Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 607 Victor Awakens

"This...here is..."

Ron said tremblingly.

The scene that appeared before him at this moment was beyond his imagination. It was something that had never appeared even in his most horrific nightmares.

In a huge dark hall, a huge alloy workbench was placed deep in the hall, with many "torture instruments" placed on it. What was terrifying was that those "torture instruments" and the workbench were occasionally covered with a layer of hard scab, and its disgusting dark red color could easily make people think of some terrifying things.

In addition, countless liquid jars containing various organisms were densely placed on both sides. Cold light lamps were installed at the bottom of the jars, emitting a faint green light to illuminate the contents of the jars.

These lights are the only source of light in the entire hall. Under the light of these lights, the originally dark hall becomes even more eerie and terrifying.

The scene here also explains why a large area outside is completely uninhabited.

Just imagine, if there was a spooky guy living next to your house who studied corpses and various black magics all day long, you would also think about moving.

Unless, you are so poor that you can only afford the down payment for a house in this area.

Of course, this is just a joke.

The real reason why no one lives around here is more likely because the research being conducted here is extremely important, so Mike and his team moved everyone here away for the sake of confidentiality.

"...This... Could this be some dark wizard's alchemy laboratory?"

Ron finally finished his words tremblingly. At this moment, he was already consumed by fear.

He had seen many biological specimens and organs in Snape's Potions classroom, but in terms of horror, those things in Snape's classroom were just child's play.

This time, Hermione beside him rarely mocked him. Instead, she swallowed her saliva and said in a panic:

"No, I guess... I guess this should be the laboratory of some BT scientist. They must have conducted some terrible experiments here! Oh, Ron, you probably don't know what a scientist is. It's not your fault. After all, you are just a wizard."

Ron trembled even more violently after hearing this. Although he didn't know what a BT scientist was, he knew that anyone who could be ranked alongside the scary dark wizard must not be a good guy.

On the other side, Harry did not participate in the discussion between Hermione and Ron. He frowned and looked around at the gloomy and terrifying hall, as if he was looking for something.

Then he accelerated and rushed into a big door behind him.

Seeing this, Hermione and Ron hurriedly chased after him.

The layout of the laboratory in the back is similar to that of the hall in the front, both of which are spacious spaces and a huge alloy workbench.

However, unlike the previous hall, this laboratory has a huge magic lamp embedded in the ceiling. Soft and bright light is released from it, illuminating the entire hall as bright as day.

Hermione also noticed that under the light, the shadows of herself and others were very faint, almost to the point of being invisible.

This made her realize that the magic lamp above their heads was not simple and was likely to be something similar to the shadowless lamp in the operating room.

In addition, the laboratory is no longer filled with those terrifying specimens, but some machines and tools with a cold style and full of sci-fi atmosphere.

At this moment, Harry was standing in the laboratory with a dazed look on his face, as if he was shocked by something.

Hermione couldn't help but follow Harry's gaze and saw a huge silver-white rectangular box standing on the wall in the corner.

The surface of this rectangular box is as smooth as a mirror, with faint green light flickering in the gaps, and all around it are various precision instruments.

Through a transparent panel on the surface of the box, Hermione could clearly see a young Asian youth lying in the box.

The young man's appearance was not ugly, but he was definitely not handsome either. He just looked like an ordinary passerby.

His appearance made Hermione feel that the huge box was a coffin.

While Hermione was observing the box, Harry's thoughts became extremely complicated.

He had already recognized that the guy lying in the huge box was his enemy, Victor, who killed Professor Snape.

To be precise, it should be a clone of Victor.

But his continued existence is enough to prove that Mike did not kill Victor as he said, but imprisoned him.

And this should be Victor’s prison.

Thinking of this, Harry couldn't help but clench his fists.

Logically speaking, he should have gone up and killed Victor who was still in a sleeping state at this time. After all, the source of all his recent sufferings came from him.

But for some reason, Harry just couldn't bring himself to do it.

Do not!
Maybe Harry knows the reason! He just doesn't want to admit it!

He was unwilling to admit that Victor was an ally that he could win over and use! He was unwilling to admit that he wanted to wake up Victor! He was unwilling to admit that his heart was moved!
"Huhuhu!~"

Harry was breathing heavily, sweat dripping down his cheeks, soaking his clothes.

Now he felt extremely painful, and under such torture, he couldn't help but scream.

"what should I do!"

Harry's voice echoed in the laboratory. The sudden loud noise startled Hermione and Ron, and they both looked at Harry with concern.

"Harry, what's wrong with you? What and how?"

Ron said anxiously. Even though he was slow-witted, he noticed something was wrong with his good friend.

However, Harry did not answer him because this was not the answer he wanted.

'The moment the coin is tossed, the tosser has already made a choice. Harry, you have already made a choice in your heart, haven't you? Go, follow your truest wishes. You are an independent individual. Don't let others make choices for you, and don't let others' will control you! '

The voice of the Death Cloak sounded in Harry's ears as Harry wished, and Harry's breathing finally calmed down a little after hearing it.

After a long time, he seemed to have finally made a decision. He gritted his teeth and walked towards the huge 'coffin'.

"It's okay, this is only temporary. In the end, everything will return to its perfect state! Everything will be fine! Everything..."

Harry, who kept muttering, finally came to the coffin. Looking at the face in the coffin that had appeared in his nightmares countless times and the obvious green button on the coffin panel, Harry's mouth suddenly curled up into a weird smile. "Wake up! You beast!"

A loud shout suddenly came out of Harry's mouth, and at the same time, his right hand turned into a fist and smashed hard on the button.

"Buzz!~"

With the button as the center, more than a dozen dark purple light bands meandered out from the 'coffin', then spread to the walls through the connecting wires, and finally spread throughout the entire laboratory.

Then, accompanied by a series of radiator fan rotation sounds, countless star-like lights rang out from various machines in the laboratory.

This sudden change made Hermione and Ron panic. They stood there looking around, not knowing what to do.

Harry's sight was still focused on Victor's clone in the 'coffin'.

Finally, under his gaze, the hatch of the "coffin" opened, and Victor slowly stood up with his hands on the armrest beside him.

As he moved, Harry clenched the wand in his hand and all the muscles in his body tensed.

Having suffered a lot before, he knew very well how terrifyingly powerful Victor's clone was. Although he had obtained a large number of mysterious objects, if he lost his vigilance, he would most likely fall into the ditch.

However, to Harry's surprise, Victor did not launch an attack immediately after waking up. Instead, he looked at Harry and the others with a sidelong glance, then smiled and said:

"I never thought that the person who woke me up would be you. Why, do you want revenge on me?"

"Although I would like to do so, I have more important things to do with you right now."

"Really? I'm really... flattered!"

Victor said with a smile, his body slightly leaning to the right. Although he looked loose, he was actually ready to launch an attack immediately.

He had already seen the hostility in Harry. After all, the other party was too young, and nothing could be hidden on that childish face.

But he still didn't mind listening to what the other party said. After all, this was in his laboratory, on his home turf, and he had absolute confidence!
Harry on the opposite side also slightly raised the corner of his mouth after hearing Victor's speech.

Of all the situations, what he feared most was that Victor would attack without saying a word, because this would mean that there was no possibility of any communication between the two.

Now that the other party is willing to communicate with him, things will be much easier.

Taking a deep breath, Harry said:

"Don't you want to collect the three Deathly Hallows? Coincidentally, I also want to do the same now. I think we may be able to cooperate."

Victor obviously didn't expect Harry to say that. He was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said:

"Oh? That's quite unusual! But I remember that you were very opposed to the Deathly Hallows being collected. Why have you changed your mind now?"

"Oh! Is it not okay for me to just think so much?"

"That won't do. If you want to cooperate, you have to show some sincerity." Victor stretched out his finger and shook it. "Now you don't even want to tell me why you want to collect the Deathly Hallows. How can I feel at ease to cooperate with you?"

Harry didn't say anything, he frowned as if he was thinking about something.

"In that case, let me start." Victor continued, "My purpose is very simple. As a researcher, I am very interested in the Deathly Hallows, so I want to collect them and explore the knowledge inside. What about you?"

Harry remained silent. At this time, Hermione and Ron came over and looked at Harry with worry and confusion.

Like Harry, they also regretted following Harry. Everything they discovered was beyond their understanding.

Harry looked back at Hermione and Ron, and seemed to have made a decision. He said to Victor:
"I want to defeat death and take back the lives of my loved ones from the hands of the god of death!"

"You are truly worthy of being called the Savior! This is truly noble! But have you ever considered that perhaps the rumor that the Deathly Hallows can defeat death might be false?"

Victor still had a smile on his face, but there was a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

As a completely mechanized life, although he cannot master spells like Legilimency, he can rely on machines to observe the other person's micro-expressions, heartbeat and body temperature to determine whether the other person is lying.

In some ways, this method is more useful than Legilimency.

After all, Legilimency can be blocked using Occlumency, but this mechanical observation method is impossible to escape without long-term training.

After identification, Victor was sure that Harry must be lying.

"I have my own judgment on this point. You don't need to worry about it. You just need to tell me whether you are willing to cooperate."

"Well..." Victor hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll just trust you for now. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

As he spoke, Victor extended his hand to Harry, but Harry showed no intention of taking it. He just stood there and looked at him coldly.

Seeing this, Victor could only withdraw his hand awkwardly, scratching his head with a smile and said:
"So now, Harry, can you tell me about the current situation and what we are going to do next? You know, I have been sealed for a long time, and I am still in the dark about the information of the outside world."

Harry smiled when he heard that. Victor was being very cooperative at the moment, which was exactly what Harry needed.

So he nodded and told Mike directly about their current predicament and their plan to steal the Deathly Hallows from him.

Of course, he did not mention several key points, such as the existence of the Death Cloak and the fact that someone was chasing him.

This is perfectly normal. He just wants to use Victor to achieve his goal. How could he reveal the real information to Victor?

In Harry's opinion, it would be best if Victor died directly in the action.

This is what he expected best.

After hearing this, Victor continued to smile, as if he hadn't noticed anything.

This made Harry feel a little proud that his evil plan had succeeded.

However, what he didn't know was that Victor had already seen through the smug micro-expression on his face.

Victor coughed lightly, spread his hands and said to Harry:

"It's almost time, my dear Harry. There's no need for me to argue with you now. Just surrender."

(End of this chapter)