Chapter 106: Imitator
"Now the clue is gone again," Tonks said in frustration.
"Let's go and check this house first. At least we have to find out why Riddle bought it and what it has to do with the magic traces left at Gaunt's old house." Moody picked up the wine bottle on his waist, took a hearty sip, and then limped to the side, "I'm going to write a letter to Dumbledore. Maybe he will have some guesses about Riddle's purpose."
"If you find anything, tell me immediately!"
He found a stone to lean on, and a quill dipped in ink automatically, starting to write on the letter paper.
"He sure knows how to order people." Delis watched him go away and kicked away a stone unhappily.
After all, Moody has retired. It is undeniable that he has a great aura, but everyone thinks that he is almost crazy, and his mind is full of delusions of being persecuted.
Now that such a person came to command him again, he was very dissatisfied.
"Everyone has left, what else can be found?"
Delis muttered quietly, but he did not dare to disobey Moody's order.
This old Auror's deterrence is still very strong, and he will not show mercy whether he is dealing with enemies or his own people.
Delis sometimes wondered how the trainee Auror named Tonks could get along so harmoniously with him.
Just as Delis was thinking, his eyes were suddenly shaken by something.
It was like the sun shining on a colored mirror, and the light reflected back blinded his eyes. The thing flashed away and disappeared into the green grass. His heart suddenly became nervous, as if he was about to catch something.
"You two go over there, I'll go take a look on the side." He quickly pushed aside the other two Aurors, and then trotted over there quickly.
How is it possible to share this good opportunity for promotion and salary increase with others?
He pretended to push aside the grass casually, but there was nothing inside. When he looked up, he saw a black-green python with colorful brilliance reflected on its scales escaping further away.
Delis felt awe-struck in his heart. There was no doubt that this python was closely related to Riddle. Tom Riddle himself is a Parselmouth, and perhaps he controls the snake to spy on anyone who appears here.
This is Riddle's spy, but on the other hand, if he follows this snake, maybe he can find Riddle's location!
Delis followed without much thought.
Although Dumbledore repeatedly emphasized that Riddle was dangerous, Delis's confidence and arrogance made him think that the so-called Riddle was probably nothing more than that.
He had put Riddle in prison himself and that kid looked like a novice. Am I, the mighty Delis, not as good as Riddle?
While following the python, he drew out his wand and carefully looked around.
But Delis didn't seem to notice. Unknowingly, he had left the Riddle Mansion on the mountainside and walked alone into the depths of the jungle.
The light suddenly dimmed, and the forest leaves turned dark green.
The ground covered with dead leaves under his feet was so wet that he almost slipped and fell several times.
'It Stopped !'
He saw the brightly patterned python's advancing body pause from a distance, his heart tightened and he immediately hid his body behind a thick tree.
Delis swallowed, sweat beading on his forehead.
For a long time—perhaps only a few minutes—he could hear only the chirping of birds and insects from nowhere in the jungle. But just when he couldn't hold it any longer, another footstep sounded.
The sound of dead leaves being crushed by shoe soles became clearer and louder, and Delis became more and more nervous.
Footsteps approached.
Delis heard the owner of the footsteps lower his voice and make a horrifying and hoarse sound like "Siha——".
It's Parseltongue!
It's Tom Riddle!
He didn't leave, and just as he guessed, Riddle was spying on people like him through snakes.
The self-righteous Moody found nothing, and the person who finally caught Tom Riddle, the escaped prisoner, was me - Delis!
Delis's breathing became heavy.
He thought that he only needed to turn his head and shoot a fainting curse at Tom Riddle at this moment, and then he could take all the credit alone.
The other Aurors in the Ministry of Magic and the guards in Azkaban were almost exhausted and failed to capture the other fugitive Sirius. But he had captured Tom Riddle on his own. From this point of view, he might be the next director of the Auror Office.
He adjusted his breathing and prepared the spell. The next moment, he jumped out:
" Stupefy!"
The wand shot a red spell and exploded suddenly!
"Heh?"
Delis's eyes widened, and his heart felt like he was on a jumping machine, then fell again.
The spell missed.
In other words, there was nothing in front of him except a small crater blown out by his own spell.
The expected Tom Riddle was not here, and even the python from before had disappeared. Delis subconsciously wanted to turn around, but the back of his head was pressed against by a sharp object.
"Ah.."
His heart sank completely and his limbs became cold.
This is a magic wand!
"Are you looking for me?~"
This familiar voice made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.
Only now did Delis remember that he had to seize the opportunity to fight back, but before he could make any move, something hit the back of his hand violently, causing burning pain, and the wand was knocked away.
"We meet again, Mr. Auror." Cyrus looked at this useless Auror with a chuckle, "I have to say, you are really stupid, to jump into such an obvious trap all by yourself."
"Tom Riddle...?"
"I'm glad you remember my name sir, but-" Cyrus raised his wand slightly.
"Now say bye to your life~."
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"Where's Delis?"
After Moody finished writing the letter, he glanced left and right but did not find Delis. He thought Delis had entered the mansion to search.
But soon, Tonks jumped out of the mansion and shook her head.
"This house is really nice, much better than my father's aesthetic." Tonks sighed while looking at it. Her father is a Muggle-born wizard, so he seems to have been influenced by the wizarding world in some ways, and the decoration at home still maintains an older style.
But what about here?
It was hard for her to even imagine that this was a wizard's home. The house was equipped with all electrical appliances and even a Sega Saturn, a game console just released this year!
"Did you find anything?"
Tonks shook her head: "Perhaps Delis noticed it. I saw him running into the woods in a hurry, as if he was chasing something."
Moody: ? ? ?
"And you didn't follow him to help?"
"ah?"
"Dumbledore has emphasized many times that Tom Riddle is very dangerous. If Delis really discovered something, he might have been finished by now!" Moody shouted, "I said before, if there is anything you found odd, please notify me immediately!"
"Which way did he go? We have to move faster! Otherwise, Delis may be killed!" Moody said anxiously.
But the other two Aurors and Tonks pointed to completely different places as to the whereabouts of Delis.
"Which side is it?"
"I obviously saw him going to the jungle!" Tonks said with wide eyes.
"But Mr Delis told us that he was going to the top of the mountain to have a look." The other two Aurors replied not to be outdone.
Moody was about to collapse.
What is going on with Aurors nowadays?
Can this kind of quality also protect the peace of the British magical world?
If this had happened more than ten years ago during Voldemort's time, these people would probably not even know how they died!
Fortunately, at this moment, Delis came back.
"What are you doing here?" Delis asked in surprise as he emerged from the forest, patted the fallen leaves on his body, and looked at several colleagues who seemed to be about to quarrel.
"You see, I said he went to the woods," Tonks said, crossing her arms.
The appearance of Delis broke the tense atmosphere between Tonks and the other two Aurors, but Moody did not let down his guard at all.
As if he sensed something, his magic eye turned wildly, scanning Delis's body several times like a malfunctioning machine.
"stop!"
"What's wrong?" Delis stopped approaching and looked at Moody with a frown.
Moody remained calm and silent, his eyes scanning every corner of his body like infrared rays.
During the last wizarding war, Moody used this magic eye to see through the Death Eaters' transfiguration more than once, and prevented many assassinations against himself.
now—— to be continued...
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