Chapter 378 Suspicion and Conflict

Putting aside whether Neville was unlucky or not, Sirius Black, who sneaked out of the castle, really felt that he was unlucky.

Worst case scenario!

I went through all the trouble to get to Hogwarts, and was almost beaten to death by a three-headed dog. I finally managed to sneak into the Gryffindor dormitory, but it turned out that Peter Pettigrew had already escaped?

So hasn't he been wasting his time all this time? !

But after leaving Hogwarts, where should he go to find Peter Pettigrew?

Sirius had not forgotten that he was still wanted by the Ministry of Magic. If he dared to show up and inquire about Peter's whereabouts, he would only be sent back to Azkaban...

Or have their souls sucked away directly by dementors.

Sure enough, we still need to contact Lu Ping...

Sirius was still hesitating.

Contacting Lupine is not difficult in itself. You just need to go to the Shrieking Shack through the secret passage under the Whomping Willow during the full moon, or leave a message directly inside.

And although Lupine is a werewolf, he has always been the calmest and most tolerant of the Ravagers. Sirius believed that if he really found him, the other party would definitely give him a chance to explain.

Although he didn't want to involve his old friend again, Sirius Black had no better way now.

What was a little regretful was that the full moon had not passed long, and if he wanted to contact Lupine, he would have to wait until next month. But when things got to this point, Sirius didn't care to wait a little longer.

Having made up his mind, Sirius thought for a while and ran directly in the direction of the Whomping Willow. Of course, he didn't intend to wait for Lupin's arrival in the Shrieking Shack. The risk of doing so was still higher. He just went to give Lu Ping left a message and gave him some time to think calmly.

Just as Sirius slipped into the Shrieking Shack, Hogwarts started another search, and Fish also joined the search team like last time.

However, the result was the same as last time, everyone found nothing.

"Damn it, meow!" The little kitten, who had found nothing, waved his fist angrily and vowed: "If Fish hadn't gone to the Forbidden Forest tonight, Black wouldn't have had the chance to escape, meow!"

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"Hehehe," Dumbledore stroked his beard and smiled, coaxing the kitten and said, "Maybe Black dared to break into Gryffindor's dormitory because you were not here."

He does not mean that.

Fei Xu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "Yes! How did he know that I'm not in the dormitory? Fei Xu rarely goes to the Forbidden Forest recently!"

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Because of the cold weather and Blake's absence, Fish has greatly reduced the frequency of playing in the Forbidden Forest recently. After Blake picked up Neville's note, he immediately knew that he was not in the dormitory. This was also What a coincidence.

Fei Xu quickly expressed his doubts.

Almost all the professors had strange expressions on their faces, and several professors looked at Professor Luping subconsciously. Although they quickly retracted their gazes, they could not hide it from Fei Xu.

And Snape showed a true expression: "I told you so!"

He growled lowly at Dumbledore, but looked at Lupin aside.

"I told you a long time ago...the school has Black's internal support!"

Snape stared at the pale Lupine, gritted his molars, and spoke word by word.

"Severus," Dumbledore frowned, "I believe Remus."

"Yes, you still believed in Black before, didn't you?" Snape sneered, and he no longer planned to compromise this time.

The surrounding professors all exclaimed, seemingly dissatisfied with Snape's behavior as a disrespectful principal, while Professor Lupine's face became even paler.

There was no expression on Dumbledore's face. He just looked at Snape silently through his half-moon glasses with his blue eyes, and Snape looked at him without fear.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense. Even Fish, the little fur cat, noticed something was wrong. He grabbed Professor McGonagall's arm hard and looked at Dumbledore and Snape nervously.

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"We can use Veritaserum." After a long period of silence, Snape finally gave in. He lowered his eyes slightly and said, "I have stock there. I only need three drops. Know whether Lupine is Black's accomplice."

"Veritaserum is not completely effective. Occlumency can make it ineffective. I think you should understand this very well, Severus."

Dumbledore rejected Snape's offer.

"Of course, but I can try to disable his Occlumency, Mr. Dumbledore."

Snape still refused to give up. As a master of potions and a master of Occlumency, he had indeed done research in this area...

As for the fact that this method was a bit excessive and had not yet been implemented in practice, Snape deliberately ignored it.

"I will not agree to what you are doing, Severus." Dumbledore showed a hint of anger. With his level of knowledge, he could probably guess what Snape would do. Based on your guess, treat your companions the same way you treat criminals!”

"Companion?" Snape laughed and said, "A werewolf?"

"That's enough! Severus!"

Professor McGonagall finally couldn't help it and stepped forward to stop Snape from being rude to Dumbledore.

"Professor Lupine doesn't know that Fish isn't in the dormitory tonight!"

"Uh...actually I know..." Lu Ping said sarcastically: "I happened to bump into Feishu when he went out."

However, he still defended himself: "But I returned to my office after that. I had no chance to deliver the message to Black. The portraits in the corridor can testify for me... Ah, by the way, there is Peeves. , I met him when I went back, and he was applying glue to the door handle of Mr. Filch's office."

"Huh, who knows if there is any special connection between you and Black." Snape sneered disdainfully.

"I think Professor Lupine is unlikely to be Black's internal support." Professor Flitwick also sided with Dumbledore. He was not favoring Lupine, but said based on his own analysis: "As a professor, Lupine Ping, there were too many opportunities to attack Potter, but he didn't do anything, right?"

The other professors were also persuaded by Lupine's upright performance and Professor Flitwick's analysis. They gave up their few doubts and began to speak for Lupin.

"Hmph!" Seeing that he failed to win over any supporters, Snape snorted coldly and rolled down his sleeves with an ugly expression. "When Potter dies in Black's hands, don't regret it!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

"Everyone, please go back and rest first..." Dumbledore pinched his eyebrows tiredly, "Remus, don't take Severus' words to heart."

"Of course, Principal," Lupine shrugged and said with a wry smile, "I've long been used to it."

After all the professors left, Fish carefully tugged on Professor McGonagall's sleeve.

"Minerva, what's going on with Severus and Lupine? Why does he insist that Lupine is helping Black? Is it because he is a werewolf?"

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"Don't ask any more questions about this matter," Professor McGonagall didn't like talking about others behind their backs, so she hesitated and did not tell Fish about the grievances between Snape and Lupin, but sent him directly to go back to bed. , "Go back to the dormitory quickly, we have classes tomorrow."

"If you don't tell me, don't tell me. Fish will ask Severus tomorrow!"

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This was not the first time that the little fur cat had been bullied. He made a face at Professor McGonagall angrily, and then ran back to the dormitory.

Professor McGonagall didn't take it to heart...

With Snape's awkward personality, there was no way he could talk to Fish about this.

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In an interview, a reporter asked Rowling why she didn't use Veritaserum to exonerate Black. Her answer was, "The Wizengamot believed that Sirius Black might have Occlumency, so even if Veritaserum was used, The interrogation cannot guarantee that he will tell the truth."

In the "Fantastic Beasts" movie, Newt also used Occlumency to resist Veritaserum.

And little Barty even broke free from the Imperius Curse and pretended to be Moody for so long. If you want to say that he doesn't understand Occlumency... I don't believe it anyway.

Of course, it can be explained by an explanation. For example, he was knocked unconscious at the time and did not have time to use Occlumency.

But I prefer to believe that this is Rowling's BUG.

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Thanks for the tip from the soldier who doesn’t want to be a general.