The Evil God of Hogwarts - Chapter 402

c390 Pursuing troops

The four of them investigated the whole house, but surprisingly they found nothing. Even the basement, which was the most suspicious before, was the same.

“This is impossible!”

In the living room on the first floor, Scott, sweating profusely, shouted in disbelief. He sat down on the old sofa, not caring about the thick dust on it.

“I’ll go get a flashlight from the car. We should go to the basement again. We must have missed something.” The superintendent said and walked towards the door.

“Wait, there’s no need.” Ellie stopped the hurried superintendent. She raised the spell and waved it. A bright ball appeared out of thin air, shining as brightly as an incandescent lamp.

The other three were not surprised by this, and they all walked towards the basement as if they had agreed. With the light, the whole basement suddenly became much clearer.

Perhaps because she felt that the light was not enough to illuminate every corner, Ellie waved her wand again and summoned two more balls of light.

Compared with the previous time, the four searched quite carefully this time, but still did not gain anything. Scott muttered in frustration: “Is it a mistake? But according to the distribution of waterways, there should be a hub under this old house.”

No one responded to the old man’s words. Rayben looked at the brick wall of the basement thoughtfully, and Yuri continued to search in the basement like a hound, even though he had swept this place at least three times.

After a while, Yuri seemed to have made a discovery. He stopped on the wooden stairs in the basement, bent down to pick up something, and said after looking at it for a while: “Old man, you may not be wrong.”

His words made the other three look over, and Yuri showed what he was holding. It was a cigarette butt. When he saw the cigarette butt, Rayben immediately asked: “What brand of cigarettes is it?”

“It should be Winston.” Yuri replied.

“That’s right!” Rayburn shouted excitedly, “Xing… No, Richard once said that someone in Frank’s team smokes American cigarettes, that is Winston.”

“Whether it is Frank’s man or not, at least this proves that someone has been here recently.” Yuri checked the cigarette butt and speculated, “The cigarette butt is still very new.”

At this time, the superintendent stepped back a few steps, and he carefully checked the wall again and said, “It seems that someone has cleaned here. Look, this wall should be newly built.”

After that, the superintendent reached out and patted the brick wall, and took off some cement dust, “It can’t be wrong. Although most of the bricks are old, there are many new bricks, and the cement slurry has not yet completely solidified. So, let’s guess who doesn’t want people to see what’s behind the wall.”

“That proves that my conclusion is correct.” Scott regained his confidence, “Then what are we waiting for, let’s break down this wall and go in.”

But as soon as he finished speaking, Scott realized that he was not the one who could make the decision. He and the other two looked at Ellie, who was silent. After a little thought, the latter said, “Don’t worry, go out first.”

Everyone was a little disappointed. The truth was within reach, and they only needed a hammer to break the wall. But they also knew that the only person who could really deal with the monsters behind the wall was Ellie. Since the wizard lady proposed to leave, they had no reason to refute.

“Do you need me to ask the police station to send more people?” Superintendent Reiben asked as he walked up the stairs.

“How many snake people do you think an ordinary person can deal with?” Ellie asked back.

Reiben stopped talking immediately. He realized that he had made a very stupid suggestion. However, Yuri, who was walking in the front, interrupted and said, “Ordinary people are indeed no match for those monsters, but the police can help control the surrounding streets to avoid chaos.”

“But you need a rhetoric that can mobilize a large number of police officers.” Ellie reminded.

The superintendent was not worried about this. “That’s easy. I can discuss it with the chief and say that this is a base of the Old Record Gang.”

“I’m just worried that too many people getting involved will make the situation more complicated.”

Yuri spread his hands and said, “Since you insist, I’ll listen to you. You’re the boss. But can I ask why we don’t go in?”

“Be fully prepared.” Ellie replied calmly, “You’ve fought with those snake people, so you should know their methods.”

“To be honest, we couldn’t even protect ourselves at that time. It was a one-sided crushing, not a fight.” Yuri readily admitted his failure, but his face became gloomier.

Obviously, he was not as calm about the failure as his tone showed.

…

The car finally drove out of Brychester, but Xing Ze didn’t feel at ease. He listened to Thomas telling how their ancestors disturbed the sleeping snake people and how those ugly monsters cast a curse.

The fragmented clues were gradually connected, and the puzzle began to be complete. Xing Ze felt like he was experiencing a family history of rise and fall, but his mind was not completely focused on this.

He had his own plan. He wanted to go to the Unsolved Mysteries Association. This mysterious place only accepts members and travelers, and Douglas Kimball and Thomas Kimball are both members. There, he might be able to find a way to return to his original world.

As for “Snake’s Tooth”, after arriving in Liverpool, he will notify Burke and let the Slytherin family send someone to take over Thomas, so that his mission will be completed. As for whether he will tell the location of “Snake’s Tooth”, it is none of Xing Ze’s business.

But then again, they had to get to Liverpool safely first, but unfortunately the enemy would not be so generous. Xing Ze looked at the rearview mirror and saw a small car coming towards them at a very fast speed.

“Let’s stop here for now.” Xing Ze interrupted Thomas, “Fasten your seat belts, we have company.”

Hearing this, Thomas looked at the rearview mirror in horror, and he also saw the speeding car. Before he got the seat belt, Xing Ze stepped on the accelerator and started to accelerate.

The poor professor almost flew out of his seat. The windshield of the convertible car could not block the strong wind blowing in his face, and his scream was completely suppressed by the wind back into his throat.

After accelerating, Xing Ze looked at the rearview mirror again. They did not pull away from the car behind. The performance of this classic car was okay for a ride, but it was too much for racing.

“They are catching up.” The professor finally fastened his seat belt.

“Unfasten the seat belt.”

Xing Ze’s words made Thomas unbelievable.

“Unbuckle your seatbelts and hold the steering wheel. We need to swap positions unless you can handle the pursuers.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xing Ze let go of his hands and unbuckled his seatbelt. His desperate move really scared Thomas. Fortunately, the professor was still sane and quickly reached out to hold the steering wheel.

“You’re crazy! Damn lunatic! Damn lunatic!”