Chapter 161: Top 8 Draw (Part 1)

A few days later, the eight-final draw of the first Hogwarts duel contest began in the auditorium.
Mike, Cedric and others waited in a small room at the back of the auditorium for the lottery ceremony. These days, Mike has been following Professor Flitwick’s instructions before leaving, and behaved in a low-key manner, except for continuing to continue through the map of the point every day. Surveillance Percy did not continue to participate in the investigation of Percy.
And Mike originally expected that Percy would soon be caught by Dumbledore and be wiped out. News of the Horcrux notebook did not appear. Hogwarts has been calm these days, just like Mike had just done. It didn't tell Flivy and others about the Horcrux.
On the contrary, what happened in front of the eagle's first door knocker that day gradually spread throughout Hogwarts.
For this, most people are on Mike's side. After all, this matter was almost completely provoked by Percy, and it was well deserved to receive such a severe punishment. There are even many Slytherin people who have been using it to criticize and laugh at Gryffindor students.
However, there is still a small group of Gryffindors who stood firmly on Percy’s side. Even though they blocked the door of the Ravenclaw lounge, Percy received too much punishment, and took the first shot. The hurting Mike is nothing, they think it's very unfair.
However, Mike didn't care about it at all. Even though this part of the pros and cons were very few in Gryffindor, they couldn't make any waves. On the contrary, Professor Flitwick has been away for so many days and there is no news that makes Mike very worried. Even the curse class has been replaced by Professor McGonagall these days.
"What's wrong with you, did you not sleep last night?"
Cedric on the side seemed to see that Mike's state was a bit wrong, and asked aloud.
"Thank you, I'm fine."
Wen Yan Mike also slapped his cheek twice, forcing himself to cheer up.
"Don't pay attention to him, he just quarreled with his girlfriend." At this moment, Carlos suddenly appeared to Cedric.
"I didn't quarrel with Penello, don't defile the innocence."
Facing Mike's denial, Carol raised her head with her arms folded and said: "You still said no, Penello told me that after the incident about Percy, you didn't comfort her. Even if she deliberately neglected you and did not act, I have seen a lot of men like you, cold and violent!"
Seeing that Carol almost pointed to his nose and called himself a scumbag, Mike was speechless.
He admitted that his mind was all about improving his strength and Percy lately, and somewhat ignored Penello, but things were not as bad as Carlos said.
Just when Mike was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to explain, Lockhart, who was wearing a feather crown and dressed up, suddenly pushed open the door of the room.
"Gentlemen and ladies, it's your turn to play!"
Mike felt that Lockhart's greasy voice sounded so beautiful at the moment, and he got up and came to Lockhart's side after brushing it, while Carol continued to look at Mike with the eyes of a scumbag.
Faced with Mike's reaction, Lockhart was obviously a little surprised, but he thought that Mike just couldn't wait to appear on stage, so he laughed and patted Mike on the shoulder.
The other two Slytherin players were very dissatisfied with Mike's preemptive behavior. In the end, it was Cedric, who followed with a wry smile.
"Everyone! Let us warmly welcome the eight strongest players in this duel contest! The first one to come to us! That is... Mike!"
After Mike heard Lockhart call his name, he stepped onto the stage. His appearance in the auditorium caused the cheers of everyone in the auditorium, but there was still a small amount of boos in the cheers. , Although it was still small, Mike still heard it.
Mike didn't care about this, and after shaking his hands to everyone, he stood in the corner of the stage, watching his heart and his nose.
He didn't need to guess the few black fans who knew they were all Gryffindor. After all, he got rid of Percy, the favorite to win the championship, and reduced Gryffindor's chance of winning.
Today’s auditorium did not appear that
surprising
arrangement. Lockhart’s strange aesthetic finally aroused the dissatisfaction of other professors in Hogwarts and warned him not to carry out that kind of treatment on Hogwarts Castle. The transformation of the jaw dropping.
Lockhart ignored the boos from the audience just like Mike, and continued to report the names of the remaining eight finalists.
With Lockhart's rollover, one after another players stepped onto the stage, and the audience in the audience did not hesitate to applaud.
Among them, Carol and Cedric received much more applause and cheers than Mike. Cedric will not say anything. They are handsome and strong, and they are especially good at being human. And Carol is because she gained a lot of fans in that 12-to-8 game, and everyone was conquered by her heroic attitude towards the huge fireball.
Several other players received much less applause, especially the Slytherin player who played last.
This player had already been eliminated ~EbookFREE.me~ but because Percy was forced to retire, he became the new quarter-finals through an additional loser competition, and everyone did not recognize his strength.
And because of his addition, the personnel ratio in the quarter-finals has become: 2 Gryffindors, 3 Slytherins, 2 Ravenclaw, and 1 Hufflepuff. Slytherin surpassed Gryffindor in number due to Percy's retirement, which is one of the reasons why Gryffindor students dislike Mike.
"Okay! All the top eight have arrived, and the draw has finally begun!" With a wave of Lockhart's wand, a huge gilt draw box with golden light appeared in front of everyone, "The drawing method is very Simple, there are 8 pieces of paper in this lottery box, each with one to four numbers written on it, and the person who draws the same number will become the opponent! Okay! Let's get started! Mike, you are the first."
Mike put his hand into the lottery box blankly, and as soon as his hand entered, Mike felt that an irregular gale was blowing in the box, and the pieces of paper were also wrapped in the lottery box by the hurricane. Flying.
I randomly grabbed a piece and opened it, and saw a big 1 written on it.
"Contestant Mike got number 1!" Lockhart held up the note facing the crowd, "Next! Carol!"
Carol also heard the sound, and the number she drew was the same as Mike's!
After Lockhart announced the number, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.
"It's over! Ravenclaw is in the Civil War, and I still think that Senior Sister Carol will play in the finals with Mike."
"Great! No matter who wins Ravenclaw, there is only one player left!"
Ignoring the discussion in the audience and the weird eyes of other players, Mike and Carroll's eyes collided. At this moment, there seemed to be sparks in the air.