Chapter Forty-Nine: Basilisk Wars

Lockhart was restrained all over, but his mouth could still move. So, he swallowed his spit and said, "You can't do this, it's illegal!"

"No!" Zhang Hao glared at Lockhart with a dangerous gaze, and said wisely, "If you really have a problem, the Ministry of Magic will not hold us accountable. If, on the other hand, you have bad intentions, then you will be tortured more than just the disgusting smell of the truth spitting. ”

He glanced at Snape, and the professor, who had gone from a dark heart to his clothes, went straight to the office without saying a word.

In just a few moments, he brought the stored elixir.

Professor McGonagall stared at Lockhart and said, "Give you one more chance, hand over the notebook." ”

Lockhart didn't say a word, he looked a little dazed, and the whole person seemed to be fighting with something.

Zhang Hao approached him, and said meaningfully: "If you spit out the truth in your stomach, you will say what you should say and what you shouldn't say." I'm sure you know the power of the elixir, right? I hope you haven't done anything bad other than stealing your notebook. ”

Lockhart finally broke down, and he shouted, "Get the truth potion away, I won't drink that thing!" The notebook is in my pocket, and it's in the pocket of this suit. I'll confess, take it away, and I'll tell you, I don't really blame you for this. I went to Dumbledore's office that day and asked me to take it with me...... I'm definitely not lying!"

Snape stepped forward and pulled into Lockhart's pocket, and sure enough, there was a black notebook.

He looked at Professor McGonagall and asked blankly, "Is it it? What is it?" Tom Riddle...... It's a name that's both familiar and unfamiliar!"

Professor McGonagall nodded, "There's his trophies in the prize showroom, a lot of trophies from fifty years ago. We weren't a professor at Hogwarts more than fifty years ago, and I'm pretty sure he wasn't my student. ”

Zhang Hao already understood when he heard this, but Professor McGonagall and Snape didn't know that this Tom Riddle was Voldemort.

He glanced at Ginny, the innocent girl looking terrified now.

Maybe she's also worried about what will happen if everyone knows she's the heir?

But at this time, she had to stand up and speak.

Because she knows the black notebook best, she has the most right to speak.

Zhang Hao said softly: "Jinnie, I think you should say something." Don't be afraid, I'll protect you!"

The twin brothers looked at Zhang Hao and then at Ginny, and they finally couldn't laugh.

"What's going on?" Professor McGonagall said solemnly, "The notebook has something to do with Ginny?" Mr. Zhang Hao, are you not mistaken?"

Zhang Hao didn't answer, just looked at Jinny quietly and with encouraging eyes.

This level needs to be overcome by herself, and she must confess everything.

"I ...... I can't help myself......" Ginny's tears fell like pearls, one by one. She sobbed, "The heir controlled me with a notebook - speaking another language like sleepwalking, and the door to the secret room opened easily. It was a really scary feeling...... He encouraged me...... I couldn't refuse him! I tried to throw it away, but I couldn't resist trying to find it. Thankfully, I couldn't find it...... Professor, am I going to be kicked out of Hogwarts?"

It's all out that there is an heir, but he's not anyone at Hogwarts.

Everyone looked at the black notebook in horror, like looking at a devil.

There are a lot of strange things in the wizarding world, and it's not unheard of that people can control people's minds, but few people have ever seen something like this horror.

Lockhart tried to clear his name, shouting, "Yes, I was bewitched by stealing it, I didn't mean to." ”

Professor McGonagall glared at him, not agreeing with the reason.

A professor is controlled by a notebook, whatever it is, Lockhart is humiliated enough as a professor.

"Why didn't you say it sooner?" Professor McGonagall reassured, "Don't worry, you won't be kicked out of Hogwarts, but you'll have to apologize to the victims when it's all over." Now you should tell us, what the hell is this notebook? You know what?"

"No...... I don't know what it is, it's stuck in my book at some point. Ginny shook her head and said, "It's like it has a soul of its own, and it communicates with me through words – I have many things to talk to." If I have any questions about studying, it can also help me answer them...... I don't know what's the harm of that, it's too late to get rid of it. ”

Apparently, Ginny took Voldemort's remnant soul for a portable grandfather.

Zhang Hao thinks that this girl can't be put under pressure anymore, she is about to collapse!

"Professor, maybe you should spell the names from your notebook backwards. "We seem to have discovered something amazing, and it's more important than how we get rid of the basilisk." ”

The professors all looked at the name - Tom Riddle.

The name is ordinary, but the spelling is thunderous when it is spelled upside down: Voldemort!

Many people shivered, as if they had suddenly fallen into an icy lake in the cold of winter.

Everyone knew that the name was enchanted by the Death Eaters, and whoever said it would be known to the loyal Death Eaters.

The Death Eaters did this as a sign of loyalty, making the name a nightmare.

People once thought that he had disappeared, but they did not expect that a notebook he left behind would cause a bloody storm.

"Oh my God, it's something left behind by the mysterious man, and he's the real heir. ”

"He's been a Hogwarts student too?

"It's horrible! It's like he's alive, we're so lucky to be alive until now!"

"It's terrible! He killed so many people back then, and now he wants to kill us. ”

Professor McGonagall picked up the notebook and looked at it carefully, muttering, "What the hell is this? What magic could make such an evil thing?"

The other professors also looked at their notebooks with jealousy, and they seemed to be thinking about it.

Zhang Hao was a little puzzled, it seemed that none of these professors thought about Horcruxes. Did they not even know that there was such a thing as a Horcrux?

He suddenly remembered one of the Death Eaters, the Death Eater traitor of the Black family, Sirius's brother Regulus Black.

The reason why Regulus Black is still fresh in Zhang Hao's memory is because he was the first to discover the secret of Voldemort's power.

He joined the Death Eaters because of his worship of Voldemort, and betrayed the Death Eaters because he understood the mysteries of Voldemort's power.

In his opinion, using Horcruxes as a means to become stronger and defeat death is inferior!

So he no longer considered Voldemort a belief after discovering the mystery of the Horcruxes, as can be seen from his last message.

Zhang Hao happened to remember that message:

To the Dark Lord:

I was dead before you read this, but I want you to know that I discovered your secret.

I stole your Horcrux and intend to destroy him as soon as possible.

I'm willing to die because I hope you'll be killed when you meet your opponents.

——. B

Undoubtedly, the last decision in his life was an unforgettable spark.

Perhaps he was the first person after Slahoggen to know that Voldemort made Horcruxes, and he knew about it before Dumbledore.

Unbeknownst to him, Voldemort possessed more than one Horcrux.

Just because he didn't know, he died even more tragically.

Zhang Hao thought self-deprecatingly: "It turns out that I, like mortals, can only remember the tragic heroes who have died." ”

I forgot so many important plots, but I remembered Regulus, a character who has nothing to do with the plot.

He had to say a word of providence!

Regulus has discovered Voldemort's secrets, why haven't the professors found out?

Zhang Hao really couldn't figure it out, he said seriously: "Professor, I think that no matter what this thing is, it should be destroyed as soon as possible." Or you can send it to the Ministry of Magic and use it to get Dumbledore back. Oh...... And innocent Hagrid......"

Get Dumbledore back?

Why does that sound so awkward?, the corners of the professors' mouths twitched.

"Okay!" Zhang Hao didn't care about the professors' reactions, he faced the students and said impassionedly: "I believe the professors can handle the details, and the next thing is the main thing." Let's discuss how to deal with the basilisk, and everyone has seen that the basilisk now hurts even pure-blood wizards. Only by destroying the basilisk can we rest easy, and the safety of those who come after Hogwarts is at stake. If we succeed, we will definitely go down in history!"

The corners of the professors' mouths began to twitch again......

"The basilisk is so powerful, how can we deal with it?" asked Seamus Finigan of Gryffindor, scratching his head, "It's so big, I'm afraid it can swallow us in one bite!"

He was also mischievous and frightened, and was obviously a good comedian.

Oh! This guy's eyebrows are burned again!

He always has accidents when he casts magic, and he really doesn't know when he will be the leader.

"It seems that everyone is afraid, so let me tell you, in fact, the basilisk has a weakness. Zhang Hao smiled confidently: "Its strongest weapons are its eyes and bloody mouth, but its weaknesses are also these two." Everyone knows that the basilisk's skin can reflect magic, but its eyes and bloody mouth are not covered in the skin. I've got a detailed plan to make sure its mouth and eyes don't have time to look at you. ”

"Is there really such a way?" Zhang Qiu urged: "Come and listen!"

The Great Hall began to get noisy, and everyone was rushing.

Professor McGonagall reproached, "Are you really going to lead everyone to destroy the basilisk?

"Yes, Professor. Zhang Hao said confidently: "Now I'm going to start arranging, I hope you can provide me with some materials." First of all, the rooster is essential. There is also pepper, quicklime, beef and mutton...... The more of these things, the better. It would be nice to have a barbecue grill at the end, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it. ”

Everyone looked at each other, why is it becoming more and more unreliable?

The action soon began, Zhang Hao distributed the sunglasses he had prepared earlier, and then taught everyone the password.

The password is the snake word for 'open door', and they need to find the exits to the secret rooms scattered throughout the castle and block the doors with roosters.

This is to prevent the basilisk from scurrying into the castle, which would be troublesome.