My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 148, Section 145: Tom's Capture Plan (Part Six)

The amplified Explosion Curse shattered Quirrell's armor curse.

Not only that, but the aftershocks also blew off one of his arms.

Clutching his right arm, which was half gone, Quirrell lay on the ground howling in pain, his crimson blood splattering everywhere as if it were free.

Even with his arm severed, Jerry showed no sign of stopping.

"Fainted and collapsed. (No increase in power)"

He had no intention of killing anyone. Even though Quirrell had already sided with Voldemort, killing him would cause him considerable trouble later.

The bright red spell struck Quirrell, who was struggling on the ground, with pinpoint accuracy. Quirrell was completely knocked unconscious after being cursed, leaving him no chance to resist.

Just then, Hagrid rushed over with Neville and Hermione after seeing Harry unleash red sparks into the sky.

He saw Quirrell lying on the ground with his severed hand. His hood had fallen down, revealing his pale face.

Looking at the cratered ground blasted by the Explosion Charm, Quirrell unconscious, and the now-cold unicorn carcass, Hagrid's expression was extremely serious. He turned around and roared at Harry and the other three.

"Go back! You all hurry back to the castle and report what happened here to Professor McGonagall, and ask her to go find Dumbledore."

Harry and the others heard what Hagrid said. Malfoy and Neville didn't stop and turned to run towards the castle, but Harry and Hermione didn't go far. They hid behind a tree and watched the battlefield from a distance.

Two people are enough to ask the professor for help. They are afraid that Hagrid will be in danger, so they stay behind. Maybe they can help him in the end.

Hagrid didn't see Quirrell kill the unicorn; he only saw a man in black use an Explosion Charm to blast off another man in black's arm, and then use a Stun Charm to knock him unconscious.

The unconscious man in black robes revealed his face; it was Quirrell, the Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. The other man in black robes who had injured him was still standing, his identity unclear. Under these circumstances, he naturally assumed that the standing man in black robes was the murderer, and conveniently pinned the blame for killing the unicorn on him as well.

"Who are you? What are you doing in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts?!"

Hagrid raised his little red umbrella and looked at the man in black robes with a solemn expression.

Harry and Hermione, who were hiding behind the trees, also agreed to see Quirrell's face.

"It's Professor Quirrell!"

Harry gasped.

Hermione was also shocked, but she had come with Hagrid's group and hadn't seen Quirrell kill the unicorn.

"Why is Professor Quirrell here? Is he stopping that person from killing the unicorn?"

"It wasn't that person who killed the unicorn."

Harry shook his head and explained to her, "It was Professor Quirrell. Professor Quirrell just killed that unicorn. He seemed to want to drink the unicorn's blood, but the man in black stopped him with a spell."

"Professor Quirrell!" Hermione's eyes widened. "How could he have the nerve to do something like this?"

While the two were still discussing who had killed the unicorn, Hagrid had already given the man in black a final warning.

"Tell me your purpose! And pull down your hat! You've trespassed into the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts and injured a professor. If you don't identify yourself, I have the right to cast a spell on you!"

The black-robed man who called himself Jerry didn't speak. He kept his eyes fixed on Quirrell, who was lying on the ground unconscious. But somehow, a cloud of black mist enveloped his entire body.

"waste!"

A thin, weak voice came from within the black mist.

Hagrid, who had been keeping a close eye on the man in black, was instantly drawn to him.

"Useless! You're really useless!" the black mist cursed angrily.

Black, gas-like substances kept emerging from Quirrell's body, eventually forming a human face that was indistinct yet incredibly ferocious.

The man had two pitch-black holes on his face, like his eyes. He stared intently at the man in black robes with those eyes and shouted in a voice full of hatred.

"Whoever you are! You ruined my plans! I curse you! I curse that I will personally take your life!"

The man in black robes seemed completely unconcerned about the danger posed by the black mist, casually twirling his wand between his fingertips.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're talking like you're waiting for me to come back. And aren't you really going to run away, Tom?"

Upon hearing the black-robed man address him, the face formed by the black mist instantly crumbled, and a voice filled with shock and anger rang out from within the mist.

"Who are you?! Why? How do you know this name?"

"Dear Mr. Tom Riddle, you may call me Jerry, and my companions, let me introduce them, are Marsall and Tuffy."

Just as Jerry finished speaking, a hoarse male voice and a clear, cold female voice rang out simultaneously from two different directions.

"Sealing the spirit and imprisoning the soul!"

They ultimately didn't recite the spell they had practiced, because Jerry was afraid he would break character and his hand would tremble, preventing the spell from being completed.

At the same time, Jerry also raised his wand.

"Sealing the spirit and imprisoning the soul!"

Three blinding white lights shone from the tips of their wands, then connected to form a line, creating an equilateral triangle. Tom was trapped in the very center of the triangle!

"You wanted to catch me? So that's what you wanted to catch me! Hahaha!" He laughed loudly as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

In an instant, black mist rose up, spreading upwards like boiling water.

Voldemort was a bit neurotic, but he wasn't stupid. He had never seen Jerry and the others use this kind of spell before. The three sides of the triangle blocked him off from all sides. He wouldn't rashly touch those white rays of light, but they were blank, there was nothing there.

"I'll be back! I'll remember you, even if you hide your identity it won't work! I'll remember you!"

He laughed as he abandoned Quirrell and floated into the sky, but before he could even fly three meters off the ground, an invisible membrane suddenly blocked him.

Tom's laughter stopped abruptly.

The improved Soul-Sealing Spell became effective at this point. Jerry and his two friends connected the dots into lines, and the lines then formed a surface. The two surfaces intersected, completely trapping Tom inside.

Marshal and Tuffy have put away their wands; they only provided a blessing. Jerry is the one who truly controls the spell.

Jerry also retrieved his wand, and the Imperishable Charm successfully trapped Tom. His guidance was complete, and their plan seemed to have succeeded!

The membrane created by the Soul-Sealing Curse was shrinking continuously. Tom, in his black mist state, kept trying to break through the seal of the Soul-Sealing Curse, but he couldn't get out no matter what he did.

At this point, he finally panicked!

Let's have a quiz! Do you think Voldemort will be caught? Type 1 if he is, 2 if he isn't, and 3 for any other crazy moves. I'll tally the responses when I update tomorrow. If a lot of people guess correctly, I'll write a free side story about Umaru-chan!

(End of this chapter)