Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Link's brows furrowed slightly.

The young man who appeared before him at this moment not only had a tall figure but also an extremely handsome appearance. Especially those eyes of his, they seemed to possess a kind of magic that could make others unconditionally trust him the moment they met his gaze.

If there had to be something disharmonious, it would be his smile at this moment.

That smile carried a sense of evil. But unlike the kind of wild and domineering smirks often described in shoujo manga, the smile on his face was purely brutal and cruel, making one feel disgusted from the depths of their heart.

A smile like that appearing on such a beautiful face was like a splash of mud on a fine oil painting, extremely jarring.

After stretching lazily, the young man finally refocused his gaze on Link.

He smirked and gave a slight gentleman's bow toward Link, then said, "Then allow me to introduce myself. I am Tom Riddle. Of course, you may also call me—"

"Voldemort."

Link interrupted Riddle with a frown, which made the corners of the other's mouth curl even higher.

"Oh! You already knew?" he said in surprise. "Well, that's to be expected. After all, you're a smart person, just like me."

Saying that, Riddle looked deeply at Link. When he saw that the other didn't speak, he continued speaking in a tone like an old friend catching up, "Link, did you know? I'm really happy to return to Hogwarts again. But what disappoints me is that compared to my time, the quality of teachers here has really dropped a lot."

"You mean Lockhart?"

"Hmm? Him?" Riddle instinctively looked down at Lockhart, now a drained corpse, and then casually kicked him away.

"Yeah, he was trash. Vain, horrible personality, spent all his time and energy on meaningless romance and even took pleasure in it. Most importantly, he wasn't even smart. A normal person, when encountering a magical item claiming to grant all their wishes, should at least feel a little cautious, right? But do you know what he said to me back then?"

"What did he say?" Link replied offhandedly while using the corner of his eye to continually observe Emily's situation.

Riddle, seemingly unaware, imitated Lockhart's voice excitedly and said, "Oh! This is simply wonderful! I want power! Not too much, just enough to defeat Link Flamel! That guy's my student, but he constantly humiliates me in class, he's simply too hateful!"

"Hahahaha! Isn't that hilarious? He got hold of a so-called wish-granting device and didn't hesitate to believe it, then made such a childish wish!"

Riddle clutched his stomach and laughed. "Sometimes I really doubt whether his brain ever fully developed. Idiots like him deserve to be played and used by smart people like us!"

"Used? You mean having him kill those four prefects?"

"Of course. That was one of the things I made him do. But since you brought that up, I must mention another idiot, Draco Malfoy." Riddle seemed to not have had such a satisfying conversation in a long time, and his words poured out endlessly.

"You know, at first I was quite excited to meet him. After all, he's a true pure-blood child, with high magical talent and strong vigilance. But after corresponding with him through the diary for a while, I realized something was off."

Riddle made a disgusted expression and said, "That kid, no, that little brat, he actually treated me like a personal diary friend, and began chatting with me about his love troubles like a teenage girl in heat."

"If it were only that, I could've tolerated it. But the worst part? His love interest was Harry Potter. You can't imagine how I felt back then. That little brat, he mentioned 'Potter' in every third sentence, and always in different tones. For example…"

Riddle coughed twice, then mimicked Draco's tone, "Poooo-ter! (exaggerated tone), pot-ter! (short sharp tone), pot-ter! (normal tone)."

Halfway through mimicking, Riddle couldn't hold back his laughter anymore and said, "In the end, I finally confirmed it, this Draco Malfoy kid? Ninety percent sure he's a gay boy!"

"Absolutely pathetic. Pure-blood wizard numbers are already so few, and he doesn't even plan to have kids, no, instead, he goes off doing that kind of thing!"

"A disgrace to pure-bloods!" Riddle concluded with a tone full of contempt and disgust.

Hearing this, Link couldn't help but laugh out loud. Riddle's storytelling was just too vivid and theatrical. Link's mind was already conjuring scenes of Draco's daily life with Harry... And also… their wonderful expressions if they ever heard Riddle's assessment.

But with the help of Occlumency, Link quickly calmed his emotions and asked, "So this is why you abandoned Draco?"

"Please don't use the word 'abandon.' I'm kind of sensitive to that word lately. Besides, I left him simply because he's too useless!"

Riddle waved his hands quickly and said, "Don't be fooled by his usual tough act. That brat didn't even dare to kill someone, so I had to find someone else."

"Hmm, so that means the Mrs. Norris incident and the attack on Emily were also carried out using Draco's body?" Link spoke casually, as if it were nothing important.

And maybe because they'd bonded over mocking Draco, Riddle replied without thinking, "Those little pranks were indeed done during that phase."

After saying that, Riddle turned his head and pointed to Emily, who was still entwined by the Basilisk Arkam, and added, "Oh, and let me tell you, your little girlfriend is truly dumb. I disguised myself as you and attacked her once, she believed it."

"Then I appeared to her in soul form and told her I had a way to return you to your childhood self, she actually picked up a dagger…" Riddle's words abruptly stopped.

Because to his surprise, the previously unconscious Emily had somehow already woken up, and was now biting her lip, staring at him in fury.

"Ha!" Riddle gave a laugh full of anger and turned away, pointing at Link with a crooked finger, "Pretty clever of you!"

Hearing this, Link's expression turned a little regretful.

Getting Riddle to reveal the truth himself to make Emily understand everything, and at the same time resolve the last doubt in Link's heart, this had been his plan all along.

Now, that plan had indeed been executed… but Emily blew her cover at the most critical moment.

Shaking his head, Link didn't bother pretending anymore. He directly straightened his face and asked, "Why did you want Emily to stab me? Don't tell me you planned to kill me with just that?"

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