From Azkaban To Hogwarts

Da da da.

The wooden legs tapped on the floor tiles, making a soft but not heavy sound.

Moody took the lead and walked at the front, with a hint of excitement on his face. If there weren't a few hitters behind him, he would have wanted to put on his invisibility cloak and catch--well, to block Professor William.

There are always some unsatisfactory things about working for the Ministry of Magic, such as the Death Eaters who escaped trial, the professors who could only invite but not be arrested, and the group of idiots behind them.

However, even if they are idiots, they can be regarded as idiots who can be saved - not all strikers are useless. The seven behind them still need education. With a little training, they can be used as two Aurors.

Compared with the lively Malfoy and the Hogwarts professor who wandered on the edge of illegality, these strikers who could keep up with the progress of the Aurors in some fields were nothing at all.

"Mr. Moody, how did you find out that Professor William was hiding here?"

The idiot in Mad-Eye's eyes waved the others to follow him, and carefully asked for advice - while their group was still investigating, the Auror had already locked onto the target, which was really a bit too unmagical.

"Paper - I investigated the place where paper is purchased in large quantities here, and found that the recent shipment of parchment paper is normal, while in the Muggle community, someone purchased a large amount of paper during the holidays."

Moody introduced his findings with a little pride. Although his investigation was somewhat tricky, the method he found was a good method.

If the paper cannot be found, then check the newcomers of the local white ethnic group. If the paper cannot be found, check the owner of the local sweet shop. If it cannot be found, check the sales of local specialty herbal medicines.

Regarding the situation of Professor William, he listed seven investigations. If the other party could be completely hidden in this way, then he would really take the Aurors to Hogwarts to block people - Death Eaters. You can’t even hide it that well!

"Before coming here, I briefly investigated Professor William's information. He liked to assign a large number of test papers to students at Hogwarts. Considering the workload, he should have prepared a lot of papers during the holidays. It will be used at the beginning of school, and this process will definitely consume a lot of paper.”

"When I investigated later, I found that my guess was slightly incorrect. However, Professor William actually ran a cram school for Muggle children in a place like this - the large amount of paper purchased directly exposed that place. .”

Moody walked slowly and said, "The scene here is so scary. Who would prepare a large amount of paper? Only a guy like him who doesn't care about the local situation would buy it without taking it seriously." Piles of paper for teaching.”

"Okay, we're almost here. Prepare the anti-Apparition spell, then knock on the door of our Professor William, who is good at hiding, and send us our invitation letter."

He liked such provocative behavior - especially towards Professor William.

Although he admitted that the professor did deserve the Order of Merlin and that the other person's teaching achievements were much more valuable than a large amount of money donated by purebloods, this did not mean that he would not be unhappy.

He worked hard for the Ministry of Magic for half his life, and captured nearly half of the dark wizards deep in Azkaban. In the end, he never even saw a third-class medal because of the protests of a bunch of purebloods - respect and look at the professor's displeasure. The two things are not in conflict, especially in Moody's case.

So it was a good thing to scare the professor, especially if he planned to accept Albus's invitation to be a professor for a year.

One of his important tasks when he went to Hogwarts to teach was to examine whether the students who were about to graduate were really that good, so as to avoid the embarrassing incident of choosing a bunch of losers for the Auror reserves - to be honest, if this happened If the professor didn't show up, he might still have to shoulder the task of cultivating new talents for Aurors. The self-defense magic at Hogwarts was really poor some time ago.

‘The next step is to see the standard of this future colleague! I hope that he himself will have a high level of similar theory in practical applications. ’

He grinned his broken mouth and smiled very happily.

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"Almost eight hours."

William was sitting on the bed in the small hotel, counting the time without even opening his luggage.

He had sent a letter to Dumbledore by owl and asked about the portkey.

Although the materials and technology he had on hand did not currently support him in making portkeys in this place where everything was lacking, he felt that he could completely trust Dumbledore in this matter - there would definitely be a good one who came with the letter. Door key.

So for him, it's time to see who those guys are that are crowding the market.

If the last mark he arranged is not triggered within a week, then the other party will go to the market to crack down. During this period, the black market business is booming, and the other party will see it with envy and go there to make money.

If within a week, it turned out that the local thugs began to doubt his identity, and then began to investigate and discovered his abandoned laboratory.

If it triggers in about three days, it proves that the local Auror-like agency has discovered something is wrong with him and is preparing to crack down hard.

If it happens within three days, it proves that he has been targeted for a long time, and the other party is preparing to close the net - but if it moves so slowly, it must be an official agency.

But if it were within today, all he had to do was run away quickly, drink the prepared polyjuice potion, and escape for his life - how could the official have such efficiency? It was definitely the Dark Lord who was looking for him to escape. Kill the game!

"It's getting dark, I hope tonight -"

"Click..."

A crisp sound came from the small mirror in front of William. William turned his face and swept the wand directly across the room. After removing all the active substances that might have fallen, he picked up the box and didn't even do the check-out work. Apparition disappeared in place.

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"Click..."

"Protect them all!"

Moody shouted the spell loudly, and the silver-white barrier protected him and a group of strikers. Then, the light of the iron armor spell lit up one after another, appearing layer by layer behind the protection.

However, the expected attack did not come, causing everyone who was ready to jump to dodge to stand in a stalemate.

Once they dodge, the incoming magic will be inevitable, so they will never roll around.

"With the Muggle-Repelling Charm in place, we've crossed the line!"

The leader of the striker team cursed angrily - this kind of trap to prevent strikers has not been encountered for a long time since he stopped doing such low-level work. It is the product of purely disgusting people.

Because of the weak Muggle expulsion spell, the person who can trigger it is destined to be a wizard, and as long as the wizard is not careful, he will trigger the trap inside and sound the alarm.

‘Damn it, is this a professor? ’

‘Nobody on the black market is this slippery! ’

"The other party is still within a range of no more than 20 kilometers. This kind of trap can only sound an alarm at such a close distance!"

"Anti-Apparition, hurry up, hurry up, maybe the other party hasn't left!"

He didn't even take a breath, and directly issued orders to his team members. At this moment, Mad-Eye had no intention of commanding these guys. He directly tore down the wall with a magic spell and rushed in under the iron armor curse. Inside the garage.

'late! Handled cleanly! ’

This thought came to his mind when he saw the few pitiful things in the room that would make a mouse cry.

However, he began to summon a ball of water without hesitation, and after adding a little bit of potion material into it, he began to use his wand to direct the water ball, which was half a man tall, to lick it from corner to corner from the ground. stand up.

After half a quarter of an hour, even the tiniest gaps were cleaned.

The water mass became extremely dark. He added two drops of magic potion into it without changing his expression, and patiently waited for the change.

However, what he wanted did not appear, and nothing happened to the dark water mass - if those two drops of modified polyjuice potion encountered the active substance, they would roll up, even if it was only a hair. There will also be strong reactions without mercy.

"Not only did he escape... he even had time to destroy some things that could assist in the pursuit..."

He couldn't help but laugh, which made his face even more ferocious.

"Mr. Moody?"

The batter asked in a low voice, he was a little frustrated - so many people missed it, this was really a huge blow.

"A very interesting opponent...very interesting."

He nodded, then stepped on the floor and left the torn apart house.

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"Apparated three times. This is the farthest place in my memory - and then it's time to run away on a broomstick..."

Without a deep understanding of the destination, Apparition may even cause the body to be unable to recover. Fortunately, William was prepared in advance and firmly remembered the nearby road signs.

Next, he will ride on a broomstick to sneak away from the Dark Lord - which is even a bit exciting to say.

"Escape for your life..."

"There are abundant food reserves, and the only magic that can locate me is left on that owl. It will take about three days for Dumbledore to receive the letter - which means that I will have to run for at least five days to hold on until support arrives."

"It's a bit difficult - hiding in a crowd is a way of being exposed, and running to a remote place is another way of being exposed..."

"How did the other party locate me?"

"If there is no initial positioning, you want to find me...but now..."

Escape is far more difficult than chasing, at least in the magical society. Once you pass through a certain place, you will definitely leave unique traces in various ways, even a broomstick is no exception.

Compared to the methods of covering up traces, the magic of chasing is not much.

It's not William's boast. If he were asked to find traces left by someone, not even Professor McGonagall would think of escaping without leaving any traces. Only Dumbledore, a living legend, could escape before he knew it. Hide in the search skill.

But even Dumbledore, William's Marauder's Map locked in the cabinet can still locate Hogwarts - William feels that he is not as good as Dumbledore, and does not think that the Dark Lord's tracking skills are better than his. Still not good.

“Back then, I was hiding from the Striker, now I’m hiding from the Dark Lord—the stronger my opponent is, the more he upgrades?”

He shook his head, got on the broom, added magic to keep himself warm, then chose a direction, got on the broom, and started flying in a straight line without looking back.

Just run away, it depends on the situation, leave some traps to judge the opponent's tracking speed, it's amazing to run for your life with candy in your mouth, is he still afraid of the opponent?

He didn't believe that the Dark Lord could bring a logistics team to chase him, and how could the other party not eat or drink?

Just those chocolates and other candies, paired with clear water like a spring, would boil him to death!

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"Three days, Mr. Moody!"

The leader of the striker took the food from the subordinate who had just returned and tried to pass it to Mad-Eye - the other party was staring at the treated land with excitement, and his face could not be concealed with happiness.

"Very funny, he even dared to light a fire to cook..."

"No, he even set up a tent here and slept - he is really a provocative guy..."

"At this state of affairs, I might even be able to catch him in a week!"

The faces of the batters all showed joy. They had almost lost track of him and relied on Mad-Eye's almost terrifying intuition and backtracking to find him.

What is the mission?

What they have to do is to immediately catch the guy who ran away and made them unable to have a good rest!

That guy can't work together like them!

This is a battle of dignity, and they don’t believe they can’t complete this task!

They are professional strikers responsible for handling emergencies. If they can't do this little thing well, they might as well resign!

"You go and rest. Search the nearby area to find more clues and send them to Mr. Moody for analysis."

"Go and prepare a warm tent so that Mr. Moody can have a comfortable environment while he rests!"

The strikers who had a clear division of labor were in high spirits. They could even touch the land with residual warmth now. Obviously, the guy who tried to escape was not far away from being caught!

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"Portkey authorization?"

"This is no joke - people don't like to hear that we let other people do whatever we want."

"That professor felt like he was being targeted, so he was going to make a disposable door key that could facilitate his escape?"

"Then why not?"

"Since it was Dumbledore who spoke, then of course my answer is yes - it's hard to find a reliable professor, and it is essential to add some life-saving means to him."

"We all know that it is not an easy task to stay in that position. Maybe we can publicize this when issuing the medal as our effort to protect an outstanding talent."

Fudge said cheerfully - he wasn't afraid that the other party would ask him for help, but he was just afraid that the other party didn't need anything.

It's just the authorization of a one-time door key, what's the big deal?

Besides, that position is indeed up in the air - it has to do with the quality of the batter in the future, so it’s not too much to give him a little life-saving means. The other party spoke through Dumbledore, and he agreed to sell two faces at once. It’s not too much. Good deal.

What could be more important than letting people see that his Ministry of Magic is working hard to make the wizarding world a better place?