Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Hearing Filch say that, a memory deep within Link's mind also floated up.

The Room of Requirement indeed hides something very important. And it is even the most hidden secret base.

It's just a pity that all along, Link has always had Snape's office to practice potions and spells, so he had never thought in this direction.

But right after, the problem came, although Filch's understanding of Hogwarts is indeed very deep, for secret places like the Room of Requirement, it's unlikely he would know. This can be seen from the many hidden passages in Hogwarts that he didn't know about.

Thinking like this, Link opened his mouth and asked, "How do you know that the Room of Requirement would be here?"

"Hehe, this was told to me by a student I caught sneaking around at night before. He wanted to use this secret in exchange for me turning a blind eye. But in the end, I still caught him and brought him before Dumbledore."

Link silently wiped away sweat, this really had Filch's flavor to it.

And at this moment, Filch seemed to become interested again and continued speaking, "Right, Mr. Flamel! If you remember anything about the Room of Requirement, try your best not to tell other wizards. Even if you have to tell, you must only hint at it and let them figure it out themselves. This is what that naughty kid told me. He said it's a rule, whoever breaks it will be despised by everyone!"

"Then what about you? Why did you directly bring me here?"

"I'm different." Filch patted his chest and said, "I'm a Squib. I'm not restricted by this rule."

Link thoughtfully rubbed his chin. After living in Hogwarts for quite a while, he understood this was probably another hidden program similar to 'scaring the first-years during the opening feast'.

Everyone uses some kind of hint to leak clues about the Room of Requirement, then lets others uncover it through a series of puzzles, as a way to filter out certain people?

Shaking his head, Link threw all those messy thoughts out of his mind, and according to the method Filch had just described, started pacing in front of the wall.

Because at this moment Link didn't particularly want to summon any specific space, he instinctively thought of the small ecological area inside the Black Gold Magical Beast Store.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

When Link walked the third lap, an antique-style wooden door suddenly appeared on the previously empty wall.

"It appeared?" Seeing Link suddenly stop, Filch said nervously. He looked even more excited than Link himself.

"Mm…" Link hummed, then directly pushed open the door and walked in.

A faint earthy smell mixed with the rich scent of fallen leaves and rotting wood came rushing toward him, causing Link to instinctively close his eyes and take a few deep breaths.

When he opened his eyes, a dense forest appeared before him.

And unlike the Black Gold Beast ecological zone, this forest seemed like it was directly "carved out" of the Forbidden Forest. The forest's density was even thicker.

At the same time, a faint golden barrage of text floated on his retina.

[Important scene explored! Free skill point +1!]

'This works too?' Link's eyes instantly widened.

He still remembered the last time he got a free skill point, it was after defeating Quirrell and the remnant soul of Voldemort.

This made him think that only defeating strong enemies like that would grant a free skill point. But now, the sudden appearance of this line of text made him realize that things might not be so.

Link felt he had to seriously try some other methods to see if he could trigger this kind of reward again.

But that was a matter for later. Right now, Link hadn't forgotten that behind him was still Filch.

Thinking this, Link pretended nothing was going on and looked outside the door.

At this moment, Filch's expression was even more exaggerated than Link's. His bulging eyes looked like they were going to pop out from shock.

"You're not coming in?" Link asked somewhat confused.

Link's words seemed to pull Filch out of his daze. He stared blankly at the direction Link was looking, then explained, "You know, I'm a Squib, so… I can't go in. In my eyes, you literally just walked into a wall."

After speaking, Filch even kicked toward the inside of the door. A dull thud really came out of the air.

Link fell silent. From Filch's eyes, he read a strong sense of envy and loneliness. It made him not know what to say.

But Filch forced a small smile and said, "It's fine, Mr. Flamel. As long as it helps you, that's good enough. I'll be going now."

After speaking, Filch picked up Mrs. Norris and turned to leave.

And this time, Mrs. Norris didn't claw at him like before. Instead, she gently licked the corner of his eye, as if to comfort him, or maybe wipe away the remaining tears.

Link let out a long breath and finally withdrew his gaze. Although he sympathized with Filch, as things stood now, he still couldn't do anything about it.

"Squeak squeak~!"

Yoyo that had been hanging around Link's neck suddenly spread its wings and flew out. It first rubbed against Link's cheek while perched on his shoulder, then chirped excitedly and flew into the bushes.

Returning to the forest it hadn't seen in a long time, it looked very excited.

Link didn't bother with it. He silently took out two "hairy coconuts" from his bottomless bag and placed them on the ground, then frowned again.

Right now, he still had one thing to take care of. And that was leveling up.

Currently, Link's skill panel was already filled with a large number of Level 3 spells and Level 3 potion recipes.

But as for Level 4 skills, there were only two, the "Refilling Charm" and "Sectumsempra".

Among them, the experience bar of Sectumsempra had already reached 89% due to Link's heavy reliance on it and long-time practice. It was estimated that within the next two months, he could grind it to LV5.

Other spells, like "Supersensory Charm" and "Occlumency", had also leveled up rapidly due to his previous crazy potion crafting sessions, reaching LV3 (95%) and LV2 (5%) respectively.

On the contrary, the Refilling Charm's experience bar had stayed stuck at around 30%, barely improving.

If the goal was purely to strengthen himself, the Refilling Charm was definitely the best choice.

Because based on previous experience, once low-developed spells like the Refilling Charm level up, they can bring Link lots of extra knowledge, enabling him to create more derivative spells like "Human Body Explosion Curse".

But the scene in Lockhart's office earlier made Link realize something clearly. That is, against a Legilimency master like Dumbledore, LV2 Occlumency is not an unbreakable defense.

That made Link, as a transmigrator, feel extremely insecure.

So after thinking for a while, Link ultimately added that free skill point into Occlumency.

[Occlumency LV3 obtained!]

As the golden text reappeared, a piercing chill mixed with massive amounts of information instantly rushed into Link's brain.

This caused him to freeze for a moment, like a mental crash.

But very quickly, Link's eyes regained clarity.

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