Rita's spicy writing, ability to spread rumors and make things out of thin air is no secret among the upper class of wizards. There are even people in the Ministry of Magic who are secretly supporting her and tacitly allowing her to do this, on the condition that they control public opinion and eliminate political opponents for the Ministry of Magic.
But what many people don't know is that what's really great about Rita is her ability to collect intelligence.
She is actually an unregistered Animagus, and an extremely rare insect-like Animagus. Her transformed form is a small beetle. This gives her the advantage of infiltrating anywhere and eavesdropping on any confidential information.
She also has a dark secret.
She is a very powerful master of memory magic, much more powerful than Gilderoy Lockhart.
She knows how to extract other people's memories, blur other people's impressions, and modify other people's memories so that wizards who see through her disguise, break through her eavesdropping, etc., lose their memory of her. This is why she has been able to resist the odds for so long. The real reason why you can be safe when committing crimes. Of course, the magic she used wasn't Legilimency. That requires years of practice and outstanding spiritual magic talent.
She uses orthodox memory magic, the kind that requires a wand and magic spells, such as forgetting spells, memory modification spells, chaos god chanting spells, etc.
Not only that, in order to protect her various secrets that violated wizarding laws, she also specially practiced Occlumency so that her secrets would not be easily leaked and detected by telepathists. She is well aware of how many people are eyeing her, whether they are her competitors, big figures she has offended in her writing, or people who covet her intelligence database, such as...
Sherlyn Malfoy.
The moment she was caught by Xie Lin, although she was a little panicked, she generally didn't have much fear. She knew that there were many people who wanted to arrest her, but few wanted her life. Especially she did not remember that she had ever written any article to slander or slander Xie Lin. There had never been any grievances or grudges between the two. Rita even reported a lot of positive news about Schelling and said a lot of good things about him.
Judging from this, there is only one possible reason why Xie Lin arrested her, and that is profit——
That is, the intelligence database in her hands.
The moment she was captured, she had already thought of various response plans and conversations in her mind.
The intelligence database is her lifeblood and her biggest trump card for survival in the media industry. It is absolutely impossible for her to hand it over.
At best, she would hand over some of the information that she had screened. In her opinion, this was the best result, and Xie Lin would most likely agree to this plan. After all, Xie Lin was just such a young boy.
From Rita's point of view, he just wanted to know some information related to him, such as secret information about the Malfoy family, some inside information about the Ministry of Magic, and so on. There was no way he would be interested in tidbits such as where the Weird Sisters held a concert again, Celestine Warbeck was having an affair with so-and-so, and Cornelius Fudge's niece was photographed having a fling in a nightclub. Interested?
If that was all, she wouldn't be able to accept it. After all, she fell into the hands of others and was exposed as an illegal Animagus. This was no small crime - as long as Xie Lin reported her, she could be sent to Azkaban for at least ten years. Year.
If she could expose this matter by giving some information, it would be a win-win situation where everyone would be happy.
As for Schelling's violence against her? She didn't think this was possible. There was no enmity between the two, and there was even room for cooperation. For example, a few hours ago today, she reached a cooperation agreement with Xie Lin's brother, another little Malfoy. , Draco would provide scandalous material about his old enemy Harry Potter, and she would be responsible for exaggerating and polishing it, and writing an article to disgust Potter.
As for being tricked out of her most precious memories by Legilimency? Don't be ridiculous, how old is this young man? Even if he is a genius, it is impossible for him to learn transfiguration, charms, and alchemy at this level at this age, and still have the energy to master Legilimency. This is an extremely profound skill.
Even in the worst case scenario - if Schelling really has some proficiency in Legilimency (in her opinion, mastery is absolutely impossible), that's okay. Rita was confident in her Occlumency. There would never be more than five telepaths in Great Britain who could break through her mental defenses. This was the number after she included Dumbledore and the mysterious man.
Unexpectedly, she still underestimated the appetite of the young boy in front of her with a harmless smile. After Xie Lin made his request, Rita was completely confused.
Yes, Schelling did agree that she did not need to hand over her intelligence database, but he made an even more ridiculous request that she had never thought of -
He wants Rita to directly hand over the intelligence network she has spent decades and painstakingly building!
That's not all, he even asked her to become his subordinate, a mysterious organization called Mianlong Society, to take charge of the task of collecting intelligence for him!
She made a mistake from the beginning - what Xie Lin wanted and coveted was never the information in her hands, but her as a person!
Just when she was about to refuse, she found that her mind was suddenly invaded. This familiar and damn feeling - it was Legilimency!
Ah, Xie Lin really knows Legilimency!
She hurriedly used Occlumency to block the invisible invasion from her mind.
She succeeded.
She clearly felt that the opponent's Legilimency was like a hard collision with the mental barrier she had set up. She even felt the strong shock and aftermath from the mental barrier, but she managed to keep her brain in the end.
She only felt a sense of nausea and wanting to vomit, but she was sure that this impact would only make the other person feel more uncomfortable than she did. After a while, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she had noticed that the mental invasion of the other person was already slowing down. Retreat slowly.
At this moment, when she had just breathed a sigh of relief, her vigilance and brain defense were reduced to the lowest level. Her eyes suddenly saw a dazzling red light, and then she lost consciousness.
She had no idea what happened, nor what methods Xie Lin used. The only thing she remembered was that when she lost consciousness, she saw a pair of crimson lights shining in a straight line. Snake eyes.
The moment she came back to her senses, she had surrendered to Schelling from body to soul, from mind to soul. Everything is extremely natural, as if she was born to be Xie Lin's subordinate. Serving Xie Lin is her destiny and the only meaning of her existence——
She will dedicate everything she has to her noble master!
Hence the scene in the previous picture where Xie Lin sat in front of the True Dragon Throne.
Yes, Schelling modified her thoughts, memories and even her entire personality with "absolute dominance".
Rita is not an easy person to be captured. Her Occlumency skills are quite powerful. However, Xellin first used Legilimency to consume part of her mental power, and then caught her where she relaxed her vigilance and lowered her mental defenses. In just a short moment, he used his "absolute dominance" to forcefully break through the defense and take advantage of the opportunity.
From now on, Rita Skeeter, in addition to being the most famous special correspondent of the Daily Prophet, has a new secret identity——
The leader of the Sleeping Dragon Society's foreign intelligence team and a loyal subordinate of Sherrin Malfoy, codenamed "Reverse Scale".
