Seeing this, Dumbledore asked curiously:

"Wentworth, what are you looking for?"

Wentworth pointed to a tattered hat in the corner of the principal's office and said, "I'm looking for it!"

Seeing this, Dumbledore became even more curious and asked in confusion, "Sorting Hat? What are you looking for it for?"

Wentworth walked over without hesitation, and amid the extremely dissatisfied voice of the Sorting Hat, he reached into the hat. After finding nothing, he picked up the hat and shook it vigorously.

Seeing Wentworth's action, Dumbledore laughed and said:

"I know what you want it for. Well, put down the poor Sorting Hat. Only a true Gryffindor can pull out the sword of Gryffindor! You want that sword? What are you going to do?"

In fact, Wentworth also knew that he had little chance of pulling out the sword of Gryffindor, so he listened to Dumbledore's words very obediently, put down the Sorting Hat, turned to look at Dumbledore, and said word by word:

"I'm going to use it to chop people!"

Dumbledore: "..."

Then, before Dumbledore could continue speaking, Wentworth spoke first: "Headmaster, I know who opened the Chamber of Secrets and released the basilisk inside!"

Hearing Wentworth's words, Dumbledore was also stunned and said:

"Do you know who it is?"

Wentworth nodded and said with certainty:

"Yes, I know. It's your former student, Tom Riddle!"

If it wasn't Wentworth standing in front of him, Dumbledore would probably have said it was impossible the moment he heard the news.

But since it was Wentworth who said it, Dumbledore pondered for a moment, then gestured for Wentworth to sit down. After the two of them sat down, Dumbledore spoke: "Tell me in detail, what do you know?"

Wentworth then began to explain:

"To be precise, what did all this was actually the Horcrux left by Tom Riddle, a diary that sealed the memories of Tom Riddle's youth!"

After hearing Wentworth's explanation, Dumbledore nodded thoughtfully, not bothering to ask how Wentworth knew about Horcruxes. But then, Dumbledore looked at Wentworth with bright eyes and said, "How do you know all this?"

This time, facing Dumbledore's question, Wentworth did not hide anything and said directly: "Because I got the diary before, I originally wanted to destroy it, but I tried various spells and failed to destroy it, so I had to hide it in the Room of Requirement temporarily."

Winterworth paused for a moment, as if remembering something. After a moment, he continued, "However, not long after I hid it, another student was petrified. When I went to the Room of Requirement to look for the diary, I found that it was gone."

"Next time you get something this dangerous, you must send it to me immediately!"

Wentworth breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Dumbledore did not ask why he did not take the diary to seek his help. Although he did not know whether Dumbledore saw through his thoughts, it was obvious that the other party did not delve into it.

Then, Wentworth gritted his teeth and said, "Next time for sure!"

"But this time, I'm going to chop him off with my own hands!"

Dumbledore didn't take Wentworth's words seriously, but asked:

"So, what are you going to do now?"

Wentworth came up to Dumbledore and said, "Principal Dumbledore, although the diary contains Tom Riddle's memories, which are the key to the Chamber of Secrets, they cannot act on their own. Instead, they need to seduce someone to help them. It seems that this person is hiding in Hogwarts, and is likely a student of Hogwarts."

Dumbledore nodded, motioning for Wentworth to continue.

Seeing this, Wentworth had no choice but to continue, "We can call every student here one by one. Whether it's Veritaserum or Legilimency, we can always find out who took the diary!"

Hearing Wentworth's words, Dumbledore smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Wentworth, Tom Riddle is a very smart man. Unless we can roughly determine the target from the beginning, it won't take long for him to notice something unusual. By then, the students who have been bewitched by him will be in danger!"

Wentworth was stunned when he heard what Dumbledore said, and he also realized the disadvantage of this method, which was that it took too long. It would probably take at least a week for all the students of Hogwarts to go to the principal's office one by one.

Thinking of this, Wentworth shook his head.

Soon, Wentworth thought of another idea and said to Dumbledore excitedly: "Headmaster, there is another way. We can ask Professor Snape to make more Veritaserum and put it at the Hogwarts dinner. When everyone has taken the Veritaserum, you can ask on the stage who took the diary. I guess..."

However, this time, Wentworth was interrupted by Dumbledore before he could finish his words. Dumbledore waved his hand gently and said, "Wentworth, this... is Hogwarts! We are the best magic school in the world. How can we use truth serum on so many innocent students?!"

After hearing Dumbledore's answer, Wentworth was speechless. Two of your students are already in a coma, and you are still so pedantic?

Thinking of this, Wentworth suddenly missed the people in the Witch Party. If they were in the Witch Party, would they still need Veritaserum? I'm afraid it would be a good thing if they didn't have to use Cruciatus! But soon, Dumbledore added: "Besides, Veritaserum may not be useful. You know, memory can be modified!"

After hearing what Dumbledore said, Wentworth nodded in understanding. Dumbledore's words made Wentworth understand that it was not that Dumbledore did not want to use the truth serum, but that he felt that using the truth serum might not necessarily find the answer, and would also cause trouble, and the danger was not proportional to the gain.

At this moment, Wentworth once again deeply realized that he still lacked a lot compared to the old man in front of him who had dealt with two Dark Lords. This is not called pedantry, but an art of speaking!

But the situation reached a stalemate again.

(End of this chapter)