harry potter book of crimes

It was a stone slab, a huge round stone slab.

When Maka cast a spell to excavate the land until the stone slab buried deep in the ground was gradually exposed to his sight, his face changed slightly because of the few symbolic carvings stained with gravel and mud on it.

"retreat!"

He grabbed the windbreaker wizard who was following him with his backhand, and he flew back quickly.

And it was at the moment when he made a quick judgment that the stone slab under the pit suddenly erupted with a burst of gray magic light, which rushed out of the bottom of the pit and spread outward.

Maka's speed is very fast, even so fast that even Haierbo can't react. Unfortunately, no matter how fast he is, he can't be faster than light.

He only had time to think of lightning and put a layer of protection around his body. In the blink of an eye, he and the windbreaker wizard were swallowed up by the rushing light.

After a while, when the gray light shrank again, the stone slabs at the bottom of the pit and the two living people disappeared in the sudden incident.

"Maka? Hey!"

Seeing the burst of light from a distance flickering on and off, instantly taking away the two people inside it, Lu Ping no longer cared about the danger, so he hurriedly flew over and looked around.

Unfortunately, except for the deep pothole in the middle of this small street park, there is really nothing left.

"I never mentioned beforehand that this would happen!"

Although he did not think that the light just now was fatal, Maka's disappearance was a fact. Lupine now wanted to know where he and the mysterious wizard were taken by that light?

…

"Don't do it!"

Just when Lupine was distressed by the disappearance of the two of them, on the other side, Maka suddenly calmly stopped the windbreaker wizard who stretched out his wand.

In fact, after the gray light receded, he and the windbreaker wizard immediately discovered the first abnormality in their environment.

It can be seen that the place where the two of them are is seems to have not changed at all.

When I raised my head, I saw the sky wall, flowing clouds, sun...and various buildings near and far, including this small park, everything was still where they should be;

When he lowered his head again, the deep pit in front of him still existed, but the round stone slab at the bottom of the pit disappeared.

The only thing that is different from before is the color!

To put it bluntly, it's actually very simple. They both found that the whole world seemed to have been washed away, with no other colors except black, white and gray. This feeling was like being trapped in an old old house.

Just like in the photo.

After thinking for a moment, Maka suddenly saw a gray shadow in the distance approaching here - it looked like a person, but the figure was twisted irregularly, resembling a

A terrifying monster that is barely humanoid.

As soon as he saw the figure flying quickly from the sky, the vigilant windbreaker wizard was about to cast a spell, but Maka reached out and pressed down the wand that had been stretched out.

And after being blocked by Maka, the windbreaker wizard was not too dissatisfied. Although the eyes hidden under the brim of the hat were still staring at the monster in front of him, the wand in his hand still lowered silently.

Maka didn't say much. He just stared at the twisted gray shadow for a while, then looked at the strange scene around him and sighed slightly.

"I didn't expect this guy Haierbo to be quite petty!" He muttered, "I just designed to trap him once, and he also used a similar method to trap me here..."

After shaking it gently, Maka said again:

"But speaking of it, this may also be one of his strengths."

"What's the meaning?"

The windbreaker wizard on the side heard this and asked in a hoarse voice while being wary of the gray shadow monster.

Maka then raised her right hand and gestured to the black and white world around her.

"Mirror World," he said, "Helbo has a lot of magic research that revolves around a mirror, so... how should I put it? The 'surprise' he left me always feels a little unexpected.

Feel."

"Ahem, cough...then what is this?"

Seeing that the other party pointed at the gray shadow monster wandering nearby, Maka shrugged and said:

"It's Lupin."

As he spoke, he cautiously walked forward and stretched out his hand to try to pat the gray figure's shoulder. As expected, his hand passed through it easily.

"There is no entity, but you can still feel the fluctuations of Lupine's magic power. This means that... this mirror world is on the 'spiritual' level. Therefore, if you really cast magic on it just now, Lupine might be dead."

want--"

Before she finished speaking, Maka seemed to have thought of something bad, and her eyebrows suddenly frowned.

"I originally thought that this was a trap deliberately set by Haierbo to lure me, but I didn't expect that I might have found the right place this time, right?"

"Ahem... didn't you say that this is the mirror world?" The windbreaker wizard immediately asked, "You've found the right place? Are you serious?"

Hearing the doubts in the windbreaker wizard's tone getting thicker and thicker, Maka finally couldn't help but turned around and took a good look at him.

"Are you asking me?" He asked with a puzzled look on his face, "I said, do you really don't know, or are you still pretending to be confused? What on earth are you here to do..."

As she spoke, Maka finally waved her hand and said:

"Forget it, forget it, just pretend that I didn't ask you what you just said - just do what you have to do!"

After that, he simply shut his mouth, turned around and walked out of the park.

The windbreaker wizard looked at him and held back his words mid-sentence. He seemed to feel a little awkward. However, he stopped and stared blankly for a while, then nodded silently, and then chose another one.

The direction left.

…

After deciding to separate from the windbreaker wizard, Maka sensed the free magic power in the surrounding space and gradually walked towards the center of London along the vague magic flow.

To be honest, he really wanted to ask the windbreaker wizard for clarification, but he also knew that it was best not to communicate with that person.

If he really goes to ask something, he will definitely gain a lot, but he is afraid that it will also cause more and worse troubles.

Of course, let's put aside the matter of the windbreaker wizard for now. What Maka is now dealing with is the problem of this so-called "mirror world".

At first, he just wanted to get out of the predicament. But after realizing that this might not be a trap, he had to stop thinking about getting out of this predicament.

In fact, when he thought that the magic cast here could also harm Lupine, a certain terrifying intention held by Haierbo was instantly reflected in his mind.

Obviously, as long as that guy takes action in this mirror world, even if the scope is limited to this part of London, the harm it can cause will be extremely terrible!

As for why that guy hasn't taken action yet...it seems like he can only tell it himself.

After walking in this black and white city for a while, Maka gradually discovered that the flow of magic power in the air was accelerating. At this moment, Maka found that she had arrived in the urban area of ​​London.

Is there anything unusual here? What causes the accelerated flow of free magic power?

On the street, gray shadows come and go. From the previous example of Lu Ping, we can understand that these are the magical outlines of each person "reflected" in this mirror space.

Muggles also possess magical powers, but the magic in their bodies has not awakened like wizards.

Maka didn't stay on the street for too long. After observing the gray shadows for a while, he stepped on the magic book and flew along the street straight to the city center.

"Well?"

Not long after, maybe more than ten minutes passed quietly.

Maka stood suspended above the center of London. Under him was Big Ben, which he had seen countless times. But even here, he still didn't find anything noteworthy.

Yes, the flow of magic around here seems a little restless, but other than that everything is normal.

Of course, just this weird world of black, white and gray can no longer be called "normal".

Looking down at the crowded traffic below and the gray figures inside and outside the car, even Maka, who had always been calm, couldn't help but click her tongue slightly.

It's like a child who has been looking for a building block toy for a long time and finally found it, but when he picked it up and took a closer look, he found that he only found an empty building block box.

This feeling of missing out by just a tiny bit, but having your hopes dashed in the end, is really uncomfortable!

"Is it possible that this is really just a trap set for me?"

If you just want to trap Maka and let him accidentally hurt Muggles and wizards in the outside world, this is also a possibility! But what is the success rate...

Haierbo is not a fool who would do such a bad thing, Maka still believes this.

"Then let's look for it again!"

According to the clues given by the flow of magic power, if there is really a problem in this space, it is probably somewhere in the city center.

Suddenly, he controlled the magic book to let himself fall slowly, until he landed on the sidewalk on the street.

Letting the flow of gray shadows passing by her, Maka didn't pay any attention, turned around and walked away in one direction.

There's no point in being anxious right now, it's better to calm down and do some research!

At the same time, the windbreaker wizard on the other side was actually doing something similar to Maka.

If Maka knew about it, she would probably be confused because the other party's behavior was completely different from what she imagined.

What is this guy here for? (To be continued)