"Albus, why are you here?"

Professor McGonagall asked subconsciously when she saw Dumbledore.

"I just went downstairs to get a cup of hot chocolate, what's going on here?" Dumbledore asked, noticing the change in the expression on Professor McGonagall's face.

"I heard a strange noise...... By the way, I also found Mr. Creevey, and he's very likely to ...... petrified. As Professor McGonagall spoke to Dumbledore, she looked up towards the end of the hallway, as if there was something over there.

"What did you find?" Dumbledore followed Professor McGonagall's gaze.

"I think that voice just now...... Most likely, it was the guy who attacked Mr. Creevey and Argus's cat. Professor McGonagall hesitated for a moment, then expressed her opinion on the matter, "It wasn't the sound of walking, it was like something dragging on the ground." ”

"Go and see ......"

Dumbledore drew his wand and walked forward, Professor McGonagall immediately following them, waiting for them to cross the hallway and stand around the corner, there was a dead silence all around, and there was no strange sound.

"Hidden?"

Professor McGonagall listened intently, lowered her voice, and said, "But how did he do it, is it a secret passage?"

"Alright, calm down, Minerva. Dumbledore looked at the deep darkness at the end of the corridor and said calmly, "Now that the attacker has escaped, I think we'd better take Mr. Creevey to the school hospital first, where is he?"

"On the stairs over there. ”

Professor McGonagall exhaled deeply and followed Dumbledore towards the staircase, where the two soon found the petrified boy.

Dumbledore crouched down and checked on the boy, and when he found that he was only petrified, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "He's petrified, we'll take him to the school hospital." ”

As he spoke, Dumbledore reached out and lifted Colin's shoulders, and Professor McGonagall cooperated in lifting Colin's feet, and the two of them slowly carried Colin's body up the stairs and towards the school hospital not far from here.

On the other side of the castle, Tom Riddle has successfully recalled the basilisk.

Professor McGonagall's appearance was a bit of a surprise to him.

Fortunately, the other party didn't chase after him at the first time, otherwise there would really be an accident.

After all, as the Transfiguration Professor of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall's abilities should not be underestimated, and if the basilisk fails to kill it in the first place, or petrify, it will cause a series of cascading problems.

The aftermath of the battle is very likely to wake up all the students in the school, not to mention that Dumbledore is nearby.

Tom Riddle doesn't want to be exposed right now.

However, the situation is going well.

The basilisk returned to the secret room, and the two chased after him, but it was too late.

Only the Parseltongue can open the secret room.

After Dumbledore and McGonagall lost the basilisk, they immediately gave up looking for him and went to the school hospital together.

Tom Riddle had taken control of Ginny Weasley's way to the Room of Requirement, where he planned to let Ginny Weasley spend the night.

After all, the third watchman returned to the Gryffindor common room in the middle of the night, no matter how he looked at it, it was suspicious, and the portrait of the gatekeeper would definitely be suspicious.

As for the night, didn't return overnight?

Tom had already prepared for it, and before leaving, he cast a spell on several of Ginny Weasley's roommates, so that they could sleep until dawn, without worrying about waking up in the middle of the night to find that Ginny was not in the dormitory.

After repeatedly confirming that Dumbledore and McGonagall had gone to the school hospital, Tom Riddle had made it to the eighth floor through the secret passageway, standing in front of the Room of Requirement.

Dumbledore was still as annoying as ever. ”

Tom stared at Dumbledore's footsteps on the map, the expression on his face becoming more and more hideous, "But you can't stop me, you couldn't fifty years ago, and you can't now. ”

With that, Tom closed his journal and prepared to enter the Room of Requirement, when he suddenly felt as if someone was staring at him.

He turned his head abruptly, looked around, and saw no one else, the quiet darkness thick and terrifying.

Tom opened the Room of Request and pushed the door to enter, when he suddenly noticed a magical light shining behind him.

Before Tom could react, a spell struck Ginny Weasley from behind, causing her to stagger two steps forward and fall to the ground.

Who the hell attacked me?

Tom also deliberately used a human sign to make sure that there was no one else around.

How did the other party hide it......

Even though Tom tried his best to resist the Unconscious Curse, he still lost control of Ginny Weasley's body, and until the end, he didn't know who attacked him.

After Ginny Weasley was knocked out by the Unconscious Curse, Albert emerged from the void without warning, stepped into the Room of Requirement, and closed the door with his hand.

"It's going even better than expected. ”

Albert lifted his foot and pulled the wand off Ginny Weasley's hand, pulling out the box Nicol Lemay had sent him from the shapeshifting lizard's leather pouch. He began to put on dragon skin gloves before putting Tom Riddle's diary in the box from Ginny's hand.

"In that way, I'll see how you trouble me. ”

Albert snorted happily, ready to concoct the journal another day. With a wave of his wand, he cast a disillusionment charm on Ginny Weasley, temporarily sending her out of the Room of Requirement.

Albert will then be sent back to the garbage dump in the Room of Requirement, in a box containing Tom Riddle's diary.

It's kind of funny to say.

Originally, Albert had Dumbledore take Voldemort's crown Horcrux, and now he hid Voldemort's diary Horcrux here.

He needs to buy himself enough time to prepare himself for Tom Riddle's diary.

Albert was convinced that, with proper control, Tom's Horcrux would be a golden-egg-laying hen, providing him with ample mission experience and rewards, as well as minimizing risk, better than Quirrell, the tool man of last semester.

Well, it also reduces the impact of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets on Hogwarts.

I'm a good person.

After leaving the Room of Requirement, Albert rushed back to the Gryffindor common room with Ginny Weasley as soon as possible.

The fat lady still hadn't returned, but someone had already opened the entrance to the common room for him.

As Albert walked into the Gryffindor common room, the familiar voice suddenly sounded, "You should go, you'd better go to the bathroom, the penultimate room."

"What is she going to do?"

"I'll take care of it. The voice said calmly.

"I'm sorry for you. Albert walked upstairs, and when he disappeared at the end of the stairs, another Albert appeared out of thin air, looked at the unconscious Ginny Weasley, and muttered, "You should thank me." ”