HP Star Shining

"Hagrid is my friend!" Harry gritted his teeth in anger, his voice trembling. "You framed him."

"So what?" Riddle laughed his shrill, piercing laugh again. "It seems that only Dumbledore, who teaches Transfiguration, believes Hagrid is innocent. He persuaded Dippet to keep Hagrid and train him as a gamekeeper. I think he might have noticed something."

"I bet Dumbledore saw right through you."

"Yes, and he's been keeping a close eye on me ever since. It's getting to the point of being annoying." Riddle's tone became casual again. "So I knew it was no longer safe to open the Chamber of Secrets. I decided to leave a diary, preserving my sixteen-year-old self among those pages. That way, one day I could guide someone to continue Salazar Slytherin's noble work."

As a Chinese, Su Xingchen didn't have much of a concept of bloodline. After all, in a country with a long history, every family in China had a lineage of nobles and princes, so she couldn't understand the noble careers Riddle was talking about.

And she remembered that Voldemort himself was a half-blood, so... maybe it was his inferiority complex that was at work?

"But you didn't succeed." Hearing Riddle's words, Harry said with a bit of pride: "No one died this time, not even the cat. In just a few hours, the mandrake will be prepared, and all the petrified people will come back to life."

"Didn't I just say that killing the mudblood is no longer that important to me. For the past few months, my new target has been you."

Harry looked at Riddle with a startled look in his eyes, his mouth slightly open.

"When the diary was filled with words again, it was Ginny instead of you, which made me very angry." Riddle looked at Harry steadily. "When she saw the diary in your hands, she panicked. She was afraid that I would tell you everything she had done, so she stole the diary when no one was around."

"I know you're looking for the heir of Slytherin, and I know you'll do everything you can to uncover this secret, especially since... your good friend has also been attacked."

Riddle walked slowly between the two pillars with his back to Harry, and did not seem afraid that Harry would suddenly attack him.

"I asked Ginny to leave a suicide note and brought her here. She was so upset and cried and made a fuss, but she didn't have much life left. She injected her life force into the diary, which is me, so that I could finally leave the diary."

Riddle turned around suddenly. "I've been waiting for you." His eyes glowed a strange red, and he looked like a hungry wolf.

Su Xingchen felt terrified in an instant. At this moment, he was no longer Tom Riddle, but Voldemort.

"How did a little baby, without any magic, defeat the greatest wizard who ever lived? You only got a scar, but Voldemort's power was destroyed?"

"Why do you care so much about this? You were already dead when Voldemort disappeared." Harry was puzzled.

"Voldemort," Riddle muttered, pulling Harry's wand from his pocket. He drew a few strokes in the air, and wrote a few glittering words: Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Su Xingchen was faintly excited. Here it comes, the highlight is coming.

"I am my past, present and future." Then with a wave of his hand, the letters changed order and became "I am Voldemort".

Harry's mind seemed to freeze, and he stared at him blankly.

This is the person who lost both his parents when he was young and killed his own parents when he grew up.

"You're not." Harry's calm tone was filled with extreme anger, "Dumbledore is!"

While the two were still arguing about who was the greatest wizard of all time, Su Xingchen sincerely felt that Voldemort was such a good villain, explaining everything to Harry clearly.

If he hadn't revealed his identity himself, Harry probably wouldn't have wanted to kill him.

At this time, the sound of music came from somewhere, ethereal, ethereal and mysterious.

A crimson bird, as big as a crane, descended from the sky. It had a long, golden tail, as long as a peacock's, a pair of golden claws, and a long, golden beak.

This was the first time Su Xingchen saw a phoenix in person.

She scratched her chin slightly. Hmm, how should I put it? Compared to the Chinese phoenix she had seen in the Su family books, it was far inferior. The size alone was completely incomparable. Apart from being able to achieve nirvana, it was more like a peacock that had become a spirit.

The phoenix flew straight towards Harry and dropped a tattered object in its claws in front of him.

Riddle's eyes turned to the scrap that Phoenix had dropped. "This is what the greatest Dumbledore gave to his patron: the broken Sorting Hat."

Harry hurried to look.

Sure enough, it was it. Dirty, wrinkled, and patched. Lying motionless at his feet.

Harry wondered why Dumbledore had asked Fawkes to bring him this.

If Riddle's expression had been somewhat grim when the Phoenix first appeared, now all he had was a smug smile.

"Let us have a duel, between Salazar the Heir of Slytherin on one side, and Harry Potter on the other, with the weapons given to him by the great Dumbledore."

Riddle glanced at the Sorting Hat with a mocking expression, then raised his head and hissed at the huge statue.

The face of the huge stone statue of Slytherin began to move, and its mouth opened wider and wider until it turned into a black hole.

Something was moving inside, rustling and swimming upward from the statue's mouth.

Su Xingchen was shocked and quickly retreated to the side. While hiding, he did not forget to complain about Salazar Slytherin's bad taste in his heart. It was so disgusting that it actually crawled out of his mouth.

Harry was terrified, the fear spreading up from his numb legs. He quickly stepped back, his body hitting the dark wall of the secret room.

A huge object fell to the floor, shaking the entire secret room.

Harry knew what was happening; even with his eyes tightly shut he could feel the basilisk unwinding its coils.

The huge basilisk was green all over, with the bright glow unique to poisonous snakes, and its body was as thick as an oak tree trunk.

Su Xingchen covered her eyes in fear, leaving only a small slit. She heard Riddle make another "hissing" sound that she couldn't understand.

Harry understood what he was saying, "Kill him."

The basilisk passed Su Xingchen, and its heavy body slowly and smoothly slid across the dusty ground towards Harry.

Harry squeezed his eyes shut, groped forward with his hands, and fled blindly to the side.

Su Xingchen suddenly screamed and hurriedly let go of the hands that were covering his eyes.

She saw the basilisk swing its tail and slam Harry against the wall. Its head was raised high, and its sharp fangs seemed about to pierce him. She was so scared that her heart almost stopped.

Fortunately, a phoenix flew out and circled above the basilisk, attracting its attention. The huge, flat snake head angrily circled around the stone pillar as if it was drunk.

The expected attack did not come, and Harry couldn't help but open his eyes a little to see what was going on.

He saw Fawkes swoop down and plunge his long golden beak into the basilisk's head.

Suddenly, a stream of black blood splashed onto the ground.

Su Xingchen's gaze fell on Harry, whose injury was unknown at the corner of the wall, and then on the Sorting Hat in the middle of the road. He made up his mind and quickly ran towards the Sorting Hat.

That's right, she was so nervous that she forgot she could float.

As she ran, she kept repeating to herself, "I can touch it, I can touch it, I can touch it."

When she actually picked up the Sorting Hat, before she had time to get excited, her body had already outpaced her brain and she ran towards Harry without stopping.

So after Harry saw Fawkes peck the basilisk, he saw the Sorting Hat automatically fly towards him in a strange posture, as if it was being held in someone's hand.

When they got closer, Su Xingchen threw the hat over in one breath, and the hat hit Harry in the face. He held the soft hat and was a little at a loss.

In just a moment, the basilisk's tail suddenly began to swing wildly.

Before Harry and Su Xingchen could close their eyes, the basilisk's head suddenly turned around.

The two men saw two bloody holes on the huge snake's head, black blood gushing out of the holes onto the ground, and the basilisk was making painful gurgling sounds.

Su Xingchen suddenly felt so nauseous that he leaned over and started to dry heave.

"No!" Riddle screamed. "Leave the bird alone. Smell him and kill him!"

The basilisk was blind, but still scary. Harry held the hat tightly, not knowing who could come to save him.

The hat grew tighter and heavier, and Harry lowered his head to reveal a gleaming silver sword with a ruby ​​the size of an egg set in its hilt.

"Kill that boy! Smell him carefully!" Riddle was still shouting.

Harry grabbed his silver sword and ran, the basilisk close behind him.

After being nearly beaten to pieces by a sweeping blow, Su Xingchen suppressed his nausea and decided to find a safe place to hide.

The basilisk was blind, and Harry had gotten the silver sword of Gryffindor. Now she had no psychological burden at all to hide.

Looking around the entire secret room, I have to admit that the safest place is where the basilisk will never go.

Su Xingchen looked at Riddle's face, which was becoming clearer and clearer, unlike the foggy face before. Anyway, he couldn't see it.

She floated closer to Riddle, clutching her chest and trying to calm herself.

It was exciting, so exciting that she almost burst into tears. The time with the three-headed dog was nothing compared to today. She sincerely hoped that this was the only time in her life that would be enough.

Su Xingchen, who was concentrating on watching Harry fight with the basilisk, did not notice that his body flashed again.

"It's you!" Riddle's voice cracked with surprise.

What is Voldemort yelling about?

Su Xingchen turned her head in confusion, and was horrified to see Riddle walking towards her with excitement on his face and bright eyes. His excitement was even more difficult to conceal than when he looked at Harry just now, as if he wanted to swallow her in one bite.

She took a few steps back in panic. How could Voldemort suddenly see her?