Then it should be that Slytherin himself, before leaving Hogwarts, consciously severed the connection between the Room of Requirement and the Chamber of Secrets.
Or, to exaggerate a bit, if this room was created by Slytherin himself—of course, we have to ignore why his tapestries are always so ugly—then he could directly make the Room of Requirement refuse requests to go to the Chamber of Secrets.
However, not being able to go directly to the Chamber of Secrets doesn't mean there aren't other ways.
The Room of Requirement is, at most, somewhat intelligent; it's just Legilimency plus Transfiguration at its core. The true magic lies within Hogwarts itself.
From this perspective, the Room of Requirement is just a manifestation of Hogwarts's magic.
Hogwarts absolutely understands itself one hundred percent. If Hogwarts is considered a huge database, then the Room of Requirement can be seen as a generally intelligent search engine.
This way, it might be possible to use wordplay to bypass the search engine's limitations and directly retrieve information from the database.
Hmm...
The theory is feasible; let's put it into practice.
Kaisen waited for the Room of Requirement to close again, then walked three circles in front of that tapestry.
"I need a room containing a map of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."
"I need a room containing a map of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."
"I need a room containing a map of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets."
A door appeared.
"What kind of room did you wish for this time?" Dumbledore asked with some curiosity.
"We'll know once we go inside." Kaisen walked in first, and Dumbledore followed.
The room was very spacious, with only a stone platform in the center, on which geometric patterns made of wisps of light were displayed.
"What is this?" Dumbledore asked.
"I wished for the Room of Requirement to become a room containing a map of Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, and Hogwarts should have generated this Chamber of Secrets map for me."
"However, the keyword 'Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets' was still detected by the Room of Requirement, which resulted in the map we needed turning into this... garbled mess," Kaisen explained.
"Wait here, I'll go get a Pensieve." Dumbledore said, about to Apparate away.
"No need for such trouble."
Kaisen directly took out his magic manual, opened it to reveal its starry pages, and pressed it directly onto the jumbled geometric patterns.
"Next, we just need to decipher this geometric pattern, piece it back into its original map form, and Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets will almost certainly come to light."
Dumbledore smiled.
"It was a great idea to bring you here; there couldn't have been a better one."
"Indeed," Kaisen said, putting away his magic manual.
"Where are you planning to go next?"
"Uh... to the Muggle world for some food," Kaisen said.
"No rush, no rush. I need to go to your office for some magic experiments. Will you accompany me to your office?" Dumbledore asked.
Kaisen didn't say anything, directly pulled out a key... then thought about it and put the key back.
"You can just go straight in if you need anything; I didn't lock the office door."
"Still, you should accompany me. Your office is too big; I might get lost," Dumbledore said.
"Alright, alright, let's just teleport back this time. I'll wait for you at the door." Kaisen said, and with a whoosh, he vanished.
Dumbledore smiled and followed.
Kaisen leaned against the doorframe of the alchemy office, and soon Dumbledore Apparated there as well.
"Alright, let's go in."
Kaisen gripped the doorknob and twisted it, and the two walked into the office.
"What exactly do you need?"
"I'm still looking; let's just keep walking." Dumbledore said, walking ahead, and Kaisen, not knowing what specific item Dumbledore needed, couldn't teleport, so he just followed behind Dumbledore.
After a long while...
"Have you found it yet?"
"Not yet... Never mind, let's go to your office area and have some black tea. Anyway, you're not in a hurry."
"Dumbledore, what the hell?" Kaisen was a bit flustered. Usually, he was the one using the office to trick Little Wizards.
But today, he was the one being tricked by Dumbledore.
Humiliation, sheer humiliation! What a disgrace!
"Ahem, Kaisen." Dumbledore suddenly called out from behind Kaisen.
"No black tea, no green tea either. I advise you to leave now, before I smash my fist into your nose." Kaisen was so angry he didn't want to open his eyes, fearing that if he saw Dumbledore's large face, he wouldn't be able to resist lashing out.
Dumbledore cautiously stepped back: "Why are your eyes closed?"
Kaisen sneered and opened his eyes: "Because I'm afraid..."
Bang!
"Happy Birthday!"
In an instant, fragments of exploding magic fireworks fell all over Kaisen's head.
Only then did he open his eyes, which he had instinctively closed from the loud noise, and looked at Dumbledore, the four Little Wizards from Gryffindor, in front of him.
Professor McGonagall with a smile, Severus forcing a smile, Professor Sprout holding a large gift bag, and Professor Flitwick, who had just shot the magic fireworks from his wand.
The previously spacious office was now filled with people. Madam Pince was staring curiously through her monocle.
She always looked like that whenever she saw him.
Madam Hooch and Madam Pomfrey were examining a roasted whole lamb, with the two Weasleys occasionally sneaking bites from its side.
Hagrid seemed as if he had just been un-silenced, breathing heavily, and Filch stood in the center of the crowd, looking a bit awkward.
On the very outside, he even saw Lockhart, holding a tablet-like gift box, just hoping it wasn't a self-portrait of himself.
Kaisen closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, subtly wiping the corner of his eye.
"You guys are really boring, truly."
Dumbledore handed him a velvet handkerchief.
Kaisen took it and wiped the corner of his eye, which had inadvertently gotten something in it from the wind.
"Look behind you, Kaisen!" Hagrid finally couldn't help but say.
Kaisen nodded and turned to look towards the floor-to-ceiling window facing the Black Lake.
A huge screen made of redstone lamps was somehow floating silently on the Black Lake, and countless Little Wizards on broomsticks were flying around the giant screen.
The next moment, the redstone lamps instantly lit up, and pixel by pixel, they formed a stick figure with a blocky head and a Wizard hat.
This stick figure embraced the sky with both hands, surrounded by many blocks Kaisen had used before, and an Enchanting Table.
The screen made of redstone lamps could even carve out the shape of the Enchanting Table; it was quite an effort for the Little Wizards.
Kaisen raised his hand and waved, and instantly the huge floor-to-ceiling window in front of him shattered, the fragments disappearing before they even hit the ground.
"Because of the redstone screen you made, I can only say that for the final exams of grades three to seven... I will give you a score you cannot refuse."
"Long live Professor Kaisen!"
"Professor Kaisen, we love you!"
The Little Wizards flying around the screen instantly rushed into the now shattered floor-to-ceiling window of the Alchemy classroom.
"How does it feel?" Snape walked next to Kaisen, pulling out a small bottle of golden liquid from his robes.
"Not bad... well, this is the first time anyone has celebrated my birthday. This feeling is just too good."
Kaisen took the small bottle, and instantly the system, which had been almost shut down for half a semester, suddenly came back to life.
"Obtained Felix Felicis containing friendship, Lucky Block module, unlocked successfully."
"Happy birthday." Snape said.
Kaisen nodded, and Lucky Blocks continuously appeared from his hand.
"Happy Birthday!"
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