"Sirius, Miss Granger and the others are missing!"
Tonks almost shouted these words. Across the streets of Diagon Alley, her voice seemed particularly loud, and a high breath attracted everyone's attention.
Of course, this also included Maka, who was about to ask Sirius if Hermione had been here.
"Gone?"
As soon as she heard Tonks say this, Maka immediately knew that she no longer had to ask the question "are you coming?" Obviously, several of them have indeed been here.
"That means they left secretly?" He frowned as he and Sirius walked in the direction of Tonks, "Can you roughly estimate how long they have been gone?"
"Oh... uh," Tonks was also walking towards Maka. When Maka asked, she thought for a while and said, "No more than twenty minutes! Because about twenty minutes ago, Gran Jay is still chatting with me."
"Twenty minutes at most? That means they probably left during the few minutes I walked away from the bar?"
Although apart from the Leaky Cauldron, there is no way to get out of Diagon Alley, which is temporarily unable to apparate. But Maka didn't think that they would know any other way to leave here.
After all, this is Diagon Alley, not Hogsmeade, which they are already familiar with. Through Mundungus, Maka and Sirius knew that there was an inconspicuous secret passage in Knockturn Alley, but Hermione and the others obviously had no way of knowing it.
"Tonks, do you remember what Hermione and you talked about?"
Perhaps because of the anxiety in her heart, Tonks' hair suddenly turned into a strange blue and green color, but at this time, no one cared about the color of her hair.
I saw her standing still in front of Maka and Sirius, her face wrinkled but she was thinking hard, and after a while she said quickly:
"Marriage? Oh, no... I mean, the source of the mist. Yes! That's it—"
"Have you told them the information sent by Mundungus?" Upon hearing this, Sirius shook his head helplessly, "I can understand your trust in those children, but... you didn't think about it. , why do they suddenly appear here?"
"Oh! Sorry..." Tonks said with regret on her face, "This is indeed my fault."
"Okay, okay, don't blame yourself first. To be honest, I am also responsible for letting them escape from Hogwarts so easily." Maka waved her hand and said, "But before self-reflection, Can any of you tell me first, what is the 'source of the fog'?"
"Ah! It's the black market," Tonks said quickly. "Mundungus and the others did an 'investigation' with Muggles and found that the area where the fog was first witnessed was near the new entrance to the black market - wait, aren't you because of gold? Did Sly come here after he went to Hogwarts to find you?"
"I just asked about this. They may have just missed it." Sirius motioned her not to dwell on it, and then said, "Anyway, according to what you said, those four children should have gone to the black market. But... Didn't they come out just to find the Weasley brothers? Could they still think that the brothers were going to investigate the fog?"
When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"Just the twins?" he said, "That's really hard to say—Sirius, just treat those two living treasures as you were when you were young!"
"Young me?" Sirius raised his eyebrows immediately, "Then you'd better go and see it as soon as possible! If Remus hadn't stopped me, I almost would have gone straight to Voldemort for a duel!"
"Okay!" Maka glanced at him speechlessly, "But I'm actually talking about the old Fred and George. Well, Hermione may not have realized the changes in them, so I heard Tonks say Only when the black market comes up will we guess where they went."
Having said this, Maka suddenly turned her head and looked at the witch who had been following her.
"Sirius, I just caught a wizard who was following Haierbo outside - her sister." He briefly introduced Sirius first, and then said to the girl, "I have something to do now, so you can stay here temporarily. Come here! Remember, as long as you don’t cause trouble, your sister will be fine, do you understand?"
"Well," the other party pursed his lips and nodded silently, and then couldn't help but said, "Can't I meet my sister first?"
But Maka ignored her words and saw that he just waved his hand, then turned and walked towards the unclosed wall of the Leaky Cauldron.
"Sirius, she is very skilled in the Disguise Charm and Animagus transformation. Please pay attention... Of course, this happens to be your strength, so I won't say more."
Before she finished speaking, Maka had already left the street and headed from the bar to the Muggle world outside.
…
Hermione and the others did not expect that the carriage would come back again.
Listening to the sound of horse hooves behind them, they suddenly came closer and closer, and finally stopped at the entrance of the alley. They decided to escape first.
As Hermione said before, it is impossible for Fred and George to pass through this black market in a carriage. And since it wasn't anyone they were looking for, it seemed like it could only be some guy with evil intentions.
After all, this is a black market, who knows who lives here
"This way!"
Because they were running in such a hurry, the four of them didn't have time to agree on how to go, and there were many side roads in the alley. When passing a fork in the road, Ginny, who was running side by side with Hermione, almost chose another path.
However, even though it only took a little longer to turn around, Ginny had already heard footsteps coming from the alleyway behind her.
There are many people coming! And more importantly, the other party is very fast!
"There are many obstacles!"
Ginny threw a spell behind her without looking back - because the alley itself was so narrow, it saved her the effort of turning back to confirm, and a barrier spell immediately blocked the middle of the alley.
Unfortunately, although the Obstacle Curse is invisible, Ginny does not yet have the ability to use the silent spell technique on this spell. In this alley, which was silent except for the sound of footsteps, the sound of chanting a curse alone was enough to wake the other party up.
Sure enough, as soon as she turned the next corner, she heard a "bang" explosion behind her... Presumably, the obstacle spell had been broken by the opponent.
"Don't worry, just run forward! Leave the rest to me."
After hearing the sound, Hermione immediately took a few steps slowly and returned to Ginny's side. On the other side, Ron almost involuntarily stepped back and silently threw a floating spell backwards.
With his current silent spell skills, it can only be used for this one spell. But obviously, as long as it is applied properly, the floating spell can also have great effects.
Yes, Ron always remembered what Maka said.
And the moment he cast the spell, a wooden box that was originally in the corner behind him flew up and hung directly above the alley.
Immediately afterwards, Ron, who continued to run forward, listened to the footsteps behind him and counted roughly for a few seconds before lifting the floating spell and letting the wooden crate fall from the air.
To be honest, Ron didn't know if he could hit someone this time, but even if he couldn't, it would still be good to scare them.
On the side, Hermione saw this and took advantage of Ron's spell to cast another obstacle spell with her backhand that Ginny had just failed to work.
"boom-"
"Ah!" "What?" "Don't stop, keep chasing!"
A few seconds passed in a hurry, and Hermione and Ron were not happy when they heard a commotion at the other end of the corner. Instead, they felt even more solemn in their hearts.
It could be heard that there were many people chasing them, and the spells they had just released in conjunction with each other obviously failed to cause much hindrance to each other.
"Take out the slate I gave you in advance," Hermione whispered immediately, "Get ready! Although I don't know why they are chasing us, it seems that this battle is inevitable."
"careful-"
As she was talking, Luna, who was running at the front, suddenly shouted, and then suddenly stopped running.
"Luna, what's wrong?"
"Don't stop!"
When she turned to look at Luna's side face, Hermione found that there was a rare hint of seriousness and seriousness on the other person's face. And it was at the next moment that Luna quickly took out something from her pocket and threw it hard into the alleyway behind.
"… sorry."
Hermione didn't know why Luna was apologizing. She only knew that the moment Luna said "I'm sorry," she immediately felt a creepy heart palpitation.
"Don't stop, keep running forward—"
After Luna threw the thing, she immediately turned around, took Hermione's hand, and started running again. Not long after, the four of them chose a fork in the road ahead and hurried away.
Then, a few more seconds passed, and several figures running towards him suddenly paused here.
"Who asked you to use soul magic?"
One of the middle-aged wizards suddenly scolded the younger wizard next to him. Seeing that the other wizard just covered his injured head and did not dare to say anything, he turned his head and asked the third wizard:
"What did that girl use to block her?"
The third wizard was leaning over to check things on the ground. When the middle-aged wizard asked, he quickly straightened up and answered:
"It's a bottle of beetles... It seems that the girl did realize that it was soul magic just now. But how she discovered it is unknown."
"Beetle?" The middle-aged wizard nodded, and then said to the young man next to him, "Thank you for that little girl's quick wit, otherwise, let's see how the master of the house will punish you!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and said immediately:
"Keep chasing! Be careful and try not to hurt anyone."