Snakes in Hogwarts

For a long time, in people's cognition, snakes have always been a symbol of ruthlessness. Those little snakes born in Slytherin are often exquisite egoists.

I can only say that this is a biased statement. In the eyes of snakes, there are not only benefits, but also friendship and warmth. Perhaps because these things are unusually rare in snakes, they will doubly. Cherish.

Andros Lobach, "The Blood of Cold-Blooded Animals"

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1991, July 1, London, the most fringe of the city.

Here is the dirtiest side of the city, swarms of flying flies, swill flowing along the dirty muddy paths, and piles of garbage piled up like hills.

No one wants to come here, and the citizens who occasionally pass by are all holding their noses and quickly leaving this stinking ghost place.

It is hard to believe that this dirty and ugly look will appear in a big city like London.

But this is true.

A prosperous city like London generates thousands of tons of rubbish every day, and these rubbish will be temporarily concentrated here before being properly treated. It is located in a garbage dump in the suburbs of London.

Of course, the so-called proper handling and temporary stacking are just rhetoric of those politicians.

In fact, these rubbish have been piled up here for a long time, and their number has not decreased, but increased with the day. Every few days, several new rubbish mountains can be added here.

Because in 1991, the citizens of London were actively opposed to the incineration of garbage, and those efficient and environmentally friendly garbage disposal methods have not been invented or popular in the UK.

Anyway, there are landfills in the UK where garbage is piled up first. This is what those politicians think.

If it is not enough, find a way to build more.

As for the residents living there?

Are they fools?

How else would you live in such a ghost place?

These politicians certainly couldn't imagine that when they stood dignifiedly in front of the camera and talked, behind a stinking garbage dump, a small boy was secretly looking forward.

He carried a tattered backpack, and his dirty black hair grew wildly on the boy's head, and he didn't know how long he hadn't taken care of it.

The boy has a pair of yellow eyes, and the most surprising thing is that his pupils turned out to be a black vertical line, which naturally reminds people of snake eyes.

Maybe this is the only unusual place in him?

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Lying behind the garbage dump, Andros felt very lucky.

Just today, the boss of the garbage dump, "Hyena" Bill finally decided to annex the site of another large garbage dump south of the city. That night, he took a man and left his resident in a mighty manner, which made Ander Rose was able to mix into the largest garbage dump on the edge of the city, a holy land where countless scavengers thought about it day and night.

Yes, for Andros and other scavengers, this junkyard that other people avoid is indeed the holy land in their hearts.

Because here, with just a little bit of luck, you can find some valuable little things, those cute little ones with different luster, from the rubbish discarded by others.

It is a good thing that can be exchanged for milk and bread, especially for people like Andros who have no father and no mother, who want to live in this world, can't do without such a treasure of Feng Shui.

As far as I can remember, Andros grew up in an orphanage in London. He didn't know who his parents were, and there was nothing to prove their existence.

It can be said that they gave him nothing but the name Andros Lobach.

One night ten years ago, Nancy, the dean of the Feng's Orphanage, heard a rush and violent knock on the door.

When she opened the door tremblingly, there was only one baby in the swaddle left outside the door, that is, the little boy, Andros Lobach, who was now lying on the trash and looking around.

The name came from a letter on the baby, and it was the only content on it.

The dean is undoubtedly a good person. She has worked so hard to support this orphanage, and treats the children the same as her own. However, there are too many homeless children, and in the 20th century In the late London, there were actually many problems hidden under the surface of the bustling city.

Child labor, gangs, criminal groups that train homeless children to turn them into beggars or pickpockets, the outskirts of London are far more dangerous than you think.

In this chaotic place, it is not easy to support such an orphanage.

When Andros was a child, he received bullying from children who were older and stronger than him because he had different eyes from others.

The essence of human beings is to seek common ground and reject differences.

But gradually, no one dared to bully him.

Because most of those who bullied him received revenge.

Unlike these little shit boys who don't know anything, Andros' thin body hides many secrets.

First of all, there is a 21-year-old soul hidden in his eleven-year-old body.

Yes, Andros is a traverser.

Unfortunately, he crossed over to an orphan who was not wanted. In order to make his life better, he had to pick up waste from the trash at an early age, just as he is doing now.

Fortunately, there is another secret in his body, and Andros has mastered a very mysterious power.

Early on, he often found strange things happening around him, toys that disappeared out of thin air in the hands of others, suddenly broken glasses, sheets that spontaneously burned for no reason, or his uncontrollable hair.

Many times, he has just finished his short haircut, but when he wakes up from sleep the next day, he will find that his hair has returned to its original length.

Gradually, Andros discovered that there was a strange power in his body, perhaps the benefit of the traverser, and he found that he could simply mobilize this mysterious energy in his body.

Although it is not as good as an arm drive, it is not a problem to let some small objects levitate or fly towards oneself in the air, or let some small objects disappear out of thin air.

With this ability, Andros has become the existence that those children in the orphanage dare not provoke.

However, Andros, lying behind the garbage dump, is not in the mood to entangle this mysterious energy in his body. For him, making his current life better is the most important thing.

Andros raised his head and carefully observed the surroundings, his steps were light, and he fumbled towards the front little by little.

If you want to pick up waste safely here, the first rule is to never make any noise.

The few native dogs that "Hyena" Bill raises have really eaten people!

As the owner of this garbage dump, "Hyena" Bill has been using a very bloody way to warn the scavengers who stepped into this place.

Every month, one or two unlucky eggs are caught by Bill's men, and these people have only one fate, that is, they are eaten by Bill's captive dogs.

This is also the origin of his title of "Hyena". This animal that is active on the African savannah feeds on carrion.

It is hard to imagine that there were such things in London in the late twentieth century, but it was the case.

As the boss of this area, Bill needs to use such a bloody way to prove his rule over this area.

Anyway, it's just a few scavengers who can't survive. In such a place, no one will care about these things.

What, you mean the police?

Sorry, the police would never come to this place.

Their law enforcement scope does not include this smelly garbage area at all.

This is also the reason why Andros is so careful now, because once he is caught, even if he can do some tricks, I am afraid his life will be explained here.

He didn't expect Bill to be kind to an eleven-year-old boy, let alone that kind of thing rarely appeared in this smoky wasteland.

Perhaps it is the benefits brought by this pair of eyes that are different from others. Andros has very good eyesight at night, and he can see the surrounding environment clearly even in the dark.

This is his biggest advantage in this invisible wasteland.

Andros has secretly come here to pick up waste many times. Fortunately, he has never been caught.

Coupled with the mysterious power in his body, Andros will always come home with his own spoils without any risk.

However, this is not a reason to relax your vigilance, you can succeed many times, but as long as you fail once, you will be over.

Thinking of this, Andros stepped lightly and slowly bypassed the first few garbage dumps. These few outermost garbage dumps have been patronized by how many visiting scavengers, and they have long been worthless. thing.

His goal tonight is the center of the garbage dump, a restricted area he usually dare not go to, and there is the place where Bill "Hyena" is strictly guarded and the place with the most treasures.

In fact, "Hyena" Bill's manpower has always been limited, and there is no way to completely control this area, so whenever new garbage comes in, Bill will always instruct his people to pick out the most valuable ones and stack them. In his private realm, a large core area surrounded by barbed wire in the garbage dump.

There is the holy place and forbidden place for scavengers.

With the cover of the night and his familiarity with the terrain, Andros quickly bypassed several patrol teams. Compared with the daily patrols, it was undoubtedly much looser tonight, and he can only see it from a distance. Several groups of horses patrolling the garbage dump with flashlights.

Come to think of it, I am afraid that there will be many scavengers thinking the same as myself tonight. I need to be more cautious. When I came to a garbage dump outside the barbed wire, Andros looked around carefully.

After confirming that there was no one around, he raised his hand and pointed it at the barbed wire in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, something unscientific happened. The bottom of the barbed wire in front of Andros began to bend, deform, and gradually became an arched passage for people to crawl through. It was like a pair of invisible hands pulling the barbed wire from the soil. Pulled out inside.

Without delay, Andros quickly climbed over, and then used the same method to change the barbed wire back to its original appearance. Since he was able to mobilize the power in his body, this is not the first time Andros has done this.

He touched a few garbage dumps not far away. The things here are much better than the outside. Most of them are all kinds of metal originals, which were picked out by Bill's men from the garbage dumps outside. , And then they were piled up here, waiting for those scrap companies to send special personnel to centralized procurement.

And now, these treasures are bargained for nothing. Scavengers like Andros, walking among this pile of valuable treasures, Andros even saw several car engines that looked complete and car shells that were too late to be cut. However, it was too big for him to take it away.

Efforts to remove his eyes, Andros looked in other directions, this time his goal was the small parts that were not big, for example, those yellow cute little ones.

The second rule of scavenging rules is to take as much as you can when you see yellow metal.

Whether it's copper tubes, copper rods, copper wires or copper plates, you will always earn money by taking these things.

Under the cover of the night, Andros listened carefully to the surrounding movement, but swiftly stuffed the baby he liked into his backpack.

The night here is not calm, from time to time, there will be a few loud dog barks and a few louder screams in the distance.

I want to come tomorrow night, and there will be a few more unlucky bodies left over from the barbed wire fence nearby.

Many scavengers came here tonight, but not everyone has the luck or caution of Andros.

Without thinking too much, Andros continued his work, his movements were very fast, and he soon bulged his backpack.

It's time to retreat.

The third rule of scavenging rules is to run when it is full. Don't hesitate.

Andros stood up without hesitation and slipped out along the way he came. The backpack was heavy, but he didn't seem to be affected much. His years of scavenging career allowed Andros to move his body skillfully. It’s not too difficult for them to hold up the backpack to reduce weight.

Of course, this is only temporary and cannot be maintained for too long. Long-term mobilization of this mysterious force can cause retching, headaches, and even fainting.

Don’t ask how Andros knew it, it was a rather unpleasant memory, and it had long since become obscure. Andros only vaguely remembered a very strong boy bullying himself and he was riding on him. Hit his body violently.

Then, Andros couldn't remember, and what was even more strange was that he had never seen the boy in the orphanage after that day.

Forget it, now thinking about what's the use of these, going back safely is the most important thing now.

Along the familiar route, Andros quickly returned to the side of the barbed wire he had entered, and after driving a larger dog hole, Andros successfully slipped out.

In addition to the gains from this trip, I have almost accumulated two hundred pounds. Andros thought proudly that for people living here, two hundred pounds is already a huge sum. paragraph.

What should I do with this money?

Forget it, now is not the time to think about this.

After walking out of the garbage dump, Andros' expression became even more tense. A child, a bulging backpack, and a dark night, he could guess what chemical reaction the three would produce, even if he didn't want to.

Tonight, there were not only many scavengers who ventured into the garbage area to pick up waste, but also many homeless people who wandered outside ready to sit back and enjoy their achievements. Andros is undoubtedly the best fat sheep to slaughter.

In order not to be slaughtered as a fat sheep, Andros decided to take a different path, that is, the sewer.

That's right, it's the sewer.

This dark, stinking and complicated underground pipe that can stun anyone, even the down-and-out tramp, is unwilling to take a step closer there.

However, today is destined to be an unusual day.

Just when Andros opened the manhole cover of the sewer by pinching his nose as usual, he actually saw a pair of yellow eyes in the sewer, looking straight at him.