[HP] Dearest Enemy

To Harry's surprise, the disappearance quickly died down, and the panic among the Muggles was replaced by new topics.Harry looked through the Muggle newspapers, and it was not a trivial matter that three people disappeared within a week, but because those people who disappeared were either thieves or liars, the police didn't want to get too deep into it, and closed the case hastily .

The disappearances are still going on, but no one wants to deal with these scum anymore.After making some inquiries, Harry found out that two more people had disappeared in the past week, but there were no reports about them in the newspapers.Harry wanted to verify whether Tom had something to do with these disappearances, and he always had doubts about Tom.

One morning at breakfast, Harry quietly cast a Tracking Charm on Tom.Although Harry habitually carried his wand with him at ordinary times, he hardly used it and did things with his hands like a real Muggle.Tom was unaware that Harry had placed a Tracking Charm on him, and when he Apparated at night in the alleyway he frequented these days, he had no idea that Harry was on his way to where he had manifested.

Harry didn't mind using a little magic, he'd already built up energy during the day for nighttime action.Tom had already disappeared when Harry came to the alley, but Harry easily pinpointed Tom's location with the help of the Tracking Charm.

This area is an abandoned slum, only a few homeless Muggle wanderers live here.Tom silently opened the door of one of the cabins, went in, closed it carefully, and turned on the light.The people leaning against the wall moved at the sudden light, and Tom pocketed his wand and walked towards them.

Except for the man huddled in the corner, no one else responded.The man huddled in the corner trembled with every step Tom took, but Tom didn't look at him at all.The black-eyed young man frowned and looked at the other people who were lying on the side like corpses, and began to check their status one by one.

These were the five missing Muggles.Tom brought them here to prove his theory about soul research.The relationship between body and soul is wonderful, both independent and dependent on each other.Tom believes that the curse on Harry only hurt his body, not his soul, so if he can save his soul and reshape a body for him before he dies, then Harry can continue to live go down.He has already found a way to reshape the body, but the magic to extract the soul is very difficult.The power of the soul is very strong, and it has its own will, and will not completely obey the instructions of the caster.Tom once thought of making Horcruxes. He was sure that Harry had killed people for self-protection or other purposes during the three years of studying time magic, but Harry hated Horcruxes so much that he could never accept making Horcruxes for himself. proposal.Tom turned to looking for magic to extract the soul from the body and preserve it, but such magic was rare and mostly vague.Tom did some research based on the things he found, and sorted out a method to extract the soul, so he found these Muggles to do experiments.

Tom exhaled irritably after examining the four Muggles who were as lifeless as breathing corpses.According to his theory, the soul of a person, after being drawn out, at least returns to his own body, however this did not occur in the first man.Tom used the spell to guide the soul back, but it had no effect, as if their souls couldn't wait to leave their bodies and set off to another world, with no intention of turning back.The second man was in slightly better condition, but also turned into a walking dead after two days, and Tom had no idea what was wrong.The situation finally changed with the third person. With the help of the soul stabilizer, the little thief completely recovered his sanity, but when Tom tried to exchange the soul of the fourth person with him, he became the soul of the first two people again. The state of the fourth person has not recovered until now, and the condition of the fourth person is the same as that of the third person.Now there is only the last person who can maintain his sanity, and he is madly trying to escape from here.

Tom walked indifferently to the man who was huddled in the corner, took out his wand and stunned him, then used the levitation spell to move him to the operating table beside him, and then conjured up a rope to fix him.A third man nearly escaped during the experiment, after which Tom would tie up his subjects.

Tom put a crystal bottle on the edge of the operating table, and slowly raised his wand to aim at the hapless ghost to cast a spell, but the door suddenly opened at this moment.Tom hurriedly turned and pointed at the person who walked in, only to find that it was Harry.

"Why are you here?" Tom put down his wand hastily.With a livid face, Harry closed the door again without saying a word, took out a few newspapers from his arms and threw them at Tom's feet.Tom glanced at the newspaper, but didn't pick it up.

Harry would find this place completely unexpected to him.But this was the end of the matter, and there was no need for Tom to hide.

"That's why you go out early and come back late?" Harry looked at the lifeless bodies by the wall, and then at the unconscious man on the abandoned operating table, his hands clenched into fists in his pockets, "Why should Do these?"

"For an experiment," Tom replied calmly, "I need to test my theory."

"Your theory? You're using these Muggles as guinea pigs?" Harry forced himself to speak as calmly as possible, staring at Tom. "Like those animals used in class?"

"In a sense, that's true." Tom didn't deny it, his eyes slipped past the body by the wall and fell back on Harry, "I didn't kidnap them, they did it voluntarily. I told them I was a devil, Will take their souls, but sadly, no one believes what I say. They would rather believe the gold in my pocket."

Tom took a gold coin out of his pocket deliberately, and Harry recognized it as a Galleon.Tom threw the gold coin at one of the men, who moved his eyelashes slightly when the coin hit his forehead, but did not move otherwise.

Harry looked at the men for a while and said, "Their souls—"

"They all left," Tom continued Harry. "It seems that their souls don't want to go back to their bodies at all."

"It's like being kissed by a dementor." Harry took his hand out of his pocket and squeezed it tightly. "It's worse than murder!"

"You think they are all model citizens?" Tom frowned slightly, his expression became serious, and pointed to the person leaning against the wall, "The guy on the far left is a fraudster, as far as I know, he has killed two people." The fat man was a pimp, but he strangled his wife with his own hands; the red-haired one was a thief, and he had a partner who acted with him, but he gave him partner." Tom twitched his lips in disgust, "The man on the far right is also a thief, and likes burglary the most. Just before I met him, he killed the baby and his nanny."

"What about this one?" Harry pointed to the man tied to the table.

"An idle scoundrel who brought nothing but trouble to his family, who forced his own sister to prosper for him. His mother threw him out of the house, saying she never had such a son." Tom The corners of his lips curved sarcastically, "When I asked him if he would go with the devil, he agreed without hesitation."

"How do you know?" Harry asked sullenly. "Legiliency," Tom replied curtly.

"You think you're an envoy of justice?" Harry asked coldly, his hands shaking with anger, "Do you do this to punish these evil Muggles?"

"No, I don't like such naive reasons." Tom smiled slightly, "They are voluntary, just experimental products. I told them that I am a devil. The only more suitable experimental subjects than them are the death row prisoners in prison. Very Unfortunately, I don’t have that much money to buy a few for experimentation.”

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Harry asked, trembling all over, "Because you don't like seeing Muggle scum?"

"Nothing to do with Muggles," sighed Tom. "I know you don't want to see me doing this, but it's necessary. I want to save your life, Harry."

"Save my life?" Harry looked at him in astonishment, feeling his head split in two by the words.

"Yes." Tom nodded, and then walked in front of Harry, "Professor Dumbledore's deduction is wrong, the damage to your health caused by the curse cannot be recovered. Your life span is shorter than he predicted--"

"I know that," Harry interrupted Tom, looking at the surprised look on his face, "I've got two years and nine months to live, I knew that when I was in Brussels. The reason for doing these things?"

"You know?" Tom looked at him in surprise, "but you never told me!"

"It's none of these people's business how long I live!" Harry exclaimed. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course I know." Tom glared at him angrily. "But what does it matter? You know all this and don't do anything. Don't you want to live? I'm looking for a way to conquer death for you. Is it wrong? "

Harry's lips quivered.He still misunderstood him, Tom still wanted to conquer death, and this time his purpose was not for himself, but for him.

"I know you won't like what I'm doing." Tom said coldly after taking a few deep breaths, "Even if you agree to study black magic, you don't want me to verify those theories. I have to be sure, because that person is You are not someone else! This is just an experiment, these people are enough to get such a punishment, they deserve it!"

"But you're doing worse than killing them!" Harry yelled, grabbing Tom by the skirt. "Why do you get your hands dirty? Why don't you think about your soul?"

"I don't think this experiment has stained my soul," said Tom stiffly. "I didn't kill them, and I didn't have blood on my hands." Tom pulled Harry's hand away. "Calm down, Harry." .My method is the only way to save you. Only in this way can you still be alive and healthy after two years. If there is no accident, you can see the results in this person. Just rebuild a body for you, and you can Get rid of the threat of the curse ahead of time."

"Do you think I'll agree?" Harry squeezed the words through his teeth, gripping the wand in his pocket tightly, "Do you think, do you think I will let you kill your own kind for this reason? ?”

"The same kind?" Tom glanced at the Muggles by the wall, and snorted softly, "They are also worthy? We are wizards, and we are different from Muggles."

"So they can be tricked by you to do evil experiments to test your theory?" Before Tom could react, Harry had already drawn out his wand and pointed at him, "Answer me!"

"Harry, put away your wand!" Tom showed a panicked expression for the first time after Harry entered the room, and reached for his wand, but suddenly a silver ribbon shot out from the tip of Harry's wand, and it wrapped around Tom in the blink of an eye. up.Tom couldn't dodge and hit the operating table, and fell to the ground because he couldn't keep his balance.Harry took Tom's wand away, and Tom cried out.

"Harry! Why don't you believe me!" Tom yelled.

"I can't believe you!" Harry roared back, his voice trembling, "You're going the wrong way, Tom. Muggle scum should be punished by Muggle laws, and your actions and those over there That liar is just as bad!"

"I did this to save your life!" cried Tom angrily, struggling to free himself from the ropes that entangled him. "Throw away your ridiculous sense of justice, and don't compare me to them!"

"If I have to rely on this kind of sacrifice to survive, I'd rather die!" Harry put his wand on Tom's throat, the pupils of the dark-eyed young man shrank, and he stopped struggling, his eyes full of tears. Full of shock and disbelief.

"Are you going to kill me, Harry? Because of these scumbags?" Tom gasped softly. "I just wanted to save you."