Multiverse Skill System

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"hey-hey!"

Harry didn't know how to answer, so he just smiled. To be honest, Filch's outfit had indeed startled him. He had originally planned to leave immediately, but after discovering that Yi Shuihan was also there, he strangely calmed down and, inexplicably, didn't leave.

"Snape, I..."

Just then, faint voices came from the corridor outside.

Yi Shuihan immediately made a shushing gesture to Harry, signaling him to hide his head in the Invisibility Cloak, and then led the way out.

The first thing you see is Snape pinning Quirrell against the wall in a very unceremonious manner, while Quirrell looks at Snape pitifully like a submissive little boy.

This scene could easily mislead Harry, after all, who would have thought that Quirrell, looking like this, would be the real mastermind?

"Don't treat me like your enemy, Quirrell."

Why are you looking for me?

"You know perfectly well! Before..."

Just as they were about to continue speaking, they noticed Yi Shuihan swaggering out, and an eerie silence fell over them.

Staring at each other, Snape was unsure how to begin, while Quirrell looked at Yi Shuihan with a strange gaze. He didn't know who had done what happened that day, but Yi Shuihan was a suspect—a mysterious Easterner who Dumbledore took very seriously.

"If you want to be gay, go to the woods at night. What are you doing here? And Professor Snape, I really didn't know you liked Professor Quirrell's type."

Yi Shuihan suddenly spoke, and the content of his words made Snape's face stiffen, while Professor Quirrell stared at Yi Shuihan as if petrified.

"Haha, just kidding, just trying to lighten the mood. Don't take it seriously. Of course, I'm curious, what are you guys doing so late at night?"

Yi Shuihan used laughter to cover up the slight sound Harry made. As an experienced driver, how could he afford to crash? If Harry were to be discovered, he would be utterly incompetent.

“We have something to talk about.” The atmosphere eased slightly, but Snape’s tone was clearly stiff.

"That's it!"

Yi Shuihan's gaze kept shifting between Snape and Quirrell, giving him a detective-like air.

"Why don't you take me with you? I'm actually bored and want to talk to the three of you."

Three? Not two? Everyone present was shocked, especially Harry, who thought Yi Shuihan was going to hand him over and felt an urge to run away immediately.

Snape and Quirrell didn't find Harry, so their thoughts naturally differed. They both thought of one person: Voldemort, making it three people if Voldemort was included.

"Is the mysterious person here?"

Snape's face was a little pale as he spoke.

"You do not know?"

Yi Shuihan asked in surprise, pointing at Professor Quirrell, "I thought you knew before you asked him out. Wasn't Voldemort always living inside him? It's so obvious, didn't Dumbledore tell you?"

Dumbledore knew Voldemort was there, that was for sure. The old man might have been using magic to monitor Voldemort's every move!

"Could it be that I really was right?!"

Snape's expression made Yi Shuihan realize that he really didn't know, and he silently mourned for Snape for a few seconds.

Snape knew Quirrell was Voldemort's man, but he didn't know that Voldemort was on Quirrell. If Snape had known, he wouldn't have been so arrogant towards Quirrell, since he wouldn't have been able to deal with Voldemort if he came out.

Although Voldemort is currently weakened, he is still stronger than Snape if Quirrell is included.

"I've always been curious, who exactly are you? And why do you know so much?"

The voice came from Quirrell's direction, but Quirrell clearly did not speak. The speaker was someone else, none other than our Dark Lord Voldemort. He no longer needed to remain silent.

Chapter 531, Voldemort Stunned

While inside the Invisibility Cloak, the moment Voldemort spoke, Harry felt an intense pain in the scar on his forehead. He clutched his forehead, staring at Professor Quirrell in horror. The truth was undeniable; no matter how much he didn't want to believe it, the seemingly timid Professor Quirrell was the one who truly wanted to harm him.

Harry's breathing was a little rapid. Logically, his agitated state should have been noticed by others, but in fact, no one noticed him.

In a place unseen by everyone, Yi Shuihan had secretly made some changes, reducing Harry's presence and even diminishing the area's visibility to prevent Filch from disturbing them. Filch had just passed through this area without noticing anything amiss, and the others hadn't noticed Filch's passage either.

Snape fell silent after Voldemort spoke, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Quirrell, as if he were seeing a nightmare.

“Master, you are still very weak, and you have exposed our plan just like that…”

Quirrell hesitated, appearing quite panicked. Unlike his previous feigned panic, he was genuinely terrified. He knew that Professor Dumbledore was still at Hogwarts, and if Professor Dumbledore found out that Voldemort was residing in him, they wouldn't even be able to escape.

“Fool, didn’t you hear me clearly? That old man Dumbledore probably already knows I exist. There’s no need to hide anymore. My resurrection requires the Philosopher’s Stone, but since this method won’t work, we can always use other methods. I am the Dark Lord who will rule the wizarding world, and no one can stop my return.”

Voldemort's confident words quieted Quirrell down, but he still seemed a little nervous because of Snape and Yi Shuihan's presence.

"A loser who doesn't even have a body dares to claim he can rule the magic world. You couldn't even do it at your peak, and now you want to do it? That's just wishful thinking. That's the funniest joke I've heard all day."

Yi Shuihan mocked, completely disregarding Voldemort's identity. In fact, he didn't need to worry about Voldemort's identity. Not to mention now, even if Voldemort were fully recovered, he could kill him with the flick of a finger.

A furious roar of "Shut up!" came from Quirrell's body. Voldemort was somewhat embarrassed and angry. "You have no idea how great and powerful I am. I am invincible and immortal. This wizarding world will be ruled by me sooner or later. The reason I became like this is just a small accident. You don't really believe that Harry Potter, that little baby, has the ability to kill me, do you?"

"No matter what you say, the fact is that Harry is alive and well, while you are just barely clinging to life. If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have remembered that you have a record of being unable to beat even a baby. Tsk tsk, that record is indeed worthy of my admiration! Anyway, I can't figure out how you could lose to a baby."

Yi Shuihan looked at Qi Luo with feigned admiration, making Qi Luo feel extremely embarrassed, since what Yi Shuihan said was true and could not be refuted.

Of course, Voldemort, who was residing in Quirrell's body, was even more furious. The failure he suffered with Harry had become the biggest stain on his life, and he was unwilling to acknowledge it. Just thinking about it made him feel like he was going crazy.

"Potter, Harry Potter, sooner or later I will kill him by my hand, just like his parents." The voice was as cold as a winter's chill, sending shivers down one's spine.

At this moment, Harry himself could no longer hold back. He removed the Invisibility Cloak, revealing his true form, and roared at Quirrell, "I'm not afraid of you! Come on, kill me, you damned murderer!"

"Harry?"

"Potter?"

Quirrell and Snape were both taken aback by Harry's sudden appearance, especially by what he said, and were deeply impressed by his courage.

"Huh?" The plan backfired. Yi Shuihan was speechless, but he could understand Harry's feelings. He was a young man, after all! He had guts. How could he stay calm in front of the enemy who killed his parents? It was already quite good that he had been able to endure this long.

"Do it and kill him!"

Voldemort was no pushover either. Seeing the person who had wronged him so badly so close by, and even taunting him in front of him, he couldn't help but order Quirrell to take action.

"But……"

Quirrell was still somewhat rational and hesitated to make a move. After all, Snape was no mere figurehead, and there was also the formidable Yi Shuihan on the other side.

"I'm telling you to do it."

Voldemort didn't care about anything else and just wanted to attack; he had already lost his mind.

"This won't do! Harry is under my protection now, or do you want to die?"

A cold glint flashed in Yi Shuihan's eyes, and dozens of spiritual energy swords suddenly appeared in mid-air, aimed at Qi Luo, exuding a dangerous aura.

Quirrell was stunned. He stared at the lightsaber less than a meter away from him, his whole body stiff and motionless, afraid that if he moved, the lightsaber would pierce through him.

As for Voldemort, he stopped causing trouble. With Quirrell's help, he could also see the lightsabers in the air. What terrified him even more was that he sensed the danger of death from these lightsabers, which possessed the power to destroy his soul.

Snape was also shaken when he saw Yi Shuihan's cold expression. He recalled the scene in Dumbledore's office. Seeing Yi Shuihan take control of the situation so quickly, he felt a strange sense of pleasure. Even Voldemort could only remain silent in front of Yi Shuihan, which made him, who had once bowed down to Voldemort, extremely excited.

Harry stared wide-eyed at Yi Shuihan, who was completely different from the Yi Shuihan in his memory. He felt as if the current Yi Shuihan was the real him, so domineering, and a sense of admiration for Yi Shuihan arose in his heart.

"That's more like it! We're just here to chat and catch up. What kind of talk is this, shouting about killing people? We need to stay calm and peaceful. A gentleman uses words, not fists. Here's an Eastern proverb for you."

Shameless! This was the common thought of everyone else. Couldn't you at least dissipate your lightsaber before you started talking? And you're telling others not to make a move when you yourself are the only one who's actually attacking right now.

Chapter 532, Reason with Me, and I'll Win the Philosopher's Stone

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with approval, Yi Shuihan nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, people would listen to reason. Our Eastern culture is indeed profound and extensive, and proverbs are quite useful in various situations.

Yi Shuihan would never admit that it was all because of the lightsaber floating in mid-air. The lightsaber was secondary; he had only released it as a light source because it was a bit dark around him.

"So Voldemort, now that everyone knows your goal is the Philosopher's Stone, tell me, how do you plan to get it under these circumstances?"

"I have no idea!" Harry wanted to speak up, but he really didn't know.

With their identities exposed, how could they obtain the Philosopher's Stone? This question left Quirrell and Voldemort, who was residing in Quirrell's body, speechless. They knew it was a trap, yet they still jumped in as planned. They weren't stupid.

After waiting for a while without a reply, Yi Shuihan said, "It seems you can't figure it out. How about this? I'll give you a chance. You don't need to rack your brains to find out exactly where the magic stone is. I'll get the magic stone from you tomorrow and keep it for myself. You can just try to get it from me. I'm a person of reason. As long as you can convince me with your reasoning, it's not impossible for me to give you the magic stone."

Hmm, that's a good reason; you can easily get the stuff for hatching pet eggs.

That's right, the information released by the pet egg indicates that the item in question is indeed the magic stone.

Perhaps it is because the Philosopher's Stone has the function of refining elixirs of immortality and contains a large amount of life force that it can help with its incubation!

"Mr. Yi?"

"easy!?"

Snape and Harry were initially surprised by Yi Shuihan's suggestion, but only at first. Once they fully understood what Yi Shuihan meant, they smiled knowingly. They had witnessed Yi Shuihan's strength firsthand. It was absolutely impossible for Voldemort to take it by force. And according to Yi Shuihan's logic, they felt that Yi Shuihan was invincible in terms of reason.

If I try to reason with you using a lightsaber, can your words withstand the power of a lightsaber?

Even Voldemort, who had almost given up on the Philosopher's Stone, was nearly driven to madness by Yi Shuihan's words. It was the first time he had ever seen such a shameless person. In his mind, Yi Shuihan was a hundred times more difficult to deal with than Dumbledore. Strength can be compensated for with strategy, but against such shamelessness, strategy is useless.

Voldemort was still pondering how to escape his current predicament and planned to leave first, but Yi Shuihan couldn't wait to announce, "Silence means agreement, so it's settled then, and everyone here is a witness."

"Why not get rid of him? Isn't Voldemort the most terrifying villain?"

Harry had a different opinion. It was impossible not to hate Voldemort, who had killed his parents. Now that Yi Shuihan clearly had the ability, he naturally wanted to kill Voldemort directly, rather than let him go.

“Kill him? How? He has seven Horcruxes. Even if you destroy these souls, he can still resurrect. In that case, I might as well let him bring me some fun.”

"what?"

"How do you know this?"

"impossible!"

The information revealed by Yi Shuihan was truly astonishing. It was essentially a top secret known only to Voldemort himself, and the fact that it was said in such a casual tone in this setting caused an unimaginable shock.

Snape's face was very grim. After all, Voldemort was his enemy, and no one wanted to face an enemy with so many resurrection abilities.

Harry was completely bewildered. He didn't even know what Horcruxes were, but he understood Yi Shuihan's meaning: he would have to kill Voldemort more than seven times to completely kill him. This was something unimaginable to his young mind, which had only recently come into contact with magic.

"I know a lot of things, and this isn't a secret. Why can't I know? In order to let you have a serious talk, I won't reveal what these seven Horcruxes are."

The subtext is clear: if Voldemort doesn't play along, Yi Shuihan will flip the table. As for Voldemort wanting to hide the Horcruxes, that's completely useless; Yi Shuihan has plenty of ways to create them. Of course, if Voldemort could transform Horcruxes, Yi Shuihan would truly be impressed, but that's obviously impossible.

To be honest, Yi Shuihan only knew that there were a total of seven soul weapons and their names, but he didn't know the specifics. However, if he wanted to find them, he would definitely find them every time.

Voldemort didn't know the truth of Yi Shuihan's words, but he had no choice but to follow Yi Shuihan's advice. Originally, he didn't intend to pay attention to Yi Shuihan and didn't want to reason with him, but now he could only do as Yi Shuihan said.

Just as everyone was in different states, Yi Shuihan snapped his fingers, and the lightsabers made contact, restoring the area to its original presence.

Ignoring Quirrell and Snape, Yi Shuihan called out to Harry and headed straight for the room next door, which, if he remembered correctly, should be where the Magic Mirror and even the Philosopher's Stone were kept.

Dumbledore's move was indeed brilliant. The Philosopher's Stone required someone like Harry, who desperately wanted to find it but didn't know how to use it, to obtain it. This meant that Voldemort had to confront Harry directly, and then Harry's special spells could defeat Quirrell. From the very beginning, Voldemort was just an experience monster for Harry.

Moreover, Dumbledore might have been hiding in the shadows at the time, ready to personally intervene should anything go wrong and get everything back on track.

"Alright, this is it. Let's look at something good."

Seeing the Magic Mirror, Yi Shuihan breathed a sigh of relief; it would have been embarrassing if a misunderstanding had occurred.

Harry followed Yi Shuihan in a daze, completely oblivious to his surroundings, still in shock from what had just happened and not yet fully recovered.

"Let me see what the mirror shows."

Yi Shuihan was facing the mirror, wanting to see if it could reveal what he desired most in his heart.

"Isn't the direction a bit wrong?"

For the first time, only his reflection was visible in the mirror, with no other changes. Yi Shuihan remembered that in the original story, direction was also a point, and tried to adjust his direction.

After several attempts, Yi Shuihan finally realized that the magic mirror seemed to have no effect on him.

Chapter 533, Meow's Merit

"I overestimated this thing. Is it because I'm too strong?"

Yi Shuihan pondered that perhaps it was because what he truly desired was something that something like the Magic Mirror couldn't comprehend at all, and was even beyond the reach of this world, so naturally it couldn't be displayed.

Somewhat disappointed, Yi Shuihan was prepared, so he quickly adjusted and simply let Harry come over to see his parents, while he began to check if the Philosopher's Stone was present in the Magic Mirror.

Harry was initially a little confused, but when he actually saw the two people he had only seen in his dreams reflected in the Magic Mirror, he was completely excited.

"Dad," Harry murmured, looking at the adult man in the mirror. The man nodded at him, and Harry was deeply moved, overwhelmed by a profound sense of happiness. Then he looked at the woman looking at him with a kind expression and said, "Mom!"

"Did you see that? Those are my mom and dad."

Harry shouted excitedly at Yi Shuihan.

"This is the Mirror of Erised, which allows people to see their deepest, most urgent, and intense desires. Because you have never seen your parents, you are able to see them here. Others cannot see what you see."

Yi Shuihan's explanation made Harry fall silent for a moment, but after a while, he looked at the two pairs of loving eyes in the mirror and became captivated by them.

Seeing Harry entertaining himself, Yi Shuihan simply smiled. He understood Harry's feelings; having never met his parents before, he was so excited to see them that he was completely carried away.