While they were discussing in low voices, Lupin, who was standing by the window and using a telescope to observe the street outside, suddenly reminded his companions in a sharp voice: "The target appeared, but... I didn't see the pursuer."
With that, Lupin handed the telescope to Arthur and quickly turned his head to look at the large spyglass on the table.
The black magic detector didn't respond.
In fact, Sirius also looked down at the detection pocket watch in his hand almost at the same time, but there was no response either. Only the sneaky figure in the magic mirror on the wall seemed to have some reaction.
Sirius and Lupin exchanged a quick look.
Could it be that the Death Eaters never sent anyone to track them down, or was there no so-called tracker from the beginning to the end
Are those just things they imagined
"What is the likelihood that Kenneth is under the Imperius Curse?"
Sirius walked over to the window, took the telescope from Arthur, and looked at Kenneth, who was walking towards "Albert's" residence with a suitcase.
"Impossible, the Ministry of Magic has been keeping an eye on him the whole time, and this person is not the same person who delivered the goods to Zuo Ke last time." Arthur looked at Kenneth's back and explained to the two of them, "In order to prevent any accidents, the current Kenneth is actually Kings in disguise. He also took the Felixir, which is enough to deal with any accidents that may occur within half an hour."
"I think those Muggles over there are suspicious."
Sirius noticed Kings's move and moved the telescope towards the middle-aged man who had just got off the car. He frowned slightly and said, "Do you think that guy is the stalker?"
"If a Death Eater disguised himself as a Muggle, he should be detected." Lupin turned his head to look at the peephole, then looked at the Marauder's Map in his hand. There were no strange names on it, and all signs indicated that he was an ordinary Muggle.
What's more, they didn't think that the Death Eaters could escape detection by using compound potions to disguise themselves.
"There could be problems with the looking glass, too," said Arthur.
"I don't know, but I don't think the other dark magic detectors could have made mistakes at the same time." Sirius thought the passerby was suspicious. He muttered softly, "Kingsley must have had a very sharp intuition after taking the Felicis. His actions just now must have been because he felt that he was being watched, so he subconsciously looked around... Could the Muggle be under the control of the Imperius Curse?"
"Oh, why did I forget about this?"
Sirius pulled out a bottle of potion from his pocket, opened the wax seal and poured it into his mouth, using the effect of the potion to quickly sort out his thoughts.
"If the Death Eaters have confirmed that Albert is hiding in this village, then what they have to do is to find Albert's exact location. Knowing that the people from the Ministry of Magic are keeping an eye on Kenneth, they will definitely try their best to avoid direct conflict with us and find out where Albert is hiding first."
"Lemus, you are responsible for keeping an eye on the Muggle, Arthur is responsible for monitoring the surroundings, and I will contact Kingsley to see what he has found over there." Sirius made a series of arrangements quickly and passed the message to Kingsley who entered the house.
"Here it comes. Just now, Kings also felt that he was being watched." Sirius said quickly.
"We are keeping an eye on him."
"No, the person Kings came to suspect of being a Death Eater is nearby, and he also thinks that Muggle might be problematic," Sirius corrected.
"Should we let the Ministry of Magic catch that Muggle?" Arthur asked.
"No, I think we should let him go. Only in this way will the Death Eaters know Albert's exact location." Sirius shook his head and said, "Maybe they will come here tonight."
"If I were a Death Eater, I would definitely do something to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic first, and then sneak up to attack Albert."
"The effect of the intelligence enhancer is better than expected!"
Lupin also began to wonder if he should also carry some potions with him in the future, seeing as Sirius's clear thoughts, it was obvious that potions had magical effects.
"The effect is really good, and my thoughts are cleared up."
Sirius had never considered the effects of these potions before, but ever since Albert had Harry take the potion and go to court last year, it seemed as if a new world had been opened to everyone.
Just as Sirius guessed, the middle-aged Muggle who just passed by "Albert"'s house was indeed controlled by someone using the Imperius Curse.
However, even with the help of intelligence enhancers, Sirius still couldn't figure out the truth of the whole matter.
In fact, this matter was arranged by Albert a few days ago.
No matter how stupid a Death Eater is, he will know how to learn from his lesson. It is impossible to attract Bella to take the bait by relying on Kenneth, the so-called "bait", but it does not mean that Albert has no other way.
Since the last time Kenneth went to deliver goods to Zuo Ke, Albert, with the cooperation of Zuo Ke and Alecto Carlo, successfully made Bella believe that they had used truth serum to get the possible hiding place of Albert from Kenneth.
As for why it is possible
That's because Alecto Carlo claimed to Bella that due to the magic contract, even if Kenneth was given truth serum, he still couldn't reveal Albert's information. Obviously, the other party was prepared, but it didn't mean that they couldn't find the specific location. She had left a tracking mark on Kenneth to facilitate their subsequent tracking of Kenneth's whereabouts.
As for why he didn't use the Imperius Curse to control Kenneth, it was naturally to prevent the mudblood from seeing the flaw. Albert was undoubtedly a very perceptive guy, and once he noticed something was wrong, he would definitely disappear. When the news was cut off, it would be difficult to find other clues.
In fact, the whole plan was quite successful. The only troublesome thing was that the delivery of goods to Zuo Ke was not done every day, and Kenneth stayed at home all the time. People from the Ministry of Magic were following him, which made Bella unable to find a suitable opportunity to capture Kenneth again and interrogate him.
It doesn't really matter whether Kenneth is tortured or not. What matters is the whereabouts of that Mudblood, so they can only wait patiently for Kenneth to "pick up the goods" again and then deliver them to Zuo Ke. The place where the goods are picked up is their target.
However, according to news from the Ministry of Magic, Kenneth's actions were being watched the entire time, and the Ministry seemed to intend to continue using him as bait to lure them into the trap.
This news almost made Bella's nose crooked, because the Ministry of Magic's actions simply treated them as fools.
"Do they still expect some idiots to be fooled by this?" Bella wanted to kill everyone who got in his way.
"We need someone to help us explore the way, and it's best not to attract the attention of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic." Alecto Carrow suggested to Bella while looking at the village not far away.
This was complete nonsense, because they didn't ask for any other helpers at all. There were only Bella, Alecto Carrow and Narcissa Malfoy here. They had used tracking magic to locate the village where Albert might be hiding.
"Maybe, we can use the Fiery Curse to burn down this village and force the Mudblood out." Bella's eyes were filled with anger. The continuous setbacks made her lose her patience. She originally thought that she could easily kill the Mudblood, but she found that she couldn't find the other party at all.
Bella's promise to Voldemort had almost become a laughing stock, which made her particularly annoyed. She didn't want to disappoint the Dark Lord.
Therefore, the mudblood must die.
"That will only scare people away."
Narcissa Malfoy thought Bella must be crazy to come up with such an unreliable idea.
If possible, she didn't want to be an enemy of Albert at all. That guy was too scary.
Narcissa Malfoy now only wants to live with her husband and son, but this has almost become the most extravagant wish.
"Narcissa, what do you think we should do?" Bella looked at her sister anxiously.
"Maybe, we should... find a cannon fodder." Narcissa Malfoy looked at the Muggle car driving towards them. She thought of a brilliant idea and briefly described it to the other two. She soon got the approval of the others, and soon the unfortunate Muggle gentleman was controlled by the Imperius Curse and was asked to go to the village.
After the middle-aged Muggle left the village, Bella couldn't wait to use Legilimency to peek into his memory and find Albert's possible hiding place.
After Bella cast an Avada Kedavra curse on the other party to see God, she excitedly announced her decision: "We plan to take action at three o'clock in the morning tonight, and this time we must kill that mudblood."
"Bella, do you feel that the whole process is too smooth? Don't forget that the Mudblood can predict the future." Narcissa Malfoy was still a little worried, "Could this also be a trap?"
"There aren't so many traps." Bella said sharply, "Narcissa, when did you become such a coward?"
"If we don't track them, they will just have to wait. Besides, I don't believe he can predict everything, otherwise he wouldn't have sent someone to deliver goods to that store, and he didn't know that the store owner named Zuo Ke had been controlled by us."
"But he can predict the future and might be able to predict our next move," Narcissa argued. That's how her husband Lucius fell. Even though they had a backup plan, he was still sent to Azkaban.
"Ahem, I don't think there's much chance of catching that Mudblood." Alecto Carrow spoke out his guess, "I think the ones hiding there are most likely the two brats from the Wesley family."
"Even if it wasn't that Mudblood, I would have pried the information out of them." Bella said murderously. She suddenly felt that Alecto's guess might be correct.
"I think you need more help." Narcissa didn't like rash actions, but she still suggested, "That mudblood is quite cunning. We can't rule out this as a trap."
"Narcissa is right. We are facing a cunning and dangerous guy. We must be prepared that this is a trap." Alecto nodded and said, "Don't forget the painful lessons of others."
However, Bella and her group didn't know that they had been seen through.
Sirius, who had just used the intelligence-enhancing agent, and his group discussed the matter in detail. They all agreed that there was something wrong with the Muggle. The reason was very simple. When the middle-aged Muggle left the village from the other side, he actually left the car in the village. This matter was very suspicious no matter how you looked at it. At least Arthur, who had owned a car before, had a say in this regard.
"Perhaps, we may have worked in vain."
At the war meeting at the Ministry of Magic, Kingsley said to the Minister of Magic and the Director of the Auror Office, "But the worst case scenario is just staying up all night, which won't cause us much loss. Moreover, we have found evidence now, so the probability of success is very high."
"Are you referring to the unreasonable behavior of that middle-aged Muggle?" Gadwin muttered. He felt threatened by Kings's arrival. There was no doubt that the other party was more suitable for the position of Head of the Auror Office than him.
"Very good, Kings is right, even if we fail, we won't lose much." Scrimgeour interrupted.
"I suspect that the Death Eaters are likely to cause us trouble in order to divert our attention." Kingslai ignored Gadwin's words and continued, "I suggest that we should take precautions in advance to avoid being in a rush when the time comes."
"Gadwin, I need you to leave your most elite Aurors behind. Once Kings' prediction comes true, you will most likely need to lead some Aurors and the crisis response team to deal with it."
"I understand." Gadwin nodded.
"Very good, let those who will participate in tonight's operation stay and attend the lecture." Scrimgeour quickly arranged things. In fact, he never worried about the failure of the plan. Since Albert planned to use the Ministry of Magic to crack down on the group of dark wizards who were targeting him, he must have predicted the whole plan long ago.