Chapter 85 The Only Way

The dinner party to celebrate the end of Christmas vacation was very lively.

Perhaps because she had "publicly" beaten Lu Yunkai in the lounge, Daphne did not sit next to Lu Yunkai at this dinner party, but sat opposite Lu Yunkai.

Originally, she just wanted to avoid suspicion (Malfoy and Blaise, who were sitting on both sides of Lu Yunkai, felt that this was completely self-deception), but she didn't expect things to become even stranger: she could only look at Lu Yunkai sitting opposite her while eating.

In addition to being embarrassed, she could only keep talking and chatting with Millicent next to her. And in order to avoid showing her embarrassment that almost everyone could see, she also spoke very loudly...

It can be said that she perfectly integrated into this lively party.

On the other side, Lu Yunkai didn't care about Daphne's performance, which was even worse than her sister's. His attention fell on the Gryffindor table not far away.

He noticed that the little red-haired girl was not on the table of Gryffindor College.

Ginny didn't come to the party.

As soon as the party ended, Lu Yunkai immediately found Luna.

Luna told Lu Yunkai in a confused manner that she had just told Ginny about Lu Yunkai's search for her before the dinner, and Ginny screamed and ran away. She didn't know where Ginny went.

At that time, Ginny was still with her brothers.

Lu Yunkai finally understood why Ron looked at him as if he were an enemy when he was looking for Ginny at the Gryffindor table just now...

So, Lu Yunkai's "Basilisk Elimination Plan" was moving in a more and more deviated direction before it officially started.

And maybe she was really scared by Lu Yunkai. On the first day after school resumed, Ginny didn't go to class on the pretext of being sick, so Lu Yunkai, who wanted to block the door of the classroom after class to talk to Ginny, once again missed it.

Then, what greeted Lu Yunkai was Ron's anger.

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Ron, who always kept silent in the crowd, actually jumped out and challenged Lu Yunkai to the duel stage for the first time...

Lu Yunkai was unlikely to accept such a duel invitation in public, because according to Malfoy, who was always looking for fun, refusing the other party's duel invitation was very "reckless and impolite, and very un-Slytherin".

But Lu Yunkai was also very aggrieved! Although he felt that it was Ginny who asked Voldemort for help to prevent Chris from monitoring her, Lu Yunkai did not have much resentment towards Ginny.

Compared with anger, he actually sympathized with Ginny more.

So he did not intend to reveal the notebook in Ginny's hand, and he could not explain his suspicion.

With the helplessness of "it's hard to be a good person", Lu Yunkai could only stand on the duel stage with Ron.

And probably thinking of beating Lu Yunkai up, Ron rejected Lockhart's proposal to duel together, and chose to take turns.

In a duel of taking turns to attack, the defender casts a defensive spell before the attacker releases an attack spell. In the final analysis, it is actually a competition of magic skills. The only difference is that although the defensive spell can offset the stun effect of the Stunning Spell and the petrifying effect of the Petrifying Spell, it cannot block the pain.

If there is any problem, according to the "gentlemanly logic" of the duel, the one who proposed the duel and chose the method is the one who attacked later...

No one, including Harry and Hermione, thought that Ron could withstand Lu Yunkai's magic attack.

However, Ron, who wanted to vent his anger for his sister, exceeded almost everyone's expectations.

The armor spell he cast really worked. Although he flew back six or seven meters after being hit by Lu Yunkai's disarming spell, and lay on the ground for a long time before barely getting up, he always held the wand in his hand tightly.

But just when he wanted to teach Lu Yunkai a lesson with a smile like "great revenge" on his face and wanted to use the Petrifying Spell to teach Lu Yunkai a lesson, an accident happened.

Ron's spell did not fly out towards Lu Yunkai, but flew out from his wand and hit himself who was holding the wand and gritting his teeth. Then he fell straight down with that weird expression on his face...

This sudden duel ended so hastily.

Hermione said with a little luck afterwards, "This is definitely the best result."

Although Ron made a big joke, it did not mean that Ginny's other brothers would let it go.

"Lu Yunkai, I warn you, stay with your girlfriend! If you pester our sister again, we will definitely give you a good show!!"

At breakfast time the next day at the entrance of the auditorium, George and Fred stopped Lu Yunkai, who was a little dazed because he didn't sleep well the night before because he was worried about how to avoid making a mess of things, and warned him very seriously and threateningly.

Lu Yunkai really wanted to have a good talk with these two devils about "I'm not, I didn't", but the situation did not seem so easy.

As for Ginny's other brother, Lu Yunkai didn't even know that Ron had such an older brother (according to Malfoy, who knew something about the Weasley family, this was only Ron's third brother). Percy Weasley, who was studying in Gryffindor, also appeared in front of Lu Yunkai and told him that it would be better for him to make more friends in Slytherin, otherwise he would have to use his authority as a Gryffindor prefect to teach Lu Yunkai a lesson.

After being taught a lesson by the Weasleys' "strength in numbers", Lu Yunkai could only find Luna before things got out of hand, and asked Luna to tell Ginny that what he wanted to tell her was "everything that can think for itself is a product of dark magic, if you don't believe it, you can ask her brothers."

This certainly didn't mean that Lu Yunkai was going to give up revenge for Chris and help it take back the soul, but that he was going to change his strategy.

Not knowing whether Ginny was really afraid, or just dodging, so that her brothers could stand in front of Lu Yunkai to block the pressure for her, Lu Yunkai had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​asking Ginny to cooperate.

He decided to fight with the notebook again.

Of course, Lu Yunkai knew very well that if he played tricks with someone like Voldemort, his chances of winning might be lower than that of Slytherin, who let Malfoy be the seeker, winning the Quidditch Cup, but he felt that he still had a little advantage: Voldemort now had to rely on Ginny's hand no matter what he did.

Since Lu Yunkai started to "bully" Ginny, the girl has received "meticulous" care from her four brothers at school.

Especially Percy, who was previously obsessed with joining the Ministry of Magic and hardly interacted with his brothers and sisters, and is now the head of Gryffindor.

This makes it more difficult for Voldemort to make trouble again.

Even if Ron and the twin brothers can accept the notebook and regard it as a "fun magic item", Percy, who is determined to graduate from Hogwarts, work in the Ministry of Magic, and become the Minister of Magic in the future, will never think so.

Well, this information about Percy was told to Lu Yunkai by Senior Sister Farley when she saw Lu Yunkai being threatened by Percy and jumped out to support him.

"He still wants to be the Minister of Magic with that look? It's so funny."

Well, this is what Senior Sister Farley said.

However, this also provides Lu Yunkai with a solution to the problem: Percy, who is more like Slytherin than Gryffindor and more like Malfoy than Weasley, is Lu Yunkai's weapon against Voldemort.

He is the eldest among the brothers and sisters of your Weasley family who are still in school. If you encounter a problem, why don't you ask him? Percy, who has always been obsessed with the Ministry of Magic, definitely knows the Ministry's definition of dark magic items, and naturally will never allow Ginny to keep such a thing.

Lu Yunkai understands this truth, and Voldemort cannot fail to understand it.

According to Lu Yunkai's understanding of the degree to which Ginny is now controlled by Voldemort, after hearing Luna's retelling, Ginny will definitely ask the notebook this question: Are you a dark magic item?

And Voldemort will realize at this time that if he continues to drag it out, either Lu Yunkai will break the jar and report it directly to Dumbledore, or Ginny will take it to Percy and then be sent directly to the Ministry of Magic, becoming a stepping stone for Percy...

He must choose between the two options that Lu Yunkai has prepared for him.

Either start his resurrection plan directly, or fire Lu Yun, who is a threat to this matter, and may be the only threat.

According to the conclusion drawn by Lu Yunkai from observing Quirrell and the notebook last year, although Voldemort is a very patient person, once things are fully prepared, he will definitely not be a person who likes to hesitate and drag his feet.

He has not officially started the resurrection process until now, it must be because some link is not ready yet.

Therefore, he will definitely choose to eliminate Lu Yunkai's hidden danger, and at the same time speed up the resurrection preparation.

This actually played the role of Lu Yunkai's desire to "collude" with Ginny to release the monster that has been basically confirmed to be a basilisk.

It's just that Lu Yunkai doesn't like it very much, and it's very un-Slytherin. "Use yourself as bait" is achieved.

But this is the only way he can think of now.

Looking at Luna's back, who was a little confused by his words, but still promised Lu Yunkai that she would definitely pass on the message, and in exchange hoped that Lu Yunkai could take her to see what the soul-eating lynx without souls looks like, he felt a little heavy.

From today on, Hogwarts is an extremely dangerous place for him.

Although Chris told him that Ginny was going to enter the Chamber of Secrets from a female bathroom, Lu Yunkai didn't know how the monster, which was most likely a basilisk, appeared at the scene of the three previous attacks.

He could only remind himself to be careful when walking and never look anywhere casually.

According to the book, looking into the eyes of a basilisk would kill you! He is not like Chris who has a soul!

Alas, the Gryffindor way of doing things is really not suitable for him!

Shaking his head gently, Lu Yunkai glanced at Ron, who should be monitoring this side from a distance, and Hermione and Harry who were accompanying him, and turned back to the dormitory.

Is the dormitory safe? I don't know.

But now he needs to find a way to get two roosters into the school...