One hour ago.
In a remote and deserted village in Devon, Sirius and Lupin are performing a surveillance mission, because in the near future, the bait named "Kenneth" will come to the village and contact the master of prophecy Mr. Anderson.
Of course, both of these guys are imposters, and there isn't even a man in the house who looks like Albert Anderson.
But none of this matters, as long as the Death Eaters and people related to the Ministry of Magic believe that Albert Anderson is hiding here.
It's because those Death Eaters who wish Albert dead have not been able to find any clues about him so far.
Kenneth, who is responsible for "delivering" goods to Zuo Ke, must know something. Even if the person arrested this time is not Albert, he must be someone closely related to him. As long as they are controlled, it will not be difficult to find Albert.
If the Ministry of Magic can use Veritaserum, then so can the Death Eaters, and they can use even more brutal torture methods.
Therefore, Sirius was not worried at all that the Death Eaters would not take advantage of the situation. Moreover, according to the information provided by Snotlout, after Lucius Malfoy spent a large sum of Galleons to send himself to Azkaban prison, the Death Eater who took on the task of murdering Albert Anderson was the crazy woman Bellatrix Lestrange.
Oftentimes, Sirius would express disapproval of his cousin Bellatrix's bad taste. After all, Voldemort's appearance was really... very unique. Just the fact that he had no nose... Sirius was actually more curious about why Bella, who admired Voldemort so much back then, didn't consider marrying him directly
Although this was a joke, Sirius really couldn't understand the crazy woman's fanaticism for Voldemort. Was it like the fanaticism for singer Celestina Warbeck that everyone had
I really can't understand it.
Putting away the chaotic thoughts in his head, Sirius cast his gaze on the chessboard in front of him, then looked up at Moon Face, whose cheeks were wrinkled.
"I should have given this surveillance mission to Tonks." Sirius teased with a smile. He had indeed considered doing so, but as an Auror, Tonks also had her own work, and it was a pity to miss this opportunity to be alone with Lupin.
"Stop joking, this is not funny at all." Lupin didn't like this joke very much. Speaking of Tonks always made him feel uneasy.
"How's your relationship going?" Sirius demanded.
"Same old." Lupin didn't like this topic very much.
"Didn't you get around to going out with her?" Sirius raised his eyebrows slightly. He hoped that his old friend could find his own happiness.
"I think you should think about your own problem first." Lupin changed the subject.
"My question?"
"You are one year older than me." After Lupin put down the chess piece in his hand, he looked from the big mirror to the magic mirror on the wall, but still did not react. He stood up and walked to the window, using the half-closed curtains to secretly observe the situation outside.
"What's going on?" Sirius asked.
"No." Lupin shook his head.
"Then sit down and finish this game, it's your turn again." Sirius was about to use the knight to force Lupin's king into a desperate situation.
"I thought..."
"I don't consider getting married." Sirius interrupted coldly, "It's best to let the Black family end with my generation. Anyway, I have never considered inheriting this disgusting family."
Lupin fell silent as he listened to Padfoot's words.
"Are you really going to..."
"Yes." Sirius glanced at the Marauder's Map in his hand and said impatiently, "I think you should face your feelings bravely compared to my affairs. Tonks is a good girl, don't let her down."
"There's no way we can get anything done," Lupin said stiffly. "I don't want to delay her, and besides, I'm more concerned about ..."
"You've delayed her."
Sirius looked at the king on the chessboard who was about to be checkmated, and said to Lupin who was standing by the window and looking out, "Also, I think your worry is completely unnecessary. Those guys will definitely have to wait until Kenneth comes here before they can follow him here. Moreover, I suspect that the ones who follow him are most likely a group of pathfinders who know nothing. After all, everyone will become smarter after being tricked once."
“That makes sense.”
Lupin used a telescope to observe the area near "Albert"'s home, trying to find suspicious people. Soon his eyes turned to the safe house in the Ministry of Magic. Bones' case reminded everyone that mutual cooperation can reduce the risk of sneak attacks.
"Escape is never a good option." Sirius tapped the chessboard with his fingers. "Don't think you can use this method..."
"You win," Lupin said bluntly.
"I won in the first place, and it's not a good idea for you to feel sorry for yourself like this." Sirius paused, as if he sensed something, and reached out to take out the communication pen from his pocket. After unfolding it, he found a message from Kings on it.
"What's the news?" Lupin asked.
"Kenneth has just left the safe house that the Ministry of Magic has arranged for him. Kingsley suspects that there are Death Eaters inside the Ministry of Magic, but they have never found the suspect. I think they should just use Veritaserum on everyone and eliminate the spies directly." Sirius briefly explained the information Kingsley had sent. "By the way, Arthur will be here later. They think the Death Eaters will take action tonight, so they should come here to scout the area in advance."
"Tonight? The person who provided the information, or..." Lupin put down the telescope and turned his head and said, "This whole thing is weird from beginning to end."
"Weird? No, I think it's normal. Anderson is like this. Many of his tricks are incomprehensible to others." Sirius didn't think there was anything wrong. "That guy is really hard to guard against when he does something dirty. Sometimes I think we are lucky that Albert is on our side, so now it is the Death Eaters who are unlucky, not us."
"He's a very good and responsible man. I think he did that more because the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters pushed him too hard." Lupin sided with Albert. "If someone did that, I think I would go crazy and kill them all."
At this moment, a dark green flame suddenly rose from the fireplace in the living room, and a figure walked out of the flame. He smiled and greeted the two people who were chatting.
"How is it going?"
"Very peaceful. How's it going over there?" Lupin asked.
"'Kenneth' should be on his way here, but we still haven't found anyone to monitor him." Arthur came to the window and quietly observed outside through the gap in the curtains. "The Aurors are not optimistic about this operation. They think this time it may be a waste of effort."
"After all, Mr. Toller has already been baited once. Unless you are too stupid, you won't be fooled easily." Lupin finished the rest of the words for Arthur.
"I think they said that because they saw that no one was fooled." Sirius said contemptuously, "Maybe they have been too easy in the past few months and have become stupid."
"Alas, people tend to forget things easily." Arthur sighed helplessly, "The smooth sailing has indeed made some people temporarily forget the threat posed by the mysterious man."
"Don't worry, since Albert wants to use the Ministry of Magic to retaliate against Bellatrix, this is probably predicted." Sirius was not worried that the plan would fail at all. He knew Albert better than the Ministry of Magic.
"Scrimgeour and we are willing to believe Albert because his predictions are almost 100% true." Sirius noticed the looks from the two and explained, "A smart man like Albert will definitely not use a plan that will fail to dispel the Ministry of Magic and our absolute confidence in him. Otherwise, it will not be so easy for him to use the Ministry of Magic and us to take revenge on the Death Eaters in the future."
"Ahem, I think it should be called mutual benefit and win-win cooperation," Lupin corrected. He was no longer worried now because what Sirius said made so much sense.
"Remus is right, it should indeed be called win-win cooperation." Arthur also agreed with Lupin's words, and it was indeed the case.