harry potter book of crimes

"Sirius, Miss Granger and the others are missing!"

Tonks almost shouted these words. Across the streets of Diagon Alley, her voice seemed particularly loud, and her high breath attracted everyone's attention.

Of course, this also included Maka, who was about to ask Sirius if Hermione had been here.

"Gone?"

As soon as Tonks said this, Maka immediately knew that she no longer had to ask the question "are you coming?". It was obvious that they had indeed been here.

"That means they left secretly?" He frowned as he and Sirius walked in the direction of Tonks, "Can you roughly estimate how long they have been gone?"

"Oh... uh," Tonks was also approaching Maka. When Maka asked, she thought for a while and said, "No more than twenty minutes! Because about twenty minutes ago, Ge

Lang Jie is still chatting with me."

"Twenty minutes at most? That means they probably left during the few minutes it took me to walk away from the bar?"

Although apart from the Leaky Cauldron, there is no way to get out of Diagon Alley, which is temporarily unable to apparate. But Maka does not think that they will know other ways to leave here.

After all, this is Diagon Alley, not Hogsmeade, which they are already familiar with. Through Mundungus, Maka and Sirius both know that there is an inconspicuous secret passage in Knockturn Alley.

, but Hermione and the others obviously had no way of knowing.

"Tonks, do you remember what Hermione and you talked about?"

Perhaps because of the anxiety in her heart, Tonks' hair suddenly turned into a strange blue and green color, but at this time, no one cared about the color of her hair.

I saw her standing still in front of Maka and Sirius, her face wrinkled but she was thinking hard, and after a while she said quickly:

"Marriage? Oh, no... I mean, the source of the fog. Yes! This is it."

"Have you told them the information sent by Mundungus?" Sirius heard this and shook his head helplessly, "I can understand your trust in those children, but... you didn't think about it.

But why did they suddenly appear here?"

"Oh! Sorry..." Tonks said with regret on her face, "This is indeed my fault."

"Okay, okay, don't blame yourself first. To be honest, I am also responsible for letting them escape from Hogwarts so easily." Maka waved her hand and said, "But before self-reflection,

Can any of you tell me first what the 'source of the fog' is?"

"Ah! It's the black market," Tonks said quickly, "Mundungus and the others did an 'investigation' with Muggles, and found that the area where the fog was first witnessed was near the new entrance to the black market, etc. Are you not because of Kings?

Did Len come here after he went to Hogwarts to find you?"

"I just asked about this. They may have just missed it." Sirius signaled her not to dwell on it, and then said, "Anyway, according to what you said, those four children should have gone to the black market. But...

…Didn’t they come out just to find the Weasley brothers? Could they still think that the brothers were going to investigate the fog?”

When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"Are they just the twins?" he said, "I'm really not sure about that, Sirius. Just treat those two living treasures as you were when you were young!"

"Me when I was young?" Sirius raised his eyebrows immediately, "Then you'd better go and see it as soon as possible! If Remus hadn't stopped me, I almost would have gone straight to Voldemort for a duel!"

"Okay!" Maka glanced at him speechlessly, "But I'm actually talking about the old Fred and George. Well, Hermione may not have realized the changes in them, so I heard Tonks say

Only when the black market comes up will we guess where they went."

Having said this, Maka suddenly turned her head and looked at the witch who had been following her.

"Sirius, I just caught a wizard who was following Haierpo outside, who is her sister." He briefly introduced Sirius first, and then said to the girl, "I have something to do now, so you can stay here temporarily.

Come on! Remember, as long as you don't make trouble, your sister will be fine, do you understand?"

"Well," the other party pursed his lips and nodded silently, and then couldn't help but said, "Can't I meet my sister first?"

But Maka ignored her words and saw that he just waved his hand and then turned around and walked towards the unclosed wall of the Leaky Cauldron.

"Sirius, she is very skilled in the Disguise Charm and Animagus transformation. Please pay attention... Of course, this happens to be your strength, so I won't say more."

Before she finished speaking, Maka had already left the street and headed from the bar to the Muggle world outside.

…

Hermione and the others did not expect that the carriage would come back again.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves behind them, they suddenly came closer and closer, and finally stopped at the entrance of the alley. They decided to run away first.

As Hermione said before, it is impossible for Fred and George to pass through this black market in a carriage. And since it is not anyone they are looking for, it seems that it can only be some guy with evil intentions.

After all, this is a black market, who knows who lives here?

"This way!"

Because they were running in such a hurry, the four of them didn't have time to agree on how to go, and there were many forks in the alley. When they passed a three-way intersection, Ginny, who was running side by side with Hermione, almost chose another path.

However, even though it only took a little longer to turn around, Ginny had already heard footsteps coming from the alleyway behind her.

There are a lot of people coming! And more importantly, the other party is very fast!

"There are many obstacles!"

Ginny threw the curse behind her without looking back. Because the alley itself was so narrow, it saved her the effort of turning back to confirm. A barrier curse immediately blocked the middle of the alley.

It's a pity that although the Obstruction Curse is invisible, Ginny has not yet been able to use the silent spell technique on this curse. In this alley that is silent except for the sound of footsteps, the sound of the curse alone is enough.

Make the other party alert.

Sure enough, as soon as she turned the next corner, she heard a "bang" explosion behind her... Presumably, the obstacle spell had been broken by the opponent.

"Don't worry, just run forward! Leave the rest to me."

After Hermione heard the sound, she immediately slowed down a few steps and returned to Ginny's side. On the other side, Ron almost involuntarily stepped back and silently threw a ball back.

Floating spell.

His current silent spell skills can only be used for this one spell. But obviously, as long as it is applied properly, the floating spell can also have great effects.

Yes, Ron has always remembered what Maka said.

And the moment he cast the spell, a wooden crate that was originally in the corner behind him flew up and hung high above the alley.

Immediately afterwards, Ron, who continued to run forward, listened to the footsteps behind him and counted roughly for a few seconds before releasing the floating spell and letting the wooden crate fall from the air.

To be honest, Ron didn't know if he could hit someone this time, but even if he couldn't, it would still be good to scare them.

On the side, Hermione saw this and took advantage of Ron's spell to cast another obstacle spell with her backhand that Ginny had just failed to work.

"boom"

"Ah!" "What?" "Don't stop, keep chasing!"

A few seconds passed in a hurry, and Hermione and Ron were not happy when they heard a commotion at the other end of the corner. Instead, they felt even more solemn in their hearts.

It could be heard that there were many people chasing after them, and the magic spells the two of them had just released in conjunction with each other obviously failed to cause much hindrance to each other.

"Take out the slate I gave you in advance," Hermione whispered immediately, "and get ready! Although I don't know why they are chasing us, it seems that this battle is inevitable."

"careful"

As she was talking, Luna, who was running at the front, suddenly shouted and then suddenly stopped running.

"Luna, what's wrong?"

"Don't stop!"

When she turned to look at Luna's side face, Hermione found that there was a rare hint of seriousness and solemnity on the other person's face. And at the very next moment, she saw Luna quickly take out something from her pocket and shake it hard.

Toward the alley behind.

"……sorry."

Hermione didn't know why Luna was apologizing. She only knew that the moment Luna said "I'm sorry," she immediately felt a chilling heart palpitation.

"Don't stop, keep running forward"

After Luna threw the thing, she immediately turned around, took Hermione's hand, and started running again. Not long after, the four of them chose a fork in front of them and hurried away.

Then, a few more seconds passed, and several figures running towards him suddenly paused here.

"Who asked you to use soul magic?"

One of the middle-aged wizards suddenly scolded the younger wizard next to him. Seeing that the other wizard just covered his injured head and did not dare to say anything, he turned to the third wizard and asked:

"What did that girl use to block her?"

The third wizard was leaning over to check things on the ground. When the middle-aged wizard asked, he quickly straightened up and answered:

"It's a bottle of beetles... It seems that the girl did realize that it was soul magic just now. But how she discovered it is unknown."

"Beetle?" The middle-aged wizard nodded, and then said to the young man next to him, "Thank you for that little girl's quick wit, otherwise, let's see how the master of the house will punish you!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said immediately:

"Keep chasing! Be careful and try not to hurt anyone."

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