r18novel Chapter 144 We can't let that guy succeed.
Chapter 144 We can't let that guy succeed.
Let's go back a little bit.
Just as Harry and Ron left the Great Hall to find Adam, Draco Malfoy, who was standing in the Slytherin group, saw them disappear at the entrance of the Great Hall, and clearly not in the direction of the Gryffindor Tower.
Where are they going?
Malfoy was instinctively alert.
At a time like this, why is Harry going to go off on his own with the Weasleys' penniless friends?
Are they going to fight a giant?!
Yes, that's right!
They definitely want to defeat the troll on their own and then show off in front of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts!
After a moment's thought, Malfoy came to this conclusion.
He could even picture Harry Potter's smug face in his mind.
Letting Harry Potter steal the spotlight is worse than killing him!
No, I can't let that guy get away with it!
"Block my way!"
Malfoy grabbed Goyle and Crabbe, one in each hand, and made them block the view of the two Slytherin prefects.
Seizing the opportunity, he crouched down, quickly broke away from the Slytherin group, slipped to the door, and disappeared. He then jogged after Harry Potter and Ron Weasley in the direction they had gone.
He hadn't gone far when he saw the two boys again.
They acted furtively, as if afraid of being discovered.
Moreover, Malfoy seemed to have caught a glimpse of someone walking upstairs just ahead of them.
He thought to himself, "Probably some teacher is looking for the troll."
But wasn't the troll discovered by Professor Quirrell in the basement? Why did that person go upstairs?
Just as he was racking his brains trying to figure it out, Harry and Ron had already quickened their pace and were walking forward. Malfoy stopped thinking about it and followed closely behind.
Regardless of what others do, he is determined not to let these two guys have their way today.
He had already decided that if they really encountered that troll, he would hide first and let Harry and Ron, those two unlucky guys, deal with the troll. When they were about to defeat it, he would jump out and take down the troll in one fell swoop!
That's a really good strategy!
……
"What do you think Snape went upstairs for?" Harry asked Ron quietly as they walked.
The two sneaked out to tell Adam to return to the dormitory, but they soon encountered Snape hurrying along the corridor. They followed him for a while and found him going up the stairs to the upper floor.
"Maybe he went to protect his potions..." Ron casually offered a guess.
Snape's Potions class and office were on the fourth floor, and Ron's guess that he usually kept his precious potions in a small room on the fourth floor was somewhat plausible.
“The troll isn’t upstairs,” Harry muttered.
“Let’s leave him alone. Once we find Adam, we should head back quickly, or Percy will scold me again,” Ron said with some concern, not wanting to get involved in Snape’s affairs.
Percy is his third brother and the current Gryffindor prefect. He is rigid and strict, and if he is caught acting on his own, he will definitely be scolded.
Ron could even foresee that Percy would most likely tell his mother, who lived in the village of Autry-Saint-Catchbol, about the mistake he had made, and that he would unsurprisingly receive a screaming letter that could shatter eardrums.
Thinking about all this, he began to regret his impulsive decision to follow Harry out to find Adam.
“Maybe Adam will go back on his own. Do we really need to go looking for him?” Ron said somewhat guiltily.
"Probably not. You know Adam, when he sleeps, he really needs to sleep for a long time before waking up. Let's find him instead," Harry said, explaining his reasoning.
Ron thought about it and agreed. He nodded, but added, "We'll only search on the first floor. If we can't find him, we'll go back and notify Qin or Percy."
Ron's reminder made Harry realize that informing Qin in advance was the best option, as Qin was far more reliable than the two of them combined.
I can only blame myself for being too hasty and not thinking things through enough, assuming that the two of them would be enough.
A giant monster, a creature that appears in many legends, must be very dangerous and terrifying.
Now that we've calmed down and thought about it carefully, if they really encountered a giant monster, they'd probably only be able to take a beating.
Harry hoped that he and Ron would be lucky and avoid running into that guy.
After losing track of Snape, the two continued walking down the first-floor corridor, growing increasingly uneasy with each step.
Just as they turned a corner, they heard heavy footsteps and the sound of heavy objects scraping the ground.
The two looked ahead at the same time and couldn't help but gasp.
Not far away, there was a tall figure, more than ten feet tall, about the height of two adults combined.
It has exaggeratedly thick limbs and torso, but a very small head.
Its large, flat feet pounded the ground with each step, making a dull thud. At the same time, it held a thick wooden stick in its hand, which dragged on the ground, scraping against the floor with a grating sound.
There is no doubt that this huge creature is the legendary giant!
Harry and Ron exchanged a glance, both understanding what the other was thinking:
"We're so unlucky!"
Fortunately, the troll had its back to them and wasn't very alert, so it didn't notice the two little guys behind it.
“Let’s go…” Ron said in an extremely soft voice, his mouth agape.
"it is good!"
Harry readily agreed to the idea and nodded.
Now is not the time to play the hero, and besides, they had no intention of playing the hero in the first place; they just wanted to come and find Adam.
Now that we've encountered a giant and Adam can't be found for the time being, let's go back and find someone to help us.
So, the two slowly backed away.
Just as they were about to turn and leave, they saw the giant dragging the wooden stick bend down and turn into a room.
"Wait a minute, Ron!" Harry called out to his companion.
"What's wrong?" Ron stopped and asked, puzzled.
Harry pointed to the room the troll had just entered and whispered, "We can...lock it in there..."
Upon hearing this, Ron blinked a few times, thinking that although the idea was somewhat dangerous, it should be easy for them to do if they just closed the door.
“Okay, let’s go quietly.” Ron agreed to the plan.
So the two of them tiptoed toward that room again.
Once they reached the door, they quickly closed it and locked it.
The whole process went very smoothly.
After doing all that, the two ran away quickly.
After running for a while, they stopped to catch their breath, but their faces still showed undisguised joy.
"Do you think we've done something big?" Ron asked.
“I guess so, we managed to trap it.” Harry was also quite excited about it.
“Okay, we’ll remember that room and bring people over later,” Ron said.
“Let me see… that room is easy to remember, it’s right next to the girls’ washroom on the first floor,” Harry said to Ron, tiptoeing to look in the direction of the room.
“That’s easy to remember, I wonder what that giant was doing there…” Ron muttered.
"Never mind, let's hurry back and tell Qin and Percy to come with the professor to catch the troll." Harry said, and walked away.
Ron followed closely behind.
However, as they walked, they suddenly stopped at the same time.
They looked at each other at the same time, their eyes filled with confusion.
Immediately, the two shouted at the same time:
"Next to the women's restroom!"
"Storage room!"
Merlin's beard, could it be such a coincidence?!
They quickly turned back.
Because they both remembered what Neville Longbottom had said that morning, that Adam often went to the storage room next to the women's restroom on the first floor to take a break, saying it was quieter there.
Therefore, it is very likely that the two of them locked the troll and Adam together!
This will kill him!
It was precisely because Harry and Ron had this in mind that they were in such a hurry.