harry potter book of crimes

Maka, are you just going to keep wandering around the streets trying your luck?"

After leaving the wizard cemetery where Mrs. Pierce was buried, Maka returned to the suburbs of London and continued walking aimlessly as before.

Sirius initially thought he had a certain destination, so he followed him for a while, but soon found that he seemed to be just wandering around.

"Um?"

Hearing Sirius' question from behind, Maka could only shrug a little helplessly.

"I know that one of Haierbo's secrets is very likely to be in the suburbs, but I am suffering from the fact that I lost the clue last time... Before I think of a better way, I can only try my luck while thinking about it!"

In fact, not only himself, but also the little spiders he sent out have narrowed the search area. Unfortunately, even they still haven't gained anything, and his walk here can only be regarded as better than nothing.

"Oh, Sirius, go and do your things! I can just take a walk here...or you can just walk with me for a while, and we will be in this Muggle town at noon.

Can we have something to eat?"

When Maka said these words, he also stretched out his hands and gestured towards both sides of the street.

In fact, the two of them had unknowingly left the previous rural mountain road. The originally sparse houses on the roadside had become denser again.

Even now, you can already see several shops with a sense of life on the streets.

Seeing Maka mentioning lunch, Sirius couldn't help but rub his stomach - he was also investigating the missing cases that happened frequently in recent days last night, and didn't return to the Black Mansion until early in the morning. He didn't have breakfast and he was actually a little hungry now.

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"Okay, let's go for a walk," he thought for a while, and finally nodded, "just wait until lunch and then go directly to change shifts with Lupine."

Sirius and Lupine are naturally still working at the Ministry of Magic, but what they do is not necessarily assigned by the Ministry of Magic.

Just like this time, the two of them were simply assisting Maka in investigating cases of Muggle disappearances and deaths, and their identities as Aurors became a convenient cover for them.

Of course, the Minister of Magic, Scrimgeour, is obviously well aware of this trick.

"Speaking of which, how is Kingsley's recovery?" As we walked, Maka suddenly asked, "I haven't seen him since he was discharged from the hospital. Nothing unusual has happened during this time, right?"

Sirius then curled his lips and said:

"Aren't you the one who is doing the treatment throughout the whole process? You are the one who knows best if there are any problems... Why, it's rare to see you not feeling confident?"

However, Maka actually chuckled and sighed.

"You can also say it's 'lack of confidence'!" he said, "Or, to put it another way - I'm worried that Haierbo will leave some undetectable backhand."

After a pause, he couldn't help but said frankly:

"To be honest, the more times I fight against the dark wizard who has awakened from ancient times, the more I can feel his extremely profound heritage. It can be said that almost every time I see him, I find that he is better than the last time.

He is even more powerful...and this is just a transitional stage for him to gradually regain his true strength."

At the end of the sentence, Maka spread her hands, with a little emotion in her tone.

"...So, can you imagine how strong he was in his prime?"

Because of this, while Maka destroyed the opponent's body again and again, he never felt the joy of defeating the enemy. He knew that as long as the opponent's Horcrux dependence was not eliminated for a day, he would never be able to truly defeat the opponent.

The opponent is destroyed.

Facing an enemy who is not only invincible but also getting stronger and stronger, this is undoubtedly the most disgusting thing he has ever encountered.

"So, although I'm not afraid of Herbo, I do have 'little confidence'. At least for the time being, everything must be sufficiently cautious -"

Before she finished speaking, Maka suddenly stopped talking and suddenly turned her head to look at a family on the street.

Sirius also reacted quickly. Although he did not have Maka's powerful perception, he quickly became alert the moment Maka turned her head.

As you can see, it is an ordinary two-story house. It has a red brick wall, a beautifully trimmed lawn, and a row of flower pots placed against the wall - the appearance of a similar house is not surprising at all here.

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But the next second Maka turned around to look, an inconspicuous cry of pain suddenly sounded from the closed window on the second floor. The Muggles walking on the streets of this small town didn't notice it, but Maka

and Sirius both heard it.

"Go up and have a look!"

Maka winked and walked towards the door of that house. When he walked to the door, he didn't see any unnecessary movement. He just stretched out his hand and turned the doorknob, and the door was opened easily by him.

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It's as if it wasn't locked at all.

As soon as he entered the door, Maka heard a burst of noisy people. He looked around and saw that the TV set in the living room was playing a program, and it was really loud.

At the other end, there was a figure swaying back and forth in the kitchen. Judging from the back, it should be an elderly lady.

Obviously, the muffled cry just now was completely drowned out by the sound of the TV, so that it could be heard more clearly outside.

"I'll go up first. You go and let the old lady rest for a while!"

After giving a signal to Sirius who followed him in, Maka ignored the others and walked straight towards the stairs.

The wooden stairs seemed to be a little old, and they creaked loudly when walking on them. But he was not worried that the old lady would notice the movement. Soon, he went up to the second floor and opened the door to the bedroom upstairs.

Immediately afterwards, a thin old man curled up on the bed immediately caught Maka's eyes.

The old man seemed to be in poor health, so he was still lying on the bed in broad daylight. And now, Maka could see that he seemed to be in quite a painful state.

I saw that his withered palms were holding his throat tightly, his throat was gurgling, and there was even foam oozing out of his mouth.

Looking at his eyes widened and his breathing becoming increasingly difficult, it seemed as if he would die immediately in the next second.

Is this an illness? No, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Maka didn't pause after entering the house. She stepped forward, opened the old man's mouth, and stuffed a brown lump that she had just taken out from his waist directly into the old man's mouth.

Perhaps students who have taken Potions class seriously at Hogwarts will recognize that it is a treated bezoar. Its function is also very simple and clear, which is to detoxify.

Maka's judgment was very accurate. As expected, the old man's face soon turned from green to red, and his breathing gradually became smoother.

Not long after, the other party was temporarily out of danger and fell into a recovery coma.

"How? What happened?"

It was when Maka saved the old man's life that Sirius also ran up from downstairs. As for the old lady below, he had probably put him on the sofa to sleep.

"It's poisoning," Maka hurriedly replied, and then turned around and said, "I'll tell you the details later. Just wait a minute while I look for something..."

But I saw him waving his hand, looking at the old man a few more times, and then turned and walked towards the door. While walking out, he seemed to be constantly looking for something.

Seeing Maka walking down the stairs again inexplicably, Sirius, although he didn't know what he was doing, knew that he couldn't disturb him at this moment.

Therefore, even though he was completely confused, he just followed Maka back to the living room downstairs in silence.

"Tsk, is that really the case——"

A moment later, Maka was seen staring closely at the old lady who was laid down on the sofa by Haierbo, and her eyebrows relaxed slightly.

"I asked why there are no traces of magic on either the missing person or the victim... It turns out that this anomaly that has never been found is hidden in the body of the perpetrator!"

As he spoke, his brows that had just loosened up tightened again. Not only that, but his right hand quickly reached out and waved to the old lady.

At this moment, a shadow of a soul rune suddenly appeared, and the opponent's soul was ripped out on the spot.

"And the most important thing is that the forces that drive Muggles to kill their loved ones are always sleeping. Only when necessary will they wake up in stages and affect the possessed Muggles."

At this time, you can see that in the soul of the old lady, there is obviously a gray-black thing that is constantly squirming and shrinking... and it is about to merge into the soul again and hide.

"Sirius, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat our lunch today," Maka said without looking back, "go to the Ministry of Magic to inform Scrimgeour of all the Muggles who have killed people in our investigation.

Put it together and the case information will be provided by us - if necessary, you can contact the old Bishop Mr. Davidson to seek assistance from the Muggle royal family."

It was obvious that what he just said was not to himself, but to Sirius.

After the latter roughly learned about Maka's discovery, he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter - this meant that those Muggles were very likely to continue killing people against their original intentions!

"I'll be there right away..." Before leaving, Sirius didn't forget to ask one last question, "Well, by the way, do we from the Order of the Phoenix need to help too?"

But Maca immediately shook his head.

"There are enough people from the Ministry of Magic. Our people are on standby for the time being. There may be more important things for everyone to do later." He said, "I will take this old lady to St. Mungo's first. If I have anything to do, I will go there.

Find me." (To be continued)