Chapter 111: Tom Riddle

Arthur sneaked away from the celebrating crowd and quietly made his way towards the second floor of the castle.

On the way, he ran into Colin, who had his camera with him.

Colin saw that Arthur was interested in his camera and gave it to him immediately.

Voldemort couldn't take it any longer. He had been waiting for so long. He decided that he would take care of Arthur himself today.

When Arthur got to the bathroom on the second floor, he saw that the sink was back where it was before, and there was no sign that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened.

Moaning Myrtle was also nowhere to be found.

Using Parseltongue, Arthur opened the entrance to the Chamber and jumped into the pipe.

Inside the Chamber, a petite blonde girl lay unconscious in front of Salazar Slytherin's statue.

And a handsome wizard in Slytherin robes stood between the blonde girl and the statue. He had a mysterious appearance and murmured spells under his breath.

This wizard was Voldemort.

He looked like he did when he was a sixth-year student and making Horcruxes.

At this time, he was still known as Tom Riddle, not as Voldemort.

Voldemort was very handsome when he was young, so it makes sense that he was able to trick the ghost of Helena Ravenclaw and get her diadem to use as his Horcrux.

[A tiara said to grant wisdom to the wearer. It was lost for centuries before it became a Horcrux.]

Now, Voldemort was getting ready to call the basilisk and cause more chaos. He wanted to get Dumbledore out of Hogwarts for good.

In the past few months, he had been manipulating the young witch and getting a lot of information about what was going on in the magical world.

Voldemort still couldn't believe that his future self, the one who would rule over the wizarding world, would be defeated by a baby.

He wanted revenge.

He wanted to drive Dumbledore out of this school and then absorb enough life force to resurrect himself.

Today was the perfect opportunity.

According to the young witch, there would be a Quidditch game today, and a lot of young wizards would be out to watch the game.

And he could use the basilisk to attack those wizards without them knowing, so he wouldn't get caught.

"Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four," hissed the Parseltongue from Tom Riddle's mouth, and the beard on the statue fell, revealing a door.

Tom closed his eyes and patiently waited for the basilisk to appear.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

Tom opened his eyes, feeling that something was not right.

Last time, when he called the basilisk, it took less than a minute for the creature to obey his summoning and appear in front of him.

He tried again, thinking that maybe the basilisk had hibernated since it was already winter.

This time, Tom made his voice louder on purpose so that the basilisk could hear him clearly.

One minute, two minutes...

Tom, who was becoming frustrated, tried several more times until his voice became hoarse.

Where was the giant snake he had controlled?

Tom started to panic.

How could he get Dumbledore to leave the school and bring himself back to life if the basilisk didn't show up?

Just as Tom was about to take a risk and enter the basilisk's exit, Arthur's words came from behind him.

"Stop calling, Tom... the basilisk is no longer here."

Tom turned around suddenly and saw a young wizard even more handsome than himself, standing at the entrance of the tunnel, holding a Muggle camera in his hand.

He didn't expect Arthur to be here.

Yes, through the information gathered from the young witch he controlled, Tom had learned quite a bit about Arthur and naturally recognized him as the young wizard standing in front of him.

Tom greeted Arthur with a friendly smile,

"Hello, I'm Tom Riddle. This is a memory of mine. I know you, Arthur."

Arthur looked at Tom with a half-smile and pretended not to hear clearly, asking again,

"What's your name?"

"Tom, Tom Morvolo Riddle,"

Tom nodded, his smile growing even brighter.

Shaking his head, Arthur said,

"No, I think you said it wrong."

Waving his wand, Arthur quickly changed the part of Tom's name in the air, forming a new name - "I AM VOLDERMORT"

Tom's smile slowly vanished, along with the charming charisma, replaced by a slightly cold expression.

"You actually know?"

Tom stared at Arthur, feeling somewhat angry.

It seemed that Arthur had known his identity all along and was just playing with him.

Seeing that Voldemort dropped his act, Arthur also put away his pretend-to-be-ignorant expression.

"I didn't think the powerful Dark Lord would be so low as to try to control a first-year student," he said with a hint of anger.

The young witch on the ground was Astoria Greengrass, whom Arthur had met on the train. She was a first-year Slytherin student.

Arthur never thought that the diary would end up in the hands of this young witch.

...

Arthur and Astoria became friends at the beginning of the school year, even though they were both from different houses and were in different grades.

Astoria liked to hang out with Arthur.

Arthur never thought about the fact that the young witch had a pale face and wasn't in the best health. He thought she was just weak, after all.

Seeing Arthur's anger, Voldemort couldn't help but smirk.

"But what use of that do? So much of her life force has been taken away, and I've let the Basilisk attack the school. Her future is over already."

Arthur looked at Voldemort strangely.

"You summon a petrified cat to attack in the school?"

Voldemort's wild smile froze.

Indeed, his plan had not gone as he thought it would, and the Basilisk was already gone.

Suddenly remembering what Arthur had just said, Voldemort asked,

"What do you mean the Basilisk is no longer in the Chamber of Secret?"

Arthur grinned widely when he saw that Voldemort had finally noticed the important thing and said,

"No big deal. The Basilisk thinks I'm the rightful heir of Slytherin and has let me control it. It's having fun in my private place right now."

Voldemort: '?! You Little...'

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