In the Slytherin Chamber, everything fell into silence.
The basilisk was still lying on the ground, the floor tiles were full of bullets and the smell of gunpowder was everywhere.
Logically speaking, after the basilisk was killed, the fight to the death between Voldemort and the players should have begun.
But that is not the case.
The atmosphere cooled down, and what caused all this was a question from Gu Moli.
"My name, don't you know it?"
"... ..Heh, why should I know? Do you think the great Dark Lord needs to know the name of a sacrifice like you?"
“I really don’t know.”
Gu Moli smiled even more happily, and behind him, Hua Qiong also showed a thoughtful look, as if he had grasped some clue.
"Indeed, as a Dark Lord, it is understandable that you don't know my name."
"But why do you know Hua Qiong's?"
"Let me sort this out."
Gu Moli paced on the spot and whispered, "First of all, it's not just you, Voldemort, who doesn't know my name. Professor McGonagall and even the entire Hogwarts population didn't know my name at first, so no one called our names during the Sorting Ceremony."
"But after that, Hua Qiong and I called each other privately."
"Because there were no other players, I just called Hua Qiong by his real name, but in fact, Hua Qiong's name in the game should be Forward Watson."
"So logically speaking, even if you know Hua Qiong's name, you should know the nickname of Forward Watson, not his real name."
"If you think about it carefully, there is only one possibility."
Gu Moli stopped and turned his gaze to Voldemort: "You heard the conversation between Hua Qiong and me, so you know the name Hua Qiong, but because Hua Qiong always calls me boss, which is obviously not my real name, you don't know my name, so you avoid talking about it."
"... Then here comes the question."
"Why does the Dark Lord Voldemort, like Professor McGonagall, not know our names?"
Before he finished speaking, Hua Qiong suddenly said, "Because Voldemort and Professor McGonagall... have some unknown connection with the entire Hogwarts?"
"That's right."
Gu Moli nodded: "So what exactly is this connection?"
Having said that, Gu Moli looked in the direction of Voldemort, but Voldemort at this time put down the old wand in his hand and looked at this side with a smile, as if his previous rage had never existed.
"Go on."
"Let me hear your reasoning."
"... .Huh."
Gu Moli finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. There really was an inside story here. If the original game line was a fight to the death with Voldemort, now he had entered another game line, a game line that was more in line with his preferences and did not require fighting.
"If you think about it carefully."
"There are actually many doubts in this script." Gu Moli tapped his head as he spoke, "But there are three most important ones. The first is the carriage that cannot be left. It is obvious that the script is limited to Hogwarts. This is a restriction and also a hint."
"Why can't I leave Hogwarts? Why is there a restriction? Considering the relationship between Voldemort and Hogwarts, could this restriction be set by Voldemort?"
"After coming to this conclusion, we can try to introduce the second doubt, which is what Hua Qiong said before. The difficulty of the trial of the seven Horcruxes in this script is too low. It's as if Voldemort is deliberately misleading us, wanting us to be resurrected directly after collecting the seven Horcruxes."
"This inference itself is fine, but combined with the previous information, it leads to a third doubt."
"Since Voldemort wanted to use the seven Horcruxes to resurrect, he should not have been strong enough to overturn the world before his resurrection. However, he was able to seal off the entire Hogwarts, which is obviously illogical."
"In other words."
"Either Hua Qiong's inference is wrong, and Voldemort did not use the seven Horcruxes to resurrect, or the restrictions of Hogwarts were not set by Voldemort. Based on the previous conversation, the first possibility can be basically ruled out. Only the second possibility remains, which is that Voldemort has nothing to do with the restrictions of Hogwarts!"
"After ruling this out, we can draw another simple conclusion: the reason why we can't leave Hogwarts is not because of Voldemort's restrictions, but because outside of Hogwarts... there is nothing! There is no Azkaban, no Muggle world, and no Ministry of Magic..."
"There is only one Hogwarts in the entire script world!"
“Is this normal?”
Hua Qiong answered Gu Moli's question very timely: "Not normal!"
You know.
The script setting of "Hero Trial" can be described as perfect. Each script is an event that takes place in a vast world. The world view background is flawless, otherwise it would not give people a time-travel game experience. Therefore, the script is definitely not limited to a castle... .
... ..unless.
"Unless this is intentionally set up like this in the script."
“There is only one answer.”
"This place is not a Harry Potter fan world at all. It's just a place with a modified background, a place with restricted access."
"Think about it carefully, what kind of place would restrict entry and exit? People inside can't leave, and people outside can't come in?"
Hear this description.
What would be the average person’s first reaction
Hua Qiong gave her answer: "...prison?"
Snap! Gu Moli snapped his fingers. "I think so too. After thinking about it, isn't this place just like a prison? Considering the unknown connection between Voldemort and Hogwarts, I can even assume that there are one or more prisoners in this prison..."
And it was they who created this Hogwarts! They created Voldemort!
“That’s how it is!”
It was not until this point that Hua Qiong finally cleared his mind and showed a look of understanding: "Indeed, if this is the case, it can indeed justify itself... That's why I only gave it 80 points before."
"certainly."
Gu Moli grinned: "You only thought about the problem of Voldemort, but did not consider the connection between Voldemort and Hogwarts, nor did you find the contradiction. It's not that you can't think of it, but you didn't think about it. You ignored those clues and details."
"So I only gave you 80 points."
"The reason why I can speculate so much is simply because I think more than you do and consider more details and clues than you do."
"To put it simply."
"You only saw the first floor and thought I was on the second floor, but I was actually on the fifth floor. Do you understand?"
"Watch carefully and learn well."
Gu Moli... No, it was after he finished educating Hua Qiong that he turned around and looked at Voldemort.
But Voldemort shook his head.
"It's not enough. This level is not enough."
"You're just assuming."
"Speculations are just speculations after all. Without evidence, they are nothing. Just like mathematical theorems, if they have not been proven, they are just conjectures after all."
"Where's your evidence?"