the Gambler

Soon, they saw the magnificent castle in the night, and Tom suddenly grabbed Harry's arm.

"Dobby, bring Weasley and Granger back." Tom quickly stopped the rebuttals they were about to utter, and looked at Hermione seriously, "We can't lure Voldemort to Hogwarts without preparation."

"But he hasn't—"

"He will!" Tom raised his voice. "Mark my words, Granger, count three minutes silently before launching a surprise attack, no matter how critical the situation is. Now, go!"

Hermione and Ron's astonished expressions disappeared into the night before they could be put away.Harry turned his head sharply, only to see Tom's wand pointed directly at the tip of his nose, and then, a strange tingling sensation spread all over his body, his eyelids became heavier and darker, and finally Tom's low murmur accompanied the darkness .

A name he was very familiar with.

Tom laid Harry flat on the soft seat, rolled over and jumped into the driver's seat, turning the steering wheel sharply.The red car jumped forward, staggered to a stop before hitting the ground, and drove in the opposite direction.

Harry blinked. He was so sleepy now that he could barely feel the screech of the car rubbing against the branches.The surroundings were pitch black, without any light, he could feel Tom's restlessness, and Slytherin's fingers tapped his head gently——

Wait, head? !

Harry straightened his upper body, perplexed to see that Tom seemed a little different, or Tom from his current perspective.

"Damn it!" Tom swore suddenly.

Harry was stunned by the other party's extraordinary performance. Tom never swears, even during the worst period of his relationship with him.Something was wrong, he turned around slowly, there was nothing around him, and then he refocused on Tom, following the other's shocked gaze, familiar magic fluctuations appeared in the night, as if torn open, a A thin and tall man slowly appeared from the air——

Breath caught in Harry's throat.

Voldemort was after them.

Tom stepped on the brakes, and the red Ford barely stopped within three centimeters of Voldemort.His hand rested warily on his yew wand, his eyes narrowed into a thin line.Infected by the stagnant tense atmosphere, Harry's body protruding forward was blocked by Tom's hand.

Voldemort cast a quick glance at Harry, frowning. "You stole Nagini from me."

"Steal it? I don't think so." Tom patted Harry's head, and the latter quickly realized the situation. It was obvious that Tom used the Transfiguration Charm on himself.Harry decided to make a note of it first when he had a chance to settle it.Tom raised his lips, "She did it voluntarily. Obviously, like a certain boy, she finds me more attractive than you."

"Shut up." Voldemort looked at Harry with a betrayed expression, "Nagini?"

Harry decided to shut up and leaned his body closer to Tom.

"Nagini is faithful to me." Voldemort said vowedly, "I don't know what you said to her, but she will never betray me."

"Even though I like Nagini as much as I know she's a snake, Voldemort, she can't tell me from you."

"Even Nagini knows we are the same person, do you think Harry will not know? If he knew the truth, you would be in the same situation as me." Voldemort obviously gloated, "I look forward to that day."

"Oh yes, Harry knew we were the same person, but he made it clear he still loved me as much."

"Impossible, his principles won't allow him to like—"

"He's so brave that he likes everything about me." Tom interrupted Voldemort triumphantly, appreciating the other party's instant change of mood, and then he put away his emotions and said in a serious tone, "Now, let's have a good talk How to attack Hogwarts."

Voldemort narrowed his eyes: "I don't trust you. Just a moment ago you were almost determined to kill me, and took Harry away under my nose. Why did you help me? I'm not that stupid, or do you want to take Harry away? I lead into the trap?"

"Help you?" Tom laughed loudly. "Don't be too sentimental. How can I help you? We are just using each other. My Walpus Knights can be used as internal agents to disintegrate with your Death Eaters." The power of Hogwarts."

"I still can't believe you."

"You hurt me," Tom said, putting the snake on his shoulders, and walked slowly up to Voldemort. "While lying surrounded by your Death Eaters will only destroy me, or—" he lowered his voice. The voice was full of provocation, "Even so, are you still afraid of my ability?"

"I'll kill you as soon as I notice your ulterior motives," said Voldemort coldly, "in front of Harry."

"I don't think it's a good idea, it's more realistic to send me back in time, oh, I forgot to tell you, the magic circle is in the basement of Grimmauld Place, I hope your last attack didn't destroy it, I haven't had time to get it from Dumbledore got the answer."

"I don't like this place." Tom swept across the dilapidated house with disgust, and there were traces of fierce fighting everywhere.A thick layer of dust had already accumulated on the ground, and it was obvious that no one had set foot here after Dumbledore's death.He stretched out his hand and pushed open the door to the basement, the fluorescent light from the tip of the staff illuminated the dark room, and the magic circle on the ground stayed there intact.

"Now, I have identified the possibility of the back road, let's start planning how to attack." Tom put 'Nagini' on the ground lightly, reached out and took out a gold coin and threw it to the opponent. The snake's instinct blocked the attack. Exceeding human reason, 'Nagini' twisted his body and chased the shiny metal out, leaving the big and small Dark Lord speechless.

Tom collected his expression and turned to Voldemort. His eyes passed over the man and rested on Snape: "Snape stays, everyone else leaves." Snape trembled indistinctly.

"Who do you think you are!" Bellatrix yelled.

"Stand back." Voldemort didn't turn his head, until the sound of the door closing, he called Snape to sit down on the sofa next to him.The wrist turned, and in the next second, several black mambas wrapped around the man's limbs and neck.Throughout the process, Voldemort did not take his eyes off Tom, "Snape is a spy, and I cannot guarantee his loyalty."

"He's the Order of the Phoenix's eyeliner among the Death Eaters. I guess he didn't tell you that there is a secret passage in Hogsmeade that allows you to go directly to Hogwarts without being disturbed by the barrier."

Snape's face turned pale, and sweat dripped slowly from his forehead.

"His loyalty is to Lily Potter, that Mudblood that haunts him, useless coward who can't even get a woman he likes, oh, sorry, almost forgot, Lily likes the handsome Jen Tom Potter, what a sad story." Tom smiled contemptuously, pointing the finger at Voldemort, "We share the same disease."

"Maybe I should just kill you if you can't keep your damn mouth shut, Tom."

Voldemort glanced at the dark forest outside, then at the indifferent Tom, and raised his eyebrows.

"You go out first."

"No, why not Snape? If you are worried about a trap, wouldn't it be more convenient to sacrifice him, and if I accidentally die, you may not be able to keep it yourself." Tom tried to persuade Voldemort quite reasonably, his sight was still dead Staring at the wand Voldemort was playing with, his wand.That bloody bastard had confiscated his wand, for Salazar's sake, so cruel to his younger self!Didn't he think that without the past, even the future would not exist!Hell, it's said that the love brain lowers IQ, and so does Voldemort's love brain!

"Because it doesn't really matter to me whether he dies or not," said Voldemort cheerfully, "but it would be quite an interesting sight to see you die under Harry's spell. So—" He leaned forward halfway, Get out of the way to the screaming shack, "Go."

"You'll regret it." Tom shot Voldemort a gouged look, and pulled 'Nagini' into his arms in such a way that Voldemort's eyebrows almost rose into his hairline.Tom snorted heavily, and said viciously, "If I die, at least I'll be with Nagini!"

"Ah—accepted death so early, Tom?" Voldemort grinned. "It makes it harder for me to trust you. Perhaps there is a price to be paid for lying too much, and this is a good time to learn, isn't it?"

"Fuck you!" Tom growled under his breath, taking a few deep breaths before stepping into unknown danger.

The night air was cold to Tom's bones, he wasn't sure if Harry had told Hermione the information, well, although he said he lured the boy out on purpose, it was to keep the boy away from the radar of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.To be honest, Tom wasn't quite sure if Harry would have thought he'd choose the Screaming Shack route, or if he'd swallowed the coin - Tom's eyelids twitched at the thought.

Normally, he had absolute confidence in Harry's IQ, but last night's performance was too unconvincing.Merlin on top, Harry is doing exactly like Nagini!This may be to blame for Tom's lack of thoughtfulness. After all, human body deformation and Animagus are two completely different fields. He did not consider the possibility of animal nature suppressing human nature at all.

Tom had no intention of giving up his life with Harry.If Harry really hadn't passed on the message to Granger, he hoped the witches weren't smart enough to remember that they would choose this path.

And his wand, Tom glared back at Voldemort, that smug bastard will pay, absolutely!

1 minutes.

Tom bent forward slightly, and a silent, wandless spell hit the surrounding low bushes.No one, he relaxed, his fingers slowly slid to the seven inches of 'Nagini', he could feel the small sharp protrusions.

2 minutes.

Tom suddenly strained, and 'Nagini' spat out a long, thin stick, not paying attention to the disgusting slime on it, and Tom spit out a cleansing spell, and the wand became like new again.

Two and a half minutes.

Tom twisted his wrist, and there was a scream behind him. Without turning around, he grabbed the wand flying towards him by feeling, and sideways dodged into the bushes.The sound of angry cursing came closer and closer to him, and Tom pointed his wand at 'Nagini' a little, and Harry reappeared beside him.

3 minutes.

Colorful spells appeared in the air, and the entire Forbidden Forest was crowded with wizards.