harry potter book of crimes

Even with so many Patron Saints participating in the siege, and Neville's Silver Lion Patron Saint as the main force, it was still unimaginable to completely defeat the enemy in a short period of time.

The big man's strength was astonishing, and he also had a very high resistance to magic. Even though some of the properties of the Patronus Charm seemed to have a miraculous effect on him, it still felt like something was missing.

To be honest, when each Patron Saint was repeatedly defeated by the opponent, the stalemate that could last for such a long time was the result of the hard work and perseverance of Hermione and her friends.

"As expected...isn't it still possible?"

Harry allowed his stag Patronus to prance nimbly in front of him, but he himself seemed to be distracted from just now, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.

That's right, even he himself probably doesn't understand... what kind of emotion the depression in his heart at this moment represents.

In silence, Harry subconsciously tightened his hand on the brim of the Sorting Hat.

But at this moment, everyone suddenly felt a slight shock that came from nowhere.

Just when everyone was a little surprised, they discovered that the big man who was fighting with many patron saints in the corridor in front suddenly fell to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.

"Bang!"

The heavy body suddenly fell to the ground, and then the whole person quickly shrank and returned to the appearance of an ordinary human male.

And perhaps it was precisely because the mysterious power that supported his transformation suddenly disappeared that everyone's patron saints lost interest in him, and each turned back and rushed towards the master who created them.

Seeing the group of running silver animals turning into light mist one after another, everyone came back to their senses.

"What just happened?"

Neville, who was standing at the front, glanced around a few times with a puzzled look on his face, but when his eyes passed over Hermione and the others, he found that everyone was equally surprised and uncertain.

"I don't know," Hermione frowned, but her eyes still stayed on the man who fell to the ground, "but I think if I can wake him up - maybe I can know something."

After saying that, she passed by Neville and walked forward quickly.

Because this man's power after transformation was astonishingly strong, the previous battle had already scarred this corridor, and the ground was full of dents and cracks, making it difficult to walk on.

When Hermione came to the unconscious man, she saw that she first glanced in the direction of Xiao Wu's body with her lips pursed, her expression mixed with a little sadness.

"Quickly imprison, release the strength and release the strength..."

Although she was not sure that it would have much effect, she still cast several movement-restricting spells in an attempt to provide a little more safety before trying to awaken the opponent.

Then, she pointed at the other person and read clearly:

"Recover quickly."

It was a pity that at least Hermione understood that the last spell did not take effect smoothly, because the man on the ground did not even twitch his eyelids.

During this period, everyone had gathered around, looking at each other at a loss.

This guy fell so suddenly that until now, no one knows exactly what happened just now. And that weak but real shock - what does that mean?

"Would you like... to find a therapist to help? I think-"

"No need to look for it, I've already brought Mr. Smesek here!"

A familiar voice sounded from the corner behind everyone, suddenly interrupting Ginny's whispered proposal. Everyone turned around in a hurry and found that it was Sirius and the chief therapist from the Biological Injury Department.

But Sirius immediately said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, everyone... I'm a little late. I didn't expect that he would lift the petrified state by himself. This is indeed an oversight on my part..."

Just when R.A.'s friends were about to shake their heads to express that it was not his fault at all, another voice suddenly came from the other side of the corner of the corridor:

"Isn't it rare that Sirius Black also apologizes?"

Before he finished speaking, a familiar figure appeared from over there, surprising everyone.

"Professor Sinistra, why are you here?"

In everyone's impression, this professor almost never left the castle. Except for dining in the auditorium three times a day, he basically stayed in the astronomy tower and never went anywhere.

It stands to reason that this professor is still very young, in his thirties at most, so students are usually very curious about this "surprisingly homely" professor.

However, Sinistra actually came out today!

"Yes, that's the problem!" Professor Sinister said with a smile, "Recently, I was entrusted by your Professor MacLean to do some research with a mysterious kid... And just now, you were supposed to

The results of our research are already being felt.”

At this moment, Hermione, who was standing at the other end of the crowd, couldn't help blurting out:

"Is it the shock just now?"

"Yes, Miss Granger, you are Gryffindor...oh!" Sinistra was stunned, and then couldn't help but said, "Your answers are still as fast as usual, I almost thought we were still in class.

Coming up!"

When Hermione heard this, a subtle expression appeared on her face.

Sinistra paused for a moment and continued:

"Well, all in all, it seems that we arrived in time - is the one who fell on the ground a dark wizard? It seems that Helbo himself hasn't appeared yet?"

"I think so," Hermione stood up from the other side and explained to Sinistra, "This man pretended to be injured and sneaked into St. Mungo's, and then took advantage of the chaos to take action... I think

Sirius should have told you this, right?"

"That's right," Sinister nodded and said, "And I think he should have been manipulated to a certain extent... Of course, the person who manipulated him is most likely 'Despicable Herbo'."

"'Control'...is it the Imperius Curse?"

Hermione quickly thought of the famous dark magic one of the three Unforgivable Curses from this word, but Sinistra did not agree with it.

"If it was the Imperius Curse, he is probably still fighting you now!" She thought for a while and then asked, "When you felt the shock just now, did he fall down at the same time?"

"Ah, yes!" Ginny, who was following Hermione, nodded repeatedly, "I saw it clearly, almost at the same time!"

"Then it's definitely not..."

Sinistra said, with a hint of sadness on his face.

"The Imperius Curse does not require the caster to form a continuous connection with the caster, and his fall represents that the control is closely connected with the caster."

After thinking about it, she immediately turned her head and said to Sirius: "Oh, what I'm most worried about now is that Haierbo may be hiding somewhere nearby."

This speculation actually does not have much basis, because there is a huge gap between Haierbo's magic and modern magic spells, and it is difficult to judge based on experience between the two.

As for long-distance control of magic, it is probably not difficult to achieve under the hands of an ancient wizard.

"I'm going to check everywhere again!"

When Sirius heard this, he immediately planned to check out the nearby neighborhoods outside St. Mungo's, but the next second he was stopped by Sinistra.

"The inspection is necessary, but you only need to search inside St. Mungo's. Because now the spaces inside and outside the hospital are no longer connected - at least in theory this should be the case."

"That formation just now?"

Sirius reacted immediately, and after seeing Sinista nodded, he turned around and left.

On the other hand, Hermione was obviously very interested in what Professor Sinistra mentioned.

"The spaces are no longer connected?" She asked in surprise, "Is this... really possible? As far as I know, even the traceless extension spell only extends and overlaps the space..."

As a professor at Hogwarts, Sinistra naturally likes students who are inquisitive. But unfortunately, she is only a wizard who specializes in astronomy after all, and she is completely confused about space theory.

"Unfortunately, I just listened to what others said," she patted Hermione on the shoulder and said, "Besides, now is not the time to talk about this - Sirius alone is definitely not enough, so we must act quickly.

Get up!"

"Ah! Sorry..."

Hermione secretly thought that her old habit had returned, forgetting about profound and interesting knowledge. After a small apology, she skillfully directed everyone in R.A. and hurried around St. Mungo's.

Searched.

And she herself, with the only remaining group of people, brought the man who fell on the ground back to the devastated temporary ward.

Seeing the mess in the room, Smethek, the therapist who followed Sirius, simply didn't care and started checking the man's physical condition on the spot.

To be honest, he was somewhat on tenterhooks during the entire examination, fearing that the man lying on the ground with his eyes closed would suddenly raise his hand and break his neck.

You know, all the shocking and dilapidated scenes around us were almost all caused by this guy alone.

After a while, Mr. Smethyk retracted his wand and stood up, then shook his head at Sinistra and Hermione.

"There are no signs of life at all, but the body still maintains a certain degree of activity. In fact, even if he died in the next second, I wouldn't feel any strange, but..."

He finally hesitated and said:

"For such a person who should have died long ago, how did he cause all this?"

"Someone who should have died long ago?"

Sinistra repeated this sentence in surprise, and even received Smethyk's approval.

"Yes," he said, "I think he has died a long time ago." (To be continued)