Chapter 140: The Crouch Family's Old House

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The parchment was a map with an inky dot of light on it, and Rossi saw it as a suburb of Greenwich in southeast London, compared to the map of the Floo network.

"Clue: Azkaban's fugitives. Head to the old Crouch house and find new clues......"

Belch...... Crouch's old house?

She didn't know that the Crouch family still had an old mansion, so she only visited Barty Crouch's address in London.

Where is Barty Crouch Jr. hiding? No wonder he wasn't found.

In the midst of his thoughts, he heard Mr. Borgin say again: "As for what he wants to do, well...... I can't guess, but maybe it has something to do with the basilisk. ”

"When did he order the materials?"

"Orders placed on November 8, picked up on December 10."

"Do you have anything else to add?"

"By the way, he should have an accomplice."

Mr. Borgin seemed to suddenly remember something, "At first he took the wrong material, but he didn't pay attention. It wasn't until he walked out of Tumbledown Alley and met a similarly mysterious man on Patrick Street that he discovered the problem. ”

Hearing him say this, Rosie instantly understood.

Sure enough, it's a dark wizard's style! Give people fakes first, and then follow each other. If he hadn't finally found out that the other party was a Death Eater, then I am afraid it would not have been a simple sentence of taking the wrong material, right?

After a few more questions about Barty Jr. and his accomplices, Rosie, who had received no useful news, turned and walked out.

……

The cold air blows from the north, and snowflakes fall in the sky.

When Rossi arrived near Crouch's house in the southern suburbs of London, the ground was covered with a layer of snow.

It was eight o'clock in the evening, but there was no light in the old house.

Could it be that Barty Jr. isn't here?

Looking at the dark sky and the time, Rossi, who had some doubts in his heart, turned around and activated the Animagus form.

In an instant, the trees around her grew tall and brightened in her eyes.

In such weather, her snow-white hair made her almost one with heaven and earth. If you stand still and don't move, you may not be able to notice it even if you get closer.

Staring at the courtyard for a moment, Rosie no longer hesitated, jumped into the courtyard, and ran towards the main house.

According to the map provided by Mr. Borgin, the container containing the chicken's blood was hidden in the main house.

Leaving behind a trail of plum blossom footprints that were gradually hidden by the wind and snow, Rosie jumped on the windowsill and looked into the house.

As she expected, the room was empty.

The fireplace is out, and on it hangs a painting: a pale woman with a cat in her arms sits on a chair, and next to her stands a middle-aged man with a serious expression.

"Is it Barty Crouch and his dead wife?" Rossi guessed in her heart.

Instead of turning back into her human form to pick the lock with a spell, she jumped off the windowsill and circled the main house to the back, just in case.

She had just noticed that there was a small door for pets to enter and exit under the back door of the house, which was blocked by a cotton curtain.

It was supposed to be the place where Mrs. Crouch carried the cat in and out of the painting.

When you open the curtain and enter the house, the space inside is more spacious than when you look out the window.

At this time, a vague smell of blood entered her nostrils.

Is it chicken blood?

Muttering in confusion, Rosie followed the scent to a wool felt mat.

The source of the smell is here, is it the blood dripping onto the mat? Still is......

Before the strange thought could finish in her mind, her feet suddenly emptied, and she suddenly fell.

It felt like the floor had been suddenly pulled away, with a high, slightly sloping slide underneath.

After a few seconds, she slipped down the "chute" to the very bottom.

Underground storage room.

This is the name given to this place on the game's map.

There is only one room here, about 60 square meters, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous items in it.

With a flicker of his eyes, Rosie's gaze fixed on the long table next to the wall in front of him, where a crucible was placed, and many potions and materials were placed in bottles and jars next to it.

A glass bottle filled with a dark red liquid was opened, and the rubber stopper was set aside.

That's the blood of the dragon scale chicken.

Rosie suddenly realized in her heart, and changed back into her human form as she walked there.

When she stood at the long table, her whole body was already in darkness.

Then, a dim glow lit up in the darkness, and Rosie, who was holding a lantern in his left hand, drew his wand and pointed to a blank sheet of paper on the table where nothing was written:

"Hurry up!"

In an instant, lines of handwriting emerged from the white paper.

"Halbo's Madness Elixir: A potion made from dragon scales and chicken blood as the main material, sprinkling this potion on the basilisk will cause it to completely lose its mind, but the corresponding combat effectiveness will be greatly improved."

Completely lost his mind?!!

Seeing this, Rossi's spirit tensed.

Picking up the bottle of blood containing the dragon scale chicken, he glanced at it, and the liquid in it was obviously half gone.

The madness potion has really been refined?

Her eyes froze, and as soon as she turned around, golden mist erupted from the tip of her staff.

"Footprints revealed!"

"Super Sense Tracking!"

As the incantation was pronounced, bright golden footprints flashed in the storage room.

Judging by the size, shape, and depth of the footprints, all the footprints belong to only one person.

"Is it Barty Crouch Jr.?"

Her blue eyes looked around, and she pressed the tip of her wand against a footprint at the long table.

"Manifest!"

With a soft shout, the golden mist swirled around the room, and finally the appearance of Barty Crouch Jr. appeared on the footprints of the tip of the staff.

He stood at the long table, carefully pouring the potion that had just been refined from the cauldron into a glass bottle......

In fact, it can be seen from the bottle that has not even been corked back that the success of the potion refining is already expected.

Damn it!

Thinking that Grice was once again surrounded by crisis, Rosie slammed it on the table in a hurry and anger.

At this moment, a layer of transparent armor suddenly floated and shattered on the surface of her body, but the iron armor charm attached to the anti-spell suit was triggered and broken.

What?!!

Rossi was in a state of frustration, and was about to turn around and stab her wand when the red light of the disarming spell knocked her out and slammed into the wall.

Immediately after, the orange rope of the imprisoning spell tightly bound her body.

Only then did she see what was going on.

Crouch and his son, wand wield, stood where she had stood when she had entered the place, looking at her with a playful expression.

"Who are you? How did you find this place? ”

Barty Crouch Jr. asked with a chuckle, fiddling with Rosie's pear wand.