As long as it didn't kill them, it was fine. As for why it was hunting down the Ginny possessed by Lord Voldemort...
That was simple: because fifty years ago, Lord Voldemort had used it to murder Moaning Myrtle.
It could feel that Salazar Slytherin wasn't dead; he was still at Hogwarts.
Once Slytherin found out about this, it would surely be killed.
That was why it was so desperately trying to kill the Ginny possessed by Lord Voldemort.
As for the safety of Ginny, the possessed person? It was her own fault for being possessed; she might as well be counted as a traitor to Hogwarts.
And that little girl it had petrified—it was just petrification, she could still recover. The Basilisk didn't think much of it.
From its simple perspective, it was already doing well by not intending to kill the Hogwarts students, and that was only because it feared Slytherin.
But now, a little girl had actually delivered herself to its doorstep and even blown up its home; it couldn't be blamed for losing its temper.
At the same time, Lynn made her final decision in her mind.
The Basilisk had already harmed Hermione and seriously threatened everyone at Hogwarts, regardless of whether its purpose for existing was what she had guessed.
It had to die.
Expressionlessly raising her wand, Lynn pointed the tip directly at the Basilisk.
Flicking its tongue fiercely, the Basilisk opened its large mouth and lunged forward, snapping viciously at Lynn.
Its sharp, thin fangs could tear Lynn into pieces in an instant.
A purple beam of magical light flashed, and the Basilisk was slammed back to the ground by the impact of an Impediment Jinx.
"Hiss!"
The Basilisk's hard scales meant it didn't take much damage from the fall, but Lynn's Impediment Jinx had shattered several of its scales.
Watching Lynn warily, the Basilisk prowled as silently as possible beneath her, faintly surrounding the area directly below her with its body.
Once its head reached behind Lynn, it lunged again in a single instant, snapping toward her.
Crack, bang!
Lynn jerked her wand to the right, and a silent Levitation Charm snapped a pillar directly. She then controlled the pillar to smash hard into the Basilisk behind her.
The Basilisk was sent crashing heavily into the left wall by the blow. The force was so great that the wall cracked, and the entire Chamber of Secrets shook.
Turning around, Lynn slowly raised her wand, and the water from the pools on both sides of the Chamber immediately floated up.
Pointing her wand tip directly at the Basilisk, Lynn took the initiative to attack, using the floating water she controlled to completely envelop the creature.
The Basilisk's massive body roared and struggled, each movement kicking up massive splashes of water.
The snake's head also repeatedly tried to break out of the water sphere, but its intentions were always detected in time by Lynn, who controlled more water into the sphere to restrain it and fill the gaps created by its struggling.
With her eyes tightly shut, the trembling in Lynn's right arm gradually increased; the aftereffects of the Cruciatus Curse were tormenting her relentlessly.
The increasing mass of the water sphere and the Basilisk's massive body also placed significant pressure on her right arm.
Her expression remained unchanged, but Lynn had to raise her left hand to support her right arm, and she also had to release the Levitation Charm controlling herself.
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