Chapter 257: The Disappearance of Mad-Eye Moody

Maca didn't think he would run into anyone, as he marked the end of the portkey outside the school gate. But who knows, it's a coincidence that there are people standing here and there is more than one person.

Because of something that happened in the school, the potholes left over from Dumbledore's battle at the school gate were forgotten for a while, and no one came to repair them until the holidays were about to end.

And now, the unlucky guy who was sat on the ground by Maca is none other than one of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, Mundungus Fletch.

Mundungus was a bearded, stocky wizard with long, tousled ginger hair, often bloodshot and swollen eyes, and an unpleasant smell of alcohol and cigarettes.

Like Maca's partner Tarino, Mundungus is a thug wizard at the lowest levels of the wizarding world.

But unlike Tarino, Mundungus's abilities are limited to a few humble deeds, which has led to the acquaintance of crooks and thieves. Although he is greedy by nature, he doesn't want to have enough skills like Tarino to make himself live a decent life.

In the Order of the Phoenix, he usually plays the role of an inquirement, and his loyalty is fine, but he often messes up a lot of things because of personality problems.

Speaking of which, before the Order of the Phoenix reopened, Maca had already seen him a few times through Tarino.

Maca grew up in a very bad environment since she was a child, so naturally she didn't have any disgust for people like Mundungus, even if the smell on his body was really strong, but Maca didn't care.

He took a moment to get up and watched Mundungus hum on the ground, but still shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

"Hurry up and pretend to be ...... Could it be that you still want to blackmail me for money? ”

Maca glared at him angrily, ignoring the pretending Mundungus and turning to greet the other two.

"Hey! Tonks, Hagrid......" He casually looked around, then continued, "Voldemort has been here?" How's it going? ”

Hagrid was still staring at him in a daze, not coming back to his senses!

Just now, they suddenly felt the wind around them be quiet, followed by a scream from Mundungus. They hurriedly turned to look, only to find Maca sitting on Montungus's chest, smiling and greeting him.

The most puzzling thing is that Maca still has a ...... in her hand A cartoon that I don't know who**!

"Oh......" Tonks' face darkened when she heard this, and she shook her head, "I think...... It's not a good situation......"

When Maca heard this, her brow furrowed slightly, he didn't want to hear any bad news, especially about Voldemort and the Black Death.

"What's going on?" He hurriedly asked.

"Everything else is good, Dumbledore chased away the ...... Voldemort, the Death Eaters also quickly retreated......" At this, Tonks hesitated for a moment, and then said gloomily, "But...... The crazy old man is missing, and he hasn't been found yet. ”

"Professor Moody?" Marka was stunned and said, "Everyone else is fine, but he's missing?" ”

"yes...... Before he disappeared, a girl had seen him. It is said that after they worked together to eliminate a strange man covered in black smoke, the mad old man was injured. He told the girl to tell Professor McGonagall to start the Knights of the Stone, and he stayed where he was, saying he wanted to rest......"

“…… And then disappeared? Maca answered, and Tonks nodded.

"Where did you go missing?" Maca then asked, "And, what did Dumbledore say?" ”

"The last place I saw him was at the back entrance of the castle, on the side of the underground dock...... There are still traces of a battle. Tonks replied truthfully, "Professor Dumbledore didn't say anything, and looked confused. ”

Maca thought for a moment, then waved her hand and said, "You guys are busy first, I'll go to the scene to see if there are any clues that haven't been passed there yet, right?" ”

Tonks shook his head and said, "It's already cleaned up...... After all, it's been days, and it's still at school. ”

That kind of place is really bad for students to see, Hogwarts has already been attacked twice by the Death Eaters, and if the young wizards continue to panic, it is estimated that the parents will soon come to the door.

In fact, piles of owls flew into the dining room every day for breakfast these days, and letters rained down on the faculty chair in patches, almost drowning the table.

Both the dining students and the professors had to be baptized with a howling letter every day, and Snape was so angry that he waved his wand and killed several howling letters.

As soon as she heard that the scene was gone, Maca had to hurry to the principal's office after saying goodbye to the three of them.

……

“…… Professor Dumbledore? ”

In the Headmaster's room, Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk, calmly flipping through a copy of The Tales of the Poet Pedou. When Maca came to his desk, he looked up and smiled.

"Good afternoon, Maca."

Maca looked at Dumbledore inexplicably, he sensed that Dumbledore was a little different from before, but he couldn't tell what was different.

"Uh...... Professor," he blinked, then shook his head, putting the weird feeling aside for a moment, "I just heard that Professor Moody is missing?" ”

"Yes...... Dumbledore nodded, then gestured to the cabinet behind Marca, "The memories of the scene are in the meditation basin, you can look at it if you want to see it." ”

"Don't you know how he disappeared? No clues? ”

Instead of going to see it right away, Maca chose to ask Dumbledore first.

After all, in his opinion, if Dumbledore didn't know, he might not be able to see anything, and it was not too late to check it out later.

But Dumbledore shook his head.

"When Alastor disappeared, I didn't notice anything...... As for the clues......" he said, pausing again, "Miss Granger......

"Oh, I've heard Hermione's words already."

With that, Maca lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and seeing that Dumbledore didn't continue, she simply turned around and walked towards the cupboard with the meditation basin.

He expertly opened the cabinet door, and in a rippling silver light, he quietly immersed himself in Dumbledore's memories.

In a trance, Maca immediately realized that she was standing on the pier at the back door of the castle. It should have been morning, but there was still not much light on the surface of the lake, hidden under the cliffs.

"Morning?" Maca muttered to herself, "Did you not come until the next morning?" That is...... Number 25? ”

On this pier, there are traces of battle everywhere, and there are even several places sprayed on the ground, which makes people feel a little shocked.

As Maca glanced at it, his eyes were immediately drawn to something on the ground, an arm, and undoubtedly belonging to Mad-Eye Moody.

Or rather, it once belonged to him.

After frowning and taking a closer look, Maca paced back and forth a few more steps, constantly observing the traces around her, trying to find some clues.

But it wasn't long before he heard a stray stream of footsteps behind him, coming from far and near.

He turned around and saw familiar figures coming out the back door. And the one who took the lead, unexpectedly, was none other than our Miss Granger.

She looked a little pale at this moment, as if she was nervous, as if she was a little scared, but she was holding on to her composure.

“…… This is where I ...... Yes! ”

As she walked out of the doorway, she turned back and said something. But when she subconsciously looked further, she suddenly screamed in fear, and she also saw the arm on the ground.

Maca looked at her thoughtfully, thinking to herself: the time when Moody broke his arm should have been after Hermione left.

Hermione was followed by Dumbledore, followed by McGonagall, Snape, and Filch, who were called over, perhaps because Harry and Ron had also "wandered" around the area.

When they saw the shoulder-length severed arm, everyone was startled except for Dumbledore and Snape, who only frowned.

"Oh Merlin bless," Professor McGonagall said in surprise, "this ...... What's going on? ”

"Miss Granger, his arm was still on Alastor's shoulder before you parted, right?" Dumbledore, like Marca, thought of this immediately.

"Uh...... Yes, yes......" Hermione didn't dare look at the arm, she looked away and said in a trembling voice, "Professor Moody's shoulder was so badly injured that it was sunken and deformed...... But it's still on my body, and I also gave him the potion Maca gave me, saying that the healing effect on physical damage is quite powerful. ”

When Maca heard this, she immediately frowned Hermione was right, the powerful healing potion he prepared was improved on the basis of the white fresh potion in the past, and it was a powerful healing potion that was quite expensive.

As far as Hermione's "shoulder depression and deformation" is concerned, the kind of pure trauma only needs to wait a quarter of an hour after taking the potion to allow the effect of the medicine to exert its effect.

Obviously, Moody's may have been attacked, or

"With that crazy old man's character, if there was an emergency, he could really cut off his arm himself......" Maca shook her head, but she had to admire herself, "Whatever the reason, he probably wanted to guard the back door to prevent the enemy from breaking into the castle." ”

But at this moment, Maca keenly noticed that Dumbledore seemed to have thought of something, and his originally calm expression suddenly flashed a hint of gloom.

"What's wrong?" Maca looked at Dumbledore quizzically, muttering to herself.