As soon as Colin Creevey left the Gryffindor common room, Albert came down from his dormitory.
Tonight, he added some ingredients to the milk tea of his roommates and asked them to go back to rest after having their supper and milk tea.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan all slept deeply and would not wake up in the middle of the night, let alone realize that their roommates suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night.
When Albert left the common room, he did not forget to raise his wand and look at the portrait of the Fat Lady. The lady in charge of the door had gone out to visit.
"I see, that's what he said." Albert muttered, turned around and walked forward quickly, disappearing into the deep darkness at the end of the corridor.
A few minutes later, Albert opened the door to the Room of Requirement, sat in the brightly lit room, spread out the Marauder's Map on the table, and stared at Colin's position.
Colin Creevey walked very slowly, probably because it was his first night outing. He took every step with trepidation. He had just reached the seventh floor of the castle.
Albert believed that Tom Riddle was hiding in the secret room at this time, using the trace spell to monitor the entire castle, determine the location of the mudblood, and prevent him from hitting the professor who was patrolling the castle when he released the basilisk to wander around.
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From a certain point of view, Tom's approach was quite perfect. He almost perfectly hid the huge monster of the Basilisk while completing the attack.
However, Tom never imagined that such a perfect attack would be completely seen through by Albert from the beginning.
Travelers can sometimes do whatever they want.
When Albert came down from the dormitory, he had already used a strong shielding spell on himself.
That was the result of his continuous efforts in the past half month. With the blessing of panel skills and his own continuous efforts, Albert finally succeeded before Tom Riddle controlled Ginny Weasley to complete the second attack.
Use a shielding spell to shield his own existence so that his name and footprints will not appear on the map cast with a human trace spell.
Yes, Tom Riddle knew nothing about this. He regarded Albert as his prey, but he did not know that the other party had already regarded him as his prey.
At this moment, the heir of Slytherin was staying in the underground pipe with Ginny Weasley, who was under his control, monitoring the mudblood's movements through the map presented in the diary.
Not long ago, Tom learned from Ginny that a Mudblood named Colin planned to visit Harry in the middle of the night, and when he invited her to go with him, Tom had already decided to attack that annoying Mudblood.
This was a rare opportunity. Tom knew that the cat that attacked the Squib last time did not let the students of the school realize that the Chamber of Secrets had been reopened and that the heir of Slytherin had returned.
At that time, Tom realized that he had to let the basilisk kill one or two Mudbloods, so that all the Mudbloods in the school would once again feel the fear of being dominated by the heir of Slytherin.
Ginny Weasley hissed from her mouth to calm the anxious basilisk behind her.
Ever since being awakened from hibernation by Tom, the basilisk has been very irritable.
It's hungry.
The rats in the underground pipes couldn't fill it up at all. Tom couldn't control Ginny to get food for the basilisk, and there was no need. For him, the basilisk was just a tool to achieve his goals.
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Tom Riddle's Parseltongue can make the grumpy basilisk obey his commands.
On the map in the diary, the mudblood's footprints were marked, heading towards the school hospital on the second floor of the castle.
As for Filch, the squib manager?
Before entering the secret room, Tom had already visited the other party, and Filch was now lying on the bed, soundly asleep, and would not wake up for six or seven hours.
When Colin Creevey approached the school hospital, Tom controlled the basilisk to leave Slytherin's secret room and began tonight's hunting operation.
He was looking forward to it, looking forward to how the Mudbloods in Hogwarts College would react after tonight's attack.
At this moment, Colin Creevey did not realize at all that he had been targeted. The reason for his rapid heartbeat was more because the darkness around him and the cold air made him feel uncomfortable. The lantern in his hand failed to bring him any relief.
sense of security.
Moreover, Colin was still a little worried, worried that he would be caught wandering around the castle in the middle of the night and the professors would deduct a lot of points, making all Harry's efforts on the court in vain.
When Colin was about to walk through the stairs at the end of the corridor of the Transfiguration Classroom towards the school hospital, he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.
What is that sound?
Perhaps it was the courage of the students of Gryffindor House that prevented Colin from turning around and running away immediately.
In Colin's impression, there is no danger in Hogwarts Castle. If there is danger, can it still be called a school?
If you don't sleep at night and wander around the castle, the most you can do is get caught by the professors and have your points deducted and be imprisoned.
However, the rustling sound was obviously not the footsteps of the professors.
Colin did not leave, but waited for the sound to approach. He had heard some senior students say that there were many interesting things in Hogwarts. For example, if you got up at night and went on a night tour, you might encounter knights in armor patrolling the corridors.
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Maybe, today is his lucky day.
I really encountered something incredible at Hogwarts.
Colin suddenly became a little excited. He put the lantern in his hand on the ground, took off the camera from his neck, and prepared to take a picture of this scene.
The rustling sound was getting closer and closer.
The moment the owner of the voice crossed the corner, Colin quickly pressed the camera button, and the camera's flash lit up in the dark corridor, and what came into view was an extremely huge snake.
"ah!"
Colin's eyes couldn't help but widen, the dumbfounded expression completely frozen on his face, and his voice suddenly stopped immediately.
Colin Creevey was petrified by the basilisk.
To some extent, Colin Creevey was lucky.
Because he saw the basilisk's eyes through the camera, he was not directly killed by the basilisk's eyes, but was merely petrified.
His body fell backward and hit the steps behind him.
In Professor McGonagall's office not far from here, Professor McGonagall, who had just finished grading students' homework and was lying down to rest, heard the cry and immediately got up from the bed.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall looked very unhappy. Apparently there was a student who stayed up late at night and wandered around the castle.
She quickly put on her cloak, picked up her wand, and hurried out of the office when she heard a strange rustling sound coming from the end of the corridor, as if something was dragging on the ground.
"What's that sound?"
Professor McGonagall immediately became vigilant and walked forward. She soon found Colin Creevey lying on the ground stiff, and she couldn't help but feel a chill. Professor McGonagall immediately raised her wand and looked at the end of the corridor warily.
That voice just now was most likely the monster in the secret room.
She hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed the direction of the sound. When she passed the first corner, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.
"What's going on Minerva, I heard a cry just now."
Dumbledore, wearing pajamas, appeared in front of Professor McGonagall without warning.