Chapter 175: The Frightened Bird
"I'm tired."
Kano took off Fleur's silver heels and pinched her ankles and calf muscles.
"Humph! It's not you yet, you've been pulling me to dance endlessly. Fleur complained without any momentum, and Kano asked rhetorically with a grin.
"Am I pulling you? Let it be so. ”
Fleur's face flushed and she patted Kano on the shoulder a few times.
The two sat in the beautiful rose garden for a while, and Fleur was a little worried about Gabrielle and decided to go back and have a look.
Kano naturally had no opinion, and when the two of them got up, they saw Karkaroff and Snape walking into the depths of the trail with a panicked expression.
"They... Won't it be? Fleur covered her mouth with a strange smile, this is England after all.
"I promise not." Kano laughed in denial, leaned into Fleur's ear and whispered, "Karkaroff used to be a Death Eater, and now he's panicking. ”
Fleur nodded slightly: "Then do we need to eavesdrop?" ”
"No, there's nothing to hide from Dumbledore in this school."
The two of them walked slowly towards the castle, and on the way they saw Hagrid and Lady Maxime.
Kano's spiritual sense swept around, and sure enough, he found Rita. Skeeter transforms into a beetle-shaped Animagus.
He reached out and shook it, whipping up a breeze that blew Rita, who had turned into a beetle, into his hand.
"Rita. Ms. Skeeter, you seem to be running the news? Kano looked at the beetle in his palm with a cold smile, "I think I have made an appointment with Mr. Gufei about what to write and what not to write." ”
The beetle made an anthropomorphic gesture to beg for mercy, and Fleur's eyes widened in surprise.
"Is it really that nasty journalist?"
"That's right, this guy is a good knife, but if you don't pay attention, you can cut yourself." Kano said as he conjured a jar with a vent and filled it with a beetle.
There's no way Rita could risk offending the editor-in-chief by writing an article discrediting Dumbledore or any member of the faculty at this time, but what if she used her waistcoat to send it to other newspapers?
Or one day she took out the black material she had collected and compiled it and wrote a book?
She has a "criminal record", those celebrities in the wizarding world have just died on the front foot, and Rita's book on the back foot will be published, relying on them to refute it, and they will make a fortune one by one.
Kano wasn't prepared to believe in her temperament, but he had no intention of killing anyone. He just left a little magic in Rita's body, so that she couldn't turn back into human form for a day.
"Rita, I know you can survive until now, at least your eyesight must be good." Kano shook the jar, "Lock you up for a day, small punishment and big commandment." If you do it again in the future, heh, I won't do anything to you. ”
"But I promise that what you write will not be used by any newspaper in the future."
The beetle in the jar really trembled this time, and she didn't dare to doubt Kano's energy. Her life is entirely based on rumors and gossip, and if no one really buys her account in the future, she doesn't know how to survive at all.
Kano summoned an owl and handed it the jar and a note with what had happened: "Take it to the office of the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet." ”
The two slowly walked back to the castle. At this point, Karkaroff and Snape were standing in the corner of the garden, and Karkaroff spoke nervously.
"Severus, have your markings changed recently?"
Snape was expressionless: "I don't know what you're talking about, Igor. ”
"Come on, you get it all! My marks have turned black, and I still burn from time to time. Isn't it... The Dark Lord is coming back? Karkaroff asked, staring at Snape, the end of his goatee trembling subtly.
Snape looked at the panicked Karkaroff, and an inexplicable sense of happiness welled up in his heart. In his heart, these Death Eaters deserved to die a painful death in fear, including himself.
"Have you heard about Wormtail?"
"I didn't know he was too... One of us doesn't know what happened when he fled. Karkaroff asked in horror, "Is it really the Dark Lord who made a move?" ”
Snape nodded slowly, and Karkaroff collapsed as if he had been drained of all his bones, and was held up by Snape.
"You're still alive, the Dark Lord may be short of men when he returns."
"It's impossible, it's impossible." Karkaroff almost twitched, "I've betrayed so many people, even if the Dark Lord doesn't kill me, I won't survive when those Azkaban diehards come out." ”
"I can explain it for you." Snape smiled stiffly, "As long as the Dark Lord contacts you, you'll tell me." ”
Karkaroff jumped away like an electric shock: "You're still doing things for him?" You've been lurking at Hogwarts? Are you carrying out the Dark Lord's orders? ”
"No, if you're still loyal to the Dark Lord, he'll be the first to contact you, not me, the one who betrayed him. You're Dumbledore now! Right? ”
Snape shook his head expressionlessly, "It's really looking for death." ”
"I was ordered by the Dark Lord to accept a teaching position and lurk beside Dumbledore. After his sudden loss of power, I could only continue to carry out his last orders. ”
"Now the Dark Lord is also suspicious of my loyalty, and does not want to contact me directly. And I desperately want to communicate with him and get back under his command. Or do you think I'm going to keep you, a shameful traitor, and promise to intercede for you? ”
Karkaroff looked at Snape in disbelief: "Are you telling the truth?" ”
"I don't understand what you're saying." Snape immediately reverted to that cold look, "I didn't say anything, I didn't promise anything. ”
"If you're really scared, run away. Maybe you can try to break the record for the longest survival time of a defector. Come to think of it, about a month and three days? ”
"No, please, help me, Severus." At this moment, Karkaroff seemed to be sure of something, and knelt directly in front of Snape, pulling at the feet of his robe, and pleading continuously.
It's done, Snape thought to himself.
There were three active Death Eaters, disguised as Ludo. Crouch Jr. of Bagman, Karkaroff who actually betrayed Voldemort, and Snape the inner ghost.
Crouch Jr.'s disguised identity prevents him from staying at Hogwarts all the time, and there are people watching him on weekdays.
And Karkaroff is on campus, once he falls back to Voldemort, there will be endless troubles, and he must be monitored.
Now, Snape, at Dumbledore's behest, scares Karkaroff by pulling Voldemort's tiger skin.
Did Karkaroff really believe in Snape's loyalty to Voldemort? That's about seven points.
But as Snape reminded him, no one intercedes and is a dead end. He could only bet on how much face Snape would have with Voldemort.
Now as soon as Voldemort contacted Karkaroff, Snape would know that Dumbledore's side would be on guard immediately.
With a slight nod, Snape drew his wand and began to chase away the students who were not doing well in the flowers.
Seeing this, Karkaroff also sorted out his appearance, returned to the castle, and continued to talk and laugh with several principals.
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