Chapter 88 Occlumency
In the dining room of Hogwarts, Mike sat at the table of Ravenclaw and yawned in boredom.
After winning the game yesterday, Mike originally planned to have a good sleep, but Roger and other teammates were full of energy and went to the kitchen of Hogwarts to find the elves to ask for a lot of food and said they wanted to have a party.
As the MVP of the game, Mike had no choice but to stay under the kind invitation of Roger and others. Roger even bought a lot of butter beer from the Weasley brothers, which made the carnival even crazier.
The consequence of the all-night carnival was the collective malaise this morning. Mike was slightly better, after all, he had strong mental strength and didn't drink much. Roger was different. He was the most excited one last night, and also the most heroic one. No matter who toasted him, he would definitely drink the wine to the bottom of the glass, so he was still lying in bed now, and it was estimated that he would not be able to get up before noon.
Compared with Ravenclaw, the Slytherin school team was miserable.
A large number of players injured by Mike almost filled up the entire infirmary. Madam Pomfrey was very angry. Recently, the weather has turned cold and many people have caught a cold. Now these naughty bear children are coming to grab the bed. It is really unreasonable. I heard that she did not hesitate to disturb Dumbledore's rest in the middle of the night to protest to him and demanded that students be banned from playing Quidditch, a dangerous sport.
Of course, Dumbledore would not agree.
In fact, Madam Pomfrey was sent away just ten minutes after entering Dumbledore's lounge. She was furious when she left, and it was obvious that she did not get the result she wanted.
According to a classmate who stayed in the infirmary all night because of a cold, the wailing of the Slytherin players lasted all night, making him unable to sleep. It seemed that Madam Pomfrey forgot to give them painkillers when she was treating them.
Mike's deeds yesterday spread through Hogwarts after being spread by Lee Jordan, the number one gossip boy in Hogwarts. Now, except for Ravenclaw, the Quidditch players of the other three colleges are very afraid of Mike, and even gave him a nickname: Killer Michael.
Although he is famous in the Quidditch circle, Mike doesn't care much. Mike has been used to being famous since his first year. The wizarding world is so boring that a trivial thing that Mike seems to have done can be spread for a long time.
What bothers him now is the brain block.
It has been almost two months since he first learned the brain block in the summer vacation, but he has made no progress in the brain block. This makes Mike have to doubt whether he has the talent to learn the brain block.
Because the book "Shut Your Brain" stolen from the restricted book area clearly states that the brain block is a spell that requires talent. People with talent can learn it quickly, while people without talent cannot learn it even if they practice for a lifetime.
As the saying goes, when you are poor, you must think of change. Under great pressure, Mike also began to look for a shortcut to learn Occlumency. It is better to learn difficult spells by someone teaching you personally. Reading books alone is not enough. Just like what is said in "Shut Up Your Brain", the way to practice Occlumency is to empty your mind.
But who knows what emptying your mind means. Anyway, Mike thinks that it is actually a daze.
When he thought of asking for help, Mike thought of the master of Occlumency he was most familiar with: Snape.
Of course, it is obviously not feasible to ask directly for the tricks of Occlumency. The fact that he practiced Occlumency cannot be leaked. And it is too dangerous to attack indirectly. Snape is a famous double agent. There is no need to elaborate on how vigilant he is.
So, Mike started to act on Snape without even having breakfast. Mike wanted to infer the correct way to release Occlumency by observing Snape's state. Anyway, Snape is in a closed state of mind almost every moment.
But this is actually a stupid way, and the possibility of success is very small. But now Mike really has no other way. He has now invested all his time in the practice of brain occlusion, and even abandoned his daily meditation and spell training, but there is no progress.
But Mike's plan is not so smooth.
Snape is actually a homebody. He either attends classes or stays in his office to study potions all day. Mike has very little time to contact him. It is no wonder that Harry's mother abandoned Snape and turned to James. After all, James, who comes from a wealthy pure-blood family, is obviously more attractive than Snape, a homebody. Fortunately, Professor Snape
is a very protective person. Mike sent so many Slytherin students to the infirmary, and Snape would certainly not let Mike go easily. Mike was surprised to find that even if he didn't follow Snape, he would jump out from time to time when he made a small mistake and deduct a few points from him.
So Mike began his own journey of self-destruction, deliberately making some small mistakes so that Snape could appear in front of him.
After ten days of revenge and deducting nearly 200 points from Ravenclaw, Snape was finally satisfied and stopped bothering Mike, and Mike got what he wanted.
For ten days, he carefully observed Snape's words, deeds, and expressions, and the conclusion he came to was very surprising.
Snape's hollow and deep dead fish eyes, cold and emotionless tone of voice, and crisp and unhesitating movements.
These reactions are very similar to those of the people who were hypnotized by hypnotists that Mike had seen on TV shows in his previous life.
Could it be that the trick of brain occlusion is self-hypnosis?
When Mike came to such a conclusion, he was stunned. He had studied brain occlusion for so long but gained nothing, and the trick was so... simple.
Although he felt that this was very unreliable in his heart, Mike's current situation did not allow him to hesitate. So that night, Mike began the self-hypnosis experiment.
Self-hypnosis may sound very mysterious, but it is actually very simple to apply. Many athletes will hypnotize themselves before the game so that they can get better results.
The specific method is to close your eyes and take deep breaths continuously, while putting aside other thoughts in your mind and constantly reciting the content of hypnosis in your heart. (The author has personally tested it and it is effective. If used for exams, it can effectively reduce tension.)
Mike lay on the bed in the dormitory, crossed his hands on his stomach, and kept reciting in his heart: "I am a tool without emotions, I am a tool without emotions, I am a tool without..."
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