harry potter book of crimes

"...Missing No-Maj children? Well...there are indeed some. But you know, when have there been fewer homeless people on the streets of New York? There are a few missing every month-maybe you last weekend

It often happens that you chat with someone and then never see them again after a few days. As for children, no one will pay attention to them, right?"

In a corner of the noisy bar, a tall man with several scars on his face was lying on a dirty leather sofa, talking drunkenly.

To be honest, you can't tell the exact age of this man just by looking at his appearance. He has a strong and burly physique, and his body is covered with knotted muscles. He holds a wine bottle in his hand, and every time he raises his neck

Even when he was drinking, he could see the muscles rolling clearly under the tight skin, but judging from the words of the deputy Auror captain, John could tell that the other party was already very old.

This is a werewolf, and a very powerful werewolf, so this should be correct.

"Hey! Old William, of course I know what you said, but if I didn't have to find out, I wouldn't have to come to this noisy ghost place to find you, right? Do you have any valuable information?

This fussy old guy should give you an accurate answer!"

The vice-captain's posture seemed a bit arrogant, waving his hands unscrupulously and shouting at the top of his lungs amidst the deafening music. At the end of the sentence, he even punched the burly man in the chest with a "bang"

, it seems that the effort used is not small.

John, who was sitting aside, watched this scene. Although he looked calm on the surface, he seemed to be just swaying to the dynamic music on the stereo. But to be honest, he felt a little unsure in his heart.

Although John at that time happened to be the most daring and unrestrained time in his life, on weekdays he just liked to hang out at various parties of young men and women, at most with those deviant wizards like him.

Just get together and do some weird things.

How had he ever come into such close contact with an absolutely dangerous creature like a werewolf?

And just when John was watching the unceremonious Auror deputy captain hammering the strong man very aggressively, suddenly, the man who had just been drunk and had blurry eyes froze, and he suddenly grabbed him.

He grabbed the deputy captain's wrist. The next moment, an extremely dangerous aura suddenly emanated from the other party's body.

"Krogger, do you want to stir up trouble?"

However, at the moment when John felt a chill in his heart, he saw that the vice-captain just shook his hand hard. After realizing that he could not get rid of the opponent's hand that grabbed him, he didn't care at all and just stared at the opponent fiercely and shouted loudly.

road:

"It was those damn fanged ghosts who charged last time. What happened? Old William, are you planning to take over the empty cells this time?"

"Tsk."

As soon as the vice-captain said these words, the other party's face suddenly darkened. After looking at each other for a while, he finally waved his hand and let go of the former rather unluckily. Then, John saw old William leaning back on the sofa behind him.

, the fierce aura on his face suddenly receded like the tide.

"What did you say you wanted to know just now?" He raised his neck and took a sip of wine, then returned to his drunken appearance. "Oh, have any children disappeared among the homeless recently?"

"To be more precise, he should have been abducted or kidnapped - at least this possibility is not small!" the vice-captain shook off the wrist that had just been grasped by the other party and added casually.

"Well," Old William thought for a moment, and then said, "Don't talk about kidnapping and kidnapping - who cares about this? Just talk about missing, then there must be some... Oh, I remembered, there is that in Queens

There seems to be an old woman nearby who suddenly made a noise, saying that her daughter was missing... Well, there also seem to be fewer people in the subway station in Brooklyn recently. There are probably a few small children inside. You can

Find time to go around."

"Really?" Vice Captain Kroger nodded when he heard this, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He turned his head and glanced at John without leaving any trace, "By the way, have you seen the new ones recently?

?The little wanderer who shows up alone - you know, that's definitely easier to kill."

"Come alone?" Old William frowned when he heard this, "This is rare - a child without an adult to take care of him will not live long at all, let alone an outsider. But after hearing what you said, it seems...

…”

He seemed to have thought of something and suddenly began to ponder.

"What is it? Do you have any clues?" the vice-captain raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Huh?" Old William raised his eyelids and came to his senses and said, "Oh, it's the subway station in Brooklyn that I just mentioned. Some time ago, someone seemed to have seen a child dragging him around in the middle of the night.

The luggage was wandering around. After that, it didn’t appear in that area soon. I don’t know if it was a wanderer from outside... hmm, maybe it was just a kid who wanted to run away from home on a whim!"

After they finished speaking, the vice-captain and John secretly glanced at each other - whether it was Brooks or Tia, in short, it sounded very consistent with the situation of the two little guys who skipped classes as soon as school started.

After that, the vice-captain chatted casually with the old William and roughly gathered the relevant information that the other party knew. Then everyone got up and went to work separately with several other Auror members who were inquiring about the news.

They reunited and squeezed out of the bar from the chaotic crowd.

As the extremely piercing music was finally blocked by the bar door, the deputy captain Kroger dug his ears hard, then shook his head and said:

"It's so noisy."

"Vice Captain, since that guy's men seem to have seen Tia or Brooks - no matter which one it is, why don't you take out the photo and let him find someone to identify it?"

As soon as he came out, the fellow from the research institute who came with John finally couldn't help but ask.

But when Kroger heard this, he immediately waved his hand.

"Although old William can be regarded as the informant I have roped in, this old guy is not completely reliable. There are some things that it is best not to let him know. After all, we still have to investigate this case ourselves."

After that, he pressed the handle of the wand under his coat and led the others to the dark alley beside the bar. As he walked, he said:

"Let's go! Anyway, let's go to the subway station in Brooklyn as he just said! There are indeed a lot of homeless people there, since someone has seen a child suspected of playing truant there.

, you can always gain something if you ask around.”