harry potter book of crimes

During the wedding, Lupine went to Maka to say a few words. But what he wanted to convey to Maka at that time was actually one thing:

"There will be a secret meeting at ten o'clock tonight."

This is a member of the Order of the Phoenix... to be precise, it is an important piece of information intercepted by several wizards headed by Sirius after long-term shifts of surveillance.

And this information came from Ted, the owner of the Hanged Man Tavern.

According to Lupine, the tavern owner has been living a very peaceful, or it can be said to be very "cautious" life since Maca visited him as a guest.

We open for business in the morning, take a short rest after dinner in the afternoon, and then continue to open the door to entertain customers in the evening until two or three in the morning.

There is no doubt that this is a normal schedule for a tavern owner, and there is no problem.

However, Maka discovered some problems after going there once before, so she never gave up letting people keep an eye on that tavern.

Sure enough, on the morning of Fred and George's wedding today, the boss Ted finally made a suspicious move.

Before noon that day, Sirius suddenly discovered that he had secretly sent a batch of anonymous letters to the black market while he was out shopping.

And one of the letters was addressed to the Witch Higgs, the owner of the potion workshop they knew.

To avoid alerting others, Sirius only intercepted one of the letters sent secretly.

Because so far, among the series of suspicious persons monitored by the Order of the Phoenix, Ms. Higgs is the only one who has been confirmed to have no direct connection with other surveillance targets.

Of course, this is actually enough, isn't it?

"The specific location is underground in a cemetery near London."

At the wedding, Lu Ping said this at the end of his soft whisper.

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London tonight is as bustling and noisy as usual.

Unlike Hogwarts, it still rained several times in London during the day. The misty rain and fog wet the streets that were not very dry. Until now, the rain has stopped, and everywhere you look is still wet.

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It was still past eight o'clock, which was actually very early compared to the ten o'clock stated in the intercepted secret letter. Maka, Sirius and others were dressed in Muggle clothes, walking on the slightly wet and sticky road under their feet.

The Muggles on the bus moved forward step by step, pattering.

"Maka, why didn't you stay at the Burrow for a while? It wouldn't be too late to come out after dinner?" Lupine asked casually beside him.

"Yeah!" Sirius touched his stomach, "I danced for a while just now, and I'm a little hungry..."

But Maka then shook her head and said:

"It's better to be safe. It's better to be early than to be late. Of course, if you are really hungry, go to the Muggle store to buy something to eat! But then again, why didn't you go to the tent and get something to take out with you?

?Isn't Mr. Weasley ready?"

"Didn't I think you were going directly to that cemetery?" Sirius said angrily, "If you encounter a situation, you can't hold a wand in one hand and a piece of chicken bacon pie in the other, right?"

Before Maka could complain, Tonks couldn't help but said:

“Why chicken bacon pie?”

"Because I saw it on the table in the tent!" Sirius curled his lips, then turned around and hurried to a burrito shop on the roadside.

"Anyone else want to eat?"

Maka looked at the others and saw that Mundungus was also pulling a few people to run to the store, so he chuckled and shrugged.

"Hopefully they won't regret it tonight!"

"Regret?" After Tonks heard this, she couldn't help but scratch her purple hair and asked curiously, "Why?"

Beside her, Lu Ping immediately explained:

"In fact, no matter what happens in this gathering, we should still have time to rush back to Weasley's house for dinner. Well, I mean, except for Maka...because if there are only ordinary wizards, it will obviously not be good for us.

It poses a threat; and if something worse comes along, those of us probably don’t have to get close at all.”

As Lupine said, although it is still unclear what the secret meeting is for, for the Order of the Phoenix, there are only two possibilities: "Will Haierbo show up?"

If there is no sign of Haierbo coming forward, then these people who followed Maka will be responsible for capturing the dark wizard, and Maka is just an insurance;

But if Haierbo appears at the rally, then they should be responsible for a series of tasks of evacuating the crowd and conveying danger signals.

"So, the action plan then is actually not complicated." Maka said, "After they have filled their bellies, you can just find a place to wait that won't attract the attention of Muggles, and then wait for me to activate the door key!"

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"Mr. MacLean...what about me?"

The one who spoke this time was the windbreaker wizard who had hardly spoken at the wedding today.

When Maka heard her speak, she couldn't help but spread her hands and said:

"That's the same thing - if you want to follow me, I have no problem with it."

After a while, Maka and the windbreaker wizard separated from the others and took a Muggle car towards the northern suburbs of London.

As we left the central area of ​​the city, the lights gradually decreased, and the surrounding area gradually became dim. But after continuing to move forward for a while, the neon light was no longer dazzling, and the bright moonlight tonight made the field of vision dim.

It's become much clearer.

Of course, it may also be because there are no tall buildings around that block the view too much, so the view is gradually broadening!

I have to say that Muggle cars are quite convenient, especially if you don't want to rely on magic to get around.

It didn't take long for the two of them to look through the car window and see a road sign marking "West Highgate Cemetery" at the fork in front of the road.

Upon seeing this, Maka immediately took out a few pounds from her pocket and handed them to the "enthusiastic" Muggle driver sitting in the driver's seat.

"Oh! Do you really want to get off here? There's nothing here!"

After the driver took the money, he asked a rather strange question. After all, he had followed Maka's instructions all the way, and he was a little worried about whether he had been robbed while driving.

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However, the charm of the British pound was obviously endless, and Maka only added two more money before letting him send the two of them to the place with great fear.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about these," Maka said with a smile, "Collect the money and go home and have a good sleep!"

After that, he opened the car door and got out of the car with the windbreaker wizard, and then stood on the dark and deserted roadside and watched the car buzz away along the road it came from.

He could clearly see that the driver finally glanced at the road sign of the cemetery in front of him, and then he couldn't help but shudder.

"I hope he doesn't have nightmares tonight!"

Before she finished speaking, Maka took the windbreaker wizard to the fork in the road, then turned a corner and walked towards the cemetery according to the direction of the road signs.

Highgate Cemetery is a Muggle cemetery built in the last century. It has a beautiful environment and abundant green. If you look at it during the day, you can even feel a quiet vitality.

However, it is night now.

Although the moonlight is surprisingly clear tonight, the cemetery at night will inevitably make people feel a little eerie...especially since two Muggle girls claimed to have been attacked by vampires here before.

Well, maybe the driver just now happened to recall this old incident?

Maka and the windbreaker wizard did not go directly to the cemetery, but chose to go into the forest nearby and slowly suppressed their own magic power fluctuations.

"It's less than an hour before the time written in that letter... Since there's no one there yet, let's just wait for 'them' here!"

Maka was leaning against the trunk of a tree, not looking around, but relying on her sense of magic to take in all the surrounding situations.

Opposite him, the windbreaker wizard standing quietly in the shadows obviously did the same thing.

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However, when Maka was already ambushing near the cemetery, the tavern owner Ted hadn't even left the house yet.

But he was really excited today.

He was looking forward to seeing how many people had passed the selection in a short time. Because after that, those people would become his first direct followers.

Yes, although all believers must first respect Haierbo, and secondly, they will take orders from a wizard like him who was personally selected by Mr. Haierbo as his student.

But that is the extremely powerful Mr. Haierbo after all! He is a famous dark wizard who has survived since ancient times. He is infinitely stronger than any Dark Lord!

There's nothing shameful about being a student under such a strong man, right?

"oh……"

He was thinking this while standing in the kitchen, and suddenly he couldn't help but shudder all over his body - this feeling of "having subordinates in front of you and having a backer behind you" is so wonderful!

"Of course, there is also the ancient black magic that will definitely be available soon!"

Ted stared at his palm and watched it slowly tighten, as if a force was condensing into his hand at this moment.

Even though it was just a fantasy, it still made him intoxicated by it.

Not long after, he calmed down from his expectations for the future, turned his head and glanced at the clock on the wall. Then, after confirming that there was still a lot of time left, he moved his gaze to the picture frame in front of him.

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The old woman was now on another canvas outside, so he could directly see the closed wooden door in the painting.

"After tonight's meeting, let's contact the teacher! Hum, I believe he will be surprised by the number of followers I have developed!" (To be continued)