Chapter 354: The Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom Exploded

When Mike was making a deal with Umbridge before, in order not to expose the existence of the Freemasons, he did not mention anything about the Freemasons. The Weasley brothers were not members of the mutual aid society, so the Weasley brothers were not actually in the category of "protection". It

can even be said that due to the relationship between Ron and Harry, the Weasley brothers may be people who need to be "strengthened" in Umbridge's eyes!

This means that once the Weasley brothers take the initiative to make trouble, the punishment they say they will receive is likely to be heavier than Harry. After all, Harry is also a celebrity, and the punishment needs to take into account his reputation and cannot be too obvious, but the Weasley brothers are just small shrimps.

This is why Mike advised the Weasley brothers not to make trouble, but the Weasley brothers were obviously not here to ask Mike for his opinion. Their attitude and tone at this moment told Mike that they were determined to do this vote!

Finally, after a period of fruitless communication, the Weasley brothers walked away with their arms around each other's shoulders, and Mike shook his head at their backs.

They didn't accept Mike's proposal after all.

A few days later, Mike's fifth-year Ravenclaw students were taking Professor Sprout's Herbology class with Harry's fifth-year Gryffindor students.

The location was in Professor Sprout's huge glass greenhouse.

The content of this class was box carnivorous grass. As the name suggests, it is a carnivorous grass that looks like a box. They usually grow in the rainforest of Australia. Under normal conditions, they will disguise themselves as ordinary trees. But once a small animal or even a medium-sized creature enters their territory, they will instantly transform into a predator and trap the small animal firmly inside its body.

At the same time, it will quickly secrete a highly corrosive liquid to quickly turn the prey into the nutrients they need. It is worth mentioning that the corrosive liquid they secrete is very strong, even steel is vulnerable to it.

Generally speaking, box carnivorous grass has only two functions. One is to serve as a biological trap to guard the house, and the second is to extract their corrosive liquid to be used as raw materials for other so-called potions.

What Mike and his classmates need to do in this class is to collect the corrosive liquid without hurting the box carnivorous plant.

Since the box carnivorous plant will only secrete corrosive liquid when it catches prey, Sprout taught everyone to put a spherical hammer into its "mouth" to make it box-shaped, and then pry open its "mouth" to let the corrosive liquid flow down.

This work is dangerous, so everyone wears dragon leather gloves. However, even with the protection of dragon leather gloves, it is not an easy job, because this kind of carnivorous plant is too sensitive. Once hit hard, it will spray corrosive liquid out crazily, thus hurting the collector.

Even Mike burned his robe when he was operating, which made Neville feel bad. He was trembling all over, and his red eyes made people want to laugh.

Fortunately, Sprout is not Snape. She is an excellent professor who inherited the will of Ms. Hufflepuff (this is one of the reasons why she can become the head of Hufflepuff). So, with Sprout's encouragement, Neville finally reached out his hand bravely and picked up the box-shaped carnivorous plant that was gnawing on the special hammer.

Because it was full of corrosive liquid, Neville was very careful.

"Come on, you can do it!"

Sprout said beside her, and under her leadership, many classmates also joined the team to encourage Neville.

Encouraged by the cheers of everyone, Neville gritted his teeth and tremblingly stretched out his hand to pry open the gap of the carnivorous plant's 'mouthparts'.

At this moment, a loud sound of fireworks exploded from the top of everyone's head!

Neville, who was in a state of high concentration, was startled by the sudden sound, and the carnivorous plant fell to the ground as soon as his hand loosened.

This is good. The carnivorous plant that was thrown down immediately started the violent mode and kept struggling on the ground. As it moved, the corrosive liquid in its body also splashed everywhere.

Neville, the instigator, was the first to be splashed all over his head and face, and the rest of the onlookers also suffered, and were splashed more or less.

Suddenly, the whole greenhouse was full of screams of fear!

"Be quiet!"

Professor Sprout covered her face (she was also splashed) and shouted loudly. At the same time, she waved her wand, and an unknown plant behind her immediately grew wildly, turning into countless vines to tie up all the students tightly.

"Be calm, everyone, being splashed by corrosive liquid is no big deal. This injury is nothing to Pomfrey!"

Perhaps Sprout's explanation worked, and gradually the students quieted down.

It was not until this time that everyone raised their heads and cast their eyes on the Hogwarts Castle not far away.

I saw that several windows connected together at the top of the castle had been broken long ago, and there were continuous billowing smoke and the sound of fireworks exploding.

"That's the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom!"

Someone quickly recognized the identity of the room.

Harry and others were all delighted when they heard it, and Ron couldn't help but shout:

"There must be a fire there, Merlin's beard, Umbridge is even more incompetent than Lockhart, and she can't even use a water spell!"

Ron's words immediately aroused the reaction of the students around him. Although their bodies were still tied up, everyone laughed, even those injured students.

And just when everyone was gloating, another louder explosion sounded, and then everyone saw a blazing fire suddenly erupted in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. The fierce flames even rushed outside the window, burning the already dark walls of Hogwarts Castle even darker.

The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared instantly. Harry swallowed his saliva and said to Ron in a daze:

"Well, I don't think the fire can be this serious. It's more like someone released a powerful flame spell inside, like the one Mike used."

Ron's face didn't look good either, he just nodded blankly.

At this moment, the vines that bound everyone suddenly loosened, and then Professor Sprout on the side suddenly picked up the fork used to clean fertilizer in the greenhouse and rode on it swiftly.

The next moment, a scene that made everyone drop their jaws happened.

Professor Sprout, riding on the fork, actually flew up like riding a flying broom, and at the same time her somewhat anxious voice came over:

"Students who are not injured, quickly send the injured to the infirmary, hurry up, everyone move!"

Sprout's order was not fully implemented. Although she rarely used a stiff command tone, there were still very few students who took action on the spot. Everyone looked up, wanting to see what she was going to do.

Ron opened his mouth wide and stared at Sprout who was flying on the fork in the sky, muttering:

"Am I seeing right? That's... a fork? That's also a kind of flying broom?"

"I don't know either," Harry's expression was similar to Ron's. Hearing this, he instinctively cast his eyes to Mike beside him, "Maybe Mike knows."

"Don't make a fuss," Mike replied without turning his head, "It's not only flying brooms that can fly. The Arabs don't like to use flying brooms. They prefer flying carpets. Russia is even more special. People there can just pull up a tree and ride it as a flying broom."

The expressions on Harry and Ron's faces became more stunned, and at the same time Sprout finally flew outside the window of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

I saw her quickly take out a flower pot from her dirty robe (don't ask me how she stuffed it in), and then poured something into it. Then the plant in the flower pot began to grow wildly, and in the blink of an eye, it grew from a small sapling into a huge and strange plant.

This plant consists of a huge green "belly" and a thick vine, and at the end of the vine there is a flower bud similar to a sprinkler.

Mike guessed that it must be a plant used to put out fires.

Sure enough, just as Mike had that idea, he saw the vine of the plant suddenly swell, and then a large amount of clear water spurted out of its flower bud, forming a rainbow in the air before spraying into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom with a bright fire. The plant's

water output was very large, and the thing burning in the classroom did not seem to be gasoline or something like that.

In short, after just a few minutes, the fire in the classroom completely disappeared.

Suddenly, there was a burst of applause in the greenhouse below the building. Everyone was cheering for Professor Sprout's feat. Only Hermione and a few students were transporting the wounded according to Sprout's instructions.

But the hateful thing was that not only did Harry and Mike and others not come to help, but even some of the wounded did not cooperate with their work, saying that they wanted to stay and watch the fun.

This made Hermione angry!

At this time, Professor Sprout in the air also noticed the movement in the greenhouse. She first had a bright smile on her face, but after seeing the scene in the greenhouse clearly, the smile immediately disappeared. An extremely rare roar appeared on her face, roaring:

"Why are you still standing there?"

Mike and others reacted and hurried to transport the wounded according to Sprout's previous instructions.

...

When Mike and his classmates took the wounded to the infirmary, Madam Pomfrey did not give them a good look.

"What are you doing?" Madam Pomfrey put her hands on her hips and pointed at Mac, who looked like the leader, and shouted, "You can hurt so many people in the last Herbology class..."

Various sharp words kept coming out of Madam Pomfrey's mouth, while Mac had a bitter smile on his face.

"It's not our fault," a Ravenclaw girl said in a crying voice, "It's Neville..."

Mac covered her mouth before the girl finished speaking. However, Madam Pomfrey on the opposite side obviously knew Neville's name and tragic experience. After hearing this name, the anger on her face immediately turned into heartache.

"Oh! Neville, that poor child..."

Madam Pomfrey muttered something unclear and walked into the ward, ignoring Mac and others.

"You shouldn't throw the responsibility to Neville. You clearly saw that it was the explosion in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that caused the accident!"

Mac frowned and scolded the girl in a slightly harsh tone, and Harry and others beside him also cast unfriendly eyes on the girl.

The already aggrieved girl couldn't stand it anymore. Tears slid down her cheeks, but she didn't bother to wipe them off. She just repeated her apology over and over again.

Mike was scratching his head. He had never been able to resist women's tears.

Harry, Ron and others beside him were also at a loss. They were originally very dissatisfied with this girl, but they couldn't get angry with her now.

At this moment, Hermione finally came to the rescue. She hugged the still crying girl and comforted her while helping her walk out of the infirmary. Before leaving, she glared at Mike and others fiercely.

Mike, Harry and Ron looked at each other, and then they all laughed.

The accident in the greenhouse was not serious. Except for Neville who was "shot in the head" because he was too close, the injuries of others were not serious.

This reduced Madam Pomfrey's workload a lot, and naturally, her attitude towards Mike and others was much better.

Unfortunately, this state did not last long. When Professor Sprout and several senior students sent the dusty Umbridge and the Weasley brothers to the infirmary, Madam Pomfrey exploded again.

"Damn it! Why are there more people here? What's going on this time?"

"It was a teaching accident." Sprout said calmly, "By the way, give me some Gher Toad skins, I was also injured by the corrosive liquid of the box carnivorous plant."

Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout were good friends. Upon hearing this, she immediately stepped forward to check on Sprout.

Umbridge, who was black all over and had an afro on her head, was unwilling to do so. She pointed at the Weasley brothers who were talking and laughing and yelled:

"You're lying! It was obviously these two little pigs who attacked me!"

"Yes, we can testify!" The two Slytherin students who were supporting Umbridge echoed, "The Weasley brothers attacked Professor Umbridge with a magical firework!"

Hearing this, everyone around frowned. Compared with the naughty but kind Weasley brothers, they obviously hated Umbridge more.

"Oh, you misunderstood me." Professor Sprout replied expressionlessly while accepting Madam Pomfrey's examination, "I was talking about the Herbology class. As for what happened in your class, I'm afraid we need to investigate before we can make a conclusion."

Umbridge was so angry that she trembled all over, and her eyes were straight and she fainted.

The two Slytherin students who were supporting her obviously lacked exercise, and they didn't even support Umbridge.

Then, there was a muffled thud, and Umbridge's short and fat body fell to the ground. There

was even a cloud of black ashes floating around her body!