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"This is the specific situation I know. If you have no other questions, I will let everyone continue the discussion." Wei Ge said.

"Okay." Ryan replied. He put his mind to it and planned to listen to what these little geniuses usually talked about.

The token was quiet for a while, and then sounds started to come out one after another.

"Friends who want to come to France, here's the good news. The Ministry of Magic's martial law has been relaxed a lot."

"What if we have to leave France?"

"Haha, you still have to wait for a while. You have a task at hand anyway, right?"

"What are you doing? The situation has been too tense recently, right?"

"Friends in France, what happened over there?"

“I remember the encore was in France.”

"Hey, Anchorius, are you listening?"

"Here, you are too loud, Portis! I don't know what happened, but things suddenly became strict in August."

Ryan's eyelids twitched, and he felt like something key had passed through his mind.

He closed his eyes and thought carefully for a while, but couldn't find any clues or inspiration.

Ryan no longer struggled. He knew that he would not be able to figure it out for a while, so he continued to pay attention to the conversation in the token.

"...I haven't heard of anything serious, and there haven't been any vicious cases published in the newspapers."

"What's in the newspaper may not be everything. However, my father works in the Ministry of Magic, and he didn't receive any news. He only said that the Auror Office suddenly issued a death order."

Ryan said: "Can you know when it happened?"

"Uh, what do you mean?" The man's voice was a little awkward. He didn't expect that the diving reservist would suddenly interrupt.

The token became quiet again, as if everyone was waiting for Ryan to speak.

"I would like to ask, did your father ever say when the death order was issued by the Auror Office?"

"I didn't ask in detail about this. However, I can remember that my father had a tantrum when he came home that day. It happened on the 27th, but I think the martial law should have been earlier, because he was angry for several days in a row. Busy.”

"Your father is an Auror?" Ryan asked.

"No, he works at the Office for the Regulation of Magical Creatures... Well, why do you ask?"

Ryan held his chin: "Nothing, just a casual question. You are in France, right? If you have a newspaper at hand, could you please check what happened around August 8th?"

"Okay, but I think it's best if you don't have too high expectations. I don't remember anything big happening recently."

"It doesn't have to be a big deal, you can talk about anything abnormal or interesting." Ryan said. He thought about it and added, "Also, pay attention to news related to magical animals..."

"Here is one!" Another person said, "It's really not a big deal. On August 8, a magical animal breeding center in Toulouse was stolen, and three silenced birds disappeared."

There are still many enthusiastic people in this organization. Ryan smiled and asked: "Is there any other news besides this?"

"I think there is nothing left. The Ministry of Magic will not block France because of the weird sister marrying the funny brother. Oh, here is another one, Gilderoy Lockhart's global signing tour... Well, the best-selling author should also It’s not like the Ministry of Magic is so serious.”

Ryan nodded secretly: "Then, I think it is probably related to the three soundless birds."

"No." Another person denied, "The theft of the Silent Bird is indeed a property loss, but it is not serious enough to require a blockade of France."

"The Silent Bird is not just a Silent Bird." Ryan said, "It also represents the Veritaserum..."

"What I mean is that the property damage of Silent Bird includes the risk of someone making veritaserum." The man replied, "Even if it is a hundred bottles of veritaserum, the Ministry of Magic may not actually do it. You know , an incredible amount of materials end up on the black market every year.”

Ryan thought for a while and agreed with the man's statement. He responded: "You are right. There may be deep-seated reasons for this matter, but I personally feel that it is still related to magical animals. After all, Auror matters People who come to the Office for the Regulation of Magical Creatures are generally not summoned.”

"Indeed, I will try to find out again."

"If necessary, you can check what other functions the Silent Bird has." Ryan said, "By the way, I want to ask, can you provide potion materials?"

If possible, Ryan planned to obtain some materials from the Priory, so that no one would guess that he was making Polyjuice Potion.

Wei Ge's voice rang out at the right time: "Not yet, you are not yet one of our members. We have no reason to let a formal member risk exposing his true identity to deliver potion materials to you."

"You can use an owl," Lane said.

Wei Ge's voice was a little weird: "To use Owl, we need to know the name of the recipient. Are you willing to tell us the real name now?"

Ryan shrugged awkwardly, but he immediately relaxed when he thought that he couldn't see from the other side.

"Sorry, I didn't think well." Ryan replied.

In the end, you still have to rely on yourself, he sighed.

Seeing that everyone had no intention of continuing to communicate, Ryan cut off the transmission of magic power and threw the cooled token back into the corner of the Room of Requirement.

He bowed towards the faintly glowing crystal ball in the center of the room and left the Room of Requirement.

After flying lessons on Friday afternoon, Ryan deliberately pretended to be sneaky and strolled slowly through the auditorium for a while before heading towards the corridor where toady Gregory was.

After a while, Ryan noticed a "little tail" stuck to the back of his butt.

Malfoy had been working very hard these days. He and his followers took turns staring at the underground passages and the auditorium, and finally caught the sneaky Ryan.

He followed Ryan quietly, hiding in the shadows of the castle buildings from time to time, fearing that he would be discovered.

Perhaps it was the excitement of leaving school that paralyzed Ryan's vigilance. He never looked back until he arrived at the statue of the toady Gregory, and then he looked around.

Malfoy quickly hid behind a statue.

Ryan squeezed past the fat body of the toady Gregory and entered a dim passage.

"Fluorescent flashes."

A ball of soft light lit up at the tip of Ryan's wand, making things in the passage clearly visible.

This is a secret road that has been dug quite roughly. The section closest to Lane is paved with stone bricks, but as it goes down into the mountain, the road is entirely covered with uneven stones.

The passage was filled with a dry, decaying smell. Every time Ryan took a step, he could smell the dust he brought up, so he added another bubble spell to himself.

He continued to walk forward, the rock wall gradually became wet, and occasionally he could hear the sound of water. Ryan knew that he was near the Black Lake.

After walking for quite a while, the terrain began to gradually rise. Finally, Ryan poked his head out beside a wall surrounded by woods.

He looked around the environment and recognized that this was the place where senior students entered the school at the beginning of the semester. Not far away was the extraordinary wrought iron gate of Hogwarts. There were stone pillars on both sides of the door, and the top of the stone pillar was with wings. wild boar.

Ryan continued walking for a while, until the iron door was no longer visible, and then used his wand to call the Knight Bus.

The one who got on the bus for security check was still the same Auror with the scarred face from before, but there were far fewer Aurors accompanying him in the bus. It seemed that the Ministry of Magic felt that there were no clues to be found on the Knight Bus.

Ryan drank the polyjuice antidote according to the rules. After passing the inspection, he reported the address of his neighborhood.

On the other side, Malfoy also stood at the door of the potions office.

He took a deep breath and wiped his face vigorously to prevent himself from laughing out loud because he was too happy.

Malfoy knocked on the potions office door.

An emotionless and gloomy voice came from the office: "Come in!"

Malfoy adjusted his breathing, opened the door and walked in.

"Good afternoon, Professor Snape." He said in a serious tone, "I want to report an egregious violation of regulations to you."