Dudley listened to Dumbledore's analysis with a face full of amazement. This old geezer had really been jolted into fully opening his mind.
His brain was turning incredibly fast.
"Hiss... You haven't already been to the Gaunt Shack, have you?"
Dudley asked through gritted teeth, staring at Dumbledore's old hands.
He was terrified that the old man had already gotten hold of the Gaunt Ring set with the Resurrection Stone and put it on.
Dumbledore noticed Dudley's gaze and looked somewhat puzzled, but he answered naturally.
"I haven't gone yet. Didn't you say that if I found any clues, I should come back and discuss them with you?"
"Good!"
Dudley had thought the powerful ally he had worked so hard to convince was going to be finished in less than half a month. Luckily, the old geezer could still take advice.
"Dudley, did you foresee something else? You look a little... strange."
Dumbledore asked curiously.
"What you analyzed earlier was correct. Hogwarts and the Gaunt Shack each did indeed contain one of Voldemort's Horcruxes."
Dudley did not pick up the thread about prophecies.
Instead, he frankly confirmed Dumbledore's earlier guess. With such an effective human cheat code at hand, it would have been rude to keep hiding things.
"Wonderful! I'll search the Gaunt Shack first!" Hearing Dudley's words, Dumbledore was filled with energy again and wanted to leave immediately.
"Wait!"
Dudley hurriedly shouted to stop the advancing old man. "Hold on a moment, just hold on!
There's no need to rush this. I still have important information to tell you, and you haven't fully explained the results of what you did earlier!"
"All right, then! Will you speak first, or shall I?"
Dumbledore sat back down in his chair.
"I'll go first. The Horcrux stored in the Gaunt Shack is