Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 176 This logic is impeccable

"This is my own choice."

"For the greater good, I am willing to do so."

"After a year, I have figured out the situation. At this point in time, you are not yet your true self. Because you have not yet met the Prophet, your spiritual mentor, who will guide you to become the Great Wizard King."

"Due to the damaged time converter, my body has shrunk to that of an eleven-year-old child. After you consume my soul, you can use my body to seize the magic stone, which can truly resurrect you."

"I've made the arrangements. You will be accepted into Hogwarts as an orphan."

"The name I registered for you at the orphanage was Lucas Tom Brightson."

"Now, I can tell you my name. My name is Lucas Brettson, and from now on you will become me and live on in my place."

After he finished speaking, he wrote the last sentence in his diary.

Then, he knelt down and held the diary to his chest.

Good luck, Tom.

……

Step three is complete.

Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. This whole operation was no less than filming a post-apocalyptic sci-fi blockbuster—they even included a romantic subplot.

If he didn't have a lot of game and movie images in his mind to refer to, he really wouldn't have been able to finish it in such a short time.

Moreover, images alone are not enough to become memories; they need to be stored along with the feelings, sensations, and even related knowledge associated with the images.

This is a huge amount of work, but he has already had many experiences using total recall and copying knowledge from memory. Although he has not used it on others yet, the principle is the same.

The memories he created not only contained all five senses—sound, color, taste, touch, and smell—but also perfectly simulated psychological states. When he used his mind-reading technique to access them, he felt that they were indistinguishable from real memories. Given the abilities of 16-year-old Tom in the diary, it was unlikely that he would discover any flaws.

These memories were enough for him to believe his own story, and then he "ate" Albert Lencan, who had been transformed into a Muggle child.

Once he has completely absorbed Lencarn's soul and life force, Lencarn will naturally die, and the effects of the Compound Elixir he took will be fully solidified. Thus, Lencarn will die in the form of the Muggle child Lucas.

Tom Riddle has the ability to control the Infernal, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to attach himself to this body and make it behave like a normal living person.

Meanwhile, Murphy has already sent someone to take away the real Lucas Brettson from the orphanage for adoption. Once Tom has possessed him, he can take his place and appear in this world.

Therefore, his deception will become a reality.

But this is not enough.

While in diary mode, Tom can only obtain limited information, making it relatively easy for him to deceive others. However, once he is truly returned to the real world, given his abilities and intellect, he might be able to see through some of the truth.

Moreover, he's not the kind of guy who'll obediently listen to orders.

Not to mention that he might not honestly steal the magic stone, even if he did steal it, what if he kept it all for himself and used it to revive?

Murphy's actions, though seemingly ruthless, will ultimately benefit someone else, much to Voldemort's delight.

Therefore, it is necessary to put a collar on him as well.

Murphy drew his wand and pressed it against the forehead of Lencoran, who had turned into a child. "Notam servitutis!"

……

"Tom, go and become the savior."

Upon seeing this line of text, Tom felt a completely open heart.

He hesitated for a moment. He wasn't particularly interested in becoming a savior, but this was a chance to be resurrected.

Perhaps we can try to test the waters.

He quietly extended a tentacle through the open passage, reaching into it and quickly establishing a connection.

In that instant, he came into contact with that soul riddled with wounds.

The other person must have suffered immense pain and endured unbelievable mental torment.

He carefully tried to extract the other person's memories to verify whether it was a trap.

Soon, he grasped a memory.

"What's that? A missile? A tactical nuclear warhead?"

Following this term, he searched further and found related fragments of knowledge from the other person's memory, and was then startled.

"A nuclear bomb, so that's what it is..."

That's terrifying, absolutely terrifying.

Will future wizards actually fight Muggles who possess such weapons?

At this moment, he no longer doubted what the previous two holders had written in their diaries.

Then, he began to recall more memories: "Mechanical worker bees, intelligent combat vehicles, drone swarms, spy satellites, Skyfire..."

The initial thought that "they were beaten so badly because they were too weak" gradually disappeared.

Even if he were in that position, he would still fail miserably!

After he finished reading Lucas Brettson's memories, he suddenly felt ashamed.

What merit do I, a mere Tom Riddle, deserve to be called a savior by you?

Even a hundred of me couldn't save this world from its apocalypse!

Fortunately, in his last memory, Lucas Brettson seems to have returned to 1990, 48 years after he created the diary. At that time, the war with Muggles had not yet taken place, and the outside world should still be safe.

With that in mind, Tom no longer hesitated and immediately began to absorb the other party's magic and life force with all his might.

Suddenly, a massive surge of magic power rushed in, startling Tom. This guy's magical power was comparable to that of an adult wizard, and although his life force had weakened, it was still sufficient.

"If I eat this guy, I can be resurrected!"

Tom was overjoyed.

Let's talk about the savior later; after all, the war with Muggles is still a long way off. But we could consider getting our hands on that Philosopher's Stone.

Once he is fully resurrected, he can slowly accumulate power and figure out how Muggle technology works. If he can master those terrifying powers, unifying the wizarding world will be a piece of cake. Then he can consider how to deal with Muggles.

Declaring war rashly is not advisable; perhaps... infiltration is possible?

Once you have fully mastered magic and Muggle technology, and dominate both the wizarding and Muggle worlds, war will naturally cease, and you will become a savior, won't you?

That makes perfect sense! The logic is flawless!

Tom felt he had grasped the key. So that's how it is! This is the path to my savior!

So that's what the prophecy meant!

But what exactly is a prophet?

Tom continued to plunder the other's life force while thinking, when suddenly, something seemed to enter his body through the passage.

Before he could figure it out, a huge suction force suddenly surged from the other end of the passage.

A portion of the magic he had just absorbed underwent a strange transformation. The peculiar magic began to coil around him like chains, seemingly seeping into the diary!

"What's going on?! What is this?!"

(End of this chapter)