Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Because of the fact that Sirius Black had just intruded again last night.

The atmosphere at Hogwarts had been rather tense the entire day.

Most of the students traveled in groups, footsteps hurried, and unless it was for necessary matters like class or meals, they absolutely would not leave the common room.

The professors were also all tense, alert to their surroundings, looking at everyone as if they were bad guys.

Not only that, even the parents outside the school were very nervous.

The owl tower's animal messengers had not rested all day, tirelessly delivering letters. It was said that the red Howler letters had already piled up and filled the entire headmaster's office.

Link's mentality, however, remained very good. He attended a whole day of classes as usual, and then brought Emily and a large group of Skars to hide in one of the castle's rooms near the Whomping Willow, gazing from afar at Harry and the other two approaching the Whomping Willow and beginning to play.

It was called "playing", but the three of them were obviously overly nervous. Not only were their expressions and movements stiff, the looks on their faces were even uglier than crying.

Anyone who saw such a scene would only think they were being kidnapped or coerced.

This couldn't help but remind Link of a meme from his previous life.

If you've been kidnapped, just blink your eyes.

Although it was a lame joke, this kind of real-life reenactment still caused Link to uncontrollably let out a laugh.

Emily, who was beside him, withdrew her gaze when she saw this, looked strangely at Link, and said, "What are you laughing at?"

"Mm, I thought of something funny."

Emily had no intention of continuing to ask.

She was already gradually getting used to Link suddenly saying strange things or doing weird actions.

When she couldn't understand, she could only blame it on the aftereffects of multiple-soul syndrome.

She shook her head and changed the topic, "But I still don't understand why Dumbledore and Professor Snape would allow you to use such a dangerous method to capture Black? Wouldn't directly sending in a team of Aurors be simpler and faster?"

"That's what you don't get! That old bumblebee Dumbledore is famously obsessed with raising leeks. He's just been worrying he didn't have a chance to let Harry Potter go out and fight monsters to level up, so of course he wouldn't stop it!"

Link leaned on the windowsill with both hands, grinning as he spoke, "As for Snape, I'll tell you secretly, he can't wait to kill Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. It's because back then…"

"Ahem!"

Just as Link was speaking, Snape's short cough suddenly sounded from behind them.

Both Link and Emily had stronger psychological qualities than ordinary students. Faced with such an awkward situation, their expressions remained unchanged as they silently looked out the window, as if nothing had happened just now.

Snape himself was also very cooperative. He didn't say a word and followed their example by looking out toward the Whomping Willow.

Then, his expression darkened.

"Are you sure those three trolls can lure Sirius Black?"

Link glanced at the three people still awkwardly acting outside and explained, "Actually, don't look at how bad their acting is, none of it matters. Sirius Black is half crazy. When he goes nuts, even Professor Lupin can't stop him. He'll definitely fall for it."

Just as Link finished speaking, something unexpected happened to the three outside.

They saw that the cat Crookshanks in Hermione's arms suddenly went mad and tried to grab the rat Scabbers from Ron's pocket. Then the cat and the rat charged into the attacking range of the Whomping Willow.

They dodged the Willow's swinging branches with agility. The rat Scabbers first slipped into a tree hole beneath the Whomping Willow, while Crookshanks seemed to deliberately jump onto a knot on the tree before chasing inside.

Harry and the other two followed closely behind, shouting as they dove in.

Magically, at that moment, the Whomping Willow seemed to have been hit by a Full Body-Bind Curse and froze in place, showing no intention of attacking them at all.

Seeing this, Link raised his eyebrows and gave both Snape and Emily a "see?" look.

Emily played along by widening her eyes, but Snape's reaction was a bit strange.

He stared at the Whomping Willow, his emotions fluctuating wildly. Even beads of sweat began to form on his forehead.

Seeing this, Link also reined in his expression. He chose not to tease Snape and instead silently waited a while. After confirming the situation, he waved his hand and said loudly, "Then, let's move out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of Skar hounds instantly darted out from behind him.

Snape also seemed to be startled awake by the commotion, and without a word, followed Link and Emily out of the room.

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At the same time, Harry and the other two were holding up their lit wands and moving forward in a pitch-dark, narrow tunnel.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Harry wouldn't have believed even if beaten to death that there was such a long tunnel beneath the Whomping Willow.

And in fact, things having developed to this point, the usually most cowardly Ron was instead the bravest.

He had deep feelings for the rat Scabbers that had accompanied him nearly his entire childhood. So much so that he forgot what fear was and charged ahead.

Hermione was unwilling to be left behind and clung tightly behind him.

Instead, the one who was the most determined at the start, Harry, was now faltering.

His footsteps were unsteady, his face pale, and from time to time he would turn his head to glance behind, as if checking whether Link and the others had caught up.

But no matter what, none of them stopped walking.

It was just a pity that this tunnel was ultimately too narrow. Even though the three had done their best, their pace was still not fast.

Luckily, Crookshanks seemed to be deliberately leading the way, running fast at times and slow at others, allowing the three of them to keep up.

Slowly, the tunnel began to slope upward. After turning a corner, Crookshanks also disappeared from sight.

Gritting their teeth, the three rushed forward and finally bathed in light again.

Outside the tunnel was a messy, gray room.

Everything here was broken, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, doors and windows…

Everything looked like it had been attacked by some kind of terrifying monster, wrecked and ruined. There were even deep claw marks densely covering one of the walls.

This filled the trio with strong unease.

They stood back to back, wands raised, slowly moving.

Then, a small thing darted into Ron's arms.

"Oh! Scabbers! It's really great you're okay!"

Ron shouted with surprise. But his rat looked extremely frightened, desperately burrowing into his clothes, as if it wouldn't stop until it tunneled right into Ron's body.

At the same time, a series of footsteps sounded from the next room.

Harry and Hermione suddenly looked up toward the sound, and saw Crookshanks elegantly stepping into the room first. Following behind him appeared Lupin and a thin man who looked like a skeleton.

"Sirius Black!"

Harry immediately recognized the man's identity, raised his wand and growled through clenched teeth.

But in the next moment, Lupin made a move.

"Expelliarmus!"

Red light flashed.

The wands of Harry, Hermione, and even Ron were blasted away and landed in Lupin's hands.

"Professor Lupin! I trusted you so much," Harry stared at Lupin, voice trembling, and said, "So you've always been his friend!"

"Harry, please listen to me! I'll explain…"

"Enough! Don't waste time talking to them! Let's do it already! I've waited long enough!"

Black interrupted Lupin, immediately drew a wand, and with a sinister grin, walked toward the trio.

At this moment, Ron, who had been hiding at the very back, stepped forward. His legs were shaking non-stop, but he still stood in front of Harry and Hermione, shouting at Sirius, "If you want to kill Harry, then you have to kill us too!"

Sirius didn't respond, just reached toward the rat Scabbers hanging from Ron's neck.

This scared Ron and the others half to death, it looked like he was trying to strangle Ron.

"Hey! Sirius, you're scaring them!"

Lupin suddenly stepped forward and pulled Sirius away. The latter was extremely agitated, tearing at Lupin's robes and shouting, "I've waited 12 years! I want to kill him now!"

"No! Harry and the others have the right to know the truth! Let me explain to them!"

Lupin calmed Sirius down, then said to the three in the gentlest tone possible, "Don't listen to his nonsense. None of you will die today. The one we're looking for is the rat Ron raised."

"What does this have to do with Scabbers?"

"A lot," Lupin said softly, "Can I take a look at him?"

Ron hesitated for a while, but eventually took out Scabbers.

Scabbers was extremely frantic, twisting and struggling constantly. Ron had to hold on tightly to its long tail to stop it from escaping.

After Scabbers appeared, Sirius clearly became even more agitated, fortunately Lupin was still there.

He calmed Sirius, then carefully examined Scabbers' two front paws.

After a while, he turned around with a serious expression, nodded to Sirius, and said, "Confirmed! It's him!"

"What the hell is going on?" Ron fearfully hugged Scabbers tight. "What did my Scabbers do to anyone?"

"That's not a rat." Sirius suddenly said hoarsely.

"What are you talking about? Of course it's a rat, we've lived together for more than ten years!"

"No, no, no! He's an Animagus, an illegal one, unregistered with the Ministry of Magic, just like Sirius Black," Lupin said. "His name is Peter Pettigrew."

Upon hearing this, Harry's expression changed and he was about to speak and deny this absurd statement, but Lupin didn't give him the chance.

He waved his hand and continued explaining, "I know what you're about to say, that Peter Pettigrew was killed by Sirius twelve years ago. But in fact, he didn't die. He just found a place to hide."

"But…" Hermione stammered, "Why?"

"The reason is simple,"

Lupin said, "Back then, the one who truly leaked the information to Voldemort wasn't Sirius, but Peter Pettigrew. Sirius fought him only to avenge the Potters."

"That's impossible, "

Harry shouted angrily, but Hermione stopped him before he could say more. She turned around, panting, and said, "How can you prove it?"

"That's easy. We have a tool, it's called the Marauder's Map, made by me, Sirius, and Harry's father. It can…"

"It can show people's real names within Hogwarts, ignoring most disguises, including Animagi."

Hermione directly interrupted Lupin's explanation, which left Lupin stunned for a moment before awkwardly asking, "How do you know that?"

"It was originally in George and Fred's hands, ever since the day Sirius Black first broke into the castle!"

"That's right. In fact, the map was taken by Sirius. Of course, that's not the point, the point is, after we got the map, we discovered a person who should absolutely not exist."

Lupin paused here, then pointed to the rat in Ron's arms and said, "Peter Pettigrew!"

At this, the way the three looked at Scabbers immediately changed.

"If you still don't believe, I can give you the Marauder's Map directly."

As if to prove his point, Lupin said this as he took out the map from his cloak and unfolded it.

But the moment the map was opened, Lupin's previously calm expression immediately tensed.

Because on the map now, the names of Snape and Link had disappeared.

This meant they had already left Hogwarts' bounds, and were heading this way.

"Sirius! Snape and the others are coming!"

Lupin shouted nervously, then turned his wand to point warily at the tunnel's exit.

But it was already too late.

Just as he moved, several Skars burst out of the tunnel, along with two crimson beams of light.

"Expelliarmus!"

Thud!

Lupin was blown backward, slamming into the wall and then rebounding onto the floor.

The Marauder's Map and the trio's wands fell from his arms and scattered on the ground.

Sirius fared even worse, he was directly embedded into the wall by the force.

Then, Snape, Link, and Emily finally stepped out of the tunnel's exit.

"Lupin, I really didn't think you'd dare use this old place as a hideout." Snape held his wand, smugly speaking.

Seeing this, Ron was so excited he almost cried, while Harry and Hermione stood there dumbfounded.

"Severus, you misunderstand," Lupin hadn't given up and tried to explain. "Sirius didn't come to kill Harry. I can explain everything…"

Snape directly interrupted him, expression fanatical, and said, "You think I'd believe your nonsense? You filthy little werewolf! Azkaban is where scum like you belong!"

"You fool, is it worth sending an innocent man to Azkaban just for old school grudges?"

Lupin tried to persuade him with a calm face.

Upon hearing this, Snape's expression instantly changed. He suddenly shot several beams of light again, striking Lupin and sending him flying.

At this moment, Sirius finally broke free, roaring and charging at Snape.

But how could a beast be a match for a wizard? Before he could make a move, Snape's wand was already pressed tightly against his forehead.

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