Chapter 164 The Death Eaters and Aurors' Next Move

A week has passed since Sherlock returned from his home at this time.

During this week, Sherlock and Amy did not go out again and stayed in the guest room of the Leaky Cauldron.

Today's weather is very good. London has a rare clear sky. Amy sat in front of the window, hoping that the wind would make the windmill that Sherlock sold her move.

However, after waiting for a long time, there was no wind, so she could only pout her lips and blow the windmill under the sunlight.

Sherlock did not pay attention to Amy's self-entertainment. He was spreading a map of England on the table.

According to the timeline he and Snape came to, the first "Welsh Violence Incident", the largest Death Eater attack in the wizarding world this year, and the places where the Death Eaters appeared in the wizarding world in the past month were all marked.

He found that there was actually a connection between the occurrence of these attacks.

One day after the "Welsh Violence Incident", another Death Eater massacre of two Muggles occurred in Hereford, not far from Wales.

Two days later, in Birmingham, not far from Hereford, wizards witnessed a core member of the Death Eaters, "Rabastan Lestrange", bombing a Muggle residence with three people.

Two days later, a fire broke out in Northampton, and a Muggle died in the fire. The Ministry of Magic obviously sensed the element of dark magic from the fire.

Three days later, in Luton, more than 40 kilometers away from London, two masked Death Eaters rode on flying brooms and kept using the killing curse on the ground in mid-air. Fortunately, the location was in the wild, and only a few Muggles witnessed someone riding on a broom and flying up. No one was injured or killed. It is unknown who the Death Eaters were attacking.

One day later, the day when Karkaroff and Rowle came to the Leaky Cauldron to search for Amy, a huge explosion occurred in the wilds of Cambridge. No one died, but some Muggles witnessed the abnormal explosion and saw the Dark Mark flashing in the sky. Afterwards, the Ministry of Magic's memory cancellation team erased the Muggles' memories of these things.

Two days later, in Petrograd, north of Cambridge, a Muggle wizard was captured by Death Eaters passing by. Before the Aurors arrived, he was tortured to death.

Then three days later, in today's new issue of the Daily Prophet, it was reported that more than a dozen Death Eaters appeared in Lincolnshire in northern England, and the leader was the Dark Lord's top confidant "Bellatrix Lestrange".

Sherlock counted all the places where Death Eaters appeared after Wales and drew them on the map with red circles.

It was found that from Wales, the Death Eaters' actions were getting closer to London, but after arriving in Luton, the closest to London, they immediately turned to the northwest and left.

From Cambridge to Petrograd and then to Lincoln, the Death Eaters would appear in a city in the northwest of England every two days.

They seemed to be moving towards a target in a planned way. At first, the target should be from Wales to London, and then for some reason, after arriving in Luton, they began to change their target.

Because the time was close, Sherlock suspected that this was very likely related to the Death Eaters' desire to find Amy.

If we interpret the next actions of these Death Eaters, and continue to move northwest, then they will most likely appear in Sheffield, a central city in the UK.

Of course, it is also possible to go further north and choose York in the north.

Sherlock looked at the map of Britain that he had drawn circles on, and he could see that the Death Eaters did not hide their next direction of action.

He could infer the Death Eaters' target by relying only on the Daily Prophet and the gossip of idle wizards in the Leaky Cauldron.

It made no sense that the Aurors, who had more specific information and more intelligent people, would not guess the next destination of the Death Eaters.

He drew a big circle with Sheffield as the center and the edge extending to York.

Each city in this circle may become the battlefield between the Death Eaters and the Aurors.

In this month, Voldemort's men's actions one after another have created big news. The Ministry of Magic will certainly not let the negative news ferment like this. It is very urgent to take an action that can achieve a major victory to inspire the confidence of the magic people.

Sherlock looked at the circle he drew, thought for a long time, and decided to go over and take a look.

There is definitely danger, but this is also the best opportunity for him to contact the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. Even if it goes smoothly, it is not impossible to successfully sneak into the Auror Command Center with this opportunity.

Because there are many people he is familiar with in the Auror team at this time.

For example, Moody, he is still the mainstay of the Aurors. Even though his body is disabled, he is still one of the top Aurors.

Another example is Kingsley. He has just joined the Auror team, but he has already shown his talents. Among the performances of the new generation of Aurors, he is exceptionally eye-catching.

Although Sherlock certainly couldn't recognize these two people at this time, he could get close to them by being familiar with their personalities and tempers, and let them become his introducers.

Having already determined the plan in his mind, Sherlock was ready to leave next.

Unlike last time, he naturally couldn't take Amy with him this time. At first, Sherlock thought about handing Amy over to Snape and asking him to help take care of her.

But if you think about Snape's personality carefully, it's not certain who will take care of whom when he and Amy are together.

Amy, who was playing with the windmill, also noticed Sherlock's hesitation, and she asked with her head tilted.

"Are you going to go out, John?"

Sherlock rubbed her head.

"Yes, but the place we're going to this time is a little dangerous, so you can't take Amy with you."

"Amy can stay here by herself."

"Aren't you afraid that no one will play with you?"

Amy shook her head, and her long light golden hair rippled with white scales in the sun.

"Before she met John, Amy had always been alone, so she wasn't afraid."

Hearing her words, Sherlock fell silent, and after a while pinched Amy's smooth face.

"When I come back, I'll take Amy to the amusement park, okay?"

Amy didn't seem to have any idea what an amusement park was, but she was very happy as long as she was taken out.

"Okay!"

She took an amulet from her neck and handed it to Sherlock.

"This is what Dad gave to Amy, saying that it would bring good luck to Amy. Amy can lend it to John, and John will definitely have good luck this time."

Sherlock laughed, he didn't refuse, took the amulet from Amy's hand, and hung it around his neck.

Then he got up and went to Diagon Alley first, and bought a lot of snacks and some pumpkin porridge that could be heated by itself, and sandwiches that would stay fresh as long as the packaging was not opened, and these magical foods were left for Amy, who would be alone in the hotel next time.

After Amy was settled, he went to tell Snape that he would leave the Leaky Cauldron for a while. Snape naturally did not express his opinion on this matter, but just asked him to get out and not disturb him while making medicine.

Finally, Sherlock told Tom not to go into his room to clean up, and then used the fireplace of the Leaky Cauldron to go to Sherfield.

The landing point was the Owl Post Office set up by the Ministry of Magic in Sherfield.

The green flames wrapped around Sherlock's body, and the flames occupied all the space around him. After a violent rotation, he stepped on the solid ground again.

Slightly choking floating dust swirled around him. This season is certainly not the time to use the fireplace. A lot of dust has accumulated in the idle furnace pit.

While Sherlock used the cleaning spell on his body, he walked out of the fireplace, and an older wizard who was sitting on a chair in the room reading a newspaper stared at him and asked.

"Oh, a young man, what are you doing in Sherfield?"

Sherlock blinked and looked at the old wizard who should be the manager of the Owl Post Office.

"Do I need to explain my purpose when I use the Ministry of Magic's public fireplace to teleport?"

The old wizard put down the Daily Prophet in his hand without commenting.

"Of course, you don't need to explain your purpose, but if you don't have something very important, I suggest you try not to stay in this city for too long."

His words were very meaningful. His tone seemed to be admonishing, but in fact he wanted to show off that he knew some secret things, and then use such words to induce Sherlock to ask questions.

It's a typical mentality that you can't hide your words when you get older.

Sherlock was of course very cooperative with this.

"I'm here to travel, sir, is there something going on here?"

Hearing Sherlock's question, the old wizard showed a satisfied look on his face, but he didn't tell him the "secret" he had discovered.

"You just need to know that if there is nothing, try not to stay here for a long time, and leave as soon as possible."

He was playing a riddle, and then sighed.

"It's getting more and more chaotic now. I have to hurry up and ask the Ministry about my retirement application. It's time for me to go home and enjoy my old age."

After listening to what he said, Sherlock walked out of the Owl Post Office calmly.

Even if the old wizard didn't say it clearly, Sherlock could guess that the Ministry of Magic had obviously taken some action here.

Sure enough, the Aurors had also seen the movements of the Death Eaters, and as he judged, they believed that they would appear in Shelfield next.

Of course, it is also possible that the Aurors have deployed personnel in York, Shelfield and several surrounding cities. After all, with the existence of Apparition, they can provide support at any time.

Moreover, they did not conceal their actions too much. Even the old man who was in charge of guarding the Owl Post Office, who was an employee who was considered to be the outermost employee in the Ministry of Magic, knew some inside information, so there was definitely no special concealment.

The movements of the Death Eaters were also a bit too strange. Their continuous attacks seemed to be aimless, and their routes were not hidden at all, as if they were deliberately luring the Aurors to come and capture them.

Moreover, such seduction was an open conspiracy. If the Aurors did not come, it would inevitably spread the public opinion of the Ministry of Magic's inaction throughout the magic world, arousing the dissatisfaction of the people.

Therefore, the Auror Command must send people, and a large number of people to Shelffield.

As the defending party, the Ministry of Magic was very passive, and every action it took was led by the Death Eaters. Such an obvious trap, they could only rely on brute force to crack.

Sherlock had no way to ask how the Aurors arranged it. After leaving the Owl Post Office, he took a taxi directly to the city of Shelffield and found a hotel here to book a room.

Sheffield is now in a historical transition period. It used to be the steel capital and industrial center of the UK.

Now, due to international competition and the collapse of the British coal industry, the local industry has declined, and the population has also decreased.

It was not until the 1990s that Sheffield officially transformed into a city of sports and technology and developed comprehensive industries.

After booking the hotel, Sherlock did not stay in the room, but walked out of the hotel and strolled around the streets of the city.

His goal was very clear, that is, to find those weirdos who were obviously different from normal people and carried a small wooden stick with them.

Even if Hogwarts set up a Muggle Research class, due to the rapid development of the Muggle era, wizards still lag far behind in their understanding of Muggles by several decades.

Therefore, wizards who have no intersection with Muggles in work and life for many years are always prone to making jokes when they dress up other than wizard robes.

Such jokes are rare in specially trained Aurors, but they cannot avoid some habits of wizards. More importantly, Aurors are always more accustomed to holding their wands in their hands at all times.

Because on the first day of Auror training, the instructors will warn them not to put their wands in their trouser pockets or sleeves if they don't want to blow their buttocks or arms up in an unclear situation.

Every Auror has basically developed the habit of keeping their wands in their hands all the time.

Through such details, Sherlock called a taxi and wandered around the city of Sheffield for a long time.

After paying thirteen pounds, he finally found a man in a windbreaker wandering around with an inconspicuous little stick in his hand at the intersection of a street.

After getting off the taxi, Sherlock did not choose to follow this wizard who was not sure whether he was an Auror, a Death Eater, or an innocent passerby.

He walked directly into a remote alley, summoned his own Patronus with the Patronus Charm, and then let it fly into the sky and follow the wizard.

Muggles cannot see the Patronus, so the silver crow will not cause any commotion. You just need to be careful to avoid the wizard's sight.