Having escaped famine, I was accepted into Hogwarts

Kane readily agreed, and for a moment, an eerie atmosphere filled the entire principal's office.

After some time, Harry, Harry, and their two companions returned to the Gryffindor common room, looking utterly exhausted from Snape's torment. There they saw Kane lounging comfortably on a small fabric sofa, legs crossed, looking around at two books.

"Reading two books at the same time? Won't you develop a split personality?" Hermione walked over curiously, just about to see what Kane was up to, when he subconsciously slapped the Shadow Codex and Tom's book together face to face.

Suddenly feeling bullied for no apparent reason, Tom instinctively wanted to swear. Hermione, seeing Kane's strong reaction, sighed helplessly, "So sensitive? By the way, this book wasn't given to you by Dumbledore again, was it? Can't you even take a look?"

“That’s absolutely right, you can’t even take a peek.” Kane said, closing the book with Tom’s book and sitting down in a seat where no one could stand behind him or see Tom’s pages. He continued talking to Tom in the book.

Thanks to Dumbledore's earnest advice, Tom is now truly experiencing what it means to be treated like a human being, something he hasn't felt in a long time.

Although it still couldn't compare to the treatment I received from those three wizards, big and small, it was much better than being tortured like a dog before.

They're finally living a normal life.

Thinking this way, even the text constantly being input from outside the book seemed quite charming to Tom in the book. After all, this little wizard wasn't so bad, was he?

Is it possible that he wasn't a bad little wizard? Or that his childhood experiences simply gave him a set of armor to fight back?

Actually, I wasn't tormented by him; it was just that I liked to spin around in circles.

Poor Tom, being only in fifth grade, lacked strong willpower. If there had been another character in the book, even a seventh-grade Tom, he could have easily woken up little Tom with his scolding.

Merlin, my poor child, this is not a damned friendship, but Stockholm syndrome!

Tom, who had been turned into a fool by the Shadow Codex, was unaware of all this. He thought Kane had changed his ways, become kind, and that he had won Kane's trust.

Until this day a week later...

Kane, who was in the dormitory, finally finished looking at the enormous map of Yan State and asked a question that would completely wake Tom up.

Chapter 149 At this point, we should turn to the omnipotent Dumbledore.

"How would I assassinate someone at school?"

In a single sentence, Tom was instantly transported back to that evening more than seventy years ago, when he killed someone to save a snake.

Oh, you can't say he only saved a snake. At that time, he also cleared Hagrid and his eight-eyed spider out of Hogwarts.

So in a sense, he saved an entire generation of young wizards at Hogwarts.

Kane's question has finally brought Tom to his senses; he can't continue down this path of decadence!

He still has mud seeds to clean up, enemies to kill, and his original self to revive. He cannot continue to degenerate like this!

And all of this begins with luring the little wizard from the ditch into the secret chamber, killing him, and absorbing his life force to revive oneself!

But thinking about this, Tom felt somewhat helpless, and the once sturdy pages became limp again.

This is difficult to talk about, and it's not easy to do either.

If Ginny and Lockhart are essentially defenseless in spirit, and Luna is like an impenetrable fortress, then Kane's spirit is like an iceberg in the polar regions.

Sometimes his mind would be so calm that there wasn't a ripple, like a model in a snow globe, which didn't feel like a mental state that a human being should have.

Some people feel listless when using magic intensely, like an iceberg melting into a pool of salty, runny seawater. But whenever they feel they have an opportunity and take action...

Kane's mind began to go mad. At least in Tom's perception, Kane's mind at that time was not like seawater, but more like sulfuric acid, the kind that would explode if touched for even a second longer.

This situation usually doesn't last long; soon the seawater or sulfuric acid will refreeze into solid ice, which will be even larger and stronger than before.

This feeling of not being able to find any loopholes is very unpleasant.

If Kane understood Tom's thoughts, he would definitely scoff at them, and might even think that Tom was like an eel, always looking for loopholes.

However, despite saying that, Tom was still very reliable and knew how to put on an act.

[My God! Are you insane? You want to kill someone? How could you do such an evil thing?]

Kane watched Tom perform quietly, but then suddenly realized that he should let Tom understand what he was thinking.

So he slowly picked up his pen and drew a slightly strained smile on Tom's body.

Soon, Tom responded with an even more strained smile, controlling the ink.

"My buddy understands what I'm thinking."

Kane almost burned out Tom's CPU in the book the moment he finished writing that sentence.

Wow! He called me "bro"! Does that mean he's not such a bad person? In some way, he already considers me his friend?

Since that's the case, as a friend, I'll let him die a quick and painless death, like taking one of the basilisk's eyes or something.

"So do you have a solution?" Kane asked impatiently, looking at the slightly strained smile Tom had drawn.

"Hmm, I can choose to teach you a little spell."

Kane raised an eyebrow. To be honest, it didn't feel good to be kept in the dark by Tom, so he simply pursed his lips and continued writing, "And then he was sent straight to Azkaban by a flashback spell?"

Perhaps you can also turn to me for help. I can sense your third hand; I mean, that book can create...

Before Tom could finish speaking, Kane blocked his words with three diagonal lines.

“That’s even worse. I won’t allow any non-human being around me to have their own thoughts. Of course, you’re an exception.”

Tom had a strange feeling, and then he quickly realized what it was.

Isn't this exactly what I've been doing? While thinking about how to kill the other person, I accidentally blurt out my true feelings, and then casually and half-heartedly try to cover it up.

Aha, I've spotted a little wizard who looks exactly like me! I have to kill him as soon as possible! I have no choice but to kill him!

"So do you have any other more reliable methods?" Kane chatted with Tom casually, rejecting everything he said, until Tom revealed his part about the secret room.

To be honest, Kane initially thought it would be a difficult task, but for some reason Tom had a change of heart, everything went very smoothly.

I know a wonderful place that might be able to help you.

As Tom finally revealed the hook for Tom's Secret Room that he had been curious about, Kane leaned back against the pillow and slowly exhaled.

"Finally fell for it!"

Tom in the book also breathed a sigh of relief.

That annoying little wizard outside the book... finally fell for it!

Just as Kane was sighing, a passage of text slowly appeared on Tom's book.

But he was suddenly stunned when he picked up the book and took a look.

This address looks so familiar.

It's weird, take another look.

Then Kane realized that the address was really familiar, because it was the abandoned bathroom where Hermione had secretly brewed Polyjuice Potion.

The entrance to that secret room is in this washroom, but only I know how to get in.

"Okay, okay, stop beating around the bush, Tom, just tell me." As Kane wrote this, he suddenly felt that he should give Tom some respect, so he slowly put his legs down.

Yes, that's respectful enough.

Tom, being very honest, directly revealed the entrance to the secret room: the washroom had a special faucet with a small golden snake inlaid on it.

You can enter the secret room by speaking in a snake-like voice while facing the faucet.

Then Tom finished drawing the map, but unfortunately, it wasn't long enough or slow enough: "As for Parsley, not to brag, but I am very likely the only person who can still speak Parsley nowadays."

Kane deeply felt that Tom was right. He was speechless, so he simply rubbed a manuscript with a stone and walked towards the abandoned washroom.

In that washroom, he actually found a faucet with a small golden snake on it, aimed carefully, and swung his pickaxe down on it, but unfortunately...

Hogwarts is so magical that Kane spent an entire afternoon digging two cubic meters but still couldn't find the entrance.

So much so that...

"Damn it, the bathroom doesn't even have a drain?" Kane sat in the ruins, tossing aside the fourth broken manuscript. When he tried to pull out more raw materials from the little pumpkin's mouth, he found that all the raw materials were gone.

Meanwhile, Tom, who was on the ground, noticed Kane's prolonged cold violence. After a moment's thought, he realized that Kane was busy with his own ruthless activities, so he naturally turned to the pages of his book.

At this point, I think you should ask the clever senior Tom for help!!!

“No, I should seek help from the all-powerful Dumbledore at this time.” Kane picked up the Book of Tom and left the bathroom.

Chapter 150 Pain is still too cruel for the elderly.

Dumbledore's office was knocked on once again.

"Dumbledore, I need your help," Kane said softly as he slowly pushed open the door.

“Hmm, this is quite rare. Finally, I have an opportunity to help you.” Dumbledore stood up quickly without hesitation after hearing Kane’s words.

"Hehe, don't laugh at me." Kane said, reopening the headmaster's office door. "Let's go somewhere. I asked Tom how I could assassinate someone silently, and he recommended a secret room. I think that secret room might be the so-called Slytherin Chamber of Secrets. Of course, the Basilisk is probably there too."

"In that case, this is very important. Wait a moment, I need to prepare some things." Dumbledore said, returning to the storage cabinet behind his desk and pulling out a large pile of things. He then popped a hard candy into his mouth before finally finishing.

Kane, however, had no intention of giving up such a good opportunity. To be honest, it was the first time he had ever seen what was in Dumbledore's cabinet.

Most of it consisted of books, a few bottles of expensive spirits, some scattered Galleons, and some odd and interesting things.

It seems that Felch confiscated the young wizard's things, and then Dumbledore took them back directly from Felch.

for example...

Kane picked up a ring that hadn't yet been activated by magic: "The Eye of Medusa? These familiar scratches... I remember giving this to Neville."

Dumbledore glanced back and said, “It’s clear Neville couldn’t use this strange alchemical gadget very well. It’s been through countless hands since it was taken from him… I confiscated it from a sixth-year wizard because he felt it was disrespectful for a witch to refuse his invitation, so… umm.”

"Well, Hogwarts has a lot of abstract characters." Kane sighed and put the Eye of Medusa back into his pocket, thinking he'd return it to Neville later... or find a way to make Neville a little... a tiny bit stronger.

After the two finished doing these things, Dumbledore was a step behind Kane, fiddling with something strange in his collar while carefully avoiding Kane's gaze as he looked back from the front.

Soon, Kane stopped in his tracks. He hadn't yet figured out how to explain to Dumbledore that he had been forced to smash a two-cubic-meter-long hole in the Hogwarts wall...

Forget it, there's always a way out. What's done is done, why should we be afraid of Dumbledore finding out?

Dumbledore, however, had a different feeling. He had initially imagined the entrance to the secret chamber to be something grand and impressive, but when he saw that it was actually just a terribly shoddy washroom...

Ah, of course, this washroom is a little special. Due to some historical issues, the history of this washroom is very complicated.

“Once upon a time, about seventy years ago, a female student nicknamed Myrtle was murdered in this abandoned washroom,” Dumbledore murmured.

"Hmm...you don't need to introduce her. Because of the Polyjuice Potion incident, I'm acquainted with Harry and the others, as well as Myrtle." Kane shrugged.

"Hmm, speaking of Myrtle?" Dumbledore looked at Kane. Although so much time had passed, Kane's bones and most of his skin had returned to human form. In short, the handsome but grumpy Kane with dark circles under his eyes had reappeared before everyone.