Ever since returning to school, Albert has had an inexplicable sense of urgency. He feels that if he doesn't hurry up, he may not be able to finish all the things he wants to do in the next few months.
Tom's juicing plan was put on the agenda again.
Even though the young Tom in the diary was just a remnant of his soul that was split off before he became an adult, and was not as powerful and experienced as the elderly Voldemort, Albert still needed to be extremely vigilant, otherwise he might be in trouble.
After drinking the polyjuice potion and disguising himself as Lockhart again, Albert made preparations like last time before trying to contact Tom in the diary.
Finally found you Tom, I thought I was going to lose you.
The ink on the paper disappeared quickly, but no new words appeared. Albert knew that Tom Riddle was wary of him, but he didn't care. He quickly wrote another line on the diary with the quill:
Are you okay, Tom.
Albert disguised himself as Ginny Weasley and used the tone of finding the diary again. He didn't expect to hide it from Tom, but just wanted to irritate the other party. Otherwise, he suspected that Tom Riddle would just pretend to be dead.
Where did you find me.
There was finally some reaction in the diary, with a short paragraph of text appearing.
I don't know who threw you into the toilet of the girls' bathroom on the second floor.
Albert narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the mirror in front of him, waiting for the words on the paper to change again.
Liar! You liar!
Tom Riddle easily saw through Albert's tricks. The words seeping out of the paper seemed to contain his anger, trying to engulf the person outside the diary.
Sadly, ever since he had separated from Ginny Weasley, the little bit of strength Tom had managed to draw from the poor girl had slowly faded.
Merry Christmas, Tom!
Albert replied happily.
He suspected that Tom had no idea of the present time, and even had no concept of time when he was hiding in his diary.
It's you, after all!
Tom Riddle has decided that he must kill Gilderoy Lockhart if he has the chance.
Unfortunately, Tom didn't know that the guy in front of him who made him angry was actually a fake, and his anger made him ignore a lot of things.
Don't be mad, it's just a joke.
Albert was pondering the possibility that Tom was feigning anger to deceive him, and he wrote in his diary:
I guess you must be bored now!
What the hell do you want, you damn guy!
I said from the beginning, I'm just curious about what you are.
No other words appeared in the diary immediately. Tom remembered that he seemed to have had a similar conversation before. Not similar, but exactly the same.
Tom had to suppress his anger and calm himself down, thinking about how to deal with the guy in front of him. Ordinary methods might not work. From his identity as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lockhart was obviously very wary of dark magic, and was very careful when touching the diary, and would not even reach out to touch it.
However, Tom also found Lockhart's weakness.
Lockhart was indeed very vigilant, but he was also a proud guy who only acknowledged what he believed. So no matter what Tom said, he would not believe it and would be vigilant, so he had to follow his wishes.
Everyone has his weaknesses, and as long as he targets the weaknesses, he can quickly take control of the situation and control this self-righteous guy.
See you another day, I hope you'll be willing to tell me then.
Wait! Oh, shit, okay, I'll tell you the secret of this diary
Tom began to pretend to compromise. He knew very well what kind of information Albert wanted to get. As long as he followed the other party's ideas, he believed that he would soon arouse the other party's curiosity.
However, Tom didn't know that his so-called plan was actually expected by Albert.
Yes, this was all within Albert's expectations. Ordinary methods would not make Tom hand over what Albert wanted. The best way was to make Tom hand over the things voluntarily.
When Tom threw the bait to catch him, he ate the bait himself.
Tom might have guessed the outcome. Both sides were actually waiting to see whether one side would take the bait or the other side would eat up all the bait.
Albert took the initiative and the advantage was on his side.
secret
Albert raised his mouth in pleasure. He knew that this was Tom's trick, so he waited calmly for Tom to throw out the bait he wanted, and then used the net to catch all the bait. Yes, the secret of this diary.
The words seeping out of the paper seemed to have a magical power, which aroused Albert's curiosity.
As if to prevent Albert from asking more questions, another paragraph appeared in the diary:
This is a diary with self-awareness, similar to the Sorting Hat. In fact, it is made according to the manufacturing principles of the Sorting Hat, but black magic is used. So you guessed it correctly, this is a black magic item.
"Tom is just like that!" Albert muttered in his heart. He can lie without blinking (well, he can't blink)
If you don't know the truth, you might be deceived by the other party.
You are lying to me!
I didn't lie to you
You controlled the hapless Weasley child.
That was because Ginny Weasley was not strong enough to use the diary well. After all, the diary was a dark magic item and only powerful wizards were worthy of using it.
New words continued to appear on the paper:
No need to guess, I am the product of Tom Riddle's experiment. To some extent, you can think of me as his clone, used to record his important knowledge.
The real lie is to lie with the truth, however, Tom obviously did not realize that his opponent was a wallflower.
After Tom took the initiative to mention this, Albert smiled widely and began to ask Tom to prove that he was not deceiving himself.
Then, Tom Riddle taught Albert the Fiery Spell without even trying, passing on his experience to Albert.
You really have bad intentions! Do you think I don't know what the Fiery Curse is
Albert sneered continuously. This guy must want him to lose control and be burned to death by the fierce fire while practicing it, right
Well, that possibility is not low.
Throughout history, there have been many wizards who have burned themselves to death while playing with fierce fire.
I know you are a very powerful wizard. As long as you practice with my experience, it will not be difficult to master the Fiery Curse.
Some of Voldemort's experiences in practicing Fiendfyre appeared in the diary. I have to say that this guy was really amazing. He was able to master Fiendfyre at that time.
All right!
At that time, Tom's research on the Fiery Curse was still very limited, and it was hard to say whether those so-called insights would come in handy.
Albert was not in a hurry. He quickly copied down the words on the Fiery Curse and continued writing in his diary:
You lied, you deceived me...
Half an hour later, Albert successfully got a bunch of random spells from Tom. He knew that some of these spells might be fake, but he didn't care. He wrote them all down and planned to find someone to test the effects of these spells another day.
As for Tom's little thoughts, Albert didn't care. As the saying goes, three times the norm, it's over. Let Tom rack his brains!
Oh, I almost forgot, he is now brainless.