It was only a cat that had been attacked, but it was Mrs. Norris, the cat of Filch, the Hogwarts gatekeeper.
Everyone at Hogwarts knew that this cat was Filch's treasure.
Normally, Filch would nag at the students if he saw them, let alone cast a spell on Mrs. Norris, even if it was just to make her lose a few more cat hairs.
Therefore, when he found out that his cat had been petrified by an unknown method, he immediately wanted to kill him.
If Professor Dumbledore had not arrived in time to stop Filch from killing, Harry would have been a corpse by now.
The first students to arrive at the scene, as well as Filch, who was a Squib, naturally subconsciously regarded Harry as the murderer who petrified Mrs. Norris.
But Professor Dumbledore and the others knew better than anyone that Harry could not cast such a petrification spell.
This level of petrification was not something that could be dispelled with magic. It had to be combined with a magic potion made from Mandrake.
Unfortunately, there was no ready-made Mandrake at Hogwarts.
The newly cultivated Mandrake still needed some time to mature, so Mrs. Norris, who had turned into a stone statue, would probably remain petrified for a while.
When Qin Feng returned to the castle, the entire castle was surrounded by discussions about the "successor of the secret chamber".
Due to their limited understanding of the Chamber of Secrets, the students had speculated that Harry was the heir to the Chamber of Secrets, and there were many students who had such guesses.
When Qin Feng found out that Mrs. Norris had been petrified, the first thing he thought of was the thousand-year-old snake monster that moved along the Hogwarts sewer system in the original plot!
" Impossible... How could the Basilisk be released? The diary is still there..."
Qin Feng subconsciously thought of the Horcrux Diary that he had collected. In the movie, it was the diary that bewitched Ron's sister, Jenny, and caused a series of events in the second year.
Thinking of this, Qin Feng subconsciously looked at Jenny in the crowd. This little girl still looked like a little fan, and her eyes fell on Harry and Lockhart with longing.
"It doesn't look like it. His expression is too natural. He doesn't look uneasy at all.」
Seeing this, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel suspicious.
[Did she not realize that she was being controlled, or did the diary not find her this time? In the end…the diary couldn't have run away on its own!」
He couldn't be bothered to continue watching the commotion and returned to his dormitory immediately.
The moment he opened the bedroom door, Qin Feng gnashed his teeth in hatred. His bedroom had been turned upside down by someone. Almost all of his luggage had been turned over. Things were scattered all over the floor and bed.
"Sure enough, there was a thief…Can an ordinary student enter the professor's room?」
With such doubts, Qin Feng found the place where he kept the soul tool diary. As expected, there was no trace of the soul tool diary there.
After seeing the missing soul tool diary, Qin Feng, who had already suspected that someone had petrified Madam Norris, was now 100% sure that it was definitely the work of the thousand-year-old snake monster.
The only person who could have found the Chamber of Secrets and had the reason to command the Basilisk to kill was Voldemort, who had opened the Chamber of Secrets.
"This is troublesome…The plot has once again returned to the original path, but because of my intervention, the details have changed!」
The Horcrux Diary only had a fragment of Voldemort's memory and could not directly interfere with reality, so it must have bewitched someone and used his body to act.
Qin Feng didn't think that Jenny was the original victim who took the Horcrux away and was bewitched by the Horcrux diary.
However, to confirm this, Qin Feng still met Jenny alone and used his own method to confirm if she was being manipulated by black magic.
And the result was... not Ginny, who had never seen the Horcrux diary.
After eliminating a target, Qin Feng was not happy. Instead, he felt a headache coming on.
If the Horcrux diary had chosen Ginny, he would have been able to lock onto the target instantly.
After all, even if the Horcrux Diary temporarily controlled Jenny, he would still be a piece of memory. Unless he absorbed someone's life force and revived.
But now that the Horcrux Diary had changed its target, Qin Feng might need to search for potential targets among the hundreds of Hogwarts students.
The amount of work involved was definitely not something that could be completed in a day or two or even a week or two.
However, no matter how heavy the workload was, Qin Feng could not turn a blind eye to it. The only thing he could be glad about was that the soul tool diary could not cause too many troubles in a short period of time. He had to rely on the thousand-year snake monster to kill people.
Qin Feng had enough time to kill the thousand-year snake monster before that and find the soul tool diary!
The Petrification incident naturally attracted the curiosity of the protagonist, Harry, and the other two. However, unlike Qin Feng, who knew the details, the trio directly placed their suspicion on their archenemy, Malfoy.
If it had been before the Horcrux Diary had been stolen, Qin Feng would not have suspected the possibility of Malfoy. However, the plot had already changed, and there was no denying the possibility that Malfoy had been chosen by the Horcrux Diary.
With the thought that he would have to investigate sooner or later, Qin Feng started his investigation from Slytherin College.
"The dark spirit turns into karma, igniting the soul-guarding lamp... Soul, quick!」
After hastily building an altar, Qin Feng, like his ninth uncle, channeled the fire of the sun into Ravenclaw's crown.
Through the power of his soul, he captured the aura of Voldemort's soul fragment and placed it on a talisman.
Following the release of his Spiritual Strength, Qin Feng's face paled at a speed visible to the naked eye. He quickly gathered the remaining Spiritual Strength on the talisman paper and folded it into the shape of a paper crane.
Only when the paper crane was completed did Qin Feng heave a sigh of relief.
"I succeeded in one try. I didn't lose face for Master!」
Qin Feng blew at the paper crane. The originally ordinary paper crane seemed to have been given life. Its wings flapped more and more smoothly and soon flew up from his palm.
"Using the aura of the soul fragment to locate the target, the search radius is only... less than 10 meters?」
Because the target of the search was the Horcrux Diary, which only contained a fragment of Voldemort's soul, there was no way to lock onto his bloodline aura. As a result, Zhihe's means of finding people were greatly limited.
Fortunately, this move could still be used. Compared to searching like a headless fly, at least there was a direction now.
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