Although three Obscurials were caught in a row, there was still not much substantial gain. But for Maka, just meeting the woman in front of her was already a huge reward.
Since these Obscurials are still desperately searching for Sirius, it means that Sirius is not only still alive, but has already escaped from their pursuit.
Now that Maka already knows that the other party has a companion who is searching, he must first adjust his priorities in handling matters.
In order to ensure the safety of Sirius, who didn't know where he was hiding, Maka decided to take the first step and catch the last Obscurial before the other party found Sirius.
After all, although he didn't know where Sirius was yet, he already knew the location of this woman's companion.
“… West End.”
Dragging the woman in front of her behind with a floating spell, Maka stepped on the magic book and flew straight to the west of the square.
…
Joshua was running, running under the dim street lights... He felt very scared. He didn't want to be punished for not completing the task...
He must, must find the man named "Sirius Black".
On a certain street in the West District, the young man who was separated from the woman captured by Maca was running desperately.
He had already searched almost half of the neighborhood, but he still hadn't found the strong man with disheveled hair.
"... Not in the West District... Not in the West District?" His voice kept trembling, and he didn't know whether it was because he was running or just out of fear, "It must be in the South District... In the South District... "
There was a faint black mist floating around his body, and it seemed that he would turn into that crazy darkness at any time due to the violent fluctuations in his spirit.
Suddenly, his toes suddenly tripped on a raised floor tile, and he fell heavily to the ground. When he hurriedly climbed up again, thick blood flowed out from his palms supporting the ground and his forehead hitting the floor tiles.
But he seemed to stand up unconsciously and ran forward again.
There was no one on the streets late at night, only the sound of his footsteps echoed. The darkness around him made him feel like he was in an abyss. There seemed to be some monsters in the shadows all around that wanted to devour people.
Joshua has been a timid boy since he was a child. He is afraid of the dark, afraid of being alone, afraid of small spaces, and afraid of deep corridors...
But what he fears the most is the demon-like master.
Therefore, he couldn't stop, no matter how scared he was. As soon as he thought of the cruel punishment he would face if he failed to complete the task, he had to put aside everything that frightened him.
Yes, "learn to put it behind you" - a companion once taught him this. That being said, how should I throw it away
"...ah, it hurts...so dark...so scary..."
He ran straight forward, stepping into the light curtain of the street lamp again and again, and leaving again and again.
"... It's bleeding! It's bleeding again... It's so scary... "
He turned a corner and his feet slipped again, but he hugged the streetlight pole forcefully. As the lamppost swayed, the light overhead went out one by one.
"... we can't just go back... we have to complete the mission... we can't..."
He passed by the bookstore, and there seemed to be mice squeaking in the alley next to him. He tried not to listen or think about it. He tried to bury his head in the road beneath his feet.
"ah-"
"...What's going on? Someone is screaming? A woman?"
Joshua raised his head suddenly, and the messy, sweaty hair under his hood blocked most of his vision for an instant. But he still saw clearly—
Next to the bookstore, the door of a potion shop was ajar. And right on the stone steps at the door, a beautiful woman was standing stiffly, her mouth wide open with a frightened expression.
No, it wasn't women that Joshua was concerned about - although he wasn't afraid of women yet, he wasn't good at dealing with them either, and he felt like he probably hated women.
What he focused on was what the woman was holding.
"... It's the robe... It's the robe worn by the man named 'Sirius Black'!"
Joshua paused, then swung his legs and ran towards the woman like crazy. He roared low in his throat, like a frightened beast.
The woman standing at the door reacted immediately. She subconsciously swung the robe in her hand forward, and then quickly dodged and ran into the half-open and half-closed door.
The next moment, with a "bang" sound, the wooden door was firmly closed by her from the inside.
Joshua didn't notice for a moment, and the black tattered robe was thrown on his head, covering his whole head underneath.
In an instant, his vision was restricted, and his injured forehead hit the door panel through his robe.
"… Well."
Does it hurt? Of course it hurts very much! But although he was afraid of pain, he had already suffered more severe pain countless times.
Joshua crouched on the steps, scratching at random and tearing open his robe, and then held it in front of his eyes to make sure - yes, it was this black fur patchwork robe, it must belong to that man!
He just climbed up holding the door panel, trying to activate his power to break the wooden door and break in. But just as he was about to do this, a woman's conversation sounded on the second floor of the potion store.
"above!"
Joshua quickly stepped back down the steps, came to the middle of the street, and looked up at the second-floor window. Immediately afterwards, a large thick black mist exploded from his body, rising from the street into the air.
The robe fell onto the pavement tiles with a clatter.
However, Joshua, who wanted to just rush into the window on the second floor of the potion store, failed to complete his intention.
The moment he turned into black mist and soared into the sky, several streaks of red light suddenly shot out from the other end of the street. Without wasting even a single blow, they all fell on him.
The successive impacts sent the black mist flying backwards for dozens of feet. A few seconds later, Maka stepped on the magic book, swept across the street at high speed, and stopped firmly at the place where the robe fell.
"This is Sirius's one..." Maka fell to the ground, bent down to pick up the black robe, and looked left and right at the same time, "Is it nearby?"
In fact, he didn't need to look much, and soon his eyes fell on the second floor of the potion store.
Although the curtains were drawn in the window, and there was no light at all between the gaps in the curtains, in the room with the windows closed, the curtains were shaking slightly, which seemed a bit suspicious.
Maka didn't think any more, he immediately raised his staff and pointed at the window. When the window sash was opened by him, he had stepped on the magic book and rushed in quickly.
What greeted him was a disarming spell and three figures disappearing in the vortex of Apparition.
"Sirius?"
Maka casually deflected the curse directed at him, thinking something bad in her heart.
Just now, he vaguely saw the general appearance of the three people leaving - they were Sirius and two other women he didn't recognize.
One of the women appeared and left with Sirius's entourage; and the other was the younger girl who finally cast a disarming spell on him.
In fact, what he saw more clearly was the last girl. After all, in order to stop him, the other girl left a little slower.
As for Sirius who was taken away first - to be honest, if he hadn't recognized the torn pants that guy was wearing, he might not have recognized him.
"...Didn't you say that there is only one accomplice left?" Maka frowned and said, "The effect of the truth serum must be no problem, that means...this operation is divided into two groups? Or, those two Is this a reinforcement from the rear?"
He let out a sigh of relief, then stepped on the magic book and flew out of the window, quickly chasing after the Obscurus who had been knocked away by him just now.
…
At the same time, on a slope covered with weeds on the banks of the Hudson River in northern New York.
Following two crackling explosions, three people emerged from the twisted space one after another. Olivia, who had revealed Sirius' entourage, fell down on the grass with the former, looking a little embarrassed.
Abigail, who appeared next, held her knees and looked shocked.
"...I've really had enough!" She flicked the wand in her hand and sniffed slightly, "I never thought that one day I would actually cast a spell on a terrible dark wizard! This is simply... This is simply... "
"Abby, a dark wizard has gone in?" Olivia asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Abigail also sat down on the grass and said in despair, "It's too scary. Will they send someone to kill me? I have never done anything bad-"
"Didn't you use the 'Hairy Curse' to tease your neighbor Joseph when you were a child? Have you forgotten?" Olivia blinked and said with a smile.
"Don't bring up those trivial things!" Abigail said angrily, "Especially in front of this man!"
Sirius lay weakly in the grass. Hearing Abigail's words, he shook his head helplessly.
"Sorry, this is all because of me..."
"Yes! It's because of you!" Abigail said angrily, "Remember this! You owe me this!"
"Of course, you are right..." Sirius sighed, "By the way, are you okay? Are you injured? Such an urgent disembodiment—"
"Don't underestimate people!" Abigail turned her head and glared at him, "I passed the Apparition test in one go! I've never made any mistakes!"
"I saw you practicing secretly by yourself many times!" Olivia immediately revealed, "That's against the rules!"
"Livy, shut up!" Abigail threw the wand at Olivia's head.