Chapter 200: Double Agent
A double agent, what is the most important thing?
Trust.
Both sides must be trusted to be a qualified double agent.
If you can become a henchman on both sides at the same time, you can already be regarded as a high-end spy.
If this double agent is a double agent, he can still let both sides know that he is a spy sent from the opposite side, but they still trust him...... It really is a god-like being.
It's hard, like dancing with your feet on the tip of a knife.
But Dumbledore was asking Snape to do that.
The Headmaster sent Snape back and told Voldemort plainly...... It was Dumbledore who sent him back to be a spy and lurk around Voldemort.
Is this statement true?
Honestly, of course!
Again, the unmistakable truth.
Could there be a truer word than that?
But would Voldemort believe it?
Of course I would!
Knowing the truth, would he have killed Snape?
No!
The crux of the matter is not at all whether Snape was a spy sent back by Dumbledore, but ...... Voldemort felt in his heart:
Whose man is Snape, whose shape is the ass?
If it was in the form of Voldemort, then Snape's move was undoubtedly clever.
He was able to effectively paralyze Dumbledore and gain his trust to be a double agent.
Trust means more information about Dumbledore!
If Snape was Dumbledore's man and really a spy he sent...... No, what spy would be so stupid as to tell someone that he is a spy?
No way!
Therefore, Voldemort will not kill Snape, and will still believe him, and by the way, let him gather information.
This is an extremely high-end psychological game.
The winner is still Snape...... Look at who he belongs to in his heart.
Anyway, William was stunned when he heard it, Dumbledore's unreasonable move was really shallow and deep.
Worthy of Dumbledore, a master chess player!
Compared to the worm tail that Tom sent to Voldemort's side, I really don't know how many floors higher!
William wanted to make a spy and sent him next to Voldemort.
The spy still wants it.
After all, Snape was Dumbledore's man, and he wouldn't tell William any important information.
William was still thinking about the spy, and Snape had finished his conversation with Dumbledore.
But he didn't move, but lowered his eyes, was silent for a long time, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Potter ......"
"He's not dead."
Snape looked at the headmaster suspiciously. He saw the corpse and said he wasn't dead?!
"I'll ask William to bring him back." Dumbledore picked up his glass and took a sip.
"Trust me, Harry isn't dead yet, Severus, go ahead."
Snape's lips quirmed, and he glanced at William, as if disgruntled, but hurried away.
Professor Snape left, and William looked at Dumbledore, hoping for an explanation.
"Voldemort is resurrected." Dumbledore was concise.
William's brow furrowed. Although I had been prepared for a long time, when I heard the news, I was still a little ...... Not very comfortable.
Voldemort has finally come back to life!
Dark Lord ...... It's coming into the world again!
"You know, William." Dumbledore quickly explained the source of the information.
"Professor Snape was once a Death Eater, and he still has the Dark Mark on his arm.
Two hours earlier, it had been burnt black. It was a command, and Voldemort summoned the Death Eaters to appear immediately. β
"Karkaroff had already fled because he was afraid, and Malfoy had quietly left at the end of the game, and it seemed that he should go to his master's."
Dumbledore was very well informed, and there was nothing he didn't know.
This information is also here, and William does not believe that Voldemort has been resurrected.
"How did he come back to life, and in what way?" William asked in a low voice.
"It's not clear yet." Dumbledore shook his head.
"He wants to be resurrected, there's a lot of ancient magic, and he might invent some magic himself."
That's true.
Four years ago, Voldemort used Quirrell to infiltrate Hogwarts in an attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone and perform some kind of resurrection ritual.
Tom in the diary was also successfully resurrected with magic.
There are two ways to do this.
Since Voldemort had created a Horcrux, although he was confident, out of caution, he would definitely prepare a lot of magic in advance.
Once something happens, it can be adapted to local conditions.
Dumbledore crossed his hands and continued, "As for which way he chose, I'm not sure yet, but ......"
The headmaster looked slightly confused.
"I thought he was going to take Harry and use Harry's blood to resurrect him."
"Why do you say that?" William asked.
"Because Harry has in his blood the magic of his mother, Lily, the prehistoric mystery of love." Dumbledore explained softly.
"Fourteen years ago, Voldemort was bounced off by his own death curse, and he probably hadn't noticed it at the time.
But four years ago, when he was attached to Quirrell, he couldn't touch Harry...... He must have been aware of it then. β
William nodded and said, "I see, Voldemort was afraid of this power, so he wanted it. β
Dumbledore sighed, "But he doesn't seem to have chosen this way...... It shouldn't be. β
"What do you need me to do?" William asked.
"I need you to see through all of themβHarry, Ron, and the Durmstrang students, and investigate why they were killed." Dumbledore fasttracked.
William bowed slightly, this is still very easy.
Because these people died at school.
As long as you don't get out of school, it's all very simple.
Dumbledore's eyes suddenly sharpened a little, and he said in a low voice:
"William, don't have the idea of stopping Voldemort's resurrection.
The condition for you to leave the time loop is to complete the thoughts when you enter. If you can't, you can't end the time loop. β
The Bronze Ring is magically cast by Ravenclaw and something must be done in order for the cycle to end.
For example, when William first entered the time loop, he wanted to gain insight into the Tywin event.
He deliberately didn't investigate, and he would stay inside. It wasn't until he investigated that the cycle was finally over.
Moreover, because the Bronze Ring runs on Hogwarts, William cannot leave the school grounds.
Investigate how Voldemort was resurrected and leave Hogwarts.
If you go into a loop with this kind of thought, you end up stuck in it forever.
William nodded cautiously.
He did have a moment to stop Voldemort from resurrection.
Now that the conversation was over, William stood up and prepared to leave the principal's office.
But after taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and asked:
"Is it really okay for Professor Snape to go to see Voldemort like this?"
Although Voldemort would believe him from a mental game perspective, don't forget...... It's a magical world.
There are so many ways to get someone to tell the truth.
"Don't worry." Dumbledore smiled, "Snape is a master of potions and won't be spitted with real potions.
He's also a master of Occlumency, and I can't even see through what he's really thinking.
Voldemort ...... The same is true. β
William thought for a moment and then asked:
"Why do you trust Professor Snape so much?"
Snape had more responsibilities than anyone else. If you are not careful, you may kill many people.
Dumbledore looked out the window, and he was silent for a long time:
"Voldemort believed that only great power could deter everything.
I don't believe it.
It seems to me that ordinary things, ordinary love, ordinary acts of kindness and love, can suppress darkness.
The reason why I believe in Severus Snape may be because he can show me courage when I am afraid. β
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It's a huge room,
Professor Snape was hunched on his desk, bowing his head to write a letter, a huge hooked nose that almost touched it.
There was this kerosene lamp on the table, and a group photo, a bouquet of lilies.
The photograph is old and has a sense of history: a man and a woman, both about ten years old, are in the background of a playground with almost no people.
The girl is swinging, and a skinny boy is pushing the swing behind her.
It was Snape's most secret place, and he always liked to be alone when he was not here.
He's going to go to Voldemort in a moment.
If the Dark Lord didn't believe him, he would surely die.
All hope rested on Dumbledore's speculation.
Gambling on your life...... Snape felt that his life, on that night fourteen years ago, was not his own.
He's the kind of man...... Not afraid!
Dumbledore always said that time erases all wounds.
A person will one day forget the pain and get better.
Not really.
Some pains can never be forgotten, and some injuries never heal.
Snape gently folded the letter and placed it in the envelope.
Instead of putting a stamp, he put it in a drawer.
This letter, like the one in the drawer, was a thought he had written to a certain girl, but could never send it.
That's all.
Snape closed the drawer, got up and left.
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