Chapter 206: Uroboros (Edited)

After escaping from Professor McGonagall's office, Fish slipped straight to the second floor and made his way to Myrtle's bathroom.

He poked his head in and looked around, and after making sure there was no other person or Myrtle's ghost inside, he entered through the door and quickly closed it.

In any case, such places were forbidden by Professor McGonagall, and since her office was downstairs, Fish felt it best to be cautious.

Rushing to the sink at the far end of the washroom, Fish mimicked Ginny's voice from the night before and made a brief whistling sound in the sink.

Fish had no trouble remembering and replicating the tone of the hiss, and the verification spell at the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was apparently not good enough to tell if the wizard speaking actually spoke Parseltongue.

"Nyajajajajaja!"

(●≧≦●)

For a more exciting sliding experience, Fish also made a special run of a certain distance before entering the pipe, and this time he slid face down.

But as sliding down the slide got faster, it took him longer to finish, so when he came out of the pipe, he wasn't having enough fun, so he turned around and went back down the pipe....

Then he changed to his cat form and slid back down again.

After he changed into a cat, it was a different experience.

So...

Fish turned into a clouded leopard and did it again.

After sliding into his three forms, Fish finally had enough fun and went back to his cat form to go deeper into the tunnel.

...

"Hiss..."

Inside the Chamber of Secrets, Voldemort was controlling Ginny and instructing the basilisk on a few details, mainly that he not reveal information about the Chamber of Secrets to Fish.

Fish's ability to communicate with all animals was too much of a problem, and he had to find time to deal with Filch's cat.

Because he didn't know Fish had this ability before, some of his previous actions were seen by Mrs. Norris, just in case, he had to find an opportunity to silence the cat.

Voldemort thought about it as he continued to explain to the basilisk what things could not be said to Fish.

The basilisk lay on the ground uninterested, looked casually at "Ginny" who lowered her head and dared not look at him, and spat in agreement.

Although the basilisk wasn't sure what was going on between the two descendants of his former master, his intelligence wasn't so high as to consider anything too complicated and he merely followed orders.

What he wants most is to be let out to eat, he's been asleep for so long that he's only swallowed a few rats and other small things in the pipe when he was woken up a few days ago, and he wasn't full on everything....

Even though he can go a long time without eating, it's still uncomfortable to feel hungry.

It's a pity that the heir in front of him doesn't care about his food as much as his former master.

The basilisk continued to lie on the ground in a bored manner, listening to Voldemort's ramblings.

"Huh? Ginny, are you here already meow?"

At that moment, Fish, who had had enough of the slide, walked in.

"Fish? What are you doing here?"

Voldemort was surprised, he had confirmed with Fish earlier that the other party really didn't understand Parseltongue, not even Ginny's Parseltongue, but how had he gotten in here now?

Could it be that this child is pretending to be stupid, but actually understands Parseltongue?

Voldemort was instantly suspicious of Fish.

"Nya? I've come to play with this big snake, as we agreed last night."

Fish looked puzzled and pointed to the basilisk lying lazily on the ground.

"Then how did you get in?"

Voldemort calmly clutched his wand under his robes, if the other party really understood Parseltongue, how much of what he had just said had been heard by Fish?

In the blink of an eye, Voldemort made a decision, though it was a pity, but in order not to leak his secret, he could only find an opportunity to attack Fish, and then let the basilisk take the opportunity to swallow him.

"Nya!" (`ω≡`ω).

The [Beast Instincts] were triggered by Voldemort's malice, and the hair on Fish's tail bristled of its own accord.

He looked around, but found nothing amiss, and finally Fish's eyes landed on the basilisk next to Ginny.

"Still not convinced, Nya? If you're not convinced, let's fight again!"

Fish ran up to the basilisk and punched it in the mouth in fierce provocation.

The basilisk looked at him, didn't bother to respond and continued to lie there stunned.

Fish looked at the basilisk for a few moments, making Voldemort almost unable to resist attacking, before returning to his earlier question.

"I just did what you did before Ginny, and with a hiss, the door and pipe opened."

(●ΦωΦ●)

Fish nodded his head proudly and repeated the same Parseltongue words Ginny had used the night before when she had summoned the basilisk.

Then, the Slytherin statue on the wall opened its mouth again.

"Hiss..."

Just as Fish was contemplating whether or not to reach into the statue's mouth and see what was inside, Voldemort suddenly said a few words cursing Dumbledore in Parseltongue.

He wasn't sure if Fish was telling the truth, or if he was faking it, but he couldn't stand Fish's flashy talent, so he wanted to test him further.

"Hiss..."

Fish, who thought Ginny was playing him, repeated without hesitation.

Next, Voldemort scolded Professor McGonagall, Harry Potter, and Fish himself, and praised the Dark Lord in a boastful manner, interspersed with some nonsensical whistling, which attracted the attention of the basilisk on the side.

Voldemort ignored the basilisk's stunned look and kept his eyes on Fish.

And Fish did not disappoint, as he easily repeated the Parseltongue words exactly as he had spoken them.

Only then did Voldemort believe what Fish said earlier, and he was secretly relieved, if he could, he really didn't want to kill Fish, this prized talent.

Besides, since Fish had free access to the Chamber of Secrets, it would be easier to transfer the diary to him.

Then, Voldemort took control of Ginny and went to the exit of the Chamber of Secrets and said, "Then you can keep playing here, I'll be back first."

To keep Fish from talking to Ginny, he tried to stay away from Fish when he was possessed.

"Good night nya~"

(●ΦωΦ●)

Fish didn't mind, he was under the impression that Ginny was a shy person.

After dismissing Ginny, Fish started to tease the basilisk who was lying on the ground, pretending to be dead.

"Come fight nya!"

"Hiss... (No fight, I don't care...)"

"Then admit defeat nya!"

"Hiss..." (I admit defeat...).

The basilisk had conceded very politely, having thought Fish was asking him to abandon Voldemort and submit to him, so he hadn't said a word, but if it was just an admission of defeat, it didn't matter.

And it was true, he could do nothing about the little boy.

Satisfied that The Basilisk had admitted defeat, Fish changed the subject and spoke to him Basilisk: "Do you usually live here?"

"Hiss." (Yes.)

With nothing else to do, The Basilisk chatted with Fish casually.

"By the way, I still don't know your name nya!" After chatting for a while, Fish suddenly remembered that they hadn't exchanged names yet, patted his chest and introduced himself seriously, "My name is Fish, Fish McGonagall."

He then asked, "What's your name nya?".

In response to Fish's question, the basilisk suddenly fell silent.

It was true that the old teacher had given him a name, but usually, apart from the old teacher, hardly anyone said his name, and he slept too much, so he couldn't suddenly remember it.

Only when Fish reminded him of it did the basilisk struggle to recall the long-lost name from his mind.

"Hiss." (Uroboros).