I'm just an internet cafe owner

Dumbledore, staring thoughtfully at Hermione's smiling face, turned to the Sorting Hat beside him and asked curiously, "After all that's happened in the internet cafe, would you be interested in seeing what the Sorting Hat thinks of you?"

"Huh? Is that okay?"

"Of course you can, you've grown a lot in internet cafes. I personally feel that the previous class assignments might have been a bit inaccurate."

Upon hearing this, Hermione quickly shook her head: "No, no, I think Gryffindor is pretty good."

"Don't worry, it's just a trial, it's not a real shift change."

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, her playful side was aroused. To be honest, she was also very curious about how the Sorting Hat would evaluate her and which class she would be sorted into next year.

So Dumbledore grabbed the Sorting Hat and put it on Hermione's head.

The Sorting Hat initially smiled, but its expression gradually contorted. What was it seeing? Was this some kind of Dark Lord's ancestor?

"Azkaban! Azkaban! Azkaban!"

The Sorting Hat tried to speak again, but Dumbledore silenced it with a kiss.

"Dean... I think I won't need to be assigned to a class next year..."

"You can stay in Gryffindor. By the way, Hermione, let's talk about something."

"what?"

Dumbledore said seriously, "Voldemort is about to be resurrected. When he is resurrected, would you help deal with him and his Death Eaters?"

"This...isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

“It’s alright. I think Senior Madoka is right. As long as you use the chain-spread version of Avada Kedavra, no one will think it’s black magic.”

Avada Kedavra isn't scary; he knows many teachers who know that magic. What's truly terrifying is the chain reaction of Noita's magic combined with Avada Kedavra in the internet cafe.

Once this skill is used, any Auror who sees it will praise it as a very powerful spell, rather than considering it as dark magic.

Hermione's face darkened at this moment: "Headmaster, I'm sorry, I have to go to my Transfiguration class, I'll take my leave now."

Hermione immediately turned and ran away; she noticed that Dumbledore seemed to have been taken away by Madoka Magica.

"The older generation is corrupted, how could they make me do something like this? Even if she really wanted to kill Voldemort, she wouldn't choose such an inefficient method as Avada Kedavra. She'd wait until everyone was gathered before unleashing Starburst + Explosion Magic. Forget the Dark Lord, let them all blast into the sky."

She left, and she did indeed go to class. But on her way to class, Hermione suddenly had a feeling.

"I'll go to the toilet first~"

Hermione ate a lot of delicious snacks at the internet cafe, and perhaps because she ate and drank too much, she was in a hurry to go to the toilet.

She entered the women's restroom, about to use the toilet, when suddenly she froze. What did she see? A giant snake whose head alone was three times her size?

"?"

A question mark slowly appeared above Hermione's head. She recognized the creature. It was a basilisk; anyone who made eye contact with it would die instantly.

Hermione almost instinctively pulled out her wand and poked it directly into the eye.

Chainsaw magic, the core magic of the Noita. Magic with chainsaws and magic without chainsaws are practically two different things. And a chainsaw materialized in Hermione's staff, slicing through the basilisk's eyes almost instantly. Before the two could even look at each other, the basilisk's eyes were destroyed.

This is Hermione's reaction speed, honed through various games. What's most important in a fight? Speed. Based on internet cafe experience, those with lots of hair are weak to fire, and those with high physical constitution are weak to defense. Just target whatever stands out on your body first—you can't go wrong.

This basilisk has such a huge head, and its eyes look quite different from others; just poke them. Besides, the basilisk is an old acquaintance. In The Relic of Hogwarts, she was killed by all sorts of magical creatures; having died so many times, she knows how to kill them.

"Awooo!!"

The basilisk screamed in agony, and Hermione was in even greater pain. She just wanted to use the toilet, but the basilisk was blocking all the doors, and she had to get rid of it.

Using large-scale magic here is obviously out of the question; it would destroy the school. Since large-scale magic won't work, let's use small-scale magic. Hermione almost instinctively used her wand to unleash the spell: "Avada Kedavra!"

A chain spell from Noita, combining multiple casts, simultaneous casting, cooldown reduction, increased power, Avada Kedavra, and chainsaws. The basilisk, its eyes barely blinded, collapsed to the ground.

Faced with the basilisk's blood-red health bar, Hermione almost instinctively unleashed powerful dark magic. The basilisk fell, but Hermione's face darkened even more. The basilisk's massive body had blocked all the pits.

Just as Hermione said, if Hogwarts weren't limited to using specific magic from the game, she would have shown the NPCs in the game what true cruelty was.

Of course, in reality, Hermione is still a studious girl. She didn't become arrogant because of her powerful abilities; on the contrary, as her power increased, she enjoyed reading more and more, and also cherished the peace and quiet of life.

She enjoyed attending classes regularly, especially magic lessons with her classmates, and the fun of teasing each other about making mistakes and casting spells incorrectly. What? She knows black magic but still makes a fool of herself with white magic?

This is inevitable, because Hermione never practiced white magic in the game; to put it jokingly, she's more adept at black magic than the white magic taught in school. Aside from the very first few white spells, she's used zero other spells.

Chapter 463 Hermione and Tom

"Whoo~"

Hermione happily went to the toilet, and looking at the basilisk in front of her, she decided to wait for the Headmaster to arrive and hand it over to him. After all, she had "skipped class to go online" in the Headmaster's name, and if Dumbledore couldn't intervene, she felt it would be very troublesome.

Hermione, who had just emerged, was deep in thought as she looked at the enormous basilisk. However, as she pondered, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine; she sensed that she was being watched.

I instinctively turned my head and saw a large, deep pit near the basilisk's tail.

"If I remember correctly... this is a secret passage?"

Hermione had already thoroughly explored the entire Hogwarts while playing Relics of Hogwarts. In fact, to better explore it, she even drilled a hole through the entire Hogwarts.

In her memory, the basilisk didn't wander off unless…

"There's a conspiracy!"

At that moment, Hermione realized a possibility: someone was controlling the Basilisk to harm the Hogwarts students.

Thinking about this, Hermione's face hardened with determination. Don't be fooled by Hermione's domineering presence in the game; she doesn't tolerate anyone's weakness. That's because she can distinguish between the virtual and the real.

In the virtual world, she strikes hard against everyone, and in reality, if anyone dares to strike hard against her friends or classmates, she will strike hard against them in return.

Without any hesitation, Hermione jumped straight into the pit.

Meanwhile, inside the girls' restroom, the school's teachers also arrived. Upon seeing the enormous serpent monster, everyone showed expressions of shock.

"What is this? Black magic? Wait? Why was a corpse left behind?"

Snape, who arrived first, sensed the power of dark magic. He was all too familiar with the power in the basilisk's body. The Avada Kedavra curse should leave nothing behind when it is cast, so how come there are corpses at the scene?

Dumbledore is the most qualified to speak on this, because Hermione had already mastered very strong combat magic while playing with Sakura and Madoka. Modifying Avada Kedavra to target only the soul would be easy.

Reason for doing this

It's quite simple, because nobody knows what the enemies you'll face will taste like. No matter how you kill them, it's best to leave a few pieces of meat. If you're lucky, you can find a few chefs at an internet cafe to make some special dishes, which will truly make your tongue feel like it's in heaven.

In this magical world, Avada Kedavra seems incredibly powerful, but in various worlds, there are many forces capable of wiping out entire populations. Besides, with divine assistance and the cost-free trial-and-error approach in the game, modifying spells is quite simple.

While this thing can kill souls, in the game world, killing a soul means deleting the account. Since players in the real game world cannot delete other players' accounts, modifying this skill into one that can only kill is quite simple.

This is why Dumbledore previously tricked Hermione into using Avada Kedavra to kill enemies. Although she had learned Avada Kedavra, she could leave the victim with a complete corpse, and even use some resurrection items in internet cafes to truly resurrect those killed by the spell. However, resurrection using magic in this magical world is impossible.

"Ah~ Black magic? Let me see? Hmm, it must be him coming back. Hey? There's a secret passage over there, did the person who cast this spell escape through here?"

Dumbledore appeared on the scene and immediately recognized Hermione's handiwork. Such a violent fighting style—if not taught by Madoka Magica, then who? But Dumbledore had to admit that sometimes physical strength was indeed far more effective than magic.

On the other hand, Hermione jumped into the cave and moved forward by instinct. As she walked, she came to a huge space. Snake heads hung all around, and on the ground lay Ron's sister, Ginny.

Ginny was holding a magic book, but she lay on the ground as if she had lost her soul.

"Hello, young lady. I never expected you to have such great power."

While Hermione was wondering, a handsome young man suddenly appeared in front of her.

Listening to the rambling of the spirit in front of her, and looking at its huge, blood-red health bar, Hermione's face showed a thoughtful expression.

When did such a spirit appear in my school? This spirit seems extremely powerful; if it were my past self, I would definitely have been killed by it.

"what are you up to?"

"Me? Of course, I'd like to invite you, beautiful lady, to join us."

"Join you? Join you for what?"

Hermione hadn't figured out who the other person was yet, so she tried to get some information out of them.

"Become my subordinate, and together we will conquer the world."

The young Voldemort, Tom, extended a tempting invitation, but upon hearing it, Hermione's eyes showed only two words: disdain.

"Are you looking down on me? Do you think I'm not strong enough? Even in my current state, you can't defeat me."

"Okay, okay, yes, yes, yes!"

Hermione rolled her eyes. Ever since she started going to the internet cafe, the type of person she admired most was someone who ruled the world. The people who ruled the world in the internet cafe all had lofty ideals, used honorable means, and aimed to improve the lives of ordinary people. Hermione had also witnessed how they changed the world she lived in.

As for whether she could defeat him? If the person in front of her were a physical being, he would have been lying down long ago. It was only because he was a soul, and Hermione was also worried about Ginny's safety, that she didn't dare to make a move directly.

The kind of person she despises most is the one in front of her who talks about ruling the world; for him, ruling the world equals destroying the world.

Hermione retorted helplessly, "Fine, I'll just ask you one question: what are the benefits of ruling the world?"

"You can possess limitless power, and anything you desire!"

"Really? I want a starship."

"what is that?"

"whispering sound…"

Tom, enraged by Hermione's disdain, was met with a sudden burst of fury from her wand, which led to a scene.

"See this? This is called Earth, the place we live in."

The projection showed the Earth, followed by the Milky Way galaxy and a planet-sized spaceship outside the galaxy. Compared to this spaceship, Earth appeared incredibly small.

Hermione then calmly explained, "A stellar-class warship, capable of blasting the Earth away with a single shot. Can you really claim to rule the world?"

"... "

After a long silence, Tom angrily retorted, "This is fake, an illusion."

"Ah, right, right, what you don't know is all an illusion. Let me tell you something simple: if you rule the world, can you make delicious food?"

"of course can!"

"you sure?"

"Sure!"

Tom's tone was very certain; having taken control of the world, delicious food wasn't something he could eat as much as he wanted. Meanwhile, Hermione calmly obtained a mass-produced lollipop made by the Little Chef.

Master Chef's magical dishes are so delicious that even souls can eat them. Hermione tossed a lollipop to Tom, who instinctively grabbed it.

Hermione gestured for him to enter, and Tom instinctively popped the lollipop into his mouth, then looked utterly shocked.

Chapter 464 Hermione: "I killed six or seven people in just one Potions class"