The Cthulhu of Hogwarts

That's how investigating a case is. You can't meet a few people and chat for a while to get the truth you want. Sometimes, even eyewitnesses can become very unreliable, and they often bring in their own biases when stating the facts.

Imagine.

And all he had to do was eliminate those imaginations. Sometimes, Xing Ze felt like he was knitting a sweater, and sometimes, he felt like he was playing with a puzzle.

But more often than not, he felt like he was just running around in circles, like a cat chasing its own tail.

"I really don't understand you." John rubbed the beard on his chin, "You were in there just now..."

He hesitated, and Xing Ze looked at John curiously, "What's wrong?"

"You know, the way you threatened Donnie reminded me of some kind of animal."

"Um?"

"Hound." John breathed out, "The kind that bites flesh and won't let go until it tastes blood."

"It's a very interesting metaphor." Xing Ze smiled faintly, "But what he is more afraid of is you, J, I can smell it. You and this place seem to be integrated into one, you are more like a local than a local,

So they don't want to get close to you."

Probably because of the pain from being poked, John looked away uneasily, "Shut up, what on earth did you do before?"

"Magic Maintenance Department."

"That's stupid." John cursed, "Those bastards always like to give me weird people."

"Under us..."

A child ran over and interrupted Xing Ze. He was the child he had met in the bar.

"Would you like some candy, sir?"

Xing Ze saw him carrying a straw basket with a dirty cloth on top and some shiny red candies under the cloth. When he was about to refuse, John on the side shouted first: "Get out of here, you little bastard."

,roll!"

The child hurriedly put away the box and ran into the alley next to it.

"It's just a child." Xing Ze advised, "I can handle it."

"Look to your left, yes, that's the potion shop with belladonna hanging on the door. Did you see it?"

"Two men, one should be a wizard and the other is not."

"That kid is fooling around with them, stop staring at them." John whispered, "Those red candies are a new type of hallucinogen that has been popular in Knockturn Alley for a while."

Xing Ze nodded, looked back and asked, "I think you have more than one source of information, right?"

"What time is it, kid?"

Xing Ze looked at his mechanical watch and said, "It's past two o'clock."

"It's not too late, come with me."

They walked through Toad Street and turned at the next intersection. Xing Ze glanced at the road sign at the corner. The paint on the street sign had fallen off, so he had no way of knowing where it was.

"Oh, damn, what bad luck." John bent down and picked up a small stone from the ground, and threw it at the raven on the street sign, but he missed. The raven quacked back a few times, as if in mockery.

.

"Don't worry about that bird." Xing Ze kicked away a stone that John wanted to pick up. "Where is your informant?"

"Hey kid, crows are unlucky and I don't want to be unlucky."

"I don't understand why we, as wizards, are so superstitious."

John waved his hand towards the raven, trying to drive it away, "This is not superstition, crows will summon bad things, this is based on practice. Keep going forward, go to the end, then turn left, white

tent."

"Aren't you coming?"

"Wait until I get rid of this damn beast first."

Xing Ze casually waved his finger, and the raven spread its wings and flew into the sky.

"This...how did you do it?"

"We are wizards, J, if you haven't forgotten. Let's do something serious. At least it will make me feel like I didn't spend my drink money in vain."

The tent covered in stains sat next to a pile of scraps. Its original color was no longer visible, and only the white patch on the top proved its original color.

In principle, this garbage station does not belong to Knockturn Alley. It is located half in the Muggle world and half in the wizarding world. An invisible magic wall separates this place.

The mixed smell in the air was replaced by a more familiar odor. Without the obstruction of the building, the sky became bright again.

John asked Xing Ze to wait at the entrance of the garbage station, and he walked inside himself.

A white cloud in the sky covered the sun, and Xing Ze felt like he was back in Knockturn Alley again, and a raven sent a warning in the sky.

"Wait!" he yelled at John.

A bolt of magic shot out from the tent, and John, who was alerted, dodged it. He rolled on the ground in a panic, his shirt and pants stained with a disgusting brown liquid of unknown origin.

The magic was a small blasting spell, which exploded not far from the door. The splash of mud and garbage obscured the view.

Xing Ze immediately put on armor to protect himself, and then rushed into the garbage station facing the explosion. He saw two people coming out of the tent, one of whom was wearing a wizard's robe, and the other was wearing ordinary clothes.

The wizard obviously had some skills and wanted to perform Apparition, but was interrupted by John's magic ray. In desperation, he had to flee for his life in a hurry.

"That bastard in the robe is mine." John gritted his teeth and said this, then he apparated and chased the wizard.

As for the man wearing ordinary clothes and as strong as an ox, he quickly took out a pistol from his waist.

"You must be kidding me." Xing Ze looked helpless. He used phantom to avoid the first round of shooting, and then hid behind a pile of garbage. He chanted a spell and cast a deflection spell in front of him.

, also at this time, he heard the man's footsteps getting closer and closer.

"Come out, you damn wizard, get out of here."

"To deal with a squib." Xing Ze looked at his poplar wand, "You will definitely feel ashamed."

After saying that, he put away his wand and rushed out immediately when the figure appeared. He was so fast that the man only had time to fire two shots before he was knocked to the ground.

Two bullets, one shot into his eye and was deflected into a ceramic toilet by the deflection spell. The other was shot at close range. It broke the deflection spell, but was still affected. The bullet grazed Xing Ze.

The arm passed by, leaving only a shallow wound.

He knocked the man's gun away with his injured hand, and then punched him again, with about 50% force. His hand was immediately covered with the man's nosebleeds.

"Fuck you, fuck you." The man kept cursing.

Xing Ze glanced at the blood on his hands and suddenly realized something. He quickly stood up and took a few steps back. "Stand up." He took off his watch and said to the man.

The man was very confused. He struggled to get up from the ground. Looking at Xing Ze's posture, he came to some understanding. He felt funny but angry, and said sternly: "Damn bastard, you dare to underestimate me, I will kill you

Twist off the head."

The first punch he threw was ordinary. Xing Ze ducked sideways, and then quickly punched him under the arm. The man screamed repeatedly and instinctively threw an uppercut. Unfortunately, Xing Ze ducked and hit his stomach.

He received another solid punch.

He couldn't stand it anymore, his legs gave out and he knelt on the ground. Xing Ze let out a long breath and punched him in the face again. Like a collapsed tall building, the man fell heavily to the ground.