Alchemy professor at Hogwarts

Chapter 166 Entrapment Operation
A farmhouse thirty miles from the Rozier estate.

The day had just revealed the twilight of dawn, and the door made of oak was gently pushed open by Hardy.

He walked out rubbing his eyebrows, turned his head to look at a room on the right, and let out a long breath.

After a night of questioning, he got a lot of useful information.

While thinking, Braden also rubbed his arms and walked out lazily.

"Isn't it enough to say it earlier, I have to do it."

Glancing back at the starry figure in the stone house, he shook his head helplessly, then looked at Hardy with a smile.

"Anything to gain, Braden."

"Ah, of course, this is an Auror specialty, although the Ministry of Magic expressly prohibits certain methods."

He paused, and the smile on his face became more intense, "But sometimes there is no way, right?"

Hardy shrugged his shoulders: "Tell me."

As he slightly raised his wand, the two pieces of rotten wood outside the farmhouse "boom", "boom" turned into two chairs.

"The situation on my side is mainly related to a guy named Mr. Browning." Sitting on the chair, Brayden raised his legs.

He took out a palm-sized leather notebook from his pocket, flipped through it and said, "Well, let me see, oh, by the way, these guys have all been supported by each other in the orphanage."

"Mr. Browning gave them the manuscripts to learn magic and the currency of the Muggle world, so that they could live a life of food and clothing." He said: "These children have always been obedient to him."

With his hands crossed, Hardy's eyes flickered: "Do you know what this Mr. Browning looks like? How do they get in touch with each other?"

Shaking his head, Braden said, "You got the point, my friend. To be honest, these guys have never seen Mr. Browning."

"Never seen it?"

"Yeah, the news is true, I've confirmed it," Braden nodded, "I guess Mr. Browning may have several unsolved cases that the Ministry of Magic is pursuing, so he doesn't want to show up easily. "

Hardy asked: "Is there any basis for this speculation?"

"No." The other party shook his head solemnly.

"How do I find this guy?"

"They often go to a laundromat to receive orders from Mr. Browning," Braden said with a strange expression. "Maybe it's a coincidence that the laundromat is opposite the Leaky Cauldron."

Hearing this, Hardy's pupils shrank slightly.

laundry?
Opposite the Leaky Cauldron?

He had a vague feeling that this mysterious Mr. Browning might be a certain wizard who frequented the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley.

After talking about his "torture" results, Braden began to ask Hardy again: "Old man, the two female students have been handed over to you. Is there any good news?"

Hardy replied, "Yes, two things."

"The first thing is the magic book. According to them, it was something sent by Mr. Browning, which can make their magic more powerful."

"The second thing is about the recent disappearance of wizards."

He paused slightly, and then continued: "About a few days ago, after a party organized by the University of Manchester, several wandering wizards were attacked and disappeared."

"Catherine and the others witnessed this process without being discovered because of the cover of the magic book."

"They were horrified, and the next day they wrote it on a piece of paper, put it in an envelope, and put it in a dirty suit at the laundromat."

Hardy continued: "A few days later, Mr. Browning replied that he was communicating with the attackers, and said that as long as Catherine and others are willing to complete the tasks arranged by the attackers, they will get huge benefits."

"That's why they attacked me with magic books?" Braden blinked.

"That's right, that was the first task the attackers assigned to them, to find and clean up the wizards hiding near the Gazlon Museum."

After hearing the message from Hardy, Braden rubbed his chin with his palm: "Aha, it seems that the Gazron Museum is the den of the attackers. I have to contact other people."

Regarding Braden's plan to contact other Aurors, Hardy shook his head: "To be honest, Braden, since the four of Catherine fell into our hands, I think those attackers have noticed something."

"Maybe they've already left the Gazlon Museum with the missing wizard," he said. "What's worse, they've already started arranging how to find and capture us both."

After listening to Hardy's analysis, Braden looked a little uncomfortable.

He stood up abruptly from his chair, and looked around vigilantly, "Oh——I would say that the best way is to return to the Ministry first."

"According to the case-handling process, I have to take these guys back to the Ministry and lock them up for a few days."

Hardy stood up slowly, "Of course, in addition, maybe we can start from the laundromat opposite the Leaky Cauldron. I believe Mr. Browning will know more about the attacker."

After the conversation, Hardy raised his wand again, turning three nearby old oak trees into a pickup truck.

He and Braden threw the four people who had fallen asleep into the truck body, pulled the tarpaulin to block them, and then sat in the cockpit one after another, and walked away with the roar of the engine.

two hours later.

A group of figures shrouded in hazy white light performed apparition and appeared outside the empty farmhouse.

"There's no one here!"

A wizard came out of the stone-built room and said, "As I said, I should have chased him earlier."

"Someone has become suspicious of the Gazlon Museum. We have to move everything away before the owner wakes up. This is the most important thing!"

"Oh, of course, you are one of the four most trusted people of the master, you can do whatever you want."

"If it were the other three people, they would make the same arrangement. If you dare to doubt my decision next time, your end will be the same as those wizards who have been reduced to nourishment."

The previous wizard was silent.

……

a week later.

Inside the room on the second floor of the Leaky Cauldron.

Hardy had just sorted out all the runes on the Rubik's Cube, engraved them on parchment, and sent them to Charlie through an owl.

The wholehearted research of these few days has allowed him to completely reverse the production method of the Information Rubik's Cube.

"I don't know what is recorded on this information Rubik's Cube?"

Tapping his fingers on the table, Hardy leaned against the window, looking at a dilapidated laundromat opposite.

As long as Charlie is sure that Hardy's cracking of the Rubik's Cube is successful, the latter will be able to successfully obtain the magic manuscript of magic liberation from President Grant.

It's a pity that Hardy can't stay by Charlie's side to ensure his safety.

This means that he has little chance to get the other party's treasure.

This has to be said to be a big loss, but it is also something that can't be helped.

In addition, in the past few days, Braden has reported related matters to the Ministry of Magic.

A sting operation aimed at arresting Mr. Browning is currently being closely arranged around the laundry not far away.

(End of this chapter)