Chapter 160: Determination
Chapter 384 Determination
It was a dark sea, with heavy leaden clouds firmly locking the white moonlight, and only the occasional flash of lightning brought some light in the turbulent waves.
Along with this fleeting brilliance came a deafening roar, and the whistling sea breeze swept the waves like the end of the world.
In such weather, even the most skilled sailors would not dare to enter this dark area even if they were driving a sturdy ship.
However, invisible to the naked eye, there was a piece of pure land in the turbulent waves. There, the sea surface was like a mirror, and only the waves that rose from time to time made people realize that this was not a static picture.
On this sea, a large ship shone in the moonlight.
It looked very strange, like a skeleton, as if it was the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged, and the portholes flickered with a dim, misty glimmer, looking like the eyes of a ghost.
On this ghost ship, there is also a tall and thin figure standing.
This is an old man who looks weathered. Time and suffering have not taken away his youthful grace at all. The gold mixed in his white hair reveals his true hair color when he was young. There is no blood on his thin cheeks, giving people a mysterious and strange charm.
However, everything about him is not as eye-catching as his heterochromatic pupils. With his slim wizard robe similar to a black windbreaker and a hull that looks like a ghost ship, anyone who sees it will subconsciously hold their breath.
However, this guy who looks like a stranger has a raised mouth, as if he is recalling a good memory. His eyes are dull, and his hands are clasped behind his back, as if he is waiting for someone.
In short, this does not look like a living person, but more like a wax figure.
Fortunately, the flame flower that appeared behind him and a pleasant phoenix cry made him turn his body sideways, proving that he is still a living person.
"Long time no see." A tall and thin old man dressed very fancy, with stars and moons embroidered on his wizard robe, appeared behind him.
At the same time, a bird that looked like a maple leaf but full of summer vitality flew to the tall mast.
"Albus, long time no see." The black-robed wizard Grindelwald extended his right hand to the fancy old man.
"What do you mean by that?" Dumbledore's voice trembled slightly, and a hopeful light flashed in his eyes.
"Just what you understand."
"I see hope, hope to save everything." Grindelwald retracted his right hand and replied with a slightly trembling voice.
"Prove it to me." Where Grindelwald couldn't see, Dumbledore's left hand clenched into a fist.
Grindelwald took out a skull from his pocket that should only hold a thin piece of paper.
The skull was originally a spine, connected to a flexible hose that seemed to be made of bone but could be bent.
He carefully placed the skull on a wooden table beside him and waved his wand. The eye sockets of the skull lit up with a soft light like a candle after it was lit.
"Look." Grindelwald put the hose into his mouth and took a deep breath.
White smoke came out of his mouth, gathered in the air, and slowly revealed a figure, followed by the environment around the figure.
"This is the Hogwarts Resurrection Stone. He resurrected a woman? Is that the ship on the Black Lake?" Dumbledore couldn't help but take a few steps back, but his eyes were always focused on the picture formed by the smoke.
"Yes, Albus, can you recognize who that boy is?"
"Although his face is blurry, he is a student of Hogwarts. You should think that we can go to the place where the Resurrection Stone is hidden in advance. In this way, Ariana" Grindelwald said halfway and stepped towards Dumbledore.
"Don't call her name!"
"I. Meaning" Dumbledore showed such a weak expression for the first time.
This expression was like a sword, deeply piercing Grindelwald's heart.
Grindelwald stopped and was about to say something.
"I don't know who that boy is." Dumbledore said while racking his brains to recall.
It was as if the person who told Harry to accept the death of a loved one last Christmas was not himself.
"Resurrection. Woman?" Dumbledore suddenly thought of Harry, who had also mentioned resurrection, and that was also Christmas.
His deceased relative Lily was also a woman.
But the next second, he shook his head again.
It couldn't be him, because Harry was far from being so tall and strong.
That scene happened next year, and in just one year, Harry couldn't have changed so much.
"What about that woman? The resurrected woman, did you see it clearly in your prophecy?" Dumbledore held Grindelwald's hand.
"I foresaw that what I saw in my dream was the same as in this picture."
"The appearance, body shape, and hair color of the boy and the resurrected woman were inexplicably distorted."
"Maybe the resurrection stone interfered with my third eye." Grindelwald conjured a chair and sat down close to Dumbledore.
But Dumbledore didn't care, and even held Grindelwald's hand.
Dumbledore was pointing his wand at the screen in the air. Under his control, the screen in the smoke was replayed and paused over and over again.
"The boy seemed to be talking in one direction. Wait, what about this ring?" Dumbledore suddenly paused the screen in the air.
"Do you know this ring?" Grindelwald shook Dumbledore's body excitedly.
"Maybe. But I need to confirm. I have to convince someone." Dumbledore narrowed his eyes.
"Who?" Grindelwald let go of Dumbledore.
"Bob Ogden, he worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."
"At the request of the Ministry of Magic, he carried out a mission. If he is willing to give me his memory, I will know the location of the Gaunt family's old house and whether the ring inlaid with the Resurrection Stone belongs to the Gaunt family." Dumbledore frowned.
The Gaunt family's residence was undoubtedly covered by Voldemort's magic, and the Ministry of Magic did not keep Ogden's execution records well.
This means that if he wants to know the address of the Gaunt family.
He must ask Riddle, or Ogden himself.
However, he does not want Riddle to know the Resurrection Stone.
It's not that he doesn't believe Riddle, but this stone is very important. This is Ariana's return to the world, and his hope for a new beginning with his brother and even with Gettler.
As for Ogden, Dumbledore was not sure if he was willing to cooperate.
However, he had made up his mind to use Legilimency and even the Imperius Curse.
"Do you need my help?" Grindelwald saw that Dumbledore was leaving.
"No." Dumbledore looked at the mast.
Fawkes seemed to have a telepathic connection and flew down from the mast in a circle.
With a spark, Dumbledore disappeared.
