New Fusion! Wandless Casting! Portable Storage Space!

"Intimidate Malfoy and monitor Crouch!"

After some thought, Dudley offered his suggestion. "Lucius bullied the weak and feared the strong. Dumbledore, go bluff him a little, and he'll obediently hand over Voldemort's Horcrux.

As for Barty, we need to investigate before monitoring him. Go there personally and find out whether Barty Crouch Jr. is still alive and whether he's hiding at home.

If he is, find several powerful and reliable subordinates to keep watch on him. If Voldemort's main soul refuses to show itself for too long, we may have to use Barty Crouch Jr. as bait.

If Barty Crouch Jr. has already escaped, then we can only use the stupid method and send people all over the world to catch him."

"Understood. I'll get right to it!"

Dumbledore turned to leave.

"Wait!" Dudley called after him.

When Dumbledore turned back in confusion, Dudley reminded him sternly:

"Dumbledore, you've begun changing in the direction of being decisive, straightforward, and uncompromising. That's good.

But while being confident, please retain a little humility and caution. Don't let it develop into arrogance.

You're powerful, but you aren't entirely without weaknesses. Don't recklessly show off when facing matters you aren't completely certain about. Especially when dealing with Voldemort and collecting Horcruxes, make sure to discuss it with me if you have the time.

I don't want to collect your corpse, and I especially don't want to see the enormous advantage we worked so hard to build destroyed in an instant!"

Dumbledore had acted first and reported later when he went to Gringotts to forcibly seize the cup Horcrux. Dudley had smelled danger in that.

In the original story, the old man had gone to the Gaunt Shack to retrieve the ring Horcrux set with the Resurrection Stone. Entranced by the Resurrection Stone and wanting to resurrect his family, he had put on the ring and fallen victim to Voldemort's insidious dark magic, leaving him with only one year to live.

Therefore, Dudley needed to remind the old man not to swing from one extreme to another, becoming so carried away that he stumbled at the finish line.

"I understand, Dudley. Thank you for your concern. I'll be fine, at least until I see you completely change the Wizarding World!"

Dumbledore seemed to think of something. He looked at Dudley with a gratified smile, then Apparated away and vanished from the spot.

"That old man, did he even understand what I meant?"

Dudley muttered under his breath as he looked at where Dumbledore had disappeared.

"Cousin, what did you say?"

Harry asked curiously from beside him.

"Nothing important. Harry, go downstairs first and help Hagrid review the spells my parents have learned before. I need to handle a few things, then I'll come down."

An idea had formed in Dudley's mind as he spoke to Harry.

"Okay, Cousin. I need to tell Aunt, Uncle, and Hagrid that Dumbledore won't be able to teach a full day's lessons today either!"

Harry put away his little black notebook and the textbook he always carried, then headed downstairs with slightly lighter steps.

After Harry left, Dudley took out the D-rank White Poplar Wand that had been nourished by his magic power until its compatibility with him had reached one hundred percent, holding it in his hand.

He then walked over to the bookshelf and picked up the C-rank large-capacity magical suitcase, which had already been emptied.

"Fuse!"

Dudley issued the command to the system with his thoughts.

In an instant, the White Poplar Wand and the magical suitcase vanished, becoming two invisible ripples that merged into Dudley.

[Command executed! Consumed D-rank fusion opportunity *1, C-rank fusion opportunity *1.]

[Remaining magical item fusion opportunities: C-rank *1.]

[Congratulations, Host! You have fused with an excellent wand that has one hundred percent compatibility with you!]

[Obtained Perfect Wandless Casting!]

[From this moment onward, your body and soul possess the functions of a wand, allowing you to cast spells with incomparable ease.]

[Furthermore, unlike the Wandless Casting other wizards acquire through training, your Wandless Casting still receives the magical enhancement of the White Poplar Wand itself.]

[Obtained Trace tracking ability!]

[You have gained the ability to construct, place, and remove Traces with magic power. You can sense targets marked by your Trace in real time, provided they have not removed the Trace.]

[Obtained partial wandmaking knowledge and techniques!]

[You understand the basic principles of wandmaking and have learned the Ollivander Family's secret knowledge and techniques for processing White Poplar and Dragon Heartstring materials.]

[Congratulations, Host! You have fused with a magical suitcase with a capacity of one thousand cubic meters!]

[Obtained portable storage space (one thousand cubic meters)!]

[You may open a spatial passage at any time and place to store or retrieve items that can fit within the storage space, whether living or dead.]

[The weight of items stored in the portable storage space will not burden you in any way. The decay, spoilage, and rusting of dead objects stored within the space will be greatly slowed.]

[If you wish to store living creatures without suffocating them, do not forget to also store the necessities needed to sustain life, such as air, water, food, and so on.]

[In the future, you may expand the portable storage space or add other special effects to it by casting spells on yourself or fusing with other spatial magical items.]

[Detected that the Host has fused with a spatial magical item. The portable storage space has automatically obtained the characteristics of system space.]

[System space characteristics: ① Indestructible. Unless the Host's will and spirit are completely extinguished, the system space will remain intact forever.

② Isolated from inside and outside. Unless permitted by the Host's subjective will, no being or object may enter or leave the system space.]

[Obtained partial spellcasting techniques for creating spatial magical items!]

[You understand the spellcasting techniques for advanced Space-Extension Charms, Weight-Reduction Charms, Preservation Charms, and Spell Stabilization Charm magic.]

Dudley closed his eyes and carefully sensed his current condition.

Wonderful! Everything felt so clear!

He casually waved his hand and recited the incantations for the Levitation Charm and Accio.

The large wooden box containing Harry's hair, Hufflepuff's Cup on the desk, a withered severed Bowtruckle limb and a Diricawl feather kept in the hidden drawer beneath the bed, along with a large number of Galleons and gold bars, all floated out and hovered in the air before Dudley.

Dudley drew a large circle in the air, and an irregular circular spatial passage instantly appeared.

With another wave of his hand, the large pile of floating items eagerly flew into his portable storage space.

After storing those items, Dudley pulled Quirrell's Cracked Wand (B-rank) and Diggle's Wand (C-rank) from his inner coat pocket and tossed them into the spatial passage as well.

Then, the spatial passage automatically closed at his command and disappeared.

Ever since allying with Dumbledore and gaining a powerful, outstanding worker who ran around everywhere for him, Dudley had slightly postponed his plan to fuse with Quirrell's Cracked Wand and quickly obtain a great number of dark and light spellcasting techniques.

He had drawn up a new fusion plan.

Now, Dumbledore had unexpectedly brought back Voldemort's Horcrux ahead of schedule. It was even Hufflepuff's Cup, an important item connected to an S-rank regret event, while the compatibility of Dudley's White Poplar Wand had also reached its maximum.

He no longer hesitated and carried out the new fusion plan.

After all, important items were safer when carried on one's person.

He had never expected the system to give him such a pleasant surprise after fusing the magical suitcase!

Now, the Horcruxes would be even more securely safeguarded.