Chapter 262 Practice

"Can I touch your medal?"

In the Response Room, a female member of the 'Student Mutual Aid Association' was looking at Mike longingly, her right hand half-stretched as if she wanted to touch the Second Class Merlin Medal on Mike's chest.

Facing such a passionate and beautiful lady, Mike naturally had no reason to refuse. He boldly took off the medal on his chest and threw it to the girl as a sign of your freedom.

The girl obviously didn't expect Mike to behave like this. She caught the medal in a panic and looked at Mike in surprise with her mouth wide open.

At the same time, the members of the mutual aid association who were summoned by Mike after the dinner also gathered around, curiously looking at the Merlin Medal, which is known as the wizard's highest honor.

There were too many people at the dinner party just now, and they were completely embarrassed to get close to Mike.

Mike, on the other hand, sat on the sofa chair and looked at the twelve members of the mutual aid association who had been summoned by him, with a mysterious smile on his lips.

Those people obviously knew the importance, and after passing the medal around, the girl at the beginning respectfully handed it back to Mike.

"Do you know why I called you here?" Mike took the medal and threw it on the coffee table.

These boys and girls looked at me and at you. Finally, the boy named Benjamin stood up, walked to the front of the crowd and replied enthusiastically:

"But on command! Mr. Townley!"

At this moment, the others finally reacted. They followed Benjamin's example and bowed to Mike, shouting in unison:

"But by command!"

Mike nodded with satisfaction. The twelve people in front of him were all the final winners of the Treasure Hunt in the Room of Requirement. They were all talented people with superior IQs. They not only had outstanding talents in magic, but also had special talents in other aspects. .

Just like that Benjamin, he has a very outstanding talent in potions.

And the outstanding talents they showed also made Mike make a decision to increase their training!

The training mentioned here is not just as simple as increasing the supply of resources. What Mike needs are all-round talents who are both moral, intellectual and physical. What these people lack most now is not knowledge, but practical experience.

"I have a task that you need to complete." Mike said, "In the dark side that you can't see, those dark magical creatures have been persecuting our Muggle compatriots, which makes me very sad. So, I It’s up to you to hunt them.”

"Isn't this...not good?"

A short boy with freckles on his face said uneasily in the crowd.

But Mike didn't mean to answer him at all, and continued:

"This mission lasts for the entire summer vacation. During this period, the person who hunts the most dark magical creatures will receive a bonus of 10,000 gold galleons and 1 million pounds, and will also have the opportunity to obtain more Knowledge. In other words, it’s a game!”

As soon as this statement came out, Benjamin and others immediately caused a sensation. Ten thousand gold galleons and one million pounds, such a large amount of money, made everyone's heart beat faster.

Among these twelve people, there are also those with rich families. One million pounds is actually nothing to them, but ten thousand gold galleons is different!

Due to Gringotts' exchange decree, the large amount of money they had in the Muggle world could not be turned into gold galleons, and these ten thousand gold galleons were enough to make their blood boil.

What's more, in addition, the first place also has the opportunity to gain more knowledge!

This is so crucial!

The Snape notes and some of Black's secrets that Mike had given them previously had benefited them a lot. Several of the people here even got several more A's in this year's Wizarding Level Examination. If they could still Go further and gain more and better knowledge...

"Mr. Townley, do you have any other requirements regarding the hunting target?"

A black guy with a short haircut asked with difficulty, breathing heavily. You could tell just from the sweat flowing down from him, how excited he was at the moment.

"There are no requirements except that you cannot kill the opponents who are also participating in the competition. Werewolves, vampires, Acromantulas, giants, trolls, and even dementors, as long as you have the ability to kill them and take their If the corpses come to see me, then I will give you points based on their strength!"

After receiving Mike's answer, the black boy silently shouted yes, and then retreated behind the crowd.

And obviously not all of these twelve people had almost lost their minds like him. The blond girl who wanted to touch the Mike medal at the beginning asked hesitantly:

"But, we can't release magic outside of school..."

Before she finished speaking, the black boy and several other teenagers burst into laughter. One of the teenagers wiped away his tears from laughter and mocked the girl:

"Kelly, are you stupid for reading? Everyone knows that this prohibition is specifically used to restrain us Muggle-born wizards. Don't tell me that you haven't found a way to avoid it after so many years at Hogwarts. The silk method!”

The young man's words won the approval of several other people. They had long been very dissatisfied with Zongsi and the ban on magic for minors. Why could those mixed-blood and pure-blood little wizards use magic spells unscrupulously during the holidays, but they Can you just pretend to be an ordinary person who doesn't know magic?

Don't the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic and the professors of Hogwarts know that this will cost them a lot of practice time, and thus lag behind the half-bloods and pure-bloods in terms of spell level and learning progress?

Mike looked at the angry crowd in front of him with a smile, and nodded silently in his heart.

The group of people in front of him had obviously accumulated a lot of resentment against the entire wizarding society in their hearts, and he was very easy to control such boys and girls.

Seeing that the girl who asked the question was speechless and could only huddle in the corner aggrievedly, Mike clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention.

"Okay, stop arguing. I believe Kelly didn't mean it." Mike said, "Then I will announce that this hunting competition has officially begun. The last thing I want to say is that everyone here is Smart people, I believe you all have some experience in how to circumvent the regulations of the Ministry of Magic. But I still want to remind you, don't do anything stupid. If you commit any major crime and are caught by the Ministry of Magic, ,So……"

Mike didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone here already understood what he wanted to say.

Several people who were so excited that they wanted to immediately run to fight the werewolves and vampires also calmed down.

Seeing that they had all listened to what he said, Mike nodded with satisfaction and announced the adjournment of the meeting.

After everyone retreated, Penello and Franklin walked out of the shadows.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Penello asked worriedly, "Some of them might die from this."

Mike glanced at Penello and said nonchalantly:

"You know, for people like us, if you want to get ahead in wizarding society, you have to take some detours. This is for the greater good."

After hearing this, the worry in Penello's eyes became more intense. She felt that Mike's current approach was more like cultivating the band, and this was undoubtedly a dangerous path.

Franklin on the side also saw Mike's intention, but his reaction was different from Penelo.

He felt that everything Mike did made sense.

This is the title of a song, and as a leader, what Mike does is obviously worth following to the death.

…

In the next few days, these boys and girls are working hard to prepare for the battle.

The rewards given by Mike were so tempting that even those with better family conditions and relatively weak-minded people were interested in this competition.

There were many smart people among them. Benjamin cleverly caught the loophole in Mike's words and began to frantically win over other members, trying to gather everyone's strength to let one of them win the game and then divide it equally. Bonuses and knowledge.

Mike turned a blind eye to this. He had actually expected this to happen and hoped to discover more of their talents from this incident.

If Benjamin's plan succeeds, the difficulty of this competition will drop sharply, even to almost zero.

Because they no longer have competitors, that is to say, the twelve of them only need to symbolically kill a monster and then hand it over to the designated first place.

It's a pity that some of these twelve people are obviously more willing to take all the rewards.

For example, the strongest one among the twelve, the boy with blond hair like Mike, Victor.

The rejection of Victor, the strongest person, obviously made the other stronger members have other thoughts. These people all felt that they were strong and hoped to be the final winner, so they did not need to join Benjamin's team at all.

As a result, Benjamin's alliance became a weak alliance.

Only those who are of low strength and think that there is no way to win this game will join Benjamin's alliance so that they can stay together for warmth.

Moreover, Benjamin's teammates also have their own agendas, and everyone wants to monopolize the team's spoils at the last moment so that they can enjoy the fruits of victory alone.

"It's getting more interesting."

Mike sighed, pushed open the door of the auditorium and entered the auditorium where the year-end dinner was being held.

Compared with the previous two years, the students were obviously not very interested in this year's dinner. This was largely because they had consumed too much at the dinner held a few days ago to celebrate Mike and Snape receiving the Order of Merlin Level 2. energy.

But there is no Ravenclaw among these listless people. The reason is simple, because this year's Academy Cup belongs to them.

This is all thanks to the Second Class Order of Merlin that Mike received.

After learning his lesson, Dumbledore obviously did not dare to engage in any more tricks like zero-hour extra points and Jedi counterattack, so in order to commend Mike, the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin's Second Order in history, Dumbledore As early as a few days ago, it was announced at the dinner party that Ravenclaw would be given 300 points!

This exaggerated extra point directly filled up the house point hourglass, which was originally a bit empty compared to Slytherin and Gryffindor, and also changed the main tone of today's dinner to the blue that symbolizes Ravenclaw.

The Gryffindor and Slytherin students were naturally unhappy about this, but they were still very convinced of Mike from the bottom of their hearts. After all, it was the second-level Order of Merlin, and Mike had won it at this age. This kind of achievement is really beyond words for everyone.

The dinner was successfully completed, and Ravenclaw successfully completed their second consecutive championship.

The arrival of summer vacation has greatly alleviated the dissatisfaction of Gryffindor and Slytherin students, and Black has also ushered in his ultimate moment.

Today's Blake is obviously dressed up specially. He wears a dark brown striped suit and a dark shirt with complicated patterns on the inside, which clearly shows his sultry nature.

He recognized Harry from the crowd almost at a glance. There was no way he could help it, Harry looked so much like his friend James.

"Hello...Hello, Harry." Black was so nervous that he stuttered, "I am Sirius Black. Maybe you don't know it yet, but actually...well...actually I am your godfather. Your father James... …Well, James, he’s my best friend.”

Harry raised his head and looked at the tall Black in front of him.

He really wants to say that you don't need to introduce yourself at all. The newspapers were full of your photos and deeds, and he is already familiar with you and can't be more familiar with you.

"I know you. It was you who gave me fire... Firebolts, and two more." Harry was so nervous that he stuttered, "Thanks to you, we won the championship this year."

A smile appeared on Blake's face, but then he seemed to feel that it was a bit rude, so he quickly stopped his smile and said seriously:

"You don't have to say thank you, this is what I should do."

"Um."

Harry's um obviously made everyone chatter to death. Blake remained silent, his mind running wildly looking for new topics, and the atmosphere between the two of them couldn't help but become awkward.

After a long time, until Blake's forehead was covered in sweat, Harry hesitated and asked:

"Um, what do you want? My uncle is still waiting for me outside. He might be angry if I don't go."

"It's nothing! I just want to ask you, you know that I have a house in Grimmauld Place, right? At the same time, I also heard that you are not living well at your uncle's house." Blake saw this and quickly told him The real purpose, but due to too much nervousness, he spoke too fast and seemed a bit incoherent, "So... So I just want to ask you if you are willing to move out from there and live with me. "

This sentence seemed to have exhausted all Blake's energy. He was panting heavily and nervously waiting for Harry's answer, without even thinking of wiping the sweat off his face.

"Are you serious? You asked me to leave my uncle's house?"

Harry's suddenly raised tone obviously disappointed Black. He raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly:

"Huh, it's okay. It's okay if you don't want to..."

However, before he could finish his words, Harry interrupted him excitedly: "This is really great!"

"What did you say?"

"I said this is great!"

"That means you agreed!"

"Of course!"

A delighted smile appeared on Blake's face. He held Harry and spun around in circles. He picked up Harry's huge suitcase and walked out of the station. As for Uncle Vernon, who was still waiting for Harry, these two A person caught in ecstasy may have forgotten it.

At the same time, the twelve members of the mutual aid association who accepted the mission also walked out of the station. They quickly divided into several groups and disappeared into the crowd.

"It seems like they can't wait any longer and don't even plan to go back home." Mike said to himself, "Go and keep an eye on them and don't let them cause too big a deal."

'knew. ’

An emotionless voice rose from Mike's heart, and then a faint black mist emerged from his neck and slowly dissipated into the air.