harry potter book of crimes

For Martin, it is obviously not a very easy task to summon "believers" and hold an underground meeting. Not to mention, in order to further intimidate the believers, he also deliberately chose the venue of the meeting in London.

Yes, even though it is considered to be near the suburbs of London, it is still within the scope of the City of London. Similar to the Muggle world, the City of London is also a concentrated area of ​​power in the British wizarding world.

But to be honest, although Martin's approach did achieve good results - at least many believers were under his multi-faceted intimidation, and no one dared to resist.

But in fact, after choosing this underground church located in the suburbs of London, it also made it difficult for Martin to hold frequent gatherings.

After all, he had to stay out of sight as much as possible to prevent the place from being discovered by Aurors, dark wizard strikers, or even Namaka McLean.

However, precisely because this secret meeting was not held just because Martin wanted to, every opportunity to call these people here would be particularly precious.

When Pansy arrived at the cemetery last time via Apparition, she saw Martin already waiting there.

"Sir...good evening."

While having to step forward to say hello, Pansy couldn't help but feel a little regretful - all because of Malfoy's repeated urging, she had obviously arrived a little early, so that she and Martin were the only two people in the cemetery.

As a result, she couldn't help but mutter in her heart:

"If I had known better, I should have at least chosen to reveal myself on the road outside the cemetery. That way, I could at least come in after the invisibility cloak took effect again."

There was no way, even though she had put on the Auror invisibility cloak before coming here, when she cast the Apparition spell to move, the invisibility effect would temporarily disappear.

Therefore, when Aurors usually use them, they usually do not arrive directly at the destination of the mission, but choose a place nearby to reveal themselves.

It's a pity that Pansy, who has never used this thing before, is only slightly familiar with the method of use. She is not clear about these experience-based precautions.

"Oh, it's Miss Parkinson...yes, good evening!"

As soon as Martin saw Pansy's arrival, he immediately came out of his dazed state of standing in front of the tombstone, and a smile appeared on his face, intentionally or unintentionally.

"I'm very happy to see that you can come here early. I think this not only proves that you have enough contractual spirit, but also have a lot of enthusiasm."

From the gentleness Martin showed at this moment, it is easy to see that Maka's guess about him is almost the same.

After so many days of consideration, he finally understood the importance of Pansy, so his attitude towards Pansy suddenly improved.

At the edge of another grave not far away from him, following Martin's pretentiously kind words, Pansy also remembered some of the instructions mentioned by Malfoy and Maka respectively.

That's right, even if she is both afraid and disgusted with the man in front of her, her mission is to try to get inside him. And only in this way can she complete the mission assigned to her by Maka as quickly as possible.

As for the "plan" Malfoy mentioned earlier, Pansy still didn't know anything about it, so she could only put it aside for now.

But where did Malfoy go? What did Maclean say to him?

Speaking of which, as Malfoy said before, he had no intention of sneaking into this organization with Pansy. When the two of them cast the Disapparation spell at the same time, Pansy did come to this cemetery.

But Malfoy didn't know where he went.

These thoughts flashed through Pansy's mind, but she didn't think about it any more, but continued following what Martin just said:

"Well... I thought about it carefully after I went back last time. I really want to have more power than I have now. And this kind of power is obviously not something that can be obtained easily - I must have it.

Give something.”

"…So, Mr. Martin, I am ready to contribute my meager strength to the powerful Mr. Haierbo."

For Pansy, who was born in the Parkinson family, such flattery is not in line with her character, but it is not something she knows nothing about.

At least in the past family social occasions, words like this to show loyalty could be seen everywhere.

"Oh, really?" Martin raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "If you think so, that would be great... Miss Parkinson, I think you understand, in fact, I don't always want to

Use those 'last resort' means to coerce you. But in fact, working for the teacher itself is a very honorable thing."

As he was talking, he suddenly spread his hands and said with a smile:

"Look! The teacher is a real ancient wizard. So far, his age alone is beyond the reach of anyone - even Ni, the only alchemy master in modern history who has refined the magic stone.

But Flamel, he only lived a fraction of the teacher's lifespan."

"And as far as I know, the teacher seems to be able to continue to live and will never face the day of death!"

As for this, Martin himself couldn't help but get a little excited, but saw him wave his hand and say:

"Think about it! This is the real 'immortality'! It's something that Voldemort has been pursuing for his entire life but has never been able to obtain... But the teacher has already obtained it a long, long time ago..."

When it comes to the temptation to ordinary people, immortality is obviously more powerful than any kind of power or personal strength.

Therefore, Martin obviously came up with this rhetoric not just to attract Pansy, because even he himself also came here for eternal life.

Hearing this guy getting more and more excited as he talked, Pansy couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

Yes, the power of eternal life is indeed very attractive, and she will naturally not be exempt from it. But if you think about it carefully, will Haierbo tell others his biggest secret?

The possibility of obtaining the method of immortality from the "despicable" Haierbo is very slim.

What's more, it is still unknown who will have the last laugh between Halper and McClain. Judging from what the two have done so far, Pansy would rather believe in the latter.

It's just that she thinks so in her heart, but she can't say it with her mouth.

The next moment, I saw Pansy forcing herself to show some expectant expression, and then nodded and said:

"Yes! Mr. Haierbo is an ancient wizard who has survived from ancient Greece to the present day. His power must be beyond our imagination... Oh, yes, I can almost foresee the great Mr. Haierbo standing here.

The pinnacle of the times!”

Just as the two of them were talking about "having a great time talking", more and more people appeared in the cemetery. Pansy, who noticed this, quickly turned his hood over his head and put his

His face was quietly concealed.

Martin obviously didn't care about this and was still trying to stir up Pansy's enthusiasm with his words.

After a while, there were more and more people in the cemetery shrouded in darkness. There seemed to be quite a few wizards who had attended the gathering last time.

Naturally, these wizards who have become Haierbo's "cultists" cannot all come willingly. Rather, it is better to say that there are many people who want to leave this organization as soon as possible.

But unfortunately, the hidden dangers of ancient magic rituals may not be so easy to eliminate.

Realizing that everyone had probably arrived, Martin temporarily stopped persuading Pansy and turned to face the believers standing in the open space.

After briefly counting the number of people, he finally spoke again:

"Everyone is welcome to come to our second gathering, but before going in, I have to say something - next time you can choose to appear directly in the church, there is no need to gather here first."

After being reminded like this, he did not open the passage under the tombstone last time. Instead, he directly used Apparition and disappeared on the spot.

In the following time, Martin waited for everyone to take a seat in the underground church, and then began a carefully prepared speech. He talked about the current situation of the global wizarding world, the past of everyone, including himself, and then

To the future that Haierbo can bring to everyone.

It's not that no one understands his idea - in fact, since people usually value profits, if there is a generous reward that can match the risks, most people here will be tempted.

However, although Martin was working for Haierbo, Haierbo did not give him too many resources. And when the benefits were not sufficient, it was somewhat difficult for him to gain the support of others by making cakes to satisfy his hunger.

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However, under the strong binding force of a certain threat, no one has dared to cause trouble in front of him until now.

So until the end, the whole rally was actually quite successful...at least on the surface it looked like this!

As for Pansy, of course she was sitting down there like the others.

Since Maka had previously told her to "make some friends", she tried to exchange a few words with the people around her, trying to find some connections through hooding.

However, most of the people sitting here are very guarded right now, and deep down they are worried, so they can't say too much to her.

After about half an hour, Pansy couldn't help but feel a little distressed - the task assigned to her by Maka seemed easy, but in reality it was very difficult to execute.

But just as she was listening to Martin's speech on the stage and secretly wondering what to do, a series of slight crackling sounds suddenly sounded from around the underground church.

"It's the sound of Apparition!"

At that moment, this thought passed through everyone's mind. (To be continued)