Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

As soon as Link said this, the entire principal's office fell into silence, with only the portraits on the walls letting out nervous gasps.

After quite a while, Snape, who was on the sofa, finally frowned and said, "Why didn't you say it last night?"

"Because at that time I was afraid you all would directly kill my Arkam."

Link replied.

This answer was half true and half false, Link was indeed somewhat afraid that Dumbledore would, for the sake of Hogwarts' stability, directly take action and kill Arkam upon capturing him.

After all, judging from how he acted in the original work, Dumbledore was completely the kind of 'saint' who would spare no cost for world peace.

In the eyes of such a person, the stability of Hogwarts and even the whole world comes first, while other things like personal emotions were not even worth mentioning.

But what truly made Link choose to temporarily hide the information about the Chamber of Secrets was still his habitual mindset as a transmigrator.

As a transmigrator, deep down he naturally had the habit of hiding key information to protect himself, especially when facing someone like Dumbledore, who could easily destroy everything.

However, after thinking things through last night in the Room of Requirement, Link quickly realized one thing.

And that was, his situation was different from a typical transmigrator.

Dumbledore had long already known clearly about the existence of the basilisk; strictly speaking, he and Dumbledore were actually on the same side.

Since that's the case, then he could totally make use of Dumbledore's power to strike at the heir hiding in the dark.

This was also the reason why Link rushed over early in the morning.

Inside the principal's office, after hearing the reason Link gave, Snape went silent.

What kind of person Dumbledore was, he knew well.

He exchanged a glance with Link, and then they both turned their eyes toward Dumbledore behind the claw-footed desk.

"Ahem~" Dumbledore coughed inexplicably twice and said, "Link, since you know where the Chamber of Secrets is, then tell us. I'll arrange for someone to go in and search."

"The entrance to the Chamber is inside the girls' bathroom on the second floor, but I must go with you, because opening the Chamber requires Parseltongue." Link said quickly.

"Is that so? Although it's rather dangerous, then we'll have no choice but to let you and Professor Snape go together," Dumbledore thought for a moment and said. "There's no time to waste, set off immediately."

"Now? And just the two of us?" Link frowned. "Aren't you coming with us?"

"Yes. Right now we still don't know the identity of the heir, and he's hiding among us. If your group is too large or if I, as a key figure, show up, he might get the information early. So this mission can only be done by the two of you,"

Dumbledore said with a smile. "Link, don't worry, besides being a potions master, Professor Snape is also an outstanding Defense Against the Dark Arts master. He's fully capable of protecting you. Not only that, I'll also have Fawkes go with you."

While speaking, Dumbledore deliberately emphasized the words "Defense Against the Dark Arts master" and even glanced at Snape on purpose.

This made Snape curl his lips in displeasure.

Unfortunately, Link didn't care about the little interaction between the two of them. He frowned and said, "Fawkes?"

"That would be this one."

Dumbledore smiled and extended his hand. Following the direction he pointed, Link saw that beautiful fiery-red phoenix raise its head and let out a cry toward the sky. Then it rose into the air and landed on Link's shoulder.

"Eee-ee-ee~!"

"Oh! Oh! He looks like he really likes you!" Dumbledore shouted excitedly, which made Link a little at a loss.

Luckily, Snape beside them seemed to finally have had enough of Dumbledore's chattering and directly shouted, "Stop wasting time, Dumbledore!"

"Alright, alright." Dumbledore was stunned by the shout, then waved his hand and said, "Then I wish you a safe journey."

A trace of surprise flashed across Link's face. He spread his hands and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, leaving now? I haven't eaten…"

Before he finished speaking, Snape stepped forward and directly grabbed his arm.

At the same time, the phoenix Fawkes on Link's shoulder burst out with a blinding red light.

Boom!

The familiar dizziness from space teleportation made Link instinctively close his eyes. And when he opened them again, he was surprised to find that he and Snape were already inside the bathroom.

"Phoenixes naturally have the ability to bring people along in teleportation, and this kind of ability can even ignore anti-Apparition spells. But what Dumbledore said is also true, this phoenix really does seem to like you. Normally, he wouldn't bring just anyone along."

Snape looked at the phoenix Fawkes, who was still preening its feathers on Link's shoulder, and explained with a complicated expression.

However, that expression only appeared on his face for a moment. He quickly returned to normal, tugged at Link, and said, "Alright, we don't have much time. Hurry up and open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets."

Hearing this, Link didn't refuse. He just secretly glanced at Fawkes on his shoulder and then walked up to the sink.

"Hiss hiss hiss… (Open)" A creepy Parseltongue incantation was spoken.

Hearing this eerie snake speech, a hint of disgust flashed across Snape's face. But he hid it very well and didn't let Link notice.

Very soon, the sink began to transform and eventually disappeared, leaving behind a thick water pipe.

Link pointed at the seemingly bottomless pipe and said, "The Chamber is down below here. But I actually don't know the exact location. The pipes down there are very complicated, we'll need to explore."

Snape frowned, but he didn't complain. He simply said, "Then let's go."

With that, Snape very neatly jumped into the pipe.

Link also followed quickly.

"Eee-ee-ee~" Phoenix Fawkes cried out and flapped its wings, lifting Link and slowing his fall.

Snape, who was ahead of Link, also used some unknown spell to float in the air.

To prepare for any sudden danger, Link had already activated Occlumency and the Super Sensory spell in advance.

But this only made his journey even more painful. Because this pipe was actually part of Hogwarts' underground drainage system. It wasn't only damp and dark, but was also filled with all sorts of indescribable smells.

After those smells were intensified by the Super Sensory spell, they became even more terrifying.

Helplessly, Link could only pinch his nose to slightly block out the awful stench.

As the two continued downward, the slope of the pipe also became steeper and steeper. In the steepest part, it even reached a terrifying 90% angle, almost no different from a cliff.

In addition, they also found many other branches in the pipe.

These branches split off in all directions, some were so narrow that they were impassable, while others were nearly as wide as the pipe they were in now.

Snape, flying ahead, didn't seem to care. He still followed the main pipe and kept flying forward.

And after flying for nearly ten more minutes, the pipe very suddenly leveled out. Immediately after that, a glowing exit appeared in front of them.

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