"McLean?" Standing on top of the tower, Helmo squeezed Harry's shoulder and said, "I find it compelling to ask you a question first"

As he spoke, he raised his other free arm and gestured slightly towards the spiral town below.

"The people of this town...... Where have they gone? ”

It's not surprising that Helm would have such doubts, because he doesn't seem to be very interested in Spiral Town, but in fact, he is always "listening" to the actions and changes in the town.

So, when he entered Spiral Town and found that the facts were completely different from what he knew, he would of course be surprised and surprised.

As for how exactly Helbo paid attention to the situation in Spiral Town, and where the gap between reality and what he knew, it all started with the message that Hermione and Ron received from Maca in their temporary residence not long ago.

Although, it is evident that Maca prepared for this much earlier than that.

……

"Ron, what's written on it?"

Just as the dust in the makeshift dwelling suddenly turned into human form and handed a tissue paper to the two, Hermione on the stretcher couldn't help but stand up and ask.

"Uh," Ron said in amazement as he stared at the first sentence on the paper for a moment, "Maca said that the two survivors in the observation room were actually dead, but they didn't realize that they were dead...... Is there such a thing in this world? ”

However, in the face of Ron's astonishing truth, Hermione only raised her eyebrows, and even showed a slight surprise on her face.

"Ron," she urged, after a moment's pause, "and what?" There must be something more important written on it, right? ”

"Ahh Right! ”

Ron was only a little stunned by the message, and only after Hermione's reminder did he continue reading. After a while, I saw that the surprise in his expression gradually turned into worry.

"Maca says that they are already 'living corpses' and ...... It is highly likely that Helbo deliberately let them be discovered by the patrol team. Although they don't know it, the fact that they came to Spiral Town is to serve as Helbo's 'ears'. ”

Hearing this, Hermione nodded and said softly:

"I see, that's why they're completely different from the old Death Eater at Faversham......

As she whispered to herself, she was secretly pondering Maca's full intention to conceal the situation. After a moment, she continued:

“…… That's right, that's right! It seems that Maca deliberately locked them in the observation room and let us stay there as long as possible! He did this so that we, who were unaware, could reveal the situation and actions to Helbo in the most natural way, and only gave it to Delphi at the end...... Ron, what else? There should be content below! ”

Ron, who was listening to Hermione's gradual analysis, saw her ask, and then turned his gaze back to the paper, and read out the most crucial paragraph of the first three paragraphs:

"After reading this note, be sure to immediately inform Lupin and lead all the evacuees in the town to the central square. At that time, the secret passage will be opened, and the whole town will be evacuated urgently."

After reading the above words, Ron couldn't help but be stunned and said:

"Evacuate? Right now? ”

By the time the two arrived at the makeshift home, the fog had enveloped Canterbury, and the army of living corpses was already on their way. Beginning a retreat at this most pressing time naturally raises fears that it will not be too late.

However, if you want to move all the evacuees in the town in Helbo's "ears" without being noticed, you will probably have to fight once at this most dangerous time.

However, Hermione still had one last doubt in her mind about the plan to evacuate the town before the enemy attacked, what was the purpose of Marca's such painstaking arrangements?

Is it just to send everyone away from under Helbo's nose in the most sure way? No, if that's the case, why did you want everyone to take refuge here in the first place?

"Hermione?"

Seeing that she seemed to have come up with a god on a stretcher alone, Ron waited for a while, and finally couldn't help asking:

"Maca told us to finish the note and go to Lupin...... Isn't it time for us to go? ”

"Huh?"

Hermione came back to her senses when she heard this, and then Ron saw her immediately wave her hand to the doorway behind her.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted...... Walk! Let's go right over! ”

Maca's plan was apparently cautious and complete, and he divided each change into pieces, each time letting only a portion of the action be known to a different executor.

For example, Delphi didn't know the contents of this note from Hermione and Ron, but she was told by Maca to call them to a temporary residence at a certain time;

For example, when he and Lupin changed their plans earlier, he mentioned that the Spiral Town should be ready to retreat at any time;

For example, the entrance to the secret passage is only clear to Delphi and Luna, who knows all the details of the town in the mercury statue.

And when all the parts of the whole plan are gradually connected like this, it can be pieced together into a complete plan of action, so that one link of it will not be exposed and all his plans will be scrapped.

When Ron took Hermione to the New Ministry of Magic hall to inform Lupin, the retreat became quite swift thanks to Maca's prior warning. With the help of Luna, the Mercury statue, all the evacuees exited through a large secret evacuation tunnel hidden beneath the central plaza to the east of the coastal strip.

The retreat was undoubtedly a thorough one, including Kingsley and other combatants, as well as some of the key defenders in the plan, such as Hermione, Neville, and others.

It can be said that Maca intends to leave most of the protective measures there after they are turned on.

However, in the end, there are still people who still need to stay. In addition to Maca herself, there is Harry, who has been by his side since he fended off the army of living corpses, and Luna, who needs to maintain two layers of magical shields...... and Delphi, who was explicitly asked by Maca to stay in the observation room for the last period of time to confuse Helbo's audio-visuals.

This time, Delphi, who had not been able to go to the front line to help clean up the living corpses when necessary, finally fulfilled Maca's instructions seriously. Although...... Even Maca didn't know why she had stayed in the town and never moved.