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Dumbledore asked from the side, "Since hypnosis isn't working, how about we try the truth serum?"

Zicomo retorted, "Why aren't you worried about that guy this time?"

As he spoke, Zicomo pointed to Fudge, who was frozen in place not far away.

Previously, Zicomo said he wanted to target Batistuta...

Unexpectedly, now that he's facing Voldemort, he's the one who's offering to use Veritaserum.

Dumbledore shrugged and said, "Anyway, he's about to step down, so he probably won't care about our illegal use of Truth Potion."

Zicomo nodded, agreeing with that.

He turned to Snape and asked, "Shall we do it, you or me?"

Both of them carried truth serum, and Zicomo asked who would administer it to Voldemort.

Snape said, "I'll do it."

After saying that, he took out a bottle of truth serum from his invisible stretch bag.

Since the inventory had been frequently stolen, Snape acquired an oversized, seamless stretch bag.

He carried most of the precious herbs, ingredients, and potions with him to prevent them from being stolen again.

Looking at the bottle Snape had taken out, Dumbledore hesitated for a moment and asked, "Severus, are you sure you didn't take the wrong one?"

Dumbledore was unsure because the bottle Snape took out had a capacity of a full liter.

And it was the kind of bottle that was completely filled.

Dumbledore remembered that the largest bottle Snape used to hold the truth serum was only about the size of a pocket watch.

After all, just three drops of this stuff are enough to make a person with a strong will reveal the truth.

Snape opened the bottle, held it out to Dumbledore, and asked, "Why don't you give it a try?"

Dumbledore shook his head repeatedly.

What he didn't know was that the herbs Snape planted in Zicomo's "Zen Garden" were almost overgrown.

As a result, Snape regularly had to deal with a large amount of herbs.

The way to deal with them, naturally, is to refine them into magic potions.

Therefore, Snape now has a very rich stock of potions, which almost fill one wall of his house.

Therefore, Snape became much more generous with potions.

For example, right now, he poured most of a bottle of truth serum into Voldemort's mouth.

Zicomo, watching from the side, was worried that Voldemort might have been gotten drunk by Snape.

After all, truth serum has a certain blurring effect on a person's consciousness.

Like Zicomo's hypnosis, it puts people into a state of trance.

Snape fed Voldemort so much in one go, Voldemort is probably already starting to hallucinate.

After Snape finished administering the truth serum, Zicomo asked the same question again.

The result was no different from what he had just experienced during hypnosis.

Voldemort knew nothing about Horcruxes, but he did recount some embarrassing childhood incidents to fill in the gaps.

Seeing this, Zicomo had no choice but to prematurely cancel the effects of the truth serum.

Otherwise, when Harry kills him later, Voldemort might not even react.

But Voldemort, once he regained his senses, started spouting trash talk again.

He said dismissively, "I told you long ago, it's no use. I've sealed away all my memories of this, you'll never find out where my Horcrux is."

"Just wait, once I'm resurrected through the Horcrux, that will be your death day!"

Chapter 255 From Regret to Resentment, and Finally to Collapse: Voldemort

Zicomo couldn't stand anyone being so arrogant in front of him.

He decided to let Voldemort experience the harsh realities of society.

"Don't think I don't know what your Horcruxes are just because you didn't tell me."

“Let me think,” Zikomo said, stroking his chin. “Two years ago, I destroyed a place called Tom…”

"That must have been the first Horcrux you made during your student days, right?"

Voldemort chuckled coldly and said, "Heh, so what if it is?"

Two years ago, before the events of the Chamber of Secrets had any further developments, Voldemort had already guessed that his Horcrux had been destroyed.

That was just a flawed product from his first attempt, and he wouldn't feel bad if it was ruined.

“Don’t rush, there’s more to come,” Zicomo laughed. “I know that with your arrogant personality, you certainly wouldn’t use ordinary items to make Horcruxes.”

“You’ll definitely look for some special items, like the Ravenclaw tiara I found in the Room of Requirement.”

With that, Zicomo took out Ravenclaw's crown and waved it in front of Voldemort.

Voldemort thought to himself that he was in trouble.

Because they were so close, he couldn't sense his own divided soul within the crown.

This means that Zicomo has solved another one of his Horcruxes.

“Not only that,” Zicomo added, “I also used it to activate the Ravenclaw legacy, which is the statue in the Ravenclaw common room.”

"She possesses most of Ravenclaw's memories, you know what that means, right?"

Since Zicomo had made his point so clear, Voldemort naturally knew what it meant.

The statue containing most of Ravenclaw's memories is almost indistinguishable from Ravenclaw reincarnated.

That's Ravenc 747, renowned for his wisdom; the sheer depth of his knowledge goes without saying.

Voldemort was extremely envious when he learned all this. Why hadn't he thought of Ravenclaw's crown having this function?

Seeing Voldemort's regretful expression, Zicomo laughed and said, "Very good, let's move on to the next one."

Zicomo carefully put away Ravenclaw's crown and took out Slytherin's locket.

He continued, "You should recognize this too, the Slytherin locket."

This time, Voldemort's eyes widened completely, because Slytherin's locket was one of the best-hidden Horcruxes he had ever made, and the most well-protected.

Voldemort could not believe that Zicomo could find his Horcrux.

Because the only people who knew about this Horcrux were himself and Regulus, and at most Regulus's house-elves.

However, without Regulus's orders, the house-elves would never have revealed the secret.

Could it be that Regulus betrayed him?

As if knowing what Voldemort was thinking, Zicomo said, "That's right, Regulus betrayed you. Want to know why?"

Voldemort looked at Zicomo with a puzzled expression. Regulus was one of his most loyal subordinates.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have told Regulus about the existence of Horcruxes.

Yet this loyal subordinate betrayed him, something Voldemort simply couldn't understand.

Zicomo explained, "Regulus initially joined you out of admiration, but after you killed innocents to create Horcruxes, he decided to abandon the darkness and embrace the light..."

Zicomo briefly recounted how Regulus had retrieved Slytherin's locket from the cave.

Speaking of Regulus, Zicomo was reminded of the Black family's persistence, or rather, their stubbornness.

Like his brother Sirius, Regulus also had a touch of heroism.

He always thought he would take responsibility for everything, even if it meant sacrificing his life.

If he had drunk the poison Voldemort used to soak Slytherin's locket, and then chosen to have Kreacher take him to join Dumbledore, then he would have been different.

Perhaps he wouldn't have died under Dumbledore's protection, and Voldemort's Horcrux could have been dealt with sooner.

Therefore, individual heroism is unacceptable.

If you're not strong enough, you should still ask others for help.

Voldemort never expected that Regulus would betray him for such a reason.

He just killed a few insignificant people, didn't he?

Just because of this trivial matter, you've abandoned all the admiration you've received over the years?

If he had known this would happen, he would have been better off not telling Regulus about Horcruxes in the first place!

It was as if they felt that this blow was not enough for Voldemort.

Zicomo dropped another bombshell on him: "By the way, you didn't know, did you? The so-called Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin doesn't actually refer to the place where you played with that basilisk."

"The real secret chamber is where the basilisk dwells, behind that Slytherin stone statue. Guess what's inside?"

Before Voldemort could answer, Zicomo revealed the answer: "It contains the memories and knowledge of Slytherin's entire life. As for the key to unlock that knowledge..."

Zicomo shook the Slytherin locket in his hand, and Voldemort understood his meaning without him having to say anything more.