Outside the window, a light rain crackled against the glass, and Snape looked outside, and even a sudden shower could not disperse the fog that had permeated the industrial city of Cokworth.

The sky is still foggy, and you can only vaguely see houses made of identical bricks and tiles outside the window, which is the architectural style that belongs to Spider Tail Alley, Severus? Snape grew up in a filthy environment full of Muggle workers and a large tall chimney in the middle of the town.

The only thing that would make Snape nostalgic was outside of Spider's Tail Alley, within walking distance, of his childhood neighbor, Lily? The residence of the Evans family.

Shaking his head and banishing the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind, Snape sat behind his desk, the expression on his face as gloomy as the weather outside the window.

There was a large pile of miscellaneous items scattered on the table, two quills lying flat, an unsealed bottle of ink, a few thick stacks of papers, and some small colorful potion bottles.

The most conspicuous thing is the large stack of newspapers spread out in the center of the table, and the striking and jumping movable font on the masthead indicates which publishing house they come from.

There are "Magic Letters", "New Century Magic Tip Report", "Wizard Weekly" and so on, and the dark yellow newspaper on the top page is windless and automatic, and there are two thin branches curling around its name at the header, which reads - "Daily Prophet".

The big headlines in the daily newspaper were enchanted, constantly jumping and spinning, as if they were about to fly out of the newspaper, declaring that today's headlines were absolutely explosive news, and the editors of the newspaper did not hesitate to give a full eight pages all around today's headlines - "Hogwarts Riot!" - Cadets defected! 》

Snape caught a glimpse of the newspaper out of the corner of his eye, and he waved it on the table in annoyance, swept it to the ground, and knocked over the bottle of ink without a lid, and the splash of ink spilled on the corner of the table and the ground, flowing down the ground like a small river.

"Ning'an ......"

Snape's sallow skin turned pale in the dim weather, and the wings of his hooked nose fluttered, and he read out the name of the student he had admired the most, and it was the same student who shouted "Dig into the bones" in front of him.

The feeling of betrayal burned Snape's heart once more, and he clenched his hands into fists, only to release them unnaturally after a moment, and with a deep sigh, the room fell silent, except for the "crackling" sound of raindrops.

On the other side, in the village of Otley-St. Castlepole in Devon, a four- or five-storey house stands crookedly on a plain full of fields and clusters of trees.

Four or five chimneys on the roof were smearing with smoke, and a sign diagonally planted in front of the door read: Burrow.

The Weasleys are gathering at the dinner table, and Arthur, the head of the family? Weasley had just gotten off work from the Ministry of Magic, and the strange hand of the wall clock hanging on the kitchen wall was firmly anchored in the "Dinner" column.

"According to the Daily Prophet on June 7, the reasons for the early closure of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have been ascertained, as we all know, Hogwarts suddenly announced the closure of classes two weeks ago, and all students returned to school and returned to their homes, according to some students, there were Aurors from the Ministry of Magic who blocked Hogwarts - the reporter was later confirmed by this news in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

At the dinner table, two twin brothers, who looked almost identical, read with great interest as they pulled one side of the newspaper:

"According to internal sources, there was a serious riot at Hogwarts, where several Slytherin students unleashed a terrible basilisk and attacked their professors, four of whom have been arrested with the approval of the Ministry of Magic, and the remaining two are still at large. Breithwaite's detailed coverage for you. ”

"—" Ron? Weasley slouched listlessly on the edge of the table, forking the corn kernels on his plate

"The basilisk isn't ...... The ...... they put out It's that diary...... Diary. ”

But Fred and George didn't wait for Ron to finish, and the two of them continued to read aloud to themselves

"It is reported that the leader of the whole incident is a second-year student of Slytherin House - Ning An, who is a member of an organization in the house called 'Snake Letter', and several students involved in the case are members of this organization, two of them confessed after interrogation that they had used the Unforgivable Curse on others at one time or another-"

"Shhh Weasley set her knife and fork aside, and she looked at her twin brother with a stern face

"Don't read it—Fred, George—oh my God, it's horrible, I don't want your brothers and sisters to hear this at the dinner table!"

"Mom, Ginny and I were there—" Ron moaned feebly, looking so listless for some reason.

"I said – don't talk at dinner! - And don't talk about it to your sister again! Mrs. Weasley was a little angry, and she yelled at her children.

"Calm down...... Molly ...... "Arthur? Weasley tried to calm down his wife

"As for this, after all, it happened at their school, and I guess the kids have the right to know - it also allows them to tell what kind of friends they should have-"

As if persuaded by the last sentence, Mrs. Weasley's chest was puffed up like a frog, and after listening to her husband's words, she finally collapsed back in her seat, and when she saw her mother's acquiescence, the two brothers excitedly continued to read:

"After an interview, the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia? Born said: Samantha, the two students who have confessed their crimes to the Aurors? Powell and Walter? Jackson will be tried by the Wizengamot, with a trial date scheduled for the first of next month. Lanz and Daphne? Greengrass had been bewitched by magic, and given that the two were still students, the Ministry of Magic would deal with them lightly as appropriate—"

"It's so dark—" Ron muttered, and then he turned to look at Arthur, who also worked in the Division of Magical Law Enforcement? Mr. Weasley asked:

"Dad, they're going to get away with it, aren't they?"

Arthur paused for a moment, he didn't expect his youngest son to ask such a sharp question, and he didn't know how to answer it at once

"Uh...... Yes? You mean Lanz and Greengrass? - This Mr. Lantz is the deputy director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters...... The influence of the Greengrass family is indeed quite large...... The point is, they're just being bewitched......"

Arthur was a little speechless driven, but Percy at the table? Weasley cleared him

"Ron? How can you beak the decision of the Ministry of Magic like that? That's a decision from a lot of directors and directors—"

"I don't want to hear from you, Percy—"

"Mr. Barty Crouch, former director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and now director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and a member of the Wizengamot, said that he wanted to put Samatha? Powell and Walter? The two Jacksons are sent to Azkaban and say that they are the seeds of evil in the new century. ”

Fred and George interrupted Ron before they could argue with his brother, and Fred was holding a page of the newspaper with a Barty ? Crouch's photo, in his mid-fifties, with short, unkempt gray hair, is pictured in a wizard's robe and a Wizengamot hat, shouting solemnly at the people reading the newspaper

"I'm going to send these evil seeds to Azkaban."

On the other side, the newspaper that George was holding was a photo of Samantha and Walter, Samantha had a soft face and seemed to be a beautiful girl at first glance, and he stared at George with a cruel and strange expression, and he couldn't help but shudder

"Oh- how I don't remember such a horrible guy at school." He turned his head to his twin brother and complained as he read the text underneath the photo, which read:

"Samantha? Powell, a third-year Hogwarts student, was suspected of manipulating, harming, and torturing Archibald in September 1992 with the Diamond Heart Charm? McLeish, a poor student......

"Drill Heart Curse...... "George? Weasley looked at Samantha's picture again, and the portrait in the photo was replaced by a smiling face, but the smiling face was a little distorted, which made it very uncomfortable to look at.

He hurriedly turned his gaze to another photograph of a short, ugly wizard with gray eyebrows and hair, looking very old, staring at the front with a gloomy expression, without saying a word.

Underneath the photo it reads:

"Walter? Jackson, a fourth-year Hogwarts student, was suspected of manipulating, harming, and using the Imperius Charm to take control of Archibald in September 1992? McLeish, a poor student......

"This time it's the Imperius Curse......"

George? Weasley didn't read it, and even though he was a very optimistic person, he was still depressed when he read the news, and he didn't want to read the negative stuff to his family.

"According to Rufus, the owner of the Auror office? Scrimgeour said his Aurors had reason to suspect that at least one robbery, one disappearance, and one murder were related to the escaped students, the leader of the Serpentine Order, and the mastermind behind a series of incidents of victimization. ”

Fred's voice rang out beside him, and he read another page of the news, which was covered today by almost the entire page of the Daily Prophet.

"Oh my God......"

Mrs. Weasley covered her head in some pain, murder? As soon as she heard this, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine, thinking of her children staying with such a terrible person to go to school, Mo Li's heart was pounding, how afraid she was that her children would be hurt!

"Hogwarts should do away with Slytherin!" Molly? Weasley screamed in anger.

"Molly......" Arthur said comforting his wife.

Fred didn't make a sound, he moved his gaze to the bottom, where there was a photo of Zhang Ning'an, a boy who looked quiet, with black hair and black pupils, looking ahead with a smile, as for the following text In order not to further stimulate his mother, Fred did not read it, only to see that the newspaper read:

"The Aurors say they're sure Callidora, who is also a Hogwarts student? Shafiq's disappearance is related to Ning'an, and the Aurors are still uncertain about whether or not Kalidora has been murdered, and they say that they are still doing their best to find Kalidora."

Fred then looked down

"The day before yesterday, the Ministry of Magic's Auror Kingsley? Shackel found Mondongus, who had been missing for a long time, in Hogsmeade? Fletch's corpse, it is reported that Mundungus died from a sudden killing curse.

Before his death, Mundungus investigated Ning'an's whereabouts, and the Aurors were convinced that Ning'an was responsible for the murder."

"Murder ......"

Fred muttered under his breath, he had seen Ning'an too, remembered that Harry had been very good friends with him, but now the gentle Slytherin student in his mind who made him feel good was gone, replaced by an increasingly vague impression.

He lowered his head and continued to read the last paragraph of the report

"At the same time, the robbery that took place at a Muggle gold shop in downtown London on May 18 was confirmed by the Aurors to be Ning'an, and the terrible dark wizard blew up the entire street and then ransacked a gold shop.

The Aurors had to cast the Oblivion Charm on the entire street after asking for confessions, and the clerks of the Magical Accident Disaster Division spent a lot of effort repairing the streets with the Restoration Charm."

In the last big square column of the full-page newspaper, there were two enlarged photos, a boy with black hair and black eyes, it was Ning An.

The other, who looked slightly older, wore gold-rimmed glasses and had an inscrutable smile on his face, and Fred saw the words written underneath: Pani? Starr

The names of both men were followed by parentheses, and in parentheses it was written in bold letters: Fugitive

A small line directly below reads:

"The Ministry of Magic has issued Wanted Notice No. 23117

Pani? Starr, male, 18 years old, Dark Wizard, Involved in attacks on Hogwarts professors and other activities of the criminal organization Serpent Letter, Danger Level: Dangerous.

Quiet? Ning, male, 13 years old, dark wizard, suspected of using a killing curse to murder wizard Mundungus? Fletsch, commanding Samantha? Powell, Walter? Jackson used the Unforgivable Curse, which was related to a disappearance case and a kidnapping case, and created the criminal organization "Snake Letter", which can use three unforgivable spells, dangerous level: extremely dangerous.

If you have any of these two of them, please contact your local Ministry of Magic or the Aurors, we appreciate that

Ministry of Magic

Division of Magical Law Enforcement, Auror Command

International Department of Magical Cooperation, International Magical Law Office

Joint Release"