harry potter book of crimes

"What's wrong?"

"No, don't worry, it's nothing... I thought about it and decided to go to the Change to have a look first. After I go there, I will consider whether to go to Hogwarts again. I will try my best to go as fast as possible. After all, now

...The zombie swarms over in London may attack at any time."

When the slate array at the French venue suddenly burst out with a beam of light of the power of rules, Maka paused for a moment. But he quickly put the matter back in his mind and continued to give Lupine instructions.

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"Can't the Change allow me or Sirius to go? Is it better for you to stay here?"

"The distance is too far, and the position of the ship is not fixed yet. It may take a lot of time for you to go, so I'll make the trip myself! You will be responsible for mobilizing the manpower to prepare for the battle, and then..."

Having said this, Maka seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally said seriously:

"Be prepared to take the initiative on our side. After the living zombies leave the fog range, once it is confirmed that Haierbo is not accompanying them, we will use all our strength to wipe out the army of living zombies!"

Hearing this, Lu Ping nodded slightly.

"Then what if Haierbo is here?"

"Defend," Maka said decisively this time, "but it is by no means 'defending'... If you can't hold on at all, then run away as much as possible! Run away as many people as you can."

After saying this, Maka took out her staff and lightly punched it on the ground, then disappeared in a flash.

…

The Change is still sailing slowly on the vast Atlantic Ocean.

For some reasons, the original itinerary was temporarily suspended. At this moment, the Change was undulating leisurely with the waves under the night sky. Somehow, it made people feel a little inexplicably heavy.

And at the next moment, Maka's figure appeared on the deck without warning, and she opened the hatch in front of her and walked in.

Perhaps it was because it was late at night in the sea here, everyone was sleeping, and the cabin seemed very quiet. In the corridor on the first floor, Maka only saw the janitor Filch who was dozing at the beginning, and then

I never met anyone else again.

After he walked around the corridor and went down the stairs to the second floor, he saw Snape standing at the top of the stairs looking at him.

"You came."

"Long time no see, Professor Snape!"

"It didn't take long actually."

Snape was still the same, no matter what happened, he always looked like the old god was there. Maka shrugged and then said:

"To be honest, I don't have much time to stay this time... Is Professor McGonagall here?"

"Huh?" Snape heard this and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Professor Sprout sent you two secret letters, but you didn't receive them? The latter letter was mainly about McGonagall.

The professor left alone."

"Is that so?"

It is easy to talk to Snape, because he will say what needs to be said as concisely and accurately as possible, and will never mention anything that does not need to be said.

After Maka heard this, she couldn't help but nodded.

"I received the letters, both of them were bad, but the way the last one arrived is a bit suspicious." He frowned and said, "It was delivered by the barn owl of Hogwarts."

"Oh, that's it..." Snape immediately said clearly, "If the content is correct, then it is a simple provocation... Go over and confirm. Sprout is at the very back. Originally, McGonagall

In the cabin where the professor lives."

"Thanks."

Maka nodded slightly, but then looked at Snape who was still standing there.

"Why don't you go together?"

"I have already said what I should say, and after all, I don't want to get involved at all..." Snape shook his head impatiently, "You can go there by yourself! I also plan to go back to England.

At least I have to pick up Tia first and say that it was just a coincidence that I bumped into you here."

"Oh," Maka nodded hesitantly twice, "Okay! By the way, help me give Tia a good voice... Just remember, don't go to the new town wherever you take Tia!"

After saying these words, Snape flicked off his black cloak and strode up the stairs as usual, out of Maka's sight.

"I still go my own way...but thanks to the fact that I met Snape first, I basically know everything I need to know, which saves a lot of time."

While thinking this, Maka walked quickly along the depth of the corridor that Snape pointed out just now, and soon he discovered that the door of the innermost cabin was still ajar.

"Squeak"

"Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick!"

"Oh?" Flitwick immediately turned around when he heard Maka's voice and said in his usual sharp voice, "Maka, why are you here? Did you just meet Severus?"

"Ah, yes, we happened to meet each other in front of the stairs," Maka said as she walked towards him, and then took out a folded piece of paper from her waist. "Professor Snape has already given a rough summary of the situation.

...Professor Sprout, this secret letter should have been written by you, right? Can you see if there is anything wrong with it?"

"Well?"

When Sprout took the letter and opened it for inspection, Macca looked down at the little Flitwick and said:

"By the way, how long has Professor McGonagall been gone for? Did she take anything with her? Also, were there any signs before she left?"

"Well, she did say she wanted to go back to Hogwarts once, but we stopped her at that time." Flitwick said, "Because of this, we think it is very likely that she will really go back to school... As for the specifics,

It’s really not easy to determine the time of departure and whether you took anything with you.”

When he said this, he couldn't help shaking his head and frowning:

"The reason why we found out that she left was because Pomona couldn't sleep after the discussion about Sybil's prophecy ended, and she wanted to talk to her again, only to find that there was no one inside."

"Um"

After listening to Flitwick's words, Maka pondered for a moment, and Sprout, who had already checked the secret message, suddenly interrupted:

"Maka, are you suspecting that... Minerva may not have left the Change on her own initiative?"

"Well," although she didn't want to worry the two of them, Maka finally nodded, "after all, this is a possibility, isn't it?"

After just answering this sentence, he looked at the letter in the other person's hand and gestured:

"Is there something wrong with the content?"

"It was indeed written by me. It is exactly the same without any changes."

After Maka heard this, he couldn't help but nodded slowly again, as if he was thinking about something. After he thought about it for a while, he spoke again:

"I understand... then let's do this for now! I will go to Hogwarts for a quick trip. After I leave, you will immediately control the Change to leave this sea area and change places."

After saying that, he suddenly disappeared from where he was.