"The change in the mist? Is it related to that Muriel?"
To be honest, Maka was not very impressed with Muriel. If Pansy hadn't been able to rescue her from the Ministry of Magic dungeon, which triggered the second prison break, Maka might not even be able to remember her as soon as she heard her name.
On the opposite side, Lupine was sitting on the bench where Neville and Hannah were sitting before. He thought for a while and said:
"Yes, at least that's what Haierbo's words meant at that time. Of course, I don't quite understand what exactly happened... What do you think?"
At this moment, the two of them were sitting facing each other, and on the ground between them, letters and notes were scattered. While the two people were talking, they successively dug out useful information from inside.
It has to be said that this is undoubtedly a very laborious task, but neither Lupine nor Maka complained about Mundungus. After all, that guy is really not good at doing this kind of thing.
Not only that, Mundungus was able to send over all the intelligence data. This decision seemed stupid, but it was actually quite correct. Because in today's special period, Maka would rather spend more time on her own than hope that anything would be missed.
After about half an hour, Maka and Lupine both stopped sorting out information. Maka twisted her neck, which was a little sore from lowering her head all the time, and then said thoughtfully:
"It seems that all of Haierbo's apprentices are 'crazy'... Of course, according to what you just said, Martin seems to be an exception."
Since there was one exception, there might be a second one, and Maka felt it was necessary to have someone look for it. Then, I heard Maka continue:
"...Then, similarly, those madmen should have been summoned by Haierbo for the time being. Although it is not clear what his purpose is, but thinking about it, it is probably not a good thing."
After saying this, Maka paused briefly and frowned slightly.
"As for the changes in the fog that you are most concerned about... Lupin, I just have something related to it that I want to tell you..."
Lu Ping was also shocked by the demon summoning technique. However, since even Maka didn't know what the process and results of this summoning technique were, after listening to it, Lupine had more questions in his heart.
But, of course, a coherent question is better than one that has no beginning or end. After all, Lu Ping, who had already understood the general context, would not be confused about where to start investigating.
He nodded with a serious expression and said in a deep voice:
"So, what should be the first priority now is...finding the witch named 'Muriel'?"
"Well, yes," Maka nodded slightly, "but she is obviously very important to Haierbo now, so she must be hidden very deeply by him. It will not be easy to find her."
"Anyway, we can only go look for it hard," Lupine handed the information at hand to Maka, then stood up and said, "Then I'll leave and go to Sirius first... If nothing unexpected happens , Kingsley should also be with him. Before the manpower assigned by the Federation comes tonight, we will mainly focus on defending the two refuge points... We will leave the matter of finding people after the support arrives!"
"Okay," Maka immediately stood up and said goodbye, "That's settled for now. During this period, I will also ask my spiders to help search... Be careful when you go there."
…
Just as Lupine and Maka said goodbye, the situation in Diagon Alley temporarily turned dangerous.
The arrival of Aberforth made the defense line of the Leaky Cauldron much more solid and reliable. In addition, the most difficult to deal with Helbo's apprentices were temporarily recalled, and they even had a chance to counterattack.
However, what troubled Kingsley was that Aberforth was somewhat uncooperative.
"Don't allocate manpower to me. I'm used to being alone. I won't adapt to more people..."
The old man waved his hand, determined not to have a group of Aurors from Kingsley, and would rather go alone. According to him, he is not good at commanding and cooperating.
But there are still many dark wizards outside, and the number of them is at least double that of theirs. If he fights alone, no matter how good Aberforth is at fighting, he will inevitably be in trouble.
What's more, judging from the previous situation of fighting so many people outside alone, the advantage he gained mainly relied on the unexpected attack at the beginning. After that, the battle situation gradually turned into a stalemate. If it were just a head-on confrontation, the situation might not be very optimistic.
"Aberforth, I believe you must understand. In this situation, fighting in a group is obviously better than fighting alone. Even if you don't know how to cooperate with others, at least bring some people around, who can at least help You relieve some of the pressure of dealing with the enemy.”
"Okay, okay, let's talk about it later!" Aberforth said casually, "Anyway, we still have to wait for those guys from the Federation to come over, otherwise, it won't be too big if we just attack here. significance."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to pull out a chair and sat down carelessly towards the door. Looking at the dark wizards outside the magic barrier, I don't know what they are thinking about.
Seeing this, Kingsley could only turn his head and shook his head helplessly at Sirius.
"Let's go up and keep an eye on it! The view from the window over there is wider. If there is any abnormality, we can detect it as early as possible."
Tonks watched the two of them go upstairs. This time she did not follow them together, but looked back and forth several times with curiosity at Aberforth, who was blocking the door.
"What are you looking at?" Aberforth said angrily, "What do I have to see? If you want to see something, just look outside, and think carefully about how to deal with these bastards who stayed up late at night!"
"Oh, sorry," Tonks leaned against the wall next to her and shrugged, "I was just wondering if there was anything special about the Dumbledore family. Otherwise, why would you and the professor be so powerful? "
"Hmph, I knew it was my bastard brother again," Aberforth curled his lips, "You guys, don't always compare me with him... Maybe except for MacLean, there is really no one who can compare with him. That bastard compared to that."
When Tonks heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said:
"Actually, I discovered it before when I was at the Pig Head Bar. Although you never get angry when you mention the professor, you still seem to respect him very much?"
"Of course," Aberforth snorted and said without looking back, "In terms of talent and strength, he has been far ahead of his peers since he was a child; in terms of mind and heart, he has always been outstanding... Don't look at me like this, In my heart, I feel very 'proud' of my brother!"
Even though she couldn't see his expression when he spoke, Tonks could hear the strong sarcasm in his tone. Although Tonks had no idea what the conflict was between the two brothers, she also knew it was best not to continue the topic.
After a short pause, Tonks suddenly turned around and said:
"What about Maka? In fact, not only you, many people also say that Maka is the second Albus Dumbledore... As for Professor, I think you must know better than anyone else, and I heard that Maka also I often go to the Pig Head Bar... Do you think the two of them are similar?"
However, Aberforth suddenly turned around and glared at her.
"I remember, you are that boy Remus' girlfriend, right?" He said, "No wonder you two are together, you both have the same idea of finding something to talk to... It was Kingsley who asked you to talk to me, right? ? Go tell him, don’t worry about it. Instead of thinking about how to have a good relationship with me, you should think more about what to do next... Let me see, things tonight will not be that simple. The support of the Federation It may not make the situation much better.”
Before he finished speaking, he tilted his head and signaled Tonks to do whatever she needed to do and stop getting entangled with this old man here.
It was obvious that although Aberforth seemed rough, he could quickly see through other people's thoughts.
Seeing that he ignored her after saying these words, Tonks could only curl up her neck and stick out her tongue, then turned around and planned to go upstairs.
But at this moment, Aberforth, who was sitting at the door, suddenly said:
"Send those two guys down by the way... Your man is here."
"ah?"
When Tonks heard this, she immediately turned around and came over, hurriedly looking out the door. But Aberforth pushed her and said impatiently:
"Ah, what, go and call someone! From this angle, they can't see you upstairs."
Although Tonks was pushed aside by him, at that moment, she still saw the familiar figure in the alley opposite.
After realizing that Lu Ping was probably fine, she ran to the stairs with some relief and went upstairs.
Not long after, Kingsley and Sirius, who had just gone up, hurried back to the door with Tonks. After looking at Lupin's position, they immediately discussed a specific plan of action to pick him up.
There are still many enemies outside right now, and they are all the kind of guys who are not quite right. As Maka said before, those should all be members of the congregation summoned by Haierpo's apprentices. Almost all of them are ordinary wizards controlled by black magic.
Unlike Aberforth, who was completely informal, at least Kingsley believed that they needed to deal with these people more carefully. If there are too many casualties, the Ministry of Magic may have a very bad influence on the wizarding public.
After all, the people do not think that they can treat human lives lightly in critical moments. It is not that there have been incidents in history that aroused public anger due to similar situations.
Aberforth obviously disagreed with this.
"Can't we just fool around with it then?"