Professor of Gemology at Hogwarts

It was a short, fat man with a crimson face. When Gray walked towards him, he raised his head and glanced around.

"French?" Gray asked.

The man was silent.

"What do you want to do?" Gray asked, "Why did you attack us?"

"I just came to see how your Polyjuice Potion is doing," he replied haughtily, speaking in a British accent. "Are you surprised? Nothing can be hidden from Per de Villanova. "

Gray was very surprised when he heard the answer. Could it be that their making of polyjuice potion had been exposed?Moreover, this is not the first time he has heard the name Pell - the dark wizard who sells rune snake eggs is also named Pell. No, maybe it is just the same name, but... it is also very possible, if it is true It's him, so from the beginning...

For a moment, Gray felt that everything they did was being watched by the French gang and completely exposed.He felt all the heat in his body rising to the top of his head, and his head was about to explode, so he grabbed the man by the collar and slammed him against the wall.

"Don't hide if you can!" Gray said, "Where is Pell?!"

"Are you ready to face it?" the man said.

He glared at that person, and then realized that the other person's eyes were very empty and confused.

"It's the Imperius Curse..."

Gray let go of his hand. The man couldn't maintain his balance because his hands and feet were tied. He could only slide down against the wall and squat on the ground.

He felt that he was being tricked and being tricked around. The French gang was just playing a small game, and it was elusive. It was like a black smoke entangled in him, which he couldn't get rid of, but he couldn't get rid of it. Less than.

He didn't know what to do next, so he looked at Claire. She was biting her lip, grimacing, then picked up the wine glass on the table and took a big sip of whiskey.There were books scattered on the floor and broken bookshelves. The whole room was unusually quiet. The only thing that could be heard was Claire coughing twice after drinking.

Finally, Gray said in a low voice.

"The French gang is declaring war on us."

At this time, a woman's voice came from outside the door.

"Let me in, okay?"

The person who pushed the door open turned out to be her old friend Tonks. She looked anxious. She was stunned for a moment when she saw Gray. Then she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Claire standing nearby alive.

"Claire!" She walked straight to Claire, held her shoulders, and looked her up and down, "Are you okay? I heard you were attacked and came over immediately."

"I'm fine...Thank you, Tonks. But wait..." Claire put down her glass and looked between Gray and Tonks, "Why do I feel like everyone in the world knows about this? Already?"

"Mad-Eye told me," Tonks blurted.

"You know it yourself, I didn't tell you." A man stood at the door, leaning on a long cane and wrapped in a black traveling cloak. "Always be vigilant! Tonks! Don't Rush in!"

Gray looked over and saw that it was Alastor Moody, an old acquaintance.

When he was working at the Ministry of Magic, Gray and he would say hello when they met, so they knew each other.When Moody retired, he was already recognized as the best Auror at the time, but even though he had retired, the Ministry of Magic still sometimes needed his help - especially in training new Aurors. Of course, it is not ruled out that he occasionally assists in arrests. Dark wizard. "He's always restless!" Tonks once said of him.

No one disrespected this strong, brave, death-tested, and battle-hardened Auror. His appearance looked like it was carved out of a piece of rotten wood. Even though Gray knew very well that Moody was not a bad person, The moment Moody appears, you will still be oppressed by his aura.Just now, Claire unconsciously shrank behind Gray when she saw the ferocious face next to her.

"Okay - okay - I understand," drawled Tonks, "it's all my fault for overhearing the conversation between you and Scrimgeour outside the Department of Magical Law Enforcement - —About the attack case that just came from the striker. I shouldn’t have heard clearly that the person asking for help was Claire, and even rushed to the scene.”

"You know better than anyone else!" Moody yelled.

Tonks' eyes rolled to the ceiling.

Moody stopped complaining about Tonks' sudden action, but used his mechanical eyes to look at Gray and Claire very vigilantly. Gray felt as if he was about to be seen through.

"Long time no see, Mr. Moody." Gray couldn't help but want to break the stiff situation.

"Long time no see. I really didn't expect you to be here at this time and place." Moody said angrily.

"Arnold just said you received a letter and came here?" Tonks asked.

"Yes," Gray explained provincially, but at that moment he decided that he would never tell Arnold anything easily in the future, "But Arnold is a really talkative person, don't you think so?"

"Yes, he will tell me everything." Tonks said without thinking.

Moody did not participate in their conversation, but walked towards the cloaked man in the corner, staring at him with two asymmetrical eyes.

"Did you find anything? Mr. Moody." Gray stepped forward to talk.

"This man's name is Kodori." Moody turned his eyes around and looked carefully at the man sitting in the corner with blurred eyes, "and he was cast under the Imperius Curse."

"Do you know him?" Claire came over. She didn't care about pressing the wound on her forehead with a blood-stained silk scarf.

"This guy is often caught for reselling fake wine, but I think he is a good neighbor." Moody said gruffly, "I haven't seen anyone else when I went home these days. I thought he was What kind of reselling business are you going to do again?"

"So it's him!" Tonks said, "The neighbor you mentioned to me before, who often shows off that he shook hands with the savior, Harry Potter?"

"That's right," Moody said. "The person who cast the Imperius Curse was very skilled. The last attack was similar."

"The last attack?" Gray suddenly thought, "The one in June? Was the murderer caught?"

"The Magical Law Enforcement Team was also in charge that time. The strikers tracked and found one of the attackers. In the end, they didn't expect that he was a wandering businessman selling potions. He was also put under the Imperius Curse and was even caught. He later wanted to confess, but after the Imperius Curse was broken, he finally returned to normal and said he couldn't remember anything."

Claire exchanged a look, and Gray understood that it was best not to ask any more about this matter, because it was related to the exposure of her friend. She hoped that it would be enough, and the fewer people would know, the better.

"I think it is very necessary to send an Auror to find out who is doing this." Moody said gruffly. "Cunning and hard-working, I don't know what he is doing, or do you know?" What was the purpose of attacking you? Ms. Weisman."

"It would be better if it can help solve this problem." Tonks looked at Claire curiously, hoping to get some useful information from her, "Mad-Eye is very powerful!"

Claire looked at Gray, trying to ask his opinion.

Gray understood that Moody was an experienced Auror, and he took the initiative to investigate the matter. This was a rare opportunity for the two of them. In addition, Moody was very authoritative in the Auror office. If he added some If the murderer behind the scenes is really caught, wouldn't everyone be happy?But the problem is that Claire has already approached Rufus Scrimgeour before, and the result was not ideal.Gray wasn't sure whether Moody could convince the arrogant Head of the Auror Office, but he had to give it a try.

He nodded.

"In fact, I once approached Scrimgeour about this matter..." Claire began to tell what happened.