LRAB Chapter 258: The Debate on Good and Evil, Strength and Weakness with 16-Year-Old Voldemort!
Chapter 258: The Debate on Good and Evil, Strength and Weakness with 16-Year-Old Voldemort!
Harry was taken aback by these words.
He suddenly felt that what Voldemort in front of him said might have made some sense.
"Reasoning is for friends and good people, what's the point of talking to a wicked scoundrel like you?"
You're a pure-blooded villain, and you'll only get worse and worse in the future. Trying to reason with you? I can't be bothered! You're not worthy to listen!
Dudley's forceful and assertive rebuttal shattered the confusion that had just arisen in Harry's mind.
Harry's eyes hardened again, and he silently retreated to Dudley's side under the protection of the orca guardian.
Meanwhile, the younger version of Voldemort's soul on the other side was disgusted by Dudley's fickleness and morally ambiguous nature.
Voldemort is not Little Petrarch; he will not back down repeatedly in the face of threats and insults.
Moreover, he realized that retreating was useless; whether he would be beaten or tortured depended entirely on the other party's mood.
So he stopped pretending, directly tearing off the facade of feigned benevolence, and letting his soul avatar roar with a hint of hysterical madness:
"Hahaha! Naive! Hypocritical! I thought you were the same kind of person as me, but I never expected you to be so childish and ridiculous!"
Villains? Good people? They're just false concepts created by the weak to restrain the strong and protect themselves!
In this world, there is no good or evil, only strength and weakness! Right now you are strong, so you can decide my fate at will. But when you meet someone stronger than you, your fate will be controlled by someone else just like that!
Dali fell silent.
He paused for a while, but did not refute the viewpoint of the "youth version of Voldemort".
Because he believed that, in a certain sense, Voldemort was right.
But that's only on a very narrow level.
To only consider strength and weakness, without considering good and evil, is something Dudley couldn't do, and neither could Voldemort himself.
Dudley was about to punish the cunning and sophistry of the youthful Voldemort's soul when he noticed the confused yet hopeful look in his cousin's eyes.
He sighed inwardly; it seemed he had no choice but to participate in this debate, and he had to win.
He didn't want his cousin to be misled by Voldemort's words.
"Hahaha! You can't refute me now, can you? Go ahead and attack! If you attack, it means you agree with my point of view! You..."
The younger version of Voldemort's spirit, seeing that Dudley didn't respond, thought he had the upper hand and started to provoke him again.
Before he could finish speaking, Dudley interrupted him:
"What do you mean, 'you'? You really think you've stumbled upon the truth?! Don't you think you're contradicting yourself?"
You say that good and evil are concepts created by the weak, and that there is only strength and weakness, not good and evil.
Regardless of whether your statement is right or wrong, if we analyze it according to your logic, since you acknowledge the existence of the weak in this world, then the concepts of good and evil created by the weak must also exist, right?
"You...you're using sophistry! You're just exploiting linguistic loopholes and playing word games!"
The youthful version of Voldemort's soul could no longer laugh; his voice trembled slightly as he retorted, whether from anger or frustration, it was hard to tell.
"Voldemort, Voldemort! You call me naive and hypocritical, but aren't you the same?"
Dudley pressed his advantage, saying with a mix of self-deprecation and sarcasm, "Strength and weakness are relative concepts. There is no strongest, only stronger. Everyone has moments when they are weak."
Just like when you faced my curse and my cousin's slap, didn't you hope that I could reason with you and show some kindness?
And then there were the five years you spent studying at Hogwarts, when you were, in Dumbledore's eyes, a complete weakling.
If Dumbledore hadn't always been reasonable and kind to you, would you have had such a good opportunity to develop and eventually grow into the infamous Dark Lord?
You only talk about strength and weakness, but not good and evil? You're using a viewpoint that you yourself can't even put into practice to teach me and my cousin?
Who do you think you are! You big idiot!
"you you……"
The teenage version of Voldemort has been defeated; he finds that he seems unable to refute the other side's arguments.
I feel so frustrated. I got scolded again, and I feel even more aggrieved.
Harry looked at Dudley with shining eyes and full of admiration. He knew that his cousin was invincible.
Seeing this, Dali was still not going to let it go. He remained silent until he spoke, and when he did speak, he would strike straight into the deepest part of the other person's heart.
Then he continued, "Tom Riddle, Mr. Voldemort, who is 16 years old, I ask you, do you admit that you are a human being?"
Or to put it another way, have you always lived as a human being, and do you intend to continue living as a human being?
"Whether your body is destroyed or your soul is incomplete, you still want to be human, don't you?"
The youthful version of Voldemort was completely stumped by the question.
He didn't know why the other person was asking that question, and he felt there was a trap, but he couldn't figure out what it was. After hesitating for a long time, he finally had his soul avatar speak:
"So what if I am? Of course I want to be reborn, to be a complete human being! And ideally, to live forever and rule the entire magical world forever!"
Now that Voldemort's true nature had been exposed, he no longer concealed himself and openly revealed his dark ambitions.
Upon hearing this, Dali smiled and said, "That's right! Even someone as heartless and ruthless as you can't abandon your human identity and want to integrate into human society. How dare you talk about abandoning good and evil?"
Any species with even a modicum of intelligence that forms a group or society will inevitably develop a concept of good and evil. Actions that benefit all individuals within the group are considered good, while actions that harm all individuals within the group are considered evil.
As long as a person still thinks about living in a group society, instead of denying their human identity, establishing themselves as a race, and not building any mutually beneficial relationships with any other being, but only adhering to the law of the jungle, they cannot only talk about strength and weakness, but also about good and evil.
If you do not uphold good and only do evil, you will inevitably be rejected by others and stand on the opposite side of others.
If you allow the entire group to be in a state of chaos and evil, with everyone fighting each other and harming others for their own benefit, then the group you rule will inevitably collapse sooner or later, and it is very likely that it will collapse starting with yourself.
"It's like if you became the ruler of the magical world, would you dare to kill all the benevolent white wizards, leaving only the black wizards who outwardly submit to you but inwardly harbor malice like you?"
"What...what wouldn't I be afraid of?"
The younger version of Voldemort's soul had already leaned towards the other side's viewpoint, but he still refused to admit defeat verbally.
"Hahaha! Stop being hypocritical! You wouldn't dare!"
Because you can't guarantee that you'll always be the strongest, or that you'll never be weak or suffer.
If you only keep the wicked, once you lose power and show weakness, you will face a pack of wolves who covet your position and want to kill you!
The fear you create can only scare a portion of mediocre people, not everyone!
Furthermore, if you become a ruler and constantly intimidate people with killing and bloodshed, allowing evil to prevail and keeping those under your rule in dire straits, then you will be overthrown sooner or later, and you will die a violent death sooner or later!
This is the inevitable course of history, and the fundamental principle of the balance between good and evil. If you cannot understand this, then no matter how profound your black magic is, it will be in vain! At most, you will just be a ruthless gang leader!
This world needs kindness and order. Those who only value strength will ultimately be suppressed by stronger forces. Do you understand, you naive and childish Mr. Riddle?
Dudley's insightful and profound arguments completely won over the young Voldemort, broadening his horizons and opening the door to a new world for him.
But the young Voldemort didn't know that even if he broadened his horizons, it would be useless, because he would never have the opportunity to realize his ambitions.
Now, just as Dudley said at the end, he is about to be suppressed by a stronger force and become an experimental subject on the chopping block.