harry potter book of crimes

At the moment, Lupine has not returned to Black's old house.

Judging from the information sent below, Aberforth, whom Lupine was looking for, was already showing off his skills on the streets of London, but he himself did not know where he had gone.

Although Lupine also mentioned in front of the old house that he wanted to invite more than just Aberforth, he clearly said that Aberforth must be the most difficult person to invite among the people he was looking for.

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According to Mundungus's idea, the most difficult person to hire is usually the last one, right?

Now, even Aberforth has arrived in London, but where are Lupine and others?

After pacing back and forth in the reception room several times, there were still owls flying here from time to time in the hallway outside, and pieces of intelligence materials fell onto the memory table and piled up.

But now, Mundungus had no intention of looking through those envelopes or notes, because he discovered that the hands of the wall clock on the wall would soon point to a predetermined time.

In normal times, Lupine would summarize the information on time every day and send it to Kingsley for further screening before sending it to Maka. But in this special period, Kingsley is responsible for

The middle link is usually skipped directly, leaving Kingsley more time to do more important things.

However, even if Maka is always very fast at checking information, the Black family can't just send all the unorganized information to him, right?

Mundungus glanced back at the clock on the wall, and then looked at the pile of information on the table and couldn't help but wailed. His biggest concern now was not whether something happened to Lupine, because now

What troubled him the most was the "mountain of information" on this table that he didn't even know where to start.

If this messy pile of papers on the table was sent to Maka as it is...oh! Mundungus couldn't even imagine what the result would be.

Yes, it is true that Maka rarely curses people, but once that guy gets angry, he is much scarier than others!

Seeing that the time was approaching, Mundungus was so anxious that he picked up several confidential reports from the table, spread them out and read them.

Since it is only raw material, you can see that the above content is actually quite short and clear:

"Near the 'Fortnum and Mason' shopping mall on Piccadilly Avenue, some wizards gathered spontaneously to help the Aurors fight off three dark wizards?"

Glancing at the first piece of paper, Mundung blinked suddenly. He realized that he was indeed a little unsure at first, wondering whether it was worth sending to Maka for viewing.

Putting the note aside, he opened another brief letter and read casually:

"...Ten minutes ago, I witnessed a crazy dark wizard running wildly in Hyde Park, and finally ran all the way into the Serpentine Lake and never came ashore?"

Holding this thin letter, Mundungus once again tilted his head in confusion.

"Is this...drowning?" He said in a daze, "Well, it should be useless."

Putting this second piece of information aside, he took a deep breath and grabbed the third piece of information with great distress.

"Please, at least there is one piece of news that I can get out of these three copies!" Mundungus prayed and unfolded them to take a look, "'A short dead body was found in the Red Brick Alley in the East District, with no external injuries.

, the wand is lost. It is confirmed that the deceased is a dark wizard, who may have died from the killing curse... Oh! They are all dead, and the wand has not been found yet, what is the use of it? Is it left as fertilizer for the poisonous tentacles? "

Slapping the third document in his hand on the table, Mundungus scratched his head in pain.

"Damn Merlin's stinky feet! Lupin, I beg you, nothing will happen to you, come back and save me!"

…

At this time, not much time had passed since Mundungus was crying and howling in the Black Mansion. Maka, who was talking to Neville and Hannah, suddenly turned her head, as if she sensed something.

.

"The person I'm waiting for has probably arrived. You guys sit here while I go out and take a look."

After saying that, he took out his staff in response to the nods of Neville and the other two, temporarily dispelled St. Mungo's protective magic, and then walked straight through the closed door and walked out.

As soon as he came out of the window glass of the old department store, Macca turned his head slightly and looked at the corner where the wizard who was moving sneakily and wrapped in an invisibility cloak was located.

However, after just a glance, he didn't say anything more, and then turned around and walked into the alley next to him. It wasn't until the other party followed his footsteps and walked in secretly, that he spoke:

"Dedalo, thank you for your hard work. Please give me your things!"

As an old member of the Order of the Phoenix since its founding, Dedalus is definitely a loyal partner. Unfortunately, being born in Hufflepuff, he is extremely mediocre and low-key, both in terms of talent and personality.

Even when Professor McGonagall mentioned him, he only said that he was a wizard with "no brains and no attention."

But of course, as long as you are loyal enough and firm in your stance, you must be a good partner worthy of everyone's respect.

After all, over the years, we have experienced too many ups and downs. With his ability, he can still stay in the Order of the Phoenix and quietly dedicate his life without being disturbed by all kinds of variables. This is obviously an extremely difficult job.

persisted.

Now, even Maka is quite polite to this old man.

But at the next moment, he saw the other party hand out a suitcase from under the invisibility cloak that had never been used to deliver messages before, and silently placed it at his feet.

"Huh?" Maka couldn't help but asked with some confusion as she bent down to lift it up, "Why did you use the box today?"

"This is what Dunge gave me. The intelligence documents he said he wanted to give you are placed in it... Well, he also specifically told me not to open it and read it. I think there may be some important information this time."

Although Dedalo was not smart, he also knew that given his low strength, it was best not to show his face easily, so he never came out from under the invisibility cloak.

Hearing what he said, Maka nodded slightly. He didn't think it was strange just because he heard Mundungus' name from the other party. Because he knew that Mundungus had always been playing tricks on Lupin.

, to help receive and deliver intelligence information.

However, when he casually opened the suitcase and touched inside, Dedalo, who was invisible, noticed that his expression suddenly became subtle.

"Maka, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"Oh, no," Maka paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I just suddenly understood why Donge used the suitcase today...wait, Lupine is not at home right now.

?"

"Ah, it's true that he's not here," Dedalo said softly after hearing this. "He went out after nightfall today. He said he was looking for some helpers to supplement Kingsley's strength."

"Really..." Maka nodded slightly and said clearly, "Well, I understand, then you should go back quickly! By the way, be careful on the road. If you encounter a situation, don't be reluctant to use the potion I gave you.

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"Okay, then I'll leave now and you should be careful."

After the two of them talked, Maka felt that the magic source belonging to Dedalo immediately began to move away from her, and hurriedly left out of the alley.

After the other party completely disappeared from her sensing range, Maka quickly returned to the entrance of St. Mungo's with the suitcase containing the information, and silently walked in through the glass.

"Maka."

As soon as they saw him reappearing at the door, Neville and Hannah quickly stood up from the bench.

"Is there nothing going on outside?"

"Well, it's okay," Maka nodded. "It must be that Haierbo guy is not interested in St. Mungo's yet. There is no dark wizard nearby."

As he was speaking, he suddenly picked up the suitcase in his hand and shook it in front of them.

"It just so happens that if you are not sleepy yet, you can help me with some small tasks... Of course, compared to this, I definitely hope that you can go and have a good sleep as soon as possible."

"Let's do something!" Neville said quickly without thinking too much, "Even if I'm lying down now, I probably still won't be able to sleep. Tossing and turning will only make it more uncomfortable."

Halfway through speaking, he suddenly turned his head to look at Hannah, and then turned to ask:

"Why don't you go take a nap first? I just saw you yawning..."

"No, no need, I'll accompany you."

When Neville heard what she said, he couldn't help scratching his head hesitantly, and then said to Maka with an apologetic look:

"Well... otherwise, I'd better go to bed!"

"Not a bad choice," Maka winked at him and smiled teasingly, "Go ahead! Don't think too much after you lie down. Things won't be so bad that you don't even have the freedom to sleep. Besides,

…”

"What?"

Neville, who felt a little embarrassed because of his smile, was stunned for a moment. But Maka suddenly waved her hand, keeping the smile on her face and said:

"It's nothing, I just want to say that at least I am still here, so you can rest assured and have a good sleep!"

Watching Neville and Hannah clinging to each other and walking slowly towards the stairs, the smile on Maka's face gradually disappeared when they went upstairs.

In fact, because Neville wanted him to take Hannah away before, he had just wanted Neville to discuss and communicate with Hannah.

But when he thought that the result of the communication would be that Hannah would also stay, he didn't want to mention it anymore.

And obviously, his ambivalence also applies to Hermione and Luna.

After casting magic to isolate the doorway from the surrounding area, Maka opened the suitcase again on the spot and turned the suitcase upside down on the spot.

In an instant, a large number of encrypted letters and notes that Mundungus had packed inside were dumped out and piled on the floor.

Needless to say, the guy obviously had no choice but to collect them all and send them to Maka.

"Awesome, my dear Dunge."