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

Chapter 609 The Fourth Horcrux, the Fake Pendant
Even a fool could see that Zhou Ming was the leader among the students. Both Hermione and Harry obviously focused their attention on Zhou Ming.

Lupin knew very little about Zhou Ming. He only heard from Dumbledore that this student was extremely powerful and possessed strength that was no less than that of the deans.

Lupin was very shocked by this. A second-year student, no, a third-year student, had the strength to rival the deans? Is this possible?

Now it seems possible, too possible!

Even a headmaster like Professor Sprout, who wasn't particularly good at fighting, might be no match for this kid.

Lupin had a headache. He was worried that Zhou Ming was a troublemaker and would completely disobey discipline because of his great power.

But he was obviously overthinking it. After hearing his words, Zhou Ming did not have any bad reaction. Instead, he nodded.

"Then I'll leave the rest to you, Professor."

After saying that, he immediately turned and left. Hermione, Harry and others looked at Lupin in surprise.

This guy? Professor?
No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it!
But they said nothing, and immediately turned around and followed Zhou Ming.

It was not until they walked some distance away that Hermione couldn't wait to ask Zhou Ming.

"How do you know he's a professor?"

"It's simple. Are there any other people on the Hogwarts Express besides students and professors?"

"Uh, but his outfit..."

"Hermione, don't simply judge a person's identity by his clothes. Maybe this professor is just frugal. Being rich or poor cannot directly describe a person's strength or weakness."

Although the strong usually have no shortage of money, there are exceptions.

Of course, Lupin’s strength is indeed not that strong. In the entire Harry Potter world, he can only be considered second-tier at best.

The first line of defense are naturally the deans of each college and the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.

The Deans are knowledgeable and have diverse abilities; the Aurors are battle-hardened and experienced.

The second tier is at the level of Lupin, including many names that Zhou Ming is familiar with, most of which are in this position.

They may not seem strong enough, but in fact, in the entire magical world, this level is already very good.

Below them there are third and fourth lines.

The third line is the kind of wizard who hardly fights in normal times but has mastered some offensive spells.

The fourth line is the kind of wizard who can't attack at all.

For example, the lower-grade students at Hogwarts, various scholars in the wizarding world, and civil servants of the Ministry of Magic.

As for old Dumbledore, he is at the top level. Others at the same level include Voldemort, Grindelwald and others. They are all the kind of people who can fight ten people at the same time without losing.

For a strong man of this level, even if he is an Auror, it would take more than a dozen people to threaten the other party at the same time. If there are fewer people, they may not be enough to kill him.

At present, Zhou Ming’s strength is probably between first-tier and super first-tier, which is much stronger than Lupin.

In comparison, Lupin's strength is indeed a little weak, but that really doesn't mean anything.

Lockhart, who was much weaker than him and whose strength was at most third-tier, lived a very comfortable life. Especially last year, because of Zhou Ming's intervention, he did not become an idiot like in the original book.

Although he had nothing to do with the Chamber of Secrets and the Basilisk, and he didn't even participate in the whole thing, this did not prevent him from using word games in the new book to make readers think that he was actually involved.

And even if there was no involvement, even if there was no word game, the money earned in the past few years was enough for this person to live a peaceful and stable life.

In contrast, Lupin, who is obviously stronger, lives an extremely difficult life. Not to mention the problem of clothes. Before coming to Hogwarts to teach, he was a person with no money, no car, no house, and no job.

During the most difficult times, he even had problems eating.

His living conditions are totally disproportionate to his abilities.

Hermione didn't know all this, but she also realized that what she said just now was a bit of judging people by their appearance. At this time, she stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

Instead, Harry moved forward.

"Zhou Ming, the spell you just used..."

"The Patronus Charm, why, you want to learn it?"

"I, I just think it's amazing and beautiful..."

"Want to learn? If you want to learn, I can teach you, but this spell is very difficult. If you really want to learn it, you'd better be mentally prepared in advance."

Remus said with a smile.

This spell is indeed difficult, but it seems to be very suitable for Harry, because it will become one of Harry's best spells in the future, with a proficiency comparable to the Disarming Charm.

When many people couldn't even release a Patronus, Harry was already able to release a physical Patronus.

But for this matter, it is probably not Zhou Ming’s turn.

Because in the original book, Harry learned the Patronus Charm in this year. Although Zhou Ming has now taken action to deal with the Dementors on the way to school, these guys will not just stop like that.

Because Sirius escaped from prison, the Ministry of Magic took the opportunity to send Dementors into Hogwarts, under the pretext of protecting the students.

In fact, everyone can see what Fudge is thinking, he just wants to seize power from Dumbledore. In fact, Dumbledore supported him to take the position, but after serving as Minister of Magic for only a few years, he started to go against Dumbledore.

"Really? Thank you so much, I'm not afraid of difficulties."

Harry promised loudly.

Zhou Ming nodded and said nothing more. He talked to Hermione for a few words and went back to his compartment.

The rest of the journey went by without any accidents and the train returned safely to Hogwarts.

At the opening banquet, Dumbledore personally announced that Lupin would be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts this year, but the students' response was not enthusiastic.

The main reason was that Lockhart's performance last year was really bad, and Lockhart was recruited by Dumbledore himself, so many people doubted Dumbledore's vision. There were even many students in Slytherin House who thought that Dumbledore had become senile.

Lupin didn't really care about what his students thought. He just wanted to keep an eye on James' son from a close distance, teach him how to save his life, and protect him from being attacked by Sirius.

Soon, in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of the new semester, Lupin won the recognition of all students with his actual performance.

Even the most picky Slytherin couldn't say a bad word about Lupin, because he was truly the most reliable professor of this class in recent years, no doubt about it.

Even among the professors before Quirrell, few could compare to Lupin.

This has been confirmed by all senior students and cannot be faked.

Ultimately, it was because the rumor circulating in the wizarding world was too scary. Everyone said that Voldemort had cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, and all professors except him would not be able to be re-elected and would suffer misfortune.

This rumor directly scared away 99% of the wizards who were qualified to become professors. Dumbledore had no choice but to find a suitable person. Unfortunately, when everyone heard that he wanted to teach this course, they always rejected him without saying a word.

Almost every wizard with some ability can live a decent life, and there is really no need for everyone to risk their lives for that little salary. Therefore, Dumbledore can only find some people who are neither good nor bad to teach. This is why the professors of this course have not been very reliable for so many years.

Even the previous professors who had not made many mistakes had only average skills, which were totally inadequate to support such an important course.

It can be said that Lupin's appointment was welcomed by most of the teachers and students in the school. Of course, there were also people who were very unhappy, and that was naturally Professor Snape.

Everyone thought that he was unhappy because his long-awaited Defense Against the Dark Arts class was taken away from him. Only Zhou Ming knew that Snape simply hated Lupin.

They had fought a lot when they were young. Regardless of who was right or wrong, the hatred between the two sides has lasted for a long time. It is really wishful thinking to expect Snape to be nice to Lupin.

The fact that he didn't fight with Lupin directly was already a result of suppressing his temper.

Not long after the third grade started, Dumbledore found Zhou Ming again.

"I found the fourth Horcrux. Do you want to come with me to see it?"

Dumbledore asked.

"Okay."

Zhou Ming nodded. He was also a little curious about which Horcrux Dumbledore had found.

This time, Dumbledore led the way again. Although Zhou Ming had fully mastered the Apparition, he did not know Dumbledore's destination, so the spell naturally could not take effect.

His vision was distorted, and when Zhou Ming came to his senses, they had already arrived at the sea.

"here……"

Zhou Ming understood that Dumbledore had indeed found the location of the pendant box just like in the original book.

"It's just ahead. Let's go. The road ahead might be a little troublesome."

As Dumbledore spoke, he suddenly stretched out his wand and pointed it at the sea water.

The originally turbulent sea water calmed down a lot in an instant. Although it was still rolling violently, at least people could step on it.

Then the two of them walked one after the other, stepping on the water and came to the cave on the edge of the cliff.

After Zhou Ming entered the cave, he immediately activated his magic vision and quickly found the secret door on the wall.

"Tom is still so conceited. He doesn't think he can stop me in this way, does he?"

"Maybe he's not trying to stop you, but is deliberately leading you to make a mistake?"

Zhou Ming said.

Voldemort did become stupid in his later years, but that was also caused by the excessive tearing of his soul. During this process, Voldemort was not stupid at all, but very insidious.

Look at what happened to Dumbledore in the original book. In the process of getting the Horcrux, he was led by Voldemort almost the entire time and had to drink the potion that almost took his life.

To be honest, it's all thanks to Dumbledore. If it were someone else, they would definitely die here.

But this time, Dumbledore was very lucky not to encounter these things.

Because from then on, he handed the entire process over to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming also took the lead and used a spell to violently destroy the disguise in front of him, and then went straight to the lake.

He looked down and quickly found the shipwreck at the bottom of the lake, but he did not summon the shipwreck at all. Instead, he raised his hand and cast a spell at the lake in front of him.

"The cold wind is forever frozen!"

A horrible chill gushed out from the tip of his wand, and the lake water in front of him froze at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This lake was also cursed by Voldemort. Theoretically, no one is allowed to fly over the lake, and even Apparition cannot be used. One must use the small boat he left behind to pass through.

If the visitor fails to find a boat and eventually plans to swim over, he will only alarm the corpses in the water, and then be dragged down and drowned, becoming one of them.

But there is a solution to this curse, which is to freeze the lake completely.

The curse cannot maintain the properties of the lake water, and it has no effect on the freezing effect.

However, there is also a hidden condition here, that is, the caster must be strong and must be able to bypass Voldemort's spell to a certain extent.

If he fails to do so, the spell he casts will be blocked by Voldemort's curse, and he will naturally not be able to freeze the lake.

It can be said that Voldemort had indeed considered everything that could be considered, but what he did not expect was that someone could capture one of his Horcruxes, and take out all the magic and spellcasting concepts he learned when he was young, and have the ability to break his spell in a targeted manner.

The lake water quickly froze, and Zhou Ming stepped onto the ice.

"I'm already beginning to have trouble understanding your spells. You're growing too fast. I can't imagine how strong you'll be in a few years."

Dumbledore looked at Zhou Min and said with emotion.

"Don't worry, you'll see it soon. In a few years, with this Horcrux, I should be able to track down Voldemort."

Zhou Ming smiled and said.

"Oh? You can find Voldemort's location?"

Dumbledore was really a little shocked. No one had ever been able to do such a thing. But when he thought about Zhou Ming's identity, he suddenly felt relieved.

"Souls are actually connected. As long as Voldemort lives, his connection with these Horcruxes will remain intact. We couldn't find them before because there were too few samples and Voldemort was too weak, so the connection had weakened a lot.

Now that there are enough samples, he can’t escape.”

Zhou Ming said with a smile.

This is not only because he has read the original work and knows the whereabouts of other Horcruxes, but also because he can really reverse Voldemort through the Horcruxes. He is not lying.

Although doing so would greatly shorten his stay in this world, he would not deliberately delay in order to save the world.

Moreover, after saving the world, he can use his clone to enter and take people out, which is much better than being restricted as it is now.

Dumbledore stopped talking and watched Zhou Ming operate silently.

Seeing him walk to the stone platform and directly reach out to take the pendant box out of it, Zhou Ming felt almost no obstruction during the whole process and completely ignored the curse left by Voldemort.

However, before Dumbledore could be happy, Zhou Ming told him some bad news.

"The Horcrux is fake. There is no soul fragment in it."

(End of this chapter)