Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia asked this question very directly.

She had been communicating with Tom for more than a year. Although they didn't know every detail about each other, they knew at least about five or six points.

Tom didn't know how Lin Xia knew that he was a fragment of Voldemort's soul when he was young, but it wouldn't be surprising even if Lin Xia knew it. After all, he had revealed a lot in their daily communication with Lin Xia.

Tom: [I'm not sure, my senses are not as sharp as the picture frame, but it's probably what you think]

Lin Xia: [Why do I feel like Hogwarts is like a sieve? The defenses are tight, but the Death Eaters can get in whenever they want, and the same goes for the Horcruxes.]

Tom: [Hogwarts has several secret passages that lead to the outside world, and the outside world can also come in through the secret passages. When I was in school, those wizards often used these secret passages to enter Hogwarts.]

Lin Xia thought for a while, and then asked: [According to your calculations, the picture frame has obtained the power of the same source, when will it wake up? ]

Tom: [You have to wait at least a week. If you destroy the homologous power during this period, it will continue to dormant.]

Lin Xia suddenly thought of a solution.

[Since powers from the same source can absorb each other, and you and the picture frame are from the same source, why don't you absorb its power? ]

Although the Horcruxes from the outside world continuously provide energy to the picture frame, they do not know their specific locations and cannot see each other.

Then Tom can naturally also seize this power. They are from the same source, so both have a chance.

Tom: [I can absorb it, but I don't want to. The power of the same origin will also be mixed with the memory fragments of the same origin. Once I absorb other memory fragments, I may not be who I am now.]

Lin Xia probably understood.

Tom is this kind of personality now, and it is mainly his memory that supports him to become this kind of personality.

But once memories become numerous and complex, confusion will occur and personality will change accordingly.

Every time Voldemort returned, he showed signs of mental breakdown and neurosis, which might be caused by accepting too many memories.

There are countless selves in my mind talking to each other, and I cannot tell the difference in thinking between my true self, my old self, and my future self.

In this case, her method would no longer work.

Lin Xia pondered, is the only way to destroy the Horcruxes from the outside world?
But this Horcrux, can it be found just by looking for it?

She put away the picture frame with Voldemort in it because she happened to see Voldemort's shadow flash across the frame.

If she hadn't seen it, there's no telling how long the frame would have remained hanging on the wall.

She didn't carry Voldemort's Horcrux with her, so she couldn't achieve the same source of attraction, which made it even more difficult to find.

The most convenient way is for her to take the diary with her when she goes out, but Lin Xia can't do that.

She did not forget that Tom had the power to bewitch people. She had used it in class before and noticed that it would emit a slight evil whisper that could confuse people.

Once you communicate with it for a long time, it can also control the human body to do what it wants, turning the person into a puppet.

Although her goal now coincides with Tom's, Tom's soul also wants to escape from the body of the diary.

But it is Voldemort's soul after all.

Who knows what it really thinks in its heart? Lin Xia will not give it a chance to test it. There is no need at all.

Lin Xia: [Is there any way for me to find the Horcrux? ]

Tom was silent for a long time, and then a line of words slowly emerged.

[There is a way, but you will take some risks]

……

Time passed by and it was night.

Ron left the common room and went to Filch's office during evening study.

The purpose of his coming here was to confirm whether he could really go to the display room to polish the medals.

This was a detention ordered by Snape himself. He was afraid that Snape would come to find fault later, so he confirmed it again.

Unfortunately, there was no one in the office.

Ron looked around. Filch's office was as empty as he was.

He turned to look at the second living being in the field - Mrs. Norris.

Mrs. Norris was squatting on the table licking her fur. If you ignore her skinny body, her posture at this moment was very elegant.

Ron thought of what Lin Xia had said to him, and couldn't help but take a closer look at what Mrs. Loris was wearing.

You don’t know until you see it. It’s really shocking. They are all very small gadgets.

Before, Loris was wearing too much, which affected her walking and traveling. The little wizard even saw her fall several times.

I don't know since when, all the accessories on its body were replaced with very small ones that would not affect its steps at all.

If you take a closer look, you will find that those little gadgets exude a sense of luxury no matter how you look at them.

Could it be that, as Lin Xia said, it really has many defensive magic items?
Ron's eyelids jumped. My goodness, could Filch have spent all his savings on Mrs. Norris?
This is really cat love!

Thinking of this, Ron's eyes turned, and he smiled ingratiatingly at Mrs. Norris, and even imitated her meowing a few times.

"Dear Mrs. Norris, can you take me to Filch's place? I want to confirm where I will be detained tonight, meow~"

But Mrs. Norris was very cold and aloof. She ignored him and continued to lick her fur.

Ron couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

Mrs. Norris then looked up at him with a condescending look, which was quite similar to that of Professor Snape.

It jumped off the table, took a few steps forward, and suddenly turned back to look at Ron.

Ron understood something and immediately followed it.

He originally thought that Mrs. Norris was taking him to see Filch, but unexpectedly she took him to the showroom.

Mrs. Loris walked into the showroom, patrolled around a few times like a big boss, then turned to look at Ron with disgust, meowed at him, and quickly left the showroom.

Ron didn't follow. He understood what Mrs. Norris meant. This would be where he would be confined today.

Ron muttered, "Not bad. At least I can use magic to slack off without being punished to recite lessons or clean the toilets..."

It's just too boring to be locked up alone.

If he had known it would be so easy, he should have agreed to Harry's request and let him come over to help him clean the showroom.

Ron hummed a song while cleaning it up.

There was no one around, so he simply treated the showroom as a KTV room and sang a few songs.

While he was singing, he did not notice that there was a box vibrating.

The box makes occasional noises, which would certainly be noticed if placed in a quiet room.

Unfortunately, Ron was so focused on singing that his loud voice completely covered up the vibration sound.

After the box vibrated a few times, it realized that it couldn't attract people's attention, so it simply stopped vibrating.

This time the confinement passed quite easily.

So much so that when Ron participated in the late night patrol, he couldn't help but show off how easy the detention was. According to him, Administrator Filch was no longer a hateful person, but a kind and amiable old man.

Harry couldn't help but say, "You don't sound like Filch at all. It's as if you've changed your personality."

Ron glanced at Lin Xia and saw that she didn't say a word, so he said complacently:

"Maybe Filch noticed my potential and wanted to invest in me, so he treated me well."

Hermione couldn't help but say, "Come on, Ron, we all saw Lin Xia taking you to Filch at noon today.

He obviously did it for Lin Xia’s sake. His cat plays very well with Lin Xia’s White Fairy. I always see the two cats in the corridor.”

After hearing this, the Weasley twins specifically asked Ron.

George: "Ron, I'd like to interview Warden Filch."

Fred: "We said hello to him a few times and greeted him with a smile, but Filch ignored us completely."

George: "Dear Ron, since Filch is really interested in investing in you, can you let him accept our interview for your sake?"

Fred: "My dear brother, you can surely satisfy us with such a small request, right?"

Ron was flattered by his brothers' praise and agreed without hesitation.

Hermione didn't remind him, she felt Ron deserved a lesson.

During the late night patrol tonight, nothing happened in the first half of the night.

In the second half of the night, the Weasley twins patrolled to the corner where they had heard the sound before, and heard another strange sound.

The sound was rustling, very much like the sound of mice moving around.

The twins looked at each other and immediately took out the video camera to record it.

Not only did they take out the audio and video device given by the professor, they also took out the audio and video recording equipment they had purchased themselves.

After recording the audio, they returned to the team and asked Ron:
"Did you bring Scabbers out again tonight? I just heard him moving around outside again."

Ron immediately shook his head. "No, I was afraid that the previous situation would happen again, so I locked Scabbers in a cage while on patrol. Harry saw it all."

George and Fred looked at each other and said in unison, "Then what we just recorded must be a strange phenomenon!"

They went to look for the professor on patrol tonight.

Professors Snape and McGonagall were on duty tonight. George and Fred took out the audio and video device given by the school and found that no sound came out of it. This was very wrong.

But after what happened last time, they were well prepared and took out the audio and video equipment they bought outside.

This time, they all heard the rustling sound.

The professors rushed over.

But when they arrived at the place, the sound had disappeared, and they used detection magic to check, but there was nothing unusual.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "So this sound only appears at a specific time and place. Why don't we ambush at the same time and place tomorrow?"

Snape and Professor McGonagall immediately rejected the proposal.

McGonagall said, "No, don't get involved. Our professor will find a way to solve it. Don't act on your own."

She said very carefully: "Strange phenomena are not so easy to solve. Once a mistake is made, you are likely to be disturbed by the evil god's whispers. Even if the school has given you a lot of anti-interference equipment, it is not 100% safe."

Professor Snape also said coldly: "I thought Hufflepuff didn't inherit the lion's recklessness, but stayed together for a long time and learned the Gryffindor's foolishness without courage!"

Ron looked angry and wanted to say something.

Lin Xia stood up and said calmly: "Professor, we will definitely make full preparations, and we hope you can solve it as soon as possible.

But we have patrol duties, and if we really encounter strange phenomena, we will not shirk our responsibilities."

It’s just obvious that Professor McGonagall doesn’t want the young wizard to face the strange phenomena directly.

Starting from the second day, patrols on this floor were stopped.

The young wizard could think of sitting back and waiting, and the professor could also think of it, and he could do it even better than the young wizard.

Harry and Ron approached Lin Xia and asked, "Should we put on our invisibility cloaks and sneak over there?"

Lin Xia looked at them in surprise and asked, "If you encounter danger, do you think you have the ability to solve it?"

Harry knew he was incapable, but he thought: "We have to face this kind of thing anyway, so why not go and see it sooner?

And Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape will definitely be there, we can see how they handle it, so next time we meet them, we won’t be too panicked.”

I have to say that Harry's consideration is correct.

With the professor around, the action can be guaranteed to be at least safe.

So Lin Xia discussed it with Draco, Hermione and the Weasley twins, and everyone agreed to go and check it out secretly tonight.

You don't have to go too early, just make sure you show up at a specific time.

The day's classes ended quickly. Everyone had something on their mind, so they left quickly after class.

Neville wanted to tell Ron something, but when he saw Ron leaving so quickly, he was a little puzzled: "Why are they running so fast?"

Mikel replied nonchalantly: "Maybe he wants to steal at night."

"By the way, Neville, I have an attack spell I want to teach you. This spell should be quite suitable for you. This is the spell I improved. Please help me try it."

……

Late at night, Harry and the others put on their invisibility cloaks and quietly left the common room.

Sir Cadogan heard the voice and spoke to the empty corridor: "Come, duel with me!"

He waited for a while, but there was no reply from the little wizard. He couldn't help but mutter, "Did I hear it wrong?"

As he spoke, he opened the door to the common room and complained, "The fighting spirit of the little wizard has been getting weaker and weaker recently. He even lacks the energy to argue."

Harry and the others took advantage of this opportunity and quickly left the gate.

As soon as they came to the corridor, they heard a lazy cat meow. The white fairy licked its paws, wagged its tail, and called to them.

"Harry, Ron, Hermione!"

Lin Xia and others lifted the invisibility spell, and Hermione quickly lifted a corner of the invisibility cloak to let them in.

Ron said excitedly, "We are breaking the school rules together. I didn't expect that the outstanding students would join us in committing the same crime."

Hermione stepped on Ron's foot deliberately.

Ron groaned and asked Harry in a low voice, "How did I offend her?"

Harry: "You probably pissed her off in some way."

"Shh, don't talk, I heard footsteps." Draco suddenly spoke.

Soon, they appeared in the corridor from yesterday and found that five professors were there.

These professors looked serious, waving their wands from time to time, as if they were checking something. (End of this chapter)