[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-war-at-hogwarts":3,"chapter-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-66":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wizard War at Hogwarts",{"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},2358039,4612,"Chapter 66: The Mystery of the Chamber","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>“I have an idea,” Pansy began her second round of remarks. “Now that we have clear suspects, all we need to do is watch them. If they notice our surveillance, they’ll be too constrained to continue their attacks; if they don’t notice, and they strike again, we’ll identify the attacker and hand them over to Dumbledore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we’ll be exhausted, and we all have classes—we can’t monitor suspects every moment,” Cui Ge said. “I think the victims of the Chamber’s opening are all students. We should rally everyone to unite and protect their Muggle-born classmates.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t we just find the Chamber itself?” Crabbe said. “If we find it first and kill the monster inside, won’t that solve everything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, the attacker might not be using the monster inside the Chamber at all,” Ginny said. “They might just be using the name of the Chamber. All they need to know is that Hogwarts has a Chamber to begin their attacks—the Chamber’s actual existence doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I think Crabbe has a point,” Malfoy said. “If the monster inside the Chamber is eliminated and everyone knows about it, the attacker pretending to use the Chamber’s name won’t dare continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Most importantly,” Luna added, “we can’t do nothing, but we also don’t want to exhaust ourselves. So investigating the Chamber during our free time is the most sensible option.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of embarrassment crossed Malfoy’s face—Luna had spoken plainly what he truly thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Investigating the Chamber has another advantage,” Malfoy continued unabashedly. “If the one who opened the Chamber is among us, the deeper our investigation and discussions go, the more likely they are to slip up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think we can already rule out that the Chamber’s opener is among us,” Goyle said. “Eve already admitted she’s Muggle-born, yet she hasn’t been attacked so far.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one who opened the Chamber might have thought of that too,” Eve sighed. “Now everyone assumes I’m half-blood or pure-blood like Harry. If I’m attacked, it’ll prove the opener is among us—only those in the Self-Inspection Group know my true bloodline.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think your plan has failed,” Malfoy said with a hint of relief. “Pretending to be Muggle-born won’t trick the attacker, and your manners clearly reveal you’re from a pure-blood noble family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eve smiled awkwardly and said nothing in reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, regarding the mystery of the Chamber,” Malfoy continued, “we have four directions to investigate. First: what is the monster inside the Chamber? If we’re to confront it, we must understand its nature and weaknesses—and also consider whether there’s one monster or many.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the information Tom had shown in his notebook, Harry realized. Malfoy’s move was brilliant—if anyone investigated spiders, even if the Chamber’s monster wasn’t a spider, it would still prove they’d asked Tom about the Chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next, we must find the Chamber’s entrance,” Malfoy continued, reciting the information Tom had provided. “If we can pinpoint the entrance and how to open it, we hold the initiative. Even if we can’t open it ourselves, we can monitor its movements and keep anyone away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, we can investigate who the descendants of Slytherin are,” Malfoy paused, as if choosing his words carefully. “Since the Chamber was left by Slytherin, only his descendants might know how to open it. The Slytherin surname is extinct, so anyone could be a maternal descendant—that’s something worth paying attention to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still didn’t mention the key detail of the House. Harry nodded. Though it was easy to understand that Slytherin’s descendants might have gone to other Houses, few would think of it—this would help him connect other clues to narrow down suspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lastly, I wonder—Hogwarts has stood for many years. Over this long span, could the Chamber have been opened before?” Malfoy didn’t lie on this final point. “If there are records of past openings, we could find many useful clues from past events.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all I have to say. Do you have anything to add?” Malfoy concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think at least we should watch Zhang Qiu,” Pansy said. “We just need to find her third-year schedule and follow her after class.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we can watch Snape too,” Cui Ge said eagerly. “We just need his class schedule and then monitor his office after lessons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think that’s hard,” Ginny said, frowning. “Ron told me Zhang Qiu has a charm that makes her invisible—we can’t track her. And Snape, as a professor, might have his own invisibility methods.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Invisibility proves she’s hiding something,” Pansy countered. “If we can’t find her, it means she’s plotting something bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s focus our energy on investigating the Chamber,” Malfoy halted the plan—perhaps out of consideration for Harry’s feelings. “Zhang Qiu is just one suspect. Directly investigating the Chamber can implicate many people—the priority is clear, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the silent group, Malfoy announced the meeting’s end: “If there’s nothing else to add, we’ll stop here for today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing else. Let’s go investigate the Chamber—who’s ready?” Cui Ge leapt up excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m ready!” Luna high-fived him, and the two skipped off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then we’ll take our leave,” Eve curtsied; Ginny copied her, and they left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, we’re off too—see you tomorrow,” Crabbe said, pulling up Goyle, who was still seated. The two bowed their heads and exited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everyone had gone, Malfoy said apologetically, “Sorry, Harry—I didn’t consider Zhang Qiu before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. I’ll take the task of watching Zhang Qiu,” Harry said, removing the Invisibility Cloak with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you they were dating,” Pansy lightly punched Malfoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, we’re not,” Harry corrected. “Though Zhang Qiu is beautiful and kind, and we share the same ideals, dating at second year is too early—we’re just good friends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I’m just good friends with Pansy too,” Malfoy said, slinging an arm around her shoulder. “The meaning of dating is something we’re too young to fully understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, about Professor Fontroy,” Harry thought a moment, then asked, “What do you think of him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An American—rude and full of himself,” Malfoy said bluntly. “He might have some real skill, but at heart he’s still a redneck farm boy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Harry lost all interest in conversation. He’d wanted to gossip with them about Neville, to explore the mystery of love himself—but now he simply bid them a polite farewell and hurried off under his Invisibility Cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way back, he noticed Filch wandering the corridors with a lantern, his face grim, muttering, “I’ll catch you—I’ll catch you.” Harry suddenly understood why they’d all agreed to list Filch as a suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Filch truly opened the Chamber and was caught, the school would be rid of two terrifying mysteries at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the dormitory, Harry had planned to discuss today’s clues with Neville. Throughout the Self-Inspection Meeting, Malfoy had seemed effortlessly in control—the rhythm of the conversation entirely his. If Malfoy were truly the attacker’s accomplice, he was leading all the righteous children down the wrong path—and that was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Neville sadly said he was still waiting for the Polyjuice Potion to brew—it would take at least twenty days. Until then, he and Ron seemed far more interested in Avalon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know what?” Ron told Harry the latest news. “Fred and George found a small boat and rowed around the Black Lake. They found no clues—we suspect what’s Jianglin  on the Black Lake isn’t Avalon itself, but its entrance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An entrance—but how do you enter?” Harry said helplessly. He knew too little about Avalon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If none of the known information includes how to enter Avalon,” Ron said eagerly, “then we must look at the unknown. I want to check the Restricted Section of the library!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t recommend that,” Harry said. Last term, he’d wandered the Restricted Section for a long time—many books there looked dangerously forbidden, and he’d dared not open them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Morgan le Fay took King Arthur’s body into Avalon,” Ron repeated from the book. “But Morgan was Arthur’s enemy in life—this proves Avalon isn’t a place the living can easily enter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Donald told me Avalon now waits for the heir of the Knights of the Round Table,” Ron said, offering unusually detailed analysis that surprised Harry. “Hepburn says the Round Table’s meaning is to guard Britain. Avalon waits for the knight who can restore Arthur’s power—inside must lie the legendary sword he gave to the Lady of the Lake before his death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now we need that power to save Britain,” Ron concluded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry felt Ron had been blinded by a sword of uncertain truth. 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