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Chapter 207 - Chapter 98: Interrogation

"But I must remind you, based on your description of the images in Ginny's memory, directly interacting with Voldemort's diary is a very dangerous thing."

"And because of Voldemort's influence, Ginny's memory has become very fuzzy. She isn't aware of the Basilisk's existence or the location of the Chamber of Secrets. Her knowledge of these things is only because people around her keep mentioning it, which slightly awakens some deeply buried subconscious memories, making her realize the problem with the diary."

"But it's not very useful for our goal. Glenn, what do you plan to do?"

"If you intend to directly ask the diary for the Chamber's location and how to open it, not to mention whether Voldemort would tell you or deceive you with false information, I absolutely disagree."

Glenn nodded. He knew this diary was quite sinister. In Ginny's memory from last night, even after being influenced by Hermione and deciding to destroy the diary, Ginny's mind was once again taken over by Tom Riddle as soon as she touched it. Glenn certainly didn't plan to directly interact with this black diary.

"I'll give it a try first. If my method doesn't work on this diary, then we'll have to continue exploring Ginny Weasley's memory."

Glenn replied.

"But isn't Ginny's memory of being controlled by Tom Riddle very vague, making it impossible to see the surrounding environment?" Hermione was quite puzzled. In her view, there were no valuable clues left in Ginny's memory for them to retrieve.

"Even though her external memory is blurry, the tactile sensations from her body's movements cannot be forgotten by her physical body."

"I can analyze her route based on her body's actions while under control, such as stride length, movement speed, and the degree of twist when turning, and then use Hogwarts' topographical map to find the overlapping intersection points of her three-dimensional movement route."

"And I can also deduce possible methods to open the Chamber from other information, like the movement of her mouth, chest or throat vibrations when making sounds, or other bodily movements."

"Wow, sometimes I really think you're not a child." Hermione gaped, commenting with some amazement, "This is too un-magical... well, it's quite scientific."

"But it requires a lot of time and effort." Glenn had already drawn his wand. "I don't plan to do that. There's another way to solve the problem faster."

With a surge of magic, the diary floated a meter in front of Glenn.

"Let's go to the Room of Requirement first. The fewer people around for what I'm about to do, the better."

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"Glenn, what are you going to do?" Hermione asked curiously. The kind-hearted girl truly couldn't guess what Glenn was planning next.

The two were already in the corridor, the dim candlelight casting shadows that stretched and merged beneath them.

"I'm going to interrogate Tom Riddle." Beneath the hood, Glenn, still a petite girl, had a hint of coldness in her pitch-black eyes.

Just like in her previous life.

"Interrogate... wait, you're not planning to use..." Hermione repeated Glenn's answer, her expression changing suddenly. She realized what Glenn intended to do.

No wonder he wanted to avoid people!

"This..." Hermione hesitated, unsure whether she should stop Glenn.

"It's okay, you're here." Glenn instantly understood what Hermione was thinking and squeezed her hand.

"Even so, you can't... sigh, never mind, I guess you won't listen anyway." Hermione sighed. "Alright then."

...

"Squeak—" With a high-class door-opening sound effect, Glenn pushed open the door to the Room of Requirement. Inside, the large space was divided into two parts:

One half had comfortable sofas, a coffee table, and drinks, looking like a cozy little room.

The other half consisted entirely of white walls and floors.

Between the two spaces was a transparent glass wall with a small opening in the middle. Opposite the opening, in the white room, was a small platform.

"Hermione, you can sit down first. If you don't want to watch, you can cast a spell to block your senses."

"No, I want to watch. We're accomplices now. If we're caught, we'll go to Azkaban together." The little girl stood with her hands on her hips, refusing Glenn's suggestion, standing beside him instead.

Glenn nodded, set the Room of Requirement's entry permissions, and sealed the door. Then, with a flick of his wand, he tossed Tom Riddle's diary onto the small platform inside the white room.

Using magic to open the pages, Glenn took a large bottle of ink from his black ring and poured it onto the blank pages of the diary.

In an instant, the ink was absorbed completely, and a line of writing, somewhat familiar to Glenn, appeared on the page.

[Hello, I am Tom Riddle. Where is this place, and how did you find me?]

"Words really appeared..." Hermione leaned in, squinting to read the diary's contents, then scoffed, "Realizing he can't feel Ginny's touch, he's starting to trick others? How despicable."

Glenn gently pushed Hermione's face away from beside him. "Don't get too close. You can see just as well from the couch."

"Do you have any other suggestions? If not, I'm ready to start." Glenn asked, beginning to stretch his wrists.

"I don't think so." Hermione brushed against Glenn's hand, obediently stepping aside, though she didn't sit on the couch prepared for her. She stood silently, watching the other side of the space.

At this moment, inside the diary, Tom's soul fragment was pondering his current situation. After controlling Ginny and the Basilisk to attack that little wizard today, he had slightly reduced his influence on Ginny's memory, intending for the girl, who was nearly drained, to discard his diary. This way, he could attempt to have a new source of vitality pick him up.

"I didn't expect Ginny Weasley to discard me so quickly... and to be picked up so soon..."

"Well, that's fine."

"Now, let me see who you are."

Tom waited for a moment, but no new writing appeared for him to capture. Instead, a soft, delicate, icy female voice reached his soul's ears.

"Crucio."

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