harry potter book of crimes

"Avada Kedavra--"

A pale green arc of light flashed past behind the house, but what followed was a series of roars, which at first sounded either low or high-pitched, one after another very frightening.

Even when he heard the voice chanting the curse, he felt familiar. He knew that he must have met that person somewhere based on his memory, and for a while, Sirius did not dare to approach easily.

In this hellish place, it can be said that he is walking on the edge of death every step of the way. How dare he take risks casually when he has such a heavy responsibility?

However, since the other party is very likely to be an acquaintance, Sirius will naturally not leave him behind with his temperament. He wants to see who the unlucky person he encounters in this place at this time will be.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

"boom--"

As the unknown wizard across the house recited the spell clearly again, a powerful explosion spell suddenly exploded at the other end. As bricks and stones flew everywhere and smoke and dust rose, the man hiding in the trees on the side of the road suddenly

Sirius saw a lowered figure suddenly emerge from the collapsing old alley not far away, and then without thinking, he ran along the street towards the opposite end of Sirius's location.

stand up.

Of course, it was impossible for that man to detect Sirius's presence. Even though the closest distance between the two was less than twenty feet, he knew that his explosive spell could only barely block the group of vicious living corpses.

, not to mention there are more enemies around.

The moment he rushed out of the alley, he didn't even have the time to look back!

"Damn it... If I had known better, I shouldn't have listened to that guy Brandt's nonsense and come here. It's much safer to go anywhere than to stay here in Germany... Damn it... Damn it!"

The figure was running fast while muttering and complaining, probably trying to stabilize his mind at this critical moment.

After a few complaints, he saw him holding the wand in his hand while running and pulling it on himself. Sirius, who was looking at him from a distance, noticed that this guy's figure suddenly blurred.

It's the Illusion Body Curse!

"Tsk."

Sirius smacked his lips impatiently - the other party didn't know it, but he knew that concealment spells like the Disguise Curse would not have much effect on living corpses, especially those who had already been targeted.

Under the circumstances, the Disappearance Curse, which is useless against living corpses, can take effect normally on a human like him. In this case, it will only make his follow-up plan more difficult.

After taking a final glance at the alley where the opponent had just slipped out, and seeing that the living corpse behind the house that had been blocked by the explosion spell was showing signs of protruding, he turned his head and headed towards another alley across the street.

Plunged in.

It was true that he wanted to catch up with the person who had disappeared, but he didn't want to let himself be used as a bait for others to prevent disasters for no reason. He walked around here to see if he could guess the other party's escape route. If he couldn't intercept it,

If you meet someone, forget it.

Fortunately, those living corpses had already set their sights on the wizard just now, and their interest in his "big black dog" was obviously much lower. As long as he avoided wandering around in front of the living corpses in advance, those crazy people would

The beast-like guy will probably not follow you.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, Sirius, who had already rushed into the dirty alley, heard a howl in the street outside, and they all turned around and continued chasing the wizard.

He did not stop, and even accelerated his running speed again, continuing to advance in this dirty and damp alley. Although the alley was winding, he almost always kept in a direction parallel to the living corpses outside.

In this unfamiliar place, there is no deviation at all.

Obviously, he wanted to use the keen senses of these living corpses to keep up with them.

A few minutes later, even Sirius, who had been used to running wildly in his Animagus form since he was a student, was very tired from this fierce run. After all, he was already quite tired from reaching this point.

.

But? The guy in front who was running with his life being chased by the living corpses was obviously in a much worse state than him at the moment. You know, they are not like him, who can run on four legs!

"...Remember? It turned out to be him!"

Sirius followed him all the way. He didn't waste the time of silently following him. He thought about the whispered complaints he just overheard from the other party's mouth. Combined with the rather familiar voice before, he seemed to have already known the other party.

His identity is somewhat guessed.

Of course? Regardless of whether his guess is accurate or not? Since the other party has already mentioned someone from the Brandt family, this is enough to give Sirius a reason to continue chasing.

Since even the Blois family and Madame Maxime didn't know much about this second battlefield, it was natural for him to try to get more information.

After all, this trip? Sirius originally planned to explore the details here for the Granger camp... At least that was true at the beginning.

"Yes... I'll try my best to help you first!"

Thinking of this, Sirius, who was still running wildly in the form of a black dog in the alley just now, suddenly jumped up, and then the moment he took off slightly in the air, his four-legged waist suddenly expanded? In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a human form again.

After all, people with two legs can't run as fast as those with four legs. After regaining his body, he was obviously much slower in this winding and deep alley. How many turns did he make in a row? He couldn't keep up with the activities outside.

Corpse.

Not only that? As soon as his Animagus was released, the stronger human aura immediately attracted the attention of the enemy, and more than one living corpse instinctively approached him.

However, how could Sirius, whose existence was exposed at this time, not be prepared accordingly? He couldn't defeat those guys, but he still had some confidence when it came to escaping.

Just as there was a commotion with more and more living corpses on the street outside, Sirius took out a rough-looking wooden doll from his arms without saying a word and threw it away.

"Copy as a double."

When he waved his wand and pointed back his hand, silently reciting a copying spell, the puppet immediately began to split into two and then into four, bouncing more and more, and even let go and ran around.

Got up.

"I hope that guy from South Africa didn't lie to me! If I can fool these living corpses for a while, the Galleons I spent will be worth it."

With such muttering, he did not slow down anymore and continued to move forward without looking back.