Chapter 361: The Plan of Dissociation

"That note was clearly passed to her by that boy, why don't you punish him?!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole classroom fell silent. Even the Gryffindor girl who was crying with her head down raised her head in surprise. Everyone really didn't expect that someone would choose to speak out at this time.

"I have emphasized it many times! If you want to speak in my class, you must raise your hand!" Umbridge roared, "Gryffindor will be deducted 10 points!"

"Oh! Really?" Harry also stood up and said, "I'm afraid you can't deduct our points anymore, because Gryffindor's hourglass has been empty for a long time!"

"No... That's right! You must give us an explanation today, why you are so partial to Ravenclaw!"

Ron also echoed, but his voice seemed a little lacking in confidence.

But it didn't matter. After the three of them stood up, more and more people in the Gryffindor team stood up and began to question Umbridge.

Mike was not surprised by this. You know, Gryffindor is famous for its courage. If they still act like turtles at this time, then they will not be qualified to be Gryffindor students.

The classroom was noisy for a while, but Umbridge on the podium didn't care. She sneered and said,

"Who said that you can't deduct points if there are no points? Gryffindor will be deducted 50 points!"

After that, Umbridge took out a small hourglass and looked at it. The sarcasm on her face became even stronger.

"Congratulations! You set a record! Gryffindor's score is now minus 10 points. You are the first student since the founding of Hogwarts to turn the house score into a negative number!"

Gryffindor's classmates were trembling with anger. This was undoubtedly a great humiliation for them.

Many people on the Ravenclaw side were watching the fun, and some of them were even worse. They laughed directly when they saw Gryffindor's misfortune.

But while they were gloating, they were also secretly glad that if they were targeted today, it would be really embarrassing.

"Please answer our question, why do you favor Ravenclaw so much!" Hermione clenched her fists and said in a trembling voice, "If you can't give me an explanation today, I will report this to the school!"

"Yes! You must give us an explanation!"

"That's right!"

...

In the Gryffindor team, the voices of agreement came one after another, and the whole classroom became noisy again.

Faced with such a questioning, Umbridge said calmly:

"Am I favoring Ravenclaw again? It seems not?"

As she spoke, Umbridge looked in the direction of Mike and blinked her left eye like a little girl.

Mike immediately became the focus of the classroom. Umbridge's hint just now was already very obvious, so most of the Gryffindor students transferred their anger to Mike, and glared at Mike angrily.

And there was a sensation in the Ravenclaw team.

After Mike was put in detention by Umbridge, the life of the Ravenclaws had improved greatly compared to other colleges.

At least during class, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke Umbridge, she won't care about you at all.

Smart Ravenclaws have actually already linked these two things together, but they didn't say it because of the evidence and Mike's identity.

Now Umbridge's actions just now almost admitted that she and Mike had an unusual relationship, which means that they, the Ravenclaws, can continue to enjoy this privilege in the future.

"Long live Mike!"

Several boys in the back row shouted excitedly. Although the people around them who had not lost their minds immediately stopped them, the sound still reached the ears of everyone in the classroom.

The eyes of the Gryffindors looking at Mike became more and more unfriendly. I'm afraid that if they couldn't beat them, they would take out their wands and duel with Mike.

As the focus of the center, Mike's face was unusually gloomy at the moment.

Umbridge used this strategy of alienation very well, and immediately put herself on the opposite side of most of the classmates.

Mike was helpless about this. When they made a deal with Umbridge, they signed a magic contract. Mike did not reveal the secret of Umbridge's bloodline, and Umbridge showed mercy to Mike's mutual aid group.

But now, Umbridge clearly took advantage of the loopholes in the contract to trick Mike.

Taking a deep breath, Mike suppressed the desire to go on stage and smash Umbridge's toad face.

Now is not the time to be impulsive. Dumbledore is not in school, and Umbridge's style of behavior has become extremely bold. If the two of them have a conflict at this juncture, it is very likely to affect Mike's next plan.

"Quiet!"

Just as the atmosphere in the classroom was becoming more and more tense, Umbridge suddenly spoke.

She smiled triumphantly, pointing her finger at the Gryffindor team one by one.

"You, you, and the rest of you, 7 days detention, the location is my office." Umbridge pointed out all the Gryffindors who were causing trouble, including Harry. "See you tonight at 7 o'clock."

As soon as these words came out, there was another burst of opposition in the Gryffindor team, but then Umbridge shouted:

"Shut up! I don't mind punishing all of you to detention! My office is very big!"

Hearing this, all the opponents who had been hiding in the Gryffindor team just now stopped talking. The reason

why these people dared to speak out was largely because they were in large numbers. It was estimated that Umbridge would follow the principle of not punishing the masses by law and could do nothing about them.

Now that Umbridge showed her determination, these people were all shocked.

Harry and others looked very ugly, but many Ravenclaws not far away were laughing secretly - they had a new definition of Gryffindor's courage.

This laughter was like a knife, scraping every Gryffindor's heart, making their faces as red as Weasley's hair.

Half an hour later, Umbridge announced the end of the class, and then left the classroom triumphantly.

Most of the Gryffindors also left the classroom without saying a word.

Mike called Harry's name, trying to explain to him, but the latter seemed not to hear him, lowered his head and left silently.

Shaking his head, Mike knew that with the situation now developing to this point, a large part of Gryffindor's hatred for Umbridge had been transferred to Ravenclaw.

"Mike," Franklin frowned and said, "What should we do now?"

"Don't worry, I have a way!"

Mike gnashed his teeth, but his eyes fell on the distraught Ravenclaw boy.

...

"You have to take a lot of responsibility for this matter, do you know?"

Late at night, in an abandoned classroom on the fourth floor of Hogwarts, Franklin said to the tall and thin Ravenclaw boy who passed notes to the Gryffindor girl during the day,

"So, you have to make compensation!"

"What...what compensation? I don't...no money!"

The tall and thin boy said in horror. The lights in the abandoned classroom where he was now were not turned on, and it was pitch black all around.

In this environment, he could only see Franklin's eyes and teeth moving, which was extremely weird.

What's more, he knew clearly that there were still many people standing in this classroom.

These people were all ferocious. Not only did they take him from the dormitory to this place, they also asked him to make compensation.

The tall and thin boy felt that he might bleed heavily tonight.

"Who wants your money?!" Franklin punched the wall next to the tall and thin boy's ear. A muffled sound came, and the boy trembled violently, "Idiot!"

After scolding the boy, Franklin came to another corner of the classroom, where a dozen senior members of the mutual aid association gathered in twos and threes, and standing in the middle of these people was Mike.

"Mike, Umbridge's time to send letters every night is coming. Do we really have to hit her with a club? This... Can this really ease the relationship between us and Gryffindor?"

"I don't know."

Mike's answer was direct and straightforward. In fact, he did not expect that this action could restore the friendship with Gryffindor all at once. He had handed over the matter of restoring the relationship to other members of the mutual aid association. These people will convey a message to everyone in the next few months-Umbridge is using a divisive strategy to deal with Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.

In addition, Mike also greeted the rest of the Ravenclaws and asked them not to clash with the Gryffindors.

Under such a public opinion offensive, Mike believed that most of the rational Gryffindors should be able to see clearly who is the mastermind behind this matter, and thus dispel their hostility towards Ravenclaw.

As for those Gryffindors who refused to repent, Mike believed that such people were either mentally ill or hostile to Ravenclaw, and such people were not on Mike's list of people to be won over. The reason why

Mike decided to hit Umbridge with a club tonight, in addition to wanting to use this incident to restore some of his relationship with Gryffindor, was mainly for revenge.

That's right, revenge.

Today, Umbridge used a conspiracy to pit Mike openly. If he didn't retaliate, Mike really couldn't swallow this breath!

At the same time, this is also a warning, a warning to Umbridge's life.

Mike wants Umbridge to know that as long as he wants, he can take her life at any time!

"Time is almost up, go and brainwash that kid and teach him what to do."

Mike pointed in the direction of the tall and thin boy, who seemed to have noticed something and was shaking more and more violently.

"It's okay, leave it to me!"

Franklin sneered, then clenched his fists, making a series of crisp "crunching" sounds, and walked over in the boy's terrified eyes.

Ten minutes later, the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office suddenly opened, and a bright light shone from it, illuminating the corridor in front of the office.

Harry and other Gryffindors lined up and walked out of the office. Without exception, they all covered the back of their slightly trembling left hands. Many people even had blood flowing out from their fingers, and finally dripped on the smooth marble floor, making a "tick-tick" sound.

At the end of the team, Umbridge, wearing a floral dress, walked out of the office with a smile on her face, and closed the door of the office by the way.

She was holding a letter in her hand. Judging from the stamp on it, the letter should be sent to the Ministry of Magic.

As the office door closed, the corridor returned to darkness.

Harry and others obviously had not yet adapted to this dim environment and stood in the corridor motionless.

"Lumos!" Umbridge shook her wand and emitted a not-too-bright light, then urged, "Okay, let's go! Time waits for no one!"

Harry and others walked forward depressed, and could vaguely hear crying in the team.

Umbridge, who was at the end of the team, heard the sound and the smile on her face became even brighter.

In the corridor late at night, a group of people walked silently, and the chaotic footsteps kept echoing.

The faint light from the tip of Umbridge's wand illuminated the area within a radius of two meters around her, but at the same time made other places appear even darker.

Ron, who was walking in the front, looked at the pitch-black darkness in front of him and the light behind him. Although he hated Umbridge very much and the stinging pain from the wound on the back of his hand kept reminding him of what Umbridge had just done to him, Ron instinctively moved closer to Umbridge in this situation. At

this moment, a hoarse cat cry suddenly sounded in the darkness.

The team immediately screamed and everyone retreated quickly, as if there was a monster hidden in the darkness ahead.

"Meow!"

Another cat cry sounded, and a skinny, gray-haired cat walked out of the darkness, looking at Harry and his group vigilantly.

"Huh! It's Mrs. Norris, Filch's cat!"

Ron exhaled a long breath, his right hand still stroking his chest, as if he wanted to calm his violently beating heart.

Umbridge, who was standing by, was also startled, but when she found out that the person coming was just a cat, she frowned and pointed her wand at Mrs. Norris.

"El-Pulinks!"

Umbridge uttered a spell that Harry had never heard of, and then a gray light flashed on her wand, hitting Mrs. Norris directly.

"Meow!"

Mrs. Norris screamed, and her ears wrinkled up, looking extremely painful.

Everyone present was stunned. They had seen many cat decorative plates in Umbridge's office before. Umbridge should like cats very much, but now she attacked Mrs. Norris with a spell!

"Ugly cat!" Umbridge cursed fiercely, and then said to Harry and others, "Go! Don't delay!"

Many people in the team clenched their fists, and at this moment, another voice sounded in the darkness next to them!