"puff-"
The moment a pile of flour-like things suddenly exploded at the intersection, and with a few suppressed coughs, a row of footprints immediately appeared on the street as soon as there was no one there, moving continuously and rapidly towards stretched forward.
"If you want to live, come with me... Karkaroff!"
Sirius, who was not far away, had just rushed out of the winding alley at this time - he did not expect that he could expose the footprints of the opponent who used the Disguise Curse with just a bag of ordinary dust. After all, the other party was once a veteran wizard who headed one of the three major magic schools in Europe.
However, the opponent, who was being chased by a group of living corpses, obviously no longer cared about such trivial matters. He did not expect that there was someone secretly watching behind him at this time.
When someone suddenly spoke to remind him, the invisible Karkaroff felt his heart tighten first. After all, Germany is now in complete chaos, with dangers hidden everywhere, and there is no room for him to be careless.
But, is there anything else that can make his situation worse now
The next moment, after just a brief pause, Karkaroff immediately made a mistake. He originally planned to just run in a straight line, gritted his teeth, turned around and chased after Sirius.
And just as he hurried past the entrance of the alley where Sirius had escaped and continued walking at full speed along this street, an inexplicable noise suddenly rushed out from the alley he had just passed.
At this time, no matter how nervous Karkaroff was, he couldn't help but look back and take a glance.
Immediately, he saw a large group of lively little dolls rushing out of the alley into the street, blocking him from the many living corpses.
"This way."
Karkaroff, who turned back while running, was a little dazed when he saw this sudden scene, and his pace unconsciously slowed down a little. At this moment, he suddenly felt a hand grabbing his robe with great accuracy and dragging it towards another alley on one side.
"Don't drag me... I can walk by myself..."
"Shut up! Follow up."
Sirius interrupted him angrily, and then ran back to the original place from this alley in the direction he came from. Seeing this, Karkaroff could only put away many doubts in his heart for the time being, and followed with some hesitation.
After a moment, Sirius, who finally confirmed that the two of them had completely gotten rid of the group of living corpses, grabbed Karkaroff behind him again, and the two of them ducked into an old Muggle apartment building one after another. Go in the back door.
…
This is an ordinary town in central Germany where the people have been completely evacuated. Since it is only a very young industrial town, it took almost no effort from the initial call to the formal evacuation, so this inconspicuous town was the first to be evacuated. That group of towns.
And it is precisely because of this that Sirius chose to turn to the eastern area through here. After all, going from here will definitely be much faster than other more chaotic areas.
It's a pity that he never expected that he would meet Igor Karkarov here!
"...Can you tell me who you are? Don't tell me that you just happen to recognize me... I don't think a foreign wizard who is still wandering around Germany at this time is just a simple passerby!"
Seeing that Karkaroff, who had looked scared just now, was now beginning to think about his identity, Sirius couldn't help but shook his head secretly - that's right, this guy has betrayed him since he was a Death Eater Days like this have never happened since Voldemort. If you live in a life of fear for a long time, you will get used to it sooner or later.
but…
"Karkaroff, have you... got out of the habit of escaping?" Sirius, who was leaning against the wall, curled his lips and did not reveal his identity directly. Instead, he looked at the other party with some mockery and said, "Why? Why don’t you stay well in Durmstrang?”
"You have nothing to do with it!" Karkaroff seemed a little annoyed when he heard him mention this.
"Of course, I can't control it. After all, I have nothing to do with you or Durmstrang." Sirius shrugged and said nonchalantly, "You may as well have been chased by living corpses and fled in panic here. , or you are better off hiding in the principal's office in Durmstrang... No one expects anything from you! But who told you to lead that group of guys to block my way today... I seemed to have heard you mention Brandt just now. Who is that at home? Why, were you tricked into coming here?"
Being pushed so hard by Sirius' words, Karkaroff's expression turned obviously bad. But who told Sirius to tell the truth? In addition, he was still not sure of Sirius's specific identity. When he thought about the guy who was still running around in Germany, he probably couldn't be underestimated, and he didn't dare to curse casually.
He, Igor Karkarov, is a bully and has always been - even he himself does not deny this.
"Did you hear that?"
Seeing Sirius point out the complaint he made not long ago, Karkaroff seemed to feel a little guilty, and he didn't know what happened between him and the Brandt family.
After a few seconds of hesitation, he frowned and said:
"Yes... For the sake of helping me just now, if you insist on knowing, there is actually nothing I can't say about this matter - Mr. Edward Brandt and I have done some transactions before, and we also We know each other, so this time he asked me to come to him to talk about cooperation, so I came... In fact, I can't say that he lied to me, after all, he has too much to take care of at the moment! If you want to get erectile If you are trying to find any information at the Lant family's mansion, I advise you not to do it, it's already a mess over there!"
"oh?"
Sirius didn't expect that Karkaroff would be quite calm this time, and even kindly reminded him. It's just not clear how much water is mixed in these words.
"What happened to the Brandt family again?" After a brief pause, Sirius asked, "It shouldn't be possible for the zombie army to attack their house now, right? Could it be that... there is another internal problem? ?”
"Hmph, since one head of the family has died, why can't the second one die?" Karkaroff said, although his tone was contemptuous, his expression seemed a bit complicated and subtle, "In short, the main war faction has followed the previous head of the family. Gone, but the radical and conservative ones are still there... Some people advocate running away, others advocating holding on, and there are "outsiders" taking advantage of the situation behind the scenes. It's only a matter of time before the Brandt family starts to quarrel."