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Chapter 165 The Next Move of the Death Eaters and Aurors

It has been a week since I came back from Sherlock's house at this time.

During this week, Sherlock and Amy didn't go out again, and they stayed in the guest room of the Leaky Cauldron.

Today's weather is very good, a rare clear sky is exposed in London, Amy sits by the window, hoping that the wind will move the windmill that Sherlock sold her before.

However, after waiting for a long time, the wind did not come, so I could only pout my mouth and blow the windmill under the sunlight.

Sherlock didn't pay attention to Amy's self-entertainment. He was spreading out a map of England on the table.

According to the timeline after he and Snape came to this timeline, the largest Death Eater attack in the magic world this year, the "Violent Conflict in Wales", occurred first, and the subsequent actions of the Death Eaters in the magic world this month The locations are all marked.

He discovered that the occurrence of these attacks actually had a connection.

One day after the "violent clashes in Wales", another death eater murdered two Muggles in Hereford, not far from Wales.

Two days later, in Birmingham, not far from Hereford, a wizard witnessed the core member of the Death Eaters, "Rabbastan Lestrange", bombing a Muggle residence with three people.

Two days later, in Northampton, a fire broke out. A Muggle died in the fire, and the Ministry of Magic clearly noticed the black magic from the fire.

Three days later, in Luton, more than 40 kilometers away from the city of London, two masked Death Eaters rode broomsticks and kept using the Killing Curse on the ground in mid-air. Fortunately, the location was in the wild, but there were only a few Muggles witnessed someone flying on a broomstick, but no one was injured. It is unknown who the Death Eaters were attacking.

A day later, the day Karkaroff and Roll came to the Leaky Cauldron to search for Amy, there was a huge explosion in the fields of Cambridge. No one was killed, but there were Muggles who witnessed the unusual explosion. , and seeing the Mark of the Dark Lord flashing in the sky, the Ministry of Magic's memory write-off team erased the Muggles' memories of these events afterwards.

Two days later, in Petrograd, north of Cambridge, a Muggle wizard was caught by Death Eaters passing by, and he was tortured to death before the Aurors arrived.

Then three days later, in today's new issue of the Daily Prophet newspaper, it was reported that a dozen Death Eaters had appeared in Lincolnshire in the north of England, and the leader of them was the number one confidant of the Dark Lord." Bellatrix Lestrange".

Sherlock counted all the places where the Death Eaters haunted after Wales, and drew them with red circles on the map.

It was discovered that from Wales, the Death Eaters' actions had been approaching London, but after arriving at Luton, which is the closest to London, they then turned and left northwest.

From Cambridge to Petrograd to Lincoln, Death Eaters turn up every two days in a city in north-west England.

They seem to be moving towards a goal in a planned way. At first, this goal should be from Wales to London, and then for some reason, after arriving in Luton, they began to change their goals.

Because of the close time, Sherlock suspects that this is very likely, and has something to do with the Death Eaters wanting to find Amy.

If we interpret the next actions of these Death Eaters and continue to the northwest, then there is a high probability that they will appear in Sheffield, a city in central England.

Of course, it is also possible to go further north and choose York, which is further north.

Sherlock looked at the map of England that he had drawn in circles, and could see that the Death Eaters did not hide their next action direction.

In this way, I can deduce the Death Eaters' goals only by relying on the gossip of the Daily Prophet and the idle wizards of the Leaky Cauldron.

It doesn't make sense that Aurors with more specific information and smarter people will not be able to guess the destination of the Death Eaters next.

He took Sheffield as the center and extended to York at the outermost edge, drawing a big circle.

Each of the cities within this circle is likely to become a battlefield for Death Eaters and Aurors.

The successive actions of Voldemort's subordinates in this month have created big news. The Ministry of Magic will certainly not let the negative news ferment like this. It is very urgent to need an action that can achieve a major victory to inspire the confidence of the magic people.

Sherlock looked at the circle he drew, thought for a long time, and decided to go and have a look.

There must be dangers, but this is also the best opportunity for him to get in touch with the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. Even if it goes well, it is not impossible to successfully use this opportunity to sneak into the Auror Command.

Because there are many people he is familiar with in the Auror queue at this time.

For example, Moody, he is still the mainstay of the Aurors, even though his body has been disabled, he is still one of the top Aurors.

Another example is Kingsley, who has just joined the ranks of Aurors, but he has already shown his prominence. Among the performances of the new generation of Aurors, he is extremely eye-catching.

Although Sherlock certainly cannot recognize these two people at this time, he can also rely on his familiarity with their personalities and tempers to get close to the relationship and make them his referrals.

Having made a plan in his heart, Sherlock is ready to leave next.

Unlike last time, this time he naturally couldn't take Amy out together. At first, Sherlock thought about handing Amy to Snape and asking him to take care of it.

But thinking about Snape's character carefully, he and Amy are not sure who will take care of whom.

Amy, who was playing with the windmill, also noticed Sherlock's hesitation, and asked with her head tilted.

"Is John getting ready to go out?"

Sherlock rubbed her head.

"Yes, but the place to go this time is a bit dangerous, so you can't take Amy with you."

"Amy can be here by herself."

"Aren't you afraid that no one will play with you?"

Amy shook her head, her long pale golden hair had white scales in the sun.

"Before meeting John, Amy was always alone, so she wasn't afraid."

Hearing her words, Sherlock fell silent, and after a while, he pinched Amy's tender face.

"When I come back, take Amy to the playground, okay?"

Amy doesn't seem to have any idea of ​​what a playground is, but she is happy as long as it takes her out.

"it is good!"

She took an amulet from her neck and handed it to Sherlock.

"Papa gave it to Amy, saying it will bring good luck to Amy. Amy can lend it to John, and John will definitely have good luck when he goes out this time."

Sherlock laughed, he didn't refuse, took the amulet from Amy's hand, and hung it around his neck.

Then he got up and went to Diagon Alley first. In the candy store and the magic food store, he bought a lot of snacks and some pumpkin porridge that could be heated by himself. As long as the packaging is not opened, the sandwiches will always be fresh. This kind of magic food is reserved for Amy who will be alone in the hotel next time.

After putting Amy in place, he went to tell Snape that he would be leaving the Leaky Cauldron for a while, and Snape naturally didn't say anything about it, but just told him to go away and not disturb his medicine refining.

In the end, Sherlock asked Tom not to go into his room to clean, and then went to Sheffield by using the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron.

The landing point is the owl post office set up by the Ministry of Magic in Sheffield.

The green flame wrapped around Sherlock's body, and the flame occupied all the surrounding space. After a violent rotation, he stepped on the solid ground again.

A slightly choking cloud of ash swirls around him, and this is certainly not the season for using the fireplace, as a large amount of dust has accumulated in the unused pit.

While using a cleansing spell on his body, Sherlock walked out of the fireplace, while sitting on a chair in the room reading a newspaper, an elderly wizard stared at him and asked.

"Oh, a young man, what are you doing in Sheffield?"

Sherlock blinked at this old wizard who should be the owl postmaster.

"Using the public fireplace of the Ministry of Magic to teleport, do I still need to explain my purpose?"

The old wizard put down the Daily Prophet in his hand noncommittally.

"Of course you don't need to explain why you came here, but if you don't have very important things, I suggest you try not to stay in this city for too long."

His words were very meaningful, and his tone seemed to be admonishing, but he actually wanted to show off that he knew some secret things, and then use such words to induce, so as to make Sherlock question.

It's a typical mentality that you can't hide your words when you get older.

Sherlock is of course very cooperative with this.

"I'm here for tourism, sir, is something going to happen here?"

Hearing Sherlock's question, the old wizard showed a satisfied look on his face, but he didn't tell him the "secret" he had discovered.

"You just need to know that if you have nothing to do, try not to stay here for a long time, and leave as soon as possible."

He played charades, and then said with emotion.

"It's getting more and more chaotic now, and I have to hurry up and urge the Ministry about my retirement application, and it's time for me to go home and enjoy my old age in peace."

After Sherlock listened to what he said, he walked out of the owl post office calmly.

Even if the old wizard didn't speak clearly, Sherlock could guess that the Ministry of Magic had obviously taken some action here.

Sure enough, the Auror had also seen the movement of the Death Eaters, and as he judged, he believed that they would appear in Sheffield next.

Of course, it is also possible that the Aurors have deployed manpower in York, Sheffield and several surrounding cities. After all, there is Apparition, and they can provide convenient support at any time.

And they didn't hide their actions too much. Even the old man in charge of guarding the owl post office, such a peripheral employee in the Ministry of Magic, could know some inside information, so there must be no special concealment.

The movements of the Death Eaters were also a little too weird. Their continuous attacks seemed aimless, and their routes were not hidden at all, as if they were deliberately seducing the Aurors to round them up.

Moreover, this kind of seduction is still an aboveboard conspiracy. If the Aurors do not come, public opinion that the Ministry of Magic does not act will inevitably spread throughout the magic world, which will arouse public dissatisfaction.

So the Auror Command had to send manpower, and a large number of manpower came to Sheffield.

As the defender, the Ministry of Magic is very passive, and every time it makes an action, it is being led by the nose by the Death Eaters.Such an obvious trap, they can only rely on brute force to crack.

There was no way for Auror to ask Sherlock how to arrange the arrangement. After he left the owl post office, he took a taxi directly to the downtown area of ​​Sheffield, where he found a hotel and booked a room.

Now Sheffield is in the low period of transformation in history. It used to be the steel capital and industrial center of the UK.

Now, due to the decline of local industry due to international competition and the collapse of the British coal industry, the population has also experienced an outflow.

It was not until the 90s that Sheffield officially transformed into a city of sports and technology, developing comprehensive industries.

After booking the hotel, Sherlock didn't stay in the room, and walked out of the hotel directly, wandering around the streets of the city.

His goal is very clear, that is to look for those weird people who are obviously different from normal people and carry a small wooden stick with them.

Even if Hogwarts set up a Muggle studies class, due to the rapid development of the Muggle era, wizards are still decades behind in understanding Muggles.

Therefore, wizards whose work and life have not intersected with Muggles all the year round are always easy to make jokes when they don't wear wizard robes.

Such jokes are naturally rare among specially trained Aurors, but they cannot avoid some habits of wizards. More importantly, Aurors are always more accustomed to holding their wands in their hands all the time.

Because on the first day of Auror training, those instructors would tell them not to put their wands in their trouser pockets or sleeves if they didn't want to blow up their ass or arms under unexplained circumstances.

Every Auror has basically developed the habit of never leaving his wand.

Through such details, Sherlock called a taxi and wandered around the city of Sheffield for a long time.

After paying a price of thirteen pounds, he finally found a man in a windbreaker wandering around with a small wooden stick in his hand at the corner of a street.

Getting off the taxi, Sherlock didn't choose to follow this wizard who didn't know whether he was an Auror, a Death Eater, or an innocent passerby.

He walked straight into a remote alley, summoned his patron saint with the Patronus Charm, and let it fly into the sky, following the wizard.

Muggles can't see the Patronus, so the silver crow won't cause any commotion, just keep out of the wizard's sight.

(End of this chapter)