Chapter 405 Passing By

( ) Although three silent people were caught in a row, there was still not much substantial gain. But for Maca, just meeting this woman in front of him is already quite a reward.

Since these silent people are still desperately searching for Sirius, it means that Sirius is not only still alive, but has already escaped from their pursuit.

Now that Maca already knows that the other party has another companion who is looking for him, he must first adjust the priority of dealing with affairs.

In order to ensure the safety of Sirius who didn't know where he was hiding, Maca decided to take the first step and catch the last silent one before the other party found Sirius.

After all, although he didn't know where Sirius was yet, he already knew the location of this woman's companion.

"... West End."

Dragging the woman in front of her with the floating spell, Maca stepped on the magic book and flew straight to the west of the square.

...

Joshua was running, running under the dim yellow street lights... He felt very scared, he didn't want to be punished for not completing the task...

He had to, had to find the man named "Sirius Black."

On a certain street in the West District, the young man who separated from the woman captured by Maca was running wildly.

He has searched almost half of the neighborhood here, but he still hasn't found the strong man with disheveled hair.

"...not in the West District...isn't it in the West District?" His voice kept trembling, and he didn't know whether it was because he was running, or out of pure fear, "It must be in the South District...in the South District..."

A faint black mist was faintly permeating his body, and it seemed that he would turn into that crazy darkness at any time due to violent mental fluctuations.

Suddenly, his toes suddenly tripped over a raised floor tile, and he fell heavily to the ground. When he hurriedly got up again, sticky blood flowed out from the palm of his hand on the ground and his forehead that hit the floor tiles.

But he stood up without realizing it, and ran forward again.

There was no one on the street in the middle of the night, only the sound of his footsteps echoed, the surrounding darkness made him feel like he was in an abyss, and in the shadows all around, it seemed that some monster wanted to choose and devour.

Joshua was a timid boy since he was a child. He was afraid of the dark, alone, small spaces, and deep corridors...

But what he fears the most is the devil-like master.

Therefore, he could not stop, no matter how afraid he was, he could not stop. As long as he thinks of the cruel punishment he will face if he fails to complete the task, he has to forget everything that scares him.

Yes, "learn to forget about it"-a companion once taught him so. That being said, how should I throw it away?

"...Ah, it hurts...so dark...so scary..."

He ran straight forward, stepping into the light curtain of the street lights again and again, and leaving again and again.

"... Bleeding! Bleeding again... Terrible..."

He turned a corner and slipped again, but he hugged the lamppost of the street lamp forcefully. With the shaking of the lamp post, the light above the head went out one by one.

"...can't just go back like this...to complete the mission...can't..."

He passed the bookstore, and there seemed to be rats squeaking in the alley next to him. He tried not to listen or think about it, and tried to bury his head on the road under his feet.

"what--"

"...What's going on? Someone screaming? A woman?"

Joshua raised his head abruptly, and the messy and sweaty hair under the hood covered most of his vision for an instant. But he still saw clearly——

Next door to the bookshop, the door to a potions shop was ajar. And on the stone steps at the door, a beautiful woman was standing stiffly, with her mouth wide open showing a frightened expression.

No, Joshua wasn't concerned about women—although he wasn't afraid of women, he wasn't good at dealing with them either, and he felt that he probably hated women.

What he focused on was what the woman was holding in her hand.

"...it's the robe...it's the robe worn by the man named 'Sirius Black'!"

Joshua paused, then threw off his legs, and ran towards the woman like crazy. He roared in a low voice, like a frightened wild animal.

The woman standing at the door reacted immediately, subconsciously flung the robe in her hand forward, and then quickly dodged and ran into the half-open door.

The next moment, with a "bang", the wooden door was firmly closed by her from the inside.

Joshua didn't notice it for a while, and was thrown on the forehead by the black ragged robe, covering his whole head under it.

In an instant, his vision was limited, and his already injured forehead hit the door hard through his robe.

"……Well."

Does it hurt? Of course it hurts very, very much! But although he is afraid of pain, he has already suffered countless times of more severe pain.

Joshua crouched on the steps, scratched and tore apart the robe, and then held it in front of his eyes to make sure—that's right, it was this fur-patterned black coat, it must belong to that man!

He just grabbed the door panel and got up, wanting to activate the power to break through the wooden door and break in. But just as he was about to do this, there was a woman's conversation on the second floor of the potion shop.

"above!"

Joshua quickly stepped back down the steps, came to the middle of the street, and looked up at the window on the second floor. Immediately afterwards, a large thick black mist burst out from his body, rushing from the street to the air.

The robe fell to the pavement tiles with a clatter.

However, Joshua, who wanted to just rush into the window on the second floor of the potion shop, failed to accomplish his intention.

The moment he turned into a black mist and soared into the sky, several streaks of red light burst out from the other side of the street, not even wasting a blow, and all of them poured on him.

The impact force of the forward and subsequent blows sent the black mist flying upside down for dozens of feet. A few seconds later, Maca stepped on the magic book, swept across the street at high speed, and stopped firmly at the place where the robe fell.

"This is the one from Sirius..." Maca fell to the ground, bent down to pick up the black robe, and looked left and right at the same time, "Is it near here?"

In fact, he didn't need to search much, and soon his sight fell on the second floor of the potion shop.

Although the curtains were drawn in the window, and there was no light in the gaps in the curtains, but in the room with the windows tightly closed, the curtains were shaking slightly, which seemed suspicious.

Maca didn't think any more, he immediately raised his staff and pointed to the window. When the window sash was opened by him, he stepped on the magic book and rushed in quickly.

He was greeted by a disarming spell, and three figures disappearing in the apparition vortex.

"Sirius?"

Maca casually blocked the curse that was shooting at him, feeling bad in his heart.

Just now, he vaguely saw the general appearance of the three who left—that was Sirius, and two other women he didn't know.

One of the women, manifested away with Sirius' entourage; the other, the younger girl who finally cast the Disarming Curse on him.

In fact, what he saw more clearly was the last girl. After all, in order to stop him, the other girl left a little slower.

As for Sirius who was taken away first—to be honest, if he hadn't recognized the torn pants that guy was wearing, he might not have recognized him.

"...Didn't it mean that there is only the last accomplice left?" Maca frowned, "The effect of Veritaserum must be no problem, that is to say... There are two groups for this operation? Or, Are those two reinforcements from the rear faction?"

He let out a breath of boredom, then stepped on the magic book and flew out of the window, and quickly chased after the silent man who was knocked away by him just now.

...

At the same time, on the banks of the Hudson River in the north of New York, on a slope full of weeds.

Following two crackling sounds one after another, three people emerged from the distorted space one after another. Olivia, who appeared with Sirius' entourage, fell down on the grass with the former, looking a little embarrassed.

And Abigail, who appeared next, leaned on her knees, showing a look of shock.

"...I'm really fed up!" She flicked the wand in her hand and sniffled lightly, "I never thought that one day I would actually cast a curse on a terrible dark wizard! This is simply... this simply……"

"Abby, did a dark wizard go in?" Olivia asked in surprise.

"Yeah!" Abigail also sat down on the grass, and said in a daze, "It's too scary, will they send someone to kill me? I've never done anything bad—"

"Didn't you use the 'Hairy Curse' to tease the neighbor's Joseph when you were young? Have you forgotten?" Olivia blinked and said with a smile.

"Don't talk about those trivial things!" Abigail said angrily, "Especially in front of this man!"

Sirius lay powerlessly in the grass, and when he heard Abigail's words, he shook his head helplessly.

"Sorry, it's all because of me..."

"Yes! It's because of you!" Abigail said angrily, "Remember it! You owe me this!"

"Of course, you're right..." Sirius sighed, "By the way, are you okay? Are you injured? So urgent Apparition—"

"Don't underestimate people!" Abigail turned her head and glared at him. "I passed the Apparation test in one go! I never made a mistake!"

"I can see that you have practiced secretly by yourself many times!" Olivia immediately said, "That's against the rules!"

"Livi, shut up!" Abigail threw her wand at Olivia's head.