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

Chapter 605: The End of the Secret Chamber

Mrs. Molly was truly a perfect mother and a perfect wife. She gave all her children equal and complete love, and never treated any child differently because they were not smart enough.

Yes, we are talking about Ron here.

Although everything Ron used was old, his clothes were old, his pets were old, and even the most important wand was taken over by his brother Charlie.

So is this a sign of how the family treats Ron differently?

Actually, it is not like that. The main reason is that the Weasley family is indeed poor and there are indeed many people in the family. Arthur's income is only average and can barely support the family, so it is unrealistic to expect all the children to have new babies.

In fact, this broken wand was used by Bill, then Charlie, and after Charlie used it, it was Ron's turn.

Percy was able to skip this because he used the pocket money he had saved for several years to buy himself a wand. As for the twins, due to their special circumstances, it would be best for them to have new wands, so they had to go straight to new ones.

Ginny was the most special one, but she was the only daughter in the family and the youngest sister, so everyone could understand that she received some preferential treatment.

Even Ron himself didn't see anything wrong with using an old wand.

And he wasn't allowed to use the old wand all the time. At the latest, when he was in the third or fourth grade, his family would give him a new one.

So the atmosphere in this family has always been very good, and Mrs. Molly loves each of her children deeply.

Ginny's accident really scared her, and she almost fainted on the spot.

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall, who was responsible for contacting her, quickly told her that Ginny was fine, but just unconscious, so no further chaos was caused.

Now Mrs. Molly hugged her daughter and cried bitterly, she was just emotional, and everyone present expressed their understanding.

Mr. Weasley came up to Zhou Ming and held both of his hands.

"Thank you for saving Ginny. If anything had happened to Ginny, I don't know what I would have done."

The middle-aged man said this sincerely.

"Mr. Weasley, you shouldn't thank me. It was Cynthia who dispelled the Imperius Curse. She saved Ginny."

"I know. I have already thanked Miss Cynthia, but classmate Zhou Ming, I must thank you. It was you who noticed Ginny's abnormality and destroyed the Horcrux. If it weren't for you, I really can't imagine what would have happened in the end..."

When he said this, Mr. Weasley shuddered.

Obviously, he had thought about the worst outcome, which was a pain that their whole family could not bear, so when it came to saving Ginny, he thanked Hermione as well, even though she played no role in the whole process.

Ron nodded repeatedly with red eyes.

George and Weasley even shouted it out directly.

"Zhou Ming, you are our family's great benefactor, we will never forget your kindness!"

Percy didn't say anything, just patted Zhou Ming on the shoulder.

Even though he is extremely utilitarian and even had a falling out with his family at one point, his love for his family is second to no one else.

Harry watched all this from the side and felt warm in his heart.

He didn't think that Zhou Ming had snatched away his opportunity to perform, because Zhou Ming had long been aware of the existence of Horcruxes, while he was still worried about how the murderer attacked the students.

Although he is not as close to Hermione as in the original book, and they work together to discover the secrets of the basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets, he is still one of Hermione's most important friends.

Hermione told him and Ron about many of Zhou Ming's discoveries and deductions, and he also clearly realized how powerful Zhou Ming was.

If it were other things, such as Quidditch, if Zhou Ming was also very good at Quidditch, he would think about competing with the other party to see who was better.

But if it comes to saving people, he won't consider these things at all. Compared to the temporary highs and lows, he cares more about Ginny's safety.

Ginny's rescue was more important than anything else.

Dumbledore looked at this scene with a smile in his eyes, and his vigilance towards Zhou Ming was unconsciously reduced a lot.

In the following days, life at Hogwarts returned to normal.

It was not Zhou Ming's business what Dumbledore did with the diary. Lucius would definitely suffer a heavy loss. The worst thing would be being expelled from the board of directors and never being able to have a say in Hogwarts affairs again.

As for taking back his status as a director, that is unlikely. Even if he is willing, the Ministry of Magic will interfere.

It is said that Dobby, the house-elf, was later captured by Dumbledore himself.

As Lucius's "conspiracy" was exposed, Dobby's affairs also came to light. His original intention of stopping Harry and Ron was good, but his methods were a bit too weird. In the original book, he almost killed the two of them.

After Dumbledore caught it, he reportedly wanted to put it directly into the castle to be with the other elves. However, this elf had a strong personality and said that it did not want to stay in Hogwarts and wanted to be a free elf.

Of course Old Deng wouldn't spoil it... No, he wouldn't make things difficult for it. He would let it go on the spot and let it go wherever it wanted.

Obviously, even old Dumbledore would not like this kind of guy who couldn't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant. Anyway, Hogwarts had no shortage of elves, and he was just taking advantage of the situation. He thought that since this little guy admired Harry so much, he might as well give it a good way out.

As a result, he was directly rejected by Dobby, so there was no need for Old Dumbledore to try his best to please him.

Lockhart did not lose his memory as in the original book. He missed the entire Chamber of Secrets story. Even if he was as thick-skinned as him, he could not take credit for it this time.

After all, the parties involved still remembered everything, including Dumbledore, whom he dared not offend no matter what.

So when the school year ended, Lockhart had to leave Hogwarts sadly, ending his short teaching journey.

But this is also good, he avoided the so-called "curse", which states that anyone who teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts will have a bad ending. People say that this is a curse left by Voldemort, all because of his repeated applications being rejected.

If he can't do it, no one else can do it well.

But what is the real situation? In Zhou Ming's opinion, it is pure nonsense.

The second school year soon came to an end, and at the last dinner before the holiday, Dumbledore announced the winner of the house cup.

Harry helped Gryffindor win the final victory in Quidditch, adding a lot of points to the house. Unfortunately, although he added a lot of points, someone deducted them harshly. Snape really didn't pamper Harry. He deducted points whenever he got the chance, and directly deducted all the points Harry earned, and even owed him points.

Fortunately, Gryffindor still had Cynthia, who suppressed Ginny who was under the Imperius Curse and dispelled the dark magic in her brain, preventing Ginny from killing other students and also preventing Ginny from being harmed by the curse again.

It's a pity that old Dumbledore can't say it clearly. If he says it too clearly, it might bring trouble to Ginny.

So he could only tell everyone that Cynthia was a meritorious student who prevented a conspiracy to harm students. It was not convenient to tell everyone the rest.

With the extra points she brought, as well as the extra points Hermione added as an assistant, Gryffindor's results were not too bad after all.

Then the highlight came.

Dumbledore directly announced that Zhou Ming was the one who found the Chamber of Secrets and killed the basilisk with his own hands. As soon as he said this, the students turned to look at Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming accepted everyone's attention with an indifferent expression. He even waved at Hermione, which made Hermione so embarrassed that she immediately dared not look at him again.

"Student Zhou Ming killed the basilisk and eliminated a major threat to the school. I'm going to give him 100 points!"

Dumbledore said.

To be honest, this score is not very high. In the original book, Dumbledore directly added 200 points to Harry and pushed Gryffindor to the first place.

The reason why Zhou Ming only got so few points when it was his turn was because there was no need to add too many points, because Ravenclaw had already secured the House Cup this year.

After all, Zhou Ming is not like Harry, who has a scoring machine called Snape. All the scores he got were kept intact, and the scores were already very high.

Throughout this year, Zhou Ming alone scored half of Ravenclaw's house points, which was a miracle for Ravenclaw, where so many smart people gathered. He was loved by almost all the professors.

After old Dumbledore changed his strategy, he obviously wanted to push Zhou Ming to the forefront and hide Harry, so he only needed to ensure that Ravenclaw could win the house cup, with Zhou Ming being the biggest contributor.

Therefore, the final result of the House Cup was that Ravenclaw was the undisputed first place, followed by Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Yes, you read that right, Hufflepuff is second.

The students at Badger College are not stupid, they are just low-key. But the advantage of being low-key is that they basically won't be deducted points, and every point they get can be saved.

In contrast, Gryffindor and Slytherin are like divers, with scores often rising and falling sharply. Their scores are extremely unstable, with the most first place and the most last place.

Slytherin was the most dissatisfied with this ranking.

It would be fine if the championship and runner-up had nothing to do with them, but why did they lose to Gryffindor? Snape was their head of house, and the deduction machine was supposed to help them!

Unfortunately, after Dumbledore's final announcement, the outcome was completely determined and there would be no change.

There is no point in students being dissatisfied.

Then, the entire auditorium turned into a blue ocean, and the Ravenclaw students cheered loudly.

The last time they won the College Cup was several years ago.

Last year's house cup went to Gryffindor, but in the six years before that, Slytherin had always won the house cup.

They originally thought that this year would still be a competition between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and they were no longer surprised by this.

Who could have thought that Zhou Ming would suddenly rise to prominence? No one was mentally prepared for this.

But it’s better this way, because this way the surprise is sudden enough and everyone can enjoy the full happiness.

After the end-of-school-year dinner, it was time for everyone to go their separate ways.

Zhou Ming and Cynthia packed up their things and prepared to go home, but before leaving school, he met Dumbledore again, and it was Dumbledore who took the initiative to greet him.

In the principal's office.

"I'm going to go look for Voldemort's Horcruxes this holiday. Do you want to come with me?"

Dumbledore asked.

He knew Zhou Ming's true situation. Although he was asking, it was actually more of a request for instructions. Unconsciously, Zhou Ming's weight in Old Deng's heart had become heavier than ever before.

"Forget it. I've already promised Hermione that I'll go visit her during the holidays."

Zhou Ming said without hesitation.

"Do you...also consider the gender aspect?"

Dumbledore asked curiously.

"Professor, if you are familiar with Greek mythology, you shouldn't have this kind of question."

Zhou Ming did not answer directly.

"..."

Dumbledore was speechless.

That's right. If we talk about this aspect, Greek mythology is definitely the best. There are really not many myths of other civilizations that can surpass Greek mythology in this regard. At most, they are on par with each other.

"Of course I know. I'm just curious. Miss Granger should be just an ordinary person."

Between gods and humans...well, this kind of myth is actually not uncommon.

"Those kinds of things don't matter. At our level, all problems are not problems."

Whether it is giving Hermione endless life or powerful strength, it is not difficult for Zhou Ming. Of course, the premise is that he must take back all the power, which is definitely impossible now.

"Okay, I understand. I wish you a perfect holiday then."

Dumbledore nodded and said.

“Wish you a wonderful holiday too.”

Zhou Ming smiled, turned around and walked out, but when he reached the door he suddenly stopped.

"I forgot to mention, Professor, if you encounter a situation that you are unsure of, I suggest you inform me. Senior Tom is good at playing tricks. He must have imagined the scenario where you discovered the secret of the Horcrux and then searched for other Horcruxes.

Do you think he will deliberately set a trap based on your personality? My goal is this world, not just Hogwarts, so this school still needs you, you'd better take care of yourself. If you really die early... it doesn't seem to be a big deal, right?"

At the end, Zhou Ming suddenly changed the subject.
Dumbledore was ready to be moved, but Zhou Ming's words suppressed his emotion.

He smacked his lips.

"I have received your advice. Don't worry, I will not risk my life. At this stage, my main focus is on finding clues. Once I have determined the whereabouts of the Horcrux, I will come to you."

"That's all right, Professor, during the holiday."

Zhou Ming waved his hand and left the office.

Dumbledore stared at his back for a long time before he smiled and shook his head.

(End of this chapter)