Chapter 174: Flawless Logic

"This is of my own volition."

"For the greater good, I am willing to do this."

"After a year, I have understood the current situation. At this point in time, you have not become the real you because you have not yet met the Prophet. He is your spiritual mentor, who will lead you to become the great King of Wizards."

"Due to a damaged time converter, my body has shrunk into that of an eleven-year-old child. After you consume my soul, you can use my body to seize the Magic Stone, which will enable your true resurrection."

"I have made arrangements. You will be admitted to Hogwarts as an orphan."

"I registered you at the orphanage under the name Lucas Tom Brightson."

"Now, I can tell you my name. I am Lucas Brightson, and you will become me and live on in my stead."

After saying this, he wrote the last sentence in the diary.

Then, he knelt down, holding the diary to his chest.

"Good luck, Tom."

...

Step three is complete.

Murphy sighed in relief. This operation was no less than making a doomsday sci-fi blockbuster—even including a romantic subplot.

If not for the plethora of game and movie scenes in his mind to reference, he would have had no way to accomplish this so quickly.

And just having scenes is not enough to form memories. He needed to store the associated feelings, sensations, and even some related knowledge.

This task was immense, but he had experience in using Total Recall to copy knowledge from memories, although he had not used it on others before. The principle was the same.

The memories he crafted were full of sound, smell, taste, touch, and sight, even mimicking psychological states so well that when he accessed them using Mind Reading, he could hardly tell them apart from real memories. With the abilities of 16-year-old Tom, it was unlikely he would find any discrepancies.

These memories would be enough to make him believe in his own story and then consume Albert Roncone, who had been transformed into a Muggle child.

Once he had fully absorbed Roncone's soul and vitality, Roncone would naturally die, and the effects of the complex potion he had taken would solidify, so Roncone would remain in the guise of the Muggle child Lucas until his death.

Tom Riddle has the ability to control Inferi, making it easy to animate this body and have it act like a living person.

Meanwhile, Murphy had already arranged for the real Lucas Brightson from the orphanage to be taken away and adopted. After Tom completes the possession, he can take his place and appear in this world.

Thus, his deception would become reality.

But, that was not enough.

In diary form, Tom could only access limited information, making it easy to deceive him. But once he returned to the real world, with his abilities and intellect, he might see through some truths.

And, he was not one to simply obey.

Not to mention, he might not faithfully steal the Magic Stone, and even if he did manage to steal it, what if he decided to keep it for himself and use it for his resurrection?

Then, Murphy's elaborate scheme would end up benefiting someone else, making Voldemort laugh in his sleep.

Therefore, it was necessary to also place a collar on him.

Murphy drew his wand, pressed it against the forehead of the child Roncone, "Notam servitutis (Mark of Servitude)!"

...

"Tom, go forth and become the savior."

Upon reading this line, Tom felt an entirely open heart.

He hesitated for a moment. Becoming a savior wasn't particularly appealing to him, but it was a chance for resurrection.

Maybe, it was worth a try.

He cautiously extended a tendril through the open channel, quickly establishing a connection.

Instantly, he touched the soul full of scars.

The other must have suffered immense pain and endured unbelievable mental torment.

He carefully pulled at the other's memories to verify if this was a trap.

Soon, he caught a memory.

"What's that? A missile? A tactical nuclear warhead?"

Following this term, he searched further, flipping through related knowledge fragments from the other's memories, and was shocked.

"Nuclear bombs, so that's what they are..."

Terrifying, truly terrifying.

The future wizards are fighting against Muggles with such weapons?

At this moment, he had no doubts about what the "two previous owners" had written in the diary.

Then, he pulled more memories, "mechanical drones, intelligent battle tanks, drone swarms, spy satellites, Skyfire..."

His initial thought of "they ended up like this because they were weak" slowly disappeared.

If he were in their place, he would end up the same way!

After he finished "Lucas Brightson's" memories, he felt somewhat ashamed.

I, Tom Riddle, what merit do I have to be called a savior?

In this apocalypse, a hundred of me couldn't save it!

But luckily, in the last memory, Lucas Brightson seemed to have returned to 1990, 48 years after creating the diary, when the war with the Muggles hadn't happened yet, and the outside world should still be safe.

Thinking this, Tom no longer hesitated and began to fully absorb the other's magic and life force.

Suddenly, a vast amount of magic surged in, surprising Tom. This guy's magical power was equivalent to that of an adult wizard, and although his vitality was somewhat weakened, it was still sufficient.

"Consuming this guy, I can be resurrected!"

Tom was overjoyed.

The savior, well, that's for later. For now, the war with the Muggles was still far off, but that Magic Stone might be worth considering.

Once fully resurrected, he could slowly accumulate power and then figure out what Muggle technology was all about. If he could control those fearsome powers, unifying the wizarding world would be easy. Then, he could consider how to deal with the Muggles.

Rashly declaring war was not wise. Perhaps... infiltration could work?

Once he fully mastered magic and Muggle technology, dominating both worlds, the war would naturally be averted, and he would indeed become a savior.

Smooth! This logic is impeccable!

Tom felt he had grasped the key. So, this was his path to being a savior!

That was the meaning of the prophecy!

But, what exactly is the Prophet?

As Tom pondered this and continued to plunder the other's life force, suddenly, something seemed to enter his body through the channel.

Before he could understand, a huge suction force suddenly came from the other end of the channel.

Part of the magic he had absorbed underwent a transformation, wrapping around him like chains, seemingly infiltrating into the diary!

"What's going on?! What is this?!"

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