As soon as Colin Creevey left the Gryffindor common room, Albert came down from his dormitory.
Tonight, he added some stuff to his roommates' milk tea, and after they had their midnight snack and drank their milk tea, they went back to rest.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan were all deep sleepers. They would not wake up in the middle of the night, let alone realize that their roommate had suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night.
As Albert left the common room, he raised his wand and looked at the portrait of the Fat Lady, the gatekeeper who had gone out to visit friends.
"So that's what he meant." Albert muttered, turned around and walked quickly forward, disappearing into the deep darkness at the end of the corridor.
A few minutes later, Albert opened the door of the Room of Requirement and sat in the brightly lit room, spreading the Marauder's Map on the table and staring at Colin's location.
Colin Creevey walked very slowly, probably because it was his first night tour, and every step he took was cautious. He had just reached the seventh floor of the castle.
Albert believed that Tom Riddle was hiding in the Chamber of Secrets at this time, using the Human Tracking Charm to monitor the entire castle, determine the location of the Mudblood, and prevent himself from running into the professors patrolling the castle when he released the Basilisk to wander around.
In a sense, Tom's approach was perfect. He almost completed the attack while perfectly hiding the huge monster, the basilisk.
However, Tom could never have imagined that such a perfect attack was completely seen through by Albert from the very beginning.
Sometimes time travelers can really do whatever they want.
When Albert came down from the dormitory, he had already used a very 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 used the shielding spell to block his existence before Tom Riddle controlled Ginny Weasley to complete the second attack, so that his name and footprints would not appear on the map cast with the human footprint spell.
Yes, Tom Riddle knew nothing about this. He regarded Albert as a prey, but he didn't know that the other party had already regarded him as a prey.
At this moment, the heir of Slytherin was staying in the underground pipe with Ginny Weasley, who was under his control, monitoring the movements of the Mudblood through the map presented in the diary.
Not long ago, when Tom learned from Ginny that a Mudblood named Colin was going to visit Harry in the middle of the night and invited her to go with him, Tom had already decided to take action against the annoying Mudblood.
This was a rare opportunity. Tom knew that the cat that attacked the Squibs last time had not let the students in the school realize that the Chamber of Secrets had been reopened and 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 could once again feel the fear of being dominated by the heir of Slytherin.
Ginny Weasley made a hissing sound from her mouth, calming the anxious basilisk behind her.
The basilisk has been very grumpy ever since being awakened from hibernation by Tom.
It's hungry.
Those rats in the underground pipes? They couldn't fill its stomach at all. Tom couldn't control Ginny to get food for the basilisk? There was no need for that. To him? The basilisk was just a tool to achieve his goal.
Tom Riddle's snake-like voice? It can make the grumpy basilisk obey his command.
The map in the diary showed the footprints of the mudblood, heading towards the school hospital on the second floor of the castle.
As for Filch, the Squib Master
Before entering the Chamber of Secrets? Tom had already visited him. Filch was now lying on the bed, sleeping soundly, and he would not wake up for six or seven hours.
When Colin Creevey approached the school hospital, Tom controlled the basilisk to leave Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets and began tonight's hunting operation.
He was looking forward to it? Looking forward to seeing how the mudbloods at Hogwarts would react after the attack tonight.
At this moment, Colin Creevey had no idea that he was being watched. His heartbeat was mainly due to the darkness and the cold air around him making him feel uncomfortable. The lantern in his hand did not give him a sense of security.
Moreover, Colin was still a little worried. He was afraid that he would be caught by the professors and deducted a lot of points if he wandered around the castle in the middle of the night, making all Harry's efforts on the court go to waste.
When Colin was about to walk through the stairs at the end of the Transfiguration Corridor and head towards the school hospital, he suddenly heard a rustling sound behind him.
What's that sound
Perhaps it was the courage of the Gryffindor students 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, at most you will be caught by the professors, have your points deducted, and be put in solitary confinement.
However, the rustling sound was obviously not the professors' footsteps.
Colin did not leave, but waited for the sound to get closer. He had heard from some senior students that there were many interesting things in Hogwarts. For example, if you went out for a walk at night, you might encounter knights in armor patrolling the corridors.
Maybe, today is his lucky day.
I really encountered something incredible in Hogwarts.
Colin suddenly became a little excited. He put the lantern on the ground, took the camera from his neck, and prepared to take a picture of this scene.
The rustling sound was getting closer.
The moment the owner of the voice turned the corner, Colin quickly pressed the camera button. The camera flash lit up in the dark corridor, and what came into view was a huge snake of an extremely large size.
"ah!"
Colin's eyes widened involuntarily, a stunned expression completely frozen on his face, and his voice stopped abruptly at the first moment.
Colin Creevey was petrified by the basilisk.
In some ways, Colin Creevey was lucky.
Because he saw the basilisk's eyes through the camera, he was not killed directly by the basilisk's eyes, but was merely petrified.
His body fell backwards and hit the steps behind him.
In Professor McGonagall's office not far from here, Professor McGonagall, who had just finished correcting students' homework and lay down to rest, heard the call and immediately got up from the bed.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall looked very unhappy. It was obvious that a student was wandering around the castle in the middle of the night.
She quickly put on her cloak, picked up her wand, and hurried out of the office. Then she heard a strange rustling sound at the end of the corridor, as if something was dragging on the ground.
"What's that noise?"
Professor McGonagall immediately became alert and walked forward. She soon found Colin Creevey lying stiff on the ground, and she couldn't help feeling a chill. Professor McGonagall immediately raised her wand and looked at the end of the corridor vigilantly.
The sound just now was most likely the monster in the secret room.
She hesitated for a moment, then quickly walked in the direction of the sound. When she turned the first corner, a familiar voice suddenly rang out.
"What's going on Minerva, I just heard a shout."
Dumbledore, in his pajamas, appeared in front of Professor McGonagall without warning.