harry potter book of crimes

"Didn't I say everything? Although the battle situation on the front line is tense at present, what should be done still needs to be done... Look! Hermione did a good job! Arranging magic tablets in the town will help the subsequent defensive counterattack.

It will definitely play a big role!”

"...Maka."

Perhaps because she gained some energy from Maka's relaxed tone, or perhaps because she heard Maka's compliments, Hermione, who had her head lowered and a gloomy look on her face, finally relaxed a little.

She raised her head slightly and let her eyes stay on Maka's face for a moment before returning her attention to the carving at hand...

To be honest, the friends gathered at the door of these two observation rooms really didn't expect that Maka would appear here at such an important time.

Before his arrival, everyone had calmly discussed the decision to let Harry go to the battlefield instead of everyone, and then step by step, Ron was tasked with going to the hall of the new Ministry of Magic on a regular basis to listen to information.

But behind that calmness and composure, there is always an increasingly impatient heart.

And just when everyone couldn't restrain the impulse in their hearts, Maka's sudden return was undoubtedly a shot in the arm that restored calm and rekindled hope for all the friends.

"By the way... Maka, did you just say 'defensive counterattack'?" Neville, who followed him back obediently, paused for a moment, then said with some hindsight, "Could it be that... you think

Will the army of zombies eventually arrive in Spiral Town?"

"Um?"

When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but hesitated slightly.

"Ah... I can't say 'certainly'! However, judging from your looks before, you must have gone to the Ministry of Magic hall to eavesdrop on the news from the front line? Well, in fact, I don't need to tell you, you probably already know it, right?

?”

When he said this, his eyes naturally fell on Hermione, who had her head lowered. Then, not surprisingly, he saw Hermione's hand carving the stone pause for a moment.

"Yes," after a few seconds of silence, Hermione couldn't help but whisper, "At least if there are only Kingsley and the others, I think even if the team is reorganized, it will be almost impossible to cause any further damage to the march of the zombie army.

It’s too much of an obstacle.”

Hearing what Hermione said, Ginny seemed to become anxious again. But this time, she did not clamor to find Harry as before, but pursed her lips silently, just like Hermione.

He lowered his head lower.

However, although Ginny suppressed her impatience, Neville, who had already made up his mind to set off just now, could not help but said loudly:

"Maka! I really want to go to the front line! And you should go too! If the current suppression team alone is not enough, the result will definitely be completely different with you going there, right? Maka, let's go."

As Neville spoke, he reached out to grab Maka's arm, but Maka took a step back and avoided it without leaving a trace.

Immediately afterwards, Maka smiled and said:

"Well, what you said makes sense! But, putting aside my words for now, you definitely can't go... In fact, due to the active attack of the suppression team, the personal combat power left in Spiral Town is already somewhat insufficient.

.With your ability, it is necessary to stay in the town to hold out the enemy."

Seeing that the person finally closed his mouth with a slight hesitation after his persuasion, Maka took two more steps forward and came to Ginny and Ron.

"Speaking of which, I met Charlie on the way back."

"Charlie?"

Hearing their brother's name, the Weasley siblings immediately reacted and both raised their heads and looked towards him.

"How is he? He's not injured or anything, right?"

"Well, he's fine, don't worry!" Maka nodded and said, "Not only that, Charlie also knows that you must be worried about the situation of other people, so I asked me to tell you that Harry is fine, and Bill is fine too! Although the defense line

It was broken, and some of the team was broken up, but they were not included in the list of people who were separated!"

"That's it!"

After Ron heard this, he smiled as if he was relieved, and Ginny also let out a sigh of relief.

"That's it," Maka nodded again, "Actually, before I left, I told Luping repeatedly that no matter what we do, personnel safety must be the first priority, and the person who leads the team has always been very

Reliable Kingsley. So if I have to say it, it is reasonable to a certain extent that we failed to block and eliminate the group of living corpses."

As he was speaking, he suddenly paused, and then gently shook his head.

"Of course, the progress of evacuating Muggles has been overtaken... This may not be called 'reasonable'. I won't hide it from you, but some of the changes in the group of living corpses were indeed beyond our expectations.

"

Although what Maka said made everyone relax a little, it was only the last two sentences that made Hermione couldn't help but look at him again.

To be honest, Makako had never been so frank about her mistakes at such an opportunity in the past. Although this was only a small detail, it made Hermione feel very concerned.

And when she subconsciously turned around and glanced at Luna again.

The next moment, she saw Luna looking at her with the same bright eyes. Those eyes seemed to say to her, "Have you noticed it too?"

However, neither of them asked Maka...

Just when the friends present either finally breathed a sigh of relief or were still doubtful, Maka suddenly turned around.

"Okay, I've finished what Charlie wanted me to tell you, and I won't bother you anymore to make the magic tablets." He said, "That's it! I have to show my face to Lupin again."

"Maka!"

Just as he was about to lift his legs and leave in the same direction, he didn't expect Neville to stop him again. Then he heard Neville suddenly shouting in a louder voice than before:

"No, I... Maka, you better let me go! If I stay here any longer, I will die soon."

"Neville, calm down!"

It's Hannah!

Maka also didn't expect that this girl, who was usually reckless and had no independent opinions, could actually make such a firm voice.

And when he turned around, he saw Hannah had stood up from the ground and grabbed Neville's sleeve.

"Didn't Maka say that? You can play a greater role if you stay here! Don't be anxious, just calm down, okay? You..."

"Hannah, let me go! Ah!"

When Neville realized that he was hot-headed and pushed Hannah, he quickly reached out to help her. However, Hannah stumbled and fell towards Maka behind her. Neville's hand was too late to help.

The wave was empty.

The next second, Hannah, who reflexively raised her hand to grab behind her, inadvertently stretched her hand towards Maka.