struggle

The official return of the main soul has once again plunged the magic world into an atmosphere of panic.Those Death Eaters who followed him blatantly killed those who dared to fight against them, and frantically shot the miserable dark mark into the mid-air outside the victim's house, showing that if they dared to disobey, as long as they threat of death.

In response to the actions of the main soul, the Order of the Phoenix started frequent operations again, trying to save those innocent people, and trying their best to prevent the main soul from attacking and killing.Facing this chaotic situation, Tom turned to act in a low-key manner. He often just watched the battles between the Order of the Phoenix and the main soul without taking any action.However, in terms of infiltrating the Ministry of Magic and gathering the Death Eaters, he suddenly accelerated his pace. Obviously, he was not going to fight head-on with them by force, but was trying to take advantage of the opportunity when both sides were overwhelmed. The benefit of the fisherman stabilizes and further expands his own power.

But Tom's way of acting caused dissatisfaction among a small group of Death Eaters.Although frightened by his usual coercion, most of them dare not say anything, but they are a little ready to move.After all, while the main soul was rampant in the magic world, his followers also used his name to run rampant, and gained a lot of benefits from it.However, Tom's secret actions could not bring them any benefits.But they didn't have the guts to directly disobey Tom, so they could only make small moves in private to vent their dissatisfaction.

Under such circumstances, Ginny's situation suddenly became difficult.As a descendant of Weasley, the backbone of the Order of the Phoenix, she was able to become Tom's follower, and even lived in Riddle's ancestral house, always by Tom's side. This kind of seemingly infinite grace naturally made her a the biggest target.In particular, Tom intentionally or unintentionally showed that he was different from her in front of everyone, and even pushed her to the forefront.

But fortunately, Ginny's ruthless style for the first time still had a deterrent effect, and her profound magic power also prevented her from suffering so easily.However, she knew that she had to be more careful in her actions. After all, her cooperation and compromise with Tom was just a stopgap measure. She had to make sure that she would not really get entangled in the complicated relationship between the Death Eaters and fall into an inescapable situation. .

However, Tom was unwilling to do what she wanted, but tried every means to drag her into his camp completely.Never asked her to participate in melee, never assigned her any tasks, and never gave her various punishments. This kind of special has other meanings in the eyes of other Death Eaters, and it has aroused doubts and temptations from those who are interested. , and even some jealous eyes.

When the undercover agent sent by Tom to the main soul sent back news that the main soul was planning to kill Harry, the Death Eaters on Tom's side clamored collectively.The few Death Eaters headed by Bella and others are gearing up to kill Harry first, so as to teach their so-called "betrayers" a lesson.

Bella knelt down in front of Tom, her eyes sparkling with excitement: "Master, this is a good opportunity. We can't let that traitor succeed first, we must kill that so-called savior and give that traitor a warning. It also makes the magic world no longer foolishly hold any delusions."

Hearing Bella's words, many Death Eaters nodded, obviously agreeing.But Tom didn't comment, just leaned on the back of the chair, lazily glanced at Ginny who was standing aside without saying a word: "Ginny, what do you think?"

Ginny looked up at him, only to find that he had a knowing expression on his face, looking at her with a half-smile.Sighing helplessly, she knew that he did it on purpose again, deliberately wanting everyone to pay attention to her, and wanting her to fully participate in their affairs, so that she could never get away.Turning her face slightly, she said in a flat tone as much as possible: "I am willing to obey the Lord's arrangement, please make the final decision." In front of people, although she was denied the title of "Master" by Tom, she still insisted The title of "Lord" does not want to use the too special way of calling the name "Tom".And Tom also knew that he couldn't push her too hard, so he also acquiesced in her title.

"No, I want to hear your opinion." Tom refused to relax and pressed on, "Say what you really think, and I believe you will have the most correct choice. Ginny, as long as you tell me, I will Adopt." Speaking of the last sentence, Tom's deep black eyes looked at her bright brown eyes, and there was a faint threat in the depths of his eyes, obviously he was not joking.

Ginny's eyes flashed with anger, and he knew she would never agree to kill Harry no matter what he thought about it.Moreover, he himself didn't want to kill Harry, because as he once said, Harry was no threat to him, but once he died, there would be no one to restrain the main soul and divert his attention.

However, he insisted that she speak out in person, and said that he would definitely adopt it.If she said that Harry should be killed, it would be embarrassing for both of them, and he might even follow her words and kill Harry. After all, he didn't care so much about Harry's life, so he said She didn't dare to gamble.But if she said not to kill Harry, no matter how good the reason was, it would arouse the hatred of the Death Eaters and get her into even bigger troubles.

However, in the face of Ginny's obvious anger, Tom didn't take it seriously, and called her again patiently: "Ginny?" It seemed that he was indeed waiting for her answer.

Quietly clenching her fist, almost pinching her nails into her palm, Ginny tried her best to say in a calm tone on the surface: "Harry Potter can't be killed, he's still useful." All she could say was, Even if he knew that he had fallen into his calculations.

Sure enough, after her words came out, all the Death Eaters started talking in low voices, and looked at her with hostility.Bella walked up to her directly, drew out her wand and pointed at her: "Weasley really can't be trusted, I knew that you wouldn't agree to kill Harry Potter. Then let me kill Harry Potter first." You, see if you can still object."

However, before Bella could act, Tom silently chanted a spell, and received Bella's wand into his hand.After waving casually, Bella was hit by the Cruciatus spell, curling up in pain.Everyone fell silent for a moment, looked at Tom with fear on their faces, and then looked at Ginny with complicated expressions.For a while, the originally noisy hall was so quiet that only the heavy breathing of the crowd and Bella's uncontrollable groans could be heard.

After a while, Tom finally stopped casting the spell on Bella, returned her wand to her hand with the Levitation Charm, and then looked at Bella who stood up with a warning: "I said, Don't touch Ginny, and if there is anyone who disobeys the order, it will not be as simple as Cruciating." Under his gaze, all the people lowered their heads and dared not say anything.But Bella glanced at Ginny resentfully, then knelt down on the ground respectfully again: "I understand, master."

Tom nodded, without taking another look at Bella, but waved her aside.But Ginny knew that in this way, Bella might really hate her. No matter what reasons she gave for not being able to kill Harry, she might not be able to get her approval. In her heart, her enemy was deal.She raised her head and glanced at Tom who was waiting for her to continue, and she simply stood in the middle without giving up: "Harry Potter is currently holding back the sight of that traitor, and also holding back the energy of the Order of the Phoenix. After all, the Order of the Phoenix needs Keep him safe. But if we kill the traitor before he does, then both the traitor and the Order of the Phoenix will make us their enemies, and if they all go all out against us, it won't be good for us. "

"That can't kill Harry Potter, at least we can find a way to kill Dumbledore, so that the Order of the Phoenix will lose its leader and be in a mess." After seeing Bella being punished, Rudolphs said to Ginny Full of hatred, he simply took the opportunity to embarrass her.

After hearing Rudolphs' words, some Death Eaters also agreed with him.And Ginny knew that under Tom's deliberate guidance, she could no longer keep silent and keep a low profile, so she simply expressed her opinion directly: "Dumbledore can't kill him, only he can contain the traitor's actions and ease Our pressure. Moreover, once he dies, all members of the Order of the Phoenix will share the same hatred, regard us as the primary enemy, and unite to get rid of us first. Therefore, we cannot bear this charge, but should maintain the current situation and let the He fought the traitor."

"You can't kill this, and you can't kill that. I think you are a spy sent by the Order of the Phoenix. Master, you must not listen to her, and you must not believe her ridiculous reasons." Rudolphs looked at it bitterly. He glanced at Ginny, then knelt down in front of Tom, wishing to take revenge on Ginny immediately for the Cruciatus that Bella was punished just now.

But Tom ignored Rudolphs' words, and even glanced at Ginny with a doting look: "I said, I will follow Ginny's suggestion. So, Rudolphs, don't doubt Ginny any more." identity, I believe her."

"Yes, master." Rudolphs stepped back helplessly.But Ginny knew that she had completely offended them this time, and Tom's goal had also been achieved.In fact, his thoughts were the same as hers, but he deliberately said that he trusted her unconditionally and was willing to adopt any of her suggestions, which made her a target of public criticism all of a sudden, and made her bond with him more and more inseparable, and even more difficult in the future. out of the body.Facing Tom's pressing and scheming every step of the way, now she has lost even the strength to be angry, and can only silently bear the strange eyes of everyone.

After the discussion, all the Death Eaters saluted Tom and left Riddle's ancestral house.Bella and Rudolphs were the first to leave. Before leaving, they cast a resentful glance at Ginny who followed Tom upstairs, and cursed in a low voice.But Lucius, who had been silent during the meeting, suddenly stopped them after he went out: "Rudolphus, Bella, don't fight with that little girl in front of the master, now the master is obviously doting on her." .”

"If you want me to listen to that little girl, I can't swallow this breath." Thinking of the severe pain of being punished, Bella twisted her face angrily, "And she is a little girl from the Order of the Phoenix, Merlin knows what she will want to do , I don’t think she can be trusted at all.”

"That's true." Lucius nodded as if agreeing, "However, she has no evidence of betrayal, and the master believes her."

"If we find out the evidence without evidence, I don't believe that I can't deal with this little girl." Bella said through gritted teeth, obviously very dissatisfied with Ginny's favor, "and Master, it's because of this The little girl was deceived, and I think his recent actions are also chilling."

"Shut up, Bella, you're going to die." Lucius put on a look of fear, and hastily stopped Bella's words.

"Originally, I think the behavior of that traitor is more acceptable. At least, he killed many dirty mudbloods and fought for the glory of pure blood. But what about the master? Hearing what a little girl said, even ha Both Leigh Potter and Dumbledore are unwilling to kill. If this continues, are we going to join the Order of the Phoenix?" Bella was obviously very dissatisfied with Tom's recent actions.

"Actually, Bella, maybe you can investigate some suspicious things." Lucius looked at Bella suddenly hesitatingly, as if he didn't dare to say something mysterious.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say." Bella glanced at Lucius impatiently.

"Do you still remember the Peter Pedro I told you about? He was your cousin Sirius' good friend. Now he is with the traitor, but where is he missing for more than ten years? ?” Lucius hinted quietly.

"But what does that have to do with me?" Bella was very disinterested in such humble little people, especially those related to Sirius whom she hated.

"However, he seems to be related to the master." Lucius added hastily, and then saw Bella narrowing her eyes with satisfaction, knowing that she was moved, so he continued, "The Order of the Phoenix blocked the information about that Peter." Isn’t it strange to hear all the news? And after he appeared again, the traitor appeared, and then the master went to Hogwarts and brought back the little girl. All of this makes people feel a little strange It's even a coincidence, so I doubt there is any relationship between them."

"There seems to be something suspicious." After listening to Lucius' analysis, Bellari nodded and agreed, "Well, I will check with Rudolphs, and I will leave today. I'll contact you when I get the news."

Lucius bowed slightly: "Goodbye, I'm going back too." After watching them Apparate away, he showed a satisfied expression.Inadvertently, he heard from the Death Eaters sent by Tom to find out about the traitor that Peter was an Animagus who would turn into a mouse.Recalling that there was also a gray mouse in Weasley's house, but now it has disappeared. This coincidence made him suspicious, and it also gave him an intuition that it could be used as a breakthrough to attack Ginny.However, his always cautious and cunning personality made him not ready to personally confront Ginny, so Bella would be a good candidate for testing.

Now, having managed to arouse Bella's suspicions, he knows he's halfway there, so he smiles and Apparates back to his Malfoy Manor, waiting patiently for the possible outcome.

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The author has something to say:

Cough cough, next, you need to make Tom angry so that he can understand his own intentions, so if you have any entanglements later, please don't hit me...