my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 107 The most powerful time magic - focus

Hogsmeade village.

Wang Shui, who made himself look like a public face, stood in the cold rain wearing a relatively gregarious old-fashioned long windbreaker.

February in the southern Highlands of Scotland is cold and wet.

But Wang Shui quite likes this kind of weather.

The plan to infiltrate Hogwarts was a little simpler than Aoi expected.

This was his first attempt, and he got information from the guests of the Leaky Cauldron - there was a public fireplace in Hogsmeade village outside Hogwarts, which could be passed by using Floo powder.

Moreover, there is also the more annoying Knight Bus, which can also go to Hogsmeade.

Now that we are here, it is not difficult to sneak into Hogwarts.

Wang Shui could even sneak in while the students were out for fun on weekends.

But today is just an attempt for aqua regia, not the weekend.

Wang Shui chose the [Screaming Shack] route, where there is a secret passage leading to the Whomping Willow outside the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts.

There are many secret passages in Hogwarts, and this secret passage seems to have been built by Dumbledore, but relatively few people know about it.

The Shrieking Shack at the end of the secret passage was built to help the werewolf Lupine survive the full moon night when he was a student.

There were rumors of various ghostly roars, but they were actually the screams made by Lupine as he was tearing himself apart.

The Shrieking Shack has no doors or windows, and the entire building is enhanced by magic, making it difficult for ordinary wizards to enter.

However, these methods cannot stop aqua regia.

Invisible in a corner where no one was paying attention, after approaching the big house and passing through the wall, Wang Shui entered it very smoothly.

Yes, it says it's a shack, but it's actually a big two-story house.

It was quite rundown inside, with broken furniture everywhere and dust in every corner.

The only exit was not difficult to find, at least it was not deliberately hidden.

The secret passage is very dilapidated and very cold, but there is always air flow here, so it should be relatively safe. The only problem is-the road is too long.

Walking in this long underground passage, there is always a sense of depression that lingers.

The surrounding stone walls were very solid and seemed to be made of magic. Wang Shui didn't stay too long. He quickened his pace and soon walked out from the other end of the secret passage.

Under the thick trunk of the Whomping Willow, Wang Shui used phase invisibility to avoid the big guy's perception.

Then, the huge castle complex in that movie simply filled Wang Shui's vision.

Looking at the sporadically moving crowds inside, the flickering lights everywhere, and the little shock from childhood, Wang Shui was still a little stunned.

After all, Hogwarts is not a tightly defended fortress. It is not difficult to sneak in under non-tension situations.

The necessary worries before were due to Wang Shui's fear of Dumbledore. This fear gave him some illusions and a sense of distance.

The sky was dark and no students came to the Forbidden Forest.

Wang Shui simply found a corner and reshaped his appearance, this time as a young boy.

Then, he released a [Passenger's Armor Technique] on himself.

This spell is not a spell in the wizarding world, nor is it an ordinary system spell. It is an "open source spell" that Wang Shui and the majority of sand sculpture netizens like very much.

Of course, only those netizens who are spell casters.

It is inspired by [Friendship] and [Creature Repellent].

The Friendly spell can make strangers have a favorable impression, while the Passerby Armor spell can make strangers subconsciously ignore you and politely stay away from you under the influence of weak repellent effects.

This spell is very suitable for blending into a loose group, and coupled with a public face, it will definitely make everyone not recognize you, but they will feel like they have seen you somewhere.

Therefore, there are many other names for the Passerby Armor Technique, such as [Social Terrorism Technique], [Spy Technique] and so on.

The most important thing is that this spell is equally effective for extraordinary people. Its effect is only related to the familiarity of everyone in the group. The fewer people and the more familiar everyone is with each other, the worse the effect of this spell.

However, aqua regia also needs a suitable set of clothes.

He entered the castle invisibly. Before his body could no longer withstand the rejection of space, Wang Shui found an empty classroom and hid it.

Since you were careful from the beginning, be careful to the end.

There were neither too many nor too few people in the entire school. It was late at night and there was no movement outside.

At this time, the entire castle became dark.

Wang Shui also walked out of the empty classroom at this time.

He raised his left hand and waved it gently at his side, and bursts of fluorescence appeared on the simple metal ring.

[Low Light Vision], [Silent Force Field], [Sixth Sense·Russell]

As a qualified Dharma master, it is a compulsory course to give yourself buffs before taking action.

Wang Shui began to walk silently in the corridor, but he always held a [Anchor Point Recall] secret card in his right hand.

Before meeting the lovely Filch, Wang Shui first met a young couple.

They were hiding in a small secret passage, which seemed to be an extra exit from a classroom.

Aqua Regia used medicated cigarettes to knock down two people. This fast-acting drug is very useful when dealing with multiple people.

This was a boy from Ravenclaw House and a girl from Hufflepuff House. What moved Wang Shui was that these two young lovers were still wearing school uniforms when they came out for a tryst.

Wang Shui chose Ravenclaw, that is, the clothes of Yingyuan.

This kind of Western-style school uniform is not complicated, and even the biggest difference between colleges is the badge on their chest, as well as the color of the tie and scarf.

Ravenclaw has a blue main body, with copper yellow and black as supplementary details. This design is more in line with the aesthetics of Aqua Regia.

Blue is full of wisdom at first sight.

Of course, Wang Shui would not directly take away the little brother's clothes. He just wanted to take a closer look at the style and then use alchemy to make a set himself.

Speaking of which, Hogwarts uniforms are sold in Diagon Alley.

But Wang Shui came in tentatively to take a look today. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly, so he didn't have time to prepare.

The two people were thrown on the carpet of an empty classroom. The antidote would take effect in half an hour, and the great alchemy master Aqua Regia accurately controlled the dose of the antidote based on the two people's physiques.

Girls wake up about three minutes early.

As for what happened next, Wang Shui didn't dare to look at it.

After going up to the fourth floor, Wang Shui, who was dressed in Yingyuan's clothes, suddenly slapped his head, "Tsk, my mind has really become a bit rigid recently."

He found a hidden corner nearby, and then pushed down the decorative cabinet next to it. This relatively new small cabinet made a harsh noise in the quiet night.

"Who! Who's there!"

Filch's vague and angry roar came. In the quiet environment, this roar was quite clear.

"Little bastard! If I catch you, I have to hang you up!"

Filch muttered loudly and walked over holding a dim lantern.

Wang Shui was maintaining phase invisibility by the corridor, and his right hand had already touched the short wand on his waist.

When Filch quickly passed by him, Aqua Regia immediately became invisible and swung down the stick!

[Fainted] (Physics)!
  thump--

Filch didn't even scream, he just threw it on the ground like a broken sack.

In fact, Wang Shui did not use pure physical attacks. He added the special effect of [Soul Blow] to the short stick wand, which is a powerful spell from the main world.

As for the real fainting place, aqua regia, which has not yet mastered the silent spell, does not like to use it because it is too inky.

Putting away the short wand that suited him best, Aqua Regia dragged Filch into another empty classroom - after all, it was midnight and all classrooms were empty.

Filch was dying.

This was what Wang Shui had expected.

As a squib living in Hogwarts, Filch's physique is no different from that of ordinary people, and he is not young at all. It is normal for him to be unable to withstand soul attacks.

But he didn't die directly. It was Wang Shui who temporarily saved him, using [Thinking Lock].

Filch's soul was violently decoded, and Aqua Regalia didn't even need to copy it. He directly transformed Filch into a digital soul, and then sealed it into an arithmetic crystal card.

Filch's name had already been written on the blank card surface.

Afterwards, Aqua Regia used alchemy to repair Filch's body, and then imprinted the alchemical array on his brain. Reactivating the card, the alchemy arrays at both ends were completed simultaneously, and Filch, who had just died on the ground, stood up again.

"Damn you little bastard! How dare you plot against me! I'm going to put you in solitary confinement!"

Filch patted his head and walked out very naturally, completely ignoring the aqua regia next to him.

His demeanor, movements and way of thinking have not changed at all, and his body is not a dead body, he is still alive.

However, the connection between soul and body has changed.

Moreover, his mind lock is special, and his memory can be accessed by anyone at any time, but aqua regia will never appear.

As long as the array is not destroyed, Filch can survive forever, but his body may still need some modifications.

Okay, now that the insurance is set up, you can browse the restricted book area.

Wang Shui had previously wanted to find a reliable internal agent for Filch.

As for pretending to be Filch? He didn't want to face those energetic kids every day.

But what surprised Wang Shui even more was that on his system panel, under the [Agent Individual] tab of the Agent War entry, there was the name [Argus Filch].

In an instant, some bad things flashed through Wang Shui's mind.

"Hiss—calm down, stay calm! Don't play with life casually! Stay in awe!"

Wang Shui immediately suppressed those thoughts. He quickly diverged his thoughts. He needed to convince himself!
  correct! If the scene gets too big, it is likely to be spread by teammates. If it is noticed by the system again, it will be completely outweighed by the gain!
  Calm, even if he controls the entire wizarding world and wins a proxy war, what will happen?

Thousands more yuan in rewards?
  As his thoughts spread, Wang Shui felt more and more that he could not be impulsive, and abusing [Thought Lock] would only bring more trouble.

With some mixed emotions, Aqua Regia found the Hogwarts library on the second floor.

Hogwarts Castle is huge, but the corridors and some classrooms are surprisingly narrow.

Wang Shui walked into the library and stood near the door looking at the overall situation.

Inside this library, which has a small front entrance, there are thousands of bookshelves and a large reading area.

It's space magic, and this place has been expanded by space magic.

With a vast amount of knowledge in front of him, Wang Shui's eyes finally regained some sparkle.

At this time, Filch passed by holding a dim lantern and helped Shui Wang close the library door.

He will patrol the area tonight, and if there is an accident, he will notify Wang Shui in real time.

Because there is no Sylvia soul template, Filch cannot connect to the Internet, and Wang Shui has no intention of adding him to the lower-level subnet of the "Sylvia Network", which is a dedicated network for "impersonal constructs".

As for opening up a new network? With the strength of Filch's soul, there was no way he could support such a load.

So, just keep a single line of communication.

After calming down, Aqua Regia began browsing in the Hogwarts library.

There are many books in the public area, [-]% of which are professional entry-level magic books and a large number of wizarding world travel notes. The rest are a few redacted wizard's notes, and a large number of magazines.

Yes, a magazine, a very comprehensive magazine.

There are "Prophet Weekly", "The Quibbler", "Transfiguration Today", "Wizard Weekly", etc., whether they are entertainment or professional magazines, you can find them here.

And these old issues are definitely helpful for understanding the modern development of the wizarding world.

Wang Shui took a rough look around. Many of the books here were worth reading, but he came with a purpose.

The restricted book area is blocked by a wooden partition with hollow carvings. The bookshelves inside can also be seen in the hall.

In the middle of the partition is the small door leading to the restricted book area, which is right next to the librarian's counter.

But there is no lock on the small door, and there is no unnecessary protective charm.

A long time ago, when reading the original work, Wang Shui wanted to complain. Isn't this encouraging students to peek at banned books...

In other words, all past principals believed that wizards who were outstanding enough should read these books.

Setting up a restricted book area is probably just to give the Ministry of Magic some face and protect ordinary students.

It's also convenient for aqua regia.

The books in the restricted book section are much more professional. Some of them are familiar titles with the words "intermediate" and "advanced" added in front of them.

However, the first book Wang Shui read was about the transformation technique of "Animagus".

Wang Shui was not in a hurry. He read all the titles in the restricted book area very carefully, and then created a separate file in the thinking space (the void of reason).

After that, he closed his eyes and rested for half a minute, then walked directly to the fifth bookshelf from the bottom and took out a book on the fourth floor - "Advanced Occlumency Guide".

There are no beginner or intermediate books, and this is the only one that directly mentions Occlumency in the title.

As for the Imperius Curse and Legilimency, Wang Shui never expected to find them easily.

This advanced guide is also chained to the bookshelf. There are some simple protection spells in the book, but this kind of thing cannot stop the alchemist.

【Deterioration】

The iron chain collapsed and then recovered, but Wang Shui did not completely decompose it. He was not here to steal these books.

However, there is nothing that can be done about those protective spells that have been destroyed. If you want to repair them, you can only wait for the Aqua Regia Society.

Wang Shui walked to the innermost flower window and sat on the window sill, leaning against the window frame.

The rain outside the window stopped, and the faint moonlight penetrated the dark clouds and fell on the books.

This little light was enough for him to see everything clearly.

Wang Shui relaxed his body, with one foot hanging on the ground and the other foot on the window sill. His bent right leg served as a support for the bookshelf, allowing him to quickly flip through books with only his right hand.

In his left hand, he was playing with a light blue card.

Wang Shui became calmer, or in other words, he easily entered a "flow" state. Now, his sense of time began to speed up.

He only remembered that he occasionally went to deal with laboratory matters.

Occasionally I would leave here to buy some materials and then come back soon.

During the day, he would attend classes, but would subconsciously avoid Professor Snape. He would go to the auditorium to eat, and he would go to the lounge of Yingyuan to study.

At night, he would return to the forbidden book area. Even though he had read all the books here several times, he was still confirming the more spiritual knowledge and still writing and drawing various notes.

Of course, purely entertaining biographies and tabloids were not on his reading list.

Gradually, the students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry seemed to have some impressions of this boy from the Eagle Yard.

But no one seemed to be able to pronounce his name. Everyone only remembered a figure sitting on a bench in the corridor with a pile of manuscript papers beside him.

Wang Shui did not forget about his studies. While studying, he always maintained his concealment.

However, studying in school is indeed different. The learning environment and atmosphere are so good that Wang Shui is quite addicted.

The only regret is that there are still too few books here.

From the end of June to September [-]st, it is the summer vacation for Hogwarts students.

Wang Shui took advantage of the opportunity when most of the professors went home to read through the books in their offices.

It can only be said that there are not many surprises.

Wang Shui left Hogwarts on September 1991, 9, but before leaving, he specially attended the freshman entrance ceremony.

Wang Shui sat in the middle of the long table in Ravenclaw House, watching the three protagonists being assigned to Gryffindor, with an inexplicable relaxed smile on his lips.

It's like participating in a movie, tsk, it's a wonderful feeling.

But this time, he did not avoid anyone's gaze. Wang Shui looked at the kind old man, the greatest wizard of this century.

He has completely mastered Occlumency.

As if feeling Wang Shui's gaze, Dumbledore suddenly looked at the long table of Ravenclaw Academy after announcing the banquet.

There was an empty seat there, an empty seat that was somewhat crowded with students on both sides.

　How can I put it... I'm sweating profusely, brothers...

　　Originally I was still thinking about how to quibble, ah no, it’s an explanation. I was thinking about how to give a perfect explanation. I updated it a little later.

　　Finally, I saw the reward from the big boss... Tsk, the first time I received the reward from the alliance leader, I was actually a day late.

　　Not much to say, brothers, I’m going to work hard.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)