Harry Potter: The Age of Magic

Chapter 81 Reckless

In a shabby-looking second-hand shop in the south of Diagon Alley, Jiang Jing calmly looked at a man with a purple turban on his head, and the turban exuded a strange smell.

He had just seen in the junk shop that this man bought an old copper balance for 7 galleons.

Obviously, in Jiang Jing's opinion, the balance was not worth the price at all. What's more, he also discovered during his observation that the measurement of the balance itself was not accurate.

Is this man the legendary villain? Jiang Jing complained in his heart, and finally when the other party was about to leave, he couldn't help but remind him:

"Hey, sir, the balance you bought seems to have wrong accuracy. Why don't you check it again? It's not a good deal to buy a copper balance with a problem for 7 galleons."

After saying this, he didn't dare to look back at the clerk at the second-hand shop. He murmured in his heart: I just reminded him to check the function of the product. The seller wouldn't hit me, right?

However, the man just looked back at him indifferently, and then walked out of the store quickly.

Huh? This man's reaction is wrong. He bought something at a high price and was said to be defective, but he walked away without even looking at it? As his thoughts turned around, Jiang Jing suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that the clerk in the store had a bad look on his face.

Staring at himself.

He smiled awkwardly at them and walked out of the junk shop quickly.

However, what surprised him was that the man who had been out of his sight for less than ten seconds had completely disappeared.

There must be something wrong with this person... Jiang Jing muttered silently, and while looking around, he noticed that Abo was teasing something in front of the cage hanging at the door of the magical animal store opposite.

Jiang Jing walked over quickly and found that what was locked in the cage was a Bowtruckle about 5 inches tall, with brown eyes and an appearance made of bark and branches.

"Very funny little guy."

Seeing him approaching, Abo smiled and said something, and then asked, "Did you find anything?"

Jiang Jing smiled wryly and shrugged, stretched out his fingers to tease the Bowtruckle, and then said:

"I just met an NPC. I feel like there may be something wrong with him. Have you seen this person? A man wearing a purple turban."

Abo thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have never seen this person before."

…

Half an hour later, in the cafe in the middle of Diagon Alley.

Each ordered a cup of coffee, and the four of them, gathered together again, briefly exchanged their previous experiences.

"Wow, Xixi, you are so awesome. You solved the problem of sneaking into Hogwarts so easily." Eileen said in a relaxed and cheerful tone with an exaggerated tone.

And Abo, who had never expected to find clues from here, looked at Rossi dumbfounded and kept mumbling:

"How is that possible? I got nothing when I talked to them?"

"Perhaps you lack the trigger conditions." Jiang Jing looked at Rossi with a smile and whispered a logical answer to Abo's question.

His speculation made Rossi, who was not sure how to explain it to the three of them, breathe a sigh of relief and changed the subject:

"Speaking of which, I think there is something wrong with the NPC Jiang Jing met."

The image of a man wearing a turban reminded her of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who was parasitized by Voldemort.

"You also think there is something wrong with him?" Abo frowned in confusion and looked at Rosie in surprise, "In the magical world, there is nothing wrong with disappearing suddenly, right?"

Rossi smiled slightly, shook his head and said:

"There's no problem with teleportation or flashing. The problem is with the copper balance. The best balance in Partridge's Crucible Shop is only 2 Galleons and 13 Sickles. Why would he pay a high price for a used item in a second-hand store?"

Hearing what she said, Irene's blue eyes were full of doubts: "In the game, isn't it normal for NPCs to do stupid things?"

"no."

Rossi took a sip of coffee, put a little bit of plain red lips on it and said softly: "The AI ​​of the NPCs in the dungeon have been improved to the level of normal people, and some may be even higher. With this kind of improvement, they shouldn't be able to

Do something illogical."

"Is that so?" Irene nodded as if she understood, and then suddenly spoke again, "Will there be no exceptions?"

Hearing this, Abo laughed and answered before Rossi:

"If he's the exception, it's more likely there's something wrong with him."

"So what do we do now?"

"Go to the junk shop first."

After Rossi finished drinking the black coffee in his cup, the four people who had made their decision walked out of the coffee shop and walked towards the junk shop on the south side of Diagon Alley.

"To be honest, that black coffee is sour and bitter, but Rosie was able to drink it without leaving a drop. It's amazing!" Abo, who was half a step behind Rosie and Irene, complained to Jiang Jing in a low voice.

"Who says it's not..."

While chatting, the four of them arrived at the door of the secondhand shop.

What surprised them was that, even though it was not yet noon, the door of this junk shop had been locked from the outside and a "Closed Today" sign was posted on the window.

There is indeed something wrong here, Rossi muttered in his mind, and before anyone else could say anything, he took out his wand and took a step forward.

"The footprints appear!"

As her body rotated, golden mist instantly spread at the door of the junk shop.

Immediately afterwards, dense footprints flashed rapidly in the mist.

After hunching over and looking carefully for a few seconds, Rossi easily found the footprints left by the man who closed the door of the junk shop.

"found it!"

As he spoke, the golden pear wood wand pointed towards the footprints.

"Show up!"

As she let out a low and floating voice, the surrounding golden mist suddenly gathered towards the tip of the wand, and finally a hooded female figure appeared on the footprints.

The woman locked the door, looked around, and then turned along the eaves of the junk shop into the first alley on the south side.

Following her image, the four of them turned right twice in succession, watching her disappear into nothingness when they were about to enter a yard surrounded by a wooden fence.

Seeing this situation, Eileen quietly suggested: "Shall I go in invisible and check the situation?"

Rosie, who had the same idea, was about to speak when she suddenly thought that her invisibility was not as useful as her shadowlessness. What's more, using shadowlessness, she also had the ability to pass through walls and fly for a short period of time.

"Okay, then be careful and call someone immediately if you are in danger." Rossi nodded and warned in a low voice.

"Yeah, I know."

Seeing Irene's figure disappear suddenly after smiling at her, Rossi couldn't help but hold on to the wand, ready to rush in at any time.

"Even though she is a wet nurse, she can still operate it well. Even if there is really danger inside, she will definitely be able to hold on until we go to the rescue."

Although he said this to the two people beside him, Rossi couldn't help but feel a little worried. If that person was in the yard...

Thinking of this, Rossi suddenly felt that his behavior was a bit reckless: "It's really unlike me to take risks without making enough preparations. This is simply the style of Gryffindor."

(End of chapter)