My name is Sasuke, from being the richest man in Naruto to dominating the world

Chapter 604 Destroying the Diary

At this time, in the school clinic.

"Quiet, quiet."

Cynthia's right hand released a faint white light and pressed down towards Ginny little by little.

Although the palm was still some distance away from Ginny, Ginny was pressed down on the bed little by little. She struggled hard and tried to sit up from the bed.

But the strange thing was that, even though her body was not tied up, she just couldn't get off the bed.

"Cynthia, Ginny..."

Hermione said nervously beside her.

Just now, Ginny suddenly jumped up from the bed, like crazy, and released the Killing Curse directly at Hermione who was closest to her.

The unique green light of the Killing Curse filled Hermione's vision, and at that moment she thought she was dead.

At the critical moment, Cynthia suddenly took action and knocked away the killing curse.

Then, in front of Hermione's shocked gaze, she suddenly took a step forward, disarmed Ginny, and a faint white light emerged from her hands.

Under the cover of white light, Ginny was like a trapped beast, roaring and struggling, but she was completely unable to resist and was suppressed little by little by Cynthia.

"Cynthia, what happened to her?"

Hermione was still a little scared at this time. If it weren't for Cynthia, she would probably be dead now.

There were other students in the ward, and they all looked pale. They tried desperately to move their bodies away from Ginny, but unfortunately they couldn't do it.

"She is being controlled by someone. You should know about the Imperius Curse, right?"

Cynthia said expressionlessly.

"The three unforgivable curses?"

How could Hermione not know about this?
"Yes, it is the Imperius Curse that is questioned by the three unforgivable curses. Someone has controlled her and made her use the Killing Curse on the people around her."

"How is this possible? How could Hogwarts..."

Hermione subconsciously wanted to question, but soon she realized something and looked sharply at Cynthia.

Cynthia nodded.

No words were spoken, but everything was implied.

Hermione was very smart and immediately thought of the Horcruxes. In fact, she was basically unaware of today's actions. After all, Zhou Ming himself "discovered" Ginny's abnormality temporarily and it was impossible for him to notify Hermione in advance.

But as she had thought before, it was impossible for anyone in Hogwarts to use the Imperius Curse to control a person silently.

After all, here we have Dumbledore, deans and professors, and many students.

Moreover, the difficulty of the Imperius Curse itself is not something that ordinary students can learn, and students themselves have no chance to come into contact with these things. Even if someone really has access to it, there is no reason to use it on Ginny.

It was even more difficult to control Ginny and let her use the Killing Curse at the right time.

It can be said that there are almost no students who can achieve this level, not even seventh graders.

So the only thing Hermione could think of was Horcruxes.

"When did you know?"

Hermione asked suddenly for no apparent reason.

"I just thought of it. As for Zhou Ming, I don't know. Even if he found out something, he wouldn't say it casually. He has always been like this."

Cynthia had already suppressed Ginny again at this time, and moved her palm closer to Ginny's forehead little by little. The pure moonlight began to penetrate into Ginny's brain.

Hermione's mood suddenly improved a lot after hearing this.

"Are you treating her now?"

"Yes, I want to dispel the power of the dark magic in her brain. This will reduce the damage caused by the Imperius Curse. Even if she needs to go to the hospital afterwards, she will recover quickly without any sequelae."

In fact, the Imperius Curse can be resisted.

All you need is enough willpower.

In the original book, Harry once resisted Barty Crouch Jr. and Voldemort's Imperius Curse, his father Dick Crouch resisted Voldemort's Imperius Curse, Barty Jr. resisted Barty Sr.'s Imperius Curse, and so on.

However, just because these people can do it, including Harry, doesn't mean Ginny can do it.

She was born into a pure-blood family. Although her family was indeed very poor, her family education was undoubtedly much better than that of children from Muggle families.

This can be seen by looking at her older brothers. Not to mention the three top students, George and Fred are also extremely talented, and no one can match them in the field of magic toy manufacturing.

Perhaps the only one who is a little bit lame is Ron, but Ron is not really stupid, he just looks clumsy and a little heartless.

In fact, the fact that he was able to become an Auror after graduation shows how talented he is.

What's more important is that children like them who come from pure-blood families will definitely be taught by their families not to believe in any magical props that can speak and think, because no one knows what these things are.

Unfortunately, even though she had received such education, Ginny still fell into the trap. Ultimately, it was because of her own mentality that Voldemort took advantage of her.

"You are so amazing that you can even solve the Imperius Curse..."

Hermione sighed.

She didn’t know Cynthia’s true identity yet, she just thought Cynthia was ridiculously strong, just like Zhou Ming.

Compared with them, she was not even a little bit behind, let alone making progress together. Just looking at their backs, she felt very powerless, as if they were from two different worlds.

However, she soon thought of Zhou Ming's actions that night. The girl's heart began to beat wildly and her face turned red unconsciously.

Cynthia didn't notice this, she was still focused on treating Ginny.

"She is very lucky. She was probably controlled not long ago, and the dark magic hasn't eroded her deeply yet. That's why I can make sure she doesn't suffer any sequelae. If it drags on for a while, or if the control gets deeper, I won't be able to do anything. If that's the case, I might just be able to help her dispel the Imperius Curse."

There is a reason why the Imperius Curse is called the Unforgivable Curse.

In addition to forcibly controlling a person's will, which will make wizards feel insecure and unable to trust anyone, the additional harm caused by this spell itself is also one of the reasons why it is considered a taboo in the magical world.

Although a person will naturally develop a certain resistance if they are subjected to the Imperius Curse too many times, the person who is under the spell will also suffer from a disease that causes frequent loss of consciousness after treatment.

This kind of loss of consciousness is uncontrollable and may occur at any time. If it is not handled properly, it will easily cause huge trouble. The Cruciatus Curse will turn people into madmen, and the Imperius Curse will make people lose their basic living ability. No matter which one, as long as the damage is deep enough, the final result will only be to spend the rest of their lives in the special ward of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

So Ginny is unfortunate, but at the same time she is lucky.

Madam Pomfrey came in soon. After learning about Ginny's condition, she immediately gave her a potion to cure the Imperius Curse. With the help of Cynthia's moonlight, Ginny finally fell into a deep sleep.

She transferred the other students to another ward and issued a ban, forbidding them to tell anyone about what happened today. This was also to protect Ginny, as she didn't want her to live under the criticism of others.

Hermione cooperated very well in threatening these students, and everyone promised repeatedly that they would not go out and talk nonsense.

There were several students in the common ward, one from Ravenclaw and three from Hufflepuff. They were all knocked unconscious by the Mandrake roots in the Herbology class because they did not follow the operating procedures.

Students from these two colleges are relatively trustworthy. The former are very rational and know what they should do to be right, while the latter are all good people who know how to be nice to others.

Fortunately, they are not Slytherin or Gryffindor students.

If it was Slytherin, then the matter about Ginny would definitely be told, and Slytherin would be happy to see Gryffindor make a fool of themselves.

Gryffindor students are not that bad, but they are too careless and are likely to let things slip, so they are the type that are hard to guard against.

Fortunately, all this seems to be over now, and everyone has a relatively good ending, except Tom.

In the principal's office, after hearing Zhou Ming's arrangement, Senior Tom's face completely sank.

He glanced at Zhou Ming coldly, and finally turned his gaze to Dumbledore.

"I have foreseen my own fate after being caught by you. But Dumbledore, don't be too happy too soon. I can't be the only Horcrux. Even if I fail, there are still others and our original bodies.

You can't protect Hogwarts forever. I will come back one day, and that will be the day when you and everyone else surrender!"

Young Tom is still at the stage where he likes to make harsh remarks... Well, it seems that the middle-aged and elderly Tom is the same?
But now he can only make harsh remarks.

Because there was nothing he could do besides that, and soon, he wouldn't even have that chance.

Dumbledore took out the sword of Gryffindor.

"I can think of many ways to destroy the Horcrux, but this is the headmaster's office, and I can't destroy my room, so Tom, I can only use this sword to send you off. But this is actually quite good, after all, it is the only founder's relic that you haven't obtained."

Dumbledore smiled, raised his sword, and under Tom's gloomy gaze, stabbed the diary with the sword.

The next second, black blood began to flow out of the diary, and Tom's body fell apart in a flash of white light.

This time he did not scream like in the original book. He was silent throughout the whole process, staring at Dumbledore with a gloomy expression until he completely disappeared.

"Okay, the first Horcrux has been destroyed."

After doing all this, Dumbledore clapped his hands and said happily.

However, other professors were not happy.

"Albus, this is just one Horcrux. There is no way that Tom has only this one Horcrux. The crown you mentioned before..."

Professor McGonagall glanced at Zhou Ming, then quickly looked away. "As for the other relics, only the crown has been found. The whereabouts of the other relics are still unknown. If these relics are not found, Voldemort may come back at any time."

"I know, but Minerva, this matter is not so easy to resolve. You have to give me some time. And don't worry, Tom won't come back so easily. He has lost his body and can only exist in a ghost-like state.

He would never feel at ease if the Horcrux was resurrected, because once the Horcrux was resurrected, it might take away his identity. He would even guard against the Horcrux's resurrection."

"So what you mean is..."

"Yes, the Horcrux that appeared in Ginny's hand this time must have been given to her on purpose. Now we can only wait for her to wake up and see if she knows anything."

Dumbledore shook his head.

"And I will continue to look for other Horcruxes. As long as we make sure that Tom's body is not dead, the other Horcruxes will still be safe."

"That's all it can do now."

Professor McGonagall nodded. She couldn't think of a better solution.

Soon, the professors left. Professor Flitwick looked at Zhou Ming several times before leaving. Zhou Ming wanted to laugh when he saw his anxious look. He nodded at Professor Flitwick to show that he understood what he meant.

After the professors left, Dumbledore sighed.

"It's troublesome. I don't know where Tom hid those Horcruxes."

"Perhaps we can start with Senior Tom's former subordinates? We can also ask the black market in Knockturn Alley."

Zhou Ming suggested.

"The one in the crown, can't you give me any help?"

Dumbledore asked.

"I have already asked him, and he said that he did not know the location of the other Horcruxes. From what I can judge, his Horcrux should have been made at an earlier time, perhaps only slightly later than the diary, and he should have lost the relevant memory when it was made.

Senior Tom is a smart man, he would never leave himself such a big loophole. "

This is reasonable.

Although the Horcruxes are powerful, they are not impossible to deal with. Even someone as powerful as Dumbledore could really control Tom's residual soul if he was given enough time to prepare.

If the Horcrux was really given all its memories by force, the other Horcruxes would be in danger. Voldemort would definitely plug this loophole from the very beginning.

"It can only be the."

Dumbledore nodded. "Next, you must keep an eye on the tiara and make sure it doesn't fall into the hands of other students."

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. Senior Tom is a smart man, he knows what he should do."

Under the dual influence of greater interests and life threats, the man in the crown has decided to cooperate with Zhou Ming. He will not cause trouble for himself casually.

Even if a student really got the crown, Senior Tom would just pretend to be dead, so that the crown would become an excellent magic prop instead of a dark magic item that could bewitch people.

In the following days, the school was full of discussions about the basilisk, and no one knew that the professors had secretly dealt with a huge threat.

Ginny also woke up after three days of coma and told everything she knew.

Dumbledore was so smart that he quickly set his sights on Lucius.

Ginny's parents also came, and Mrs. Molly hugged her daughter, feeling so distressed.

(End of this chapter)