HP: The Shadow Returns

Greengrass's visit note arrived on Huerta's desk not long after, and she agreed without wasting much time.

At the same time, an appointment was made, but she did not participate because some of West Asia's business lines had problems and she needed to deal with them personally.

The person in charge of the branch here is a witch named Leia. Half a year ago, after I saw her resume, she hired her to work in the Hydrasia branch.

The conditions here are not good, and the terrain and various movements are very limited.

The environment is also much worse than imagined. Many wandering dark wizards gathered here. Before Hydera expanded here, they formed a large local snake force.

But even so, Leia has made the originally barren place visibly expand and become more prosperous. It can be seen that her abilities are still very good, but the hardware strength is somewhat lacking, and it is very difficult to break through these forces that have been entrenched for many years.

I heard that the other party even hijacked a lot of Hydra's goods.

"Lord Gunter, welcome to your presence"

When Leia saw Virta and Theodore in black robes appearing within the range of the portkey, her eyes widened in disbelief and she hurried forward to greet them.

She thought that the headquarters would only let core members solve the problem, but she didn't expect that the boss actually came over in person.

Because the engagement party was not fully informed, Leia only regarded Theodore as Lord Gaunt's attendant and did not continue to greet him too much.

"There's no need for so much etiquette. Let's talk about the situation here first." Huerta waved his hand coldly and walked out calmly.

Leia followed closely behind her, holding a notepad in her arms. She spoke one by one very carefully.

"That's right, sir, the situation here is very complicated. It's not just a wizarding organization, there are three largest among them. According to the intelligence, they seem to be connected with the Ministry of Magic here."

"It is extremely difficult to eradicate them. Moreover, they do not accept our conditions. It seems... there seems to be one of these powerful magic items. Our people have gone there several times, and they have failed whether it was negotiation or attack."

Virta reached out and took the notebook from her hand, lowered her eyes and flipped through it casually with her slender fingers.

(On March 3, the second batch of truth serum, 20 in total, was intercepted.)

(On May 5, the first batch of Type I potion reagents was intercepted)

......

Virta half-squinted her eyes in displeasure and saw the photos of these leaders on the next page. Then she handed the book to Theodore behind her expressionlessly, and then asked

"What powerful magic item?"

Leia thought of something bad and recalled it with a bitter look on her face.

"It seems like a box. Once opened, many ghosts will pop out. They help those people fight. The magic spell has no effect on those ghosts, and specific items cannot control them."

"Our wizard fell into a coma after reporting the situation when he came back. No one has woken up yet."

After Theodore read through it, he silently wrote down the names and appearances of these people, and then returned the book to Leia.

"This is quite interesting"

Virta raised his eyelids and turned to look at Theodore. Logically speaking, ghosts could not cause any harm to living people, just like the ghosts in Hogwarts.

Maybe they will only have a little bit of the magic they had in life.

Then she put her eyes on Leia and asked with thin lips:

"When will the next batch of goods be traded?"

Leia stood there and recalled it carefully.

"Just this afternoon, it was with the Shasibar family in the south."

The green in Virta's eyes became colder and colder, mixed with an invisible interest.

"Then we'll go meet these local snakes in the afternoon."

"Look where they got the guts to touch my things."

......

During lunch, Theodore put food into her bowl thoughtfully as usual. He sorted it carefully and asked about it.

"How are you going to deal with them? If they are secretly involved with the Ministry of Magic, it won't be so easy."

Huerta chuckled and slowly put the small piece of beef on the fork into his mouth.

"Since they dare to do that, the Ministry of Magic must also know about it. To put it bluntly, if I give them this face, it doesn't matter what happens to the Ministry of Magic."

"If I don't give them this face."

The woman bent her slender red eyes, the corners of her thin lips slightly upward, and looked lazily at Theodore

"The Ministry of Magic is no different than those rioting local vigilantes."

Theodore's blue eyes seemed to be frozen, staring at Virta's face, his throat couldn't help but roll, and his heart was pounding as if he had been hit.

No matter how many times I watch her, I will always be fascinated by her confidence and strength.

After a moment, he responded

"you are right...."

Soon it was afternoon, and Huerta and Theodore followed the transaction team. Both of them hid in the shadows and did not show up.

The twisted transmission of the portkey brought them outside the Shasibal family where they wanted to trade in the south. The place was full of the impact of a different cultural atmosphere, with various pointed arches, horseshoe arches and multi-leaf arch windows.

The walls are also very light in color, and their bodies are covered by wide white robes. Their thick beards and uneven skin color are their characteristics. The hot wind blows by, picking up patches of yellow sand on the ground.

"Hydra, the master of the house has been waiting for you for a long time." One of the tall, strong men said in an unintelligible local language.

"Please follow this way"

But people on the trading team generally understand what they are saying.

The two of them continued to follow them calmly, and they were led into a room where many people were standing, surrounded by stone pillars, and the carpets and paintings were all very exquisite and complicated.

It was the rich smell of incense mixed with sweat in this room that made Virta frown invisibly.

It was so disgusting that I cast a shielding spell on Theodore before it got better again. It reminded me of Quirrell in the first grade, the day he was called to the front row.

At that time, it was just that his brother wanted to take a closer look at himself. Maybe he discovered his confusion spell from the beginning?

Virta thought, but her eyes did not leave the two groups of people doing the transaction. As they turned their backs to the door and waited for their chairs to turn around, she finally got a clear look at what the head of the Shasibal family looked like.

Overall, it's hard to say.

The middle-aged man's thick beard was connected to the hair on his cheeks. His pleated clothes made him look like a mountain of flesh. His fingers were covered with gold rings studded with precious stones, as if to show off his wealth.

"You are finally here"

He grinned, and the yellow teeth in his mouth were clearly visible.

Theodore forced himself to close his mouth tightly and quickly subconsciously moved closer to the woman. It wasn't until he smelled the faint citrus aroma wafting into his nose that the expression on his face became more relaxed.

She still smells good.