As the passage closes, a stone statue emerges from the wall with a two-handed sword.

I saw it thrust the big sword down, and the stone body squatted down, completely blocking the secret passage under it.

Just then, Rossi saw Snape walking up the stairs with a gloomy face, followed by a nervous-looking Lupin and a short Flitwick.

"What about Sirius Black?"

Snape's emaciated face was so tight that he didn't even need to look at his expression, Rosie could hear his hatred just by his voice.

"He ran away!"

Rossi pointed to the sword-wielding stone statue half-crouched on the ground, "Right from there." ”

"Where?"

Snape glanced at the stone statue and confirmed it again with Rossi.

Glancing at Lupin, who seemed to be particularly nervous, an idea popped into Rossi's mind:

Blake can walk freely in Hogwarts, I'm afraid Lupin can't help without it, right? Or has he been helping Blake since the Hogwarts Express?

"Speak!"

Seeing Rosie wandering into the world, Snape couldn't help but scold, "Where did he escape!" ”

"This is it!"

Rossi still pointed to the stone statue, "There's a secret passage down there. ”

"How do you open it?" Flitwick asked in a loud voice.

"I don't see how Blake turned it on, it seems to be ......"

Before Rossi could finish his sentence, Snape stepped forward and waved his wand at the stone statue:

"Yuga Dim Leviosa!"

The sword-wielding statue floated lightly, moving aside with Snape's wand.

It's just that although the stone statue has been removed, the secret passage leading downstairs has not been opened.

Rosie pursed the corners of her mouth, and was about to speak, when she told Snape to point his wand again.

"Blast Rumble!"

Only a bang was heard, and the hole that only allowed one person to pass through appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Seeing this, Rosie was instantly stunned.

Forehead...... Grumpy and grumpy, can't be provoked......

Snape glanced at Rossi, then burrowed into the hole and gave chase after him.

"I'll go down with Snape, Lupin, you stay here and wait for Dumbledore!"

Flitwick said, leaping into the hole.

Is it so smooth? Could this be the advantage of short stature?

Looking at the hole that had been blasted out by the Demolition Spell and would feel crowded even if it was passed by a single person, and thinking about Flitwick's action of jumping directly into it just now, Rosie couldn't help but turn the thought of not being very respectful to the professor.

The atmosphere fell silent for a while.

After a moment, Lupin couldn't help but speak:

"What did he tell you? Belch...... I mean, Blake. ”

Rosie didn't answer his question, but chose to ask rhetorically when the other party was expecting an answer: "The Hogwarts you helped him enter?" ”

Lupin's expression froze.

There was no need for him to answer again, just looking at his current expression, Rossi knew the answer.

"Blake says he's been framed, and Peter Pettigrew is the one who blew up the streets and betrayed Harry's parents."

"Do you believe him?"

Lupin asked in a voice so low that it was barely audible.

Just by looking at him, you can see that he is actually asking himself. Rosie hooked the corners of her mouth and laughed softly:

"Don't you have the answer?"

"Yes, I should have had the answer a long time ago."

Lupin smiled bitterly, "I should have known how a person like Black could bow to the Dark Lord, how could he be his lackey, how could I dare to doubt him before?!! ”

After a pause, Lupin spoke again, with a kind of remembrance in his voice:

"When we were in school, me, James, Blake, and Peter, the four of us were best friends.

In the Dark Lord's heyday, we also entrusted each other with life and death, and together we fought against the Death Eaters. ”

With a long sigh, he continued:

"Even if Blake put the evidence in front of me, I still can't believe why Peter defected to the Dark Lord, why did he betray James......"

"Evidence?"

Is that the newspaper referencing?

Lupin nodded, "Jaime and Peter, both unregistered Animagus......"

"And Blake."

Adding the information he had deliberately concealed, the corners of Rossi's mouth curled up with a slight smile.

"Yes, and Blake."

Lupin, who wanted to keep a secret for his friend, smiled awkwardly, "Peter's Animagus form is a mouse, well, the same mouse that Ron once raised. ”

"When Blake held the newspaper with the Weasleys in front of me, I recognized Peter's identity at a glance!"

"If it weren't for the ghost in his heart, why did he become a rat and hide for twelve years!

So that newspaper is enough evidence for me! ”

"Ding, get a clue: Lupin's testimony."

The system prompt sounds again.

Well, it seems that the key now is to find and catch Peter Pettigrew, otherwise their testimony will only be clues, empty talk that cannot constitute a conclusion.

Rosie muttered silently, and turned to look at Lupin:

"Do you have any clues about Peter Pettigrew's whereabouts?"

"No, but I have a feeling that he's hiding at Hogwarts!"

Lupin shook his head at first, and then said in a particularly affirmative tone, "What he does best is hide in dangerous and conspicuous places. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Dumbledore and McGonagall approached.

"What's going on?"

Dumbledore looked at the hole that had been blown open, and his old face was filled with questions.

"Blake fled here, and Snape and Professor Flitwick chased after him." Lupin explained.

Hearing his words, Dumbledore's expression immediately became solemn:

"McGonagall, tell all the students to return to the auditorium. For the safety of the students, let them spend the night in the auditorium tonight! ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

McGonagall nodded, then walked briskly downstairs.

"Notify all faculty members to launch a full search of the castle."

Dumbledore said, pointing his finger at the blasted hole. In an instant, shattered shards of the floor rose up and returned to their original shape as if they had gone back in time.

Immediately afterwards, the stone statue that had been moved aside also returned to its original position.

Silent and wandless spellcasting!

Dumbledore's methods made Rossi's eyes light up.

"Headmaster, aren't Snape and Flitwick still in there?" Administrator Filch reminded him.

"It's impossible for anyone who goes in from here to go back the way they came, Filch."

Dumbledore explained with a smile, it was clear that he knew enough about the secret passages of Hogwarts.

"Rosie, tell me what's going on."

After taking care of everything, Dumbledore finally turned his attention to Rosie.

Hearing his question, Rosie pursed her mouth slightly: "I was going to go back to the dormitory to get something......"

After revealing what he had seen, Rosie cautiously looked into Dumbledore's eyes: "Professor Dumbledore, do you think Black's words are worth believing?" ”

"That won't be known until Peter is caught."

Dumbledore winked meaningfully, "It's probably too early to believe it now." ”