Chapter 145: Reinforcements

At the same time, in the two broomstick bars--
"The buttons are still here, Hermione!" Neville Longbottom whispered. "Fortunately, I didn't lose it!"
He looked around cautiously, then, taking advantage of the people around him not paying attention, slipped the button from the back of the bench and put it into his pocket.
"Let's go!" Neville said.
Hermione Granger didn't answer, and some thoughts followed him, and the two walked out of the two broomsticks.
"Here." Neville handed the buttons to Hermione until he left the bar:
"Let's go to Duke of Honey, we can help Matthew pick some candies in advance..."
Before Neville's words were finished, Hermione shook her head worriedly.
She pursed her lips and said, "No, Neville...I feel that the tone and expression of Matthew's words at the time... are so strange..."
"Strange?" Neville was stunned, and at the same time he touched his head in a naive way, "It is indeed a bit strange to think about it...Matthew is not usually so fierce..."
"Yes," Hermione nodded again, "as if he was...as if he was deliberately driving us away..."
"Shoot us away..." Neville couldn't help becoming more confused.
"Yes...yes...it must be..." Hermione used three consecutive tone particles, "It's driving us away... Maybe Matthew heard some dangerous information in my bug... In order to prevent it from affecting us, he drove us away..."
Her voice was a little trembling.
"Damn it!" Neville quickly reacted, and he said categorically, "Let's go back quickly... no matter how dangerous it is, we can't let Matthew carry it alone!"
After all, he was about to run towards the screaming hut.
"Wait, Neville!" Hermione said suddenly.
At the same time she stretched out her hand to hold the opponent.
"What are you waiting for, Hermione..." Neville said anxiously. "If you don't hurry back, it will be too late..."
"No... wait... Neville..." The expression on Hermione's face suddenly became calm.
She softly analyzed: "The reason why Matthew will drive us away is because he is about to face an opponent that we can't deal with... We rushed back like this, it will only cause him trouble... No... Absolutely not. ..."
She shook her head vigorously.
"If we want to help Matthew... we have to find a helper for him, a great helper..."
"Yes, this may be his purpose for driving us away," Hermione Granger said sternly, "Quickly, Neville, let's go back to Hogwarts... Go to Headmaster Rozier!"
...
Neville and Hermione rushed towards Hogwarts along Hogsmeade Avenue at the fastest speed.
"Will it be too late..." Neville said worriedly while running panting, "Run back to Hogwarts and find a way to find Principal Rozier... I don't know how much time will be lost in the process. What..."
Hermione frowned. She was obviously worried about it too, but she didn't say anything.
The two had just crossed Hogsmeade Avenue and came to the small road between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade...
At this moment, an adult man walked towards him and almost collided with them.
"Mr. Longbottom, Miss Granger, what's the matter?" the other party said gently, "You look worried!"
It's Professor Severus Snape.
The two looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Professor Snape, go and save Matthew..." Neville said quickly.
"Help...help Matthew?" Professor Snape didn't seem to react yet, what was the specific situation.
Hermione was still able to maintain a certain level of calm. She spoke very fast and at the same time spoke clearly.
She told Professor Snape about Matthew's strange behavior on the hillside and her speculation that Matthew must be in danger.
"You mean... Mr. Wakefield is in crisis now?" Professor Snape frowned and asked unhurriedly.
"It's true, Professor!" Hermione looked very anxious, even tears fell, "Please, hurry over with us..."
Looking at Professor Snape’s puzzled expression, they thought that Professor Snape would think they were just joking, or just a child thinking too much...
Unexpectedly, Professor Severus Snape nodded solemnly soon:
"Lead the way!"
"Quickly, Professor... follow me!" Hermione took the lead and ran back.
...
Five minutes later, the three came to the top of the hill where the Screaming Shack was.
The scenery on the hillside is still the same, with yellow leaves flying everywhere, and almost no people can be seen.
At least Matthew Wickfield is not here.
"Matthew!" Hermione and Neville shouted anxiously.
There was no response.
"Is the place you separated before, right here?" Professor Snape asked calmly.
Neville and Hermione nodded quickly.
Professor Snape squatted down quickly, took out his wand, pointed it at the ground, and whispered something softly.
At this moment, Neville and Hermione seemed to see a very anxious figure running towards the hillside.
"It's Matthew!" Hermione screamed. "He ran up the mountain... over there... it's..."
"It's the screaming shack," Professor Snape responded calmly. "Your guess is correct. Mr. Wickfield is in a little trouble, otherwise he won't run there...Go, Granger Miss, we chase it!"
After all, he followed the previous phantom and ran towards the hillside.
Neville and Hermione also hurriedly followed.
Along the way, Professor Snape stopped from time to time to check something.
"The fence was kicked down, and the weeds have never been trampled on," he said very calmly, "As expected, Mr. Wickfield has been here... continue to follow me..."
"Professor..." Hermione's voice trembled slightly, UU reading www.uukanshu.com "Go ahead...it's the Screaming Shack..."
The Screaming Shack is, after all, the most haunted house in Britain in the legend.
And Hermione Granger is just a little girl who just turned 13 years old.
"Then you go back to Hogsmeade first." Professor Snape nodded.
"No, I want to follow..." Hermione seemed to be determined, and she nodded.
Then she followed again.
...
The three people just broke into the screaming hut.
But the situation inside made them dumbfounded.
An extremely fierce battle seemed to have erupted in the whole room, and the pieces of furniture and the dust that were lifted up were very chaotic.
And on the floor, a huge cave appeared!