Chapter 99: We are in the same boat (thanks to Trooper1770 for the reward)
"I am not a pure-blooded fool like you who was born of inbreeding. I am just fulfilling my duties as a member of the management team!" Mike replied expressionlessly in response to the provocation of the Slytherin boy, "Also, apologize to that Hufflepuff just now."
The many Muggle-blooded students who were originally indignant all surrounded him with joy when they saw Mike come forward, especially the Hufflepuff student just now. He was so excited that he almost cried. Originally, because their Hufflepuff patronus Cedric was not in the hall because he had to go on patrol, he thought he could only swallow his anger.
Unexpectedly, the notorious Mike would actually stand up for an ordinary Muggle-blooded student like him. From this moment on, most Hufflepuff students, including him, had a greatly changed impression of Mike.
The Slytherin boy flew into a rage after hearing what Mike said. He was proud of his noble bloodline, and what he hated most was being insulted by others.
Although Mike's reputation had spread throughout the Slytherin Academy after the Quidditch match at the beginning of the semester, his extreme anger obviously suppressed his reason.
"Say it again if you dare, I promise I will make you a dead body! I'm not that useless little Malfoy who can't even deal with a second-year trash mudblood like you!" The Slytherin boy cursed.
At this time, the other Slytherin students around him had already noticed the increasing number of Muggle-blooded students, and realized that something was wrong. They quickly grabbed the Slytherin boy who was confronting Mike and signaled him to shut up.
However, the boy who was already cursing couldn't stop. He poked Mike's chest with his finger and continued, "You bunch of mudbloods, don't you know? Even if the monsters in the chamber can't kill you all, you won't be able to stay in Hogwarts for long. Hogwarts will be closed soon because of the basilisk incident! And you mudbloods should roll back to your mud pits! Especially you, Mike. I heard you are an orphan, right? Now you can finally go back to your garbage dump and continue to pick up garbage to eat!" As soon as
he finished speaking, Mike hit him on the chin with an uppercut. Although Mike was only 12 years old and was usually obsessed with magic and had no intention of exercising, he was a first-class fighter in his previous life as a street gangster.
The end of the jaw is directly connected to the main nerve of the brain stem, and there are also a lot of vagus nerves near the chin. It is very easy to cause coma under a heavy blow. Although Mike's punch was not strong, the Slytherin boy still felt dizzy and fell into the arms of the people behind him.
However, the matter was not over yet. Franklin, who was mixed in the crowd, had already come to Mike with the grown-up Alfred on his head, and kicked him when he saw this.
The surrounding Muggle-blooded young wizards were all furious after hearing the insulting words from the other party. Now seeing Mike and Franklin taking the lead in the fight, how could they bear it anymore? They immediately rushed forward and punched and kicked the Slytherin boys.
Some timid girls did not dare to squeeze into the crowd to beat up the Slytherin boys, so they had to cheer outside the crowd.
The other Slytherin students were also paying attention to the situation here. At first, they saw their classmates clashing with Mike and looked like they were watching a good show, but when they found that the situation took a turn for the worse, they quickly stood up and joined the battle.
So a verbal dispute smoothly turned into a group fight between Slytherin College and Muggle-blooded students from the other three colleges.
When Cedric received the news that his junior was bullied, he came to the hall with Sprout, the head of Hufflepuff House, and saw many Slytherin students lying on the ground in a miserable state and many Muggle-blood students gathered around to listen to Mike's speech.
"...I am a mudblood! I have always used this discriminatory name to refer to myself. I do this not because I am self-degrading, nor because I have no shame, but because every time I read these three words, the strong sense of humiliation will remind me what kind of environment I am in now.
Remind me to bravely fight back against discrimination!
Remind me to help my compatriots who are also suffering from discrimination!
My compatriots, please don't despair or be discouraged in these difficult days!
Remember! Only when we unite together can our strength be the strongest! The so-called Slytherin heir is simply vulnerable to the power of unity! Let us work together to get through these difficult and hard days together!"
As Mike's speech ended, the crowd cheered deafeningly.
Professor Sprout, who was full of emotion, had tears in his eyes. He reached out and wiped his eyes gently, and said to Cedric, who had been stunned for a long time, "What a great thing to say!"
Although he was very moved, he still had to do his job.
After his emotions stabilized a little, Professor Sprout finally stepped forward to maintain order.
The students who came to report the incident on the road had already told Professor Sprout and Cedric the cause of the incident in full, so at this time, Professor Sprout directly ignored the Slytherins lying on the ground and began to comfort the Muggle-born students present, and also emphasized on thanking Mike for standing up to help her students. It was not
until Professor Snape, who came late, spoke that the Slytherin students present were treated, and Professor Sprout was quite dissatisfied with this.
She could see that the injuries of these students were not serious, and Mike and others had not used any spells just now. And she had no good feelings towards those who bullied her students. According to her idea, they should lie on the cold floor for a whole day.
Professor Snape was going to deduct Mike's points, but Dumbledore denied it. So many people were involved in the incident, and the cause of the incident was the fault of the Slytherin students. If Snape really did it, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among most of the Muggle-blood students in Hogwarts.
Snape certainly understood the principle that the law should not punish the masses, but he had no choice at this time. If he did not protest to Dumbledore, his reputation within Slytherin would be reduced, which he could not tolerate.
After this incident, Mike became a hero in the eyes of the Muggle-blood students, and the students who were a little afraid of Mike before also changed their views on Mike.
Mike's speech in the hall was even more popular among the Muggle-blood students, which greatly improved the mental outlook of the Muggle students.
Now when they encounter fellow Muggle-bloods in trouble, they no longer stand idly by as before, but rush to help. And he changed his previous behavior of avoiding pure-blood students and instead stared at them with hatred, making all the pure-blood students very nervous.
I would feel embarrassed if I didn't update more chapters after receiving such a large reward from the two big guys, but updating more chapters right away would disrupt the rhythm of the plot, so please allow me to save it until the day of the book's release. Anyway, this book is not far from being released, it should be in the next two weeks.