Chapter 467: You don't know the destructive power of cats (Edited)

"Crack!"

A bluish-white lightning bolt struck as soon as Fish stepped through the door. The cat, with his quick reflexes and speed, and his [Beast Instinct], had been able to fulminate the lightning as soon as it hit him, and had made a move to dodge it, but... it was still a step too slow.

The sudden lightning took Fish by surprise, who tried to dodge it as fast as he could, but it still grazed his arm.

"Nya!"

(?`Д′?)

Fish let out a scream and fell to the ground completely numb. Fish had been struggling for a long time, however, and the moment he hit the floor, he immediately curled into a ball and then rolled out of Moody's office.

Hermione watched as Fish walked in and, within two seconds, rolled out in a very pitiful manner.

"Nya?"

She had heard Fish scream earlier and Hermione asked worriedly.

"It's okay nya, I just got electrocuted.... Moody's office is so interesting nya!"

()

The cat got up from the disheveled floor, shook off his still numb arms and looked eagerly around the room.

This level of aggressiveness did not put Fish off, but rather piqued his interest and competitive nature.

Without a word, Fish returned to his fato form, which was more comfortable for him at the moment.

The kitten lowered its body, cautiously approached the office door again, extended a paw, launched itself over the door frame, hit the floor of the room and quickly retracted.

(=ΦΦ=)?

After repeating this several times and making sure that no lightning was approaching, Fish continued to move spasmodically and entered the room.

(=??=)

Once inside the room, Fish stopped at the door, looked around cautiously, his body was still low, his muscles were tense and he was ready to dodge at any moment.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

All is well.

Then the cat took another step forward.

"Crack!"

"Nya!"

?(=`Д′=)?

When the second lightning bolt struck, Fish jumped into the air, braced himself for it and struck it with his red paws, scattering it instantly.

As the lightning was dispersed by Fish, it was as if something had been activated in Moody's room, lighting up all sorts of unexpected places, either with some kind of spell of unknown effect, or with ropes and vines and snakes and other magical creations trying to bind Fish.

"Nya!"

? (=`? ′=)?

Fish shouted with glee, waving his two glowing red paws and running forward.

Hermione, waiting outside, heard a thump and a clatter coming from inside the office, accompanied by Fish's occasional excited meowing, and she pricked up her ears, turning her attention to the other side of the hallway.

In Moody's office, Fish was having the time of his life.

It wasn't that Fish thought he couldn't beat Professor McGonagall; in fact, after learning the Patronus Charm, Fish had sensed that Professor McGonagall was probably no match for him.

It's just that after realizing that he had managed to outsmart Professor McGonagall, Fish was less willing to challenge her, and even if he did for some reason, Fish didn't want to use his Patronus Charm to determine the winner.

When he stopped challenging Professor McGonagall, he basically stuck to fighting with his friends in the Forbidden Forest and Hermione, who had turned into a cat, and couldn't be bothered, which was one of the reasons he kept thinking about fighting Professor Moody.

While it was important to win or lose, it was more important to Fish to have a good time.

And now...

He was having a good time.

After having a good time, the cat leapt towards the trap he had found that had triggered the spell, and climbed up and smashed it to pieces with a flurry of feline punches.

After this, the commotion in Moody's office finally died down.

(°°≡°°)

Fish returned to his human form and turned his head to look around, but only then did the cat have time to take a closer look at Moody's office.

Aside from the traps he had dismantled into pieces, and a few items that had unfortunately been caught in the process, Professor Moody's office wasn't much different from Professor Lupin's office.

Or rather, his office was simpler than Lupin's.

Because Lupin had a lot of teaching materials and books in his office, while in Moody's there were only tables, chairs, benches and magic traps, and the bookshelves were empty of everything.

"Nya?"

(?ΦΦ?)?

Looking around, that is, the large box with seven locks looked suspicious, so Fish naturally approached.

"Sniff... Sniff..."

Fish moved his head closer to the box and wiggled his nose a couple of times, noticing the complex scent left in the box....

Which made the cat's curiosity grow.

"Alohomora!"

(?ΦΦ?)つ━☆*.

If possible, Fish preferred to minimize damage to Moody's stuff.... although the ruins behind him were not very convincing.

It was a pity that, like the office door, Moody's box had been subjected to an anti-theft spell.

"Then you can't blame Fish nya."

Cat muttered, reaching out and grabbing the lid of the box.

"Nya!"

ヽ(●-`Д′-)ノ

Fish lifted the whole box... the lock on the box was still very strong.

"Well..."

The cat put the box down on the ground, stood thoughtfully, and activated the [Beast Claw] spell. Instantly, sharp nails sprouted from his fingertips, Fish pointed at the keyhole and dug his nails in.

"Nya!"

? (?ΦДΦ?)?

With a series of "clicks, clicks, clicks", the seven locks of the box were opened by Fish's strange technique, revealing the contents of the box.

"Yeesh..."

(???)

After seeing the contents of the box, Fish made a disgusted face, as it was filled with various spell books.

But the cat didn't close the box right away, because the smell of ink and parchment was only a small part of the smell he could smell, there was something else in the box.

So Fish took all the books out of the box, only to discover that there was nothing but books in it.

"Strange nya..."

()?

Fish scratched his hair, confused, and then remembered something Rolf had told him about Newt having a magical animal case that could switch between two states.

So... A similar situation with Moody's suitcase?

Fish trusted his sense of smell and didn't think he smelled anything wrong.

It's just that Fish had looked all over the suitcase and couldn't find the switch to change the suitcase's state.

"I should have asked Newt to show me what the suitcase looked like..."

ε=(′ο｀*)

Fish folded his arms and sighed helplessly.

Aside from the magic trap and the trunk, there was nothing interesting in Professor Moody's office and, after a quick glance, Fish walked out decisively.

"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have destroyed those traps nya."

()

After leaving the third floor, the cat muttered to Hermione, "Or I could have gone in there when I had nothing better to do, but now that Fish has knocked his office down once, it's not a good idea to go back."

Hermione rolled her eyes, speechless.

However, Fish continued to mutter, "Professor Moody's traps aren't as good as Minerva's, but he should be stronger himself...it's just that Fish has already trashed his office, so it's not a good idea to go back with him to fight..."

The most important thing was that Moody had complimented Professor McGonagall and Fish was feeling better about him, so Fish wasn't going to worry about that, he was going to try to fight Moody.

"Anyway, you're going to be entering the Triwizard Tournament in a few days, so one less fight isn't a big deal, right?"

Hermione didn't want Fish to provoke the professor, so she did her best to dissuade the cat from that not-so-good idea.

Thinking the same thing, Fish stopped beating around the bush and was excited to discuss with Hermione what the Triwizard Tournament would consist of.

After chatting for a while, the two returned to their cat forms and wandered around the castle, skipping the third floor and the downstairs area, of course, as Hogwarts was big enough to wander anywhere.

And after squatting on Snape for a while, Barty Crouch Jr. discovered that the other party had completed the potion brewing and went straight to bed, completely neglecting the work of the night watch....

How unprofessional!

An indignant Barty Crouch Jr. limped back to his office, silently contemplating the ripped-off door and the mess that was his office....

He thought that even if he couldn't catch Fish, or teach him a lesson, he could at least get him to back off... but it was clear that he had underestimated Fish's strength.

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But Barty Crouch Jr. didn't mind that the traps were broken, he wasn't really Mad-Eye Moody anyway, and most of them came from Moody, so it didn't bother him too much.

What really bothers him is that it seems to be getting harder and harder for Harry Potter to win the Triwizard Tournament.

Another thing...

You could have broken the lid of the box, why did you have to remove the lock?

Barty Crouch Jr. looked at the seven locks that had been destroyed, they were also Moody's property and it wasn't that he couldn't fix them, it was just that it was a lot of work and would take some time.

Good thing he had just replenished the Multijuice Potion, otherwise it would have been exposed.