Chapter 89 Candidates
Chapter 89:
It was close to noon when Mu Yu returned to the woods to find Barty Crouch Jr. She carefully set up an isolation formation around her and then little Barty jumped down from the tree.
"I know where you are going. That house, right?" He grinned at Mu Yu. The brief tacit understanding last night dissipated like a bubble, leaving only caution and provocation. "The wounds are all open." If you still want to use Apparition in this situation, do you think an arm or intestines are superfluous?"
"You know a lot," she said briefly, putting the wand into his hand. "It's best to leave before your father finds out about this place. At least now I don't want to fight with your father anymore."
His mind is no different from that of a teenager.
"Don't mention him." Little Barty grabbed the wand in his hand. Last night he had already realized that the wand was not very obedient in his hand. He raised his arm and motioned for Mu Yu to grab him, "Hold on, I don't want to." "Bring back a man with half his body missing."
"You don't have to argue with me about loyalty." Her voice was covered by the rustling woods as they disappeared.
Riddle's old house is even more desolate than when he last left it. Even the ivy climbing the entire courtyard wall and the lush green grass in the front yard could not save the old house from being desolate and decadent. The old house stands on the hill like a twilight old man, quietly and without resistance waiting for the day when fate comes.
They will leave here soon.
They walked through the overgrown front yard together. Nagini swam toward Mu Yu the first time she saw her. Its huge snake head rested on Mu Yu's abdomen, where the old wound had burst.
She stroked Nagini gently: "I'm fine."
Nagini turned her head again, and it swam directly towards the door of the old house. She and Little Barty followed it. Since arriving here, Little Barty Rauch was unusually quiet.
The heavy oak door still creaks, the dusty hall still has no light during the day, and the stairs leading to the second floor are still gloomy. Time seems to have stopped here, allowing loneliness and darkness to spread.
Nagini slid up the stairs silently, and as they followed it, there were already bursts of neighing from the second floor, making the dark corridor even more terrifying. Little Barty glanced at Mu Yu next to him, who continued to walk up as if nothing had happened.
The hissing finally ended, and a high-pitched and sharp voice echoed in the corridor: "Get out, Wormtail."
When he walked to the door of the room, Mu Yu happened to bump into Wormtail tremblingly walking out. He saw Barty Crouch Jr. He shivered for a moment, but when his eyes turned to Mu Yu, he seemed to have seen a savior: "M-Ms. Mu, you are finally back."
Mu Yu just nodded in greeting and walked straight away without even looking at him. Entering the room, Barty Crouch Jr. originally wanted to walk in with her, but was stopped by the voice: "Let her come in alone, Barty Crouch Jr." Barty
Crouch Jr. said thoughtfully Looking at her thoughtfully, he seemed to be holding on to the door frame with some reluctance, but still faithfully carried out the order.
When she walked into the room, a ray of sunlight just passed through the thick glass and hit the armchair by the window. The ivy outside the window was lush and green. However, all the vitality and vitality decayed into despair when it touched the edge of the room. Defeated with gray.
The jade pendant was lying quietly on the table, bathing in the only ray of sunlight.
Only here did she seem to have truly stepped on the ground, "We don't have to wait another year, you will be resurrected soon."
Mu Yu was familiar with his happy look. He was not very good at controlling his emotions, but in front of everyone There was no point in trying to figure out his feelings when there was only fear in front of him.
He looked at the wound that had been re-opened and not yet completely healed. The injury inside Mu Yu's body should be more serious than the external injury. She would never show it, especially in front of him. She was always so calm and strong in front of him that she didn't look like a fourteen-year-old child at all.
Tom Riddle passed the unconsolidated soul body inch by inch in front of her: "Thirteen years, I have endured this weak and inhuman appearance for thirteen years."
Needless to say, Mu Yu has already stood up. He took a few steps closer to him: "I know it all. Your resurrection is the beginning of all chess games. Your old troops will come back. The wavering people will fight for their ideals all their lives. The ignorant and fresh blood will devote their lives to their faith. "Love cannot resist such an army."
They stood side by side at the window again, looking at the fields of Little Hangleton that they had seen countless times.
She has no way out. Behind the chess game of the world is not only the end of their fate, but also her final destination.
Mu Yu held on to the window frame and closed her eyes slightly. The smoky and dim London when they first met was far away in her memory, even though she persistently wanted to hold it in her hands.
"It's us," Tom Riddle took the initiative to correct her for the first time, "I'm still waiting for the answer to that question."
None of them wanted to continue this topic.
"The chess piece in America has its own ideas. Like father, like daughter. And that Muggle is dirty and lowly. Talking to him is an insult." He really knew Viola's thoughts very well. Maybe he has experienced a lot, but now when he mentions betrayal, there is not much anger on his face. Unexpectedly, he turned to her directly and had no good intentions at all. "We need someone, an absolutely loyal and capable wizard to go to the United States to keep an eye on the despicable Muggle, and also deal with the disobedient chess piece. Yu thinks, who "The most suitable"
seems to be a test, and it also seems to be just a casual question.
"You already have the answer in your mind," Mu Yu met his gaze calmly and glanced at the door, "The right candidate is right here, isn't it?"
She did not state her reasons or give a lengthy analysis, she was just so candid. He spoke his mind without any scruples.
This girl could always guess his thoughts without Legilimency, and he had already changed from the initial fear and fear to indifference. He could only allow such a person to survive in the world.
Habits accumulated over the years will become a weakness in the heart that is difficult to eradicate. He had to admit that he had to endure this weakness before the final duel.
He looked at a corner of Little Hangleton Village. Mu Yu followed his gaze and saw that in that corner was a tile-roofed house that had long since collapsed. Weeds and moss spread among the ruins, dotted neatly with the surrounding area. The bungalow is out of place.
"That's where my mother used to live. That useless witch." His hoarse voice was mixed with emotions that he didn't even understand. He was once full of expectations, proud that he was the last bloodline of Slytherin, and hated his father even more because of this bloodline.
He killed his father at that time. How much of the hatred was because of blood, and how much of it was because of...his mother.
There is no point in thinking about this now. Mu Yu just held him back: "Let's go there together and fuse the last Horcrux needed for resurrection."
She still passed through his body. Logically speaking, his soul should not be like this if he has the warmth of the jade pendant.
Mu Yu frowned: "How did you..." She suddenly thought of the last illusion. At that time, she was so weak that she had no power to maintain the illusion. The entire illusion was under his control. She said no more.
Tom Riddle seemed not to have heard her words. His hand passed through her wound: "Together."
Even the sunlight could not penetrate the simple black gem. The ring floated quietly in front of Mu Yu. She just looked at the gem inlaid on the ring. She slowly stretched out her hand, trying to get closer to the gem, but she suddenly stopped when she was one centimeter away from the gem: "Now that I have found it, Okay, let’s go.”
Tom Riddle whispered seductively in her ear: "This gem has magical power, Yu, you don't want to see it."
Mu Yu turned her back and didn't want to look at him, or she didn't want him to see the glimmer in her eyes. There was something like a magic array on the gem, and she almost couldn't resist it. She wanted to say sorry to someone in person, even if it was a false illusion.
Her eyes were always lingering on the gem, but she controlled herself not to touch it. As if to comfort herself, she whispered: "Such magic is meaningless. Like the potion in the cave, it is all an illusion."
"Look at me," Tom Riddle walked up to her, which made her have to Looking at him, the tears that had not been wiped off Mu Yu's eyes made him angry. Mu Yu seemed to be able to abandon him at any time and return to the light. "Since it is all an illusion, you also know that you can't go back."
Tom Riddle knew Mu Yu, she was not the kind of person who could be easily tricked into wearing a ring. But he still couldn't help but induce, as if he just wanted to verify something.
"Madman," she slowly wiped away a tear that rolled down, "I just want to take another look... and say sorry to him."
Mu Yu never talked about such topics with him too much: "After fusing the soul, this If he puts a gem in a cave, someone will always find that cave. As for the real Horcrux... Regulus Black can only hide it in Black's house after replacing it. "The house now belongs to Sirius, the last heir of the Black family. Unless Sirius dies..."
"No one can destroy the Horcrux," Tom Riddle interrupted her, "I hope Black." Notice the Horcrux. He wants to destroy it, but he has to pay the price.
If she hadn't drawn the soul out in the second grade, the basilisk's fangs would have destroyed the diary.
"You have to teach me, Tom," Mu Yu said softly, "I just need to know how to say open in snake language. After school starts, I will go back to the secret room to destroy something."
His red eyes stared at her, as if While he was struggling with some problem, he finally sighed softly: "I will teach you."
Before she could respond, they had returned to the room on the second floor of Riddle's old house, and the original musty smell and dampness were mixed with it. There was a trace of blood, which came from her wound. With such a serious injury, she just drank two bottles of magic potion and cast a hasty healing spell.
Tom Riddle subconsciously wanted to pull out the wand, but he realized what he was doing when it passed through her thin body again. Mu Yu pretended not to notice his little move: "It only takes two weeks at most to cultivate. They can't kill me." Even so, the atmosphere between them was extremely strange. Mu Yu had to forcefully change the topic, "Let Xiaoba With Tee Crouch coming in, it will be more convenient for him to seduce Harry Potter."
When Mu Yu was about to open the door, Tom Riddle suddenly asked: "How long?" It
took her a while to understand what he was referring to. What is it: "At the end of August, the door to hell opens and the evil spirit is the most intense."
It's almost, there are still a few weeks before he can really touch her and hold her firmly in his hands.
Only then did Tom Riddle realize that the joy of being able to truly touch Mu Yu far exceeded the excitement of resurrection.
Barty Crouch Jr. entered the room at this moment, as if he had been waiting for this day for a long time. He didn't even look at Mu Yu on the side, there was only that reflection in his light brown eyes. He seemed like a child who finally found his father to rely on.
The moment Mu Yu came up with this idea, he felt ridiculous.
"You are finally back, Master, you are finally back. During the days and nights when I was imprisoned by my father, I kept thinking about you. I was thinking about running away and going to find you all the time."
A man was in Tom I burst into tears in front of me, as if I had been greatly wronged. Mu Yu looked weird.
He has always been good at soothing people's hearts. He stroked Barty Crouch Jr. who was squatting next to him: "You are a loyal servant, Barty Crouch Jr., loyal and brave."
His voice became softer, With a hissing snake cry: "Wormtail told me that some interesting things happened at the Quidditch World Cup. Some of my former friends seem to be unwilling to be lonely." He looked at the shivering figure huddled by the door, " Yes, news from your rat friends, Wormtail."
Peter Pettigrew nodded casually.
"They are all a bunch of cowards!" Barty Jr.'s face turned red. "A bunch of cowards. I just sent a Dark Mark into the sky and they fled."
"I know, I know," he said at least when referring to the old team. The anger was gone on the surface, "I will give you a task before I tell you our overall plan. Wormtail is still somewhat useful when he turns into a rat and crawls around in the sewers. He brings a message, Dumbledore I intend to hire a retired Auror next semester, Mad-Eye Moody to return to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, and I need someone to cooperate with me at Hogwarts to send Harry Potter to the upcoming tournament. Come to me."
His meaning was self-evident. He wanted Barty Crouch Jr. to infiltrate Hogwarts in place of Mad-Eye Moody.
Little Barty glanced at Mu Yu at this moment, and then quickly looked away. He begged: "This is my honor, but master, let me kill that boy directly. I am willing to do anything for you. Please..."
"Only I can kill Harry Potter," he said coldly. "I would be very happy if you could kill your father with your own hands, but since he is a Ministry of Magic official, I won't. Mind if you keep him for a while. She will stay with you after Yu recovers from his injuries. Yu has always been good at casting the Soul-Impering Curse. "
"Miss Mu's performance in the Quidditch World Cup was indeed..." He hesitated for a long time before saying one thing. The words, "It's impressive. But it's just a little girl..."
"Do you want Wormtail to go with you?" Tom Riddle said with a strong sarcasm, "He can mess up everything, I can say Right, Wormtail?"
Mu Yu suddenly tapped the candlestick lightly. The sound was not loud, but clear enough.
He stopped sarcastically speaking to Peter: "You're not stupid enough. At least you're good at collecting information."
Little Barty's scrutiny of her was no longer concealed.
Mu Yu accepted his inspection calmly and played with the edge of his robe: "The Goblet of Fire in the Tournament has a contractual effect. Once selected by the Goblet of Fire, there is no way to withdraw. Confusing the Goblet of Fire requires a powerful confusion spell, and pretending to be Mad-Eye Han Mu Di also needs a lot of polyjuice potion. There will be many places for us to cooperate next semester. " She
reached out to Crouch: "I hope our cooperation will be at least pleasant.
Ti had to connect it with the harmless-looking girl in front of her. What exactly had they gone through during the years he was controlled.
This was obviously not the time for doubts. From the moment he vaguely discovered the strange relationship between the Dark Lord and this girl, he knew that he couldn't argue with her, at least on the surface.
He held Mu Yu's hand firmly and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."