Chapter Eighty-Six: Unexpected Information
Normal humans transform into dwarves?
Impossible, Rick shook his head, from the fact that he had survived Ferenze the centaur, he could tell that the other party was a very conceited wizard, and he was very arrogant.
It is impossible to disguise himself as any magical creature, and even a humanoid creature defined as a "human" by the Ministry of Magic will not transform into a low-level filthy being classified as a "magical creature" by wizards.
"When did the other party attack the centaurs? There seem to be two possibilities, one is that the centaurs charged at the murderer, but the murderer dodged it, and then was injured by the spell; The second is that the centaurs found that the other party was too strong, and was attacked when they turned around and fled.
Well...... The information obtained from Hagrid, coupled with the fact that Ferenze was able to face Voldemort and save Harry and the others last year, confirmed that Ferenze was not afraid of danger, and the second possibility could be ruled out.
There is also the question, why didn't the murderer attack head-on? He obviously has this strength. Was it because he didn't intend to hurt the centaurs in the first place? Or did the centaur attack annoy him? ”
I can't figure it out, Rick can't figure it out.
It doesn't matter, though.
Once there, Rick can see the truth.
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Whoosh!
It didn't take long for Rick to follow the bloodstain to the place where Ferenze the centaur had been attacked. As Rick had imagined, there weren't too many signs of a fight.
A small patch of bush was crushed so miserably that only a small section of the thick trunk clinging to the soil remained. Most of the shrubs are staggered, and although their backbones have been broken, they are still holding on and trying to survive.
Stumps and fallen leaves were scattered on the ground, some stained with dark brown stains. Brown horsehair is wrapped around the broken branches.
This is where the centaur Ferenze fell.
"Traces revealed!"
As the golden smoke cleared, Rick quickly found the centaur Ferenze and the killer's tracks.
He continued to wave his wand, causing golden smoke to rise from the footprints.
The golden smoke once again confirmed Rick's inference that Ferenze the centaur was indeed hit by the murderer's Splitting Charm and fell into the bushes after attacking the murderer.
It's a pity that the figure of the murderer is not outlined by the golden smoke, and can only show a magic attack.
The cunning murderer casts a distraction spell on his body to prevent the detection of his whereabouts.
"It's a difficult fellow, what the hell does he want to do when he comes to the Forbidden Forest? It's not just a treasure hunt! No way! No way! ”
A dark wizard who wants to erase his whereabouts all the time, his origin must not be simple.
Voldemort's Death Eater? Or some other dark wizard?
Suddenly there was one more such enemy, Rick couldn't help but tremble all over, the ordinary teaching life may be broken by this unknown dark wizard, no matter how you think about it, it is a thing that makes Rick excited.
When Rick was in the United States, the last time he captured the dark wizard was half a year ago, and the fact that he hadn't had a life-and-death confrontation with the powerful dark wizard for a long time had already made his body feel rusty.
If you don't move a little bit of your true character, your body will be wasted.
Whether it's against Snape or meeting the wizards you met in Grindelwald. None of that made Rick happy, at most it was just a warm-up.
As Rick longs to confront the killer of Centaur Ferenze, the scene is not over after the killer hits Centaur, and the golden smoke in front of him continues to paint a new picture.
The golden smoke tried its best to gather around the murderer's body, but due to the interference of the spell, it never succeeded in revealing the murderer's figure.
In Rick's eyes, the killer stood motionless, unaware of what he was doing, as if he wanted to make sure that Ferenze the centaur was still alive, or if he wanted to move on.
Countless golden smoke converged into a small whirlwind under the interference of the spell, and moved towards Ferenze the centaur with furious speed.
Swell! Shrink! Swell! Shrink!
The frequency is as fast as a stimulated heart.
If the golden smoke turns black, it will look like a rampage of silence.
"Huh? A house-elf? Why did he kidnap a house elf??? ”
Just as Rick was about to get a glimpse of him, the figure of an elf emerged from the golden whirlwind that enveloped the murderer, and the house-elf broke free from the murderer's restraints and fell to the ground.
The murderer, who was wrapped in golden smoke into a small whirlwind, pounced on the house-elf, but the house-elf had already prepared, and when he was about to pounce, he directly used the phantom transformation to disappear.
On the other side, the centaur Ferenze, who fell to the ground, also took advantage of the murderer's distraction, stood up with difficulty, and fled to the rear.
Seeing that the target in his hand had fled, the murderer was a little angry. He vented his anger as the golden smoke around the whirlwind suddenly spread like a shockwave, and then the whirlwind vanished, leaving the killer.
"It's the house-elf from the previous one! The one who takes the lead! ”
Although the house-elves outlined by the golden smoke of the tracking spell only appeared for a second, Rick could clearly see that the other party was one of the house-elves he was looking for, the house-elves who guided his companions eastward.
"Why capture a house-elf? Could he be the one who took Ginny's notebook? The murderer who unleashed the basilisk? ”
The effect of the tracking spell has worn off, and Rick stands motionless in place, and the sudden appearance of the mysterious murderer makes it difficult for Rick not to think of the other two events.
His sixth sense told him that the killer who attacked Ferenze the centaur must have something to do with the murderer who unleashed the basilisk.
"It's just a possibility. I can't be limited by this conjecture, what if it's just a coincidence?! ”
Rick tapped his head a few times with his wand to keep himself from falling into the trap of speculation.
An experienced Auror would not use his sixth sense to solve a crime and capture a criminal. Subjective speculation can be the truth, but it can also get you caught up in the murderer's machinations.
It is just one of many outcomes, but not the truth.
You can verify it based on your conjectures, but you can't be blindly sure.
Truth needs to be backed up by evidence.
Don't jump to conclusions without hard evidence.
As an Auror, Rick will never blindly trust his sixth sense, he only trusts evidence.
"Strong and strong, you can kill adult centaurs in seconds; Possess a sense of anti-reconnaissance, a very cautious personality, and be conceited? This one is pending; Small in stature, most likely not human, but human dwarfs are not excluded; He is currently capturing house-elves in the Forbidden Forest, speculating that he needs the help of house-elves for his actions, or that house-elves have discovered his secrets. ”
The above is Rick's criminal profile of the murderer who attacked Ferenze the centaur.
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