[058] Find a mouse
While Carl was thinking about his next move, the Order of the Phoenix was completely mobilized with Professor McGonagall's return.
Everyone activated their connections to try to figure out what happened at the beginning - judging from Sirius' performance, he really didn't seem to be the murderer.
However, because the incident has been a long time, the effect of everyone inquiring about the news is very poor. A month has passed, and there is no practical progress at all!
Seeing that Sirius was not planning to leave Azkaban and was unwilling to speak out his secrets, Regulus could only take the initiative to guide everyone in the Order of the Phoenix.
That's right, when something happened to Hogwarts and Dumbledore was found, Regulus guessed the truth.
For others, James was betrayed - Sirius is a secret person - Sirius is a traitor. The line is very clear and reasonable.
But from Regulus's perspective, he naturally focused on others when he confirmed Sirius's innocentness.
For example...the two remaining people in the four-person group.
In fact, a large part of the reason why Regulus joined the Order of the Phoenix was for Lupin. In Regulus's eyes, Lupin was the person who was most likely to betray James.
After all, Lupin is a werewolf, and he was extremely down and out after Voldemort fell.
However, after some investigation, Regulus discovered that Lupin was a very special werewolf. Although he would be unable to contain himself after turning into a wolf, he did not look like a traitor...
So Regules focused on the fourth person.
Petr star Peter.
According to official words, the Little Dwarf was killed by Black, leaving only one finger, but in Regulus's view, let alone a finger, even a pair of arms is not enough to be used as evidence of death.
When the Hogwarts incident occurred, the Prophet Daily introduced a lot about Ron, including a simple discussion about Fengban.
The mouse with toes was missing toe cleared up Regulus's last doubts.
Originally, Regulus did not intend to solve the puzzle by himself. After he had his own guesses, he chose to contact Dumbledore, hoping to rescue Sirius through the power of the Order of the Phoenix. What he did not expect was that the people of the Order of the Phoenix had all gone to a dead end. After some discussion, they concluded that "Sirius may have faced certain threats and was unwilling to leave Azkaban because of guilt."
After hearing this conclusion, the Regulus people were stunned - he also believed that his imagination was so bad that his logical ability was really good. It was a wizard who relied on the power of idealism.
In desperation, Regulus had to come to the scene in person and took the initiative to ask Lupin whether the Petdwarf was an illegal Animagus.
Naturally, Regulus got the affirmative answer.
"Peter is an Animagus." Although he didn't know why Regulus asked this question, Lupin chose to tell the truth, "his Animagus is a mouse."
A mouse?
Regules, who thought to himself, quickly contacted Arthur Weasley.
"Mr. Weasley." After Arthur hurried to the Order of the Phoenix, Regules finally couldn't wait to speak, "Do you have a pet mouse in your family - one toe missing, and you are already very old this year?"
"That's right." Arthur, who had rushed to the secret base of the Order of Phoenix, was obviously confused. He didn't understand why Regulus suddenly noticed a mouse, "Maybe Banban is in his teens this year, right?"
"But, the lifespan of a normal rat is only one to three years." Regulus looked at Arthur, who didn't know what was going on, and sighed helplessly, "If my speculation is correct, the mouse should be alone."
"You said that was Peter?" Lupin obviously realized what Regulus meant. "Peter was not dead, but turned into a rat and ran away in that disaster? When we find him, we can know what happened? Will he guide the murderer for us?"
Looking at Lupin, who was obviously excited, Regulus could only respond with a helpless expression.
"Think about it again." Regulus sighed. "If Peter's goal was to escape, why would he pretend to be a mouse?"
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Lu Ping stood there as if struck by lightning.
If things were really as Regulus said, it would probably be a terrible thing.
Sirius would rather stay in prison than come out.
Petdwarf Peter would rather turn into a mouse than show up.
The betrayal and murder...
"No, this is impossible!" Lupin never thought that the friend he missed every year might be the real murderer of everything, "Peter, he left a finger-"
"That's not enough." Regules looked at Lupin, who was a little disobedient. "A finger doesn't mean anything, and even Banban is even more suspicious because of the lack of a toe in the same position."
"Wait a minute." When Luping was stunned, Arthur finally interrupted, "What are you talking about? Spotted, that bald mouse, do you say he is alone? And it's Petr?"
"That's right." Regulus no longer cared about the lost Lupin, but nodded and took out the paper and pen. "I'll contact Dumbledore now. I think we need to carry out a large-scale mouse-catching operation!"
"Catch the Spot?" Arthur scratched his head, showing nervousness, "The mouse is now in the Burrow..."
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Just on the weekend when Gryffindor won Ravenclaw but lost the Quidditch Cup, all the members of the Order of the Phoenix rushed to the Burrow and launched a mouse-catching operation as if they were facing a great enemy.
The rat, named Spotted, was taken out of the cage and pressed against its head by more than ten magic wands.
As the blue and white light lit up, the mouse finally revealed its flaws - at the beginning, its spotted body was hanging in the air, twisting wildly.
As the light grew stronger, the mouse fell down and fell to the floor.
Another dazzling blue light flashed by, and the mouse was like a fast shot of observing the growth of trees. First, a head appeared; then the limbs were stretched out; finally, a man stood where the spots were just now, cringing and twisting his hands.
Although everyone in the Order of the Phoenix was mentally prepared, they still took a breath of air conditioning at the same time.
Chapter completed!