Chapter 576 What Tom Knows
As soon as Colin Creevey left the Gryffindor common room, Albert came down from his dormitory.
Tonight, he added some ingredients to the milk tea of his roommates, and after letting them finish their midnight snack and drink the milk tea, they went back to rest.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan all slept so deeply that they would not wake up in the middle of the night, let alone realize that their roommates suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night.
As Albert left the common room, he raised his wand and looked at the portrait of the Fat Lady. The lady in charge of the door had gone out to visit.
“I see, that’s what he said.” Albert muttered, turned around and walked forward quickly, disappearing into the deep darkness at the end of the corridor.
A few minutes later, Albert opened the door to the Room of Requirement, sat in the brightly lit room, spread the Marauder's Map on the table, and stared at Colin's position.
Colin Creevey walked very slowly, probably because it was his first night outing. Every step he took was trembling with fear. He had just reached the seventh floor of the castle.
Albert believed that Tom Riddle was hiding in the secret room at this time, using the trace spell to monitor the entire castle, determine the location of the mudblood, and avoid hitting the professor who was patrolling the castle when he released the basilisk to wander around. .
From a certain point of view, Tom's approach was quite perfect. He perfectly hid the huge monster of the Basilisk almost at the same time as he completed the attack.
However, Tom never imagined that such a perfect attack would be completely seen through by Albert from the beginning.
The time traveler can sometimes do whatever he wants.
Albert had already used a strong shielding spell on himself when he came down from the dormitory.
That was the result of his continuous efforts in the past half month. With the blessing of panel skills and his own continuous efforts, Albert finally succeeded before Tom Riddle controlled Ginny Weasley to complete the second attack. Use the shielding spell to shield his existence so that his name and footprints will not appear on the map cast with the human trace spell.
Yes, Tom Riddle knew nothing about this. He regarded Albert as prey, but he did not know that the other party had already regarded him as prey.
At this moment, the heir of Slytherin was staying in the underground pipe with Ginny Weasley, who was under his control, monitoring the movements of the Mudblood through the map presented in the diary.
Not long ago, Tom learned from Ginny that a mudblood named Colin planned to visit Harry in the middle of the night, and when he invited her to go with him, Tom had already decided to attack the annoying mudblood.
This is a rare good opportunity. Tom knew that the cat that attacked the Squib last time did not let the school students realize that the Chamber of Secrets had been reopened and the Slytherin heir had returned.
At that time, Tom realized that he had to let the basilisk kill one or two Mudbloods, so that all the Mudbloods in the school would once again feel the fear of being dominated by the heir of Slytherin.
Ginny Weasley hissed to calm the anxious basilisk behind her.
Since being awakened from hibernation by Tom, the Basilisk has been very irritable.
It is hungry.
Those rats in the underground pipes can't feed them at all. Tom couldn't control Ginny to get food for the basilisk, and there was no need. For him, the basilisk was just a tool to achieve his goals.
Tom Riddle's Parseltongue can make the grumpy basilisk obey his commands.
On the map in the diary, the mudblood's footprints were marked, heading towards the school hospital on the second floor of the castle.
As for Squib Master Filch?
Tom had already visited the other party before entering the secret room. Filch was now lying on the bed soundly asleep and would not wake up for six or seven hours.
When Colin Creevey approached the school hospital, Tom controlled the basilisk to leave Slytherin's secret room and began tonight's hunting operation.
He was looking forward to it and how the Mudbloods in Hogwarts College would react after tonight's attack.
Moreover, Colin was still a little worried, worried that he would be caught wandering around the castle in the middle of the night and the professors would deduct a lot of points, making all Harry's efforts on the court in vain.
Just as Colin was about to walk through the stairs at the end of the corridor of the Transfiguration Classroom and toward the campus hospital, he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.
What is that sound?
Perhaps it was the courage of the students of Gryffindor House that prevented Colin from turning around and running away immediately.
In Colin's impression, there is no danger in Hogwarts Castle. If there is danger, can it still be called a school?
If you don't sleep at night and wander around the castle, the most you can do is get caught by the professors and have your points deducted and be put in solitary confinement.
However, the rustling sound was obviously not the footsteps of the professors.
Colin did not leave, but waited for the sound to approach. He had heard some senior students say that there were many interesting things in Hogwarts, such as going out at night and walking around at night, and there was a chance of encountering knights in armor patrolling the corridors. .
Perhaps today is his lucky day.
I really encountered something incredible at Hogwarts.
Colin suddenly became a little excited. He put the lantern on the ground, took off the camera from his neck, and prepared to take a picture of this scene.
That rustling sound is getting closer and closer.
The moment the owner of the voice crossed the corner, Colin quickly pressed the camera button. The flash of the camera lit up in the dark corridor, and what came into view was an extremely huge snake.
"ah!"
Colin's eyes couldn't help but widen, the stunned expression completely frozen on his face, and his voice suddenly stopped immediately.
Colin Creevey was turned to stone by the basilisk.
In a way, Colin Creevey was lucky.
Because he saw the basilisk's eyes through the camera, he was not directly killed by the basilisk's eyes, but was merely petrified.
His body fell backward and hit the steps behind him.
In Professor McGonagall's office not far from here, Professor McGonagall, who had just finished grading students' homework and lay down to rest, heard the cry and immediately got up from the bed.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall looked very unhappy. Apparently there was a student who stayed up late at night and wandered around the castle.
She quickly put on her cloak, picked up her wand, and hurried out of the office when she heard a strange rustling sound coming from the end of the corridor, as if something was dragging on the ground.
“What’s that sound?”
Professor McGonagall immediately became alert and walked forward. She soon found Colin Creevey lying on the ground stiff, and she couldn't help but feel a chill. Professor McGonagall immediately raised her wand and looked warily at the end of the corridor.
That voice just now was most likely the monster in the secret room.
She hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed the direction of the sound. When she passed the first corner, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
“What’s going on, Minerva, I just heard a cry.”
Dumbledore, wearing pajamas, appeared in front of Professor McGonagall without warning.
(End of this chapter)