Black American Comics: Start with a Snap

Chapter 183 Time? time!
You are not the only one who holds that power!

Hearing these words, Tom Riddle's eyes changed instantly.

He stared at Su Ze in front of him, and countless guesses and thoughts popped up in his mind in an instant.

But before he could think carefully, several people rushed in from the deep blue mist portal. They held wands in their hands, protecting Constantine while facing Tom Riddle directly.

"I didn't expect that the first thing I agreed to do when I came to Hogwarts to teach would be to face Voldemort again, even if it was just one of his Horcruxes."

In the crowd, a tall, middle-aged man with a slightly haggard face, messy hair and a wild look revealed a meaningful smile, and then he looked at Tom Riddle with murderous eyes.

"Watch your words, Lupin." Snape's eyes were fixed on Tom Riddle, and a look of surprise flashed across his face, which looked like a glacier that had not melted for thousands of years. "This guy is not a Horcrux."

"It's not a Horcrux?!" Professor Remus John Lupin was stunned when he heard the voice of his old friend.

"Yes."

Suze spoke, holding Mjolnir horizontally in front of him and explaining slowly.

"This guy is not a Horcrux at all. He is Tom Riddle. However, he does not belong to this era. He comes from an older timeline."

"huh huh huh huh."

Young Tom Riddle couldn't help but let out a ferocious smile as he listened to what the people in front of him were saying. His eyes swept across everyone in front of him, and finally his gaze fell on Suze's face.

"When did you notice it?"

"It was just a guess before. In fact, when you got the diary from Ginny, the Horcrux was still relatively normal. But later, your sense of disharmony became more and more serious." Su Ze replied coldly.

"Sense of disharmony?" Tom Riddle seemed not to understand the meaning of the word. He smiled and shook his head. "Should I say that you are very vigilant, or that you are smart enough? I think I acted well. After all, this Horcrux was originally a part of me."

"It's part of Voldemort, but it's not part of you."

Su Ze snorted coldly. "Even Voldemort doesn't know that the Elder Wand is in Dumbledore's hands. How could a Horcrux know this information and want me to hand it over to him?"

It was at that time.
Tom Riddle's expression showed a hint of realization, and he laughed dumbly, somewhat self-deprecatingly. "It seems that I revealed too much information about the future, which aroused your suspicion."

After the words fell, Su Ze did not react at all. He had already figured out the other party's background and identity, but the professors behind him had strange expressions on their faces.

"What is going on?" Lupin glanced at Snape and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

To be honest, Lupin's mind is full of question marks now.

He originally wandered in the small town of Land Lake. Ever since the Marauders fell apart, Lupin, as a werewolf, had been having a hard time. He refused Dumbledore's help and just wanted to live alone for a while.

Later, he suddenly received a letter from Dumbledore, which turned out to be a letter inviting him to be the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. This shocked him and also ignited a thrill in his heart.

Lupin had already known the news of Harry Potter's admission to school. Harry Potter was the son of James Potter, the child of his best brother.

If it were in the past, he would definitely decline Dumbledore's invitation again, because he felt that Dumbledore was trying to help him, but now, the situation is different.

If he could help Harry, if he could protect Harry, then Lupin would be willing to give everything he had, even his life.

So, Lupin took over the position of professor, took the earliest train to London, and entered Hogwarts.

But what he never expected was that before he could think about how to teach those young wizards, he was called over to face the Dark Lord Voldemort.

In Lupin's memory, Voldemort had died long ago. Although there have been rumors that Voldemort will make a comeback one day, the scene before him still made him somewhat incomprehensible.

Revealing too much about the future?

Not of this era?
Lupin couldn't even figure out the meaning of the conversation between the two parties for a moment.

On the other hand, Snape didn't know how to answer Lupin's questions, because even he himself was caught in an extremely complicated situation.

As a double agent who defected from Voldemort, the scene that Snape least wanted to see was himself facing Voldemort and fighting against him, especially since he and Dumbledore had not yet found a way to kill each other.

Just then, Su Ze spoke.

"At first, I suspected that someone had covered up a fire that broke out in Hogwarts, but then I found out that I was wrong. The fire was not 'covered up', it just hadn't been 'ignited' yet."

Tom Riddle kept smiling, just staring at Suze silently, waiting for his next words.

"From the Fiendfyre that was lit in the Room of Requirement and the destroyed Ravenclaw Diadem, that is also a Horcrux, right? I am very curious, why would you, who has mastered a power that does not belong to this world, destroy the power that belongs to you.

Then I realized I had made a mistake. I initially thought that this power was in the hands of someone else, because I doubted that it was powerful enough to distort reality according to the user, but I suddenly remembered that there was another ability that could do a similar thing. "

"--time."

"time?"

Professor Snape and Professor Lupin looked at each other, and both saw the solemnity and confusion in each other's eyes. Su Ze paused and continued.

"You are not Voldemort at all. Or rather, you are not the Voldemort of our timeline. You are Tom Riddle, the Tom Riddle who has not yet graduated from Hogwarts, right?"

Hearing that Suze finally told the truth, Tom Riddle couldn't help but applaud.

"Very interesting inference. You are indeed a guy who possesses the same power as me. If I am not mistaken, the power you just displayed is space."

Tom Riddle stared at the dark blue portal behind Suze with fiery eyes, his eyes filled with strong possessiveness.

"The ability to break the barrier of time and open up space channels in any environment should be the way you can come to our world. No wonder you can see the truth about the Room of Requirement."

"Stop talking nonsense with him and just kill him!" At this time, Rocket Raccoon, who had been silent, couldn't help but spoke angrily.

Hearing this, Tom Riddle's gaze shifted and he saw the little raccoon pointing a gun at his head.

"Do you think you can hurt me?"

In response, he heard the sound of Rocket Raccoon pulling the trigger.

A cluster of dark blue repulsive light cannons suddenly blasted out and hit Tom Riddle heavily in front of him. Then, it seemed to have hit a barrier that could not be seen by the naked eye and dissipated into thin air.

"How could this be?" Rocket Raccoon widened his eyes.

"It's useless. He is now caught in the cracks of time, surrounded by secret time flows that we cannot observe. Strictly speaking, we do not belong to the same timeline, so we cannot hurt each other." Su Ze explained.

Tom Riddle just smiled at this and put away his wand. "Now that you have discovered me, there is no need for me to continue pretending."

After a pause, he looked at Constantine who was protected by everyone behind him.

"Mr. Constantine will stay in your hands for now. You still have a lot of time to use the power of space. I will come back to find you."

"But before that, let me give you a gift."

After saying this, Tom Riddle smiled and waved his hand. Then his figure gradually faded, as if he was invisible, and slowly disappeared in this space.

At the same time, the silent environment was also broken.

The night wind and the chirping of insects came from outside the window. Obviously, Tom Riddle had just used the power of time to pause and solidify the environment here.

After he left, the stagnant time flow started moving again.

Looking at the place where Tom Riddle disappeared, the professors breathed a sigh of relief, but their eyes were filled with shock.

The experience of facing Voldemort just now made them all recall the glorious years when Voldemort was in power. Although they were facing a younger version of Tom Riddle at this time, none of the professors present dared to underestimate him.

Unlike them, Suze and Rocket Raccoon didn't have time to think about these things. Their attention was focused on another thing.

"What did he mean by what he said just now?" Rocket Raccoon frowned and turned to look at Su Ze.

Su Ze frowned slightly, unable to figure out the reason for a moment.

But soon, he vaguely sensed something. It was the fluctuation of the invasion of real space, a sign of the fusion of two different timelines.

What followed was a raging flame.

Su Ze’s eyes widened suddenly when he sensed this scene.

"Oh no, the Room of Requirement!"

In an instant, he understood what Tom Riddle meant by the "gift". Without saying a word, Su Ze directly opened the mysterious ring portal leading to the eighth floor of the castle and stepped straight in.

Seeing this, although the others didn't know what exactly happened, they still followed Su Ze without hesitation.

As everyone left in a hurry, the room returned to silence.

The originally tidy staff lounge became a mess after the brief fight between the two sides. Books and papers were thrown on the ground at random, and the desks were torn into pieces.

I do not know how long it has been.

A rustling sound was heard.

After a while, a huge rat came in from somewhere, accompanied by a slight and crisp squeak.

It looked like it was trying to find something to eat, looking around like a headless fly.

But soon, its little black eyes noticed the diary that had fallen on the ground not far ahead.

The next moment, a look of human-like fear appeared on the mouse's face.
(End of this chapter)