Meeting aurors in Diagon Alley
"No."
"No? Nothing?" he asked.
"No. I don't see anything different." Test subject 0005 replied and Harry sighed once again.
Her had really thought that creating a new form of nervous system that looks similar to the ones in Selena's head and then connecting them to his brain would have worked.
It turned out that maybe it was not about the nervous system. Maybe it had to do with something else.
Maybe it had to do with the eyes.
Maybe Selena was able to see/feel the magic around her because of her snake like eyes.
Most likely not, because she was able to sense magic even when her eyes were closed.
But he was running out of ideas at this point so maybe it was worth a try.
With that thought, he looked at Selena's eyes and after creating a mental image of those eyes in his mind, he projected that image in the eyes of the test subject and transfigured his eyes to look like that of Selena.
The transfiguration was a success.
The project was not.
Just as he had thought, the reason why Selena was able to sense magic had nothing to do with her eyes.
Then what was it.
Why was she able to see/feel magic and no one else was.
Why was she so unique.
Was it possible that copying magical creature's specialty was not possible.
Just like how no one had even been able to copy the flame apparition of a Phoenix or create the venom of a Basilisk.
That would make sense but he did not want to believe in such a half assed theory.
Not until he had used every last of idea he could think of.
Edison had failed 10,000 times when he tried to create a light bulb.
He had not even failed a 100 times.
No, he would not give up now.
And even if it was impossible for wizards to sense magic like how Selena did, he would somehow make it possible.
But for now, he needed a short break.
With those thoughts, he escorted the test subject 0005 back to his cell before leaving his lab.
Outside, he was once again met with the sight of Hermione waiting for him beside Besalla.
He held a sigh at that.
A week had gone by and the girl was still here.
He could see that she was determined to meet him and wouldn't budge on that no matter what.
And because of that, he was now starting to feel like a dick for making her wait like that for hours upon hours.
But he really didn't wanted to simply forgive her for betraying him like that back there.
So if she wanted his forgiveness then she would have to wait a little more.
Though as he started leaving, he felt a tad worried that one day, Hermione would simply think that waiting for him was just not worth it and leave to find new friends.
Well, if that happened then that would just mean that they were never meant to be friends in the first place.
With such thoughts, he left the Chamber without her ever knowing about it.
It was time for him to start on his new project.
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A polyjuiced Harry, wearing the face of a random muggle entered apparated in a dark alley near the Leaky Cauldron and proceeded to enter Diagon Alley from there.
From there, he confidently walked into the shop known as Borgin & Burkes.
"What do you want?" the shopkeeper asked without even looking up from his copy of the Daily Prophet and Harry was taken aback at the indifferent and rude tone of the shopkeeper for a moment before he shook his head.
This is what happens in places where there are no business competition.
The shopkeepers stop respecting their clients because the customers had no where else to go.
Small wonder why the goblins are always so rude to everybody.
They held the monopoly on the wizarding currency and they knew it.
"I want a two-way mirror." He replied without any fanfare.
The shopkeeper stopped reading his newspaper and kept it down on his lap before he narrowed his eyes and scrutinized Harry's clothes closely before shaking his head.
"It's too expensive for you. You won't be able to afford it." He said before he picked up the newspaper and started reading it once again while Harry tried to reign in his temper at the blatant disrespect that was being showed to him by this man.
With a wave of his hand, the newspaper was ripped off from the shopkeeper's hands and before he could even realize what was happening, his lips were sealed and there was a wand in front of him.
"You're wasting my time Mr Borgin. Or was it Mr Burkes. Frankly. I don't even care at this point. The point is that you're wasting my time. And I don't like it when people needlessly waste my time. So do your fucking job and bring me the thing that I want."
"Mmm... Mmm…" the man tried to speak something but when that didn't worked because of his closed lips, so he just nodded his head and Harry gave a nod back before lowering his wand a little.
Then the man went the back of his shop and came back with a pair of mirrors.
It didn't take Harry very long to test the mirrors to make sure that they were the real deal and not a cheap knockoff. And after he was sure that they worked as they were supposed to do, he kept them aside and removed the seal from the man's lips who gave him a glare but didn't say anything else.
"There should also be a large cabinet in your shop called the Vanishing Cabinet. Bring it out as well."
The shopkeeper gave a slight nod and went into the back of the shop once again while Harry walked behind him and made sure to always keep him in sight.
After a few minutes of rummaging through numerous things, the shopkeeper was finally about to take out a candle sized cabinet thrown beside other useless things.
"I'll warn you right now. That this cabinet doesn't work." The shopkeeper said "It was supposed to have a brother cabinet that worked along with it but that cabinet is either damaged or destroyed so this thing will probably be of no use to you."
"Are you sure that you still want to buy it?" the man asked and Harry nodded.
"Well, it your galleons." The man said with a shrug and went to the counter where Harry passed him the necessary galleons before leaving the shop.
Only to come face to face with four aurors who had their wands pointed at him.
"Hah! Thought you could threaten me and get away with it scott free, did you?" the shopkeeper's annoying voice rang out from behind him and Harry almost rolled his eyes.
"Keep you wand down and come with us." One of the auror said and Harry wondered if this was the reason why the man took so long to find the two-way mirror and the vanishing cabinet. So that the aurors could arrive and capture him in time.
Hmm… he had been naive in thinking that he could threaten a shopkeeper in Diagon Alley and get away with it.
Still, the man had some nerve to call the aurors on him considering the amount of dark objects he keep at the back of his shop.
"Don't make any funny move." The lead auror said "You're charged with threatening an upstanding citizen of the society. If you've done nothing wrong then you'll be allowed to go without any problems. But if you resist then it won't end pretty for you."
"Alright." He said and raised his hand in the air. "I surrender."
"Where is your wand?" The auror asked.
"In the holster in my right forearm." Harry replied while raising his arm further in the air. He could see a few spectators crowding around the Alley to look at this scene and realized that he needed to end this fast enough.
"Sherry. I need you to secure his…"
That was as far as went as with the flick of a finger, the wand shot in Harry's hands and in the next moment, a bright light blinded all the aurors and people surrounding the area.
Harry, who had closed his eyes at the up until now opened them and sneered at the aurors who were not rolling on the ground while clutching their eyes.
Okay, he might have over done it. Hopefully they won't go blind because of him.
With those last thoughts, he wore his Shroud of Concealment and was about to leave the area before he remembered something.
He looked at the Borgin and Burkes shop and pointed his wand at it before saying "Bombarda Maxima." And half of the shop was immediately exploded into pieces.
Let the shopkeeper pay for the damages now.
No one fucks with him and then gets away with it scott free.
This much punishment should be enough for him.
With such thoughts, he left the scene of the crime before dapparating back to Hogsmeade from where he went back to the Hogwarts and then the Chamber of Secrets.
He had a new project to work on after all.