This time, Lord Voldemort's siege of the Order of the Phoenix at Grimmauld Place was partly to stabilize his rear before the big war, and partly to test Snape.
He had already grown suspicious of Snape after several previous instances where members of the Order of the Phoenix escaped.
If any more mishaps occurred during this siege, given Lord Voldemort's nature, he would directly kill Snape to prevent future trouble, even without sufficient evidence.
"Thank you!"
Seeing Adam's spirit body disappear and regaining control of his own body, Harry sincerely thanked him.
What followed was the joyous reunion of family and friends, and Harry's explanation and relaying of Adam's warning.
"No wonder. No wonder my firebolt, invisibility cloak, and wand, which I kept in the cabinet, always disappeared from time to time, especially the wand, which even broke several times. It cost me quite a few Galleons to get Ollivander to repair it."
After listening to Harry Potter's narration, Sirius finally understood.
Ron, standing nearby, chuckled and added:
"I always suspected Terry did it."
Hearing Ron mention Terry, Hermione curiously looked at Terry, who was dejected by the destruction of the locket:
"By the way, Adam just said you know the full story of the locket Horcrux. Could you tell us about it?"
"Yes, this is—"
Terry was about to speak when Snape, standing next to him, interrupted:
"Let's talk on the way. If what Adam said is true, we must leave here immediately and return to Hogwarts to inform Dumbledore.
Also, since this was a test for me, Lord Voldemort will likely come himself if he hasn't received Bellatrix's report."
Although Harry's family's joyful appearance pricked his heart somewhat, as long as Lily was happy, he didn't care.
Now the most important thing was to leave this dangerous place and not let anything happen to Lily again.
"That makes sense. You all pack up quickly, I'll go get the car!"
Everyone nodded hurriedly, and Arthur Weasley even ran quickly towards the parking lot.
With Lord Voldemort controlling the Ministry of Magic, Floo powder was completely unusable for them.
And Apparition, with their current strength, they couldn't Apparate from London all the way to Hogwarts.
So now, they mostly traveled using the magical car Arthur had modified, which could fly and become invisible. Its interior had been expanded with an Undetectable Extension Charm, so seating dozens of people was not a problem.
Thus, in less than twenty minutes, everyone was in the magical car, flying invisibly towards Hogwarts.
About an hour later, Lord Voldemort appeared in Grimmauld Place with a group of Death Eaters.
When he saw the dead Bellatrix and a group of unconscious Death Eaters, he couldn't help but curse loudly:
"Useless, all of you are useless, you can't even do this much!"
After cursing, he directly cast a Curse of Slaying on each of the unconscious Death Eaters, sending them all away, which terrified the core followers who had come with him, causing them to break out in a cold sweat.
"This is the fate of failures.
Tomorrow, we attack Hogwarts. If we fail, your fate will also be like this!"
For him, these Death Eaters would take at least a few days to recover, so they couldn't be used for the attack on Hogwarts tomorrow. It was better to use them as a warning to others.
As long as tomorrow succeeded and Dumbledore was killed, even if all his subordinates died and only he remained, the entire Wizarding World would not escape his grasp.
"Lord, rest assured, we will definitely succeed tomorrow. I have already contacted the Giant tribe, and they have agreed to fight tomorrow."
Malfoy, holding his wand, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and pledged his loyalty.
Tomorrow's battle would not only involve all the Death Eater Wizards, but also an army of Werewolves, the Giant tribe, and a large number of Dementors and Acromantulas, among other magical creatures, to assist.
Normally, they couldn't possibly lose.
Especially since Dumbledore's body was also having problems.
"Although you were somewhat useless, as Master, I will still avenge you and kill that traitor Snape and those rats from the Order of the Phoenix."
Lord Voldemort reached out and touched the face of the deceased Bellatrix, then stood up and looked at Malfoy:
"You've done very well. Are you certain Dumbledore's body is truly injured?"
"Certain. Our lurking Death Eaters saw the mark of your Dark Curse's backlash on Dumbledore's arm."
Malfoy replied cautiously.
Upon hearing this, Lord Voldemort's noseless face finally revealed a hint of a smile, though on his face, it looked so bizarre and terrifying.
"I knew it, he still couldn't resist wanting to resurrect his sister. Everyone has weaknesses, and Dumbledore is no exception.
Now let's see who can stop me!"
At the same time, Adam, who had finished his Dream Walking Technique, uncharacteristically left the Edman briefcase and returned to his dorm bed before dark.
He needed to rest to recover the energy expended from continuously casting the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
"Release!"
After lying down, he didn't immediately fall asleep. Instead, he first dispelled the Shadow Clones that had been assisting his studies outside, including the one left in the Kamar-Taj library.
"It seems there were some minor incidents."
After absorbing the memories of all the Shadow Clones, Adam shook his head, lay down, and entered a deep sleep. This time, he didn't project his soul, fully dedicating himself to physical recovery.
Although there were some minor incidents with the Shadow Clone at Kamar-Taj, he didn't consider them problems.
It was just that Kaecilius tried to cause him trouble and was thoroughly beaten by Kaguya.
The cause of the incident was that Kaecilius still wanted to learn the magic to resurrect his wife and children from the Ancient One, but was refused. So he wanted to look at the forbidden books the Ancient One kept in the library.
He was again refused by the Ancient One, who told Kaecilius to focus on learning the current magic and training the new sorcerers.
If it were just that, it would have been fine, but the key was that Kaecilius discovered that the forbidden books he, Kamar-Taj's most talented sorcerer, couldn't even look at, this new junior disciple could read freely.
Immediately, he felt unbalanced and brought his admirers to the library to pick a fight with him.
Adam's Shadow Clone wanted to read and had no time to deal with a small fry like Kaecilius, who could be eliminated with a flick of a hand, so he left it to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to handle.
The result was obvious: Kamar-Taj's foremost talented sorcerer, the Ancient One's disciple Kaecilius, was tormented by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to the point of questioning his existence.
In close combat, Kaecilius, wielding a magical blade, was struck by Kaguya's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and spat blood in mid-air before even getting close.
He tried to trap Kaguya with spatial magic, but Kaguya could freely traverse space, completely unrestrained, and could even open portals around him to ambush him.
Any powerful spells he attempted were completely seen through by Kaguya's eyes and Rinne Sharingan.
If Adam hadn't instructed her not to kill, Kaecilius probably wouldn't have lasted ten seconds.