Harry Potter: The Age of Magic

When the secret passage was closed, a stone statue holding a two-handed sword emerged from the wall.

I saw it suddenly thrust the sword downwards, and Shitou's body squatted down, completely blocking the secret passage under him.

At this moment, Rossi saw Snape walking up the stairs with a gloomy look on his face, followed by a nervous-looking Lupine and a short Flitwick.

"Where's Sirius Black?"

Snape's thin face was so tense that Rossi could hear the hatred in his heart just from his voice without even looking at his expression.

"He ran away!"

Rossi pointed to the stone statue squatting on the ground holding a sword, "Just from there."

"where?"

Snape glanced at the stone statue and checked with Rossi again.

Glancing at Lupine, who seemed particularly nervous, Rossi suddenly had an idea in his mind:

If Black can walk freely in Hogwarts, I'm afraid Lupin's help is indispensable, right? Or has he been helping Black since the Hogwarts Express?

"say!"

Seeing this situation, Rossi was stunned for a moment.

Lupine, who wanted to keep his friend's secret, smiled awkwardly, "Peter's Animagus form is a mouse. Well, it's the same mouse that Ron once raised."

"What's going on?"

Well, it seems that the key now is to find and capture Peter Pettigrew, otherwise their testimonies will only be clues and empty talk that cannot form a conclusion.

Immediately afterwards, the stone statue that had been moved aside returned to its original position.

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment.

"Headmaster, aren't Snape and Flitwick still inside?" Administrator Filch reminded.

"If there wasn't something wrong in his heart, why did he turn into a mouse and hide for twelve years?

So that newspaper is enough to be called evidence to me!"

"No, but I have a feeling that he is hiding in Hogwarts!"

Mag nodded, and then walked quickly downstairs.

Lu Ping shook his head first, and then said in a particularly affirmative tone, "What he is best at is hiding in dangerous and conspicuous places."

Just hearing a bang, the cave entrance that could only allow one person to pass appeared in front of everyone.

After a pause, Lu Ping spoke again, with a kind of nostalgia in his voice:

"How do you open it?" Flitwick asked warmly.

The system prompt sounded again.

Lupine asked in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible.

"When Black held the newspaper with the Weasley family's photo in front of me, I recognized Peter's identity immediately!"

The stone statue holding the sword floated lightly and moved aside with Snape's wand.

Is it so smooth? Is this an advantage of being short?

Looking at the hole that was blown up by the blasting spell, it would feel crowded even if a single person passed through it, and then thinking about Flitwick's action of jumping directly in, Rossi couldn't help but turn away from the idea of ​​not respecting the professor.

"Explosion rumble!"

Um... I can't offend the irritable Sect, I can't afford to offend...

Lu Ping's expression suddenly froze.

Lupine nodded: "James and Peter are both unregistered Animagus..."

Are you referring to that newspaper?

Dumbledore said, raising his finger to point at the blasted hole. In an instant, the shattered floor fragments rose up and returned to their original state as if they were going back in time.

He let out a long sigh and continued:

"Even if Black puts the evidence in front of me, I still can't believe why Peter turned to the Dark Lord and why he betrayed James..."

"evidence?"

"Ding, got a clue: Lupine's testimony."

Rossi muttered silently, then turned to look at Luping:

"Do you have any clues about the whereabouts of Peter Pettigrew?"

During the Dark Lord's heyday, we also trusted each other with life and death, and jointly resisted the Death Eaters."

"I'll go down with Snape, Lupin, you stay here and wait for Dumbledore!"

Silent and wandless casting!

"This is it!"

Lupine smiled bitterly, "I should have known earlier, how could a person like Black bow to the Dark Lord and become his lackey? How could I dare to doubt him before?!"

Snape glanced at Rossi sideways, then got into the hole and quickly chased after him.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dumbledore and McGonagall came over.

"Do you believe what he says?"

There was no need for him to answer. Just looking at his current expression, Rossi knew the answer.

Rossi did not answer his question, but when the other party was expecting an answer, he chose to ask: "Did you help him enter Hogwarts?"

"Blake said that he was framed and that Peter Pettigrew was the spy who killed people in the street and betrayed Harry's parents."

After adding the information he had deliberately concealed, Rossi's lips curled up into a smile.

It's just that although the stone statue has been moved, the secret passage leading downstairs has not been opened.

"Those who enter from here cannot go back the same way they came, Filch."

"I didn't see clearly how Blake turned it on, it seemed like..."

"When I was in school, me, James, Blake and Peter, the four of us were best friends.

Dumbledore looked at the blasted hole, doubt on his old face.

After a while, Lu Ping couldn't help but speak:

"What did he tell you? Uh...I mean, Blake."

You could tell from his look that he was actually asking about himself. Rossi curled up the corner of his mouth and chuckled:

"Don't you have the answer?"

Seeing Rossi wandering away, Snape couldn't help but yelled, "Where did he escape from!"

"Rosie, tell me what happened."

"Black escaped here, and Snape and Professor Flitwick chased him," Lupine explained.

"And Blake."

"Notify all teaching staff to launch a comprehensive search of the castle."

"Yes, I should have had the answer a long time ago."

After hearing his words, Dumbledore's expression immediately became solemn:

"McGonagall, inform all students to return to the auditorium. For the safety of the students, let them spend the night in the auditorium tonight!"

"Yes, and Blake."

Dumbledore explained with a smile. It was obvious that he knew enough about the secret passages in Hogwarts.

Dumbledore's methods made Rossi's eyes shine.

Rosie curled her lips and was about to speak when she asked Snape to point the wand over again.

Rossi still pointed to the stone statue, "There is a secret passage underneath."

"Wingardim Leviosa!"

Flitwick said, jumping into the hole.

Before Rossi finished speaking, Snape took a step forward and pointed at the stone statue with his wand:

After handling everything, Dumbledore finally turned his attention to Rossi.

Hearing his question, Rossi pursed her lips slightly: "I was planning to go back to the dormitory to pick up something..."

After recounting what he had seen, Rossi carefully looked into Dumbledore's eyes: "Professor Dumbledore, do you think Black's words are worthy of belief?"

"This can't be determined until Peter is captured."

Dumbledore blinked meaningfully, "Maybe it's too early to say whether I believe it or not."