"Ah! Hermione... Hermione is my friend... but... who is she? I can't remember!"

Seeing his friend become like this, Harry shouted loudly with a sad face: "Ron! I'm Harry! I'm Harry Potter!"

Harry's words reached Ron's ears, and Ron stopped immediately. He looked up and looked at Harry. After a long while, Ron seemed to recognize who was standing opposite him, and a hint of surprise appeared on his painful face: "Harry! You're here, Harry! Come here! Let me show you my pet! You'll never guess what my pet is! I tell you, it's a basilisk! It's a giant basilisk! Haha! Are you scared by me?"

Ron was dancing with excitement, but Harry was already in tears. If Cedric hadn't been holding him, Harry would have rushed to Ron. Now, Harry could only sit on the ground, looking at Ron and saying:

"Ron, wake up! That's not your pet! That basilisk almost killed Hermione, have you forgotten?!"

After hearing what Harry said, Ron, who was originally full of excitement, suddenly fell silent. Then, Ron said gloomily:

"It was just an accident. The basilisk was hungry, so it attacked Hermione! Give the girl to me. After I feed the basilisk, it won't hurt anyone! It's my pet!"

Hearing Ron insisting that the basilisk was his pet, Harry could not help but turn his gaze to Wentworth and asked angrily, "Wentworth, Ron...what's wrong with him?"

Wentworth was also frowning and observing Ron at this time. After a long while, Wentworth said tentatively:

"I think it's because Ron has been too deeply influenced by the Horcrux! If this continues, it won't be long before Ron becomes another person. That person is called Tom Riddle!"

"But, isn't his speed of change too fast?!"

It's no wonder that Wentworth didn't react at first. You know, in the original book, Ginny held the Horcrux for a much longer time than Ron does now, but the speed of change was not as fast as Ron's now. Ginny even woke up in the middle and wanted to throw away the diary.

After thinking for a moment, Wentworth came to his senses. The only explanation was that Ron had not tried to resist this change at all, so Ron did not fall into a coma like Ginny, but at the same time, the speed at which Tom Riddle was resurrected with the help of Ron's body was also accelerated.

Hearing Wentworth's words, Harry looked at Ron with a worried look on his face and called out loudly: "Ron, wake up! Come with me, we're going to find Dumbledore! He will definitely make you better!"

Hearing Harry's call, Ron said indifferently:

"I'm sober! Go find Dumbledore? Why should I go find him? I'm fine now. I should say, I've never been better than I am now!"

As he spoke, Ron took out his wand. Seeing Ron take out his wand, Cedric and Green subconsciously pointed their wands at Ron.

Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, Harry quickly stood in front of Cedric and Green and said loudly:

"Don't do it! He won't do it to me!"

Cedric reached out to pull Harry away, and said anxiously:

"Harry, be careful! Get out of the way!"

But Harry still insisted:

"No! Ron won't do anything to me! No way!"

Ron did not attack Harry. He just walked up to the statue with his wand in hand. Then, surprisingly, he spoke in Parseltongue.

Then, a secret door under the stone statue was opened, and at the same time, a huge snake head poked out.

Seeing that the basilisk was about to stick its head out, Wentworth immediately raised his wand and said loudly:

"Lumos!"

Seeing this, Cedric and Green followed suit and raised their wands, casting the same spell:

The basilisk had just stuck its head out and saw three dazzling lights shooting towards it at a rapid speed. Then, almost at the same time, the three lights exploded in front of the basilisk's eyes, and the entire secret room turned into dazzling daylight.

The basilisk, which had stayed in the secret room for many years, had its eyes adapted to the dim environment long ago. When suddenly exposed to strong light, it could not open its eyes instantly. At this time, it could only roar angrily and shake its body in pain.

Seeing this, Ron said angrily:

"How dare you hurt my pet?!"

Harry glanced at Ron in front of him, then looked at the basilisk that was about to go berserk. Harry's eyes were also filled with anger!

At this moment, Harry suddenly felt that there was something extra in his hand. He looked down and saw that a hilt of a sword had appeared in the Sorting Hat that Wentworth had asked him to hold.

Seeing this, Harry suddenly realized something. He didn't have time to think about why Wentworth knew all this. He quickly pulled the sword out of the Sorting Hat and roared at the basilisk:

"It's all because of you that Ron has become what he is now!"

Then, Harry, holding the sword of Gryffindor, rushed towards the basilisk without hesitation.

Originally Cedric wanted to reach out to stop Harry, but was stopped by Wentworth, who said meaningfully: "Let him go, this is Harry's fate, and also Tom Riddle's fate!"

As Ron watched Harry rushing towards the basilisk with a sword in hand, he said to Harry angrily:

"Stop! You are not allowed to hurt my pet again!"

Randomly, Ron even raised his wand and pointed it at Harry, but at this moment, Wentworth suddenly said to Ron:

"I advise you to stop. I don't care if you are Ron or Tom Riddle! If you dare to move, I will destroy this thing!"

Ron looked at Wentworth and discovered that Wentworth was holding a golden crown in his hand, which was the crown of Ravenclaw.

Seeing this, Ron said with some disdain:

"Just you? You can't destroy it!"

Hearing Ron's words, Wentworth sneered, then pointed his wand at the ground, as if writing something with it. At the same time, Wentworth said in a strange and ancient language:

"Fiendfire!"

Seeing the movements of Wentworth's hands and hearing the pronunciation of Wentworth, Ron was stunned at first, then frowned and said softly:

"Ancient magic patterns? Nilowen? Fiendish fire?"

Then, a faint blue flame appeared out of nowhere on the empty ground. Although there was nothing on the ground and it was extremely wet, the flame still burned out of nowhere.

At the same time, Wentworth placed the Ravenclaw diadem above the flames, looked at Ron and said:

"What did you say just now? I can't destroy it? I'll give you a chance, say it again!"

(End of this chapter)