"... After attacking the mudblood in Ravenclaw, Ginny became completely suspicious of me. Why didn't she understand? I didn't mean to hurt her brother. It was all just a coincidence..."
"However, she still threw me away. Fortunately, I had gained enough fear from her before that. This made me stronger and able to use some of my previous magic power. With this power, I successfully found The next host..."
"Draco Malfoy..." Harry's eyes showed a look of sudden realization.
"Yes." Riddle said happily:
"For me, it is much easier to seduce an impulsive young man who is full of identification with pure blood than to seduce a little girl. I convinced him easily."
"He opened his soul to me like Ginny, just to restore the glory of Slytherin. He is an impulsive guy. He doesn't even know what he will face next..."
"But my first operation after that failed. I found the target and prepared to attack again, but I failed. My servant was also injured. Damn mudblood! He even planned to fool the snake The monster came to find my location!"
"Later, the secret room was exposed, and I had to move, and they found a way to counteract the basilisk. My servant was frightened, and it didn't dare to come out again..."
"ha!"
Even though he was in danger, Harry couldn't help but laugh: "After all, your plot has failed! Professor Custer has thwarted your ambition! The mandrake will be cultivated and mature soon. You ended up accomplishing nothing!”
"Really? But don't you think that's not important anymore?"
Riddle let out a cold and harsh laugh:
"I have absorbed the fears of two people, which transformed me. Malfoy's life will allow me to be truly free. I can completely get rid of that diary! And Ron's sacrifice will give me a powerful servant." , I can leave Hogwarts and go to the outside world!"
"Neither of them will die!"
Harry's voice was trembling, but very firm: "I will stop you, no matter what!"
"Stop me?" Riddle sneered, playing with Harry's wand with his long fingers: "Why can you stop me? Why don't you do anything now!"
"Even if it takes my life!" Harry's eyes showed courage.
"Your life? No, no, no, I don't intend to take your life. On the contrary, I want to save your life because I have a question that I urgently need you to answer for me."
"question?"
"Yes Harry, I have been following you for a long time. I know a lot about you from Ginny and Malfoy, but this is not enough, far from enough. I need to know the core and most critical issue..."
Riddle's smile was cold: "Back then, when you were a little baby, how did you escape from Voldemort and kill him?"
"Voldemort? Why do you care about this? If you were a person fifty years ago, he only rose after you..."
"Because Voldemort is my past and future..."
As he spoke, Riddle conjured his name in the air, then waved his wand, disrupting the order of the letters, and quickly pieced together a new line of words:
"I am Voldemort!"
Harry's blood seemed to have gone cold all of a sudden: "You are Voldemort..."
"Of course, Tom Riddle, that's my school name, but I won't keep it forever, the mark of humiliation from my Muggle father!"
"I inherited the blood of the great Slytherin from my mother. I need a resounding name. I know that this name will scare everyone as I rise!"
Riddle said in a feverish voice, and the cave seemed to be resonating with this voice, reverberating continuously.
"But, I don't understand, how did you do it eleven years ago? Let me sink into the sand and almost die in my heyday."
As he said that, he looked at Harry:
"Come on, Harry, tell me, how did you do it?"
"I..." Harry took a step back, and from the corner of his eye he caught sight of Ron lying on the stone platform. A doubt that had been lingering for a long time suddenly blurted out:
"You have to tell me first, how did you find the materials for the black magic ritual? Ginny can't do this!"
"Of course she can't, but officials from the Ministry of Magic can..."
Riddle said: "Thanks to that idiot minister, Fudge, he brought a lot of people to Hogwarts, and I found a former Death Eater inside..."
"I spent a lot of effort to make him believe that I am not dead yet. I am still dormant somewhere, gathering strength, waiting for my return."
"In this way, he will be willing to provide me with some help..."
Suddenly, there was an imperceptible vibration outside the cave.
"Oh!" A look of surprise appeared on Riddle's face: "They actually found this place so quickly? It seems we have to hurry up, Harry, it seems I have to take you with me... "
With that said, he walked towards Ron.
"You're delusional!" Harry stood in front of him and roared.
"What? Do you still want to resist me now? With what? Your fists and feet?"
There was a trace of ridicule on Riddle's face. He raised his wand and pointed it at Harry:
"Don't be afraid, Harry, everything will be over soon..."
At this moment, a burst of fairy-like singing came. A phoenix with golden and red fur flew in from nowhere.
"How is it possible? How did it break through the spell I set?"
Riddle was surprised.
The phoenix hovered in the air and dropped a dusty object, which landed squarely on Harry's head.
It's a tattered hat - every Hogwarts student will recognize him, the Sorting Hat!
"Ha!" A burst of laughter burst from Riddle's throat, and Harry knew what he was laughing at.
He ignored Harry and walked towards Ron:
"I changed my mind. I want to complete the sacrificial ceremony first so that you can see with your own eyes how your friend sacrificed his life for the great Lord Voldemort."
"I won't let you hurt my friends! Never!" Harry held the hat and stood firmly in front of Riddle.
"With a bird and a shabby hat? Are you just going to stop me, Harry?"
Riddle seemed to have lost his patience. He waved his wand and quickly cast a spell——
Danger after danger, Harry dodged and the spell exploded beside him. He held his hat and ran to one side.
"What? The famous savior Harry Potter, can you only run away?"
Riddle laughed, waving his wand, and one spell after another whizzed towards Harry.
Harry held the hat and used his hands and feet to avoid Riddle's attack in a desperate manner. He was anxious:
"What should I do... what should I do... help me quickly, come help me..."
"Come on, Harry! Use your skills! Show me how you defeated the greatest wizard in the world as a baby, come on!"
Riddle's face showed a cruel look like a cat and mouse, and he flicked his wand:
"Thunderbolt explosion!"
A huge explosion! Less than two feet away from Harry, he was knocked over by the air wave and fell to the ground. Flying gravel shot out and scratched his cheek.
The hat flew high into the air and landed on Harry's face.
There was a "boom" sound.
Something hard hit Harry on the forehead, and he was hit so hard that stars appeared in his eyes.
Harry fumbled and stretched out his hand and grasped the object - it seemed to be a cylindrical handle.
He stood up and pulled out a shining silver sword from his hat. On the hilt of the sword, there was a ruby as big as an egg inlaid.
