Chapter 307: Keep it clean

As Dumbledore's words were spoken, the air stagnated for a moment.

John still maintained a serious expression.

Until three seconds later.

"?"

John tilted his head, doubting for a moment if he had heard wrong.

"Who did you say wants to kill me?"

"Severus."

Dumbledore repeated faintly.

"??"

John's head tilted further, and he asked again uncertainly.

"Is it the Severus I know?"

"I think so."

Dumbledore nodded.

"Ha!?"

"Has that old bat finally couldn't help but want to kill to silence me!"

"Isn't it just that I took a few more bottles of his magic potion, is it worth it!"

John stood up abruptly and said in disbelief.

Dumbledore:?

No, you took his magic potion, how are you embarrassed to say that?

"Don't look at me with that look, that is the fruit of my labor."

Regarding Dumbledore's questioning, John said without blushing or panting.

"No, wait, this is not the point."

"Does Professor Snape really want to kill me?"

Dumbledore said affirmatively again: "That's right."

"But don't be anxious, sit down first."

Seeing Dumbledore still in such a calm and breezy manner, John reacted.

If Professor Snape really wanted to kill him, the Headmaster shouldn't have this attitude.

So he sat down again, intending to listen to what was going on.

"You should know that Severus used to be a Death Eater, right?" Dumbledore asked slowly.

"Yeah, I've even seen his Dark Mark."

John nodded.

"In fact, after Voldemort was resurrected, I let Severus return to Voldemort's side."

"Let him become our undercover agent on Voldemort's side."

"But at the same time, Voldemort also let him continue to stay at Hogwarts to be an undercover agent on our side."

Hearing this, John's eyes widened slightly, but he didn't rush to interrupt Dumbledore.

"And just on the day you captured Fenrir, Severus brought back a piece of news."

"That is, Voldemort ordered him to kill you."

John frowned and began to sort out Dumbledore's words.

To be honest, this information was a bit large.

One moment it was Professor Snape wanting to kill him, the next Professor Snape was our undercover agent, and finally Professor Snape became their undercover agent?

A double agent?

Dumbledore didn't stop his words and continued to speak.

"This originally shouldn't have been told to you, but now that you have been named by Voldemort, I have to let you know the truth in advance."

"Severus's position is crucial to us, and we must not let him be exposed."

"So I need your help, John."

John finally understood what Dumbledore meant and asked slowly.

"What do you need me to do?"

"Cooperate with Professor Snape in a game of cat and mouse, so he can report back to Voldemort?"

However, Dumbledore shook his head and said slowly.

"No, it's not that simple, I need you to try your best to survive under Snape's murder attempt."

"Ah?"

John was confused again; isn't Professor Snape one of their own?

Is it necessary to be so serious?

In John's view.

Since Professor Snape could lurk on Voldemort's side, it proved that his Brain Sealing Technique was already exquisite enough to deceive Voldemort.

The most exquisite Brain Sealing Technique is not just shielding others from peeping.

But while allowing peeping, actively weaving illusions, so that what the peeper sees is a scam carefully designed by the caster.

Professor Snape could undoubtedly do this.

So they actually only needed to pretend to have some conflicts in front of some students or outsiders.

There was no need to be so serious...

Dumbledore also saw John's confusion, so he had to explain again.

"Memories can perhaps be tampered with, but killing intent cannot."

"Especially murder with pure malice, just like the Killing Curse, if you don't have malice or killing intent in your heart, you can't exert its power at all."

"So in order not to let Voldemort discover any clues, he must truly harbor killing intent to murder you, so that Voldemort can be convinced."

John was silent for a while; this was fundamentally different from acting.

It wasn't that he was afraid, but it was a bit troublesome to deal with.

"Then will Professor Snape notify me before he takes action?"

"I'm afraid not, John, because true killing intent cannot tolerate any omen."

"That is to say, not only do I have to pretend to be unaware, but I also have to be on guard against him suddenly stabbing me in the back?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, John scratched the back of his head with a headache.

What kind of crappy job is this?

Should he just strike first and deal with Professor Snape?

John shook his head and threw away the unrealistic idea.

Thinking seriously, they were now at Hogwarts, even setting aside the information that Professor Snape was their undercover agent.

Even if he were truly an enemy, he couldn't possibly attack him in front of everyone.

Because he still needed to stay at Hogwarts as Voldemort's "undercover agent."

So he would mostly rely on poison, or curses, and other underhanded tricks that no one would notice...

And these types of underhanded tricks must have defensive measures.

"Fine, I know."

"Let Professor Snape come, I want to see what kind of tricks he can pull."

After a moment of silence, John grinned.

Seeing John's confident smile, Dumbledore finally nodded with a smile.

"Oh right, Headmaster, you tell Professor Snape to keep his hands and feet clean; if he accidentally 'exposes' his flaws with me, I won't show him any mercy."

Hearing John's arrogant words, Dumbledore was also a bit helpless.

This child really didn't want to suffer any losses at all.

Even at this point, he was still thinking about revenge on Snape...

"Fine, I will pass it on truthfully."

On the first day of school, hearing such explosive news, John was still quite surprised.

He thought the only main plot this year was to get information from Professor Slughorn.

As a result, he had an extra life-threatening side quest.

It was truly life-threatening.

He had to go and learn some knowledge related to curses again...

This matter couldn't be known by others; let alone Harry, whose brain might still be connected to Voldemort's.

Hermione even more so couldn't be told.

If she knew Professor Snape intended to kill him, she wouldn't be able to sit still.

Titus and the others couldn't be told either; now they weren't too deeply involved with Voldemort, and John didn't want to drag them into the water.

"Sigh, can't tell anyone, can only find a way myself..."

John sighed helplessly and muttered to himself.

Just as he was distracted, a voice suddenly sounded in his brain.

【It's okay, I will help brother】

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