Chapter 326 Return

The eyes of the basilisk were reflected on a suit of armor at the end of the corridor. Professor Bubbage had not taken two steps before he was petrified.

"Sleep forever..."

Kyle, who came, successfully let the basilisk return to the chamber of secrets by using the "power-off password" that Slytherin had said.

But he was a little troubled next?

Caridi Bubbage was discovered at night, but it was broad daylight now, and this corridor was the only way to the fourth floor. If it was left alone, someone would definitely find it.

There was no way, Kyle could only transfer her to an empty classroom next to it, and then hurriedly left.

When it was night, he went to the kitchen again, saying that he wanted to practice magic there, and asked the house elves to help clean it up.

They agreed happily.

...

Then there were the ghosts in December and the dwarves on Valentine's Day, which also went smoothly without any accidents.

Kyle gradually got used to the days when he didn't have to go to class, and just read books or practiced silent spells every day.

He also tried to cast a spell without a wand...

To be honest, it was much simpler than he thought, and it only required sufficient control of magic power.

But although it worked, the effect of the spell was very average, or very poor.

It was like the difference between sawing wood and splitting wood with bare hands, everything was wrong.

Without the assistance of the wand, it took him two months to finally turn the beetle into a complete button...To be specific, it was probably about the same as Ron's strength.

But there were also some troubles during this period. For a period of time, the Gryffindor trio would often come to the Room of Requirement.

Fortunately, Hogwarts Castle was very large, and Kyle could always find other places. Anyway, they were all reading books, so it didn't matter where they were.

...

Until Hagrid was taken away by the Ministry of Magic.

After that, Kyle found it difficult to concentrate on reading books or practicing spells.

This meant that the fifth attack was coming soon...Whether it was Ron who was petrified or the time loop that was about to end, Kyle felt inexplicably nervous.

In this situation, he was almost discovered.

It was the fifth day after Hagrid was taken away. Kyle absentmindedly pushed open the door of the Room of Requirement and prepared to go to the Chamber of Secrets.

As a result, he forgot to use the Disillusionment Charm and met Hermione who had just come up the stairs.

"Kyle?"

Hermione looked at him in surprise, her eyes full of confusion, "You... Aren't you still eating in the Great Hall? How come you are here!"

"Oh, I just remembered that I forgot my "Intermediate Transfiguration" in the Room of Requirement."

Kyle tried to be as calm as possible, "But I came up through the secret passage, so you didn't see me."

"There are secret passages in Hogwarts?" Hermione was even more surprised.

"Of course there are." Kyle nodded, "It's on the second floor, behind the Sphinx tapestry, from there you can go directly to the eighth floor, which is much faster than taking the stairs."

"Is that so? This is the first time I've heard of this." Hermione said suddenly, without any doubt.

...

After this, Kyle became more cautious. Every time he left the Room of Requirement, he would check if there was any problem with the Disillusionment Charm.

Some time passed like this.

On the day Ron was attacked, Kyle ventured to find Fred and George and borrowed the Marauder's Map from them.

"If you want to find the heir, you'd better not hold too high hopes."

Fred said, "We have been staring at the Marauder's Map every night recently, but we haven't found anything."

"I dare say that guy must be scared." George shrugged.

Kyle took the Marauder's Map, "It doesn't matter. I'm a little bored these days anyway, so I'll just use it to kill time."

"It's up to you then. "Fred didn't care.

After getting the Marauder's Map, Kyle immediately went to the Chamber of Secrets.

Riddle was already strong enough. He attacked Ron, obviously for the wand, so he might follow.

If that's the case, it would be hard to do anything else.

Kyle thought for a long time and decided to take a risk and control the basilisk by himself.

Through the previous observations, Kyle found that Riddle didn't have too many restrictions on the basilisk, and most of the time it was free-range, which gave him a lot of room for operation.

He could completely control the basilisk to petrify Ron in advance and disguise it as the basilisk's own actions...as long as Riddle got Ron's wand in the end.

As for time...

Professor McGonagall said at the school hospital However, Ron was attacked after he separated from Lockhart.

Kyle opened the Marauder's Map and found Lockhart's name in the Great Hall.

Ten minutes later, the students finished their meal, and Lockhart left the Great Hall with a group of people, including Ron's name.

Kyle stared at the map nervously.

After passing through several corridors, Lockhart's name stopped near the Gryffindor common room, and then began to return along the same route.

Harry and Ron moved downstairs quickly. They separated on the third floor. Harry went to the corridor where Filch was attacked, and Ron... judging from the direction, he should go to the place where the two ghosts were attacked.

It should be now, Kyle turned around and summoned the basilisk.

But just as he was about to leave the Chamber of Secrets, there was a new change on the map.

Ron, who was moving quickly, suddenly stopped after turning around a corridor.

There was also the name of Peter Pettigrew, and he walked into a nearby classroom unhurriedly.

A few minutes later, Harry arrived. He lingered next to Ron for a while, and then ran quickly towards the third floor.

Then the professor also came, with seven or eight names sandwiching Ron in the middle, leading him towards the school hospital.

this……

Kyle looked at the basilisk beside him and couldn't help but think of some possibility.

The one that Ron was hit by was probably not an ordinary petrification spell.

Thinking about it carefully, with Ron's character, if he really wanted to steal his wand, he wouldn't need a basilisk. Even if the rat tried to steal it eight times a day with different tricks, he wouldn't be able to find it.

Soon, as the professors all gathered in the school hospital, Peter Pettigrew also walked out.

After Kyle reacted, just when he was about to let the basilisk return to the statue, a familiar feeling of dizziness quickly came over him.

Everything around you begins to speed up, blurry colors and shapes flash past...

Vaguely, Kyle seemed to hear Professor McGonagall's voice and a burst of ethereal music.

"Collapse!"

The blue light of the coma spell flashed before his eyes.

Kyle saw the basilisk, its head hitting the pillar next to it like a big pendulum.

A big crimson bird fell from the sky, landed on Kyle's shoulder, and covered his eyes with its wings.

"Professor McGonagall...Fawkes..."

Kyle felt happy... He was back, back to the original time!

But then he seemed to think of something and shouted loudly:

"Close your eyes!"

Although the basilisk had just resisted Professor McGonagall's coma spell and was still a little dazed, it still closed its eyes obediently after hearing Kyle's voice.

Professor McGonagall stopped and covered her mouth in disbelief: "Kyle, you..."

"No, Minerva, not Kyle."

Dumbledore came out from behind. He looked at the condensed black mist with an unprecedented serious expression.

"Tom Riddle!"

"Long time no see." Riddle turned around and smiled: "My dear Dumbledore teaches...ah!"

Before he could finish his words, it turned into a scream that could almost penetrate the eardrums.

Riddle's body twisted and struggled, his arms kept waving, and he screamed, and then...

He disappeared, setting off a shoddy, poorly made firework.

"Sorry, Professor Dumbledore."

Kyle pulled the diary out of the basilisk's fangs, "I guess you didn't want to talk to him, so you took it upon yourself to shut his mouth for him."

"I have to say thank you." Dumbledore said softly, with a complicated expression.

"Who can tell us what is going on?" Professor McGonagall stepped forward. She glanced at the giant basilisk, clutched her chest with her hands, and gasped for air.

Harry squeezed his head out of the crowd...this was what he wanted to know.

"He's probably the best student Hogwarts has ever had!"

Dumbledore said: "Few people know that Voldemort was once called Tom Riddle. Fifty years ago, at Hogwarts, I personally taught him... After graduation, he disappeared and traveled around, in the dark magic world. He fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire, and finally reappeared as Voldemort."

"But..." Professor McGonagall asked, "Why is he here?"

"It's a Horcrux, Professor."

Kyle lifted up the diary that was soaked with ink, "This was left by Voldemort when he was in school. It contains his sixteen-year-old soul."