Basilisk, Super Beast, and Plants

Professor McGonagall put down her pen and glared fiercely at Horatio, who was slouched in the chair opposite her.

"Look at you, deducting 150 points from Gryffindor just after the start of term, and then threatening a teacher and turning a classmate into a girl during class. I really don't know what to do with you," Professor McGonagall said, wrapping up the letter she had just finished writing on her desk. "Is there really no way to turn Ron back?"

Horatio picked at his ear. "I've told you how many times, the potion's effect is permanent. You've confirmed it with Snape. The best thing you can do now is transfer Miss Weasley to the girls' dormitory."

Professor McGonagall summoned an owl, handed it the letter, and said sternly to Horatio, "If the Weasleys don't forgive you, you'd better find a way to turn Ron back. Otherwise, you can expect to be expelled."

Horatio shrugged indifferently. It just so happened he wanted to experiment with the feeling of breaking into Hogwarts.

However, things didn't go as planned. Horatio couldn't experience breaking into Hogwarts for the time being because the next day, Professor McGonagall received a reply from the Weasleys. Not only did they not blame Horatio, but they thought he had done a great job. They had long felt they had too many sons and wanted more daughters. They even asked if it would be possible to turn Fred and George into girls as well.

Professor McGonagall's expression was like she had constipation. She had no choice but to arrange a single room for Ron... no, Ronnie, because she had been a boy before, and until the other little witches accepted her, she could only live alone.

Horatio thought of Ronnie's big, fat rat. To prevent it from running around the girls' dormitory and seeing things it shouldn't, he secretly implanted it with alchemical nanobots that had a confusion effect.

In the Room of Requirement, "You're really ruthless, turning a classmate into a girl in public," Tom said in his diary after hearing about what happened in class from Horatio, speechless.

"They provoked me first. I'm usually very well-behaved," Horatio protested indignantly.

"Uh, what are you doing now?" Tom asked in the diary.

"Making missiles. I've been unhappy with the Gryffindor Tower for a long time."

"..." Tom was speechless. What kind of innate demon child was this? He wasn't this outrageous in his second year.

"Tonight, we can finally release Slytherin's pet."

"Really? Yay, we can finally kill those Slytherin insects. I've been unhappy with them for a long time." Horatio seemed extremely happy, finally reaching this day.

Tom in the diary sneered, When the Basilisk is released, you'll be the first one I kill.

After putting away the diary, Horatio sneered, When I backstab Tom, his expression will be priceless.

Night soon fell, and Horatio emerged from Snape's office at 9 PM.

Following Tom's guidance, Horatio arrived at the entrance of a washroom. A ghost was sitting on the water tank of the innermost toilet.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Moaning Myrtle asked loudly upon seeing Horatio.

Horatio ignored her, patted his cloth bag, and the rope and gag used to capture Peeves last semester shot out, binding Myrtle into an excited shape like a bound chicken.

Myrtle struggled frantically on the ground. She wanted to call for help, but a ball was stuffed into her mouth, causing her to only make muffled "woo woo" sounds. She lay helplessly on the ground, tears streaming from her eyes.

After dealing with Myrtle, Horatio walked into the washroom and found a faucet carved with a small snake.

"Hiss~ hiss~" Following the Parseltongue Tom had taught him, he opened the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.

The faucet emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly. Then, the pool slowly disappeared, revealing a very thick pipe.

Horatio passed through the pipe and entered a tunnel made of black stone.

"Lumos!" Horatio drew out Kei's wand and lit up the entire tunnel with the Lumos spell.

After turning a corner, he arrived at a stone wall carved with two intertwined snakes. The eyes of the two snakes were inlaid with glittering emeralds.

"Hiss~ hiss~"

The two snakes separated, and the stone wall split down the middle, sliding slowly to both sides before disappearing.

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Horatio passed through many stone pillars carved with coiling, entangled snakes and arrived before a statue as tall as a room. Horatio immediately recognized the statue as the founder of Slytherin House.

As Horatio observed the Slytherin statue, Tom Riddle's soul emerged from the diary.

"You don't seem surprised at all," Tom said, looking at the calm Horatio with some surprise.

"Naturally. I knew long ago that you could detach yourself from the diary and act independently. Did you think that bottle of soul nourishing potion was forgotten there by me?" Horatio stated that Tom Riddle's little tricks were things he had stopped playing centuries ago.

"Interesting. Mr. Arrogant Horatio thinks he can control everything, but he doesn't know what terrifying monster is hidden in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."

"Isn't it just a Basilisk? Hurry up and release it. Let's see what it can do." Horatio seemed very eager.

"Hmph! Ignorant." Tom turned and spoke to the statue in Parseltongue, "Speak to me, Slytherin—the greatest of Hogwarts' four founders."

The mouth of the giant Slytherin statue opened, wider and wider, eventually forming a huge black hole. With a sound of scales rubbing against pipes, a giant snake's head emerged from the black hole. Horatio quickly turned his back.

Tom sneered, "Do you think turning your back on the Basilisk will solve the problem? Don't forget the Basilisk's fangs are equally deadly."

Then he commanded the Basilisk in Parseltongue, "Kill him!!"

Horatio snapped his fingers, and a black, mud-like substance appeared on the ground. A terrifying black giant claw reached out from within and grabbed the Basilisk as if it were picking up a snack.

The Basilisk struggled desperately in the giant claw's grip but couldn't break free no matter how hard it tried.

"What is this?" Tom asked incredulously.

"Your Basilisk is indeed powerful. Many wizards can't deal with it, but compared to the Super Beast that has conquered countless worlds and destroyed innumerable universes, it's not even worthy of carrying its shoes," Horatio continued. "Guess what I did last night? I hunted countless Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest and forged a Super Beast with their flesh and blood energy. Although it's not complete yet, it's more than enough to deal with a Basilisk."

As the giant claw squeezed tighter, the Basilisk let out a painful howl. Horatio quickly commanded, "Don't kill it, Bellocan."

Bellocan's giant claw slowly loosened its grip but still controlled the Basilisk.

Horatio said with his back to Tom Riddle, "You've been showing off for long enough. It's time for me to show off."

Then Horatio spread his hands and spoke to the air, "Speak to me, Horatio Quebel—the most handsome of Hogwarts' four houses."

A portal shimmering with golden sparks opened before him, connecting directly to Horatio's greenhouse.

Rows of Gatling Pea Shooters stood ready, with Torchwood stumps in front of them. In the Cabbage Pult's catapults, Biting Cabbages were eager to be launched. Behind the Whomping Willow's branches, several pots of Doom-shrooms seemed to be waiting for it to throw them.

"Little Tom, do you think a Basilisk can kill plants with its eyes? I'm curious." Although Horatio could order Bellocan to kill the Basilisk directly, he felt restless after dealing with Little Tom for so long without putting on a grand show in front of him.

"All troops, attack." With Horatio's command, the plants began their orderly assault.

Under Bellocan's control, the Basilisk became a living target. The Gatling Pea Shooters fired burning projectiles through the Torchwood stumps, bombarding the Basilisk's body.

The Whomping Willow's branches hurled Doom-shrooms from behind onto the Basilisk. The moment the Doom-shrooms touched the Basilisk's body, they exploded violently, tearing off huge scales.

Cabbage Pults launched Biting Cabbages at the Basilisk. The Biting Cabbages began to furiously attack the Basilisk's wounds and eyes.

The Basilisk struggled desperately, its pained roars making Horatio wonder who the villain actually was.

Finally, a Biting Cabbage hopped over to Horatio, leaping into his arms to indicate that they had dealt with the Basilisk's eyes.

Only then did Horatio turn around and discover that the Basilisk was already on its last legs. He quickly stepped forward and gave it an injection of a potion to keep it alive. This was his experiment, and it would be a huge loss if it died.

After saving the Basilisk's life, Horatio turned to look at the stunned Little Tom.

"Let's begin this delightful torment."

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