Although he caught three silent people in a row, there was still not much substantive gain. But for Maca, just meeting the woman in front of her is quite a reward.

Since these silent people were still desperately searching for Sirius, it meant that Sirius was not only alive, but had long since escaped their pursuit.

Now that Maca already knows that the other party has a companion who is searching, he must first adjust his priorities for handling affairs.

In order to ensure the safety of Sirius, who still didn't know where to hide, Maca decided to strike first, catching the last silent one before the other party found Sirius.

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

“…… Western. ”

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

……

Joshua was running, running under the dim lamplight...... He was terrified, and he didn't want to be punished for not completing his mission......

He must, must find the man named Sirius Black.

On a street in the West End, the young man who had split up with the woman she had captured by Maca was running for his life.

He had searched almost half of the neighborhood around here, but he hadn't found the strong man with his hair in a cloak so far.

“…… Not in the West End...... Not in the West End? His voice was shaking, and he didn't know if it was because he was running, or if he was just scared, "It must be in the South End...... ...... in the Southern District"

There was a faint black mist on his body, and it seemed that he would turn into crazy darkness at any time due to the violent fluctuations in his spirit.

Suddenly, his toes stumbled on a raised tile and he fell to the ground. When he scrambled to get up again, sticky blood flowed from the palm of his hand that was holding the floor and his forehead that was on the floor tiles.

But he seemed to stand up unconsciously, and ran forward again.

The streets were deserted in the middle of the night, only the sound of his footsteps echoing, and the darkness around him made him feel as if he was in an abyss, and the shadows around him seemed to be devoured by some monster.

Joshua was a timid boy from an early age, afraid of the dark, of being alone, of small spaces, of deep corridors......

But what he feared most was the demon-like master.

Therefore, he could not stop, no matter how scared he was. As soon as he thought of the cruel punishment he would face if he failed to complete his mission, he had to forget everything that scared him.

Yes, "learn to leave it behind" - a companion once taught him that. That's what you say, but how do you throw it?

“…… Ah, it hurts...... It's so dark...... It's horrible......"

He ran straight ahead, stepping into the light curtain of the streetlamp again and again, and leaving again and again.

“…… Bleeding! Bleeding again...... It's horrible......"

He turned a corner and slipped again, but he forced his grip on the pole of the streetlight. As the lamppost swayed, the light above his head went out one by one.

“…… You can't just go back...... To complete the task...... Can't ......"

He passed by the bookstore, and there seemed to be rats squeaking in the alley next to him, and he tried not to listen, not to think, and he tried to bury his head in the pavement beneath his feet.

"Ahh

“…… What's going on? Someone screaming? Woman? ”

Joshua jerked his head up, the messy sweaty ends of his hair under the hood obscuring most of his vision for a moment. But he still saw it clearly-

Next door to the bookstore, the door of a potion shop was ajar. And on the stone steps of the doorway, a beautiful woman stood stiff, her mouth wide open with a frightened expression.

No, Joshua's concern wasn't about women—he wasn't afraid of women, but he wasn't very good at coping, and he felt he probably hated women.

His focus was on what the woman was holding in her hand.

“…… It's a robe...... It's the robe worn by the man named Sirius Black! ”

Joshua paused, then shook off his legs and ran towards the woman like crazy. He roared in his throat like a frightened beast.

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

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

Joshua didn't notice it for a moment, and was slammed on the door of his head by the ragged black robe, covering his entire head underneath.

Suddenly, his vision was limited, and his already injured forehead slammed against the door panel through his robe.

“…… Not. ”

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

Joshua crouched down on the steps, scratched and ripped open his robe, and then took it in front of his eyes to check it - yes, it was the black robe made of fur, it must have been the man's!

He had just climbed up with the door panel, trying to open the power to break through the wooden door and break in. But just as he was about to do so, a woman's conversation sounded on the second floor of the potion shop.

"Upper!"

Joshua quickly stepped down the steps to the middle of the street, looking up at the second-floor window. Immediately afterward, I saw a large thick black mist burst out from his body, rushing up from the street into the air.

The robe landed on the pavement tiles with a click.

However, Joshua, who wanted to rush into the window on the second floor of the potion shop, failed to fulfill his intentions.

At the moment when he turned into black mist and rose into the air, several red rays burst out from the other side of the street, and not even a single blow was wasted, all of them poured down on him.

The impact of the forward and successive attacks sent the black mist flying backwards dozens of feet away. Seconds later, Maca stepped on her magic book, swept through the street at high speed, and came to a steady stop where the robe had fallen.

"This is Sirius's ......," Maca fell to the ground, bending down to pick up her black robe, and looked left and right at the same time, "Is it around here?" ”

In fact, he didn't need to look for it, and soon his eyes fell on the second floor of the potion shop.

Although the curtains were drawn in the window, and there was not the slightest light between the gaps in the curtains, in the room with the windows closed, the curtains were shaking slightly, which looked a little suspicious.

Maca didn't think much more, he immediately raised his staff and pointed to the window. At the same time that the window sash was opened by him, he was already stepping on the magic book and scurrying in.

He was greeted by a disarming spell and three figures vanishing in the vortex of apparitions.

"Sirius?"

Maca casually blocked the spell that shot at him, and secretly said that he was terrible.

Just now, he vaguely saw the general appearance of the three departed men—Sirius, and two other women he didn't recognize.

One of the women, with Sirius' retinue appearing and leaving; The other was the younger girl who cast the disarming spell at him at the end.

In fact, he could see the girl at the end more clearly, after all, in order to stop him, the other party left a little slower.

As for Sirius, who was taken away first, to be honest, he probably wouldn't have recognized the guy if he hadn't recognized the ragged pants he was wearing.

“…… Didn't you say that there was only one last accomplice left? Maca frowned, "The effect of the elixir is definitely fine, that is...... There were also two groups in this operation? Or are those two reinforcements from the posterior? ”

He exhaled a little annoyed, then flew out of the window with the magic book and scurried after the silent one he had just shot away.

……

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

With two crackling explosions, three people emerged from the distorted space one after another. Olivia, who had appeared with Sirius' retinue, sat down on the grass with the former, looking a little embarrassed.

Abigail, who appeared next, held his knees and looked frightened.

“…… I'm fed up! She flicked her wand and sniffled slightly, "I never thought I'd one day cast a spell on a terrible dark wizard!" It's simply ...... It's ......."

"Abby, there's a dark wizard in there?" Olivia said in surprise.

"Yes!" Abigail also sat down on the grass and said in despair, "It's terrible, will they send someone to kill me?" I've never done anything bad—"

"Didn't you use the 'hairy charm' to trick your neighbor's Joseph when you were a child? You forgot? Olivia blinked and smiled.

"Don't talk about all that trivial!" Abigail huffed, "Especially in front of this man!" ”

Sirius lay limply in the grass, and he shook his head a little helplessly at Abigail's words.

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

"That's right! It's because of you! Abigail said angrily, "Give me a good memory!" This is what you owe me! ”

"Of course, you're right......" Sirius sighed, "yes, are you alright?" Are there any injuries? So urgent apparition shift—"

"Don't be too underestimated!" Abigail turned her head and glared at him, "I passed the Phantom Manifestation Test in the first attempt!" Nothing ever went wrong! ”

"I've seen you practice on your own many times by yourself!" Olivia immediately debunked, "That's against the rules!" ”

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