Archaeologists at Hogwarts

After thoroughly investigating the castle to no avail, Toby has moved his target to a place where the elves cannot inspect - Slytherin's secret room.

Old Tom never expected that Toby would say such a thing.

"Helpo? Why is he here?"

Voldemort was very calm after hearing the name.

When Toby used the unrecovered old Tom to attack Voldemort, he secretly sent a note to Voldemort through Slytherin's locket - it said that besides Toby, Voldemort had more troubles. enemies to deal with.

And the enemy's helper, Severus Snape, was beside him.

"The Herbo Horcrux is indeed like this." Voldemort whispered, like a poisonous snake hissing.

It seemed that he had already roughly guessed the identity of this enemy, and Haierbo happened to be among this group.

At this time, Old Tom shouted loudly: "Then why are you stopping me? Who else can I do besides him?"

Old Tom's finger happened to be pointing in the direction of Voldemort.

"I'm just a little unsure."

Toby met Old Tom's gaze and said, his eyes were full of uneasiness that Old Tom felt deeply.

"That's Haierbo. To be honest, even if one day he suddenly jumps out of my body and uses me as a means of hiding, I won't be too surprised. Let's get started."

After Toby said these words, he immediately turned back into the devil. He turned his head and unexpectedly rushed towards Andros' devil in the air.

The two kept colliding in mid-air, filling the entire hall with collapsing smoke.

"You are crazy. How could Haierbo be so weird?"

Old Tom found that he understood Toby less and less. From this moment on, he felt from the bottom of his heart that Toby had become even crazier than before, and even the thoughts in his mind were no longer clear.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Voldemort said suddenly, staring at Old Tom with his eyes filled with red light.

"It seems that you are different from before. Is this the ability that this body gives you? Let me see how many skills you have learned. Are you still as capable as you were before, almost using a low-quality pistol? Kill me."

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While this little-known battle was taking place in the secret room, Al and Angela were not idle either.

Angela asked Neville to go back to the dormitory obediently, then took out a note, wrote a few words on it, and then the note flew away along the corridor like a dove.

Not long after, there was a sudden knock on the door of the ancient magic office.

Without waiting for anyone inside to answer, Snape opened the door and walked in. He stood at the door, staring motionlessly at Angela and Al, who were also looking at him.

"Toby is really not here?" Snape said suspiciously, as if he would not be here if this were not the case.

"He's busy." Angela didn't intend to explain too much: "You come in first and wait for a while, another person will come over."

Snape cautiously walked to the sofa and sat down, staring at Al who was silently eating multi-flavor beans with big eyes and small eyes.

Al raised his head and glanced at Snape, then a second time, and then a third time.

It suddenly turned around and covered its belly pocket tightly.

"I never thought of stealing your beans!" Snape growled through gritted teeth.

But Al refused to believe it. He always turned his back to Snape. Every time he ate a bean, he would glance back quietly, then quickly turn his head and bite the beans until they were crunchy.

Just when Snape was about to simply turn his back to Al, there was a knock on the office door again.

Harry, who looked confused, and James, who was equally confused, walked in.

Then the actions of the two people were surprisingly consistent - as soon as they saw Snape, they immediately changed their looks with hostility.

Snape's eyes were similar to theirs.

"Now is not the time for an argument."

Angela suddenly stood up and said, "Harry, come here first. I want to ask you a few things."

Harry looked back at James. He walked to Angela in a daze, and James followed him step by step.

"Can I ask what brings us together?" James pointed at Snape: "And him, why is he here?"

Before Snape got angry, Angela said without any concealment: "This is all because of Halper. He is hiding in Hogwarts now. The reason why Toby is not here is also for this reason."

James and Snape's expressions changed at the same time. This was the first time they knew this news.

Harry, who was also panicked for a moment, heard Angela ask him: "I remember that since the last vacation, you have had two painful scars."

"To be precise, it was once, madam." Harry corrected: "It happened suddenly when we were playing Quidditch during the holidays. As for the other time, it happened inexplicably before the first test of the Tournament.

I had no idea at that time, but Professor Heimer later told me that before the test started, for some reason, I suddenly kept picking up my scars."

"Because you are Halbo's Horcrux." Angela stared at Harry's bright green eyes and said, "That's why he affects you, right?"

"Probably." Harry said somewhat uncertainly.

Combined with the news that Angela just said that Halbo was hiding in Hogwarts, he felt more and more that the current situation was becoming more difficult.

The inquiry ends here.

Angela bypassed the restless Harry and the hesitant James, then walked past the ashen-faced Snape, and came to the corner of the office alone.

The restored disappearing cabinet is being placed here.

Angela opened the disappearing cabinet. The strange thing was that this time the disappearing cabinet seemed to have turned into an ordinary cabinet - Harry carefully discovered that there was a missing piece in the upper right corner of the cabinet, which was probably the reason.

What happened next almost shocked Harry's jaw - not that there was nothing in the cabinet, but that there was a person placed there. The person looked almost dead, and his originally big belly had become flat.

He looked like he had suffered a lot.

After seeing this, Snape's expression did not change much. On the contrary, James asked in surprise: "You...were you the ones who attacked Fudge back then?"

This man was none other than Fudge. Although he had lost a lot of weight and looked much haggard, he was still alive and well.

"It's a long story."

Angela let the sleeping Fudge fall on the carpet, and she explained simply: "The person who really attacked him was Snape, and then he was possessed by Voldemort and became a short-lived vessel. Until recently, we didn't know

He was rescued - but as you also know, the wizarding world is currently in a very turbulent period, and Fudge is not suitable for appearing in public, so we hid him."

James quickly figured out the reason - if Fudge came back, what would happen to Dumbledore's ministerial position?

But there was still one thing he couldn't figure out.

"Since you called us here to find Haierbo, what role can Fudge have?"

"He can help us eliminate an option." Angela said slightly coldly: "Of course, Harry as a Horcrux is the real key - maybe you don't know it well, but Toby has been studying Horcruxes for a while.

Time has passed, and he has gained nothing, but he still needs some other help - the three of us."

Angela looked at Snape, then at James and said, "We are one of the few people who have come into contact with Haierbo, and we have all been with him for a relatively long time. Although our impressions of him may all be

Wrong, but we can try to help Harry so that he can find Haierbo immediately."

"It would have been extremely difficult in the past, but it's different now."

Because there are very few targets in the secret room.

If we count strictly, there are only two people, Voldemort and Old Tom.

There was a brief silence in the office.

James was still trying to digest this information. He never imagined that Toby would have such a method.

It was extremely rare that his eyes briefly contacted Snape.

Both men are shocked by Toby's plan.

Harry thought Angela's silence was to give them time to think, but he soon discovered that he was wrong.

The office door opened again, and this time no one walked in. Instead, a small metal ball floated over - it was a magic ball, and it flew all the way into Al's paw.

Angela also took out the scepter.

"It's time," she said.

Angela looked like if these people refused to cooperate well, they would be punished one by one.

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In the secret room.

Toby in mid-air was still entangled with Andros' devil, while Voldemort and Old Tom on the ground were also dueling - neither of them used a wand. One didn't, and the other didn't know what to do at all.

How to use it, but even so, the ability to cast spells without a wand is enough to make the opponent disgraced.

Antioch and the armor that had reunited at some point were guarding the entrance to the hall of the secret room. One of them roared twice at every turn, while the other always remained silent.

Voldemort waved his arm, causing the broken stones from the statue to hit Old Tom, but Old Tom quickly dodged it - he was becoming more and more skillful in using this body, and he was not only very fast.

, even the limbs often turn into vines.

Perhaps this was the original intention of this collection - to transform into a being more powerful than a wizard.

Unfortunately, as time goes by, all he has left is this body.

"Do you think killing me, Toby Highmore, will let you go?"

Voldemort roared: "Do you think he will obediently help you find Merope?! Do you think he will be such a kind person?!"

Old Tom looked at him firmly.

"But what kind of person he is, I have to deal with it first before you tell me."

He then wanted to attack Voldemort again, but this time there was no need for him to do it. Voldemort's body suddenly paused, feeling a little out of control.

Toby noticed this scene in mid-air.

He repelled Andros' demons and suddenly turned straight down, surrounding Voldemort in the black mist. The armor and Antioch guarding the door also rushed up at the same time, blocking Old Tom who was about to take action.

"What are you crazy about!?" Old Tom yelled unwillingly.

"Quiet."

A wild roar surged out from the center of the devil, and Toby's face was revealed in the large cloud of smoke. He was staring directly at Voldemort who paused again.

"It seems it's not that difficult to deal with Herbo even without your wand."

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An extremely complex magic circle has appeared in the center of the ancient magic office. Thick red fog covered the magic circle. Angela struggled to maintain the magic.

James and Snape stood opposite her, and the three of them surrounded Harry, who was in a coma - this was the most effective way to relieve his pain.

Beside Harry, Fudge's body was still lying quietly.

At this moment, a faint thin line flowed from Harry's forehead and connected with Fudge's body.

"what does that mean?"

James asked anxiously. He was holding his wand in his hand. Like Snape, they both pointed their wands at the thin line between Harry and Fudge.

Angela didn't answer at first.

She first dispersed the thick red mist, and Al, panting, restored the magic ball to its original shape and lay motionless on the ground.

Then, Angela suddenly pointed the end of the scepter at Snape.

"Didn't you know that Fudge was also possessed by Helbo?!"

Snape suddenly looked at Angela. After hearing these words, James immediately pointed his wand at Snape, his face full of suspicion.

"I don't know about this," Snape said stiffly.

"Toby will figure it out." Angela cast a stun spell to knock Snape out without hesitation.

As if to prove his innocence, Snape did not evade this curse.

It was only then that Angela weakly said to James: "Put down the wand."

"Perhaps it won't be long before this all ends."

——

People in the office gradually left, and even Snape was tied tightly. He had not yet fully awakened, and was being watched closely by Al and Angela.

After a while, Toby finally came back.

As soon as he walked in, he said: "Fortunately, old Tom can't get used to that body for the time being, otherwise it would be difficult to calm him down."

"Also, how are your results?"

Angela explained everything that had just happened in detail. Finally, she pointed at Snape and asked, "How should he deal with it?"

Toby stared at Snape for a short moment.

"Severus is unaware." Toby whispered: "He dare not betray me twice, let alone risk Lily's life and death."

"I already knew this when he showed me the magic circle that summoned Lily."

Angela couldn't accept this result.

"But what if-?"

"I know what you're worried about."

Toby interrupted: "I have agreed with you that I will not take the initiative to ask Halbo for any clues - a word he says cannot be trusted. As for Severus, believe me, he does not know anything."

"But we don't need to worry about this kind of thing. There is also the Goblet of Fire. It will help us know who you are."

Angela was silent for a while, until Toby took the initiative to open his arms and hug her, patting her back gently.

"I hope so." Angela said weakly.

Behind her, invisible, Toby's eyes were staring at Al who didn't know what to do, his eyes full of warning.

Aier pursed his lips in embarrassment, but remained silent in the end.

As Toby's former patron saint, Al can still feel Toby's emotions even though they have been separated.

It didn't understand why Toby's mind became even heavier on such a day that should be celebrated.

The most obvious thing was the fear, which was like a nail, piercing into Toby's heart.

What is he afraid of?