Being a bastard at Hogwarts is not safe.

Hogwarts, in the headmaster's office.

Brian stood in front of the tied Lockhart, his eyes were a little out of focus, and he was quietly lost in thought with his hands behind his back.

If Brian had considered the purpose of the diary on the express to school, it would have been to kill or drive away Muggle-born students, or to retaliate against Dumbledore who had always been wary of him.

The answer given by Lockhart today is the worst scenario that Brian is unwilling to consider.

What he is best at is to make reasonable inferences based on the existing information, not to mention that Lockhart almost cheated in giving the answer. Those two key moments happened to be when Neville and Justin were attacked. two times.

This also means that there is a high probability that the magic power obtained by Lockhart was extracted from it by the remnant soul Tom in the diary through some means without harming the lives of the two.

According to Brian's current judgment, the approximate reason why Tom Riddle, who lived in the diary, did not choose to directly kill the two people might still be due to his fear of Dumbledore.After all, once a fatal attack occurs at Hogwarts, there is no guarantee that Dumbledore will break the rules and use insanity to find the real culprit and give everyone an explanation.

Not to mention whether Tom, who has only a remnant soul, can control Colin Creevey to resist the invasion of Dumbledore's consciousness, let alone the fact that the scheming Dumbledore is very likely to deduce the truth through other clues, these are not enough magic power The result that Tom didn't want to face.

But none of this is the most important thing, because Brian suddenly recalled the words Tom said to Harry in the movie in the previous life:

【Ginny will never wake up, every time she gets weaker, my strength will increase a bit】

You must understand that Voldemort's coveting of the Sorcerer's Stone comes from its strong magic power. Although I don't understand why the remnant soul also has the ability to fuse magic power to revive itself, the real intention of Tom's remnant soul in the diary is roughly the same: during today's day When the guard was most empty, at the cost of the lives of the four injured, he resurrected himself and obtained endless magic power.

The way to break the game is actually extremely simple, and Brian even thought of countering Tom in an instant.The easiest way is to directly kill the three injured people, which can not only prevent Voldemort from gaining recovery energy, but also attract Dumbledore, who is hiding in the dark or something really happened, to return to the school and solve the crisis himself.

But how could he act like this?

Although a person like him is greedy for life and afraid of death, and wholeheartedly avoids it.But he will not do things that play with other people's lives at will for his own benefit.

Although a person like him seeks stability in every possible way, and only seeks comprehensiveness in his actions, he is unwilling to go against his heart and do such a cruel strategy.

Brian has other countermeasures, but it is too late to arrange them now...

This time, Colin Creevey, controlled by Voldemort, pretended to be attacked. On the one hand, he monitored the situation of the two people to ensure that his whereabouts would not be revealed, and on the other hand, he had already grasped the absolute situation.

In terms of the balance of local forces that Brian can use, even the transfer of professors from Hogwarts must have been completely out of balance.

The extreme asymmetry of power is the biggest dilemma facing Brian at the moment.

How to break the game?

Brian's face became more and more ugly, his hands behind his back were tightly clenched, and his knuckles turned white.

At this moment, it is no longer a matter of missions or not. If this situation cannot be resolved and Dumbledore is really away, the entire Hogwarts will be destroyed.

Hermione and Harry looked at Brian who was pacing aimlessly back and forth in silence. Hermione sighed slightly, gritted her teeth, and finally couldn't help it, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Brian turned his head, frowned tightly, and said two names with a wry smile:

"Neville, Justin!"

Hermione was a little confused, "Why do they..."

In the middle of speaking, the little witch was also stunned: "You, you mean, the magic power that Lockhart obtained from other people is...?"

Brian forced a smile and nodded solemnly.

Hermione's heart tightened for a while, and her face became more and more ugly.

"What's going on?" Hermione and Brian were silent, but Harry quit, "Hey, hey! What's going on?"

Of the three, he was the only one who was still at a loss. After thinking for a moment, he added, "What happened to Justin and Neville? Is Ron in danger?"

Hermione sighed helplessly: "Neville was injured at the end of November, and Justin was attacked in December."

Harry wondered, "So what?"

"But Lockhart was infused with a lot of magic power by the Dark Lord in November and December!!!!" Hermione said helplessly.

"Could it be...?!!!" Harry said with his chest heaving!

"You're right!" Hermione smiled wryly for a while, "If that person can instill magic power into Lockhart's body, is it possible for him to gain magic power and be resurrected? You know, he just wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone last year." !!"

"Then what are we still doing here, hurry up and save those three people!" Harry shouted anxiously, "If we don't go, Ron will be in danger!"

"Don't be afraid, I have a way to deal with this!"

Brian, who had been silent all this time, let out a long sigh and said to the two of them.

"At this moment, we still need to understand all the information, and deduce the safest way based on the existing information!"

"Hmm..." Harry's eyes became a little more calm, and everything showed that following Brian's advice was the best choice.

And Brian sighed silently in his heart, he was just reassuring Harry.

If he broke in rashly, it would only make things worse, but even if Harry didn't break in, Tom Riddle's plan would be fully launched tomorrow.

With heavy steps, he walked in front of Lockhart again, and said calmly, "Is the purpose of your coming to the dormitory today for those photos?"

Lockhart's wounds from the previous battle were still aching, coupled with the continuous bleeding from several wounds, his consciousness was almost blurred, he opened his eyes with difficulty and said intermittently: "Yes, the Dark Lord avoided leaving evidence, Destroy the camera and photos!"

Tom wants to destroy the evidence of the location of the secret room and what is hidden in the camera?What is there in the secret room that deserves his vigilance?Or is there any secret in the camera!

Brian probably had a decision in his mind, but it wasn't enough, it wasn't enough to break the situation.

"Tell me the information that could save your life, whatever!"

"I don't know... ouch!"

An invisible ripple brought up a piece of meat on Lockhart's thigh again, and when blood gushed out, bones could already be seen.Lockhart's eyes bulged, and he let out a shrill howl!

"Snape once doubted me, he threatened me after the duel meeting..."

Blood gushed out from Lockhart's left calf again. Brian shrugged and said lightly: "Not enough, this is not enough, your time is running out, Professor!"

"Dumbledore Dumbledore once called me into the headmaster's office and said a very strange thing after I got the magic power from the Dark Lord for the second time!

He said, let me keep doing what I have to do..."

Brian remained silent, raised the fingers of his right hand, and his wand twitched lightly. Lockhart let out another tragic wail!

"I remembered! One more thing! I remembered!

The Dark Lord asked me to teach Malfoy how to get out of the hole! ! "

Brian sighed slowly, his eyes full of helplessness, he probably couldn't get better information from Lockhart, what should he do, should he really give up Hogwarts and give up this mission alone? Learning magic?

I really tried my best!

Thinking of Harry and Hermione with eyes full of anticipation behind him, thinking of Ron who said that he was useless to hold back but believed in Brian unconditionally, thinking of Sonia Bryan's nose was a little sore for some reason, he raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose to hold back.

Suddenly feeling a little sorry, but Brian didn't give his feelings for others.

In the end is to leave here, or give it a try.

Brian's eyes showed thought, and suddenly he was slightly taken aback!

He looked up at Lockhart, then turned his head to look at the empty space at the moment. The portrait of Dumbledore on the wall that originally belonged to Fox, as well as the small line of introduction below, his eyes flickered slightly, revealing a few words. The color is clear.

I see! !