Chapter 154: Secret Visit on Valentine's Day (Part 2)

Seeing the three Weasley brothers swearing to defend their eldest brother to the death, Mike knew that he would not be able to get anything out of them today.

So he simply stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Okay, okay, then give me the map, I need it."

"What do you want this for? To monitor Percy?" Fred's eyebrows were almost squeezed together, "I advise you to give up, really, isn't it better to be upright?"

"Damn, what are you thinking, I'm investigating the heir!"

"So you suspect Percy is the heir?" Fred was not a fool, and immediately understood the hidden meaning in Mike's words, "That's impossible! Percy is a Gryffindor, how can he be the heir of Slytherin?" "

But your Weasley family is also pure blood, isn't it? It's one of the noblest and most sacred 28 families. And ask yourself, was Percy's original strength really as strong as he is now? Maybe it's because of the inheritance of Slytherin that he suddenly became stronger." Mike sneered, "Okay, Give me the map quickly. Also, keep it a secret for me and don't tell Percy. "

Mike's words made Fred silent. Mike was right. Although the Weasley family had always been a staunch supporter of bloodline egalitarianism, they were indeed purebloods, and their bloodline was much higher than most purebloods.

Moreover, Percy's personality was indeed somewhat inconsistent with Gryffindor. He was greedy for power and money and ambitious. In Fred's opinion, these were the qualities of Slytherin.

But Percy was his brother after all.

Fred struggled for a long time, and finally took out a piece of worn and yellowed parchment from his arms.

Seeing this, Mike reached out and grabbed the parchment and wanted to take it away, but he failed. Fred held it tightly and refused to let go.

Regardless of Fred's gloomy expression, Mike increased his strength, and the parchment gradually stretched under the pull of the two, and it seemed to be torn.

Seeing this, Fred quickly let go of his hand, and Mike stuffed the Marauder's Map that he had finally taken into his arms and said, "Thank you! Also, don't worry too much, I also hope that I guessed wrong."

Then he turned and walked towards the door of the lounge.

"Wait!" Fred suddenly stopped Mike, with a very ugly expression on his face, "The password to open the map is 'I solemnly swear that I have done nothing good'. I hope you didn't lie to me."

Mike's face showed a surprised expression. If Fred hadn't told him, he would have almost forgotten about the password. Although he had read the original book and knew the password of the Marauder's Map a long time ago, Fred's behavior of taking the initiative to tell it to him clearly showed that Fred believed what he had just said.

Mike smiled, gave Fred a thumbs up, and walked out of the Gryffindor lounge without saying a word.

Before he walked far, Mike was stopped by Harry.

"Sorry, Mike, I can't help you with anything?" Harry said with his head down, panting.

Looking at Harry who was feeling guilty, Mike smiled and punched him to comfort him, "It's okay, I've got what I want."

Mike has grown up a little fast recently, so he has become stronger.

Harry couldn't help but take two steps back after being punched by Mike. Although it hurt a little, seeing that Mike didn't blame him at all, Harry finally showed a happy smile on his face.

Perhaps because he had never had a true friend before, Harry cherished every friend very much.

This is why Harry took Mike to find Ron even though he knew that Mike was here to find out about Percy. He didn't think so much at the first time. He just thought that he had to help his friend.

Just as the two were chatting happily, Mike suddenly felt that there was a pair of eyes in the dark corner not far away, watching them.

"Who is it! Come out!"

Almost instinctively, the blackthorn wood wand suddenly appeared in his hand. Mike pointed the wand at the shadow and shouted. Harry, who was talking to Mike, was startled by the sudden scene. He hurriedly took out his wand and pointed it at the shadows like Mike.

"No, it's me."

Ginny Weasley came out of the corner with her hands raised in surrender and said timidly.

Seeing that the person in the corner was Ginny, Harry breathed a sigh of relief and put down his wand. But Mike was not as naive as Harry. He still pointed his wand at her, and the fire spell was ready to go.

Not to mention how suspicious Ginny's behavior of following them was, she had not yet been cleared of the suspicion of being the heir.

"Tell me! Why are you following us?"

"I, I just want to help you." Ginny saw that Mike not only did not put down his wand, but the tip of his wand glowed red. Her body suddenly trembled violently, and even her voice trembled, "Don't you want to know about Percy?"

Mike finally put down his wand after hearing that. He turned his head and looked around. Seeing that there was no one else there, he asked, "I'm sorry, Ginny. I was a little too nervous. Do you know anything about your brother?"

Ginny in the corner still maintained a surrender posture. Mike's ferocious expression and cold eyes just now shocked her greatly. She had an inexplicable feeling that Mike really wanted to kill her just now.

"Well, I heard from Percy's roommate that Percy often talks to himself alone recently." Ginny said tremblingly, "The dark circles under his eyes are obviously much heavier. We all wonder if he often practices spells alone until late at night." Ginny paused

halfway through, secretly glanced at Mike and continued, "In addition, his mental state has not been very good recently. He often gets angry because of some trivial things. We all wonder if he is like this because of a breakup."

Irritability and frequent soliloquy, these behaviors are very consistent with being bewitched by the notebook. The lack of sleep leading to severe dark circles indicates that Percy often stays up late.

What does he do when he stays up late? Practice spells?

It is indeed very likely, but Percy does not have a Room of Requirement for him to practice at will, so where can he go?

A storm of thoughts swept through Mike's brain. Although there are still many things he doesn't understand, at this moment he is almost certain that Percy is the mastermind behind the basilisk attacking him and Penelope.

Of course, there is only one piece of the puzzle left before the case is completely finalized.

Thinking of this, Mike showed a harmless smile on his face, and asked softly in the most gentle tone:

"Well, have you seen a black notebook? No, it should be a diary, with Tom Riddle's name written on it?"

Although there was a smile on his face, Mike's eyes were cold. At this moment, he was carefully observing Ginny's expression, hoping to find a flaw in her face.