Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 187: A strategy that can defeat the prophet?

Many people have different answers to the question of what a truly strong person is.

But for Tom Riddle, only those who have reached a certain level in terms of strength, execution, and ruthlessness can be considered truly strong.

Anyone who is too soft-hearted, not decisive enough, and does not kill the enemy even though he has the opportunity to do so, cannot be considered a truly strong person!
In Roger's eyes, anyone who has not provoked him, is not hostile to him, and does not pose a threat to him cannot be considered an enemy.

But in Tom Riddle's view, anyone who does not share his interests is his potential enemy!

So, although he recognized Roger's power, he did not agree with Roger's ideas.

He was unwilling to submit to someone with 'weaknesses'.

After hearing Tom Riddle's answer, Voldemort and Grindelwald showed no expression on the surface, but a smile rose silently in their hearts.

Tom is Voldemort's past self in his eyes.

He certainly knew very well what kind of person he had been.

Not to mention Grindelwald, as a prophet who has seen too many futures, sometimes he can make an accurate judgment about a person based on his own experience without using his prophetic abilities.

It was this understanding of Tom that led the two to take him to Roger's virtual reality technology press conference.

In the eyes of both of them, it was a very easy thing to provoke his resentment towards Roger.

In fact, Tom might not have been unaware of the two people's plan, but it was an open conspiracy and Tom could not avoid it, nor did he need to.

Roger's personality and Tom's personality are inherently incompatible. As long as the two have any direct and relatively in-depth contact, what is happening now is bound to happen.

"What are you going to do next?" Although Tom had fallen into the trap of the two, Voldemort still asked in order to prevent Tom from going too far off track.

"..." This time it was Tom Riddle's turn to be silent.

Because he found that he didn't have a good way to target Roger.

Hibernating?

How old am I? How old is the little prophet? Since he is already so strong now, wouldn’t it be asking for trouble if I compete with him in talent?

If I follow the normal growth curve, the gap between him and me will only get bigger.

Playing dirty tricks and plotting against you?
He is a prophet.

Even if Grindelwald is willing to help him, being disturbed in the future is itself a warning sign.

The moment Roger stared at him at the venue, it was proven that his disguise was ineffective against him.

Tom has not forgotten how Roger used the power of space to capture people from a distance during the political struggle in the school board.

Even if he had a Horcrux, he would be killed again the moment he was resurrected, and die over and over again endlessly. What's the difference between that and being killed directly? It's even worse than being killed directly.

After thinking about it, Tom Riddle found that there seemed to be only one way.

"Following the flames."

Tom Riddle was not in the habit of keeping people in suspense, so he began to explain in detail: "Roger's power is very strong, but he is not absolutely invincible, otherwise he would not have chosen to act the way he does now."

In Tom's understanding, the current Roger is a bit like the Dumbledore in his memory.

He has great power, but he has concerns in various aspects and is unwilling to overthrow the table completely.

The more you think, the more cautious you will be in doing things.

Since he wants to be cautious, I will find a way to make him radical.

"He wants to promote the popularization of virtual reality technology, so let's add fuel to the fire."

"Organize some people, use some radical means, and forcefully push this technology into the world!" At that time, Roger will only have two choices.

Either continue to maintain the original practice, which will definitely lead to "inadaptability" in various aspects.

Or just take advantage of the situation and become radicalized... which is exactly what Tom Riddle wants.

No matter what choice Roger makes, I can cause him some trouble.

This would slow down his pace, causing him to waste his energy on areas other than magical advancement, giving himself more possibilities to overtake.

Strictly speaking, Tom's actions were not meant to stop Roger, but to "help" him, so it would be difficult for the other party to find any evidence against him.

Is he going to say, 'Because Voldemort has done me a lot of favors, I'm going to kill him'?
This is why the tactic of flattery is difficult to deal with.

Some of the overt flattery can be dealt with, but the covert...

As someone who possesses Horcruxes, as long as not all of them are taken away at the same time, he or she will have countless chances to start over.

And others only have one chance!
Especially after Voldemort obtained time magic, the Horcruxes were no longer limited to the present. If he wanted to kill himself completely, he would probably need to get rid of all his Horcruxes at the same time.

Don't give yourself any chance to obtain other Horcruxes from the past!

In fact, if Roger was not a prophet, there was another way.

In the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the devil and the Buddha had such a conversation.

Buddha said: Buddhism is the true Dharma, and no force can destroy it.

The demon king Po Xun said: "In the last days of the Dharma, I will ask my disciples to sneak into the temple, wear your robes, and destroy your Dharma. They will misinterpret your scriptures and destroy your precepts to achieve my goal."

Voldemort could also use a similar method to get people to do things in the name of Roger's followers.

Anyway, Roger did a lot of things in his early years as a religious prophet.

There are indeed many people who believe in him.

Unfortunately, the power of the prophet means that Tom Voldemort and his men have very few means to use.

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"Are you leaving now?"

"Well, I still have a lot of things to do in Hogwarts. I really don't have much time." Faced with the Minister of Magic Fudge's retention, Roger shook his head to refuse.

He had finished what he needed to do at the Ministry of Magic and now planned to return home immediately.

"Is that so? What a pity."

This time, Fudge didn't try to keep Roger out of courtesy, but he really had a lot to discuss with Roger.

With the efforts of the school board, Roger obtained a public office in the Ministry of Magic, with full authority to manage virtual reality-related industries. His authority allowed him to bypass his superior, the director, and he held a low position but great power.

But no matter how powerful he is, Roger is nominally responsible to the Minister of Magic, the highest official.

Many things, from a procedural point of view, require the approval of the Minister of Magic before they can be pushed forward.

But when actually doing things, most of the time, Fudge, the Minister of Magic, still acted around Roger.

This is what Fudge asked Roger to talk about in detail this time!
Some matters of authority should be clearly divided, and Fudge also needs to have a deep understanding of some work content.

(End of this chapter)