Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Hearing Link continue to question without a shred of shame after tearing away all pretenses, Riddle's face showed a trace of mockery.

He laughed and said, "Regarding this point, judging by your personality, shouldn't you be secretly investigating it yourself in the dark? Little detective!"

Upon hearing this, Link fell silent.

But Riddle, not waiting for a reply, continued speaking, "I admit, you really did uncover a lot in secret. Like me possessing Draco Malfoy and Lockhart, and even guessing that I am Voldemort."

"These things, you'd already investigated without me needing to say them. If you had more time and more manpower, maybe you really could've turned the tables."

"But so what?"

"Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, they don't care about what you deduce. Because they possess a far more effective and simple brute force tool, power!"

Riddle raised his fist in front of him and said,

"No matter what schemes or plots you have, as long as I have enough power, I can crush everything in my path. Power is the truth of this world!"

"As for your detective games, they're utterly meaningless!" Riddle roared.

The blue glow in Link's eyes flickered a few times. Everything Riddle had just said, Link had already realized it himself.

To be honest, the reason this entire term had been so difficult and boring for him was largely because he'd still been trying to solve problems with the mindset from his previous life.

But the world now… is a magical world.

If he could be more decisive, if he could truly handle things the way a wizard does, if his strength were truly enough, then perhaps everything would have been much easier?

But… was Riddle's claim, that power is the truth of this world, really correct?

Link smiled and shook his head. Then he looked at Riddle and said, "I admit I acted foolishly on this matter. My detective skills are, at best, third-rate. But I still disagree with you. I firmly believe that proper reasoning and analysis can make things go more smoothly. After all, superior intelligence is humanity's greatest asset."

Hearing this, Riddle paused, then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! A Slytherin who was forced into Hufflepuff actually quoting Ravenclaw's motto? Oh, Link! Are you deliberately trying to make me laugh? You must be, right? Hahaha!"

By the tree stump, Riddle kept laughing. Judging by how long he laughed, Link's statement just now seemed even funnier to him than the "Draco is a GayBoy" bit.

On the opposite side, Link just stared at him expressionlessly.

With the soul of an adult and Occlumency shielding him, Link's emotions didn't shift at all from Riddle's taunts.

After laughing for a while, Riddle finally calmed down. He let out a long sigh and said, "As expected of you, Link."

"You know, the one who was originally meant to stand where you are now was Harry Potter. I really wondered what allowed him to defeat me when I was an adult. But later, I discovered you."

"You interest me even more than Harry Potter. Your magic, your blood, your soul, everything about you is too similar to me!"

"Link, didn't you ask me before what I wanted? I can answer you now."

"I want you! I want to eat you! Of course, I don't mean in the way Draco Malfoy might want you. I mean… truly eat you! Flesh, bones, everything, nothing left behind! I have a feeling, once I eat you, I will truly be resurrected! And… stronger than ever!"

"So Link! Let's have a real 1v1 wizard duel! Didn't you say my claim about power being truth was wrong? Then prove it to me with action!"

Riddle licked his lips and then raised the wand that originally belonged to Lockhart.

Link rubbed the wand in his hand and said, "You're really arrogant, huh? I wonder where your confidence comes from. You should still be a non-corporeal spirit state right now, shouldn't you?"

"Yeah, you're right," Riddle nodded with his chin pointing toward Lockhart's distant dried-up corpse.

"But do you know? As much of a loser as Lockhart was, his body's magic was still quite abundant. Thanks to him, my current power is far above yours!"

"Is that so?"

Link turned his head to look at Lockhart, but at the same time, he slightly raised his wand, and Sectumsempra was instantly launched.

Naturally, Link's small movement didn't escape Riddle's eyes. Upon seeing it, Riddle didn't even try to dodge, just stood there mocking, "Ha! Link, this ruthless move of yours really has the Slytherin flavor! I'm starting to appreciate you more and more! But did you forget? I have no physical body, this spell of yours can't…"

Riddle's words abruptly stopped.

Because the Sectumsempra that Link fired didn't just pass through him like before, it exploded, blasting a basketball-sized hole in his chest.

Seeing this, Link's face showed a satisfied expression.

Riddle's current soul state indeed is immune to physical attacks, but energy-based attacks can still harm him.

And Sectumsempra, is an authentic curse-type dark magic!

The reason Sectumsempra was ineffective earlier was entirely because Link, out of habit, had triggered it early the moment it left his wand, turning it into an invisible cutting blade, to avoid it being deflected by protective spells.

This time, however, Riddle was hit because Link had done the opposite, suppressing the transformation into invisible blade form, letting it become a pure curse energy bomb instead.

Judging from the current result, this tactic worked very well.

"Huff!"

Not far away, Riddle took a deep breath. The gaping black hole blasted in his chest was already refilled with thick, sticky black mist.

Because he's a pure soul body, he had no vital points. Link's attack just now had only drained some of his energy, that's all.

But… the feeling of being slapped in the face at light-speed was still extremely unpleasant.

Looking at Link's half-smiling face, Riddle's lips curled into a sinister grin as well.

"Not bad at all!" Riddle said slowly. At the same time, the wand clutched by his soul energy suddenly fired a ghostly blue beam of energy.

"But the fight is just beginning, Link!"

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