But he did not immediately lead the basilisk to attack. He had more important things to do than attacking.

Through the conversation with Draco, he already knew that it was the house-elf Dobby who stole the diary and gave it to Draco. Now, Ginny still has the memory of the diary in her mind. If this memory is discovered by Dumbledore, then she may have nowhere to hide.

"We must find out whether Ginny has revealed the contents of the diary and then change all their memories!"

Cyrus had no plans to go back to Ginny for the time being. With the current situation, there was no need to follow the original plot. As long as there were no major differences, it would be enough to take Ginny to the Chamber of Secrets and create the illusion that he was going to face Harry Potter.

Now, he must find an opportunity and act quickly.

However, that being said——

It was another matter entirely to be disarmed by Harry, Hermione, and Ginny right from the start.

A few minutes ago, Cyrus was about to look for Ginny, but he didn't expect that as soon as he walked out of the door of the common room and turned a corner, he ran into four people who had been lying in ambush here.

Four voices shouted 'Expelliarmus' at once, and Ron's wand backfired, blowing him away. The other three spells flew at Cyrus, knocking the hawthorn stick out of his hand.

In fact, Cyrus was not really powerless to resist. Even if his wand was knocked away, he could still cast magic. It’s just that he had other ideas now.

"Malfoy! Give Ginny's diary back!" Hermione said rudely, as if she would punch him if he didn't hand over the diary.

"Hurry up! Otherwise I'll let you taste the taste of slugs!" Ginny was more irritable than Hermione. "Don't try to quibble. Harry saw you take out the diary during class!"

Ron, whose butt was broken into eight pieces, quickly got up and stood aside, pretending to be powerful.

On Valentine's Day, Harry saw Malfoy writing something in a black notebook. He didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but after seeing Ginny, he remembered the diary. After that, he observed for several days and finally confirmed that the diary Malfoy was holding was the one Ginny had lost. So this scene happened.

However, looking at the three wands that were now against his chin, Cyrus was not panicked at all.

"Wait, wait - I'm not Malfoy!" Cyrus looked at Ginny sincerely, then lowered his voice, "It's me, Riddle!"

"Mr. Riddle?" Ginny immediately put down her wand and said in a surprised and happy voice, "How did you - did you possess Malfoy?"

"Oh - so, you are Tom Riddle?" Hermione and her two silly sons all had strange expressions on their faces. It was really because Cyrus was wearing Malfoy's face, so no matter what he said, it seemed unbelievable.

"That's right." Cyrus nodded. "Remember when we went to Snape's place to steal the ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion? I was the one possessing Ginny at that time."

"It's really you?" Ron said in surprise, "But how did you end up in Malfoy's hands?"

"We all thought it was the heir who stole you." Harry said puzzledly, "Malfoy is neither the heir nor does he know who the heir is. Why did he steal you?"

"Because he wants to help the heir," Cyrus explained.

"He didn't know who the heir was, but he found out that I was looking for the heir. He also found out that I was not Ginny, but a memory in the diary, so he tried to steal the diary. But he didn't expect that I could forcibly control his body."

"I have to admit, although it's the same face, you look much better than Malfoy." Ron walked up to him carelessly, put his arm around his shoulder, and then lowered his voice, "I heard that you helped Ginny with her homework?"

"There were times when I thought her level didn't require her to do those assignments. What's wrong?"

"I mean—I have a lot of homework too!"

"Ron!" Hermione angrily pulled Ron away from Cyrus.

Harry and Ginny were still surrounding him, and Ginny suddenly looked sad.

"But if you had control of Malfoy, why didn't you come to me?"

Cyrus wanted to say that he was planning to find her and modify their memories. However, when the words came to his lips, he changed his expression: "This is too dangerous! I think the heir has discovered my existence. It's just that he hasn't realized where I am hiding yet. If I come back to you, you might be put in danger. And I'm using Malfoy's body, so don't worry, no one will think he is the enemy of the heir."

"I'm not afraid of danger!" Ginny said firmly.

"We're not afraid either." Harry said immediately. He hoped that this "Mr. Riddle" could provide him with some useful information.

"Actually, I'm a little scared..." Ron wanted to say this, but looking at his sister and good brother, he swallowed the words back.

"I know you're all brave, but—"

"But one person can't find the murderer, right?" Hermione interrupted him, "We can help. You've worked with us before, you know!"

Cyrus looked at her for a long time, then nodded helplessly.

"Okay, I agree that you can join, but before that, I have to make it clear - Ginny, you didn't tell anyone else about the diary, right?"

"No, I only told Hermione and the others."

"Very good, now I have to change your memories, erase this part of the diary, and replace it with something else." Cyrus said, "I know you will never get rid of my secret, but the heir may use Legilimency to find the answer from your memory. If he finds out my true identity, it will be very easy for him to kill me."

Cyrus took the wand back from Harry.

"Promise yourself to only modify the memory about the diary, instead of making us forget everything!" Ginny looked at him stubbornly, fearing that this was just a lie Cyrus told to make them forget everything and stay away from danger.

"I promise, only modifications!"

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