Chapter 255

Chapter 255

"Black mistletoe, what is that?"

Hoffa is curious, he has seen a lot of mistletoe. In the past, Hogwarts used this thing every Christmas Decorate the facade and hang them all over the corridor.

But they are basically green or brown. They are very delicate parasitic plants and very fragile.

"You finally remembered." The little monster in the glass ball said: "It's a very special magic plant, but if it's your wizard, it shouldn't be difficult to get it."

"How special?"

"Go and ask, you should know."

The little monster hovered and closed, "I will see you next nightmare "It said at last.

The next nightmare...Hoffa shuddered. He couldn't understand what kind of creatures would feed on nightmares. However, he decided that it would be better to sleep less in the future. If possible, he would simply use meditation instead of sleep, so as not to give this guy any chance to pry into his heart.

Walking out of the wood house that house elf gave him, under the shining of the moonlight, he immediately swept away the decay of the day, energetic, refreshed, and fresh like a stimulant.

At this time, the wizards below who were performing tasks in Bournemouth successively rode the Thestral back to the cloud base. Under each Thestral, a dozen low-level blood slaves were tied with ropes. , Their mouths were sealed and they couldn't make the slightest noise.

The house elf on the ground shuttles like ants, creating iron cages one after another at extremely fast speeds, which are used to imprison those low-level Blood Races. After losing the leader and high-level, they are not the opponents of the wizard at all. , And was quickly caught up in it.

There is Lumos in the distance. Some newspaper reporters are standing on wooden boxes, pulling the wizards returning from Bournemouth, interviewing, and wanting to get first-hand news materials.

Because of being afraid of being recognized, Hoffa pulled up his hat and planned to meet Slughorn to ask what black mistletoe is.

As a result, I didn’t walk a few steps, and a vigilant voice came from behind: "What are you going to do?"

Looking back, Tom Riddle was gloomy looking at himself. , "Why are you still not leaving, who do you want to find in the middle of the night?"

Beside him, there are still a few Slytherins standing beside him. These future Death Eaters look at him, although their expressions are not disgusting, but they are With rejection.

Hoffa is happy. It’s not easy to co-author this guy without sleeping and monitoring himself. I was afraid that I would reveal the news of his father killing to the people in the magic school, so I broke my heart.

But after seeing him, Hoffa temporarily gave up the idea of ​​looking for Slughorn, and asked directly: "Do you know what black mistletoe is, Tom?"

"You are here What are you talking about?"

Tom Riddle was puzzled: "What black mistletoe."

It seems that I don't know. Hoffa thought to herself, she had to find Slughorn.

But at this moment, a hoarse whisper came from behind Tom Riddle: "I know...Hoffa..."

"Shut up, idiot." Tom Riddle immediately turned back and cursed Said: "Nothing can save you!"

Hoffa complexion slightly changed, he turned his side, and found that Tom was still holding a familiar guy with a chain, the man with bloody nose and swollen face, eyes One big and one small, the yellow and black school gowns on her body are tattered, and her tall figure has become rickety.

It's Ryan. Ever since he sent the letter to leave him, he has never ended up, and when he saw him again, he turned out to be Tom's prisoner. Originally Tom said that he was locked up, but he thought it was just a confinement, but now it seems that it is far from the case. He has been physically abused very viciously.

"What have you done, Tom?"

He frowned and asked.

"You should ask him, what did he do?"

Tom Riddle has five fingers and directly screwed Ryan's chin, forcefully making him raise his head: "Even so. I had an affair with Vampire in Bournemouth because of his position. If I hadn't caught him, I'm afraid this bastard would sell all the secrets of our school to those monsters."

He The few Slytherins behind them all laughed lowly, their eyes full of contempt.

Hoffa felt very uncomfortable watching Ryan's jaw twisted. This guy has liked to play tricks on creatures that are weaker than him since he was a child. Although he came to Hogwarts, he restrained a little on the surface, but he The nature of in the bones has not changed.

"How did you know?" he asked coldly.

"When I found him, he was actually feeding a Vampire blood. I suspected that he had a problem. I came back and asked Veritaserum. It turns out that he still has a lot of stories."

When he said that, he couldn't help but laugh, he shook Ryan's chin: "Hey, next time there is such a good thing, remember to call us, don't enjoy it alone."

The harsh laughter came one after another, and Hoffa became more and more uncomfortable. For some reason, he felt that his little brother was being bullied, even though Ryan was not his subordinate.

Hoffa took a step forward, "He is from Hufflepuff. Even if he does something wrong, he should be handled by Hufflepuff."

"What does it have to do with you," Tom Riddle without the slightest hesitation retorted: "This is our Hogwarts housekeeping. Do you need an outsider to intervene? Who do you think you are, Ravenclaw's Prefect?"

Hoffa motionless, a little bit of laughter Calmed down.

Tom pulled on the chain with his head held high, Ryan stumbled a few steps forward with his hands tied, and when he passed by, he said: "Did you finish asking the questions? Just hurry up after you ask. Go, ride Thestral or become a bird as you please."

"Stop."

Hoffa stopped Tom.

"Is it over?"

Tom threw the chain away, "What else do you want?"

"I haven't finished asking the question, he knows The answer to my question."

Tom Riddle looked at him suspiciously, "Just asking a question?"

"Yes, I will leave after asking."

Tom pondered for a moment, pushed Ryan's shoulders forward, and pushed him forward in front of Hoffa: "If you have any questions, just ask here."

After that, he and the Slytherins retreated. Going to the side, chatting while looking at Ryan, his eyes are similar to the police looking at the thief.

And Hoffa looked at the miserable Hufflepuff boy in front of him, and felt a little guilty for a while. In order to find the nun, he tricked him to get a refresher. He felt that everything was under his control, and it happened later. Everything about him is no longer under his control, and their various situations have taken a turn for the worse. It seems that this Hufflepuff is worse than himself.

"I'm sorry, Ryan."

Hoffa scratched her head and said.

Ryan looked at him, his lips wriggling: "They are going to burn Kylia to death, and they want me to see..."

Jilia Boman, Hoffa helps Uh, he still remembers the name of that female Blood Race. After pursing his lips for a moment, he asked, "Are you still willing to believe me? I can take you out of here."

Opened his right eye and looked at Hoffa, shook the head, his expression almost cried: "You are more ruthless than the other..."

"Give me another chance, man." Hoffa is somewhat Anxiously pressed his ear, "I lied to you once, and I promise not to lie to you a second time."

"Don't say anything irrelevant."

Tom warned and A cold voice came from the side.

"I know I know." Hoffa waved his hand irritably, and asked Ryan, "Tell me what black mistletoe is, hurry up, we are running out of time." He put the word time. The bite was heavy.

Ryan looked into Hoffa Golden’s eyes and seemed to be speculating on the credibility of his language. In the end, he was nodded: "I can’t explain to you directly, I have to... I have to take you there. See it."

"Where to go?"

"Herb warehouse."

Hoffa immediately said to Tom: "I don't know what to say here, he wants Take me to the herbal warehouse."

"Why are you going to the warehouse again?"

Tom changed from holding his arms to standing upright, and asked vigilantly.

"Take a mistletoe."

Ryan answered him.

"Just a mistletoe?"

Hoffa nodded.

Tom and his companions got together and whispered a few words, and soon they had the result. Tom pulled the chains that bound Ryan from the ground, "Okay, come with me, There are so many things for you."

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A group of people came to the herbal medicine in the cloud base The warehouse is very similar to the botanical garden of Hogwarts Herbology. In the flowerbed made of wood, there are many multi-colored plants growing. Most of them are used for healing and medicine. Hoffa is also very familiar with it. Only a few of them don’t. know.

Walking to a Fruit Tree with a crooked neck, Ryan stopped and pointed to a touch of green on the branch, "This is what you want."

Hoffa Stopped and took a look, disappointed.

On the branches of Apple Fruit Tree, there are still a few thin soft green branches. They have many branches and look very fragile and soft.

Hoffa has seen a lot of this thing. Once at Hogwarts Christmas, this thing was a corridor when it was hung up.

"I want black mistletoe, black."

He emphasized to Ryan.

"Black mistletoe..."

Ryan was in a daze. He didn't know what he was thinking. After being pushed by Hoffa, he lowered his head and said, "Legend At the time when the gods were prosperous, the queen Frigga blessed her young son Badr and made all things swear not to hurt him, and all things swear because of Badr’s beauty that they will never hurt Badr.

But there is only one creature that did not swear, mistletoe.

Before the gods evening, Death took the mistletoe and gave it to the dark god Hoddle, who asked him to cast the mistletoe to Badr. Badr died because of this. After the gods evening, the mistletoe that killed the god of light changed from green to black."

After he finished speaking, Hoffa was stunned.

Tom Riddle laughed heartily on the side.

"Okay, I thought Bach you are looking for something. We don't have anything in mythology here. They are all ordinary wizard household items."

I didn't care about Riddle Hoffa asked Ryan with a delightful sarcasm: "Is there only one?"

Ryan shook the head, "It's just a legend, not rigorous, nor can it be verified. However, according to "Thousands of Magical Medicinal Herbs" According to the unrevised original version of "Mushrooms", mistletoe is a plant that must depend on killing other organisms for its livelihood. It cannot survive on its own. It usually parasitizes poplar trees, apple fruit trees, squirrel trees, etc. In common types of trees, this kind of plant will insert roots into the bark to absorb nutrients, which will cause damage to the tree, and some will cause abnormal death of the parasitic tree. But it is not just the plant that kills. In fact, if Mistletoe can also feed on other things, including humans. After green mistletoe is used to kill a person, it will become black. Once a mistletoe has tasted the taste of the soul, it will only eat The soul feeds on the soul. Therefore, the only function of black mistletoe is to kill the soul.

In the Middle Ages, it was used by the church to kill ghosts or destroy the heretic souls, but now it has been completely destroyed by people. It was eliminated because it was too inhuman. Now, even if you have black mistletoe, you will be sentenced to homicide."

After he finished speaking, there was no sound in the herbal warehouse.

Tom Riddle curiously touched the small green plant in front of him, his eyes gleaming, as if he was looking at a novel species.

Hoffa stared blankly at the fragile green plant in his hand. Who would have thought that this small thing, which is hung in a corridor of harmless to humans and animals at every turn, would have such a hidden purpose.

He understood why Aldo asked himself to try the black mistletoe. Mans’ body was blessed by Death, and no matter how badly he was wounded, he would not die. Then all he could do was destroy his soul. .

"So, if you want it to become black, you must let it taste the soul?" Hoffa asked uncertainly.

"Yes."

Ryan whispered: "Humans, or other souls, centaurs, murlocs and the like. But there is no doubt that black mist Parasitism is an extremely evil plant..."

He didn't say anything further, but Hoffa understood what he meant. Must kill to turn it into black?

It's not enough to kill Mans directly with mistletoe, because only physical damage can't hurt him at all. Doesn't it mean that you have to kill another person before killing Mans?

Damn it, where can I find someone to kill?

"I don't know why you want to know this kind of unpopular knowledge." While the attention of the few Slytherins was on the mistletoe, Ryan took Hoffa to persuade: "But I advise you not to Try, your transfiguration can transform hundreds of weapons for you to use, why use black mistletoe?"

"You are right."

Hoffa gave up using it. black The idea of ​​mistletoe.

The surging power of the night gave him a strong confidence. He felt that he could touch the threshold of the top wizard at night. If Mans only had the characteristic of being unkillable, he didn’t think The opponent can defeat himself in a head-on confrontation. Besides, he even hopes to catch that guy alive.

At this time, Tom Riddle also said: "You have also seen it, there are no black ones here, or take a green one and go."

Hoffa nodded, pick it up. The next mistletoe grinned: "Okay."

He smiled, Ryan panicked, he dragged the chain forward and asked: "Are you leaving now?

"Why don't you go? "

Hoffa is surprised.

"You said you would help me..."

"You believe me when I speak,"

Hoffa haha ​​smiled, "It's not that I haven't been fooled. "

Looking at the brilliant smiling face of the guy in front of him, Ryan's face was as gray as death, and for a moment he felt dizzy and could hardly stand up.

"Fuck... asshole. ..... You fuck me! "He said difficultly, and then struggling to rush forward, waving his fist, he was about to greet Hoffa's face.

But before he rushed to his face, the chain was tightened, and he never did. Can't take a step forward. The corner of Tom's mouth raised in the distance, and he dragged the chain tightly to prevent Ryan from moving at all.

"How stupid people are to pin their hopes on others. "

After counting on Ryan, Tom Riddle looked at Hoffa approvingly: "I have to say, you are much smarter than before. "

Hoffa shrugged, ignoring Ryan's angry eyes: "Thank you for the compliment, Tom, but I have a small request. "

"I'm in a good mood, let's listen. "

"The female Vampire you caught yesterday, I want to borrow it for a few days. "

"What? "

Tom loosened his hand on the chain: "What do you want her to do, is it possible that you fell in love with her beauty?" "

"That's not enough. The high-ranking Vampires in Bournemouth died all but only one survived. I promised Professor Sleghorn that within a week To find the culprit of the murder in Bournemouth, but the city is tangled and complicated, and I need someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way. "

"impossible. "

Tom Riddle immediately refused, "I caught her. It is my spoils of war. I have the final say on how to deal with it. Moreover, we are going to use flames to purify those Vampire, Daily Prophet reporters. Everyone will come to see, at this moment, you have to take her away, it is absolutely impossible. "

"Hey, man! "

Hoffa was as sighed as an old friend was chatting. He unceremoniously unlocked Tom’s chains and pushed Ryan aside like trash. He leaned on Tom’s ear and whispered, "You I still don’t understand. Calling those reporters over is not just for big news? "

"You stay away from me..."

The first time I was so close to Hoffa, Tom was very uncomfortable, so he wanted to push him with disgust. Open.

Hoffa laughed and took his arm. "Burn her, and those low-level Vampires, how much prestige can you get? This kind of trivial credit can also make you a job in Hogwarts after graduation. teacher? "

Tom stopped moving, he looked at Hoffa negatively, "Why do you know so much? Who on earth tells you these ghosts? Or is it that you are among my friends?" spy? "

"Don't think too much, Tom, you saw it too. I am no longer the person who knew nothing in the past. "

cough cough, he coughed: "Well, you give me that Vampire. I will take you down. When I find that guy, the credit is all yours. You can do whatever you want. Can. "

"I don't believe it, I don't believe that there is any bullshit story of muggle poison to death Vampire at all, let alone that you will be kind to help me. "

Tom Riddle said coldly with a sneer: "You immediately get out of my eyes, it is the best help for me. "

Hoffa looked at him sadly, "Just for the little things in our childhood, as for us to go to this step now, honestly, I almost forgot about those things. "

Tom Riddle still unmoved the slightest, and sneered pulling Ryan forward.

"It's a pity, then I have to do it myself. "

Hoffa sighed behind him, maybe this thing is over, I can consider going back to Hogwarts.

"Love won't return. "

Tom Riddle stubbornly left the next sentence, and went further and further.

"What are you doing back to Hogwarts, Hoffa continues to talk to himself, maybe I should also apply for a teacher I’ve heard that Professor Melles of Defense Against the Dark Arts is going to retire..."

"XXX! ! "

I just heard a sudden blast.

Tom Riddle was blown up like a cat with its tail stepped on. He no longer ignored the shocked eyes of others around him and punched him. Smashed a box passed by house elf and kicked that house elf far away.

"Hoffa .Bach...! "His voice completely turned into a low si si sound similar to a snake's whisper. He bit his finger firmly, and then released it for a while, unexpectedly leaving a bloody tooth mark on his finger. After he made a fist Release: "If you can't find it when you go down, what do you say! ? "

"You have to find it before you know it. "Hoffa spreads out her hand.

"What else do you want, please tell me quickly, don't squeeze toothpaste, you will come one by one later. "He struggled to suppress and furiously said.

"Okay,"

Hoffa pointed a finger at Ryan, "then take this guy with him." "

"Why do you take him?" "

"Blood bag, if Vampire starves to death with nothing to eat along the way, let's go on an errand for nothing. "

Hoffa said with an evil smile, and Ryan, who was leaning on the ground, turned pale.