Chapter 36: The New York Zombies
The Auror offices were large, filled with desks, separated by baffles to form many cubicles.
Half of the table was empty, probably going on a mission or a meeting, and the rest of the Aurors were busy in their respective places.
When Rove and Margaery walked into the office, the originally noisy room seemed to press the tone reduction button, and the sound dropped a lot.
Everyone knew Margaery, even the newly arrived intern Aurors knew her...... Not only is the girl bright and attractive, but also because she is the baby daughter of her boss.
If you can catch up with this, you will have to fight for 20 years...... Not to mention the Auror office, even the many single wizards in the next division are staring at this delicate rose.
But although the rose is beautiful, it has a bright stinger, and Margaery has many suitors, and she has never seen a boy get very close to her.
Unexpectedly, today I saw her holding a young man's arm and walking into the room with a smile on her face...... It's heartbreaking.
Rove only felt that every pair of unfamiliar eyes were staring at him, but he often enjoyed this kind of attention at Hogwarts, and he didn't care at all.
"Hey, Margaery." A young witch hurriedly walked over: "Mr. Kowalski is in the interrogation room, interrogating the prisoner. ”
"It's okay, Tracey, I'll just go to his office and wait." Margaery laughed.
Tracey snorted, she ignored Margaery's strange outfit, turned her head to look at the blonde boy curiously, suddenly looked surprised, and said:
"Mr. Rov Scamander? Hello! ”
Rove was a little surprised. "You know me?"
"Yes, the Daily Prophet has your picture on it." The witch looked very excited, and she stretched out her hand and said:
"My name is Tracey, and I've noticed you since Rita Skeeter's report last year."
"Recently, I've been paying attention to Blake's eucalyptus...... It's amazing that you relied on your keen insight to catch Pettigrew and help Blake turn over the eucalyptus! ”
Rove shook her hand and smiled, "I'm just lucky."
Tracey seemed to have really been paying attention to Rove for a long time, babbling on and on about her praises and asking a lot of questions.
After a moment, Tracey said embarrassedly:
"I'm sorry, I'm a little excited, maybe too much to ask."
"It's okay, I've heard a great wizard say that a good Auror is always curious about everything." Rove smiled.
He spoke decently, without showing the slightest impatience, not at all like a thirteen-year-old boy.
Tracey led the way, and Margaery leaned into the young man's ear, her lips only inches from him, and she whispered:
"Which great wizard said that?"
Rove lowered his voice and said, "I just said that." ”
Margaery almost laughed, she reached out and pinched the young man's earlobe, and said in a greasy voice, "Say what I said next time!" ”
Rove gave Margaery a roll of his eyes and gently patted the girl's slender white hand.
The few people chatted as they walked, and Rove also saw all kinds of prisoners being examined by the Aurors along the way.
One of the wizards was the loudest, and he exclaimed, unconvinced:
"Why do you want to arrest me, I just picked up a rope, and you Aurors will arrest people indiscriminately...... Is there still a law?! ”
"Shut up!" A middle-aged wizard scolded, "Why don't you say that there is a wild unicorn tied behind the rope?" ”
Rove watched it with relish and felt funny, of course...... Provided that it is not him who is being interrogated.
As several people entered the office, the Aurors became even more noisy, and everyone speculated about his identity.
Tracey helped make two cups of coffee, so she didn't bother the two of them any longer, and turned around and left the room in a playful way.
Rove sat on the sofa, and Margaery sat down with her, and she also lifted a black silk leg and put it on the boy's lap, and said:
"Okay, little Rov, when are you going to take a female fan out on a date after capturing a female fan so quickly?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm a serious person!"
Rolf reached out and grabbed Margaery's uneasy leg to tell her not to move, and he looked up and stared at a blackboard.
The blackboard was plastered with photographs, and the content of each photo was terrifying:
One man's lips twisted, and he lunged at the other man like crazy, opening his mouth to bite, tearing off a lot of flesh, and swallowing it straight into his stomach.
There's also a picture of a witch grabbing a man and pulling out his eyes like crazy, and the man opens his mouth and screams, and she bites off his tongue and spits it out of his mouth......
Every photo makes people shudder to watch.
Margaery followed Rove's gaze and whispered, "This is the most recent attack on the Eucalyptus, Muggles call them zombies." ”
"Zombies?" Rove raised an eyebrow.
"They would suddenly go crazy and attack people, like zombies in Muggle movies, but not under magic."
Rove stared at the photograph and looked at the children's holes, all gray and white, and he thought thoughtfully.
At this moment, the door was opened, and a group of sorcerers entered, and at the front was a middle-aged man with blond hair, a short beard, and a hooked nose.
The man is the son of Queenie and Jacob, Margaery's father...... Horst Kowalski.
Rove's grandmother Tina and Queenie are sisters, so in terms of kinship, Horst is Rove's cousin.
Behind Horst were two Aurors, escorting two wizards and a corpse.
Among them, the red-haired man was bound all over, his hands trembling like chaff, and his legs twisted as if he were dancing a grotesque dance.
Another fat wizard, with a haggard face and a bandage around his neck, looked like he had been attacked, but he survived.
The corpse was wrapped in a white cloth and could not be seen.
"Rove, you're back, it's good to see you!" Horst strode over and grabbed him, nearly tearing his bones apart.
He looked the boy up and down carefully, and then laughed loudly, "It's a lot taller." ”
Rove smiled shyly and said, "Uncle, long time no see." ”
"I'll talk to you later, I'll post a few tasks."
Horst walked briskly out of the office, and there were only two Aurors left in the room, except for Rove and Margaery, who were guarding the bound red-haired man from breaking free and continuing to attack others.
There was also a fat man who was the victim, and he coughed his throat and said, "Sir, I'm so thirsty, can you give me some water to drink?" ”
The young Auror hesitated for a moment, glancing at the red-haired prisoner, and his companion whispered, "It's okay, this guy is tied up, I can keep an eye on him." ”
The young Auror bowed his head lightly and walked briskly out of the room, leaving only one Auror staring at the prisoner to prevent him from moving.
All the attention of the Aurors was on the prisoner, and at this moment, the fat wizard suddenly pounced on him from behind like a cheetah.
The Auror was caught off guard and fell to the ground, and the fat man pressed against him, opened his mouth wide and bit him on the shoulder, biting open a hole, and immediately blood flowed.
The fat wizard tried to continue to nibble on the Auror when a slender vine came and wrapped itself around his neck, dragging him backwards.
The fat wizard reached into the vine around his neck with his hand, his hips arched back, trying to break free from the vine.
But the cold vines grew tighter and tighter, and the fat wizard immediately gave up on the Aurors, got up and rushed towards Rove and Margaery in the direction the vines were pulling.
Margaery raised her wand and shouted, "Pass out." ”
The spell hit the fat wizard's head, but he didn't pass out.
Rove frowned, snapped his fingers, and vines emerged from his box like shackles, instantly wrapping around the fat wizard's arms and ankles, immobilizing the other party.
The boy walked slowly, staring into the fat wizard's eyes and then to the corpse that was hidden by the white cloth.
When the Aurors burst into the office, they saw the blonde boy who had just been unanimously recognized as a little white face, crouching next to the gnawed corpse beyond recognition, carefully observing.
This picture made everyone shudder.
Rove looked up at the crowd, then pointed to the corpse, and said calmly:
"Poisoned."
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