in no mood to think about those twists and turns, so he said bluntly, "No matter who sent him or what his purpose is, the situation is very clear: you must defeat him—since your goal is to be the strongest, you must be single-minded and not always look back."

"It's nothing," Luo En said guiltily. "I just feel, could he be one of our own..."

"Even if he is one of our own, you still fight him; it's just sparring anyway," Harry said indifferently.

Although Harry had already given a very clear conclusion, Luo En was still fidgety and dragged it out for nearly a week before finally making up his mind, saying he was ready. During this week, Harry was responsible for finding excuses to brush off Alan, who came to challenge him, which made him somewhat dissatisfied. After eating breakfast on Saturday, these two good friends who used to talk about everything finally walked toward the Room of Requirement, each carrying melancholy and burdened with worries.

When they were on the seventh floor, they were stopped by four people wearing green robes. Harry saw Draco's face and only felt more irritable in his heart.

"Oh, hello, Draco, Pan Xi," despite the irritability in his heart, he still greeted them politely on the surface. "Oh, Cui Ge, and... Lu Na?"

"Lu Na?" Luo En looked in surprise at the girl smiling at the end of the line. "But why are you wearing a Slytherin uniform?"

"Of course, to express support," she said lightly. "By the way, to draw a line with OOO."

"What do you mean?" Harry suddenly had a strange feeling: he actually felt that Slytherin's green was a bit intimate.

"This American came and challenged Draco as soon as he arrived, and defeated him with some despicable little tricks," Lu Na continued. "In any case, Hogwarts cannot allow an exchange student to run wild, and Cui Ge is the one who understands him best and is most likely to defeat him."

"So, I'll deal with him," Cui Ge said eagerly. "Disrupt his plan and thwart his schemes."

Luo En's expression changed from shock to feigned calmness, but the emotion he wanted to cover with calmness was not anger or doubt... but a sense of relief and secret joy.

"Yes, Mr. Wei Silai, I hope you can understand that this is a despicable trap," Pan Xi gave him a step down with high emotional intelligence. "From the perspective of the overall situation of Hogwarts, I hope you can allow Cui Ge to fight Alan on your behalf today."

"Alright, I accept," Luo En shrugged.

"Let's go together," Lu Na suggested.

"Old Tang told me everything," Cui Ge leaned over to them and whispered, "This is the Magical Congress wanting to compete for the right to speak, and we must never let him succeed."

Luo En echoed with a happy face, while Harry said nothing. He knew that Tang Tang Nade was very likely to have deceived even Cui Ge.

When they walked to the eighth floor, Alan, who had been leaning against the railing, straightened up. He looked at them with a serious expression, then suddenly smiled lightly, and then raised his eyebrows.

"Are you all here to watch the fun?" he said. "Of course, I don't mind."

"I'll deal with you, American," Cui Ge walked to the front of the crowd. "I will crack your little tricks, and then you will know that Hogwarts does not allow you to be so arrogant."

"Doesn't matter, open the door first," Alan pointed a hand at the wall.

After the Room of Requirement opened, Alan walked in first, and then the few people from Hogwarts filed in. They all said nothing, and Cui Ge looked especially serious.

Harry stood quietly behind the crowd. Draco seemed to notice this; he deliberately walked a bit slower but didn't speak first. Harry didn't talk to him, and Luo En was also silent. They walked toward the side, leaving the space in the middle for the two people about to start the duel.

"Have you ever thought that your belt comes from Mr. Tang Tang Nade?" Alan said while buckling his belt. "I accept challenges for any reason, but only you, Cui Ge, your statement about excluding Americans is a bit humorous."

"What do you want to say?" Cui Ge also buckled an identical belt. "Even if it's Uncle, he has always disdained the Magical Congress."

"No wonder you have this inexplicable hostility," Alan shrugged and took out a bottle to start shaking. "You will know later."

Harry's heart jumped. He guessed right; Tang Tang Nade and the Magical Congress were cooperating.

"And, isn't the same source of enemy and self the true nature of a Masked Rider?" Cui Ge took his energy bottle from Lu Na. "Even if it is the same power, it will present different appearances because of different hearts—since I fight for protection, I will never lose! Henshin!"

Pure English chanting. Harry clearly heard the name of the energy bottle Cui Ge used for transformation: Luna and Trigger, which happened to be his and Lu Na's surnames. But he was a bit dazed at this moment, because what Cui Ge said just now showed that he had other understandings of the Knight system. Did this mean he had other sources of information? Harry was very concerned about this point at this moment, because he was always thinking about Zhang Qiu.

"Pay attention, this is his despicable little trick," Draco's voice pulled Harry out of his deep thoughts. He looked up abruptly and found that Cui Ge was constantly firing yellow light bullets with a submachine gun, making Alan unable to lift his head.

"Rhinoceroses! Medal! Buildup, SaGohZo!"

After a flash of light, the original red and yellow OOO turned gray, and several heavy armors appeared on his body. The light bullets seemed to have no effect on him.

"It's a heavy armor warrior, use this!" Lu Na's crisp voice sounded abruptly, and then Harry noticed she threw a small thing to Cui Ge.

Cui Ge also quickly switched forms. The left half of his body turned gray, and the submachine gun in his hand turned into a metal long stick. He casually performed a stick flower, then rushed forward and launched a melee suppression.

"Each of them has several different transformation methods?" Harry touched his chin and looked at Draco. "And they can correspond to different fighting styles?"

"Yes, I could have easily suppressed OOO until he turned into that yellow form," Draco said with a solemn face. "It was like an agile assassin; I lost to such a little trick."

"Saber is probably not convenient to deal with assassins either," Luo En's face looked even worse. "But Cui Ge seems to be at ease. Does he also have a speed-type Knight?"

"He calls this different forms. By the way, you might not know yet, he calls himself Double."

During the conversation, Cui Ge changed forms again. This time he changed Luna to Heat, and the stick technique that was originally both hard and soft was changed to extreme hardness and fierceness. The end of the long stick ignited with flames, and OOO was even more exhausted in parrying.

"Orca! Medal! Buildup, ShaUTa!"

OOO turned into a blue color scheme again, then grabbed the long stick with both hands, used a little force, and suddenly created a stream of water out of thin air, extinguishing the flames on the stick and bursting out a cloud of white mist.

"You changed wrong, idiot," Cui Ge laughed playfully, and his other hand began to shake the belt handle frantically. "Metal! MaximumDrive!"

He maintained the posture of the iron rod being grabbed, his body leaned forward slightly, and although his hands and feet didn't move, he unexpectedly burst out an extremely unscientific thrust, directly floating both of them forward, and getting faster and faster.

"Obstacles everywhere!" Lu Na waved her wand at the right time, and a dirt wall suddenly rose behind OOO. With the Knight's body strength, it naturally easily smashed this simple transformation spell. Then, she kept waving her wand, and OOO was pushed to smash through several walls, and finally exhausted Double's thrust before stopping, but at this time, the winner seemed to have been decided.

"Why... why." After canceling the transformation, Alan knelt on the ground in a daze, panting, seeming unable to accept this result.

"Don't forget, I know Chinese," Cui Ge also canceled the transformation. "You can deal with Heat by using Orca, but you didn't think about how to deal with my Metal? I am playing with open cards."

"Did you see any clues?" Luo En leaned over and asked.

"Their compatibility with the energy bottles isn't very good, right?" Harry shook his head. "Indeed, this can make tactics more flexible, but the basic strength and speed are clearly not as good as Saber."

"But I can't handle his agile form," Luo En said with some anxiety. "Even if I knew in advance, I wouldn't know how to deal with it."

"Perhaps we can use that train of thought," Harry touched his chin. "Lu Na demonstrated a very important point to us, that is, the wizard's assistance is of great help to the Knight."

"What spell are you planning to use to restrict agile enemies?" Pan Xi leaned over and asked.

"We'll discuss this topic later. Currently, I just have a slight idea," Harry said calmly. He didn't want to be heard by Alan in advance.

"Sparring is about winning and losing. I'll come to exchange again next time," Alan stood up, patted his robe lightly, and his expression was very calm.

"Of course, I welcome your challenge on behalf of Hogwarts," Cui Ge smiled crookedly.

After the outsiders left, Harry's eyes looked unnaturally at Cui Ge's belt. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to ask.

"Why is your belt chanted in English? Does this mean it... is somewhat special?"

"Of course, this was custom-made by Old Tang from a Celestial Empire master," Cui Ge's tone was filled with undisguised pride. "Master Xuanjun values me very much and even gave, uh, gave another good thing. I'll show you next time."

"That means, have you met Master Xuanjun?" Harry suddenly felt that he might accidentally hear news about Zhang Qiu from Cui Ge.

"Not really, Old Tang brought it to me," he shrugged. "I didn't leave the island during the holiday."

"Then what did you say just now, same source of enemy and self..."

"Old Tang said it, and I think it makes sense, to be honest," Cui Ge answered very generously. "Just like wizards can use positive magic, they can also use Dark Magic—"

"Say less philosophical words," Lu Na interrupted him. "I think we can discuss the matter of wizard assistants." ===== CHAPTER 417 =====