"Black mistletoe, what's that?"

Hoffa was curious, he had seen a lot of mistletoe, and Hogwarts used to decorate the façade with this kind of thing every Christmas, hanging them all over the hallways.

But they are mostly green or brown and are very delicate parasitic plants that are very fragile.

"You finally remember. The little monster in the glass ball said, "It's a very special magic plant, but if it's you wizards, it shouldn't be hard to get." ”

"How special?"

"Just ask, and you'll know. ”

The little monster hovered and closed, "See you in the next nightmare." It concluded.

See ...... next nightmare Hoffa shuddered, he couldn't understand what kind of creature would feed on nightmares. However, he decided that it would be better to sleep less after that, and if he could, simply use meditation instead of sleep, and not give this guy any chance to peek into his heart.

Walking out of the wooden house that the house elf had built for him, under the light of the moon, he suddenly swept away the decline of the day, full of energy, refreshed, and fresh as if he had been stimulant.

At this time, the wizards who were on a mission in Bournemouth below rode Thestrals back to the cloud base one after another, and under each Thestrals, more than a dozen low-level blood slaves were tied with ropes, and they were kept mouth shut and could not make the slightest sound.

The house-elves on the ground shuttled like ants, and they quickly built one iron cage after another to imprison those low-level bloods, and after losing their leaders and high-ranking people, they were no match for wizards at all, and they were quickly killed.

In the distance, fluorescent flickering, and some newspaper reporters were standing on wooden boxes, pulling the wizards who had returned from Bournemouth, interviewing and trying to get first-hand news material.

Fearing to be recognized, Hofa pulled on his hat and planned to meet Slughorn and ask what a black mistletoe was.

As a result, he didn't walk a few steps when a vigilant voice came from behind him: "What are you going to do?"

Looking back, Tom Riddle was looking at himself gloomily, "Why don't you leave, who are you looking for in the middle of the night?"

Beside him, there were several Slytherins, future Death Eaters looking at him with expressions of repulsion rather than disgust.

Hofar, it's not easy for this guy to keep spying on himself without sleeping, and I'm afraid that I will reveal the news of his father's murder to the people at the magic school, and my heart is broken.

However, after seeing him, Hoffa gave up the idea of going to Slughorn for the time being, and asked directly, "Do you know what black mistletoe is, Tom?"

"What are you talking about?"

Tom Riddle was puzzled: "What a black mistletoe parasite." ”

It seems that I don't know. Hoffa thought to himself that he would have to go to Slughorn.

But then, a hoarse whisper came from behind Tom Riddle: "I know... Hoffa..."

"Shut up, idiot. Tom Riddle immediately turned around and scolded, "Nothing can save you!"

Hofa's face changed slightly, he turned sideways, and found that Tom was still holding a familiar guy with a chain, the man had a blue nose and swollen face, big and small eyes, the yellow-black school robe on his body was tattered, and his originally tall figure had become rickety.

It's Ryan. Ever since he had sent the letter away from him, he had been left with no idea, and when he saw him again, he had become Tom's prisoner. Originally, Tom said to lock him up, he thought it was just a confinement, but now it seems that far from it, he has been subjected to very vicious physical abuse.

"What have you done, Tom?"

He asked with a frown.

"You should ask him, what did he do?"

Tom Riddle pointed five fingers, directly twisted Ryan's chin, and forced him to raise his head: "I actually took advantage of my position to have an affair with a vampire in Bournemouth, if I hadn't caught him, I'm afraid that this bastard will sell all the secrets of our school to those monsters." ”

The Slytherins behind him let out low chuckles, their eyes full of disdain.

Hoffa felt very uncomfortable watching Ryan's jaw twisted, this guy has liked to play tricks on weaker creatures than himself since he was a child, although he came to Hogwarts, he was a little restrained on the surface, but his nature in his bones has not changed.

"How do you know?" he asked coldly.

"When I found him, he was feeding blood to a vampire, and I suspected that there was something wrong with him, so I came back and asked for the elixir, and it turned out that he had a lot of stories. ”

He couldn't help but laugh as he said this, and he shook Ryan's chin: "Hey, next time there is such a good thing, remember to call us, don't enjoy it alone." ”

Piercing laughter followed, and Hoffa became more and more uncomfortable. For some reason, he had the feeling that his little brother was being bullied, even though Ryan wasn't his subordinate.

Hoffa stepped forward, "He's a Hufflepuff man, and even if he does something wrong, he should leave it to the Hufflepuff people to deal with." ”

"What does it have to do with you," Tom Riddle sneered without hesitation, "This is our Hogwarts housekeeping, do we need you an outsider to intervene?" Who do you think you are, Ravenclaw prefect?"

Hoffa remained motionless, and the laughter died down little by little.

Tom flicked the chain with his head held high, Ryan stumbled forward with his hands tied, and said as he walked past him, "Finish asking the question?" ”

"Stop. ”

Hoffa stopped Tom.

"Is there an end?"

Tom threw the chains away, "What else do you want?"

"I haven't finished asking questions yet, and he knows the answers to my questions. ”

Tom Riddle looked at him suspiciously, "Just asking a question?"

"That's right, I'll leave after asking. ”

Tom pondered for a moment, then pushed Ryan forward by the shoulder, and pushed him in front of Hoffa, "If you have any questions, just ask them here." ”

With that, he and the Slytherins stepped aside and looked at Ryan as they chatted, the same way a police officer looks at a thief.

And Huo Fa looked at the miserable Hufflepuff boy in front of him, and felt a little guilty for a while, he tricked him into going to cool up in order to find the nun, and felt that everything was under his control, but everything that happened later was no longer under his control, and their various circumstances also took a sharp turn for the worse, it seemed that this Hufflepuff was even worse than himself.

"I'm sorry, Ryan. ”

Hoffa scratched his head and said.

Ryan looked at him, his lips squirming: "They're going to burn Kilia, and they want me to see ......"

Gilia Bowman, Hoffa held his forehead, he still remembered the name of the female blood, pursed his lips and thought for a moment, he asked, "Do you still want to believe me, I can take you out of here." ”

Ryan looked at Hoffa with his right eye, which could still be opened, and shook his head, his expression was about to cry: "You are more ruthless than the other....."

"Give me one more chance, man. Hoffa pressed his ear a little anxiously, "I lied to you once, and I promise not to lie to you a second time." ”

"Don't say irrelevant things. ”

Tom's warning, cold voice came from the side.

"I know, I know. Hoffa waved his hand irritably and asked Ryan, "Tell me what black mistletoe is, hurry up, we're running out of time." "He bites the word time very hard.

Ryan looked at Hoffa's golden eyes, as if speculating on the credibility of his words, and finally, he nodded, "I can't explain it to you directly, I have to... I'll have to show you. ”

"Where?"

"Herb warehouse. ”

Hoffa immediately said to Tom, "It's not clear here, he's going to take me to the herb storehouse." ”

"What are you doing in the warehouse again?"

Tom asked alertly, as he went from holding his arms to standing up straight.

"Take a mistletoe plant. ”

It was Ryan who answered him.

"Just a mistletoe plant?"

Hoffa nodded.

Tom and his companions got together and whispered a few words, and soon, they had a result, Tom pulled the chain that bound Ryan from the ground, "Okay, come with me, you have a lot to do." ”

......

......

A group of people came to the herb warehouse in the cloud base, which was very similar to the botanical garden of Hogwarts Herbal Class, in the flower bed made of wood, there were many colorful plants, most of which were used for healing and medicine, and Hoffa was also very familiar with them, only a few of them he did not recognize.

Walking up to an apple tree with a crooked neck, Ryan stopped and pointed to a splash of green on the branch, "This is what you want." ”

Hoffa stopped and looked, disappointed.

I saw that on the branches of the apple tree, there were still a few thin tender green branches, which had many branches, and looked very fragile and soft.

Hoffa has seen this thing a lot, once upon a time at Hogwarts Christmas, this thing hung in a hallway.

"I want black mistletoe, black. ”

He stressed to Ryan.

"Black mistletoe ......"

Ryan was a little distracted, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after being pushed by Hoffa, he lowered his head and said: "Legend has it that when the gods were prosperous, the god queen Frigga blessed her youngest son Badr, so that all things swore not to hurt him, and all things swore because of Badr's beauty that they would never hurt Badr.

But there is only one creature that does not swear, mistletoe.

Before Ragnarok, the Grim Reaper plucked the mistletoe and gave it to Hoddle, the god of darkness, to throw it at Badr. Badr died as a result. After Ragnarok, the mistletoe that killed the god of light turned from green to black. ”

After he finished speaking, Hoffa was stunned.

Tom Riddle laughed on the side.

"Alright, I thought Bach was looking for something, we don't have any mythical stuff here, it's just ordinary wizards' household gadgets. ”

Ignoring Riddle's happy sarcasm, Hoffa asked Ryan, "Is there only one?"

Ryan shook his head, "That's just a legend, it's not rigorous, and it's not verifiable. However, according to the record of the unrevised original version of "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms", mistletoe is a plant that must rely on killing other organisms to survive, it can not survive on its own, and usually parasitizes in poplar trees, apple trees, squirrel trees and other common types of trees, this kind of plant will insert its roots into the bark to absorb nutrients, so it will cause damage to the tree, and some will also cause the parasitic tree to produce deformed death. But it's not just plants that it kills, in fact, if mistletoe can feed on other things, including humans. After the green mistletoe is used to kill a person, it turns black. Once a mistletoe has tasted the soul, it will only feed on the soul. Therefore, the only function of the black mistletoe parasitism is to kill the soul.

In the Middle Ages, it was used by the Church to kill ghosts, or to destroy the souls of pagans, but now, it has been completely eliminated because it is too inhumane. Now, even possession of a black mistletoe is punishable by homicide. ”

After he finished speaking, there was silence in the herb warehouse.

Tom Riddle curiously touched the small green plant in front of him, his eyes sparkling, as if he was looking at a novel species.

Hoffa looked at the fragile little green plant in his hand in a daze, who would have thought that this little thing that was harmless to people and animals hanging in a corridor at every turn would have such a hidden use.

He understood why Aldo had allowed himself to try black mistletoe, and that Mance's body was blessed by death, and no matter how badly wounded, he would not die, so all he could do was destroy his soul.

"So, in order for it to turn black, you have to let it taste the soul?" asked Hoffa, uncertain.

"That's right. ”

Ryan whispered, "Humans, or other creatures with souls, centaurs, fishmen, and the like. But there is no doubt that the black mistletoe is an extremely evil plant ......"

He didn't say anything else, but Hoffa understood what he meant. Do you have to kill someone to turn it black?

It's not okay to kill Mance directly with mistletoe, because only physical destruction can't hurt him at all, doesn't that mean that he has to kill another person before killing Mance?

Damn, where can I find someone to kill myself?

"I don't know why you want to know such unpopular knowledge. While the Slytherins' attention was on the mistletoe, Ryan pulled Hoffa and advised, "But I advise you not to try, your Transfiguration can conjure up hundreds of weapons for you to use, why use black mistletoe?"

"You're right. ”

Hoffa gave up the idea of using black mistletoe.

The surging power of the night gave him a lot of confidence, he felt that he could already touch the threshold of the top wizard at night, and if Mance only had the trait of not killing, he didn't think that the opponent could defeat him in a head-to-head confrontation. Besides, he wanted to capture the guy alive.

At this time, Tom Riddle also spoke: "You can also see, there is no black here, either take a green one and go." ”

Hoffa nodded, picked a mistletoe plant casually, and grinned, "Okay." ”

He smiled, Ryan panicked, he dragged the chain forward and asked, "Are you leaving?"

"Why don't you leave?"

Hoffa was surprised.

"You said you were going to help me......"

"You believe what I say,"

Hofa laughed, "It's not like I haven't been deceived. ”

Looking at the bright smiling face of the guy in front of him, Ryan's face was like ashes, and he felt dizzy for a while, and he could barely stand.

"Mixed ..... Bastard...... me!" he said with difficulty, and then struggling forward, waving his fist to greet Hoffa in the face.

But before he could rush into his face, the chains tightened, and he could no longer take a step forward. In the distance, the corners of Tom's mouth went up, and he dragged the chains so hard that Ryan wouldn't move in the slightest.

"How stupid it is to pin your hopes on someone else. ”

After counting Ryan, Tom Riddle looked at Hoffa approvingly: "I have to say, you are much smarter than in the past. ”

Hoffa shrugged, ignoring Ryan's angry eyes, "Thank you for the compliment, Tom, but I have one more small request. ”

"I'm in a good mood, let's hear it. ”

"The female vampire you caught yesterday, I'm going to borrow it for a few days. ”

"What?"

Tom's hand pulling the chain loosened: "What do you want her to do, could it be that you fall in love with her beauty?"

"That's not alright, the high-ranking vampires in Bournemouth are all dead, only that one survived, and I promised Professor Sleghorn that I would find the culprit of the murder in Bournemouth within a week, but the city is so complicated that I need someone who knows the terrain to lead the way. ”

"No way. ”

Tom Riddle immediately refused, "She was caught by me, she is my trophy, I have the final say on what to do with it, and besides, we are about to purify those vampires with flames, and the reporters of the Daily Prophet will come to see her, at this juncture, it is impossible for you to take her away." ”

"Hey, dude!"

Hoffa sighed like an old friend chatting, he unceremoniously untied the chains on Tom's hand, pushed Ryan aside like garbage, and whispered to Tom's ear: "I don't understand what you're thinking, don't you just want to make a big news when you call those reporters over?"

"Stay away from me......"

It was the first time he had been so close to Hoffa, and Tom was unaccustomed to it, and he tried to push him away with disgust.

Hoffa grinned and grabbed his arm. "How much prestige can you get from burning her, and those low-level vampires, and this fraction of the credit that will allow you to become a teacher at Hogwarts after graduation?"

Tom didn't move, he looked at Hoffa suspiciously, "Why do you know so much, who told you all this, or did you have a spy among my friends?"

"Don't think about it, Tom, you saw it too. I'm not the person I used to be who didn't understand anything. ”

Ahem, he coughed: "That's it, you give me that vampire, I'll take you down, and when I find that guy, the credit is all yours, you can say whatever you want." ”

"I don't believe it, I don't believe in any bullshit stories of Muggles poisoning vampires, and I don't believe you're kind enough to help me. ”

Tom Riddle sneered, "You get out of front of my eyes right away, that's the best help for me." ”

Hoffa looked at him sadly, "Just for those little things in our childhood, have we come to this point, to be honest, I have almost forgotten those things." ”

Tom Riddle was unmoved, and pulled Ryan forward with a sneer.

"It's a pity, then I'll have to do it myself. ”

Hoffa sighed behind him, maybe this thing is over and I can consider going back to Hogwarts.

"Love can't go back. ”

Tom Riddle shook off the sentence and went farther and farther.

"Why are you going back to Hogwarts, Hoffa continued to mutter, maybe I should also apply for a position as a teacher, I heard that Professor Meles of the Defence Against the Dark Arts class is retiring......."

“XXX！！”

I only heard a sudden explosion.

Tom Riddle blew up like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, and he no longer ignored the stunned looks of the others around him, and smashed a box carried by a passing house-elf with a single punch, kicking the house-elf out of the way by the way.

"Hofa Bach......!" his voice completely changed to a low hiss like snake language, he bit his finger so hard that it took a while to let go, and he actually left a bloody tooth mark on his finger, he clenched his fist and let go: "If you can't find it, what do you say!?"

"You'll have to look for it. Hoffa spread his hands.

"You....... If you have any other requirements, say it quickly, don't squeeze toothpaste, come one by one. He said with difficulty suppressing his fury.

"Okay,"

Hoffa pointed to Ryan who was lying aside, "Then take this guy with you." ”

"What are you taking him for?"

"Blood bag, if the vampire has nothing to eat and starves to death along the way, won't we just run for nothing? ”

Hoffa said with a wicked grin, and Ryan's face turned white as he leaned on the ground.