Chapter 479 Inspection
In the restaurant, Mike and Harry found a relatively remote place to sit down.
Unlike the previous two days, there were many more people dining in the restaurant today, but these extra people looked a little sad, and their attitude towards things had improved significantly. Many people used dishes cleaner than dogs.
This was also thanks to Mike's previous "treasure food education" for them. Of course, the food sanctions imposed on them by the house elves were also one of the reasons.
But it was a little strange that the expressions on the faces of the students in the restaurant became a little horrified after they found that Mike had also come to the restaurant. The speed of eating also became much faster. Some junior students who were closer to Mike and others even stopped eating and left the restaurant directly as if they were escaping.
Mike naturally didn't care about this kind of thing. At this moment, there was a lot of food on the plate in front of him, enough for two adults.
Harry and Ron were at the other extreme. There were only a few pieces of bread and some peas on their plates.
Mike naturally divided most of the food on his plate and put it on the plates of the two of them. This action surprised several senior Hufflepuff students who were secretly observing the situation nearby, and they almost screamed out in fear.
Harry and Ron also had complicated expressions. To be honest, it was easy to be misunderstood that Mike divided the food on his plate between the two of them at this critical moment when everyone knew that he was going to drug all the teachers and students in the school. Even Harry and Ron were wondering if Mike had put some truth potion in the food.
After hesitating for a while, Harry still raised his knife and fork and started eating.
He believed that with his relationship with Mike, the other party would not drug him. After all, whether he was drugged or not, he would not hide anything from Mike.
As for Ron, he was still looking at the plate in front of him with a tangled face.
He was really a little scared. This was not to say that he had done anything to offend Mike. He was mainly afraid that Mike would ask him some embarrassing questions after drugging him, such as when was the last time he had a dream and what it felt like.
Ron was really worried about this, because he came here again this morning. If Harry and the others knew about this, they might laugh at him for the whole semester, which is normal among friends.
But after struggling for a long time, he still picked up the knife and fork and attacked the food on the plate.
This was not because he finally trusted Mike, but because the food on the plate was so delicious that he couldn't help it.
Compared with Harry and Ron, Hermione behaved more normally, but she kept glancing at Mike with a worried look while eating, and it was obvious that she was going to continue to persuade Mike after she finished eating.
Unfortunately, she didn't seem to have this opportunity, because Zhou Hong arrived halfway through the meal.
He came to Mike with a swagger, first glanced at Harry and the others, and then deliberately shouted:
"Report to the boss! Professor Slughorn has finished making the truth potion you asked for. The first batch of 100 doses has now been transported to the Ravenclaw common room!"
Harry and Hermione opened their mouths wide and looked at Zhou Hong in horror. Ron couldn't help but spit out all the food in his mouth, making the brother opposite him covered in it.
If it were usual, the Slytherin brother would definitely come over and "talk reason" with Ron, but now he looked at Mike with a dull face, without even wiping his face.
The other people in the hall had a similar reaction to this man. Zhou Hong's roar just now was so loud that it still echoed in their minds.
No one knew who made the first scream, but soon everyone in the restaurant reacted, screaming and fleeing towards the exit of the restaurant. Not long after, the hall that was crowded just now became empty.
Compared to them, Mike's reaction was a little abnormal.
He first hummed, then continued to eat his lunch slowly, and only stood up slowly after finishing all the food on the plate, and said to Zhou Hong.
"Then start the inspection. For the sake of fairness, let's start with Ravenclaw."
After saying that, Mike nodded to Harry, Hermione and others, and then took Zhou Hong to the Ravenclaw common room.
"You must calm down! Mike!"
Hermione shouted and wanted to grab Mike, but at this time four strong men from the mutual aid association who did not wear any college logos stood up and blocked her.
"Sorry, Miss Granger. The boss has ordered that what will happen in a while is too dangerous for you, so please eat here honestly."
After saying that, the two men guarded Hermione and others like they were guarding prisoners.
Hermione compared the number and size of the two sides, and finally could only stomp the ground in anger.
At this time, Mike and Zhou Hong hurried to the Ravenclaw lounge. They didn't speak along the way, but they both had excited smiles on their faces.
A large number of fraternity members have now gathered in the Ravenclaw lounge. These people were transferred by Franklin from various colleges. All of them have been tested with the truth potion and are absolutely trustworthy.
In addition, Mike also signed employment contracts with all sixth and seventh grade fraternity members of the Los Santos Security Company. From now on, they are no longer poor part-time workers who owe the Los Santos Group's student aid funds, but quasi-formal employees of Los Santos who can get 10 gold galleons every week!
This move has greatly increased the loyalty of all fraternity members. You must know that in this period of Voldemort's rampage, it is difficult for them as Muggle-born wizards to find jobs. Mike's move undoubtedly solved their biggest worry.
At this time, they were lining up in a neat square in the Ravenclaw lounge. Since they occupied most of the open space in the lounge, the remaining Ravenclaws could only huddle in the corners of the bookshelves and the rest area, looking at them with fear.
As the door of the lounge was opened, Mike and Zhou Hong walked into the Ravenclaw lounge together.
"Hello, Lord Tangli!"
Neat and loud voices came from the mouths of every member of the mutual aid association. At the same time, they also pounded their chests, making a dull sound and a few coughs.
The coughing mutual aid member smiled apologetically at Franklin, who was standing at the head of their line. He pounded too hard just now, and the latter glared at him fiercely.
Franklin really hated the coughing person now. He rehearsed for a long time in order to perform in front of Mike, but now everyone's efforts were ruined by the coughing kid.
On the other side, Mike, who was warmly welcomed, stood there expressionless. No, it couldn't be said to be expressionless. If you look closely, you can find that the muscles on his face are twitching rhythmically.
Zhou Hong, who was next to Mike, also had his mouth twitching wildly. He was trying not to laugh. Dozens of people shouted in unison, "Hello, Mr. Tang Li." This scene was really too embarrassing.
"Ahem!" Mike coughed twice and said, "Although I feel very much that everyone can welcome me so warmly, I still don't need to use 'Lord Townley' or anything like that. Um, you can just call me boss from now on."
Franklin nodded, and then shouted to all the members of the mutual aid association:
"Did you hear me? Do it again!"
As soon as these words came out, Mike felt something was wrong, but before he could stop them, he heard a deafening shout from the neat team again:
"Hello, boss!"
"Pa!"
Mike slapped his forehead. He didn't dare to look at the expressions of the classmates around him. He knew without thinking that they must be very uncomfortable trying to hold back their laughter. Taking a deep
breath, Mike slowly walked to the group of Ravenclaws who were trying to hold back their laughter, resisting the idea of using a Transfiguration to turn Franklin into a pig's head.
"Classmates, first of all, I must apologize to you because I have taken up your precious lunch break. This is really a helpless move." Mike bowed to Ravenclaw and said, "I believe everyone should have some understanding of the assassination attempt on me some time ago. That vicious assassin has caused irreparable damage to me and the entire Hogwarts. Now this assassin is still hiding in Hogwarts. To be honest, this makes me very worried. Of course, I am not worried about my own safety. I am still confident in my own strength. If I am prepared, this assassin is not worth mentioning at all. So, what I am worried about is the personal safety of ordinary students. After all, not everyone has such strong strength as me. When facing that assassin, most students have no ability to protect themselves. So, after careful consideration and in-depth discussion with the professors, I decided to take tougher measures!"
Mike paused here, and the members of the mutual aid society behind Franklin immediately moved out a huge glass jar as tall as an adult, which was filled with a liquid that looked like mercury.
"As you can see, this is enough truth serum for 100 people!" Mike pointed at the glass jar and said, "Please go to the 404 male dormitory later if you are called. We will let you drink a small amount of truth serum and then conduct an examination. I would also like to thank Professor Slughorn. I provided the raw materials for these potions, and Professor Slughorn prepared them for me for free. I feel deeply sorry for this. Professor Slughorn is already old..." As soon
as these words came out, the students in the lounge exploded.
Everyone was a little bit unbelievable. Mike, whom they regarded as a hero, would let them drink this weakened version of truth serum. You know, this is a violation of human rights!
For a while, many students began to refute, and some boys even wanted to rush out of the lounge relying on their numbers.
It's a pity that the members of the mutual aid association that Franklin brought were not just for show.
"There are many obstacles!"
Dozens of gray rays of light shot around the Ravenclaws. The boys who wanted to escape had not taken a few steps before they hit a transparent wall heavily, and their noses were bleeding.
Looking at the boys who were wailing on the ground with their noses covered, Franklin stood up with a wand and a grim smile on his face, and said to the trapped Ravenclaws:
"All of you cooperate with me, otherwise..."
Fire and explosions came from the tip of Franklin's wand, and the faces of the Ravenclaws suddenly turned black.
"Franklin, how can you threaten your classmates!"
Mike scolded Franklin angrily. The latter immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and retreated behind Mike with a sincere attitude.
But as soon as Mike's sight left, he raised his head and smiled grimly at the Ravenclaws.
The meaning was clearly that if you don't cooperate, try it.
"Classmates, you don't have to resist so much. In fact, we are still very humane." Mike said with a smile, "I can swear with the Ravenclaw badge on my chest that my friends and I will keep your words after taking the medicine confidential. Moreover, the side effects of this potion are very small and will not have any impact on your future life. Oh! By the way! Don't worry about hygiene. We went to the Muggle store to buy a lot of disposable paper cups this time to ensure that everyone can have one cup!"
After that, the Ravenclaw lounge fell into a strange silence. The Ravenclaws who were shouting that they would rather die than obey just now were now silent one by one, with tangled expressions, and it was obvious that they were shaken.
Mike's mouth corners kept rising. The trick of playing the good cop and the bad cop worked surprisingly well on this group of students.
"Okay, everyone! Let's get started! The first one is, um, let me see... Sparrow Green, Mr. Green, come on."
At Mike's call, a first-year boy trembled and walked out of the crowd.
Mike smiled, walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulders and led him to the boys' dormitory.
"Don't worry, it's just a small inspection. You just need to answer a few questions after you drink the potion."
"Is... is that so?"
The freshman named Green answered in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible . The expression on his face told Mike that he didn't believe what Mike said at all.
But it didn't matter. Everything is difficult at the beginning. When Mike and Green disappeared into the dormitory, the uneasy atmosphere in the lounge subsided a little. Many people even began to comfort themselves. Mike is a famous genius and hero of Ravenclaw. Would such a person harm his classmates in the same college? No one believed this. You know, even in the special period some time ago , he was very caring for Ravenclaw. It must be said that Mike's accumulated prestige in Ravenclaw is still amazing. Under the constant self-comfort, these Ravenclaws obviously relaxed a lot, and some even showed a forced smile on their faces. And in this peaceful crowd, there was a tall and thin figure slowly approaching the semicircular arched window. It looked like he was about to jump out of the window and escape!