stonecrandall Chapter 80 Look into my eyes, Snape!
Chapter 80 Look into my eyes, Snape!
Chapter 80 Look into my eyes, Snape! (Third update of 10,000 words per day)
Why are you everywhere, Professor Snape?
Orochimaru's gaze swept across Snape's face, taking in even the slightest twitch of his muscles.
Orochimaru has always been very skilled at interrogating spies.
On one hand, while he was in Konoha, he possessed a large amount of Tobirama's human research data and interrogation materials.
That person's research on the human body has reached a very advanced level, and he has even made epoch-making achievements in the case of using ninjutsu to protect the brain.
Trained ninjas can shut down their minds to prevent their emotions and thoughts from being revealed.
However, this kind of closed-off approach has its drawbacks.
Because they cannot resist the instinctive impulses of their emotions, the muscles in their faces will move rapidly within a tenth of a second.
Lord Tobirama deduced that if a ninja could conduct numerous experiments to match the muscle twitches caused by these emotions one by one, he could, without the aid of ninjutsu, perceive the fleeting thoughts that stirred in the other person's mind.
This is also the source of Orochimaru's theory.
On the other hand, Orochimaru later conducted about six thousand human experiments and determined that Tobirama's deduction was correct, just like the Impure World Reincarnation technique left behind by Tobirama.
He confirmed them and found effective ways to use them.
It's really difficult to do that, but fortunately, Orochimaru is quite good at it.
Therefore, although Professor Snape tried to hide his emotions at first, Orochimaru was still able to discern the movement of the muscles in Snape's face based on his ample experience.
The first expression on Professor Snape's face was one of surprise.
But that instinctive expression was replaced in 0.2 seconds, and a look of contempt appeared in Snape's eyes.
Although he tried to cover it up, he had already exposed his true feelings.
Professor Snape held Professor Quirrell in utter contempt, considering Quirrell a weaker person subordinate to him.
Therefore, he only reveals his contempt after being stimulated by instinct.
But the most beautiful thing was Professor Snape's eyes, where the inner fibers of the orbicularis oculi muscle contracted violently, and his eyelids unconsciously pressed down.
Although the time was short, Orochimaru still managed to catch it, like a patient snake finally catching a mouse that had come out of its hole.
In a flash, Orochimaru, drawing on his experience in torture and the conclusions of human experimentation, discovered Snape's deepest secret.
Professor, the smell of blood is so faint. Are you quite wary of the person hiding behind Quirrell?
So, before Snape could even ask Orochimaru what he had been doing all this time, Orochimaru preemptively struck.
He grabbed Snape by the collar and, to Snape's astonishment, slammed him against the window.
"Snape! Look at the mess you've made! Is this how you serve that person?"
Orochimaru spoke in a flash, his eyes filled with rage, as if he were about to burn Snape's soul to ashes.
A flicker of panic crossed Snape's eyes.
Although the time was short, Orochimaru still managed to capture it.
He now felt like a snake coiled around a mouse, gradually tightening its grip and suffocating its breath.
Orochimaru then escalated the situation.
"You betrayed us, you betrayed that lord!"
"I didn't!" Snape explained quickly. "That person suddenly disappeared, so I went to find Dumbledore. That was the most likely way to find him."
So you really are a traitor?
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, and his expression immediately turned cold.
"Prove it to me, Snape!"
Snape shoved Quirrell aside and rolled up his wizard's robe on his left arm, revealing a mark on the inside of his forearm.
Orochimaru examined the mark with a serious expression.
It was an empty skull, and from the open skull's mouth emerged a snake, its body tightly coiled around the skull.
"You actually dare to keep it?" Orochimaru asked disdainfully. "Dumbledore really trusts you that much?"
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Instead of answering Orochimaru's question directly, Snape glanced at the front of Orochimaru's left arm.
The meaning couldn't be clearer.
It's time for you to prove yourself, Quirrell!
"Fool! Do you really think that in this situation, working for that person, I would need to leave that mark?"
Orochimaru's anger was palpable.
"Are you planning to use this evidence to denounce me to Dumbledore?!"
"Look me in the eyes and answer me, Snape!"
Snape paused, then instinctively tried to use Legilimency on Orochimaru.
But he stopped.
Because he wasn't sure why Quirrell was so arrogant.
Dark magic is like an endless nine-headed monster, ever-changing and unpredictable.
If he were to use Legilimency on Quirrell, would it alert the Dark Lord hiding behind Quirrell?
He can't take any risks right now; Harry is still at school.
Thinking of this, Snape could only look Quirrell in the eyes with a clear conscience, and then asked, "Tell me, what is the condition of that person?"
"I will not tell you until you are cleared of suspicion." Orochimaru refused without hesitation, showing that he did not trust Snape at all.
Orochimaru wanted to probe further to get more information, but a sudden commotion came from outside the window where the two of them were.
Two figures riding flying broomsticks glided across the sky like lightning and stopped outside their window.
In that instant, Snape almost wanted to draw his wand and kill Professor Quirrell right in front of him.
Because the people outside the window were Harry and Malfoy.
The two men glared at each other fiercely, like knights on warhorses, ready to charge at each other with lances. But the standoff came and went quickly.
Both Harry and Draco Malfoy stared in shock at the person behind the window.
Why were Professor Snape and Professor Quirrell having such an intimate conversation behind the window?
Didn't Professor Quirrell leave Hogwarts?
Are the two of them in cahoots?
Harry wanted to scream at the thought.
Draco Malfoy, who was loyal to Orochimaru, actually felt a strange magical pull.
The moment he looked at Quirrell, he felt a strange urge to obey and follow him.
The impulse was so familiar that Malfoy understood it instantly.
That's not Professor Quirrell.
That's Lord Orochimaru!
Is this the connection between me and Lord Orochimaru?
Malfoy excitedly turned his head to look at Harry Potter, whose face was full of confusion and shock, but Orochimaru's order suddenly popped into his mind.
Why did Lord Orochimaru ask him to steal Neville Longbottom's memory orb? Why did he ask him to create chaos? Why did he ask him to attract attention?
He was clearly in flight class too.
unless----
Malfoy turned to look at Quirrell, who was standing with Professor Snape, but his mind was filled with images of Orochimaru.
As he watched Harry about to bend down and report the news to Professor McGonagall, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he thought of a way to completely draw Harry's attention to himself, perfectly covering for Lord Orochimaru.
"Potter!"
Malfoy watched Harry Potter plummeting downwards and shouted loudly.
"Even if you're close to Lord Slack, he didn't give you a code name, did he? But I'm different from you—"
Malfoy had no idea what the consequences of his words would be; he simply wanted to provoke Harry Potter and delay his flight to find Professor McGonagall.
So he even shouted at Harry Potter, who was about to land.
"He calls me Kimimaro, and I call him Orochimaru, you know that, Potter!"
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