Tom Riddle felt strangely irritated.
Last time, he used Ginny Weasley to control the Basilisk, attacked a Mudblood at night, and successfully fooled Dumbledore and McGonagall.
As a result, on the way to the Room of Requirement, he was attacked from behind.
What made Tom Riddle even more upset was that he had no idea who had attacked him.
The opponent was obviously prepared and had grasped the opportunity very well, so that he didn't even have time to react and was caught inexplicably.
Ever since Ginny Weasley invested a lot of energy in the diary and gradually opened her heart to him, Tom's power has gradually become stronger, even strong enough to control Ginny Weasley, but he never expected that the other party would slap him hard when he was most proud.
After that, no one wrote in the diary anymore.
Tom Riddle directly lost contact with the outside world and could no longer sense or influence it.
I don’t know how long it took, but finally someone started writing in the diary again.
Tom Riddle didn't know if this guy was the one who attacked him. What was worse was that this guy did a lot of strange things to his diary.
Then, try to communicate with him.
I am Gilderoy Lockhart, professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, winner of the Third Class Order of Merlin, and honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts League.
After seeing these words, Tom Riddle realized that the other party was most likely the guy who attacked him at that time.
Although Ginny Weasley once mentioned that he was terrible at Defense Against the Dark Arts, it was obvious that this guy was deliberately hiding it.
Tom Riddle did not notice Lockhart's presence near the diary. The other party was obviously far away from the diary and was on guard against him at all times.
Although Tom Riddle was extremely annoyed, he believed that he could deal with this guy as long as the other party continued to communicate with him in the diary.
Before Tom could answer, the other party continued writing in the diary:
"I have just tested it. This diary is a dark magic item."
Tom Riddle understood human nature very well. He knew that the other party was eager to communicate with him, so he was very patient in keeping the other party in suspense.
I'm curious what kind of dark magic item this is, maybe...
Although it was not finished, Tom Riddle had already sensed a hint of threat from the other party's words.
But Tom Riddle didn't care. The other party made a stupid mistake. He shouldn't try to study the diary, let alone try to communicate with him.
Tom Riddle knew very well what was going on in the minds of these self-righteous guys. After he had given them the cold shoulder for a while, he finally recovered:
"Hello, Gilderoy Lockhart. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come across my diary?"
Tom Riddle wants to take the initiative? Only in this way? He can control the direction of the communication between the two parties and lure the other party...
However? Tom Riddle never thought that the opponent he was facing was not an ordinary one.
Albert had just seen the words appearing and disappearing quickly in the diary through the mirror. He immediately realized that Tom Riddle was testing him and trying to control the topic of their conversation. He immediately controlled the quill and wrote in the diary:
"Tom Riddle, I know who you are.
Student who received a special contribution award fifty years ago? Your medal is still in a display case at Hogwarts.
Can you tell me what you are now?"
To be honest? Tom was confused at this moment. He didn't expect that the guy named Gilderoy Lockhart's mind jumped so quickly.
In other words, the other party only intended to ask questions from the beginning and had no intention of answering him.
Should I just ignore the other person
Tom Riddle kept telling himself that he needed to be patient. After all, Gilderoy Lockhart was very good at dealing with dark wizards, so it was normal for him to be wary of the diary.
After all, from the very beginning Gilderoy Lockhart believed that the diary was a dark magic item, and he should find a way to make the other party relax his vigilance and dispel his suspicion.
"Me? Of course I am Tom Riddle. This is just a diary. Back then, I tried to record my past in a way that was more permanent than ink. You can also consider it just a memory."
Tom Riddle carefully worded his response to Gilderoy Lockhart's question, or rather, to Albert's question.
"You are lying. The diary is a dark magic item. I just tested it with the secret detector."
The other party answered quickly, but it made Tom Riddle feel a stomachache. (Oh, by the way, he has no stomach now.)
At this moment, Tom was more certain that this guy was the one who attacked him.
Therefore, he must have realized that the diary could control Ginny Weasley in some special way, and she was trying to communicate with him in order to find out this.
However, since the other party pretended not to know and tried to communicate with him, it was an opportunity for Tom Riddle.
"There are always some people who don't want their past to be known, so I record it in a diary."
No matter what the other party thought, Tom Riddle was determined to continue pretending until the other party revealed his hypocrisy first.
"About the Chamber of Secrets?"
Before Tom Riddle could answer, the man continued writing:
"So, the reason you won the Special Contribution Award was actually because you captured the heir of Slytherin
And what you mean by 'not wanting the past to be known' is who is the heir of Slytherin, where is the Chamber of Secrets, how to open it, and what kind of monster is locked inside?"
Tom Riddle felt very uncomfortable. He felt that he was being led by Gilderoy Lockhart, but he still suppressed his inner anxiety and replied patiently:
"You guessed it right. When I was in fifth grade, the secret room was opened and the monster attacked several students and killed one.
Finally, I caught the man who opened the secret room, and he was fired, but the monster is still alive, and the man who had the power to release it has not been locked up.
The Special Contribution Award is the hush money that the president, Professor Dippet, gave me to stop me from telling the truth. He warned me not to say anything, so I recorded the truth in my diary.
"You mean Hagrid, the prisoner who opened the Chamber of Secrets? He told me himself that you caught him and slandered him as a prisoner."
Tom Riddle suddenly fell silent. He had realized that he had been fooled by the other party. From the very beginning, the other party had been teasing him. This was definitely the guy who was attacking him by surprise.
Tom Riddle was well-mannered as he didn't swear directly.
All right!
If the young Voldemort had not been unable to get away from the diary, he would have drawn his wand and cast Avada Kedavra on that damned Gilderoy Lockhart.