Chapter 725 Mission

"that's it?"

Harry asked blankly when he returned to the principal's office. Ron and Fish also had similar expressions.

Dumbledore had said before that this was the most important memory he had ever obtained, but they couldn't see why this memory was important.

Especially for Fish, not to mention the fight in this memory, even the dialogue was about content that he was not interested in at all. Maomao felt that he had been deceived by the bad old man again, so he glared at Dumbledore unhappily.

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Of course, the sudden white mist and the reactions of those people after the white mist were indeed strange, but other than that, nothing seemed to happen, except that Riddle asked Professor Slughorn about Horcruxes. , but he didn't get an answer.

Only Hermione guessed uncertainly: "Has this memory been tampered with?"

Although the white mist appeared this time, in terms of effect, it was not much different from the darkness at the end of Morfin's memory, so Hermione made such a guess.

"I have to say it again," Dumbledore said, slapping his hands: "You are definitely one of the smartest students I have ever taught."

Hermione smiled proudly and shyly, and then asked: "So, who tampered with Professor Slughorn's memory? Was it Voldemort?"

Because there was a precedent of Morfin before, Hermione naturally also guessed at Voldemort.

"No, Professor Slughorn's Occlumency is much better than Morfin. Even the current Voldemort may not be able to tamper with his memory." Dumbledore did not show off and directly told the answer, " He tampered with it himself.”

"But why would he do that?" Harry asked doubtfully.

"Because, I think, he was ashamed of this memory, so he tampered with it to make himself more respectable and erased the parts he didn't want me to see. As you can see, the tampering was very clumsy, which is true. A good thing, it means the real memory is still there.”

"So he actually answered Voldemort's question about Horcruxes, right?"

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Maomao, who had already noticed something was wrong before, tilted his head and asked.

"I think so," Dumbledore nodded, and then explained: "This memory was after Riddle released the basilisk and obtained the Gaunt family's ring. At this time, he may have made it. One or even more Horcruxes, but he still found Professor Slughorn to ask relevant questions... Maybe in this hidden memory, we can find clues about the number of Horcruxes, which is why I said This is the most important memory I have.”

"Oh...if I had known that Fish wouldn't be friends with Horace, meow..."

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Maomao scratched his head in distress and muttered: "Isn't it hard to force him to tell the truth now?"

Compared to circumstantial inquiries, Fish still prefers simple and rough interrogation.

"As I said before, Slughorn's Occlumency is very good, especially after I forced him to hand over this distorted memory, he must have been on guard." Dumbledore shook his head and said : "So, you should continue to have a good relationship with him, and then find a way to make Professor Slughorn reveal his true memory. This will undoubtedly be our most critical information."

"Severus' heart-wrenching potion doesn't work either, meow?"

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Fish had a vivid memory of Sirius' tragic situation, and he always subconsciously felt that it couldn't be solved without the heart-wrenching potion.

"I don't want to turn against Horace yet..." Dumbledore said with a wry smile: "Besides, don't forget, he is also the Potions professor and was Severus's teacher. And a Potions master, usually They are all accustomed to keeping various types of antidotes with them, so even if they really drug him, it is still unclear whether it will be effective. "

"Speaking of which...why doesn't Horace want to give you his true memories?"

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Maomao tilted his head in confusion, "Horace shouldn't like Voldemort now, right? Tell him directly that we are looking for Horcruxes, and he has no reason not to help. Even this altered memory needs you to force it." Only then are you willing to take it out... Isn’t this weird?”

"I don't think there's anything strange about this..." Ron was still very resentful towards Professor Slughorn. He muttered angrily: "With his vain character, he shouldn't want to help him. Is Voldemort’s matter exposed? Naturally, he wants to hide it tightly. "

"Mr. Weasley is right," Dumbledore nodded in agreement, "Professor Slughorn attaches great importance to his reputation. He uses his reputation and ability to maintain the Slug Club. If anyone knows Voldemort obtained the knowledge of Horcrux from him, so it was definitely a fatal blow to him. I think this is one of the main reasons why he refused to reveal the truth to me. In addition... "

He sighed and said: "Actually, I'm not sure whether Voldemort had made Horcruxes at this time. There is even a possibility that... he got the information to make Horcruxes from Professor Slughorn. method, then it is not difficult to understand why Slughorn wants to hide this past event.”

"All right……"

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Maomao sighed, "I always feel like things are getting troublesome, meow..."

"Can we really ask the truth from Professor Slughorn?" Harry didn't have much confidence.

Can I really do something that Dumbledore couldn't do?

"You two are different from me," Dumbledore said confidently, "Professor Slughorn is always very tolerant when facing his favorite students, just like when he faced Riddle, and..." He looked at Harry kindly, with a little apology in his tone, "He should feel guilty about your mother. I think you can start from this aspect."

Harry nodded silently.

Dumbledore's eyes swept back and forth between Fish and Harry, and then said confidently, "I believe you two are the ones who can break through his defense. It is very important to get the real memory... How important it is, you will only know after seeing the real thing."

"Of course, you probably can't ask the truth from Professor Slughorn immediately, so you still have to be prepared for a protracted war." Dumbledore gave them another shot of prevention.

"Hey-why is it so troublesome..."

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It can't be solved by fighting, and you have to continue if you fail... Fish's interest in this matter plummeted.

"This is just the worst possibility. Maybe Professor Slughorn will tell the truth once you ask." Dumbledore said in a relaxed tone: "It's getting late... So, I wish you good luck... Good night."

"Good night, professor." ×3

Harry, Ron and Hermione all stood up and prepared to leave.

But Fitz was very dissatisfied with today's story.

It's okay to assign tasks to yourself, but there's nothing interesting about the two stories.

Although Fitz's own transformation energy increased unexpectedly because of the black gem, the cat's transformation this time was originally for Dumbledore's treatment, so it doesn't count!

"No! These two stories this year are not interesting at all! You have to show Fitz an interesting story, meow!"

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The cat puffed up his cheeks like a frog and yelled at Dumbledore angrily.

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In the original novel, this plot happened after the Christmas holiday, and it took about three months. But later, Dumbledore urged Harry to get the news from Slughorn as soon as possible, which seemed a bit contradictory. If he was so anxious, why did he delay it for so long?

Or did Dumbledore not force Slughorn to give him the false memory until after Christmas? But with Dumbledore's ability, would it take so long?

The most reasonable explanation is probably that Dumbledore was too busy at that time. After all, Voldemort had already revealed his cards in the original novel.